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Court orders and1 JndicLd AJcertisement will be charged iiccnfy Jicc per cent (iijrhe.r than ijhe fates prrijfiJ caJoVe ; and yearly fnuvertMcmente':furfy three itndui third per 1 rent, lower. ' . ; .. f IO Unpaid haters, 'addressed .to the Edit or on buftiiieus eonne UdrAvith lii paper. will tiot, in any case, he tnkiMilrom the Post Oflice. From thc Post Master General--" A postmaster may enclose money in a letter; tojlic f publisher or a newspaper, to pny; the subnp- fion of a thirl pcjrsqn, and Ihyik the letter,: if wntwn uy n.n.sen.;;; r , GEN. TIIOfNfPSOIS'S LKTTEKlON j I ' -v"-.-.;1 f-f'riT'v a c' 1 i j . .. ... A . - - . v " i We lay before our readers, in to days pa- jer,1 flic letter ojf the "lion. Waddy T: itOMl- Jon", 'late. 'Minister of the United Slates to IMexico, on the subject of the Annexation of j vrcxas to this Ur)ion. This letter is calcu- I i ! I nrwlnu In riiri' litiloil (lrl in i o n il.s- m ,,. . T i-. T - . I . ! lelung the Locofoco humbug of AnneXati in. ; in. , lA i . . i ,. H J - i fhe letter is addressed to the Iv.ditors'bf the ; I alion.il Intelligencer, who malcoji the fol O; . ' i f jiiniversally le id, . all the bouth especially, pantlie.lieltcr. irom Uen on.late flimsier of the United States at I Mexico,) Vhich arpeais in the preceding afre. I i ra.i I ne position of General." J homnson, is of itse.lt such as t attract great ' attcr.r jlion to any thing' he says on the subject of Texas, A. Southern , man. by birth, eldu. a- propose in Uie House of Heprcsenvativfes of I iifiii. ipc imi iiueirs : liiii iiisl iiiiiii iu fhe United States, the recognition of the in- pepenuence 01 iqxas; mmae persona uy in- t ihrpo vPr . irt ht ri-v of M(.vi,,i :i n i kiatlnri 'which norpssarilv has inndp id hi-fa. i iniliatly acquainted with the concerns of both il'exas and' Mexico their physical and so- pial relations to the Uni;ed States, to- eaph, otner, and to the est of the world, am with ?very consideratijon that' can-possibility con nect itself with the 'Annexation ques ion - his Letter, cannot but be read with avidity by all classes of ! citizens. It will reward the closest attention which they may bestow upon it." y . . ; FVom the National Intelligencer. TO THK E01TOHS. If" M.Ef sar. (jales and Seatox. j j In an address which I recently madeJto the Whigs of Albany, I made soihe i einarks j n 1 . . -.' ; " ' i ." in relation 10 ine laie ireaiv lor me annex- ation ot Texas to ' the United States. A ....... - -... - t f i inisrepresentalion (no doubt lesuhing fibm i a misunderstanding) of those remarks make it proper, in my judgment, that I .should no longer withhold the public expression-of -my opinions upon that subject, and it is line to inyself that I should at the. same time! give the reasons for those opinions. In the speech - which I made at Albany I . ex pressed no opinion upon the question of ultimate an- 1 nexation, not btitause I thought that niy views of that subject would be disagreeable j 10 me auutence !wiucii 1 was addressing, hut for exactly the opposite reason. I pre- j ferred to discuss this subject before a South ern audience, where different opinions were entertained, and where it was possible that i- some good might in the United Sta be done. No individual tes has -more motives of a personal character than I have to adyncaie the immediate annexation of Texas o this Country. .1 was ihe first man who, on the iloor of Congress, expressed his sympathy in the Revolution of Texas. It was an a inendment oflered by me to the appropria tion bill in !March, 1837, which secured the jecognition of Texas by our Governmenta ineasure at that of vital importance to the young- Republic. Cirsumstances j have! wnce piacea 11 in- my power to give many other and substantial proofs of my friendly feelings both to Texas and the Texians ; and Iam proud to know that no living man has a? stronger-hold upon the gratitude and affec tion of the people of Texas than I ! have ; . and, I' will add,' that there are pecuniary considerations- (to me not unimportant) thich would make the annexation of Tex as eminently desirable to me j yet wiih all these motives to a different conclusion, I have not been able to change my opinions Mfaon the subject.j These opinions have not been hastily formed, but have beer ripened into fixed and settled, convictions. J V ; . ... . ,, t . - . i !. inus auoruing uve urr onins oi - uninteirupteu lowing edilonstl remarks in rrgard t. it. . 