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'AT present onr readers to-day with
another letter ftom GFen. Jackson on the
subject ot the immediate annexation of
T.X ' to- the l ulled SGUer, in which he
I mug? thiiumportent question liefore th«p
mniitrv in us true light. This letter
omeJoifh .it the nrgoi t request of Gen.
birfoon’s riuinerous friends, who have
dß4e ;' and him of late, and expressed a
esiro i<> know and Iris sentiments havs not
Imaged in regard to annexation, since
> much information has been brought
<bear n|>on this great measure by the
•tiers of Mr. Van - Huron and other dis
mmished men of our country.
HERMITAGE, May 13,’44
_Vi the Editor of the Un ’wn :
Sir : lam induced to address vou tlift
otter, liecause I have, within a few days
•ast, received letters from many of my
i iotids, who have expressed a desire to
now whether my views in relation.to
lie policy of annexing Texas to-.{fit!
I nited States have been changed by tire
light which the subject lias received froth
the recent letters ofMr. Van Ilmen, and
other prominent citizens; rod because it
seems to be necessary that I' should an-,
swer or he misunderstood 1 .
Having no connection with thd ques
tion except the interest which, in com
mon with other citizens, l take in all
that concerns my country, what 1 have
heretofore said upon it was dictated by
no desire to he a prominent actor. It
was certainly far from my expectation
that there should he ail effort in my
quarter to make the question a mere par
ty one.. Hence, when it was brought to
my notice some twelve months ago, by
the honorable Mr. Brown of this State, I
answered his inquiries with promptness
and frankness.
I had not forgotten the principles by
which my administration had been guid
ed when attempting to obtain Texas by
negotiation with Mexico, nor the care
which was taken to convince Mexico,
afterwards, that this Government had no
agency, directly or indirectly, in the steps
resorted'to by the people of Texas to es :
tablish for themselves an independent
government. In tire reference which
Mr. Van Buren has made to my conduct
as President in these respec’s, he has
stated what is entirely true, and lias de
lineated with the ability and perspicuity
which soVminently distinguish him, the
general principles which characterise the
course of our Government tu its inter
eoursc with foreign powers But just
and accurate as he is, ands lbscribing,
most fully, ns I do, to all that lie alleges
as applicable to the question s it stood
in my administration, and as it did tinder
his own, I still think that the circum
stances arc so far altered-as to give anew
asjHict to the whole question, and to au
thorise a corresponding change in the
discretion with which onr Government
may now act upon it.
At the present period, it cannot be
doubted that Texas is able to maintain
her independence of Me* ico, if each
State is left to its own resonrees, unin
fluenced and unaided by -ny foreign
Power. Eight years have elapsed since J
the memorable battle ot San Jacinto, and |
there has been no serious attempt on the
part of Mexico to occupy the< ountry, and
n is certain none ran la mad-’ with any j
prospect of success. In this state of ;ff
fiiirs, acknowledged by ourselves and the
principal Powers of the woWd as an in
dependent nation, and treated as such,
Texas renews to us thr almost unani
mens wish of her citizens to he annexed
to the l lilted States—telling us, substan
tially, that, if now .repulsed, she must
tot in* such alliances elsewhere as will
best enable her to improve her resources
and repair the disasters which she suffer
ed from a protracted quasi war. She is
sensible that her happiness will be best
secured by incorporation into our Union
that the disposition and pursuits of her
people*- being homogenous with those of j
die United States, can receive no ad- j
equate protection from any other quarter-
We admit the truth of these assertions,
and feel that they constitute a powerful
moti re for action, indepmidcnt of the con
siderations which are. suggested by a pru
•lent regard for the stability of our own
institutions. " *
in reference to Mexico, I would use ,
the following language : We have Care
ful I v abstained froan Ml interference wbh
your relations to Tensas except to ac
knowledge hei independence, in the same
inannei‘and upon the'same principles
dial we did your independence when you
;-e pa ruled from Spain. We have, indeed,
L-e.ii more scrupulous with you than
with Spain; for without consulting or re
porting the feelings of the latter Bower,
.'nr Government did not hesitate to open
i negotiation with you for the petroepss
-1011 of Texas, and that* too, long before
you i independence was acknowledged
by Spain. But the lime has now come
where we feel that this delicacy ought no
longer to restrain ns from a treaty with
Texas, particularly as we know that our
failure to do so will produce results which
may endanger the. safety of our own con
federacy.
