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VOLUME 4.1
CHARL.OTTE, XORTH-CAROLIIVA, JAl^UARY 24. 1845.
IIVIIMBER 194.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
Frederick H. M’Dowell.
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The Texas Debate.
liist of Letters
EMAI.MXG in ihe
i\. C., oil the Ipi day
A.
Pr. A. F. Alexander.
.Miss Sirah J. Aiexautler,
Ailiim Alexander,
^\'in. Alexamler,
Ir V Alexander,
i)r. M. W. Ale.yaniler,
Isaac Adams,
J3.
Siirah lien It}’,
►Sain. Berryhill 2,
Az iri.ih Baily,
Josiah Bradsiiavv,
.Mii. A. S. Berry,
i\oht. l^nrhanaii,
vVni. Brunson,
jaiiifs Barueito,
.Mr. Brackoit.
j^iepiien M. iio'^zc'r,
lieuiL^e Branncr,
Will. S. Batiiicr,
C,
r Ie r;{ 01’ .M ecl;! enb ii rg
‘ 'o inty Ciuirt.
flc V. 11. B. Cai;tiinih:un,
\ . C.Mari.c,
‘li'. F.uaii-e A. C xrtP.r,
j'livid F. Ct)'.v,;:i.
I'. CaKiueil,
1).
M'cn W.Dav:?,
S. Davi:,
.t 1.;: s 1 KuiiriuTlV.
K.
J ?r’)r>3 »S. Early,
.'Ir. i-'-rwin,
-ViL'Xaiuloi' Krvia.
F.
G. Flannaffan.
(-T.
llcv. John CiiV'.rd,
.11 cnrv J. (.T ir.i.o'i,
■ H.
B. Hanfcrj
.1 aios Hipp,
n iKsion vV Grier,
]?. .M. Herron,
• v'. il. liovt;y
I'liiiu Hfiitiorsoii,
>■>*
Ii-
ha
'V'.n. J
'■ V 1:1. .lack.
M,.ry J
. U; J
.1'iuistnn.
.•i '> .Mitry E. Jf.'hriitm.
K.
Il.irvev Kenno.V,’.
'L.
^In.-ori U. Ly '•>.
Mr-. K. J jCuauunuf,
M. Loiig,
M il. Fit'inonds,
,' '.'';ah (!. L(*\vi=,
■ Lfilvvdll,
Mrs. ?vlary Jieniilt*.
uiuary 1, 1^']').
Post Oliicc at Charlotte
of January, IS 15, wit
M.
Roliert McGej’,
}fuL'‘ii McGahan,
.Tames McCav.
W. P. .Mcc;ielland,
Dr. McClanalian
McConibc-’,
'I'iioa as Mack,
James McLeod,
B. r>. M.,11 lev,
\L K. McDowell,
U. McDowell.
F. Ii. McDowell,
Jiimes C. Moore,
John M. Morris,
A. C, Miller.
O.
Roherl Ormand.
J. L. A. ('rr Co.
i‘.
.Toshn.i Perry.
Mr.. I^. 8. Peop'ep,
FranKliii l^emioa.
VV’tn. i\. P;irks,
IJenj. i’icrc**,
O. AL Peck,
Lovi Poke,
Mis.:> :\L Porter,
K.
C. M. Ray,
Dr. J. M. K im'sc'y,
.\liss Eiiz. llt'n 2,
Prichard l.\o/zel,
Marv Ann ilankin,
Dr. J. W. Jlo=s.
S.
Cyru? StiiisTn,
(^)i. (.■(•o, ymitii,
S. Sasherry,
.(uhn F. Seilars,
!\hs. F. Sainjilc, or )
Mrs:. A. S. B’ rry, \
i'iajo M. ."S'jralt,
i'iiain S[»ring.~,
M tj. J.isepii Smith,
J IMl.'S III.
Mis.s Jane A. Jiloan,
Ij'iran; T. iSioin,
lluiTiikS: P’Ji JSiewarf.
Tlioc. Tlsnni pson.
James C't. T »ronce 2.
1-. F. 'rhnPipson,
\V,
Mn.ci->s C. West 2,
StepluMi Wilson,
Jiiciiart} arren.
P. J. \\"i!^=oo.
S. N. \Wt!iin jtcn,
Mis-i L. A. vVilliain.=,
Dr. Jameti Woool*^r,
Dr. F. D. Williamson
T. R. IIu'Thcs,
J. W. HAMPTON, P. M.
SPEECH OF
Mr. Vancey, of Alabama,
Delivered in the House of Representatives of Con
gress, January 7. 1845, in reply to Mr. Clingman,
of N.C., and others. Mr. Clingman had just con
cluded his speech against annexation, when Mr.