1 - 1 ! Of all. the articles of ivhieh thciexas ! gather for ga hering the crop.; The Question has been so ferlile for t heiress, nocoUon ,s ther.cforeuis tamed, and its staple Vine has' appeared -to us more likely to be i. is also better than! that of American cotton. 1 am opposed to the annexation, because, : l.i ,f t. ttu..- it:. i.i in the language of Judge, Upshur, "it would injure their chief agricultural; interest (that 'of the South) by; raising up a powerful com petitor and it would cheapen the price ol cotton, the priucipal raw material.' Now these, considerationsjmay have reat weight wnn tne manufactures or tne ixprtnr; they have exactly the opposite effect with me, as a Southern than and la cot on planter. Will such be the effect of that measure? That will be, no one can doubt? who is acquainted with, the unequalled advantages of Texas as a cotloa growing country. I do not l.e i tate'io say-ondir di so nnr lightutliri ty lha if the most skilful cotton planter were to ask of Heaven a country for the growing of that staple, that he would ask no j single advantage which is not found in TeX ; as. ; wiII produce from 2500 to 4000 pounds of ; cotl0n to the acre. LA.S a provision country -jt js at least equal Uo" any portion of our j u.stem country, cnJ it is more healthy than any othercotton growing region in the woH It is true tbat some portions, of the Unit Olid; ed Sta'es where, in favorable yea s a hand can make as much' cpttp i as- he can gather, but here presents itself ah inappreciable advan- tage which Texas possesses, which is this. From the month' of February, when the cOt- in v.T..l .411 Tw v.M.Hn r Ti.T.. ... K A ' . T. .1 -II it is matured, there pre constant showers: , . T , ' t f 1 -, V, 'P ' and fiom July until themiddle of December, J . i . Ti . . j in ordinary years, there is no ram at all; . i n- i n ' . I . t ' . i am perfectly satisfied that a judicious invest- ., t . ' i i . i ; m ft,ut aM T!?. un . '.iam,y- uPj lion, irom eigiuxo le.n per cent, prom per annum, at the nrice of three cents ner noUhd for the cotton. "W- In confirmation of jhese views it is only necessary to say, that even now, with all " ; i ...i. he msecur many j of the best planters in the Southwest are removil yghvW propeiKy theje. I knowmv- 6('lf th'tl lwo gcptlembn, who own the very best plairations wliidh I have seen in !AIa- UU1IIU UI1VI A. IVl IU 1&J& UUUliUUUVU . i LI creat decree their estates and removed their hands to Texas. A distinguished advecale of the measure eslimat -s that in a very short time two hundred tnbiisand negroes will be removed to Texas, be taken f. 0111 the JThe most of these will exhausted lands of the old States", .where they do not produce one thousand pounds of cotton to the hand, and carried to Texas, where they will average five thousand j poun Is to the hand. To which may be added .large 'number of slaves and white laborers now employed in oth- er branches of agricunurey which will still 1 1 . ..... " more increase me production ot cotton, is . I . it wise in us thus to stimulate the produc tion of our great staple nowj when the ad- justment of the. demand and supply is trem- blii g in the balance, pnd when all the. indi- caliopsare that, this adjustment will be most disastrous to the cotton, and not the cotton planter alone, bui to he value of slave labor . j and of