I cannot think there is discrepancy
between thes* views and those avowed
by uiy Administration when proper al
lowance is made tor tlm change ot cir
cumstances, or that they contain any wed
founded cause for <jomplaint on the part
of Mexico.
It may be now stated, on which we
may rely with the greatest confidence,
than if Texas be not speedily admitted
into our confederacy, she must and will
be inevitably driven into alliances and
trotmnercia! regulations with the Euro
pean Powers, of a character highly in
jurious, and probably hostile to this
country. What would then be our con
dition ? New Orleans and the whole
Valiev of the Mississippi would l>e en
dangered 'fhe numerous herds of sav
C's wtd-.iujl.ir lurnt* of T' \ > and on
• rr rolder* 'would he rastl* excited to
.« *. qo- e.* (IpP qi f-b -s fVontici
I do not deem it necessary to be more
explicit here in the enumeration of the
reasons which justify, to my mind, the
speedy annexation of Texas, to the Uni
ted States. My aim is to give to this
country the strength to resist foreign in
terference. Without Texas, we shall not
have this strength! She is the key to
our safety in the South west and West.—
She offers this key to ns on fair and hon
orable terms. I,et us take it, and lock
the door against future danger. We can
do it without giving.just offence to Mex
ico. Indeed, we may say that the mea
sure is by the Interests of Mex
ico, no less than of our own; for, with
out it, she can liayg.no reliable guaran
tee against future invasion.
As to the form of annexation, I do not.,
think it material whether it he by treaty
or upon the application of Texas by an
act or .joint resolution of Congress.
1 cannot close these remarks without
saying that rny regard for Mr. Van Bu
ren is so great, and my confidence in his
love of country is strengthened by so long
and intimate an acquaintance, that no
difference on this subject can change my
opinion of his character. He has evi
dently prepared his letter from a know
ledge only of the circumstances bearing
on the subject ns they existed at the close
of his administration, Without a view of
the disclosures since made, and which
manifest the probability of a dangerous
interference with the affairs of Texas by
a foreign Power.
I am, respectfullv, vour servant,
ANDREW JACKSON,
Gen. Jackson.
Contrasting the position of the old He
ro, with that of Mr. Benton and his
friends, the Spectator says
“The able arguments of Mr. Van Bu
ren and others opposed to it, have reach
ed him, but have not even raised a doubt
as to the necessity and vitality of imme
diate annexation. It must lie now, or it
may be never ! Now, is the “ golden mo»
merit.” Letters from him have beep re
ceived in this city, within a few days
past, re-affirming all that he has hereto
fore said, and adducing new and still
stronger arguments in favor of the mea
sure. He has no sinister motives to in
fluence, or paltry purposes to subserve,
in advocating this measure. He is in
fluenced by a feeling of unmixed patrio
tism. It is his country’s greatest good,
and its lasting prosperity, to which he
looks. He is al ways on thesideof hi <cdhn
try, ant! always against,lts enemies, whe
ther they are clothed m foreign uniform,
or wear the plain attire of American citi
zens. He is for annexation; immediate,
unqualified—the great mass of the peo
ple are for it; and, those politicians who
oppose it, will themselves, ere long, be
overwhelmed and condemned by the
popular voice, will be lifted up to vindi
cate its wisdom and its justice. He is
for his country, right or wrong, and with
the great mass of its people, whose feel
ings are always right. Where are the
Giobc and Colonel Benton? Striving,
in concert with the old federalists, the
Abolitionists, the British, and the Mexi
cans, to defeat a great national measure,
which General Jackson, and nearly all
the truly good andgreat men of the land,
with eight tenths of the people, deem
vital to onr safety and prosperity? What. 1
a position for men who still claim credit
with the people, and seek to indtieiKK
them, against the very evidence of r ~ •
own senses ! Madness and v"y '-.sue
no further.
