Texas National Register. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 29, 1845 Page: 2 of 8
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ARE WE ANNEXED
To this important enquirv wCempbatically
answer no! Thev'earnest friends;and ridvo-
cates of annexation1 ih-disappointroentmust
answer no lS The wildest enthusiast the ve
riest dreamer the fondest votary -the most
self-Iadiug bigot in the causeall are com-
pelled to answer so !. ..The time fiiced by po-
litical forecast for the annexation to be effect-
ed and the day prescribed5 by pious augury-
for the "destruction of the .world. have both
passed by. leaving the speculator; and the. reli-
gionist -equally confounded 'at some unaccount-
able mistake in.them respective '-predictions'--
Both however arey happily prepared with
chapters of 'explanations and apologies;; "and
are. equally ready by the most sapient plausi-
bilities to prove that either: event is sure to
liapperi neztysar I x 'v 1' ': v-
The objections to the meagre proposition
as it comesstp us from the United StateSj .in-
crease -in number 'and strength from' every
new examination. The measure is utterly
impracticable under .Mr; Brown's .plan. How
are the limits of the territory- "properlyL in-;
eluded within &n&rigktfully belonging .to the
Republic" to be defined so as to admit-of
being." erected into a new-state 1V' - H6w are
tne.preliminaries not to. the admission of the
"statcoof Texas'" into the Union only but
even to the ceation of the state itself to be
ndjusted ? The ' consent " blazoned upon
the face of the resolution afibrds no solution
to the difficulty.. It. evinces neither the inge-
nuity to. untie nor-tlie force. to severthe Gor-
dian Jc.uot. The.change is to be effected if at
all by a revolution Tliere is no other mode.
Tlnmagic tVbonseht "of the .American Gon-
gressis an invitation to the people of Texas-
to revolutionize to subvert theirexisting.sysr
tem .ofgoyernment to erect uponthe ruins
of te RepHbiic of Texas'? ;the 'stdto?ot
Texas "-i-to frame a new constitution for the
tL new. state"-bymeans of the assembledbdele-
gates of the people to?.zecu(c..andentoJ
the United States .a deeclof gift of- all our
" public edi5ces"-i thatJs ' to say outycourt-
Jiotyja.Bcapile and pablic offices &c;
aiso..our;u mwgazines andAR)ss ; also u ail
other property; and means pertaining to the
jniblic'jdefenee ;" (a surrender never-.before-ex-ncted
of' anylbut a-scooigriipe6pleyj: while
w.c shall retain our -" national debt 1? and be-
come bound to savethe FederaLgovernirieiit
harmless therefrom .while we shall jpledge;
our public lands for tbepayment of that dcbL
incurred in the cause and itrifeoffreedoni--
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vhile.weliall veltotbaCffbveruihent the'full
right to collect from our citizens nl leasts five
hundred .-.thousand dollars annually. bytlie
mere -operation of their tariff regulations and
while we shall clothe" them wiUi' full -.powers
touching.onr .boundaries witliwUieyhcidental
privilege of binding the spoil vaiih Mexico
aim nssigning to- ner apportion oi -ouriiizejns.
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fenr)the subjecof annexation. We
.arenotrintorined. whether that " final action11
iisfto beiw. favor of annexation .or against it.
a-iie guaranties aounuess ior wise purposes
leave us in. the- dark touching the result and
withhold from thejjfjuisitive and1 impertinent
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tlie Iprnidden knowledge.of what measure that-
august body in f the" serenity" of its wisdom
;mayWe fit to mttcouttto th'e.people of Texas
Wn'pr before the first day'bfiJailuaryjiext !"'
tAVith becoming dignity the resolution de-
clares to. this-nation in cSectyoii have no
figtti to know yourldobmbefofeliand . it will
be time enough to hear. your s&ntenee when it
shall be pronounced ' '' .
