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“ The powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the People of the United Slates, may be resumed by them, whenever perverted to their injury or oppressiun.’’'’ Madison. 4J CHARLOTTE, N C., JAINUARY 3, 1845. 1 NUMBER 191 mmt. I Ji'J EDITED Ai\D PUBLISHED BY Frederick H. M’Oowcll. TU/mS: The "^M'vklenhnrv' Jc^ersonian'’ is published weekiy at 'J'lro Dollars a year, payable invariable in advance. Adi'criiscmenfs will be conspicuously and correctly insert pd at One IJijllnr per square for the first lasertion,and Twen iy-fvc Cents for each continuance—except Court and other vuiicial advertisements, which will be charged twentyjire per ■chf. Iii.jiier f!nn fheabnve rafes, (owing to the delay, gene r ' \. attondniit upon follcctions). A liberal discount will be ,)^J to ihasi' »vht> ridveriite by tiio year. Advertisements sent II l\. inil )jrai.-t li.> inurkod witli t'.jo number of iii3cr- '■ >n«. (ii'S'reJ; -r they will bo pubh^hcd until forbid and char;: r'd arc'!’'lin_ y. I. -’ti to :'ie IM/ ’ir inilos.c containing money in sums ci i\r- P ’ '^r cv r, must cotne free of postaj^e, or the :-lid n' ii;'.’ oili -i' hc.'e will be charged to the writer n fVi?rv .iisrnnr n>nl roliected as other accounts. CIlAJi LOTTE 2?af)i;u\ojs Simtovs. J\ivc7:.r.—Charlotte Hotel, by Hampton AIc.x • ^dcr, one square south of the Courthouse ; Mansion Jontc. I'V 11. T. tSl ian, 2 iloors south of the Court- .louse; ('aroima Inn, hj’’ .T. 13. Kerr, hall'a square 5i -rih o!' iht' l''onr!hi'Use. —Dr. Caldu’cll, otace opposite Char, ’-''to iloret: Dr, T. Harris, opposite Mansion House I)r. ‘ J. Fv'X, olHi’f .\o..G, low of ALinsioa House iJr?. Mappuldt Ot Taylor. olHce 1st door south ot .\’m. v'ar-.on'y Store ; Dr. A. Williams, otiioe at his th''e^' .«qua.''t's southwest of the cou rthouse / / v-—Will.Alexander, olJice two squa.'-es south »jf till’ Cuurlhovi.se ; James W. Osborne, othce •'H d' r I'iortii of the Courtjiouse; W'ni R. Alyers, ;e m buildings; I''. H. M’Dowell, ol- ' ai!!>ininj AJr. .Myers'; W’^. Ale.xander. otlice !t Mil- 'H H ni?r‘; Jolui F. Hoke, oltice ni j b:*'- ;joi;'s buildinj;?. 'ier('h(r':L-f.—K. Car? !t Co., 2d door south , : • Nai: thousc ; I:L. Mo."-s Co., ic?t tluor nortii o- t ; Eijjif tv Martin, 1st door nortti ol co .rt- . Oise, C’ti Tves? Fnie of maia street; Davni P.iilcs, :.',i d'tor Ilf.nil ul I’.iai?: »S:. Martin; Wrn. Carson, naif i .'■'luarc f-'O'ith of courtiiouse ; H. 13. VV'^iliiain.s 1st -r poa’h ot’ the court.uuse; 13rem Aie.KaaJer :.i 1 iiour ii'^-. \ nf !>ie courlhoase . .if^iitHers Li,. i :S!lrL:rcmi!!t9.— Samuel Lawing, op - to (,'aro.iu i Ina ; A. F. Hrewcr, Hutcnison's ■ r'Ulin^.'. I'nilortt.—Alcxaniler Graham, v/est wing Irwin'-^^ -'cr ; A. Betliune, ::^d door nortli of Charlotte i:lo- -> 7'^;’’ , ^ —Robcrl Shinv, 1st r S".: a ot' u' Hoa House ; A. Mont^^oaiery, op- oiir Foieign Relaiious. ■t I- • —Overman vc Trotter, 2 squares ■ ' I ; ( -urth^-i..:.. The> also keep up tn e.\- * I**.'* . ; ^ Ixt. /huCfCyrviU;.— \\ m. I'. Ale.xandcr, ne.xt door souiii : Uv-:'r::;:ia Troilcr. ! ihrfioni.r—William A. Tod,!. ■liokbirider—W diiani Uunter. i (Jarpentcrs.— li. C. Owens; K. .M. Sterling; Ad- .iM'ral A', (^r^y. -'■'Of an i ^htif:u’iJ:cr.—Wiiiiam Carlan. /IrickDiasou.—Jann‘s Kag’le. (nvccrs.—It. U. Ijrauley, next door to Carolina I ’1; J 'lui U'i’'arri'l!, next k-nr to Charlotte Hotel v-OJXTY OFFICERS. 7';/^—T. ?v. Aicxander, oilice in the courtiiouse ” rt Clcrlc—J. }3. Kerr, oliice 1st door ; ''-Kh of Crirohna Inn. (’n'infij Ciput (Yt'/Vj—C. T. Ale.xander Jr. ofTicr '”11^ that oi superior court c'erk. "un r—Ht'nrv C. Owens. JiiSTBEGEIVEO. i'll]' most vriiuahie MEDICINES in the United ; otates iiave juf?t been received, from the INorth d are now (tlTfred, lor the first time, to the ciiizcns - .Stnie. They consist of ..’EE EI.ACK (or Allehnsi's) SALVE, -'\LM:T^ASrS HEALTH PILLS, A.\D ALLEBASrS POOR MA?r.S PLASTER. . ■' . Ai.