The. same paper has the ffi’w v
tide Rearing on the same. pc \
call particular attention •' *r'
from the. Nashville Li.x -n v: • .ms
the remarks of the Speciasw *
« LEAVE YOUR FRIEND AMD
STAND BY YOUR 'TJUIrT *T
This, we learn, was the ttcphstK. ad
monition of Geo IscktnQ to a l>Eeg£te
to the Baltimore *>• *or and just ar
rived in tins city, wbo stopped at the
Hermitag . are *-d to the Old Ile
rofcis emhafTMOHl at n his friend
ship for Mr Vac B'jrei;, and his princi
plc*s in re.atiofc to the annexation ofTcx-
as.
The Nashville Union of May 14,
leaves no doubt of th** opinion entertain
ed in the Vicinity of the Hermitage of
! the New Coalition, more unholy and
I dangerous than that between Adams and
Clay in 1825, in which some of the same
performers enacted prominent parts. —
That Was a mere struggle for office, its
j triumph was hut temporary, and it was
promptly and effectively rebuked by an
outraged and insulted people. But the
| present is an issue between our country
| and the most powerful nation on the
earth one whose hereditary hatred has
been increased by her impotent attempts,
upon the land ami the ocean, to re-assert
that supremacy which was overthrown,
de facto and de jure, in 1776. Site is
now endeavoring, by her wiles and mach
inations, to effect that' in which she was
baffled by the courage of- our troops
and the gallantly of our tars, in the soc
ond war of independence. If she suc
ceeds in her present effort, of which the
danger is imminent, the evil is irremedia
ble, and irretrievable; and. we fear, will
! add another & a melancholy example of
. her subjugating by diplomacy, those who
| have foiled her in arms. And yet, in this
! the hour of their country’s peril we have
j degenerate nicii among us. and those who
j have been honored with the highest trusts
|of a confiding people who, when their
; vital interests are at stake, are to be found 1 '
on foe side of the enemy. We can well
imagine tire outraged feeiings ot the old
llero and Patriot, at the recreancy of
those whom he trusted, and can picture
to ourselves; his venerable aspect, his
uplifted arm, and his warning voice
V.EAVE YOUR EKIKND AND STAND
B V VPf R .COUN TRY!”
Texa«
W< freqtrentty hear o remarked rhar.!
j * h>''•o’fth r- di’inr "ie"t i! ’ie --» «hi '
I<] Jia_.lf.il} <-q !-v* rtrikipr >• ;f’ •
issue with the north upon the subject of
slavery. The Mind adherents of Mr.
Clay and Mr. Van Buren ate willing to
overlook the fact* that this issue has been
tendered to us, not made by us. The
manifestations are on all sides that the on -
ly real opposition to the annexation is
from the avowed enemies of our domestic
institutions. But that patriotism which
looks to the election of Mr. Clay or Mr.
Van Buren as matter of infinitely more
importance than the open advocacy of a
measure which is attacked because its
identity with southern slavery will see
nothing, will hear nothing likely tomiii
tate against the siHtfess of the cfwef, !>e
forewhom they bow with J»he idolatry of
barbarian worship. Not let the hand lie
put upon the south, let herbe renounced
by our dear brethren 1 ol #s an
inferiority, and m politic*! darkness;
let thqpa tell us in onr teeth, the Uhion
shall not extend in your direction; all this
avails not. these patriots hear it not, be
cause, perchance, it will break the har
mony of a Clay chorus, ,of snap the
wires of party machinery.
Men of Louisiana, read the language
of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Ver
mont, and* say whether they do declare
that Texas must not be annexed because
she is a slave state.
The House and Senate of Vermont, in
1537, among other infiamatory resolu
tions, adopted the following :
Resolved, That as the Representatives
of the people of Vermont, we do solemn
ly protest against the admission into the
Union of any states whose -Constitution
tolerates domestic slavery.
The resolutions are accompanied by a
most violent phillippic against Texas be
cause of her slave institutions.
The legislature of Massachusetts, in
1838, passed resolutions against the an
nexation, assigning as a reason, that it
would “strengthen and extend the evils,
of a system which is unjust in itself, in
striking contrast, with the theory of our
institutions and condemned by the moral
sentiment of mankind.
Accomplished Massachusetts! - how
courteous her words, how bitter, how
deep seated the malice in the heart of
them.
Rhode Island, in IS3S, after detailing
a scries of most extraordinary objections,
denounces the annexation of Texas, be
cause it will be “for the purpose of en
couraging the propagation of slavery,
and promoting the raising of slaves with
in itsown bosom—the very bosom of free
dom. to be exported and sold in those un
hallowed regions.”