necessary consequence to the exist ence of slavery I presume that no one wildeny cotton cannotcontinue to be raised in the old . States at three or four cents the pound, and 1 know of nothing 'else that can be substituted for it. Slavoslwill then become an incum- brance which we shall be triad to be rid of: - - - 1 t . and I confess that it will afford me .very 1 if tl conso!ation,' in riding over my fieJs grown up in broom-S' 'dge and washed nto gullies, to be - told that the institution of slaver3r t i 2 1 exists anil is prosperous in'Tex as. I believe that slavery is in no sense an evil, lbat4he African is not only more con tented and happy, enjoys" more physical comfort, and is'mort: inoral, religious, and virtuoi s in h vcondi ion of domestic slave- ry than in any other? buiT do most confi- j dently believe that the only alternative of! that condition is vice J idleness, and debauch -. : I ery, ultimately leading to barbarism; "but I confess thut my philanthropy is not so ex pensive as to sacrificej every thing to its per petuation elsewhere, bven if such would be the effect, which I do not believe. My pa triotism is in some degree geographical, and the first object of my solicitude, love, arid devotion is the country in which 1 was born. It maiy be said that! if all this is true, Tex as will supercede 1 us in the production of cotton, whether annexed or not, and that we should avail ourselves of the piesent and on- ly opportunity of acquiring it To which I reply, that if Texas lis settled without any aarectitious ctiusulaf being given to such ' settlement( the ircreased demand for- cotloa ! JlV-ui, Jr.TTr may Keep pace-wnu.iue wweus. v.. Cotton, in large quantities, can only be made I withdraw it from another, and that without by slave labor"; all ex wrience pToTesltKls. increaeinir it in the aggntei'.The xnnex- These alaves-can only be carried to, Texas, VpIopWrrBboliii6ti of the institution of fsla.e. from the 'United 'States, and as longa le. ry in our neighbonrh'g Staie, '..Virginia, Ma as is'a's'eperate Government," although indi-4 rylandand.' Dela ware;; and valeb,.'. .indeed, ' ;ih , 1 .f ! i- Kentucky and Mirsoiri. -We can all tiuly rtdos imytreve therea feelm of. prde J rilice.ia if sithdrailf Iromur wn' ihv in and affection for hisjeonntrf . in the heart r mediate viciiii v. 1 am I satisfied tlial the 11 pf every Amencahwili pre vent' most :ofour ft ,?r . ' of out fHo wjlhe- ' , . i , . t,nf fri!naty'brouffht.r1ft and fbiccil en it i people from i yielding to1 Jhe temptations! tlteMr.ta'tc by British rapidity and iojutKc, which nr held nut ? to them to abaDdoh theiruntrv; ! But oncelmake Texas a n tion of that country, and extend our glorRu fla&wer-trrrarsiQt . -1 , .1 'Si-?- j Lt. uas never oeiore i een wiinesseu as win ei in that direction; It seems to me, theretcr?, that to stimulate the production of: cotton beyond 'the possibility cf j consumption, be cause the supply may possibly, without such stimulus, exceed the; demand, Would be as unwise as it would be- to give half an ounce, of arsenic' to a friend, because we supposed that we' had djscoVered the signs of inc ipient consumption. ; ' ! ! t I have never yet herd any satisfact pry. answer! to these views. I have anxiously sought; to have them answered; for it is pain- to me to find myself opposed to an almost universal popular opinion in the South upon this subject. It is still more 'painful to me to oppose, almost solitary and alone,1 the opinion . 