\ lu is an invention ofold Dr. Kitiridge Mnss. ]t aO’ccts more cures, and in a greater ri>‘y of cases, ilian any other Medicine ■jve ever iH'w. It is a certain cure for Fever Sores. Ulcer.s, I'nmors, Ahsccisscs. Eruj)tions, Felons, Sore Throat. -luii!i--ny, Lcat;-, l^unctures, Burns, Scalds, Bruises, = h'-'> !;ui>m chronic or inflammatory, Inflammations i •: vf-ry r;eE-cr:pion. Sweihng.s of every kind. Drop y. vf'iirit't Fev(T, and swelled neck, &c. &c. In ^niip f.f the-e compiamts ALLEBASPS HEAL'I'H I^'lLI .s; should be used. A pamphlet lurnished by e Ager will give lull directions. i xhc PILLS possess many advantages over any •■■jU'r Pills in use; for v.hile they are a thorougli •itl :irtic. mi!il in uieir operation, leaving the bow- ■'.s in a strong, active, and healthy condition, they possess alteraiive virtues unsurpassed by any medi- '■JDC we ever knew. They collect all the impuntit-s ' ! he ^vstPrn and di'^'^hargc them from the body. ' ieanMngtiie ve. y fountain of life, and renovating i|e V, hole system. They cure immediately all com- piaints that have their oirgin in the stomach-, such |s JJilious and Scarlet Fevers, Cholic, Dyspepsy, I'ever and Ague, Headache, Dizziness in the head. • auridice, Vv'orms, Costiveness, General Debdity, ^ ^oids, Lung and Liver Complaints, &c. &c. For -ostirnonials, get a pamphlet from the Agents—see -irect;ono in pamphlet. 1 HE PLASTERS, only 12^ cents, are warran- *eu Stipenor to any other Piasters in use. Improve ments have bee.n inade in these Plasters whiclt sup ply the defeat which judges notice in all others.— J he immediate comfort and ultimate health they secure to those who use them, justify us in.saying, huy these Plasters tor ail pains and weakness m the back, bowels, side, chest, loins, muscles. Chronic 1‘heumatism, Lung and Liver Complaints, coughs, i'olds, nervous affections, &c. &c. For certificates '^Yc directions, sec pamphlet lurnished by TV-W. Gilbert, No. 214 Fulton street' wholesale dealer in Drugs, Medicines, aints. Oils, &c. &c., is Proprietor of these Medi- '-ne.s. por sale by KELSON P. LILES. KENDALL & STACY, KLl STEWART, B. OATES, 3d, 1844. . Lilesville, Anson Co. Wadesboro’. Coburn, Union Co. Charlotte, I\. C. -r. BL.A^K8 ^ variouski^s, printed neatly on good paper ^ at tJiit Ofice, MR. CALHUUIS TO MR. KING. Department of State, VV ^siiuigton, Aug. 12, 1841. Sir: I have laid your dtspaich No. 1 before ihe PitsiUtni, who msiiucis me to make known to you that he has read ii with much pleasure, especially ihf poition which relatts lo your coidial leception by the King, and his assuiance ol Inend ly tee lings' towards III* Uintfd Stait s The Presideni, in par Mcului, highly apijreciatea the declataiion ol llie Kiu^, iliui in no went would any steps be taken by liisi Govfi nnu-nt in the slighUM degiee hostile, or v\hiCh would give to iht Uiiiu d Slates just cause ol compliiint. li vvas tlii luuif >;iaiilying tiom the Itici thal oui pre vious iniorin.iiiun was calcuiaied lo make the imjjussion that itn Gcjveinini ni ol Fiance v\as piepand to unite witli Ciieai lii ilain in a joint prolt^\ against the anntxalion ol Texas, and a joint t libit to in uce hei Liovniumnt to withdraw the proposition to anm-x, on condition that Mexico should be maJe to acknowledge her indepeudt nce. li' is liappy to iitkr tioin youi dtspaich that the inloi niaiK't), a? tar as it relaiis to Fiance, is, in all piobabiilly, without loundation. You did not go tuitiier than you ought, in assuring ih* King that iht* onj' ci ot anui xaiioii would be pursued w ith nn- abattd vigor, and in giving your opinion that a de- eiiii d inujui ity ol ihe Ametican people wi re in its luvoi, and mat it would ceitainly be annexed ai no iiiii.nu d.iy. 1 let l cunlidcnt ihat youi anticipation will bt luiiy leaiiZ'd at no distant piiiod l^vtry d.iy v\ili i( nd lo w c.iktn lhai couibinaiiun ot politi cal cauMS which led lo ihe opposiiiun lo the tnt as UH", and to stnnyttun the Conviction that it was not niiy .xp'ditni, liui jusi and n«cisiaiy You wtii ngm 111 inaUiti^ ihedisiinciion belwecn me inieit.'li d1 and 1‘^tigiaiid, in*reiertnce lo I’l xa."; 01 laihei, I uou.d say. the appait nl inler- I jt> ot ilif two ciMiniius. FianCf cannot possibly iiavt an\ oth'r iluin coinineicial int«.