Yancey rose and said :
As paities have lisen or fallen upon old doinesuc
issues, atiimosilies have been engendered—pr« judices
have been loiintd—uciimonies have been given
Inrth lo, which have become so deeply sealed that
whai under other circumstances would have betn a
blessui^, has become a cu>s.e to the country. In
stead ot testing measures by iheir efiect upon the
country, a large portion of the community i» si them
by their contemplated effect vpon party 'I’his has
ciept into this hall. Men ol etnnn ucf and ability
have indulged in u, and when \, got me floor in
Committee of the Whole on thf- sub tr usury bill,
1 desigrit d to iiave expresed my regret that ihe gen
tleman fr(»nj Ohio, vvnh so seaichmg an mtelleci—
In the first place, :hen. of the several propositions
which had been cor«mitted to the Committee ot the
Whole on the stale of ihe Union, Mr. Y expressed
his preference for that of the gentleman from Ken
tucky [Mr Tibbattsj This proposition met more
lully his consiiiutional view ol the subject than any
other; it conformed to the very letter as well as Ihe
spirit of the constUijtion. He referred to the arti
cl* s of the old confrderacy, which, he said, had been
found lo confer too lew powers upon the general
governmenl; that th» v were too circumsciibed and
Inniled lo give that  fiiciency. energy, and scope lo
thf government which the people desired, Mr. Y.
rt-{en* d 10 and read fiom the eleventh article of the
conledt lation which i,*ovided for the admission of
(^.iiiada inlo the corii J^iu’y ujton her assenting
thereto, and for the admission of other colonies onlv
'on the agreement thereto of nine States. Mr. Y.
went into an examination of that part of the proct ed-
mjjs ot ihe convention which resulted in the trans
forming the article which he had read into the ar
tide as it is now found in the consiilniion, mention
ing the rejection by the convention of the projiosi-
lion of Mr Randolph, which expressly prohibited
Ihe admission of other terriinrv than that within the
confederacy ihrevv iier back on her original sover
eignty, and she was now sovereign.
Even if the title by which the people of Texa
had been conveyed by us to Spain had be* n good,
Spain had not giv» n it binding force by la'h'ing pos
session thereof; but, on the contrary, sh^ had con
firmed their independence by its recognition in 18
36 In the formation of that confedeiacy, sh«' had
agreed to artichs similar to those of our constitu
lion; according to one of them, the ccmfederacy
was never to be dissolved. Cut m 1834. the histo
rv of Mexico and 'Pexas told them that a militarv
eign Re lations brought in his report on this snbjecf,
the gentleman complained that time bad not bet n al
lowed to :he minority of the committee to express
their views on it, Whal had gentlemen been doing
ever since the last session ? They knew that the
snbjt’ci mtisf come up at this, and yet they complain
ed of being unprepared. What had they been do
ing since the commencement of this session ? 'I'heir
real grounds of cnn’plaint were that the subject wr.S
Start'd rally i noutjh to bring it to a successful :ssuo
b« fore the close of the session. 'I'he geriiu man
such p )weis of sarcasm and wit—so rich a diciion • , ,
and such varied accomplishments, should havt- lent , repnb.ic, &c. Ihe hisioiy (>aid
himsell to lower the character ot a repi* srntativt', ^ ^ ariicl'’. whet^ they weni back to its
A a .OD iiUSlXk^SS.
J. X V > 5 *■ A,>. A*; i
Mt
or
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IS,
be
iw-
le
k
ta
|XTE\DI.\G to cbariLre my rr.-i.hmce. I ofl’er for
8 sale my 'i’AINWFRY in Clieraw, contMitiiiiir tor-
t>-five Tanning and four Linie Vais, two P.aitc? and
• I i.'ir^^e Pool, .supplied l*y a n»'V‘‘r iailuiy .^{tring, a
f-'!.:'!! lirancli rnnnmr tlironefh ilie vani. 'There are
liu* premises, all n»*crs.>,»ry aiul convenient hni!d-
tor a I iriic ojeraiion in 'I'aiiMiMij and Shoe
■'liiLii'.LT. The Vat.s are now lilh-d. A trood «:o)»jiiy
'it li-uv flides on hand, and a lar'je Fnpply of iJark.
