- thoi.tic of ihe two powers woul.t come
' into, 1'rcqu. nt ami iulent cuftisioii.
. . The administration f.lh "lavTijvouT.t '
-'. -be:iiJ.t eri'u j) tvii iir n ? rial Civs- $ vail J ;
w and, la the general entanglement ol
jurisdiction utm lle fjoutier, 4l is
leare.l tliat public justice would not be
well sustained. It would be impracti
cable (V either power to enforce its
avtfem. arid khntlld the tariff
"V of thViw-rcwfiwTr.i(r
nn.t k. il. nnttiinir tin t thn I
enforcement of tha most cruel and uti-
lo.j)u 1 4f.l i.w a cml J fj bl j seen re tlit?
Tim iiuitxitrneil in tiiat-ussintr thi
- '" .-.-..--.- , -a ,
1 n-ietion. best to Cull the attention or
the honorable the S retarj f State t
the fact, that the anneiati-n of Texa
wo'jtd ensure taUw United State the
' complete command f the Gulf of Mex-
ict. - There is no. point on the whole
coast of that magnificent e more ad
mVabl suited tothe purposes of a-tta-;
rl depot than Oaleiton and, fcilua
ted as it U, in the midst of interinini-
- lie groret of live oak, ships of war
miyht be built and equipped for sea,
as it were within sight of the very fur-
et oat f which ther ere eontruct-
ed. This country having aire -id j a vat
. interest to protect on toe shore ot the
Oalf of Mexico, the concentrated trade
of tko West, at New Orleans, of Ala
baraa. at Mobile, and of the Florida ci
' tic, would find, in the r6session of
Texas, the means of occupying a posi
tion of decided supremacy orer the
u waters of the Gull; and U is question-
ed" wethcr 'even the "possession oTTTu
ba would bring with it those facilities
. "if controlling awl, keeping jn check
, prcteTisron of a rtral power,-wltti Iv
" woulitacaWTfonT thenpxTignVriiT)fthff
limits of the United States to the Hue
It la most , respect Wry suggest ed
whether tive annexation of Texas would
...not contribute .to. ensure the peace of
the iiiuia-4Fntier ol the two coifn-
.. trica,, and . ths extend ( (be farthest
southwest the bouiidarTes 'of cTvitiy.a
tTohTrTJ the protection and privileges
of order and good government. Ujr her
: -rfmisiotHntoihe Uhionelherptesnt
' Southwestern States could be easily
protected from the numerous tribes of
the Camanches and other savages now
accumulated on their frohtier, and it
is questioned whether any thing would
. 'ampresa the minds of -the Indian!
warriors with a sense of our powe
the union of the two peojje, whom,
even divided and single landed, they
found to be invincible in arms.
'"The undersigned most respcctfull v
represents to the honorable the Secre
tary of State, that in this paper lie does
not presume to cave presented an tne
inducements to the union f the two
republics. He lias not thought it re
spectful to trespass upon the attention
' of the honorable the Secretary of State,
, either, by an extended detail of the re
. sources of Texan, or the mutual bene-
fits involved in a treaty of annexation.
' The mineral, wealth of the country,
comprising valuable mines of silver &
lead, immense strata of iron and coal,
and salt-springs in great abundance,
has not been properly appreciated.
Kor has the undersigned thought it tie-
esatyJ;ft jjjuije tu i the immense fur
; trade wliith would be thrbwiMBT(ifli"e
Jap of the enterprise of tho United
States by the annexation of Texas.
I'hcgreat aid and lacilities which Tex-
. m, ftj an integral part of this Union,
might render to the adventurous tra
ilers who, in caravans, penetrate from
CMUsouri to Santa Fe, and in general
tothe inland ade of the U. States,
with the ' countries bordering on the
. , l'icific, have all been left unexplain-
. ed; and the undersigned throws him
elf Upon the courtesy of the honorable
the Secretary of State in desiring him
: to believe that, as he has not entered
4utoJifiiaA:dtad
lut confined himself to tlie tuDmlssToiai'
- -f thcpi,opoVt,ioii"itse1f,Tia1ieit
' thought tit to discuss severally all the
- various interests involved, but merely
lias subjected them to a general, and,
r lie trusts, a candid review.
: la closing this paper, the underaign-
eil appeals to the honorable the Secre
tary of State, and referring him to the
detail of the history of jhe.Texian rev
olution herein set forth, asks in the.
n a ni of Ttatibrwl hetiOF,4H ma a tyr4iul
fustice, if a nation whose career has
V
been marked, like that of Mexico,' by
a constant violation of the roost solemn
treaty obligitiims7by iierier"of the
most licentious revolutions, oy a most
shameful prostitution of the lives, the
liberties, aod the property oi ner peo
ole. and. in short, by every act of per
fidy and cruelty recorded in the Vwto-
TV oi oaroartans, nas noi mcrcur ior-
... ... . " e . t
leiteu ail claims to tne respect oi tne
Governments of civilized, nations?
