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THE JOBBER'S CLERK.
BY JAMBS DIXON.
I ' Charles Emlen WU clerk in a Dry Goods jobbI
ing house in Cedar* street; young, ambitious, and
of. a good family, his expectation* of outOrinz ear
<< ly into business on hie own account, were flattering,
and not without the youthful hope of.beiug ,
* ' prosperous. " / ' ,v . . ? 4 . -V ;,
I, ' Having recoived a liberal education, and the ;
f v ?g| ground-Work of to mercantile career as thoroughly ti
I engrafted into his mind as theory Would permit; 1
his father placed him in the store of an old aud n
experienced merchant and ^valued friend. In the
I course of two or thrco years, Charles became * 1
I ' useful member of the establishment. He wsb <
I jiermitted to attend city customers, and occasion- 1
I ally accomjKiny an old drummer to the hotels, to t
I bore the country merchants. In a short time, 1
I however, lie out off lus leading strings and fairly {
H launched into the vortex of drummers, an accom- t
I plidied borer, and a good statesman.
Till he had passed his twentieth birth-day, bis 1
I j?arents hod watched with a jealous cure his mo- I
I ral and religious conduct, and tho most fastidious I
churchman could find no fault with him. His 1
friends pointed him out as a youth of greut pro- e
jj& flk mi so, and more-than one motlicr had mi eya on t
"Br <: him a? hor fVitura son-in-law, white many a father t
babi W?s .v~
-l' T " ",,u IOI*-their les* | i
1,4 ^opofol scions to follow. t
I The oceupution of Charles Emlen was onoli
that csu??a him lo be en^a^a at thoatot?^Un^
to 'business,' and Ms Ujhcf buying no reason to i
doubt the Vet-deity of bis son, the excuse was held 1
Rood, with no occasional dash of his approbation 1
H| ?nn much industry. U t
Although Charles was a nice young roan, yet i
KP he was ratlier an old one in the ways of a city life, t
Billiards and ten pins were found to be both \
W healthful and gcintlcmanly, while Dundee bells, t
foils and boxing'poVes, were quite as indispensable
to strengthen his nerves, as bear's .grease or i
bergamont to beantifk his person. i
His accoropluhftwats on these articles, how- ?
over, were unkntfwn to his parents ; in fuct, they c
woufti have been highly ofTonded if any gpod na- a
tared busy-body, or ititermoddliitg old aunt, bad r
I even hinted at such things being within a poesibi- (
lily, much less a genuine reality. s
Charles was a shrewd young fellow, (but what \
clerk in Codar struct is not ?) and be pulled the r
wool over tho oyes of his pa arid roa in a scicnti- t
He manner. When they thought be was at the <]
store, if tboy bad looked in at the theatre, they \
might have aeon that bo was not. When *thoy V
imagined that ho was imbibing the true knowledge \
and quaffing off" streams of wisdom from the musty 1
volumes at tho Mercantile Library, had they t
]>oppod |boir beads into No. 9, at our old friend I
Handy Welsh'*, they might have aeon Master V
Charles with some fellow clerks and country mer- t
chanu, intently discussing the merits of an oyster (
stew, or the wing of & snipe; washing down the ?
* same little delicacies with the Anchor Brand, or
" Otard'a sparkling and bright. <
Our clerk, all this time, showed an external- i
- apathy to the pleasures of this world, when in i
' the presence of nis brothers and sisters, and if in- f
vited to accompany them to a party, invariably ]
declined. -Business was to him everything; no- 1
thing cooM be gotontofhltn but business. i
"Hie will live and die a confirmed old bachc- i
lor." Lucy would say/ f
"You are right, sister;" t^c gentle Mary would i
reply, "he is absolutely ruining his h?*)?b by such
* close application to his employers inter#*ts.
" We must get pa lo lake nim from that horrid
tore, my dear Mary." JEm*"
i\wm0Wm9. frmj or "the confinement will throw liirn
P^|W?^pli%CS<MUtn|Xion.tt
>**? -" I declare, I believe I see the symptoms on
him Hour t Do you notice, sister, how pale he is
M ; and how very thirsty ; and how
lie strains Ami readies; and how very late they
keep at work, notwithstanding ha is SO Weak. Let
tu efflmk ma what is to he done."