I'i.iy efin:il lo two years constnupiion. Terms will
made ?M*eoininodatinu. Il not disjiosed of at pri-
I ^vi!i appoint an early’ period lo the hi'i-h-
. ‘ ^t ladder.
ALSO, ran sale.-
i-mall tract of land, adjacent to tb,e town, wiih
; sheds, &c., necessary lor Brick making.
.MjSO ;
A Carriage, but littie used and a pair of safe fa-
1 I I r I-1
nily Horses,
Dec. 18 J 4
JOSHUA LAZARUS.
92;;:3w,
REfiT. W
I HAT we’.l knou’n .ctand at Ceait:e\: Ford, late-
iy the properly ot R, I], Burton, dec’d, will be rent-
pl lor one or more year.s. The Dwelint; hou.se is a
^ood and convenient one, with all necessary out
'U'.dings, with some fifteen acres filtached to it,
acre is also an excellenl store House, with kiinber
ousc attaclved, that would al.^o be rented, with the
iHVv:rn or without it. The stand for a Tavern or
'tore IS equal il not superior, to any other country
■ 'ri( in the Slate. For terms, apply tv* the/subscri-
hvitig 8 milefc directlv up the river.
r. ^ H'ENRY W.CONNER.
6g--c>v.
IMssQlution.
I'y HHifnal consent the firm of HAP
& TAYLOR i.. dissolved. Th >s
['h i** , please call and sett'e by cash or Note
having claims will present them forihwi'h.
J. M. HAPPOLDT,
which he appeared s.) well able to dignify and ado.n.
The consf quetice is we are last verging lo be a na^
tion of embittered pariisan>, instead ol enlighunt'd
and gen. rous fVcrnn n. In such a state it is to be re
joiced at when a great nalional question presents it
icll, which, by iis toweling grealness, overtops all
in:nor issues — which is so well calculated to j»uiify
and elevate the national heait—lo cull into requisi
tion the nobler qualities ol our nature—to create
hijh hopes—to ciush beneath i s lofty patriotism
.uid undoubted wi^donl the contemptible machina-
lions ol ihe mere politician—lo rebuke the sordid
and giovellmg piopt nfiius of those who know and
he! no nnpube out such as draws them irresistibly,
a mere bubble in the v.ake of parly ! Such is ih«-
'I'exas q'j^^stioii. JOvery party fias so hailed it foi
the lh>i twenty ycirs. Like the star which of old
drt w the sht j){jeids’ nlttniion from iheir humblt-
pur.«UMs to the- manner where slept the Saviour ol
uii^ woiM, does tiiis ctilniinate over an infant re-
pvibiio, appeiilm» to us as freemen to forego our
wranglinys,arid to accompiish in harmoFiy ihe great
drstitfy to which our [)nnciples devote ns—ih'
sjjrend of the ble^sin^js of our nberlics.
And thisajipf'al has riot b? en in vain 7’h r.> .it*
Iivmil: «‘Vidences mound us, whose hf-nt-s (.unnd d
a' the first fluttei of such a baninr. Liu- n» ini'
Jews ol old. who kept up inlcsUnt- leud Uu int: i;*
interval ol the Koman a'snuhs, yft flew lu i!i^- w.i l
when the trnmji t-ound.'d to arni'j, th ai- soiu. t,.
wh.nn this qu*'t^llon has piovt A [»a!a*nount to j.'aiiv
isin. There are otlu-is who, tlioUfJh siill the pai'.i-
san, yet respt ct I'he digni y ot th** que^llon sufficien!-
iy 10 discuss It as slaicsmt n Not so with the re-
prestn'aiive from Xorih Cirolina, {.Mr. Clingman ]
W’^r.h bun, the extenv'ion ot our institutions, the im
men'^e t fii ct far w’eal or wo to be produced upon
our commerce, manutaciurmg. agricultural, and
pl infmg inten\'5ts by the nnasuie—its great bearing
upon our'nnliiary d f. nces—its »ffi Ct upon the qu^■^
11)11 of slivfry—US cons quences upon the late ol
ihe Unino. a question now tngaging the diplomatic
ahniius of two continents—have not sufficient in-
iciest or dignr.y to draw his mteilcct or his passions
liojn a n St arch into the causes why a iNIr. llyndei
‘.M?:ted the White Mouse—why he dined wiin sojiu
other p'MSon in ihe city—wfiy ihe sailors of ihe
N )ith (Carolina vo!t.'d in Ihe 7'.h ward instead of
iiioolilvn!