Look to toet continued interruptions of
the peaceable citizens of Texas, intlus
triously engaged in tbe improvements
t of their estates and in the actual ag-
ennilizement ot the Alextcan empire;
in her demolition bv inititarv force of
the constitution of 1824t tu her blootly
war of extermination utnler rresident
Santa Anna to her butchery of those
rallant Textans who surrendered their
arms under the sacrea tug pi a capttu
' lation in which their lives were guar
jo m
antiedt and pronounce, if the enormity
ol her inisueeds entitle her to be an
' Ion re r considered, the undersigned wil
' not say a nation of reponsibility,but
even of humanity. The undersigned
however, forbear to continue, this an
-peal, o. irrelevant, and perhaps so un
necessary, to the due consideration of
fie subject under discussion. The
world will Jo ample justice tothe mag-
tianimity of Texas in forbearing to vis
UupT) Vhe ticaus ot the reeresnt ty-
. , li , .1 .1 4.1'
rant 4Uil iu capiureti iiosi mat retalia
tion Which their offences against the
lawsmf nations and the rights of man
kind so signally deserved- .-.. .
In conclusion, the undersigned most
resnectfullv heirs leave to congratulate
the honorable the Secretary of State
lllUlion. and -which is so Im
i in this
tonora
coniiiientary upon the excellency of the
Government of this country, vilJ a
siTerflgtirfi-eer'irnil warlike -J PpW
Ir'riK ft om the Geld of fiu-ir 6 n icto
ries and glory, seeking to' surrender
"their nationality as the price ol a place
among the Un'te.1 States, to become
pa ticipantsiif the wisdom of 'ila-lawn,
and the reoown of its arms.
Thf undersigned, minuter plenipo
tentiary and envoy extraordinary of the
repubte-tif Texas .apologizes to the
honorable the Secretary of State of the
Uii'ted State; for theVefif tvngth of
this no'e, and - begs to tender to the
honorable the Secre tary of State re
newed assurance of his most ilistin-
ctuahed consderation.
MEMUCAN HUNT.
T lit lion. JOH FOR V YTlt,
Secretary j 'Slate f the U- State:
Hre follow the reply of Mr. Forylh, which
wo putUheil week Mocm Ut; we iliall pulilUli
Gtn. Hunt' rpy Mnilorjo our ntil.
Keport of the (,'ouveiition.
Of jyierchdntt, teltich ai$emi.'ed at Augutia,
ptiriQiC el taking into conn deration the
evbject ofdirect Saittheru Importatiout.
pur punc-of 4ace ttaiu'uig. jluiLt cpor tiu g
wliat measures will in their opinion,
most effectually contribute to the ac
compli ihment of tlie great object of
this Convention, a-k leave to submit
the fnllowing report: .
Thercorawittce- wre Weply 4npies4
ed with the imporlanco of the duty as
signed to jJieuu nil Juve bestowed up
on it all the attention their limited
time would permit. They regard the
present derangement ol the currency
jind exchanges of the country, howev
er we may lepi ecatejt causes and de
plore its immediate effects, as furnish
ing an occasion, which if wisely im
proved, will relieve the staple growing
States froni a state of commercial de-
pcirdeticerscarcely less reproachful to
meir industry aim enterprise inan u is
incompatible with their substantial
prosperity.
Tlie staple growing States, while
ther produce two-thirds f the domes
tic exports of the United ta,jmport
scarcely one-tenth of the foreign mer
chandise which is received in exchange
for it. Almost the whole ol the loreign,
commerce which is founded upon the
productions of our industry, is carried
on by the citizens of other States, cau
sing their cities to flourish, while ours
have been sinking into decay. In the
opinion of the committee- the period
has arrived, when our citizens are in
voked by the united voice of interest
and patriotism; to put an end to this
VtduritarTtnbuTeTa
to something like ten millions of dol
lars. It is believed that the cruota of
tieorgu-anU aoulh. L.arouua .Jone. at
mount to not less' than three millions
of dollars. ' It may not be disguised,
however, that this extraordinary and
unequal state of our commercial rela
tion had its Origin, more in the fiscal
operations of the federal government
thaB in any supposed deficiency in the
industry anu enterprise ol our citizens.