01 the patriotic and honored State to which it is my pride to belong. Noth ing 'would have been more agreeable to me rthan tc find mvself once more agreeing In opinion upon great questions of public poli cy wlih the maioritv of that Slate. Durini an angry and excited party conflict for the last sevens-cars, I have been treated by that majority with so much of kindness that ;I would gladly have made and sacrifice to the general opinion of the State, which I could have done consistently with a sense of duty. Although I am not one of those whose though1 ts keep the roadway' only because H is the road way 5 1 trust that I am just as far aTove thepaTi ry vanity of jin ostenfattousin independence of the general public opinion of those ainongst whom my lot has been cast. I have been told that all these views may "be correct, but that there are important politi cal considerations which outweigh them. When I have asked'that these might be sta ted, 1 have only been answered with such broad generalities, cabalistic phrases, and ; party Catchwords as this: ;4That it isaques- tion of security and cxis'eiice to the Suulh.' II Was not converted to the defunct,. sub Treasury humbug by being told that it was a question of deliverance and liberty,' when M thought that I saw,? as all must now see, ! that the ruin and desolation which it caused Is every where were greatest qt the, South. Every where. else the agony is over; at tire South it is scarcely begun Nor can I sup port another measure, even more disastrous, without more inteligible or more sufficient ; reasons. 11 am nrmiy persuaded that the ceriain and inevitable tendencies of the ari- nexation of Texas are to promote the aboli- lion t biavciy , iiiuic au, mucfu, luuu any other measure which has heretofore been proposed. Nor am I without support; in this opinion from distinguished advocates of the measure. r Mr. Wilkins, the present Secretary; of War, holds the following 1 language in his address to his former constituents; T "The division between the planting and farming districts is marked by the best na tin al boundaries, and no edict of man can Change it. There is neither necessity nor Excuse for extending slave labor beyond the alluvial districts bordering on the Gulf and the lower' Red river, nor can it ever be so extended by law. The rich lands of this region, running three degree further south than the best sugar lands of Louisiana, must always be settled, if annexed, by a popuia- tion wnose interests win ue .nucutou. This section Of Texas, which must chief- d therefore l'tiLda: wim that portion of Louisiana now enasred in the same culture, will unite . ... o -. . i. - , f .J in supporting the great principle of extend ing full and adequate protection 10 Ameri can products and industry. Sugar is a crop which must always look to the home mark et for the surest de and most certain return. We shall thus gain in iht .Southwest a pow erful accession of strength upon ihe great question which so deeply involves tbe in terests of your district, I candidly believe that it will not he 'Jong before a majority of the peple of the South, when tneir labor is thus diverted into many diTerent channels, wil become convinced of the sound policy of protecting and fostering American indus try."5. ' This .will; not only be important and decisive in favor of such policy, but will be eminently calculated to harmonize and per petuate our institutions a result to be hail ed wi.th gladness by every patriotic breast.: J ,I am no advoraie for slavery, nor Avould ! tee it introduced into cne ' region unless 1 i ..k- Mmo-,5ii,r ilttt it tviL! iaiid wliolfnusi always!; be a niarkeiLnnd dis ing the JindpenJent hoav ; ymM ani, eqa ,o the people amidst hom Uhey owll. -buclm ie.ug is otlet ed beyond the llio Bravrt, among the Mexican and South p American nations, who have no prejudice ei ther to caste or o or,'. 1 : . , ; Mr. C. J. ingersoll, another lea ling advo cate of the, .measure,! thus speaks on this btanch of ihe quesrion : j , ; - Angry prefests against Texas, elicited by nth representations issued at Arashiocrt.nn predicate slavery as the abhorrent evil to.be increased by annexjit ion -assuming the eijre giously ta'se position that more andagrra jvated slavt-ry is to follow that everit. Dut tiiree foitrths of that fine rei'ion are Upland, jwiih soil tiVid climate a faptrd to agrcultui e and 1 psiuiagr, where icotton and suijar will not thrive, ami .siave laoor c uinot no em ployed; p '-ofiiably. Three States without slaves, j and nn'y, cme With them, can be Ibrm- pd th re ; ami su.h, Vour com nut tee .'under stand, is the wih of a 1 the present inhabi-. taets of Texas.