The recent insurrection in Cuba
A correspondent of the New York '
Express, writing from Havana, makes
the following development:—
“The whole population of our island
have most narrowly escaped the fate of
those of St. Domingo, and even now
very liftle security is felt by the greater!
portion, from the impossibility of know
ing how far the machinations <Jf the mu-
Irrttocs and negroes have r-een roumer- i
acted. A sfroeg parrel parades our
streets nightly, in *dc;li.c»r ts the usual
night watch '®/I ft The following j
declare* -r. ■* ' ’hr c •:sjnrators was
, - rfcaje oce : the military
OWBBBaWT.:'; lEKBUT Kttifig :
- f*oe negroes and mulnt
- - - this horrible ns- j
every had been delay
... t i* vr < ■ • .onger, its success could
--T ■ «:•• o prevented. The whole,
- ure: w< 4 have risen at the same hour.
* im t -*xr. interpeter among them, as I j
..p-.ds and was offered jj.0,000
-_r.ranlf of brigadier to induce m«
enter into the plot, which, for my mis- i
fortune, I accepted, as I supposed the
Mow fail. Our provisional
king was to have been Mr. Turnbull,,
the English consul.' now residing in
Jamaica, who has $270,000 to cover the
expense of arms, ammunition, and ex
penses of agents in the cause. Our chief
was ‘Placido,’ the post man of c
dinary .knowledge, and deep in the con
fidence of the blacks, ami also many of j
the whites. The chief in Havana was
‘Caiielfos,’ a retired captain of the black
regiment.
In Trinidad the chief wrts “Pomastva,”
a mason, and a man of great knowledge.
He was a general of division. In Puerto {
Principe our chief was “Flores,” who
was formerly sent to Spain for trial for
being concerned in the other conspiracy.
The rising was to have begun simulta
neously at midnight between Matanzar
and Cardenas. The blacks were to set
fire to the buildings, murder the whites,
take their arms, and proceed at once to
the shore near Cardenas, where tltey
would find six thousand stand of arms,
and ammunition, landed from an Eng
lish brig which was to have come from
New Providence, and fallen upon Mu
tanzas with about 30,000 men, wlicbe they
would join their chief.
The plan in Matanzas was at first to
have distributcdsmalltin cases of arsenic,
procured from Now Providence; but the
cooks, coachmen, and servants were
found so secure in the cause, that it was
thought equally effective that Aiiey
should set fire to the houses, murder
their master?, and bring tfieir head to'
the chief.
The sarfie fate was prepared for the
capital and ether towns of the island.—
The signal at Havana was to have been
the tiring of rockets, and after firing the
Hlouses and murdering all .they could,
the blacks were to. eohqeiitiato at the
bishop’s garden {about three tildes old)
and await order?. 'Every vilktgeor town
is comprehended in tlie plot, and the
slaves will declare iFfot they were offer
ed then liberty, that they stir,aid possess
the land aud-the white women, for which
reason these latter were not to be killed,
unless they were old or ugly. Some will
dec! tire the women they had selected,
' other? tin murders they were to commit,
tnfiud tie IcrbuatioH: of my a<N dfnpliccs
\ fo* re * y u Jill h ■>>.«.>
M. JOHNSTON, EHlTOii.
"Not the glory of Ccuar, bat the welfare of Home.”
MACON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1844.
FOR. PRESIDENT,
JAMES K. POLK,
Os Tenm^see.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
GEORGE M. DALLAS,
Os VfnnHylrania.
The Nomination.
Honor, to the democratic Conven
tion, for its excellent nomination. We
congratulate the democratic party —we
congratulate the country generally at the
choice of the Convention. For numer
ous as are the distinguished men of our
party we believe that there is no one
upon whom its entire strength could be
rallied more effectively at this time, than
upon JAMES K. POLK, of Tennessee
—a sound Republican in habit as well
as in p rinciple, few public men in tips
or any other country, have preserved a
firmer, or more eonsistenteour.se, and it
has rarely fallen to the lot of any one, to
win more rapidly, the esteem and confi
denceof his party. From his first appear
ance in public life. Col Polk, has.al
ways been distinguished, for the sound
ness of his principles, and his steadfast
adherence to the cardinal doctrines of the
Republican creed. Imbued, too, in early
life, with that enlightened love of liberty
—that noble spirit of independence, and
that self sacrificing and lofty patriotism,
which was so eminently characteristic of
his ancestry in our revolutionary strug
gle, he has always regarded our Gov
ernment, as a grand design to secure to
all, their just rights, and the Constitution
as an instrument of specific and limited
powers.