‘ri*?ts in d» siring 10 s f ir I |.i« I ve ht i st paiale indt pi ndt net j w hile It IS ceri.iin t^ini Koj^’land lotdis bt yond, lo political ini'Msis, to wliicn tfie aj)pjrentiy attaches much iinpoitiinct'. But, in our opmion, the interest ot both aiiamst ihtmt asun i? nioit n[>j art nl than rt al. and ihat ntilht i Fi anct , Kii^'land, noi evt i» Mtxico neisvit. has any in opptjsiiion to it, when ih» subj»cl IS taiiiy virWfd and coris;jer d in ns whole extent .iiid III all :ts b^a.ings 'i tius vu^weil and consider ed, and a>Miining ihal j-; acf, ihe ( xiension ot com m i''e, aiiJ sicniily. ar objt cis ol {'riinaiy policy with ihtin. It may, as u set ms to nx . be readily snoun ti)Oi int- pulicy on the pait ot those powt is which wuuid acquifsce '• a ineiiMirr so stionyly dttiie*'. by bolh tfi' United Sialts ut:d 'i'txas, lor their mutual wellare and salety, a^ the annexation ol ihe latter to t!ie foiiner. wouid be far more pro motive of tht?e git nl objects than thai v\hich would alit inpl to resist it. li IS impossihlf to cast a look at the map of Ihe Uniit l Siattt and 'i't-'as, and lo noi- ihe long, arli- fi lal, and inconvrnient line which divides tin in, and th n to tali*- nro considtMaiion the xira trdmary in- cit-asi ol population and giow’th ot the lorrn(r, and ih'- sou.ct iioin «\ hich me l.tiler must dt i ivt' its in- fKibiirtiu>, insniuiioti?. and law>, wuhoul coinmg to ih'' conclusion that it is ih* ii dt stiny to l)t- nri’ted, and. ol coursf. that ann» xathin is m« i Iv a qatstion ol ttme and mode. Tnus ;tga.dtd, tin qutsiiun to be decidtd would sttjn to b'. wheltiei it would not b»* beit' r to [terinii it to be done now, with the inu it>ai consent ol both parties, and the acquiesct nct- ot ihi'Si* powt rs, than to ailtinpl to resist and dett at it. II ih*' former course bt? adopted, lh»^ certain (ruits w’ouhl bt-, the prtseivalion ol peace, gn nl exit tision ol comriH ret by th* lapid s»‘ii!t"frunt and luipiovt in'tit (>l 'Texas, and incn.astd secuiilv, esptcially lt> Al fxico. 'I’he last, in rtfennce U> Mexico, rna}- be doubted, but I hold it ngt J ss c;ear than iht- other two. P. would be n grrnl mistake lo suppose ihal I his Goveinmenl has any hostilr let Imge towards Mtxi' CO, or any diiposiiion to ngijrandi;re itsell at ht r ex pt-nse. The lad is the veiy rt-verse. It wishes her w. II, and di'sirts to see ht-r settled down in peace •iiid security ; and is prepared, in the event ot the annexalion ot Texas, it not loiced into conflict with tirr, to propose lo settle with her ihe question of boundary, and all oiht-is grow ing out of the annt xa- iion. on the most liberal itrjins. Naiure herself has cltaily inaiketi the boundary bt-iween hei aiid Tex as l>y na Uial iimiis loo siiongto bemisiakn — Tneie are tew countrit s whose limits are sodisimci- ly maiked; and ii would be (/^ir desire, it Texas should be uuittd to us. to see them fiiinly establish 'd, as ihe mosi Cfcilain nuans ol establishing perma- rn nt pt-ace bt tv, t (_n the two count* les, and sirengih- • nmg and ctm* r:;in j their liiendship. Such would be the certain const qui nce of permil- iing i*^it; annt xatiun to take place now', with the ac quiiscnceol Mexico; but very different would be nt case, ll it should be ati> mpted to rt sisl and deteal 11, wht iner Ih* aitt tnpi should be successlul tor the piescni or not. Any aiinnpi ol ilu kind would, not improbably, lead to a conflict beiwet ti us and iMexi CO, and involvt- const qut nc*s, in ielernce to her and the general peace, long to be deploied on all sidts, and difficult to be repaired. Hut should ihai not be the case, and the interf* lence ot another pow- t r dtfeat the ann* xalion tor the pnsent, wiihout ihe interluption ot peact, it would but postpone the con flici. and render it more fieice and bloody whent ver 11 ini^ht occur. Its deleat would be nliributed lo • nmily aiid ambition on iht* part ol that power by whose inieiference it uas occasioned, and excite deep jt alousy and leseniment on the part of our peo pie, who would be ready lo seize the firsi favorable oppoilunity lo efieci by force what was pi evented iiom b« ing done peaceably by mutual const nl li IS not difficult to see how gieatly such a conflict, come.whtn it might, would endanger ihc geneial p. ace, and now much Mixico might be ihe loser t>\ It. In the m-.an lime, the ••ondilion of Texas would be rt ndt red unceiiain, her setiltment and prosperity in ons* qut lice reiardt d.and her coipmt-rce crippbd umie m*- g* III lal peace would bt* rendered much mole ms»cuie ll could noi but gifaily afleci us. ll ihf annt xalion ot '!’