- Slavery, forbid by iiaturr may be interdicted-hy organic law therrt ;' a id tne arn- X ilion instead ol nic-eapini? the power , or representatives of si ivery in the Union, vd!, on the contrary cerfninlv nnd trreatlv diminish their relative : Wviirh't, 1 The Sttrs of Louiian i, Alubuna, Ger r 'M. Carolina, Misiesioni. Arkansas. Mi o tin',, arid Tennessee, j may sufier by the dt i f. ciation of ti eir lands and other property. Virinif , Marylan l,lKentuckyf the Carolina!--, feiafes, tv ill 11 u 17 o I n o 1 r . k'-irne h rf rr t! f nr 1 ll.e fresher and more jfruhful laniarioi.s of Souihirn Texjs. Lin a few years mnny of ihem mu?t become- tree Si-.ttes, tuid ihus Texas prove the means of uniting a large poition of tbe present slaveholdiiig parts of tin1 Union in interest, : sentiments,, ami action with he Not t!i and West, where slavery is ttiik-vif -mid tlis liked., The mo-it important t xport;b!e product of tb.e United States thejregujasbr of ' their x cbantrps and bond ol nnioi4 cottons-cannot be profiiby cultivated witiiout shives j nor ran sugar "or rice. .Yet looking lor waril to 1 lie ptovitlen.tial erti when fd ivrry may exi-i no longer jnspar-s f the United State?, to the diminution of its need, and ultimate ex tinct ion, Texas h .the only land of prOrrjise where hila nth ropistPjWho are not zealot s,can dc srr the iheatre Of that consumption. Mex ico has no slaves, because her population; of the whi e, black, and red races is blended. In her neighborhood, fml near, if not with her people! the colored inhabitants of this coun try may be ut i ed eventually in nntional numberswith' the .strength,. .the character and li e ir.stitutior:. of an independent j eo- nm . . . f ; . ' - I . s complished without reyolulion 01 commotion. pie. 1 licit natio.MJ.i coa;o nation m,y oe ac An Alucan nation may arise,, tne acscend- . m " a tin's of Moori-h. other African, and Indian progenitor, with the j improvements of free Governments engrafted in their sovereignty. Instead of ctPtrnziiig slavery, calm consid eration 1 of its connexion . wjfth the United Stat s encourages the hope tint it may end in Texas peacpfnlly and gratefully disap. pear ihpr-j-Liprin, tanad;, Hayti, abo lition of flavery in 1 he -.sl.iveholding Slates, ev-pri gradual emancipai ion in the free Sta es, all ecluiri.s of eiiher uniting whites with Id icks, or separuting them.in 7he same corti ni unities',-, without the depredation of the blacks, oltprt woree titan their bondajre, have proved; abortive. The U10n o! slavery's etidianasyy. by its allocation to the southern parts of -Texas and borders of Mexico, may t:e a delusion.' 'But it : promises tno:e lo ra lional humani'y than any other project yet suggested. At all events, ihe annexation of Texas cannot but lend to diminish tbealleg--ed evils and powers, of slaveholdiiig.' I I agree in nearly alt of the 'views exprei s ed by the distinguished writer, as to the ef tects of this measure, which I can' under fftnnd. 1 But ,lhe allocation of the euthanasy requires a key. Are nof these startling views ? ! Are they not enough at least to in duce Southern men to pause and reflect be fore they rush IfeadlcTng into a measure of fFiii'h portentous import mce,! with more pre cipitation and less discussion than were ever I efore known inla measure of equal magni tude ? iMr. Walker, a very i dis'inguished Southern man, has published a letter upon , this -subject. It is divided into different heads. One of which is the following : 'ADMITTING TEXAS SECURES THE EXTINCTION ! --,--h-Ut , . H -'iuV' ' '; j-y or SLAVEBV.: J Is slavery, then, never to disappear from ihe Union ? If confined ' within its present limits, I do not perceive when or how it is to terminate- U is true, Mr. George Tuck er, th anU'shed Virginian, and profes sor in iheir'ffVe1 univeisity. lns demonstra. ted (that, in a per. o-not exceeding eigh y y4s, and pvobably less, Homhe density of population ic all ihe slaveholamg totates, hirfdLhor 'would he lara an as slave labor, and hat nJl PWW? 9 slavery f K An ---MM..L.MaB ntlf !aV1m : c.A.