Entertaining these opinions, he, took
ground early against every scheme of
partial legislation intended to benefit the
few at the expense of the many, and has
uniformly stood forward in the front
rank as the champion of the people’s
rights, whenever they have been threaten
ed with invasion at home, or from abroad.
Mr. Polk was bom in Mecklenburg
county, N. C. on the second of Novem
ber, 1735, and is consequently in the for
ty ninth year of his age. Hi* ancestors
emigrated to this country, more than a
century ago from Ireland ; a country
from whieh many of our distinguished
men derive their origin. The father of
Mr. Polk removed to Tennessee in 1806;
and was among the first of that hardy
race of pioneers who settled in the west
ern part of the State ; then a wilderness ;
now glcAving with the colours ot civiliza
tion. After preparing his son for Col
lege, he entered hiire’at the University
of North Carolina in 1816. Mr; Polk
IvSs distinguished while at College :rs the
first scholar in his class, and graduated
in 1818 with tfcc lughest honor of tha t
venerable institution ; returning to Ten.
nessee he became a student of law in the
office of the late Mr. Grundy; and in
1820 was admitted to the bar. His rise
in his profession was rapid. In 1823 he
was chosen to represent his county in the
Legislature, and then entered tijfon the
stormy field of politics, became at once
the leader of his party in the legislature !
and in 1825 he was chosen to represen 1
his district it* Congress ; and since that
time his history is before his countrymen.
He is now a candidate for tile highest of
fice in the gift of the people—for which
his fine abilities', distinguished public ser.
vices, and republican simplicity eminent
ly qualify him.
from the lialtimore liejtilican ij- .Irons'.
l\lO\ and Harmony—Thr
■h'lUHcr.itic Candidate.
Union, harmony and coticess'on, have
done the work, and wv. have the inex
pressible satisfica-tfon of proclaiming fir
our Democratic friends, the nomination
of
JAMES. K. POLK,
Os 7 ennessee,
as the unanimous chosen candidate of
the Democracy; by the delegates to the
“National Democratic Convention,” and
we not only respond to the nomination,
but do so from the very bottom of our
hearts, and shaO erdist under his banner
with renewed spirit, enthusiasm, and ar
dent devotion; knowing, as we do, frfim
his long life of public service,, and that
too in the most trving times, he stood
boldly f irwaid. and battled faithfully and
manfully in defence of the great princi
ples of democracy. In those days which
tried mens firmness—m the battle be
tween the PKORI.U and the MAM
MOTH BANK, when the ( ONSTfTIJ-
TiON of the country and the liberties*ol
the people were fiercely assail Pen audio
imment periI,'JAMES K. POLK ;h- 1
nominee of the Democrat.c ?lai.oniu
Convention, stood side by, side, lending
ins powerful aid jo tin- illustrious JACK
SON- /Pile people yit v.ed Ins exeiiion,
■-T app'ot. .rinn. and they will soon.
give him his reward by conferring upon
him the highest honor in their gift. VVc
have ofify time to say, that {lie confirma
tion of Mr. Polk’s election "by the Con
vention, wasentlnisiastically unanimous.
With such a standard bearer of oifr prin
cipled—the bosom friend of Andrew
Jackson—we now go forth to battle, and
are firmly convinced that, under the Hag
which he unfurls, tfferc will be a rallying
of the friends of Democracy in one un
broken, irresistible phalanx—the jieople
will ertme forth, from city, town and
hamlet. In the East, in the West, m the
North and in the South, it will cause
confidence, enthusiasm, UNION, HAR
MONY AND VICTORY!
jkw another column’ Will be found afi
abstract of the proceedings of the Conven
tion, which remained.in session until too
late an hour for thfi reporters to write out
in full the speeches made—
fhe result is joy enough for ohe day, and
we must defer any longer notice of the
proceedings at this time.