The high duties imposed by the tariff
of 1810 upon the productions of south
ern industry, and the still mnre-ervor-inous
duties imposed by those of 1824
and 1828, combined with the unequal
system of depositing and disbursing
the revenue thus collectcdalinost ex
clutively i the' northern cities,' opera-'
Ail - a - WHity,4o.tUtt-f4iuraerc.of
4hosexkkMdiklUhiL..va8jL4j
ing industry and enterprise on our part,
could not have overcome. Great and
obvious as were the natural advantages
of our southern cities, they were more
than counterbalanced by those opera
tions of the government And whilst
we stood amidst the ruins produced by
misgovernment, many of our citizens
were utterly unable liraccountTtirthe
phenomena, and some of our charitable
, , , . .
neighbors supposed it to be owirigfo
the curse of Heaven upon our domes
tic institutions.
Every practical man, however, will
at once perceive, that the deposite of
almost ine wnoie ot the government
funds in the banks of the Northern ci
ties was equivalent to a loan of a like
sum without interest, ami that the im
mense sums disbursed by the govern
ment at the same point, operated even
more decidedly to give those cities an
undue ascendancy. 'Gner of the most
obvious and salutary consequences
which we may confidently anticipate in
the reduction of the duties and the
withdrawal of the government depns
ites from the banks, will bu the resto
ration of the southern cities to a Condi
tion of comparative equality in the bu
siness of foreign commerce. In a fair
and equal competition it cannot be
doubted that they will be able to" ex
change our domestic productions for
the manufacture of Europe, by a dt
rect trade, more advantageously, than
the northern cities can do it, by a cir
I cuitoua process, involving intermediate
transfer and agencies, all
increasing
the risk and expense ol the operation.
There never wa presented to the
capitalists of the south and southwest
uch an opening for profitable enter-
prise, and they arc invited by the most
nowerful considerations to improve it.
iiow ihit the .fiscaLoperations of thel
federal government have been so great
ly reduced, and the field of competi
tion fairly opened, if they should still
look on with listless apatny, wnue me
mighty current of our own peculiar
commerce is Bowing literally by them,
to nourish distant cities and fertilize
the barren hills of distant rommunities,
ment which the world will pronounce,
that, we deserve our destinv. But the
that Borlr reproach will no longer rest
upon us The public spm oi uur peo
ple has been roused into action, they
have been awakened tfa sense of their
condition, and all are prepared to
en operate, in their respective spheres,
in the great work of throwing off the
shackles of our present colonial condi
tion, and establishing our commercial
independence upon a lasting found a
tion, r ... ' '
The staple crowing States never can
be practically in Jependent and enjoy
the lull measure ot tne oounues wnicn
Providence has so bountifully provided
f rlhem,HintiI the commerce whiclr is
founded upon their valuable produc
tions shall be carried on by their own
merchants, permanently resident a
mongst us wjicther they be native or
adopted. The. pursuits of commerce
must be rea'ized, the commercial clj9s
muitbe clev .tcdin public .opinion to
ti e rank in society which properly be-
aoflKaa..UIiu;aioiatui
merchnnts, requires as much character
and talent, and is of as much dignity
and usefulness, as any other pursuit or J
nroiession, ana tne senscitss preiuiuce
wlucli would assign to it an
interior
rank, has been blindly borrowed from
tbosenincieflt republics and themodew
despotisms, whose policy was to regard
war as the only honorable pursuit. As
agricultural productions which find
their market principally in foreign
countries, constitute the almost exclu
sive sources of our wealth, the mercan
tile class is as indispensable to our
prosperity as the agricultural. Their
interests arc indispensably identific d,
and whatever affects the prosperity of
the one, must have a corresponding
influence on the other. How much,
then, does the general welfare of the
staple growing States, depend upon di
verting into -the pursuits of commerce,
a larger ' portion of the capital, the
character and tne talent which have
been hitherto dfrected too exclusively
to agriculture and (he learned profess
ions? It is the deliberate opinion of
the committee that no one change
couTd 'be made in our? pursuits that
would so largely contribute to the pub
lic prosperity, and that those public
spirited citizens who shall take the
lead in this new career of useful enter
priser will deserve to be regarded as
Eublic benefactors. The prevailing
abit of investing almost the whole
proceeds of our cotton crops in - land
and negroes has produced a constant
tendency to over production in this
great staple, and nothing but tne ex
traoTditiafyincreaseof its cOnsump
tion in the great market of the world,
has prevented us I mm experiencing the
ruinous consequences of our mistaken
.. . ... -.. a
poucy, m mis view oi uyi suoject,
every dollar that shall be inverted from
the production of cotton to some other
profitable pursuit, will be so much clear
gain to tho planter and to the country.