-Ai.ji a j :r o. wnat mass uc cmaiivijMiru : auu, it t ' would be the result ? We hare en. r I the census and other proof, that one-s.1" 1? -vviiiue o-si cojiuuea y ffrur- wk c-enanuy aisttppearjj a yarns is rewt- frontier ol - several ImnJrecI iMy outlet,; 1 hVofdy hore which iins lw?,fg .tts Uvion ; -not 4y. abolition,- but,- , -T;f: ,.,1 p, or aitammir a'posiuoh ele- ly and ciadoalfy.-by diffusion, a ir has aFjM4MUilliUiiS or .v,. Inf I lit itnf innina r l avecemel. But wbtiM W'g ot disappear 1 No, it ! ceVfaly W onl 1 for, at the lowest ratio, the aV.e? wTt r U lc feutu the tree Macks must be 'supported at the pub- Pc expenses ; and that, at ihe Iowj rate of S50each, it would cost 80,00(1.000, ffr num to he raised by taxation to supjort the tree blackj then in the South .equidW P' port, namely, 1,666.660.' - if manumisition were permitted 5 but as such a tax r ouH" not be collcct jd, emancipation would le, at it now if, prohibited by jaw, and slavery could 1 not disappear in this manner, even - hen it became unprofitable. No, ten millions of IVee roam at l irjre i t tne niarKs, permiueci to Ijuiits of she So-ulh, could never be tolerated. lAiirain. t"en. the Gbeslionl is askrd. Is Aijain. ".' t en.4 the . ; qnesiion is asked, is . . , . . ,,!. y . slavery ne Wdisnpeivr Irom the Union T- wan.pJyiiiff;..betweenlie-i.vs.isi H'his is a stai tliiig and moment ous question ITeX s , a navural and impr-gnal butthe answer is easy,xind the t roof Ml'len ra tion, we should ,hnve an 1 inert a-. J ready rhus nearly receded from several of , the mere -northern of the slaveholdincr Sfatesv -. . ..... . o t and us it will continue ihns more raUly to recede by the reannexation' of TeXap4 ft'd finally, in the dis fliit future, wfthout'a shockf without ftblitronjwithaut a convulsion, dis appear into and through Texas, into Mexi co and Cenjral and pmtthern America. Thus, (hut same overrulHng Providence that watch el over-fhe landing if the emigrants and pilgriins Jame-lown and Plymotuh ; that gve us the Victory in our struggle for'in deppRdence; that guided by . H.is inspiration theframerjs ol our wonderful Const but ion ; thai has preserved this great Union" from daggers so nwny ivn I imminent, anl is now shrldinsr if lio.n abolition, its most clanger ous nnd internal fe: will open Tex:is as a Vnlye. info; and through which slavery will slowly ffod trrdually rpcpdp, anl finally dis apppnr intoihe b mud less regions' of -Mexico an i Centra'! and Southern America De yoii the Del Norte slavery will not pass ; notfonly because it is forbidden by law, but lCcaae the colored face thr prepo nrenniiilnr- atefin the ratio of .ten to one oyer ihe whitesj hoMins?, asr they do, the . -Government anlmost o? the otfiCes;in their own. pisses ffionV theyHwill" 'never permit the .'enslave- rnent of any portion of the colored rare. which makes and executes the "laws of tht- country " !l I belie ved, with Mr; Walker; tint abi li'ion either was or would become heifrficial t 1 ly be in ftvpr of anneXati jn ! a3 both the mosf ccrtam and best mode of ;rtiComp!ishmg that oliject But 1 do not think fo, but be lieve, on the contrary j that it would be in jnrious, deeply injurious,! and: fsi t!ie end de s truptive to the staves lhemselvep; lis-is-tjrouis to he whde Union, and absolne.ly ru inous to the South. Holding these opinions, my oljci is. not to 'postpone.! hist result for a short, time, but to prevent it foi ever, Wilt i ' ' t ' ; ' i i ' . - ; ' r " - iiny one deny any of