Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-11-18

among me naii0ns Ot the eartn 10 maintain.
IL ''l, has hitherto been our pride and
boast that, while the lus. Of power, With fraud
and violence in its train, has led other and diff.
feren'ly constituted governmenls',o aggression
and conquest, our movements in these respects
have always been regulated by reason and JUS
lice. Should not every one,
then, who sincerely loves his country, consider,
and that deeply. whether we would not by The
immediate Annexation of Texas. place wea-
pom in the hands of those who look upon US
with dislrusiful and envious eyes, that would
do us more real, lasting injury as a nation than
the acquisition of such territory, valuable as
i. is, could possible repair !" -
Can the bearing Of this on the righ. and
wrong of the presen, War be misunderstood
Abou, the same time (April IL, ~ Mr.. Clay.
in utter ignorance of Mr. Van Buren's letter
wrote from Raleigh TO tho National lnielligen-
Ger frank and brief exposition Of his own
reasons for opposing the Annexation scheme,
from which the following is an extract:
Mexico has noi abandoned bu, perseveres in
the assertion of her right TO Texas by actual
force of arms, which, if suspended, are intended
10 be renewed Under these circumstances, if
The Government, of,he U.S. were to acquire Tex
as, il would acquire along with j, all the incum-
brances which Texas is under, and among them
the actual or suspended war between Mexico
and Texas. OF that consequence there cannot
be doubt Annexation and ,oar Nth Merieo
are Identical Now, for one, / certainly am
no, willing 10 involve this country in foreign
war for. The sake of acquiring Texas" &c.
Between the wiring and The publication Of
this letter, while we were all ignoran, Of its
existence, great meeting of the citizens of
this Emporium wa. held a. the Tabernacle to
enter our solemn protest against this Annexa-
ton business, then pending. All parties united
in il; the Whig party with entire unanimity,
with all ,ha, pretended 10 keep a conscience
among the Loco -Focos-Henry Nie0A, the Con.
gresham elec. from this District being one OF
the Vice Presidents. The chsir was taken
by The venerable ALBERT GALLATIN, the most
eminent citizen of New-York and The hig hest
authority on International Law AMONG Us. He
is one of The patriarchs Of JefTersonian Democ-
racy, and now Wing, though he takes MO ac-
tive par, in politics. Tha, meeting, after full
delibera,ion, on motion Of David D. Field
chairman of a retiring commiIlee, unanimously
Resoloed, that the Annexation of Texas to
this Union, as now contemplated, would, accor'
ding 10 The acknowledged Laws OF Nations, 6t
positive Declaration of War against Merieo--
War of Conquest and an unjus. War, in which
this Nauon would be supported by no sense o.
right, and be condemned by The unanimou:
voice of The civilized and Christian world"
Such wa. then The universal sentiment o
the entire Wing party and majority of .h'
Loco Focos who had any opinion of their Owl
lthroughoul the Free States al least The Whil
Stale Convention which met at Syracuse or
The I2lh of September Of that year, TO nominate
] Clay Electors and Millard Fillmore for Govern
or, on The repag Of an able Whig Member o
/ Congress, unanimously
RESOLVED, That the iniquious and dishon
orable scheme for the Annexation OF Texas, tn
device OF Treachery and Fraud, for the wors
personal and pariizan purposes, designed TO
the benefit Of Spectators, plunderers and dis
unionists, is an outrage on the Rights Of Man
the Laws of Nations, and the honor of IN
County," &c. DC. aeaad
4 Such was The spirit in which the Whig par
,y throughou. the Free States regarded tn
scheme of annexing Texas; such were the re
suits anticipated from ii such was the jude
ment passed beforehand.by the Whg party o
the authors and causes Of the present War
And Mr.. Clay, writing about the same Tim
(Sept. 23) his lasi public letter before the Pres
ideniial Election, reiterated his inHexible hos
tiity to Annexation while Texas should cor
,inue a, war with and her Independence unre
cognized by Mexico, saying
II think i, would be dishonorabls, might If
!. volve us in War, and would be dangerous
the integrity and harmony OF the Union"
In perfec, accordance with this. Gen. Hou'
ton remarked in the U. S. Senate. when Cor
e gress was delibera,ing on Mr.. Polk's War Me'
sage MAY l3, ls45,) ,ha, j. was too late no
IN a.lhsr,fa-th., Tax.. eod Mexiro had Ion