• xas shouiu b*- peinnitt-d to lak* plact ptact ably now, as it would without the init rlt rence ol other pow11s, th* • n* • git-s ot our peo ple would^ (oi a long time lo come, be directed to ! ihe peaceabic pursuits of redeeming, and bringing within the pale of culiivation, ivnprovcment, and ci vilization, that large portion o( ihe conlinent lying between Mexico on one side, ard ihe British posses sions on the other, which is nc v with iililo exccp lion a wilderness, with a spars'-. populnlion, consist ing for the most part of wancering Indian tribes, ll is our destiny to occupy that vast region; lo inter sect ll with roads and canals; lo fill il with t ilies, towns, villages, larms; to extend over it our religion, customs, consiiiuiion, and lavvs: nnd lo present it as a piacetul and splendid addition lo the domains of commerce and civilization, ll nnr pt/iicy to in crease by growing and spreadiri", out into unoccu pied regions, assimilating all we incorporate. In a word, to increase by accretion, and not through con quest—by the addition of massts held together by Ihe cohesion of force. No syslfm can be more un- suited lo the latter process, or bf lter adapted lo ‘.he j former, than our admirable Federal sysiein. If it I should no: be resisted in its course, it will probably | I fulfil iis destiny, without ditlurbing our neighbors ! i or putting in jeopardy the general peace; but if it be * opposed by foreign inlerlerrnee, a new direction would be given to our energy, tnuch less favorable to harmonv with our neighbors and to the general peace of the world. The char;ge would be unde- suable to us, and much less in accord with what I have assumed lo be primary objects of policy on ihc i part of Flance, Knglnnd, and INIexico. I But, to descend to particular?, it is certain that England, like France, desire.^ ihc independence of Ttxas, with a view to commercial coi)ncci''‘'p5 it is not less so ihat one of the b p.din^r motivrs of l^ng- land lor tiesirmg il is ihe liopo llial, through herdi- pl(*macy and influence, negro Mavery may bo abol j ishi'd iht '.e, and ultimately, by consequence, in the I Uniud Slate?, and ihronghq^i the whole of the I continent, is an object ardently desired by her. we i havf decisive j roof in tho dec iraiion ol the Earl ■of Aberdeen, delivered to tin? Dipartment wilh } Ml. J’akenham, also to be foui^d among the docu- } menls 'ransmiitinl to Congress v/iih the Texan trea- ' ly; that she has used her infli--''ncc and and dipio ciiacy to t lit cl it there, the sam* document, wilh the correspondence ot ihis I^fpartr .‘ nl with Mr. Pak- tnham, also to be found among 'he documents, fur nish* s proof not kss conclusivi : that one of the ob jects ol abolishing it there 1st facilitate its abolition ■n the U. Statt-s, and through ul ihe continent, is manifes' iiom iht dt'claraiicn c he. Abolition paity and sociLtifS in England, in fact, there is good leasi'ii to believe lhal the schme of abolishing it in TtX iS wit!] the view’ to its . bo!;tion in the Uni ted Slat*’?, and over the continent, originated with I the pioininetil members of the party in ihe United . :5’.ates. and was first broached hv them in the so call- td Woiitfs Convention, held m l^ondon in the year 1840. and through its agency brought lo ihu notice ot the Bntish Sovernment. Now, I hold not only that PVancc cnn have no i interest in ihe consummation of this grand scheme, i which England hopes to accomplish tlirough Texas, : if she can defeat llie annexation, but lhal her intcr- I esls and those of all the continental powers of Eu rope, are diiectly and deeply opposed lo it. ; Il is loo late in the day lo contend lhal humanity ' and philanthropy is the great policy of Eng- I find in attemplujg to abolish African slavery on tins ' contint nt. 1 do not question but wiiai humanity j may havi* bet n one ot her leading motives for the j aboiiiion ol tht^* African slave trade,and