those propositions : 1. That Ihe most efficious measure in f ivor of abolition would be to destroy the value of slave labor 1 2. That the reduction oft he price, of cotton to three or. four cents would lestfoy the value of slave labor tn the old slave States 13. That njiy large increase of the quantity of cotton produced Woa'd have; the eff ct to reduce its price to that point, or even lower ;! sny, for example, a sudden increase of five houdred thousand bales ? and, 4. That the annexation of Tex aswould cause such an increased production? Myeii the larger, portion or the produce of slaleJIat'OJ is Cotton, is the price of cot tpr which j-egu!a?es exclusively the value of sta re?, a? almost every other article. Le! it ! 3 borne in mind,' too, that Texas- is ad mi tdily adapted to the! production of sugar, long staple! cotton, and tobacco the only ether j article?, with like ! exception of rice whach are produced by el ive lobor, Bui, if tjlie pride of cotton is not thus ruinously re duced by oyer production, it will not.be de nieje that slave labor can beemrloved in Tex as with at lleasf twice the profit, which it yields in the averaire of the slave States of the, Union. 1 Our slaves will then he carried to pxap, by the force of a law as' fixed and certain as that by which water "finds i!s level. The slaves w i 1 very soon disappear from Maryland,! Virginia, North Carolina, Ten hessee, and Kenturky, and in a period very short of such an operation, those States tvill become non-slaveholding Statt s ; and when ever that is the case, they will not only no longer have i a common interest with the re maining slaveholding States to defend the in stitution, but will very jeoon partake of that fanatipl spirit of a fiilse phi'anthropy which is now perva ling the whole world. Thus shall wc lose the most important of our all.es most - impor in numerical s rength at the ballet box ; ef ill more im p riant if we should be driven to the car touch boxas our last defence. I A ::d wlat are the I advantages! which we are to gain by thisj measure ? I mean we of the - slave Are we more secure against The question is not, wheth holding Slates, foreign attack ?i er Louisiana wil be more secure with Texas thar wi hout it. I think it easy to demon strate that -such would not be the case. But the real question is, will Texas then be more secure; than Louisiana! how? Fcr Texas will then be a portion of our Union, and we shall be under the same obligation 'o protect Texks as we now are to protect Louisiana. With our railroads and rivers', we can as sem le three hundred thousand men in thirty dayi inew Orleans, or at any other point in he slaveholding Stites. Not so with Teat is.. There would be no means of trans poriinir troops to Texas bnt by the danger ous j navigation of the 1 Gulf; thua encoun ; teftng all the inconvenience t jhe dcfr.; - wh:eh an invading enemy f would I.ave i;i ti. . a,,ack ; ntAfJ with a suPrtpr hostile r.-v:.' ' . j-r"i r ,irr i ,0rCC m ommannd of the G,!f of Mm. , whic! is to be anticipate.! in the event oi czz.i an invasion, our troops coiiui not D3 trr.: : pone.I atv.all. In any "event, it transferring lb conflict from the land, : we sliould he absolutely i tip- eynaM-, to water, where we might h the weaker er. Then, ag-.tin, instead! of t!ia i;;ipn: swamps lying between thei.4sisip . natural harrier, unless we c c i t . very bright idea of General Cas cf ar.r.r.: ii g all the contiguous territory. To do whlc! we must round off our boundaries by goinrj to CapeHoni and the Pacihc I know only cni instance of an.equally sagacious suestl r as that of General Cass about ' contiucirj territory, and thaf was of the farmer v. I d said 1 hat Jie discovered that the scjuirrclj des troyed only the!outi(!e rows of his corn, r.r.i that he would secure hiniself ngamrt future depredations by planting no outride rovt$sl? I am descending from the qignity of the iu ject; it is because