It is a well established principle, in
political crnnomv. that an rxctss.ef
aupply beyond theclieient demand, diminishe
the price of an article, more than in propoajion
to tho eiceaa, and that deficiency of aupply in
crease the price in a corresponding degree.
Jor example, it i believed that if the present
cotton crop of the United btate should be on
ly 1,200 bale, it would produce a larger aggre
gate sum to the planter than if it should prove
to bo 1,500 bale, the price being more enhnnc
edthaTiltie cjuantilj wooliTlie diminUhoJ. ft
wa upon this principle tTiafWeTrutcBTral
JNdM&Muasma4ii
pice that they might obtain more for the re-
inauuiig nan inan mey comu uave omaineu tor
the whole. Let u pursue a still wiser policy.
Instead of burning our surplBirTeTSullirect the
capital and industry that produce it, to other
profitable pursuit, which will open new sources
of wealth, and at the same time increase the
valuo of thoxo already in existence. In con
nexion with this view ef the subject, the poller
of raising every supply, which the soil will pro
duce, cannot be too strongly recommended. Uy
whaTcver specious reasons- ofltfary .policy
miy bo countenanced, experience prove them
ta be. -fallacious.' If-every planter wouLLraite
hi own supplies of the various productions of
the soil and of the animals which feed upon
these production, it would tend greatly to lim
it the excessive production of ur great staple
and increase at Uicsame time the independence
and tho incomo of the agricultural class.
The committee will now proceed to examine
little in detail, the advantage of the Southern
cities foe the busincis of foreign importation,
compared with those of Ihe Northern cities.
In the first place house rent is much higher in
the latter than in the former. very Important
element, in the calculation. . In the second place
freight is fcabitually hijfher fiom Europe to the
Northern than, to the Southern cities, for lbs
plain reason that ships coming to the Houth for'
cotton would have ti rome in ballast Uthey
were not freighted with merchandise. All the
other elements that constitute" the cost of im
portation are believed to be aa cheap in the
Southern as the Northern cities It i then
demonstrable that foreign merchandize can be
actually imported and sold in the former at
cheaper rates than in (be latter places. When
to this we add the expense of transhipment at
New York or Philadelphia, tbe loss of interest
and insurance to tbe Sothern cities, and the e
pense of landing and storing, then it will be
apparent that the merchants of the south or
south-west will find it greatly to their dran
tage to make their purchases of foreign mer
chandise, ip our cities in preference to New
York or fbilaJelphla.
' The same course of reasoning will show that
our cotton can be exported directly from our
own seaport witb similar advantage over the
more circuitous -route of tbe Northern cities.
It seams, therefore, perfectly clear to the co tu
mitiew. that our CM.itslUlur mo .hall etMt in
Ia ih h.iin of imfiorlini tureign mercQan- ,
dize. cannot fail to realize ample profits, and ,
jtt aupply th '. 'lawchiBtaloCHteliBterrorjgn.
term mor atlvanUgeou Ibaii tbey eao obtain
from the Northern importer. They have eve
iv n.iural aJranUire in the competition, and
are intiled by every moiie, public and prrrate,
to nibark ia the buwnea and reap the rictt
harveat that lie before them. , It cannot be
doubted ti! the merchants of the interior wilt
give then preference, ainre, to the motive of
intermit, those of palriotUm would be coper-
-r,l,l
XmoTlfTlirml'iHewhhli owl iTe4 .
ually promote the great object which hu
brought thi Convention together, none are
rn orp prominent, than the completion bf great
works of internal improrreuicut, hy wliich tlie
Southern Atlantio cilies ere to be connected,
with the valley of the Mtssisxippi. In aid of
the individual capital sml enterprise engaged in
these works, it is believed that the patronage of
the States interested, might he wisely and ben
eijctaoy bestowed. Their completion would
greatly promote the system ol direct importa
tions through our own seaports; and these im
portations would greatly promote the comple
tion of the works in question. They ore parts"
of one great system, and will mutually suction
each other. If Georgia and South Carolina,
with that harmony and concert of action whicS
the inseparable identity of their interests so
strongly recommends, would bring their undi
vided en rgies and resources to tho completion
oLthoae. Imesof.jConunuju.cflU.ncnnnecJjjig,
their Atlantic cilies with ihe navigable waters
of the West, the day would not be distant when
our most ordcrit hopes and sanguine anticipa
tions would be realized.