We will merely remark, that belore
the Convention adjourned, the news had
been transmitted 1 to Washington by
Telegraph, and the following response
returned, which was announced to the
Convention bv Gen. Halsey of New
York:—
“The democrat ic members of Congress
to the National Convention assembled at
Baltimore, greeting;—
THREE CHEERS FOR JAMES K.
POLK, OF TENNESSEE.”
This was responded to by the Con
vention in NINE heartfelt and vocifer
ous cheers.
"We are indebted to Senators Woodbu.
ry, Lewis, and Colquitt and to Messrs
Tibbetts, Ingersoll, and Chappell, Cobb,
and Haralson of the House of Re presets
tatives for valuable public documents.
Geu. Murphy.
The Senate have rejected the nomina
tion of this gentleman as one charge to
the Republic of Texas, and lie will there
fore shortly return.
Mr. M’AlliNter.
We have witnessed with no little a
musenient, the spasms of holy horror
with which certain sanctimonious politi
cians have been convulsed in rega rd to
one or two, not very dangerous oaths used
by Mr. M’Allister, in an address at one
of the Texas meetings in this place.—
Our laughter we confess, was tempered
by some surprise when we recollected
with what raptuous applause these self
same persons greeted she bawdy house
tories of the “Buckeye Blacksmith” of
two horse wagon memory, and his de
lectable companion the “Pump Borer.”—
Nor was our astonishment lessened when
wccalled to mind tbe“outstretched necks”
with which they received the “Ohio
Stallion” anecdotes of the Honorable T.
Bultler King, candidate for Congress
and expectant member of Mr. Clay’s Cab
inet. Now Mr. M’Allister by no means,
swore so terribly as our army in Fland
ers, and we regret diat it produced such
a sensation among our nervous oppon
ents, who are so well accustomed to the
well known profanity of the Farmer of
Ashland) not to come neajjgr home.
HioWine Hot and Cold.
Wc think our whig friends should
have a consultation and decide in what
manner to view the ■bolitiqp question,
before the public. By th*'ir orators abo
lition is represented as insignificant and
of no importance, and wc are told that
! the abolitionists are a few deluded fana
-1 tics, who arc as powerless as they are,
contemptible. The whig papers we see,
however, sometimes lose or forget tliecge,
as we judge, from an article in the last
Messenger, on abolition, as developed in
the Methodist Conference in New York,
in which it is proposed to deprive Bishop
Andrew of this state, of his Episcopal
functions, on the ground of his being a
slave holder. The Messenger states for
cibly the-dangerous power that these
| agitators have acquired, arid some of the
j consequences that may result. As for
us, we conscieticiously believe the politi
cal influence of the abolitionist to be of a
; most formidable character—that they are
i determined to effect their purpose, if it
! converts the “sunny south” into a St.
j Domingo, and sacrifices the “lives of
FIVE MILLIONS. YeS ! FIVE HUNDRED
| millions of people,” as the “Old mail
j eloquent” as he is styled by some
! southern prints, emphatically said in the
} House of Representatives; wc mean John
Quincy Adams. In proof that these fa
nqticsjiave acquired a vast political pow
er, it is only necessary to refer to the
legislative proceedings of the House of
Representatives, and the various legisla
tures of the North, and most particularly
to the deference shown their respect-a
--• table portion of tire American people by
| Messrs. Clay and Van Buren, in their re
i cent anti-Texas letters
Sen ft ior Lewis’ lettci
We art reluctantly compelled to defer
the publication of the very able letter of
I Senator Lewis cf Alabama, to fus constit
m th: tjjtiili u§on !i»e subject cl
r.e annexation oi 'I * xar to tl.e Union.—
The argiurarit in .favor ot immediate
.nnexashoa ( ~f |. sl< t<er ate unan
• wered ftnd linauswerabl?, and we wish
it coufifj be read by every ingenuous and
candid man in the Union. It will appear
m our next. Meanwhile we call upon
the friends of immediate annexation ev
erywhere, to adopt the suggestion contai
ned in that gentleman’s letter, and hold
meetings for the expression of your opin
ions on this great national question.—
Send your petitions to \rnur Senators and
representatives in Congress that they
may have a true and emphatiff expression
of the public will on this subject. Rally
and go up to the meetings friendly th an
nexation with the spirit and determina
tion becoming a free people, and worthy -
of the great cause in which you are en
gaged. Come up to the rescue of your
dwt» sunny clime—
“ Coma as the winds come when forests are renJed
Come as the waves come when navies are straajej."