Good, iunoomft girts. How kind and considerate!
What, a fluttering there would be with
your dear little hearts, if you only knew how he
spent his evenings. You would then be able to
acoount for his disgust to go to parties with yon ; <
and why be preferred bis own room on a Sunday
to your company to ohurolt. " But, Miss
Lucy, will you do me the favor to accompany me
this evening, end I wttt introduce you to a young
gentleman, though on old acquaintance !" ,j >('
" With pleoaure; but I trust you will not expose
me to My unnecessary exhibition of myself}
or place mtt where mv feelings will be shocked."
" By no means. But you must prepare yourself
to witness scenes your modesty never dreamt
or y**W* goodness ot heart would never crudit ?
|X^' without seeing for yourself."
First, then, let ns ro to tbo ??i? Theatre.?
The house is crowdod, and several personal acquaintances
occupy scats in the lower tier of l>ox.
os? f. They Oo not know us, however, as we are
* ^ .^.V disguised. The ?Uy proceeds; the various actors
receive well-merited applause, and W
exerts himself more than usual, as if. is his benefit.
% . Suddenly a loud Uugh is heard from adjoining the |
gallery. We look up ; surcljlf no ! it cahnot he f
-mm i
&BMML *
Chttrle^EtnlenJ wit
ui thin morning they \wr
:Z?cZ?L hiflior^mniLiii^Th'oy^inlk
Lemonade 1 No. Wino 1 No. Whiskey punch
1 declare! The women too t Certainty. Bu
listen; Charles addresses a rough, uncouth, ted
faced, gaudily dressed girl, as hi* prutty moppet
he takes Iter hand io his and asks her to accom
nany him to ??- Ball, at ?? Hall. She confl
sent*. 9?d the other ycqne. tnfel invito their part
ners"; tfiey take more liquor, and depart in grca
excitement.
f I feel faint, Mr. W. Let us go home V'
" Not yet, Miss Lucy; the ojpen air will re
fresh you. "We will retire, and the walk to
Hall will entirely resuscitate you."
" Surely you do not inteud to follow them
there 1"
" By all means, Miss Lucy; it is your duty tc
know how that palo haggard cheek of your brother
is brought on."
" I consent, but it is a bitter experience."
We arrive at the Ball room, and are admitted
with reluctance, because we object to leave our
cloaks, See. We apologise, saying our wish is
merely to see a dance, and retire ; we ?get into a
corner, but can 9ec everything that is going on}
ihe of the ceremonies invites the gentlemen
to take partners, and the cotillions era forming;
Charles and his partners take their places
close hy us; but our disguise is so complete that
wc aro not, recognized. Charles appears very
gay and ankille to his : 1
,? ---- , ii >? cviuent
fhey are wel\ acquainted ; she thanks Mm for a
ring he had tent her* and he U pleated with the
soniplimentt iho passes. The dance commences.
During the time they ure dancing, Lucy'* eyes
tre filled with tears. Her heart throbs at tht) deceit
her brother has been practising on the ?unily.
Her eyes are fuirly opened to the causerAf his
luflerings in the mornings ; his apathy toward*
ier antfner sisters; his frctfulness, and
>ale and death-like appearance ; all these are well
kccountcd for trow.
Well, tiro dunce is over, and Clinrldjjr fakes hud
>artner to the refreshment room.
o\v them 1 OS, no ! enough and too TntfHli|Q|
>een witnessed by the affectionate and almost]
icftrt-broken sister. We will retire, and at home;
iwnit the arrival of her brother. On arr^ng .at";
he house we were admitted by Mary, who gen- j
ly chides us for keeping her up so fate. ffh? is
nquisitive as to whero we have been, but we
tvoid direct answers, end tired with not being
iblc to get anything satisfactory from us, she cesharecteWof
the young men the comnaniona ua
ier brother} tliey are clerks similar to him* holdng
responsible places of trust; sons of respecta?le
parents idols of affectionate sistctife kid the
iopo of doting mothers. And the girls ; who orc-i
hey 1 We pretend not to hear the question, and ,
ntroduco another subject. The r*#e is noticed rt
he truth flushes across the mind of the Pgflh^Sfl
oted girl, and her full heart socks iCWf in
As we propose awaiting Charles's return home,
re converge en rne scenes of the evening She'
? astounded at what she saw?-hardly can she
#di*c the fact. The cloak strikes one, yet he
:omos not; no footstep disturbs the midnight's
tillness, save the measured trend of tho watchnan.