The committee beg leave to suggest to the
Convention another measure, which, in their
opinion, would bo eminently cor.tluetive to the
great object we have in view-. One of Ihe ob
stacles in tho way of establishing a system of
direct imputations, is the want of the requisite
capita! applicable to that object. The country,
it is beUcred," contains a ufiicicriry oT capital,
if motivescould be presented, to give it a proper
direction. I o eflect this, (he committee can
ugest:no,.mea
would bo so elTcctunl as a law running the re
sponslWtltyof 'WpartlieTil to "the suowwhirhr
they shall put into the copartnership. A large
portion of the capital to which weinuft look for
carrying on the Iiusine of direct iinportatioiia,
is in the hands of planters, and men of fortune
who bave retired from business, who would be
willing to put a portion of their surplus capital
into importing oprteersfeips, nnder the man
agement of men of character and capacity, but
would never, consent JLo .make their whula fuc
tunes responsible for the-undertafcrrrg. If-tltey-l
actually contribute a certain amount of eapitnl,
and the public is apprized that their rcsnonsibili-
ty extonds no farther, it u obvious that the
ereditof the concern will rest upon the substan
tial foundation of the capital paid in. Nothing
can be more fair as it regards the public, aiid
nothing would so effectually direct the capital
and cnterprize of our citizens into channels
where it is so much wanted. I he committee
think it would be expedient to memorialize tho
Legislatures of the Southern and South West
ern States on this subject, and recommend to
the Convention the appoiutment of committee,
for that purpose.
Another measure which would greatly facili
tate tbe establishment of a system of direct im
portations, would he for the formation of a con
nection and correspondence between some of
our banks ami some of those in England by
which each should have a standing credit with
the other. This would enable the banks here to
furnish the merchants who might .wish. to pur-,
chase goods in England, with letters of credit,
upon receiving adequate security. The bearer
of such a letter having to pay interest only from
tho lime he actually Urew tho money to pay for
bis purchases. This would prevent tho loss of
interest which h -would incur if compelled to
provide himself with money before he set out
on his adventure. . Cotton purchasers from
England would derive some benefit by obtain
ing similar letters, from the banks there, upon
those of our banks, with which they should have
an established credit.
If in addition to these facilities, onr bsnki
would eitsblith agencies in Kiirope, and advance
a limited smoanmjifln soflmv t4t;m-d -to inetri;
it would greatly contribute to accomplish nur
common object, by enabling onr citizens (o ex
port their own cotton, aa well as to import their
own merchandize, without (he intervention bf any
Northern agency.
" In concluding llieir report the enmmiltcc esn
nst but express their strong conviction, that llie
luccen of this great movemtiit towards the eman
cipation btfheVstaple growing stales from their
commercial trammels, will depend more upon
individual enterprise, austsined and upprirtee'
by an enlightened public opinion, thin upon any
meaiurei of legislation, however impmlsM these
my be. The business of direct impot tatioiis
must be commenced st once, for it the present
oeesslon is permitted to psss away unimproved,
one equally propitious may never occur. The
committee recommend the convention to adopt
the following resolutions, in fulheranre of the
views express JMhelnrg
J. Resolved, That in the opinion of this con-
.ventian the eswnteoejnB04uMinurioiiuner-
cml allaus is-nnnrntly- prnpiuous-iot-tlie.es.
tabtishmeut of a system of direct importations,
thro' our Southern and. South. Western sitics,
and that w are called upon by every consider
ation of interest and f -patriotism to throw off
tbe degrading abackles of commercial depend
ence. Snd. Resolved, That with a view to indute
public spirited capitalists to embark in this busi
nes, the people of the staple growing States be
recommenrJeTTto'Tj;iVe public manifestations of
their determination to encourage and sustain
importation through their own seaports.
a -H..niii-,ritt itA i ,r""ittfes neap-
pointed by the President of this Convention to
memorialize respectively, the Legislature of
Georgia and South Carolina on the subject of
limited partnerships.
4th. Resolved, That it is a sacred duty which
Ihe citizen of the Southern and South Western
State owe to themselves, their prosperity, snd
their country, to give a decided preference
(where the term are equal) in procuring tbeir
supplies, to our merchant who carry on a di
rect trade with foreign nations.
- 6th. Resolved, That a committee besppoint
ed to prepare an address to tbe people of the
Souther irali JSoUlh ' Western StalesTscltltif
f srth the ad vantage and prat icabilhy of carry
ing on a direct trade with foreign nations ex
hibiting in detail the extent of their resources.
The following resolutions, in addi
tion to the above, were als pissetl;. .
Cth. Resolved, That said committee in pre
paring such address, embody and conform to the
view of the Convention a expressed in the
preamble and resolutions adopted.