that il may , have had a considi rable influence in abolishing slave- j ly in her \V*si India possession?, aided, indeed by I Iht' fallacious calcuiation »hal the labor of the ne I giot s would b*-- at least as profitable, if not more so j m cons* quince of the mt'asure. She acted on the Ipiincijdt* that tropical products can be produced j -h«apt“r by free Atiican labor and East India labor ! than by slave labor She knew full well the value I of surh pioducts to her commeice, navigation, na- j vy, manufactures, revenue, and power. She was I not ignorant that ihe support and the maintenance I of her political preponderance deprndcd on her irO' } pical possessions, and had no intention of diiiiinisli- 1 mg ihi^ir productiveness, nor any anticipation lhal j such would bt* the efTecl, w’hen Ihe scheme ol abol- I ishing slavery in her colonial possessions was adop ted. On the contrary, she calculated to combine philanthropy with profit and power, as is not unu sual with fanaticism. Experience has convinced her of the fallacy of her calculations. She has failed in all her objects. The labor ol her negroes has proved far less produclivc, without aflbiding the consolation of having improved their condition. Tht experiment has turned out to be a cosily one. She expended nearly one hundred rHiilions of dol lars in indemnifying the owners of the emancipated slaves. Il is estimated that the increased price paid since by the people of Great Brrain for sugar and other tropical productions, in consequence of the measure js equal lo half that sum, and that Uvice that amount has been expended in the suppression ol th( slave trade—making, together, two hundred and fifty millions of dollars as the cost of the experi ment. Instead of realizing her. hope, the result has been a sad disappointment. Her tropical products have fallen off to a vast amount. Instead of supply ing her own w\anis and ihose of nearly all Europe with them, as formerly, sfje has now in some of ihe most important articled, scarcely enoujjh.to supply her own. Whaf is worse, hei ow'ti colonies are actually consuming sugar, produced by slave labor brought direct lo England, or refined in bond, and exported and sold in her colonies, as cheap or cheap er than they can be produced ‘here; while the slave trade instead of diminishing, has bttn in fact car^ ried on lo a greater extent than ever. So disastrous has been the result, ‘hat her fixed capital vested in tropical possr*ssions, estimated al the value of near' ly fivH hundred millions of dollars, is said to stand nn the brink of ruin. But this is not the worst. While this costly sctjeiiie has had such ruinous efl'ects on the tropical productions of Great Britain, it has given a pow'er- ful stimulus, followed by a corresponding increase of products, to those countries which have had the good sense to shun her example. There has been vt sted, It i? estimated by them, in the production ol tropical products, since 1808, in fixed capital, near ly four thousand tniilions of dollars, wholly depend eni on slave labor. In the same period the value of thfir products have been estimated to have risen Irmn about seventy-two millions of dollars annually to nearly two hundred and twenty millions, \vhite Ihe whole of the fixed capital of Great Britain vest ed in cultivating tropical products, both in the East and West Indus, is estimated at only about eight They are of vast extent, and those beyond the Cape of Good Hope possessed of an unlimited amount of labor, standing ready, by ihe aid of Bri-t- hundred and ihirly millions of dollars, and the vah j ish capital, to supply the deficit which would bo ue of the products annually at about fifty millions j occasioned by destroying the tropical productions of of dollars. To prtseni a still more striking view; j the United Stales, Cuba, Brazil, and other countries of three arliclcs ot tropical products—sugar, cofTee, cullivatid by slave labor on this continent, so soon and cotton--thrf Bsitish possessions, including the as this increased price, in consequence, would yicifi Wtsiand Eatt Indies and Matiniius, produced in ja profit. It is the successful cnmpelilion of that la- 1842, ot sugar, only 3.993 774 cut.; w’hile Cu | bor which keeps ihe priccs of the great tropical sta- ba, Brazil, and the United State?, excluding oih j plt^s so low as to {.n-vent their cultivation wilh pro- er countries having tropical possessions, pro(!uc*d ! fit m the possessions of Gre^i: Britain by what she 9,000,000 cw t ; ot c'(f . th** Bnti; ii possef-sit.