There is a mystery coached in the word
guaranties which we have-tried in vain to
solve; for with the most patient investiga-
tion of the resolution we have been unable to
discover but the sHmphi-single-. guaranty of this
mystical "tinal. action" We have ran-
sacked the grammars in vaiti. No light' is
"derived from the profound lore of singular
tduular plural numbers to aid in the explica-
tion of this parliamentary eriigina. Notwith
standing Uie learning of iTzoms and the theory'
of " nouns of multitude " signifying many
our researches-are; still at fault ;tandHve are
forced tpfthe-conclusion T th'at'the plurality .or
dupjicity which the expression denotes will
be most luminously exhibited in the grand
"displays of eloquence whichwilr accompany
theidevelopment. of tliis. promised urNALAcT
tion."' For -there will then be such a roar
and commotion .and hurricane and clwos of
the jarring" elements of oi atory as the halls of
American legislation- never-before witnessed.
The debates on the Missouri question were
music compared-with the coining tempest if
our Constitution should be- presented with a
clause' tolerating the' institution of domestic
slavery inthe proposed new state ;" and
that toleration would in all probability have
"to be changed into .a trohibition before the
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FRUITS OFNNEXAvlONi.THE5 iaTiiiPSvPS-ft'l?lfe
.'WPSTANCE 0THINGSHOEi s&f. M-f
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aiid nio debtor caneseape tbecoitsequences.
"state -of Texas "'could be admitted into the
American Ujiion which prohibition we
should then be. in no condition to resist as we
shall lonv before have cast'the declaration of
independence with tlie- CJionstilution of "the
RepubHc or Texasj like useless ""rubbishinto
the flames .and trampled -the flag of' our na-
tionality ih the dust !.. "
Such is the dilemma presented to Texas -by
the first proposition contained in the resolu-
tion adopted by the American Congress.hav-
ingl' reference to tlie subject of annextion.
Could a state by any 'possibility be admitted t
upon1hs basis it .would present the further
anomaly of embracing a territory jn one por-
tion of which slavery is to be permitted and
ih tlie remainderJioHiBfTED.t- South of-ithe
parallel of thirry?sHc. degrees thirty minutes
slavery isto be.allowed-irnortli.of that line it
is. iobe lcxcluded. The difiiculties arising
from iuthuc0isipnoy institutions t can .better
be imagined than described.-
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tbe country is to place itself; Von or befnie
ihc urauu.ujr uijiuumj nexij iVvmfBBCrn
the resolution declares:' tkatwi'maybeadi
Hit ha iTtninn1ih rir .VWt'.A iniuT
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ajna iuurea in uucutcncc- ao ;ioe-aicinie8 or
what the American
nominate its -" consent
we at IeDcMisreaeli
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a point in tht course of our poiftcal trfitfigu J
rations jo avail ourselves of4 tlieiadvantagef
of: what the same Congress hat' (slraigtlyJ
enough) termed it anARATiES which ruar-
nfltits are that our. Constitution with the.
pfoper evidence p& its adoption Jy. the people
oiTexit.sbairunbeyid befori.the
.Various papers in thejbitedState8spealv
;6f the ;' recent consent.iaM pcrmisiionof their
Congress for Texas'to'destroy her government
and ncffwiafcaoo.iu.annexaiion as inp m;iui
accbmpiisliment of the measurerlittle dream-
ingthat ker people will hsjthe presumption
tnrinvestigate of the spiritiflBPct the oppres-
ge
greapUhiohwjiether ithtjyibe citizens of this.
roPanvT6the1'counifyi"wiHIalways cherish a
iflriMi" w.w ts Wi. w'?.'?--:.
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Dronerresneci' niiu. uucuiwn nn-. men ..
iivllnt ilila Hhps not enforce unnnthem a
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fscfvilbedience4tp!iumjliaUngn
mahdateljdweverimperative;;- nof ddes-it
;oBli5tbitrzerifovnFciroi
?i - a&ivwft-w .. s- i tAHftarinitflMrrotoails oioom andlits showers.
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As the rest ofjthBiWorUi in jber.sunaiet hours."