' 7th. Resolved, That the Convention recom
mend to the rilizens of the Southern and South
Western 8tate to appoint delegates to meet m
Convention at Augusta, on the first Monday in
April, 183d, to continue the interest and ob
jects of thia Convention before the people.
8th. Resolved, That as an introduction to
direct imlwrting cysti
imlwrting system at the south it i indie-
pensably necessary that the crop of tho present
year should, bo directly exported by southern
merchants and planters, and that to effect thi
ni,iMf tti ttAiilhvt-n hanlcinir inalitntinn Khntitil
lend such aid as they safely and conveniently
can. . f '
9th. n(lve,f, That lh lUnk of '' Con-
Tenuon n irnwmi o mo
able anJ jmSicioiH.re(Krt,
IOih. Kesoltcd, ThatthetbaiiMollheCon-
rention he tendered to the Prrndcnt and Srcre-
ury, for the abie manner in which tbey nave
i : . i .,: .1, .;...
1 1th. KeiolvtJ, J bat the tbank of the Uon-
venlinn be tendered to the Trustee for ike ue
of the Presbyterian Church;-
13th. ReeoWed, 1 bat Ihe thanks ot tna con
tention be tendered to-rt ciliicna of Augtirta
for their bopitaliiy. .
1 3th. Rcaolred, rhat tbe tbanlH ol the oif
ewlioe to Jgwlejgd, othfimtUtn of tae ueo.
tnsiiranee and fnut Company for do Use"W
their room by the commitlee.
' Hth.. fiesolved, 'J . hat the proeeedinrjs of the) .
Convention ami the address tolbe people of the
Southern and SduttAVestern State be prlnted
in pamphlet form and extensively circulated.
and that the delegates Irom Augusta be ap
pointed a committee to superintend the publi
cation.
15th. Resolved, That tho thanks of the Con
vention be tendered to the Delegates from Au
gusta for their liberality in defraying the ex
pense of the publication of the proceedings of
the Convention. '
Committee appointed under the 3d Rctluiion.
For S. Can. A LEXAND BLACK,
- DAVID ALEXANDER.
CHARLES J. '8IIANK0N'.
JAMES A DOER,
8. O. BARKLEY.
for Cejtrgitu- VJJGL'STUS II. KEJV A.Nj
ADAM JOHNSTON,
LANCELOT JOHNSTON,
BENJAMIN E. STILES,
SEABOn.N JONES.
Commitlee to prepare the address:
r tiEOROE M'DUFFIE.
THOS. BUTTLE It KINO,
HENRY H. CUMMINfJ,
ABS'M II, CIIAPPELL,'
JAMES GADSDEN.
Tllg STAR -
-TE X I A ?f A N N E X A ' tWN.-
We publish thU week the vefy able anil elo
quent letter of Cen. if uni, the Texian Minister,
proposing a negotiation for the annexation of
Texas to tho United States. Tho roply of the
Secretary of State to 'this letter appeared in this
paper two weeks ago. We shall tako peculiar
F.'wure in lay ing Gen. Hunt's rejoijidM to. $fjv
Forsyth before our readers next week. Wo
shall, nevertheless express, on the present occa
sion, a tew opinions on tho subject.
Gen. Hunt trace tho history of Msxico f om
the adoption of the f ederal Constitution under
Victoria, through her almost cona4anB)revulu
lion, down to tho period of Santa Anna' cap
lure. And it is obvious, that tho Texiana, al
though deeply imbued wilh.IhUugU principle
of liberty jealous of thoir privilege a became
men who had even expatriated themselves, re
lied almost exclusively for justice and gobj
government upon Mexico, from whom they had
received inducements to settle hi Texaj. Thro
every vicissitude of affairs they evinced an un
shaken devotion to the Mexican conslitulion of
'24, under which they emigrated, and whoso
provisions and guarautie they were entitled to
claim as" their own. And Gen. Hunt conelu.