-ris j is pltasrd to call free labor. 1 f she can destroy its produced only ‘27.393,003. w hii. Cuba and Brazil | cornprtifibn, she w'ould have a monopoly in ihoso produced 201,595.125 pounds; and of cotton, tin-| pioductions. She has all the mears of furnishing British possessu^ns. uicluding shijmitnts to Cnina, j unliniiicd sujiply; vast and fertile possessions in only 137,443 440 p.ounds, uhiie the Unittd States alono produced 79tJ.479.‘275 [lound?. j 'I'he above facts and esiitoa'.es have all been drawn ; from a British periodical ot high standing and au thority,*' and are believtd to bt; eniiilt d to credit.— This vast increase ol capita! and pioduction on the pari of those nations who have coniinut-d tht ir for- mer policy towards the negro race, compared with that of Great Britain, indicatts t corresjionding re lative increase of the means of commerce, naviga tion, manufactures, wealth, and power. Ii is no boiii Indies, bounaless command of capital and labor, and ample jvjwt r lo supptess dii'urbanccs and prC' Serve oide* throughoiit her wide domains. It is unquf stionablo that she regards the abolition of slavciy in Texas as a most important stcplo\vards this great object of policy, so much the aim of her solicitude and txeriions, and the defeat of ihe annex ation ol 'Texas to our L’nian as indispensable to tho abolition nl sl.ivery there. She is too sagacious not to set' what a lata! blow U would give lo slavery iu the United Stales, arid how ceitainly its abolition longer a question ol doubt ih.ii tht* great source of j with us would abolish il over the whole continent^ the wealth, prospeiiiy, and [lower ot the more civil j and thereby give her a monopoly in the productions ized nations of llie lempt ra’c z>me, especially Eu ! of tiie gital tropical staples, and ihe command of rope, where the arts nave inadt* the greatest advance, | the commerce, navigation, and mannfactures of tl'je depends in a great degrte on the exch'.inge of their j world, u’lih an tsiablishcd naval asccndcncy and products wilh those ol ttie tropical region. So great poliiicai prej ondeiance. 'To this continent the blow has been the advanct made in the arts’, botfi cliemi- ( would be calamitous beyond description. It would cal and mechanical, within the last few generations, Mtstroy, in a great measure, the cultivation and pro- thal all the old civilizf d naiiunt cju. u iih liii a small j duct ion of the great tropical staples, amounting on- j part of their labor and capital, supply ihtir resj)(c- ■ nualty in value lo nearjv ^ l.ive wQDis, vvl„ch „;wlow | bounds Ihe amount ol ihc cr>nur....-» intm j imist ncry olhtr biaDCh ol iis coiftnerce, { itud forc«R i.hem all lo se* k tor markets in the irop- navigation, and nianu.aclurts. 1 he whole, by i ical regions and iht* mort nt wly settlid portions of i the globe. Those who can bist succeed m coni- ^ . rnanding those niavkets, have iht* b*-si prospect ol i w hole conlinrnl, ami vivifying by iheir overflow tho the caner of commerce, t industry of Europe, tnereby increasing its popula tion, wtaith, and advnncimi:nt in the art.', in power, I ! and civilization. ilRii joint influence, are rapidly spreading popula tion, wealth, itnprovement. ar i ‘iviliz.ition over the ouislripptrio tiic othtis in navigation, marmfactuii s. wtalth and power This is scet; and felt by P3iilish siatesme-n, nnd, I has opened iheir ey»s to the « rrors which tliiy | Such ni’isl be the rr-sul;, should CJrent Britain I have committed. The qutstii'n now with them is, isuc- eid in accnmplishing tfie cr^nstant object of litr how’ shall It be counleiacitd ? What has been j desire and exertic iis—the abolition of negro slavery done cannot be undone. The question is, by what | over Ihi.s continent—and towaids the efrccting of means can Gital Britain legain and keep a supe- i which she rt frj^ids the d* feat of the annexation of riority in tropical cultivation, commerce, and influ* i Texas to cur Union so important. Can it be possi- |ence? Or shall that be abandcn d, and other na I ble that Governtnfn'.s so cnlif^htened and sagacious lions Le suir*,r*n to acquire the supremacy, even lo | as those (>! Fiance riud the other great continental the extent of supplying Biitish markets, to thn de- j powers can be so blinded by the plea of philanthro- struction of th*' capital alrtadv vested in their pro- py as not to see what must inevitablv follow, be iicr ductiop. ? 