The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-04
A BID FOR THE FREsIDENCYN I852

A BID PoR THE FREsIDENCYN Igs2
The following Ioaer oi Cen, Winfield Scout
books to US Z good deal iko a bid lofibe Presi-
dency. Mr.. Polk's sueeessin riding The hobby
OF annexaliod into The Presidential chair ID
1914, has had, and we fear will continue to
have, a bad effect upen our distinguished men.
FHey-otatlea cas- many Of them@have become
Of the opinion that annexation is the popular
doctrine, and, hence, they are ready % adyO-
cate any thing in the shape Of annexation. In
1874, the acquisition Of Texas, it was argued,
was indispensibly necessary to prevent it from
falling into tue hands Of sumo E~uropeaRpower,
and Necessary to our successful defence Of for
eign Invasion from the Southwest. Now, tits
discovered that the free navigation Of the ST..
Lawrence is already Of immense importance TO
perhaps a third Of our present population, and
would be of great value to the remainder
Where is this thing to end? If the sober
second ihought' Of the people does not soon
return, annexation after annexation will be
made until our bird Of liberty. like the Roman
eagle, will have more. nations under his wing
than he can protect q dislnemberment Will
take place; our government will fall to pieces,
AND some future Gjbbon will have to record
the, : decline and fall3 Of the, Union-the great
American empire. What do we want with
more territory or more States? We have all
ready twice as much territory as we ought to
I HAYES enough for one empire on the Atlantic
and one on the Pacific. And what, we repeat,
do we want with more? aei sf r51.
9 Under Mr., Folks disastrous administration
California and New Mexico were acquired.
s These, it is estimated, contain territory enough
$ for about twenty States. Even il the slave
s States succeed in getting the line Of the Mis-
souri, Compromise extended to the Pacific, they
a will only have about Ave States out of the
: twenty; SO that thus the free soil influence is
!, Increased, and that Of the slave States dlmin-
lshed. But when we reflect that IT, whole
will, in all probability, be free States, thus add
v hS kWOhtJ hSW HpO Pbotps w thS AlSV SVA
! power-and this TOO BY a Southern President!
q and reflect, also, that some fifteen or twenty
more free States will be carved out OF Oregon
what, we ask, does a Southern man want
n with more States? The slave States will be
no where if this suicidal democratic policy
4 is carried out. t,. . t
WEsr. pnINF. lime D6- 1910.
Wy Dear Sir:-The news from the Parlia-
q ment Of Great Bratain, this morning, must, l
v think, increases the discomfort Of our neigh
bors on the other side of the 81. Lawrence and
d the Lakes not a littIei and that these discon-
9 tents will, in a few years, lead to separation
0 Of he Canadas, New Brunswick, &c. &c., from
d the mother country, seems equally probable.
Will those Provinces form themselves into
!. an independent nation, or seek connection
/ with our Union? ! think the probability is
: greatly IN the favor Of the latter. In my iudg-
8 ment the interests Of bothsides would DO much
9 promoted by annexation-tho several with our
present thirty States. The free navigation of
' the St. Lawrence is already Of immense i'm
mense Importance to perhaps a third of our
prefent population, and would be of great value
v to the remainder. After annexation two reve.
d nue. Cutters, below Quebec, would give us bet
' terseeurity againS smuggling than 10000 Gus
d tom house employers strung along the line thai
r separates US from the, British Possessions on
our Continent am well acquainted with thai
line, and know a great deal Of the Interests
and character Of ProvinciaIs, Though oppo
sed to incorporating with, us any district dense.
q y peoplcd with the Mexican race, | should b,
g. most happy to lraternize with our North ant
Northeastern nelghbors.
n What may be the views Of Executive gov
eminent on the subject know absolutely moth
ii ing; but ! think cannot err in saying tina
a. two thirds Of our people would rejoice at TIT
,e incorporation aud the other third will soon pei
l. ceive its benefits.
lie OF course am opposed to any underhandec
measures, on our part in favor Of the mems
ures, or any other act Of bad faith toward
Great Britain. Her good will, in my view
of the matter, is, only second to that Of tn,
Provincials themselvs, and that the forme
ZEE would soon follow the atter-conaidering til,
so present temper and condition Of Christondou
at cannot be doubted. a.
~ The foregoing view have long been in tn
" habit Of expressing in conversations | Civ,
IN them 70 you-f for what they may be worth.
d., WINFIELD SCOTT,
FUNERAL HoNORs.-On the 9th inst the gov