sively shows, that op to tho year 1830, the peo
ple ot 1 ex as bad taken but lit: la concern in the
series o political convulsions which hud an
closely followed one another in the interior cf
Mexico that ao long as tbey were left uuuio-
tested in the enjoyment of their rights, they
were npj, disposed to participate in the internal
commotions of other States; and that even after
their rights bad been invaded, they manifested
no disposition to excite against Mexico, and es
pecially the constitution of '21, nuy of the otli
er States hut simply claimed 180 exorcise o
their chartered rights. But in lS), their rap
idly growing strength and steady adherence U
republican principles began to attract the notice
and to excite tho jealousy eflhe government of
Mexico; and an arbitrary law was passed, pro
hibiting the farther in traduction ;tf "AniPitcan
citizrns. Almost simultaneously with this ar
bitrary order, and other unjust exactions urged
npou her citizens and enforce J at the poiulof Uie
havonet, Butamente ha.l established Liuui If
upon the ruins of the federal constitution of '24
and in f&2 the people of Texas, entertaining no
hope for the political redemption of, Mexico, or
a..wi. and .qual dmmi
were left n other alternative than that of an
appeal to "aTm'sT" Every one is acquaiutedjwitjv
the struggle that ensued, and the complete and
glorious triumph of Texas a struggle immor
talized and consecrated by the blood of a Crock
ett, a Uowie, a Travis, a Fannin, aud a hoit of
other chivalrous and intrepid patriots. The
achievement of Texian independence was c
complishcd by the valour of Ang!o,Aiiicricaii
arm -by t he w is Join of Ang toA mcTrra ns, an 1
her excellent eoniilitulimi and form of govern
mcnt modeleil by thcrrr upon the inctitutions o'
JUiricmother-land. And, as Gen, Hunt nobly
remarks: ...
"Tatxt seeks to lie annexed first ninl fore
most, because she is a nation of the same'blood
with the people of the United States. The his
tory of this country is her history. She c'aims
annexation bv the kindred tie ef blond, lan
guage, institutions; hy a corf men origin, by
common hixtory, and by a esmmoa freedom,"
Her gallant son were born upon our soil;
"and ihry exult ia the conviction that at Goli
"ad, Sah Antonio, Conception and San Jacinto
they alleld 4b logiiimaey-ef hcir Anglo-American
blood;" and appealing to" victories in
the cause of liberty to the sacred tie of con-aanguimiy-lo
-Ihe excellencyjvituti.nis
similar to our own and to the. value of a sur
render of national sovereignty, "they ask if the
ingle star of Texss is not worthy ..to 'he added
to Ihe brilliant cluster on Iheir motlior flag.'
' But there are other inducements to an an
nexation which appeal to interetl rather than
patriotitm and which should urely arrest and
powerfully influence tbe fanatical policy of the
North. 1'hese inducement we will not pretend
to enumerate'-they aie ably exhibited by Gen.
lunt-
Gen. Hunt's rejoinder to Mr, Foreyth com
pletely dissipates the'argumer.t of Mr. Forsyth
that "the annexation of Texas would involve
,a t7nileJ Sullf in wor ilh Mexico." He
show that, under General Jackson' admini-
tjytJoa, negjiimiond weroat'.smpied for tli par
eh!te of Texas from Mexico, befoie ihs inde.
psndeuceof Meiico had been itnole,lgej
Spain ihat soeertsm wss ibis government
acquiring the territory of Texas diat the oftc,
of Governor was actually tendered to Got But,
..e.t.:-c-. i ..i
ion oi inn dih? -biiu uuwtth, pa ftj
the annexation of Text would invoWe tbe
United States in a War With. Mexico at tLw
time, the undersigned is at a loss to percm
why a similar result was not anticipated wit)
Spain in event ot a cession of Texjis by MstL
c"-Tetaeis. MsltAindepjidetajatatv Ber-
relauons are vastly different from What they
era heri. a province M. Mflki and If her ic,.L ,
qulMtion ,ty parcbase frora t Mexico, 3 pmfj
whose independence was unacknowledged
the mother country, wss considered coostite.
tionnl and politic as involving no question ef '
war with Spain we ask, if the cession ofTe:
ai was thus considered in respect to Spain, by
General Jarkson and 'the party," with whit
shadow of reason can the pledged "follower iff
the footsteps" of that same "illusfrious chiif,"'
or that same party, oppbso an anneistioa.
wticu she oflers hefselT fiea fri.hl all ehUngle,""'
nients with cither Spain or Mexico!
Hut aide friTm evory question of war, orcon.
s'.itutional right, it is perfectly obrious thatMv
Van Buren has, on this momentous queition
taken one of those positions for which he is so
Ji-.ti:iguihcd. He appear to lean t(J no psji
ticular section of the Union -but gravely ad
vances tlie questions of war and constitutions;"
ity, which are calculated to poslpnne the 4i
cussion of the subject, and iius himself avn"i4
the responsibility of any decitiv move in tb
matter; or, what is more probable, encourage sr .
invite the people of Texss to seek such allita.
ecu with other loreign power as will- forever
prevent their annexation to this Republic.