We lorm our estimnle sir, of persons we have ne
ver SC! n; and I was not, therefore, astonished al
this exposi* of ihe head and heart of Ih^* representa-
tivi- l.'^om Nortli Caiolinii, In the country 1 r« p
• eseni, he is looked upon as a beiiayer of ifie trust
rt'posed m his hands. But 1 do conjiss lo some as
'.oiiishment when I heaid that lepiesenlative exult-
in‘4 in his Iriurnph over ihose biother .Tpresenta
ii.es f 0-1! the Souih whose most strenuous efforts
coul I not relain ihe 25ih rule, and attributing to
their silence on ils repeal motives which every hon-
or^ihif! jrian ainf)ni them spurns with scorn, and
which could only have lound proippting m the heart
r>l on*' wrio had given a slab to the instituiions of his
0*' n land, and wears the gaib of its enemy. Such
an e.xultini^ cry over our failure lo relian one barrier
■ ncied lor the jireservation of our properly and in-
>tiiuiion, IS an insult to us la our deftat, which
mei iis th' scorn and ex' cration of every honest heart
in the South And even wi‘h the estimat»* of that
n-pi ■( ntati ve which I had, I v\ as somewhat sur-
p!ic>d lo henr him recount, wiih sncf) apparent glee,
whal In 'ermed the dishonesty of the Senate of N.
Ca olnia. Upon the merits of the case I can pass
no verdict, liut if u was as r» presented, would not
a truly hotjoiabie heart and high loned mtellpcl
have shrunk from dragging unnecessarily, and with
such apparmt gusto, ihedisgraci* of his native Slate,
which he in pait r^pies* nitd, belote the assembh-d
wisdom of the nation I It is said ihat ih*' wild deer
ol the Wi St w’ll! turn and gore a wounded compan
ion to death. Bui it is a brutal inslinci; and man
shnnlc*! fmm laying bare the iailings ol his family.
And whal does such conduct d* S( rve ? I will not
ielfirniiie, but wiil refer the repres^-ntative (if ever
•le read« such a b )ok) to that poriion ol the B:bif
wh( r(* Noah, having l:ilin naked in his irnt, drunk
wiih wine, his son 11 irn exjiosed and ridicuhd nim
to his other brothers. 'i'h‘ y look a garmehi, and.
bf^cking up lo the sleeping parent, cast it over him
—a nr;ntle of charity to conceal his siiuation from
prying' eyes. And Noah, on a waking, cursed Hun,
(f)al he shoull be ihe servant of servants thiou^b
out all time: and Oarfully has that curse stuck to
his race, vvho even now dwell in the t^-nls of Shem
and Japhet pitched on those shores. How the pco
pleol North Carolina w'lil view the conduct of thi'ir
rt presentati v’e on this occasion, 1 cannot say; but
one thing is certain; that if Ihe spirit of that pure
an I gr« al patriot, Nathaniel M.icon, had be* n hov'
Cling in this hall during th-* exhibition of th« party
malignify and unseemly shns made upon the Old
North State, and could hav'e b»'en susceptible of an
earttily fei ling, that feeling would h"ive been one of
unniitigutd d)>gu5t. 1 shall b- pardoned, then, by
iiHs H lus(^ il 1 do not lolii^w in'o th-- sinks and
purle US of party ih^ ri’pre>(utaiive fioin No lo
C.irolina, enJ shall address n>yself to the qu s'.i>>n
before 'ft?.
Mi
root was that Congress, even under the articles of
the confederation, had power to admit one fo»‘ejgn
State, and that the consiitution being adopted for the
purpose of giving a more pcrfocl union and a larger
power lo the governnierd, the former specific arti
cle had been enlaroKi into a g(*neral article, not
confined to one State, tut a gt neral, unlimited pow-.
» r. viz ; '• N w States may be admilied by the Con
eress into this Uni'Mi ” There was no limit to that
clause but the good sen r cf the people of this re
public. and the character of the Stale, viz; that it
shall be republican. This voting down the propo-^
siiion of Mr. Randolph, anil inseiiing ihe existing
claus#' m tlie constitution, provfd conclusively that
Congrss had unlimi*fd power to ndinil new States,
from whatever territory, into the Union. 'The pro
position r,f the urnllemtiri from Ktnlucky mrt this
vt^ /y h til r, and. whal was better, il met the very
'(liin of th? consmution I3y this proposition, we
tntt poK o;,,n of all the ternroty of T’exas, by 'Tex
■' c '1 • ! -r t* I ito»y t'j US. as had been done by
^ and th- c(»n.;|UulionaI power of whicii
■ ' " c. nld qjesiiou. 'Phis proposition.
