Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-09-07

all will agrra,-4atil. as fut the future. We
trttst etl,ai its tetenlitig pnges, ts They
slowly unfeli. viii brinH ,titu,i pt,t country
NE greater disasters, moi witltstniitlita Tie
ai1rtiy md reftpntot,s '.sigt,s If the
titnns."
THE ANNEXATION NJ Teeas pfeittad
war, tl5ttlahett. n ~'iatinsttl debt. antl Tie
acquisition If "a immense amount If terri
tort The batter acquisition lac ttpved
tbs nire disastrous oI al the disasters r..
stIting from the original acquisition II
llns produced nh Alienation " feeling be-
tween lie North MD the sBtttli44hia
aaitsad sectional heart buriiinqs uial ieal-
t,taips--lpas ihpli,tpd liarvssiptt ss ii, he
probabilities If y dissolution " the hbnfa
4 staeF-hns lel portions " pif peupfe h
calculate the value Of tho l1ttion. and nt.
rtistnittstl them 10 look 1T lislltiiotl ~ Il
naatlpr within i,t 'Htlgp II probability II
Hing wliitl, II itself. alui,n. Inns dptia ntpre
Gum than tie. annexation If M liz tefti-
tory l,attree, orrr southern boundary n,,d
i]'ntngeriin, roitIi do good Il Is n Ind
lin,, # tl,r Union as aia etetlt likely to
hnrpet, III my contingency st under Hlit
circumstances.
The people wera ,iut ~ttittnfnet, how.
ever, II tie results which would lost from
The itl.starfei measure or tupa tatiei. The
greatest statesman IN the latid-wliose
prophetic eye saw dianstet, If NOE utter
rrin. 10 his country ahead, were tl.is inca
sire iiattmtnhtel-ltHNht ttAY@ih ~,
warned. IN tle must solemn i,ntiitat, his
rottn'rylfiel, Irptt r,irsltitiE reckless courses
" territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Bat l,is
warnings aid pnitpaties were n.lteptled.
~ wstr The warnings and e,itteatiaF OF The
ever given tittl, 10. lacked by al the III
flhen"a and support which d powerful aud
intelligent PARTY could tuulihntl hut let
,ts take - very sllutt extract fftsi Mr..
tlAy'a celebrated Raleigh IN. ca letter.
nf tetl4
II ronsiief he a,ite satictt II I'tshsi ~ this
time without tie assrt,t II Me sito. ne Il measure
compromising the national character, involving us
certainly IN s. nat with Mexico. bANetArtts ~
ritz tNiteHtit ~ tHt urtur. eirl Inc s~ietieNt IN
tho present fnnnriai e%e,rlitiuh of The country"
Such wna The language " tlp Wig
candidate iot the Presidency IN tslB, aud
Rttth vac the principle enIorred by his
political supporters during that treiE,rnieus
cnuvass. But ali taiiei. The Wild spirit
nf progressive democracy uaitlra The
day. regardless of the solptntily lliuliteI
Faith ui tie ltatiai, in sacred tresstY. aud
reckless Of the Consequences which would
naturally follow Clay WAC defeated
Folk wac elettei-annesation followed.
and war. with all tie hoftid trim IF evils.
waa the necessary consequence. Tile wal
terminated vi"tptiuttsly, for tlie Americans |
Nor could IT well have been otherwise. fnr
o,tt troops are invinelble in tie held. es-
reeially when led oh Ivy such, insn as
TAYLOR aud Suort. But that wnr WAS
by n treaty whiul, provided Tor the
OF al immense portion Ut
Mexican territory tn the United States
Tint annexation has been u rnt,lofa'n box
tF lhteolief to our country. II l,hs opened
the llo~od-eates 81 lanatieiFni III the North.
and OF digunion IN the South. II has
the holy bonde wlicl, for more tl,Hii
seventy ynafa have united tile land Of
" ApntNafoN. ArAMs aud JBrrER aoN. TO-.
to be talked of lightly aud aa Of
title worth II has enabled the toce Of
freedom, IN lHildp Of d~esrotis,n. 10 point to
,nf experiment OF free government IA n
attire, and to speculate upon The probable
of the time which would elhusc be-
tho world would witneas tho overthrow
II the last resting place Of freedom upon
." | .
In Gue, II has done wha( Nj. CRAY
aid it would do. it has l,ren DANGEROUS
70 t,tr INTEGRITY or ritE UNION and has
,ect, productive of an array Of evils. fenr-
al to contemplate, IN far ne the s%,aet IL
'oncerned, and dreadiul to study about for
he inturc. /,
ME- - AZ.
AT Of the hloodshc,l uf the war-.all If q,
he expenditure rauped by tall of the
uhsequctt annexation OF Mexican terrific.
ny why Of lnjelitnity-all Of the dis
the dividing, the angry, the suiei.
discussions IN tho present Congress,
'oM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of tts session, are
tIaocable to The defeat Of Mr.. Clay :
a 1871. and a,c annexation of Texas, +,
lave not the people learned, by severe, by {
,Tihle experience. that il Ia better to fol- \
wv The ~counscls of mighty intellect and |
Spanded patriotism, We believe so,
An OF the evils r%rconnted above have \
the commission of ono iaise step. h
he very same men who led the southern !,
into the commission OF one error, !.
re now trying to lead them into another.
hey desire them 10 dissolve the Union be- 1
certain consequences have followed !,
act~s-provided thoy eannot have
seir owl way. But, in this Instance,
ae traders in patriotism will be disap- u
They have deceived the people y
ace--they canno, 10 il again. The peo- u