T wo, peals from the turret of St.'John's
vhorch, nnd still be Ungors. Lucy frets for his
ofety, and her eyes are red and swollaft .from
veoping. At length a noiso is heard ut the street
loor, as if somo one was trying to get * key in
ke latch?tit falls; imprecations are herrd; all is
|?wct ft)f some moments ;?some perse.is are con'ersing
;?it i#, Charles and tlio w.tchmnn; the
;uy is found ; the door opened ; the wntchmon revarded,
and the door gently closed, bolted and
ocked. Reeling through the hall, ho arrives at
he foot of the stairs, takes a lamp which has
>cen left lighted for him, and by the help of the
>annistcrs manages to reach his chamber, much to
ho gratification of Lucy, who follows him on tin
oe, expecting every moment to see him foil back
und kill himself.
The poor girl having folly satisfied herself aq to
?use of Charles* absence from home every evellwy
went to her bed almost distracted. In- j
oxication's deep and damning enp was fast on-!
gulphing another victim, and that victim her beloved
brother. O, how she tossed on Iter sleepless
bed, and invoked the Father of Mercy.,
turn her brother's heart from vico and shame to
truth and virtue.
One short month only had elapsed from the
time we hare been writing, when in the front parlor
old Mr. EmlcnYh^ja** > ???
ing around a middle aged gentlemanly personage,
who had just descended from the upper
part of the house; his mind appeared depressed,
and his thoughtful Countenance licspoke
something serious agitating within. His lips
were compressed ard lie evidently felt ill at
ense. A death-like silence prevailed; as if each
one was afraid to speak.
"Doctor, is there no hope for my little boy?
can nothing save him!"
"Nothing, my denr madam, I can flutter you no
longer with hope. He will be a corpse ere three
days." ^
A silent and affectionate tear startod to the eye
rff each. The dio was cast; the edict had gone
forth, and death was about to claim his own.?
Medical skill was called in, in vain; tho ruinous
seeds of Acobol bed been too firmly planted in
the vitals of Charles Emlin to bo eradicated again,
and the misguided yogth snnk to a premature
grave,a victim of pleasure and a deceiver, both to
himself and those who lovod him.
Oirthe death of Charies being announced, consumption
was charged with the crime of adding
one more to its catalogue; midnight hours at labor
in Cedar street were denounced, and merchants
charged as murderers of their young, confiding,
and overwrought clerks. Oh! Consumption! thou
art a cloak for a far more potent and delusive enemy
than myself, bad as thou art; hundreds have
?no down to the drunkard's grave, whose sins
>u hast assumed, or rather they have thrust upon
thee. For and wide throughout the land thou
^rt villificd; and Rum. the Devil's friend on earth,
Ts robbed of tho credit it accomplishes but too
well. w
How many hundreds of Charles Emlcns? young
h anil full of bopo as ho was???re wafted every
e year to unknown regions, whose parents and
e friends never know the true cause of their sudden
1,3 indisposition and desnisejt and hoar few Lucy
Radios there are who take the (arable to make
s themselves acouainted with the facts, although
they ore at plain oe day light; yet tfcey will not
e behero them till it is too late to stem the current
j of licentiousness: which might easily be stopped
at the onset if young ladies would discountenance
e all youg meat who ?ae intoxiaating drinks.