t ■ > •- nek hi:i>. ^vas p^Mh ctly within the
: •• ■ ' .j il ol th*- con'tiiutu n, and hence hf
i • Ao l let fii n say to ins frirndson this
fl •• ’h-y mignt have partiality for olhei
[‘to ' ; d in!;:rh’ 'hinl; ihai Congress could
Ir'mit ni’u; V into th* Ufj -iri jr jfi)
"fr ii ih*v cf'.uld, an . . long iiainof reason-
!tii_ -'iild p.Kav It.) sill! tru j owt I to admit ^I'exas
as a Sta'f- wu.« ( bvii us I'ht- proposiiion of the
?eirl* !rinn intded a .‘'hoit^r tram of argunient lo
support It, find notlung hit sophi.'try and fallacy
covld d' ny it.
( onsidermg ti.'' ct,..;aclr-r for intelligence and
enlarged vieus ni th'= g‘ uileman from Massachu
setts. [Mr W^iXTHUoPl Ml Y. hiid be. n p* ifectly
astounih.d io Jif ar fmii iday declare that the
consiitotK.n uf ih - t ouniiy was only disigntd lo op
erate upon tiie t. rritoiy then held by the people
who found It. If it was nol disn sptclful lo the
gentieman, be must .‘•ay that that view was ton nar-
row-ini(id(d lor any body v\ho pretendrd to enlarged
vK ws «)l Suiie?manMii(> li it was so, wh re, h*
\\(»uld ask', wer Louisi.ina, Mi.'soun. ;ind Arkiin
sas? VV^ere th'y not consijtuiionnlly in ih» Uni'^ii?
And yet ih.f'y vvt-re ndmitird out of territory not
within th(‘ limi's of the confederacy when the con-
S'itution was fiannd 'Tlie gentleman said that the
liini'j u! ih* confedeiacy were not lo be extended!
As lar as his (Mi. Y’s) reading went, there hiid
b^^en only two in'tancco where S^'cretaries of Stale
of this government !iad made treaties by which the
territory and the peopb* of thi« goyernmrnt were
ced( d away to a foreign country, and those I W’O sec
retaries had come from the Stale which the gentle
man in pan represenN d. Where the limits of the
country were drawn in, and our pfople were trans
ferred lo a foreign power, il had been under the
auspices of those dislinguished gentlemen from Mas
sachusetts, the Stale which the genib*man represen
ted. VV by, sir, said Mr Y., are their hearts so
small, iheir views of liberty so narrow and con
tracted, ihal they held lliat it could not go beyond
the confines of the leiri'ory we owned w^hen ihe
conslilulion was frannd? Or. rather did it not rise
from that old federal f avtn which was still exis
ting, and which had be* n r« c»-ived into another par
ly subsisting at the present daj% with the mt’re
change of name? It must belong lo that old spirit
w'hich would impair the freedom of the great mass,
and narrow down the limits of libeity
2 If lh» constitulivrnal point was setiled that we
could admit new Slates into our Union, then the
only question to consider was. whal is ils bearing
on iht national honor ? I respe‘*t the gentlemen
who urge this objection, (said Mr Y.) The fion-
or of the nation is the brightest j*nve| it pr^ssesses.—
It is its character abroad ; and it should be stickled
hir and contended for as strenuously as he who lov^
ed honor hirnself would contend for in his own
cns^.
