The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-09-21
Position Of tho South.

luz HiaIpIIlN III toilBfHss, " attempting
to wrest all the newly acquired territory,
and part of Texas besides from the South.
IN order TO create at once two Free soil
states, meet with an awkward difficulty The
claim Of Texas was too strong to be totally
disrcgarded, :, ii was resolved to treat
that State as we have heretofore treated In.
dians whose lands we coveted, A price
was offered her-thc price OF the purchaser
with the money in one hand, and the sword
in the other This has long been the fash.
ion of treating weak or All inferior people,
and the North although it pretends now to
be asserting the principles OF universal equal.
lty and philanthropy, cannot so far conceal
its hypocrisy as to abstain from dcnouncng
the South continually, as inferior in morality
and progress, nor can it abstain from pre-.
scnting the sword to enforce q. treaty Of ces.
sion.
Well it seems that the people Of Texas
don't admire this method OF negotiating, nor
DO they like the policy OF selling sovereign
rights TO the Federal Government for mon.
ey, merely TO enable the latter to manuac.
turc free soil State in its immediate neigh
borhood of such very raw material rs n
Mexican population just conquered.
The majority in Congress is eager for the
trade 1t would be grand exploit in fact
it would be a capital loke--for n Northern
demogoguc returning from Congress To tell
to his constituents. that Free-soi State
had actually been bought Of the South, and
she compelled to pay half the purchase
money.
But then the refusal of Tcxas to sell will
spoil this fine speculation In that event the
Federal Executive threatens war against
Texas This however would be ycsy in.
convenient the 'Nlce is not such as " ould
be chosen by the aggressor for such a con.
ilict. Texas is in the neighborhood OF Ar
kansas Missouri, Mississippi Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Louisiana, who would all
send hosts OF volunteers to the aid of 'rcXas,
and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and
Florida would be quite ready to engage nj.
so. The portions of The Northwestern
States in the vicinity, of Illinois. Iowa, and
Indiana. have large population of Southern
origin, and would therefore have no DISPOSE.
ton 10 aid the North. In such u contest
the advantages Of position would be with
tn South.
Blu, furthermore the claim Of Texas OK
tends up to latitude II deg. That terrific.
nv, il held. either cuts or commands all &c.
cess to California and Oregon by the over
land route. Aud in case Ola conflict n few
privateers on the South Atlantic seaboard
would cut the present communication be
way Of the ls,hmns Thus the North might
find as often happens in such eases. that in
attempting TO grasp nj too much, She lost
all. We have heard Northern people refer
to the rrmoteucss of California from the
South, and chucklc over the difficulty the
south would experience in obtaining her
share Of it ia any event But the possess.
ion of Texas commands taliiornia-so
far as her connection with the Atlantic
States Is concerned And if dissolution
Of the Union should unhappllv occur the
North need not tlagierhersell with remaining
connected either with California or Oregon.
That is ont Of the question
One of the worst signs of the times, Is the
prevalence OF that abuse of terms called
cant. 1t is an inyauahlc symiom Of dcgeu-
eracv. As the meaning of people be
comes bad their words are apt TO become
fine. L Is only the last and lowest stage OF
vice that throws off the mantle of hypocri.
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