The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-04-20

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SIR : private letter from a citizen of
Mary land, then in London, contains The fol-
lowing passage:
II learn, frDm a source entitled to the
FULLEST confidence, that there is now here a
MIR. Andrews, deputed by the abnIitionists
'of Texas to negotiate with the British Gov
'ernmeDt; that he has seen Lord Aberdeen
and submitted his project for the abolition
of slavery in Texas which is, that there
shall be organized company in Eng nd,
who shall advance sum sufficient 10 paw
for the slaves now in Texas, and receive in
payment Texas lands; that the sum thus
advanced shall be paid over as an indemni-
ny for the adoption Of slavery; and am au-
'thOrized by the Texan Minister TO say TO
you, that Lord Aberdeen has agreed that
The British Government will guaranty the
payment OF the interest on this loan, upon
condition that the Texan Government will
abolish slavery
a movement Of this sort cannot be con-
templated by us in silence. Such an at
temp: upon any neighboring country would
necessarily be viewed bv this Government
with very deep concern but when it is
made upon nation whose territories join the
slaveholding States Of our Union, itawa
kens still more solemn interest. IL cannot
be permitted TO succeed without the most
strenuous efforts on our part TO arrest a ca
ldmlty so serious TO every part Of our cOun-
Try
/ Again: in the same letter Mr.. Upshur
says
But there is another view Of this subject
still more important 10 us, and scarcely less
important to Texas herself. The establish
ment-in the very midst of our sIaveholdins
States-of an independent Government for
Kidding the existence of slavery, and BY
people born, for The most pant, among us,
reared up in our habits, aud speaking our
language, could not fail to produce the
most unhappy effects upon both parties
In despatch from the State Department
to MIR. Everett, our Minister in London, Mr..
Upshur says: III is quite Obvious that slave
~ could not easily be maintained in a cOuu-
try surrounded by other countries whose
Governments did not recognize that inSiitu-
tion.' And, in despatch to Mr.. Murphy,
dated january Is, 1874, he says, that if
Texas should not be attached to the United
States, she cannot nlaintain that insii tuition
Slavery ten years, and probably not half
that time
One more extract, and will dismiss the
diplomatic correspondence upou the sub
rect. On the 18th of April, 1914, Mr.. Cal
houn, then Secretary of Stale in despatch
to MIR. Green, our charge affairs in Texas,
says:
SIR: A treaty for the annexation Of Tex.
rs TO the United States has been signed by
| the plenipotentiaries of the Two Governments.
and will be sent by the President to the
Senate, without delay, for its approval.
in making the fact known to the Mexican
Government, the President eDjOins it OIL you
TO give it, in the first place, the strongest as
surance that, i'll adopting this measure, our
Government is actuated by no feelings OF
disrespect or Indifference TO the honor or
dignity of Mexico, and that it would be a
subject Of great regret fit should be other
wise regarded by its Government. And, in
the next place, that the step was forced OH
The Government of the United States in self
defence, in consequence of The policy adop-
ted by Great Britain in reference TO the abO-
luion Of Slavery in Texas. 1t was imp0ssi-
ble for the United States 10 witness with in
difference the efforts Of Great Britain TO a.
bolish slavery there. They could not but
see that she had the means in her power. in
! the actual condition ofTexas, 10 accomplish
The objects of her policy, unless prevented
by the most efficient measures; and that, il
accomplished, 1t would lead TO a state OF
things dangerous in the extreme to the ada
cent States. and the Union ITSELF Seeing
This, this Government has been compel ed, by
he necessity of the case, and a regard TO its
constitutional obligations. To take the step il
has, as the only certain and effeectual means
Of preventing it,
Who, sir, with this proof befOle his ewes.
can doubt The object and purpose OF Texas
annexation No enc, apprehend. Slavery
was at the bottom OF ii. In the opinion of
southern statesmen, it is perfectly consIiIu-
tional to invoke the aid of Congress To ex-
tend slavery, but unconstitutional TO invoke
its aid to restrict it Well, sir, " har has been
done with this third acquisition Of foreign
territory! Why. sir, it has been crested into
another slave state. So that we have admit
ted into the Union five slave States, created
out Of territory acquired since the adoption
Of The Constitution, and four out of territory
ceded to US by the treaty Of DISSEMINATING,
now in the Union, fifteen slave States aud
fourteen free States Is this, sir, condition
Of things anticipated or desired by the patri-
OTIS and statesmen Of 1776 and l777l No,
sir, no-far from it. They regarded slavery
rs great moral and political evil; a shame
(ul outrage upon human rights. and desired
to see it abolished in every part of the Con-
federacy.
will now, sir. call tile attention of the
Senate and the county to the number Of
persons in the free and slave States, the den
sity Of the population, and the area in square
miles of each.
Ia 1910, the thirteen slave States.audFlor-
ida, (then a territory,) and the District of Col
umbis. had population of :, ;}34 .434 ; of this
number, 4,S46,20S were free persons, and
2,466, 226 were slaves. Tie thirteen free
States, with Wisconsin and Iowa, had pop
ulatiOn Of Q .725, 500, which is 2,2254 ASS more
than the whole population of the sayeStates,
and 4,76O,7l4 more than the free population
of The slave States. The fifteen slave States
now in the Union, including the District of
Columbia, have an area in square miles OF
957, 642. The fourteen free States, and the
territory Of Wisconsin. have an area in square
miles of 663, 004. So the slave States contain
597. 63S square miles of territory more than
the free States. The density of the PoPula-
ton in the free States is fourteen and frac-