Mr. Y. would not argue the qiipslion of ^^-an•
nr xalion 'J'here might be some doubts upon thai
[)Oint ; but therf* could not be as to the view he took
of the subject. By the irraly of 1819, if we had
any rights in Texas, wo ceded them lo Spam —
'I'he government of Spain, how’ever, did not per
feet ils title; for immediately after, the people of
Texas, refusing allegiance to Spain, had risen in
arms against her, and said that they could not be
ceded away as beasts of the field. Texas, there
fore, retnonsiraling, resisted Spain’s taking posses
sion of her, and in that state of resistance continued
till 1824; when, in connection with other revolted
provinces, she formed ihe confederacy of 1824 un-
df*r the title “ Th»' united Mexican Slate.” The
rights of the p»opU* of Texas, under the trealy of
1803, (Mr. Y contended.) could not be compro
mised without their own consent; ihey had not con
sented : that trealy guarantied that they should be
admitted into th- Union to enjoy all ihe rights and
privilt g-es of the people of '.in Union : w'e could
not c- dp h»-‘r away, no: could S;)am ink'' poss>^^sion
of h^-r In that view' of ihf* case sh^ entered th'
confederacy of 1824. on unfettered power: that
sp(de of his love for the constitution, and at tl'jc same
usurper did dissolve irietn; that he drove the repre- j time told us to remember the opinions ol our ancrs-
senlalivtsof the uniit^d Mexican States fiom their 1 tors on the question of slav-ry. Was slavei y the
hall by arms; that he ‘stablished a cential miHlary jquisiinn then at isrue ? Charges liad bet n made
despotism. Whal had these nbustd Texians ihen j in the State from’.\ hicii the genth'man came, against
done? No sooner bad the confedeiacy been vio' j the South and against tfn.; Sf’creia’y of Stale in t» f'
lently dissolved by the act of Santa Anna, then they |  rence to tiiis question, which Wf re but ihe cchce.s
made a provisional government, unlurKd the con
stitution of 1824 on their banner, and endeavored
to re establish the government which she had origi
nally established. 'I’hey acted in a mild and con
servative spirit; and their conduct in this matter Mr.
Y. referred lo as containing a conclusive refutation
of the charge of disorgnnizalion and anarchy that
had been made against her. T’exas having invited
ihe citiz»ns of Mexico to ih‘* deienc** of 'he con
stitution of 1824, and finding that th»'y would not
rally, did—whal? Siu lO"k light by our example.
She, composed in gieat part of the otizr ns of thi«
country, whose fathers fought’for the ptmciples o!
’7G, went lo the detenc*' ol liberty. 'Thr y had here
leaiued that every nation had the M«ht to disss.dv*
the bands which boun l them. w hn ih-y become
subversive of their liberty.
Throwm back on hei oiiginaisovt icii:r;iv. wliMic
sprung the light of Mi.mco? It was not lo !.■
found in the law o! nalions, lor she nev( i hail pfi-
fected her title, eithr r by arms or diplomatic polu \
of the language of our exlernnl fo, s and our m’cr-
nal traito's: and one dijtinguisiiMi L^rnilemnn of iL.-it
State said in reference to Mr, C^iliioijn’s h'iter, llint
the great and pov.v rful government of Knf'lan ^
would scarcely d(-ign lo glance at sucli pvuiv
I Th* gent emnn further said thr.l tlirents
I b' longed to other souls tlian that cf New Kngland.
I He would say lo the gentleman, that in no State had
I disunion been so often ihrealenrd as in Massachu-
j s»Us; and in no Stale h-i.i schem ^s for the distncm-
j terment of oit Union been so ofl' n agiijtt'd as in
j IiiaI
j During the ware! 3513, the sons of Virginia and
j South Carolina were lound !e!‘ending those frontiers
I which Masenchuseits jiatriotisni was not snfliciently
I enlarged to comprehend witiiin tlie scope of its vision.
^Mr Y. here referred to various thre.ats of disunion
j that had come from the New’ England States, and
I particularly lo the manifesto pul out by ccrtain mcm-
i l*ers ol Congrefcs at the head of which was Mr. John
I Q,uincy Arianis, threatening a dissolution of the
Union in case Texas was admitted into it. Lookiiiir
Texas, then, was soven hin and inaepi nd* ni; and. | at New England, he saw her plains marie fertile-
as an indepmderii Starr*, had a tight lo tre;*.t with
us For «ight years she had gone cm ♦xeic^'n'j
the rights of sovereignty, and governing h* im 11 a.-
an fnlighlened nation, s'ridmg mmisteis to in c,\
ilized nations of the worl I, and forming treaties oi
amity and commerce with them, and even p rfonn
mg ih^ highest act of sovereignty—that o( making
a treaty of boundary w ith this nation. Texas was
sovereign, and free to miike an alliance wah us. un
less this govetnmr nl was estopped fiom doinn so
by some trealy oeiween us nnli Mexico, prevcntinL'
