The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-05-06
LETTER FROM wADDY THOMPSON ESQ.

LETTER FROM WADDf THOMPSON ESQ.
We surrender column this morning TO
the suhJoIned interesting Letter from Wad.
dy Thompson, Esq. OF South Carolina, 10
the Editors of the National lnlellgencer
in the leading sentiments of which we
most heartily Concur. Uttered BY a South.
ern man, long eminent IN the public coun.
clls aud whose devotion TO Southern insIi.
buttons and rights has been often signalIZ.
ed, they present powerful claims TO the
calm and dispassionale consideration OF
the Southern people-especia!ly that Por.
ton of his letter winch bears upon the
great question, soon probably 10 be deci
ded, of the extension OF our territorial
limits. For several years our Minister TO
Mexico, too, his intimate knowledge and
information OF the character and qualities
of that country and It's people, (as the In
teIhgencer remarks,) peculiarly qualify
hun 10 address the country IN the present
conluncture, and entities what he says 10
more than ordinary weight.
GREENyILLE, April s. lSl7.
GENTLEMEN In the articles which
we're published 10 your paper only de-
signed 10 point out some Of the Difficult.
ties which would be presented IN a fur.
Their prosecution OF war Of invasion, aud
in The conclu very briefly suggested
what regarded as the only plan Of con.
Quoting the war with any hope OF iayora-
bic resuis-the occupation by line OF
military posts of such portions OF the Mex.
ican territory as II is our purpose TO retain.
| then thought, and sui think, that every
consideration Of policy, Of honor, and OF
honesty, would restrict this line TO the Rio
Grande. ] do not believe that out OF our
own country an impartial tribunal could
be organized IN the civilized world which
would not instantly reject our claim Of title
to the country between the Nueces and The
RIO Grandc, aud therefore, would not
+. even take that, but certainly no rood Of
land beyond IT, There are other consde.
ratlons which would induce me 10 reject
any acquisition OF territory, even If II was
rendered TO Us ; and that Is, that slavery
will never exist IN any States beyond The
Rio Grande, whether restricted or not by
Congressional legislation. Slavery IS for,
ever prohibited there by laws more fixed
and Interchangeable than legislative enact.
men!s, for they may be repeated; slavery
there will be worse than profitable.
have never sug seslcd, and do 10, approve
OF, the expedition OF Vera Ctuz with the
view OF collecting duties there after II is IL
our possession. The cost Of the cxpedi.
ton and OF keeping up a sufficient garrison
N h,
received from duties to say nothing Of the
enormous waste vi human HE. hen
learned iha, the collection q tuues al Vera
Cruz vas lavofte plan Of the AdnlnIslfa.
aon, suggested 10 sou, and 10 more than
one member OF the Cabinet other modes d
accomplishing the same object which
thought aere preferable.
FIRST, that by which Gen. Jackson check
mated South Carolina nuilhcauou The Is
e tabl.hmrut Of floating cuslom-ho =
d Two men.ot.sar ~ front Of Vera Cru
% would be all sufficient Tor this purpose.
e We have the right TO blockade, se have III
e night to relax that blockade provided III
conditions enforced operate equally on o.
, nations. Such measure would not lie OBJ
JcItSu W W dhlOus tOI " NOblu OS I'd
9 yorabe TO the commerce Of all.
e Secondly, BY the establishment Of Gus
h tom.houses at Iamplco and Maiamofas
!. aud the blockade Of other ports on the Gut
. Inc distance from Ianplcu 10 Mexico i
o the same as that from Vera Cruz TO Men
0 co, and Tdmplco Is much nearer to all to-
g wealthy internal departments where lofel.l
merchandise IS consumed. Shutting VI
9 Vera Cruz by blockade will throw its CON
= merce lulo Iamplco, as dlmmIug up Oh
branch OF a creek throws oil the water mt
J. the channel. We had possession OF Tau
= pco, aud II IS much more healthy al
IS edgtb position.
DO not think that any considerable a
b mount will be- rea z9d by tins measure
Oae thing Is altogether certain, that mer
m chaudlse landed at Vera Cruz vii not pas
/. into the interior 10 auy considerable extern
>. without the coHnvaHce OF the Government
10 OF Mexico. There IS but Que road trol
ID Vera Cruz to the city Of Mexico, aud, 70
e much the larger part Of the rou.e, 40 othe
n practicable passway. Inc road Is Gu
| through aud over lofty aud rugged mouL
n. tans. The rough and often PERCEPTION
ID ground Oh both sides, covered with III
le countless varieties Of the pflckly pear,
Of literally impossible. There are mIludr
stations all along The route, and TAO larg
e cues aud many sfnsii towns to pass through
ii OIe OF these, Puebla, where It may almos
3 be SAID that all the manufactures Of Mex
Of co are concentrated. i,u to be e1pecle,
ID that merchandise can be transported on III.
ID route without being sc zed and forfeited
Of II Ihls be true, how rldlcul0usiy absurd I
b, The idea "hch has been suggested Of IN
posing duties on the sixty articles The To
ID poratfon Of winch has always been prohlt
A. Hed by the Mexcau larlh 10 suppose tha
ct they ~t!i relax their prOhlbuory sy stem 10
Us, when no eNgeucy Of their own has e'
er Induced them TO do ~ Ii the Cover
ment OF Mexico sanctions the reception
goods upon which We have received d1te
A Il should admonish US to hesitate to ADOPT
IL measure 50 agreeable 10 them Mexic
ne would only do this from pressing an
"a, absolute necessity, II such A necesstt