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fj -If isJrsaid laridrepeatedf UiroughL
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various
chaunels.'Uiat the Mexican Mihiateriat Wash
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Wton City has fornlly demanded Ins paw-
NenOrlenns hid: received ordepsUo terminate
esf.o.tldiilifVmt(ACTi
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rVn- l''1' oniu ar dutiespreparaioxy .to aneariy
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The Gonfidinff and ffenerous-ardhr.-nf tliei'
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people of.'l'exasvnever'ban be1 more striking-;
ly manifest tlkin in1 the simple and hoirest ex-
pression of their desire for annexation; Jpre-
sented'vind'reiterated'to the GovefhmeritMnd
Congress o'fTthe United States; V. Their object
as.single ; and in .their view not tlilliculUo
be jinderstoodj apnreci;Hed or 'effected. - TJiei
American Congress hnid nothing to dof but by
the- plainest and briefest possible ac. to .de
clare ;pvr; territory annexed rto theirs' and by
the -mere operation of law we should havei
become one people. This ingenuousness
however led the American politicians into the
error of supposing that-' the Texan nation
could be easily made the fools dupes and vic-
tims of' a system of cold heartless Machia
veiianwrpoIicy; and that in the enthusiasm of
their unpractised simplicity the people of
Texas would receive. with utter credulity intiA
submission any terms which they might be
pleased to-eall-or miscall "annexation."
Under-the- influence of such. or such like
misapprehensions their Congress has adopted
jiseries. of resolutions-jjwrortwjo favor an-
.nexation; but artfully and studiously throwing
cverv-coiiceivable obstflcle in the way of its
final accomplishment. Any intelligent person
who will carefully peruse these resolutions
must perceive thnt'they furnish no practicable.
Inode .whereby Texas can go -into the Union
and that they cast a blight upon the sanguine
hopes that were wont to feed and dwell upon
so pleasing a delusion.
This issue naturally leads us to examine
some of the fruits sure to grow outof annexa-
tion if it had been our fate to receive it. They
are but a meagre few of the consequences
which must certainly flow-from. even ireal an-
nexation..whenever or however it may beat-
tained. But few as thenumber now exhibit
'edmay.'bev thay suffice to determine'whether
the people of this nation by being deprived
of the p-onmed or threatened boon may not
in fact have escaped a calamity rather than
have lost a blessing.
First: Let every citizen of Texas -fake
notice that the title to his land; and to 'his
home itself; if litigated' is-subject to be finally
tried and decided inth'6 iS.upreme'Courfofthe
United States at Washington-on- the Potomac.
Every person who may; desire-to commencea
suit can most-easily placehimself iiK-a situa-
tion to carry- bis case or cases tliere if he
should be .unsuccessful- in the tribunals of
Texas- This-right is-not confined to real ac-
tions; .bat 'the case of a land title is referred to
tnerely to avoid confusion and present a clear
andfdistinct. idea to the mind of every indivi-
dual.! Nb.bne'wlio values his reputation will
dure to contradictlhis assertion; How many
of 'our:hoaest- aiulVindustrious'ciUzeris; can
affo'rd-Jo incur the expenses of such enormous
litigation?. And still if they are sued they
must-incur these expenses; oriose their land.-'i
Persons wlio'claim their- thousands of" ; acres
or tlieir eleven fifty or Hundred leagues '-under
ancient grants. purporiingJLo emanate from.
theTauthorities.of Spain . orMexicp whether
right or wrong honest or fraudulent will
either compel the citizen and the settler to
pay them whatever--they "may demand to re-
nouncev theirclaiins or be compelled4o pay
twice fouror ten times their value in defend-
i'ng their titles'! s" Millions of acres havej with-
--" - -- il f
in thejast few years riot-to;say months been
'recoVerenrfn-theS.iipremeJCoutofthesUniteiL
(States. .undersold Spamshtitles' inAfkansas.'
LouisianavrF;lorida and Mibourr' atid thequiet
8titler& driven from Jtheir homes; Howjmany-'
tnousanus or preieuueu uiiea lu-iue lanus oi
nearly. aljthe sealed portjbhsof Texas'a;:)
'torpor meir ugeiiis'iu uus uuuinrj ure inure
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iyKeld.'updawait 'the event ofaiinexationi
and then -flood the country with a perfect
deluge; off aw; -suits! .'