1 knows lull well, where ni popuTaiily iM-,.kf, -
est 'mr- w herett-eim--trefheneo -j -
m are by opposing, upon pretences however as.
reasonable, Ihe annexation of Texas, Th,
Northern people, with Mr, Van Boron, ar s.
moiil unauimuuedy against Teisw, bolh bectius
they are jealutis of any acesasiua of atretigtl t
the South, nud beeause they are bitterly oppesat
to.?livejnnd deprsvals iu exWosion. Thes,
are the grand reasoru of Uiir 'nnmpRiiuc
opsosiUoa. I be question will as doubt fg..
lyiUiteuised during the iwxt sssiiloa f Cob.
gross, n3Tt fetutu majf Wf p-minjki1lfwf
diciitvelj upon thi dctttny cf Mess ru. .
We obsej-vo thst seme ef our (haage m.
pars havo pubUshod the lultar of Mr. Forsytk.
VVby do they not publish the letters of GeasrsJ
Richard K. Fr-t, a Thompsoniaa tr
steam doctor, in Now York, ha been arrest.
od, examined and held to bail, in the aura of
$5000, to answer an indioUseol for murder, is
tlie mal-treabneut and death of T. ii, French,
aysuug nun, 13 year of age, Icsclisr in lb
Collegiate Gramtuer Svbool of Colu-iibiaC.N
logo. It appeared in evidence that the deerts.
ed was aftlieted with a aktfht cold, wawW
visited the Infirmary, and plated hints. If vo
der the treatment ol FrosU that he was pretM-
i 1 , i .
u wiui on aparuuBDi auu a nose oi "cotnpini.
lion, tea;" and that on the day following tU
'regular 'course" of Thouipaouiua pracuct
eomutenccd on lubulia aud stnam baths whick,
ou the 5ih day, resulted iu the daath of lbs pt
tirnt. The body was disiuterred, and Diai
the toatimony of Doctor Chaeseuian and K
gars, from a powt mortem examinatiun, the ju
returned the following verdict:
-hr is llioopinion of this jury .tlnt thedtsts
of tho doceased was occasion d by a geerrtl
congestion of the iutcruul organs, mij a eois.
piste prostratiou of the whole nervous systta,
producod by the adruiuislration of delcleriew
and improper nisdirinas. Mid oilier improper
IreaUueut while in the Iniirmary under llw di
rection of Hichard K. Krost,"
It is not iruo, is contended by iu-advocaW
that tbe sub-Treasury gcbeuie en a whig isL
sme in 1334. Gen. Gordon's jiroposiuveili
for essentially from the project now bef.m tlu
public in this, that it did not propose to miit
war upon tho local " banks by discrediting tlwir
notes; nor did it recognise Benton's "gold hum
bug" in auy shnpe. And, in this shape, obI;
33 whiga voted fur it. JJi j not a oiucli grrslir
nuoiber -of-Vuniws- ihISaiustidaB,
H'hut -aill Mr. Grundy iy StDaU
Grundy has been virtually, instructed .by
Legislature of Tennessee. Although hi
of service in the Senate of lite) UnitcJ Sttin
will not expire until the 4th March, 1339,
the Legislature have apioiiitcd hi succrsw-
Efusiix U. FoiTjtB, JhigJ..wr!ertd
S majority of 3:J votes over Geh. Carroll
ORIGIN OF THE SUBTH EAR? L'B7-
The AtaJisaiiisn iiiiMihil Mr. Duanr.i'
SecrMjherjuryjinJ while fJsJ
movsl uf the -deppaite was In conU!lBpl,
and under discussion, prepared and suba"""
to Ihe President a Plan of Ihe identical
which is now the darling one of ihe ultrai"''
the davj" proposing at the aame time,"WiT'
the 'ilivorce" plan in place of employ inj8u!
Hanks. And that the proposition woea4
by him was Immediately rejected in the
contempt uoti manner. The Glct,''''
denounced ihe proposition of Mr. (ioiw
oheuf the Must dangerous and disdfg111.
measure tl)at was ever subniitted to C'on.'t'
Jai'traai'diuury ' F.xbtdition-i-IiPrtVtme
of the Mail. W e base jnst received ,
Lyncbhura .Virginian of the 4w Septeo
havini travelled tbe Immense distance of t
150 mile in tho abort pce of two me" I
. . . . r .. .. n.al'1
uur vv aatitnglon Ulty paper occasio'7 '
an excursion t J the South, and return v
etlevilU, before wo have 'tlie pleasure of
them. Aa to our New York papers, lW
Heaven only know where, before -tbel
at their place of destination. They reac
oinellmo month ler tbeir publieatio 9
seldom within any very limited period.
though w take the New Verk Daily E,rt!
Star, we but raely receive it oftener lha '
or tvic a week; when we havo the fiv
ploasurc t. Joaiing gver scversi slale
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