'Tnest ii,,. qu stion?> which r»ow pro- ^ motive what it may, should ?hc sneered in ber_oH- foundly occupy the gna'est influence over hei ; jcci? It is litilc short of nrrrckery to laUc of phi^ councils. i lanthropy, with the examples before us of the cT- In order lo rt gain her supt liority, she not only j fects of abolishing negro slavery in her own colo- sfeks to revive and incicast- her own capacity to tncs. in Si Domingo, and the Norlhern Slates of our Union, wliere statistical facts, net to be shaken, prove Ihat the fried negro, alter the experience of sixty yeai5, is m a fur worse condition than in ihti uiiiei States, uhere he has been left in his former condition. No; the effect of what is called abc- liiKin, w here the number is few, is ndt to raise the interior race 'o the condi’ion of frcemrn, but to dc- I produce tropical prodiiciiun.s. but to diminish and i destroy the capacity of those who havt so tar out i striped her in constqjMic*’ ol ht r error. In pur suit of the former, sh has cast h* r * y s to hei East India possessions, to C*nnal and Easu rn An ica, 1 with the view’ of establishing coloniis there, at‘d I even lo restore, substantiiilly. the slave trade itself, under the specious name of transporting free labor ers from Africa to ht r West In 5ia possessions, m ^ order, if possible, to cornptie succt sstullv with -host- i ma to his interior conditir'n. But. on tho other who have refused to follow her suicidal policy, j hand, where the number is -.eat, and bears a large I But ’.hose all afford but uncertain and d.stunt hopts j proportion to the whole population, it would bo • of recovcrincT her lost superiority Her main re- j snH w’ors?. Ii would be to subsli'uie for the exis- i tiance is on the other aheruativp, to cripple or de- ] tingr relation a dcr.dly strif*^ belwecn the two racts, siroy the productions ot her successlul rivals.— | ;o end in subjection, expulsion, or extirpation of ona prive the negro of the guardian care of iiis ovvncr, sut’jcct to ill the depression and oppression belong- \ There is but one way by which it can be done, and I that is, by abolishiriL’ Alrican slavery ihroughou' j this conlinent; and that sht op* niy n\ow:r> b j constant objcct of her policy and t x* VM-t s it ri./.i lers not how or for what motive it iiia\ be dune, or llie otht^r: and such would be the case over th^ grf at' r part of this conliiirnt where ntgro slavery '1^. It would not end there, but w’oulJ in all P»obabil(ty, t xiend, l>y »ts example, the war cf ra ces over all Sou'h America, including Mexico, anil I whether it be by diplomacy, influt nee, or force— j extending to the Indian as vvell as to the African bv secret or open means; and, whether the motive j race, and mak'e the wl'jole one scenc of tio.^d and; i be humane or selfish, wilhcnl regard to n anntr. tneans, or motive, tin iliing itself, should il he ac de£tmction. Dismissing, ihcn. the stale and un.'ounded plea of ! ccmplishcd, would put down all rivalry, and givt philanthropy, can it be that Frnncc and the other i her the undisputed supremacy in supplying her j seeing what must be the j own wants and those of the rest of the world, and result of Ihe policy for the acccmplishment of which I thereby more than fully retrieve what she has lost j p^rigland is constantly exerting herself, and that iho ; by her errors. It would give her the monopoly of | of ;he annnexaiion of Texu'? is so important: I tropical productions, which I shall next proceed to ! towards its consummation, are prepared to back or 1 show. j countenance her in hei ( fi'orts to cffcct cither?