ridicule is the only prcp:. reply to such an argument! I " It is said that the annex fion'c1"'Te2f is ciTt increase the political power of the slave!. el ding States, and the r vbte in1 Conrcu, Such cannot be the result in the hecro c. Representatizrs ; for the slaves vill only bz diffused ; their number w il! not be incrced that i perfectly clear. Bdi it haa bcer?aL that Texas will be divided into four or Hvo States, all of Whtcb will! be sUvchcUinj States, and of course represenfeil in . ll.z Senate, and thus give to the South o coiucrv--ative, a'checking power. If 1 believed th the non slaveholdiiig States would conrcJ.1 us this, I would disregard all mindr ebjectisn-: and go for the measure. Eiut does any man really believe it? Wjll the noinhrj bidding States, having tire majority, in il.z Senate, as a legislative body, gurrendcr ti.:.: majority, and also ihe majority it! the Hoc-, as mi alternative electoral body of Preside::! ; Will they divide Texas into fur Scatrey x:::,! give to tjjose four States eqtial power fa election of President .vi:h New "Vork, Penn sylvania, Ohio, and Massachusetts ? Wcu!l we, under like circumstances, censent to t:; aiinexation of Canada, nnl divide it i.ntc four or five Slates ? Would we do th!j too at the iisk of a foreign war ; nni more esp cially if our Northern brethren, with a most remark ible frankness, were I2 announce to us that theirj great motive i.i doe-iring-it was to take the political power ct of our hands nnd place it in their oun Ahd arc they l?:ss sagacious in pt-rceivin their interests, jess prompt j to. pursue th;:, or more liberal in sacrificing them than x;c are ? Such certainly is not (he general c:.l mate of their cbaracti r. A striding fact L: this matter is, that, at the very thrcs!:c!.I of; this question, it has been pVopced "l two Senators from si iveholding States (I Benton and Mr.. Henderson) to divide Te:: as into an equal number of savchoId:r 7 States. What, theoy will ue have izzir.zZ in political' strength ? if Southern Sen-tors begin by making this concession,' there n::.: be some show of rrnson orj tiiHtlside. .r. I is it to be supposed ihit the 'mernbeis frc::i the non slaveholding Slates will vicld t!;3 point? As to the Missouri compromise, t!, obvious reply which will be, tint that com promise vag made with reference to ths ter ritory which was then included in the Uninr, and not to future acquisitions by' parch.r cr conquest. In case of such a diy.'sicn, we have g lined any thing by having r.crs slavehcljing States of the Union ca c r southwestern bordr, iqsteal of a ford-n non-slaveholding State? I decidedly pre fer the latter; for it is not to be denied thzt onr Northern brethren, In this respect, : : least, 'a little more than kin, and a little Ir-3 than kind,' often commit piitraces upon ci:r rights which would net be submitted to' frcn a foreign Power ; auct, besides, if noh-slvo holding States of the nirn wereiectablls! J there, we should have.tlie dargercr:3 thrr.r rt of political and partyifeeling, .which v.cu! I - j i - ; not exist in the case of a foreign non-!zye!." - . . . - r ; jng State. But the real question ij net L tween Texas, -a foreign1 Inon-sIavcI.cIJ.'r ; State, and Texas divided into anrqucl r.u:: her of slaveholding nnd 1 non elitveh-'J- " Slates of the Union ; but it is between Tcz as thus divided, if ad mi ted into the Un:r ; and Texas, If not annexed, an ur.Jii-;-':.! Slaveholding coontiy. My life upon it, Tw as will not Consent; five per cent, cf 1 7 population can never be brought to ccr : to the abolition of slavery,, And irec! Z thushave.asIaveh'oidL;llipnbIb c:i c r border, with similar instil uticn3 end it. ests, and which must from JneccccUy c : I friend and ally, and which would 'tcrve ; IV7:
North State Whig (Washington, N.C.)
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Aug. 1, 1844, edition 1
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