r - - r,-i mi 4
? John WbH.it/?In dispoefeiaet John Wesley
was kind, plaoable, and affectionate- He practised
1 a strict eoonom^ not with tuiyHtcrdid motives, but
for the purpose of adminwtetfM^ extensively to the
t wants of the poor. His integrity was unimpeacha'
hie; and money would hate been of no value in
.... vsiiumuon out mat it aff>rd?d him the means
- of inereuing his utility. He poseed. eix months
1 in Georgia without possessing a single shilling;
and it has been surmised from his own account
when a young man at Oxford his income was 30
' pounds per annum, he gave ttro away. Next year
' receiving sixty, he still liveifijftR twenty-eight and
gave awav thirty-two ; the Sttrd year he received
1 ninety and gave away sixty-two; the fourth year
he received a hundred and twenty ; still he lived
'' <Mn OS before, on twcnty-ei|Pp?* and gave away
' ninety-two. In tho plentitudo of his power, the
commissioners of the excise, supposing that he had
plate, which, in order to avoid the duty, he had not
returned, wrote to him on the subject. Wealey
replied*^! h avo two silver spoons in London, and I
one in Hipul this is all the plate that I have at
present, and I shall not buy&any more while so
many around me want brcailjft
Dr. Parr was celebrated for the nnspnring severity
with which ho could deal out hi? dutnbfoundcrs,
when the occasion justified their infliction.
A flippant chatterer, after having spoken slightingly
ot the miracles, exclaimed, V Well but, Doctor,
what think you of the mark of the cross upon the
ass's hack, which they say indicates the precise
spot where the animal wus smitten by Balaam 1"
"Why, sir," replied the doctor, "I say thnt if you
had a little more of the cross, and a good deal less
of the ass, it woutfjtemuch batter for you." Upon
another ocfejuwHUllmllow smatterer, taunting
Pj etlld not write a book:?"Sir, j'
I know a method by which I might soon write a
I A h, doctor! how so t" "Why,
19 r ^ S**10*! 'n ^at * ^now?ant*l^at y?u
1 ffi'T the Echo.?"Patrick where have |
youl Bns hour or more' vnn m.i.i
1111 i w i - K?*"** , JPF"
youraeirwthout my permission."
"Ocli, ntver. more will I do the like, sir."
"Well, give an account uf yourself, you aeeni
out of breath " * ^5.4**8,
"Fait the same I nm, sir, I uiver was ?n lioh
tell p all
U||jA|l htcho? jirt over in tjjke woods, bebint the
big bill. And^l. .thoct by what yaid uv it, that it
bate all tbe heoMnk of ooid Ireland, sir; and so it
.does, by the powers! Well I just run over to the
pUiea.ya. w?? speak in uv, tpVonverse a bit witli
jbtcreathur. So said I, "Hillo, hillo,
and sure enough the hecho said,
hillo! you na|py roscal!" I thocht I
PW\vas very <jiinrc, sir; an* I said hillo again.? i
VHillo, yourself," said thohecho, "you begun it i
$r?t!" "What the divil are ye made uv," said I. i
'"6hut yonr mouth, said the^echo," So said I, "ve i
blathern scoundril, if ye was flesh and blood, like <
an honest man, that ye is'ntfi'd hommer ve til the j
nr. ~C ? ' I
? ju nvwu mh|w per impcuint son." i
" And what do yb think the hccho said to that i
sir! "ScstnperyebastoofLPaddy," 6aid he, "or <
< faito if I catcu you, I'll Link ivcry bone in your i
j ugly skin." L >
Rf.i.igion is l.irr..?Religion in tlie Bible is fro
qnently called Itfe ! Thorefis appropriateness in
tlio term. For as natural liCTs tbo source of all 1
bodily sensation and activityiso religion is a prin- <
cipal in the heart, which is tie source of all spirit- ?
oal nctivity and holiness. It is life, jxir cxerllrnrc ; i
without it, morality is but {dead principle, and >
our best actions but specious Bins. It is quickening <
power, planted amid the senraalitics of our nature c
by the Holy Spirits Ir^a thLdvuiO nature within
to., and rn'akes us'Ohe with i?l and^'hrist. It i
Eves meanmg ser?fHufo,not ?
fore understood. * ftd eitjiltoolf of holiness in ?
ouHnmost souls p a*id ibjijm? gdrouting. from it,
will blossorp and )>ettafnpff|icrcfc.