The Work rocs brnvelf on.
Governor Bibb of Kentucky, is out in
ah able letter, in favor of annexation,and
Thus F. Marshall, late whig merrfberm
Congress, from that state, is stumping it
for Texas and the treaty. The Texas
fire is spreading rapidly in defiance of
all opposition. The letters of Messrs.
Clay and Van buren, to the contrary
notwithstanding. ‘
S. S. Prenti m
Formerly a distinguished member of
Congress from tlieS tate of Mississippi
and great high priest of the Whig party
in that state, talks very hard, if is said, a
hout the awkward position in Which Mr.
Clay’s letter on Texas has placed his
friends in that state. Let them adopt
the advice of the gallant old Hero, who
saved the south wlreiT thrCjVfcned by
England in 1815— and she will bo safe
in 1844 , “lea-tie your friend and Stt'tnd
by your country.
Some of Mt. Wftwt'Ti objection* to ffnncxn-
Don considered.
Mr. W. is 4d verse' to flie measure at
any period, on the ground that it must
be attended by an extension of slavery,
which, by the North will nbt be permit
ted.
Now if by the ‘extension of slavery’
be meant 1 increasing the number of
slaves beyond what wotilff naturally ac
crue in their present locations,’ the objec
tion loses all claim to attention, unless it
be shewn that changing Texas'from an'
independent republic to a territory, our
confederacy would cohfef dh the coloretf
race in that region augmented powers of
procreation. Did we think Mr. W. it*
earnest we should call his apprebetision
merely a dagger of the mind, a bugbear of
the imagination, unless the Hon. gentle
man himself emigrate to Texas—then,
indeed, something of the kind might hap
pen, for if the many fonguedgossip, com
mon fame, may be trusted, Dan’s prowess
is by no meanb confined to the feats he
performs as an orator, he being physical
ly as well as metaphysically a great, a
prodigiously great man.
This, perhaps, accounts for bils being
called the “godlike,” as the reader may
recollect, Jupiter was a rather notorious
roue—a fact rendered indubitable by
Ovid and the old song, “Jove roguish
and loose in the shape of a goosp, did’
Lada, so lovingly bill,” &c. &.C.. Rut
this is not all, the high authority,eoiminn
fame, invests the immaculate Daniei
with propensities that seem to indicate
an affinity between him and the feather
footed Hermes, or Meretvry, another dei
ty ol Olympian celebrity, who patronizes
such honest men as the ex Governor
Doty—the officials of the late bank of the
United States and many other hanks that
might be noted—the contractors for the
Lithographs, and most other government
agents —theTarifites—the legalized pick
pockets who get internal improvements,
beneficial only to themselves, made at
the expense of those who derive no ad
vantage, whatever, from them ; and last,
though not least, Mr. Clay’s travelling,
orators. A friend present- suggests the
addition of the hoary Jesuit's of the Intel
ligencer; we say nny to this ; they set
tled the four or five hundred thousand'
dollars borrowed from the U. S. Bank
honorably, by services rendered. Be
side, they were sanctioned in so doing by
high authority, members of congress,
cabinet ministers, <fcc. but that to be sure
was some few years back. Our friond
begs us to add Tom Benton of Chapel
hill notoriety to the list, we again refuse.
Mr. B. is doing his own business to en
tire satisfaction, proving to the world
“that'which is bred in the bone cannot
be got out of the flesh,” and : that a low
fellow can never become a gentleman, or
a selfishly corrupt*one, rise to the purity
and dignity of true patriotism.
If these considerations explain satisfac
torily the grounds of Webster apotheasis,
we really have nothing better to offer —
it was a burning shame, however, for
him to play off so gross a hoax on the
gullibility of his aboliSion clients. No
one knows better than he does that im
mediate annexation tends to chcck, rath
ithan increase the extension ol slavery
Texas now permits the importation c
| :.]nves, whereas by the United States it i^
| totally prohibited, consequently admit
j tmg.tlit ‘lone star’ into our coftstellatrot#