ns from entering into nn alliance with a nation a:
w’ar with t’s. Mr Y. went on to argut* that n
'Uch prohihiticn existed, and contendrd ihat th-;
had bef n no ac'uni war b'-tw( en Mex-ico ani '1' x-
sinci tho hnul«- of .Inci-il.n 'I'he f \v p:rtJa
nml her villageisspringing up by the bountie?; wrung
from the people r>f the South. He saw the batile-
fields ol Lexnii/lon and Bunker's Hill; hut the spirit
that ennobled those days slept in ihe grave. Men
were nov. to be Ibund there who lorgettiil of their
tailier.?, were seeking to v.’eaken the bonds of tiiC
Union and Wi:re content to live on the plunder v/rung
Irom the sweat of southern brows, 'i'hey spoke of
the ellects ol'slavery on tho southern character, and
stigmatized i!;e southern pcop’-c as s'.avchreeders —
as tl'.ose w’hosold the image ol Christ. Picture.^ had
been made to represent the Sout.;i in the n;o.«i
niious light ; and England, cur ancient enemy, liad
I'M'en ii'Vitei to our shores lo mako the South more,
moral. 'I’he efi’ect of slavery in the southern c!;a:ac-
ler ! Though the New England ir.an might be more
keen in his liont afier lucre, in wha’ p’.a!itjes cf the
head or lioaii in- jtupnloi i > me ot tf.c Fun-
toiy incursions of Mexicans into Tt xas since th.-i } ny South? From v/hat clime did our greatest men,
tune could nol be calhd o war; th.y were la'hci and men who have enjoyed the greatesi share t;f
thf acts of bands of rcLber?, whicii, under the lau
of nations, would havf' rightfully suljectcd them,
if caught, to ih.e puni>hmfnl of dt alh. Inst;ad oi
being able to wage war against Texas, Mexn o was
unable to maintain tranquillity wiihin her own bor
ders, 'i’otn by internal dissensions, she was scarce
ly able to maintain her name as an mdepend* nt na-
'ion; and this veiy morning he had recrivtd the
intelligence that Santa Anna had b«-en deposed and
banished from the Mexican territory. 'There was
nothing, then, but a pnper war; and wiis a great
nation like this to abandon an impoitant sysitm ol
national policy which it had b'^en pursnin" for
twenty y»ars. lorn mere paper w’ar? A paper
war was no more binding 'ban a paper blockade,
which neither ihe laws of nations nor common s nse
r( rpiire any nation lo respect.
if, th( n, tl.c coi'.siitution and mlional honor did
nol forbid the anm xalion of T’exas. whal else was
to forbid il ? We have been pursuing this ob
ject lor five and twenty ytars, and through the a-
iiency of some of otir most di?linguished statesmen.
'I’he venerable g* nll.' inen irom Massachusetts, when
representing lliis Union m the ptesidential cliair,
himself pursm d this object. Mr. Clay himself pur
.‘•ued it; Gieneral Jackson pursued it; and if there
was anything lo relieve i1h‘ administration of 1S25
and 1827 from the ( ditim casi upon it, it was the
aidor w’llh which il had pursued the project of an
nexation. John 'Pyler, following in the footsteps
''f his illustrious predi cessors, pursued il; and yet,
for this act. some of the most distinguished men of
this House hail cast a stigma upon him, calling
him the accidental Picsident, and charging him
wiih having devised the scheme of annexation for
his own air»bitious vimvs. 'i’he gentleman from
Massachusetts [.Mr Wintiirop] had done himsell
injustice in calling John 'r\’lor the accidental Presi
dent
Ask him if he yolcd for John Tyler, and he would
say that he did ; and by that act helped lo place him
in a position to succeed to the presidential chair, in the
event of the death of G.*n*ral Harrison, Did the gen-
lleman call the death of General Harrison an acci
dent? No; the dispensations of Divine Providence
w-ere not accidents,and il was impious lo call them so.
The gentleman, in voting for John Tyler, knew ihat
he would succeed to the presidency in case of the
dea'hof the President; and yet he called him ihe Pre
.•‘idtniby accident, and said that he was not the choice
of the people. For the fiisi time (said Mr. Y ) we
hear fiom a leader of the whig party that Gmeral
Harrison and Mr, Tyler wer^ not the choice of the
p»"opl'; but w’r re di eted y;hen there were but tsvo
opposing ticlcels; and .1 they were nol the choice of
I be people, how were tin y clectt d ? A;? It) the motivr s
the confitlence and afi’v.*ctions ot tii^* people, come 7
Washington. Jefierson Madison. Monroe, and Jack
son, were all southern men. and alavciioitlers ; and
yet no men of this country and of this age had ever
obtained, in as great a degree as they did. the con
fidence and afleciions of the people. vV’^iiic'i of iht*se
slavehohlers ever laiieii lo secure tlie ajiprobation
of the American people?
Here the Chairman's mallet fell, cutting short Mr.
Yancky in this part of his argument.
LETTER FRO:vI GE.\. .L\CKSO?;.