SEcoNDiir:! How many of our citizens at
it
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(His moment hayg Xoreijudgments- amount-.
fraudulent. and brokenbahks(t6 sayjiiothing
jofi lother: classes of creditors);; in .full fdfrcet
i:iA-i.Ki in tK nittimA Strte.? ITnd i!S .V.il
This follows :from the- Well-known provision
in thejconstUutioh (if the United Stafeswhicb "
will' become 'our pjVramount laiviii 'the evntV
ofahnexatio'n; and ull judgriVents!iitherto nJ
'cdvered-iir'tire'tribunalsbFanyo
wijIMi'ayetlib same rce?inrTexas as ihey liavef
in the states-whtere;.they have been respective-
jypptaineti: . ' . -?'
irbwv many; individuals wlio are now
'ha'e long been struggling to'distinguish them
selves as popular leaders in the cause rof an
nexation . are in reality confidential agents-
and advisers of foreign holders of immense
grants of Texas lands of doubtful origin ;pd
also the confidential agents and ndvfsers-of
foreign creditors whose demands amounting
to millions originated Tn tlnse times of- reck-
less and ruinous1 speculation which occasion-
ed an utter revolution in the property and so-
cial condition ofihree-fburtha of the popula-
tion of the south-western states? "It is known-
that these very agents ancfc advisers of tho'
foreign speculators in ourlands and of foreign
prosecutors -of -our citizeriV are themselves
equally interested with their principals in tlie
matters entrusted totHeir management that
their fortunes consequently.pna' upon- an-
nexation to enable them to conduct 'these
claims and suits with greater certainty of final
success by carrying thenreventually into the-
Supreme Courfof the United States for ad'J
judication whercthe scanty means of the oft
pressed ' "citizen piU prevent Jiim from jbllcwingi
them:- ff"'. . r'-.-V. r- - r&
-' The persons thus interested' are in many
instances known to be the most noisy advo-
cates of annexation ; claiming to be actuated
by none but ihe purest and most disinicresteW
motives and by their regardfdr the interests'
of theiFtfellow-citizens ! We shall in all pro-
bability be compelled to recur to this -branch;
of our subject again with- a distinctness of
detail o'hd a conclusiveness -of chargeiaT
will place the whole matter plainly before the
view 'of the people;
These few consequences inevitably to re
sult fron annexation admit of no denial.
Marry others of a like tendency may be pre-
sented at a proper time: but those now exhi-
bited are believed to be of suftjeient Jmport-:-ance
to attract the attention of some of our
good citizens who may have favored the mea-
sure without reflecting upon its -consequences"
to the country and to-themselves.-
Jrissaid that President Tyler before leaving.:
ofiicei adopted that alternative presented; byv
the annexationresoliition which contemplates
the admission of Texas as a State "onorbe-
fofe'the'first day of January next" provided
the United States Congress "should then Be wiT
iing. It is also asserted. that President Pollt" . '
has decided to take the other horn of the dilem-
ma and negotiate' treaty pf cession. It is -
to be hoped-that Ai5 treaty" will be at least as
fair and more -successful beforethe-next Senate-
than Mr. Tyler's wasi fnot j why then '
we suppose it may be- triedt over again the
year following; and yet have some time to
spare ; :ns ia -the language- of the Telegraplv
( immediate-annexation cannot be effected .
even if the- Congress of ahe United States-
should pass a bHl of the most favorable charac- -
ter; for we should recollect that we 4iave formed
treaties which will be obligatory upon -us untiUis
the time specified' in.those treaties -for- us to
givenotice of theirterminationhas expired". v
wliich4 willbesomewhere about the 13th No-.-
yember 1848 or '9!;' : . .
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fcPRESfDEN?POLRS vCABINET4
The follbwing appointments were made on
the-Sth; byuhe Presidehfcof tlie United States;
withthe advice and consent of the Senate :
Secretary of Stat e James Buchanan.
SecretaryoftheTreasuryi Robert J Walker. -Secretary
jt?Warfv WHlikmL. Mtrcy. .
Attorney General;-John Y. -Mmus
Postmaster General Cave Johnson."
George BnucrotV was nominated to the Se- -
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nate'in connection with the above to be Secre
tarv of 'the raiivvivbut I hat nnminitina t..
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