— W'hat would be the consequence, if this obj*'cl of j W hat possible motives can they have to favor her her unceasing solicitude and t xertions should be cf- j cherished policy ? Is it not better for them that fected by the aboiiiion of m gro slavery throughout | tPf v should be supplied with tropical products, in o.x- this continent, some idea may be formed from the j change for iheir labor, from the United States, Bra^^ I immense diminution of productions, as has been 2i|_ Cuba, and this continent genejally. lhan to bo j shown, which has followid abolition in her West j dependent on one great monopolizing power for iheir In(^ia possessions. Bui, as great as that has been, | supply? Is it not better that they should receive ll is nothing compaied to what would be the efTecl, i them at the low prices which competition, cheaper it she should succeed in abolishing slavery in the j nieans of production, and nearness of market, would United States, Cuba, Brazil, and throughout this | furnish them by the former, lhan lo give ihe higli continent. The experiment in her own coloni'S prices which monopoly, dear labor, and great dis- was made tmder the most favorable circumstances It was brought aboul gradually and ptaceably, by I the steady and firm operation of the parent country lance from market would impose? Is it not better that their labor should be exchanged with a new conlintnt. rapidly increasing in the population and I armed with complete power to prevent or crush al ; capacity for consuming, and which would furnish, ' once all insurrectionary movements on the part of J nj the course of a lew' generations, a market nearer the negroes, and able and disposed lo maintain lo | to ihr ni, and of almost unlimited e.xtent, for the pro- ihe full the political and social ascendency ot iheir j d-jcis of their industry nnd arts, lhan with old and former slaves. It is not al all wondeiful that the i distant regions whose population has long sincc change of ihe relations of master and slave took j reached iis growth? place under such circumstances wiihout viohncei "fhe above contains those enlarged views of poll* and bloodshed, and that order and peace should have been since preserved. Very diflereni would be the result of abolition, should it be eflectid by her in fluence and exeriions, in the possessions of oiht r countries on this coniine nt. and especially in iheU States, Cuba, and Brazil, the great culiivators of the principal tropical productions of America. To form a correct conception ol what would be ihe re suit with them, we must loe»k not lo Jamaica, but to St. Domingo, lor an example. The change would cv which, it seems lo me, the enlightened European statesman ought lo take in making up his opinion on tht subject of the annexation of 'i’exas, and the grounds, as il may be inferred, on which England vainly opposes it. 'i’hey certainly involve conside rations ol the deepest importance, and demanding the greaiest attention. Viewed in conneclion with them, the qut siion of annexation bccomes one of the first niagnitude, not only to I'exasand the United States, bui to this conlinent and Europe. T hey are pre* be followed by unforgiving hate between the two pfni,ihal you may use them on ail suitable oc casions where vou think* they may be with efi^ct, in your correspondence (where :t can be done wnh propriety) or otherwise. The President relies with confidence on your sagacity, prudence, and zeal.-- Y^our mission is one of the first magnitude ol all times, but especially now; and be feels assured nothing will be left undone on your part lo do jus tice to the country and the Government in reference to this great measure. I have said nothing ns lo our right of treating races, and end in a bloody and deadly snuggle be- tw’een them for the supeiiority. One or the other would have to be subjui>ated, extirpated, or expel led, and desolation would overspiead their territo ries, as in Si. Domingo, from >hich it ‘vould take centuries to recover. The end would be, that ihe superiority in cultivating the great tropical staphs would be transferrtd from ihem to the Biitisn tro pical possessions. fBlackwood’e Magazine for Jane, 1844.