'File subjoined extracts fio:n a 1 I'.cr, dated Janua
ry 1. 1S45. wriii-m by G 'n'''rnl J icl.’.^on '.o Mr .Hl^tir
of the Globe, should , wc ihmk. have great weigh f
w’ith the editor, and inducc him lo make up for lust
time, by the exertion cf all his powers in favor of
immediate annexation. It was no doubt>the article
in the Gb'be, about Christmns, cont,lining an intirnn-
lion tl'.at t!ie measure should be postponed for tho
action of the next Congress, which brought out
General Jackson. We 'rust the dircct appeal of the
Vtnr ralle hero of tlie Hermitage, will not be b st
on Mr. I-3iiir. We wish it may also have some
* tfeci on Mr. Benton ;
• I observe that you have before C ingress t io
many joint resolutions for the re annexation of 'Tex
as 'This argues want of unanimity in the Der/oc
lacy upon this great nalir-nal and most imporli.rl
subject. I have just received a letter from Majcr
Donelson. a letter dal d at Washington, in 'Texas.
Irorn which I would 'infer, lhal if Congress exprcl
lo annex Texas to the Unil. d States, tljcy mast act
speedily, or il will be found lo be beyond our grasp.
'The rfjecticn cf the advances of 'ftxas has gi\an
•’fierce to some, and a haiulle to others to press the
liberal propositions of England upon the 'Pexians,
togelher with the splendid view of Texas independ
ent, grow’ing into a va.’t republic in time to cmbrace
nol only the limits of 'Texas but all the domain once
Mrmiez''.:ma’s. This view, lo ambiiions aspirants,
adiled lo the gn.iranties of England of her Indepen
dence, a!;d the loan of large sums for ten years based
upon a treaty lhal English nianufacturcs shall be
fiee of duty Is gaining a party in T xas. ‘
Honsirtn is still ihe le/iding star; and
Gt neial
his influrncc
alone can be counted lipon lo resist the present influ-
rnce of England and its increasing power. How
long ihis itifioerce of England can be succrFsfulIy
wii’hstood in 'Texas, is becoming a very queslionabU-
matfrr. 1 have lakf n a view of the whole ground
giving to all information its due weight, end I soy
to you that, unless Congress acts upon this subj«-cf
pmrr.p'ly. 'J’exas will be beyond our grasp, rnd lo?l
of thePiesideni in relation lo the annexation ot Tex- lo ti e United Stales forever unless regaii.rd b' the
as. that belonged lo a higher tribunal.
The gentleman from Massachusetls said that ‘he
friends ol this measure w*ere allempting by pressing
it through Conrjress-al this lime, to gel the start of
the judgements of ihe American people. The gfnih -
man knew ihat this question bad been a long lime
agitated in the country; and that, more than any
other, it occtipied the att«^niion of the American
people during tfie last presidential canviss Was
ihp sudden darkening of Mr, Clay’s piosp-cts. altei
the issue of his R.ileigh letter, nothing by which
to judge of the hold which the •mn^'xation of 'I’f xas
had on the public mind? Were the r- nding a-^und. r
of old an«l approved (la’ty or^anizition—the s-iting
a.^ide old leadeis, and the selection of new. no ir.dev
to public sentiment? Was the total swbv»'!sicn of
the enormous whi:/ majority of 1840 wMibou! j ew
er to teach a lesion to an attentive and thinking ob
server ?
When the chairman df ihe Coramittee on For-
swerl What will be ihe situation of erjr ceunlry,
with Bri'ish manufactiufs introduced dut}' fiee in
to 'P«xas? Comment is unnecessary.
I bazird nothing m saying lhal. if the pcstnt
Congress do nol act promptly open this subjtci. the
next will not have lite power. Ihe crnsfiit cf
I'l xas c.annot th‘n be obiainrd. C^rtat Liiiain will
have laid ihe lien’s paw’ upon her, and beurid b( r
by treaty, t • i j
•‘lam exhiiusted; but. fiom Mjjor DcntlsoiDS
hUer. and other sources of information the d r g^
ol losing T«xas seemed so imminent, that, although
,‘Mble, I could not forbear lo say this much to^ you,
that y'"'i JOigbl communicale it lo my friends.”
In ih* fi'St paiagraph, which we emit for the
,nk' ol brevity, the General uses the words “ my
d' ar B air,” and appeals through htm to bis other
old fi lends, to aid at once, in carrying ibrough a
at and patnoiic measure of this Administrction,
Madiso7iian.
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