The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-06
new GFnnadn Seeking Annexn-
606 TO the United stnt..

NOW 49, SAtmk AmmeXAS
fl0i TO the United states.
Extract from az Report of the AHOrn.S
GeReral Of Netp Granada, submitting ~
neso FEDERAL Constitution to COnSrsss fer
its action.
But II 1t is believed this proposed reform
sh ould not be adopted, it appears necessary
to adopt some other course rather than %
remain in the situation in which we were
placed by the law Of June f6, 1855. WhaN
shall this course be!
The incorporation Of the new Statet Of
Granada into the American Union, under
the same condition a. the Siaies that al-
ready constitute that Confederacy.
If we do not re-organize ourselves on Q
solid basis, such an incorporation is for ug
the means Of resolving the difficulties under
which we labor. -------.------
This course would be better than to 70:
main in the situation We, are now in.
| Let US become part o: the American
| Union, and the States of New Grannda will
find themselves in the same condition % arc
the States Of New York, Pehnsylvania, and
other States Of the confederation; enjoying
externally the protection the power Of that
great people can insure US, aud preserving
our government, and the means OF better.
ing our internal condition without rick FROM
those vandalic iaeursioNs with which we are
at present threatened. a,. ,s-. .sss .zst
The resources with which our country has
to fulfill its obligations, will acquire an I'M:
mense value, Because we shall be rid OF the
fears that our precarious position ought ne.
turally inspire, aud which discourages agri.
culture and commerce. Our public Iandt
will be in great demand for cultivation, our
rivers will be improved, and our commerce
prodigiously extended. The income front
our wild lands, from the Customs, and fr6iiR
all the natiOnal properties, will give the
Government of the Union more than meaftS
sufficient to pay the public debt that press:
es so heavily upon US, at the same time id:
dividual property will increase in most
notable degree.
Our public lands will be in demand on
which to establish an agricultural poPula.
tion, because then the settler can count DIP.
on that security in working them that Can:
not be guaranteed to them in the situations
in which we are at present placed.
We lack security, because the constant
threat of European natiJns makes is fear
for the intefrHptNn Of commerce; Which,
would result from the products OF the soil;
and because they make US fear that our 10.
borers must be turned into soldiers, and off
earnings must go to pay the expenses Of
war.
incorporate Che Grunndian States into the
American Union, and the respectubii,y Of
that great nation will preserve us ffoHf glk
these inCoHveniences-wlG give us ali the
Importance they possess, and end the inse.
Guilty which lessons our population and pat:
. alyses every business.
We shall lose a nominal nationality; tS
> acquire potent, real one, that will be RI:
spected throughout the world. ..
Our race will gradually mix with the An:
glo Saxon race.
, But all this will diminish nothing in our
> prosperity, neither prejudice the future Of
: our children, nor cause any possible evil.
: We shall preserve the same internal gov.
. ernment that we now possess, while we
shall be relieved from external affairs,
. which will be transferred to the government
, Of the Union. a'>s .F
= This new condition will be, without
: doubt. better than we now are in, and tho
> critical condition we may find ourselves in
=: if the country shall rest me years longer
: without re constructing itself in afsolid
> manner. that shall give we'll founded hopes
> of our becoming great nation.
= have spok ken with sincerity, citiE"ns
; Senators mud Representatives, my opinion
upon our POLITICAL situation and upon the
> different modes by which we can better it.
. Exempt from pre- occupations of race and
> nation .liy, free from antipathies which are
: but the agents Of poetical illusions, and
> frank and loyal in the expression of my
: thoughts, have presented plan Of politi-
!, cal organization which ! believe will secure
US in the preservation Of our nationalityC I
J, whilst | have presented the dangers that
y surround US il we do not adopt it, and pro.
;, posed the Ieast disadyantugeous SoHfse 10 bS
: pursued in such an emergency.