* r v* !
an om^r, wln> wished to J
ad YogWjp^asptofcti v?-of a| fcvr turnpike through I '
tf Sb?fi^fiil Vsrgndb, made m fellowing sublime i
speech as we learn .Fqfhv ttf Marshall Sentinel: *
"May it please your wonl ips! while Europe I*
is convulsed in civir discern, and her empires J
tremble internal comroopons, and while her *
astronomers mount lit* wiwri imagination. r
"and soar through the etheriulkvorld, pursuing their 1
course from system to-systetAustil they have ex* |
plorod the vast eternity of spew? lot us direct our '
attention to a road tnefftf-Mnmdhatcly in our neigh- I
borhood. . M
I
- .?? nm^s wmiHLWHff IKUICI9 Ol VOUr
heart in characters not to pii' tiKcrtl btvl|uiib>n<!*n, ,
avarice or pleasure, that tWolv Wrc ifhd certain
happiness to he found on tfnjjjd4J)f the ffVnve, is J
a consciousness of your ownrj^tlw. All peaec
and homcfeit joy are the reurw d^virtne.^ And
there is no applauso in this Won Oiflrth having unless
it is crowned with our otaE*?Sfjf. J.'E. \Vil- 1
motto kit Hon. -s k*
Patiirtic.-?A learned yotujjp laiy being asked
I 'at a tea-table if she used sugatfraplod, "I have a
diabolical, invincible repugnifce augur, for to j
my insensible cogitations upon^he abject, the flavosity
of the sugar nullifies the flaroity of the tea, ]
and renders it vastly obnoxioty
"1 have lived," said Dr. Actlm Ulrk, "to know |
that the great secret of humus hapfness is this : t
Never suffer your energies to atagnie, The old |
adage of "too many irons in the lire, Conveys an (
abominable lie. You cannot have ip many? ,
poker, tongs, and all: keep tli?m all <j|oing." .
Int*rf.htin? to Giri.h amo Winftva.?The I
con jurej?f have been casting figures irtegard to '
i thte aspects an conjunctions of Mars id Venus, t
and their remarkably ardent and brilliit appear- i
ance. The result is, that they predict '?rrfy, top- i
*??, and tove-moh ing winter. Make ndy, all ye 1
spinners. I
,,1,1, i.i.?i i
WADDY THOMPSON'S LETTER,
(Continued.)
Not so with Texa?. There would be no means
of transporting troops to Texas but by the dat^e- .
rotis navigation of the Gulf; thus encountering all
the inconvenience in the defence which an invad- J.
ing enemy would have in the attack ; and with a
superior hostile naval force in command
Gulf of Mexico* which is to bo anticipated
event of such an invasion, our troops could not be ;
transported at all. In any ovent, it would be {
transferring the conflict from the land, where we
should be absolutely impregnable, to the water,
where we might be the weaker power. Then, |
ogatn, instead of die impassable swamps lying between
the Mississippi and Toxas, a natural and ,
impregnable fortification, we should have an in- <
creased marine frontier of several hundred miles j
and a land frontier of two thousand miles, without i
rivers, mountains, or swamps, or any the lightest i
natural barrier, unless we could realize the very \
bright idea of General Cass of Annexing alt the <
contiguous territory. To do which, we must round ^
off our boundaries by going to Cape Horn and the t
Pacific. I know only one instance of an oqually I
sagacious suggestion, as that of General Caas about i
contiguous territory, and that was of the furtner \
who said that he discovered that the squirrels des- a
troyed only the outside rows of his corn, and to r
secure himself from future depredations by plant- c
ing no outsid* rows. If I am descending from t
the dignity of the subject, it is because ridicule is r
the only proper reply to such an argument. It is f
said that the annexation of Texas will increase the ),
political power of tho slaveholding States, and p
theit vote in Congress. Such cannot be the re- v
suit in the Houso of Representatives; for the a
slaves will only be diffused ; their number will not a
be increased ; that is perfectly clear. But it has tl
been said that Texas will be divided into four or n
five States, all of which will be sl&veholdine States. I ?
and ol course represented in the Sinate, and thus f<
give to the South a conservative, a checking, pow- c
cr. If I believed that the non-slavcholding States p
would concede us this, I would disregard all mi- ^
nor objections and go for the measure. But does &
any sane man really believe It! Will the non- tl
slaveliolding States, having the majority, in the ^
Senate, a? a legislative body, surrender that ma- ?
jority, and also the majority in the House, as an t,
alternative electoral body of President! Will
they divide Texas in four States, and give to those ^
four States toual^power in the election of Presi- b
dent wit^ Kev f York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and I ti
Would we, under like circum- ai
MN^eonsent to the annexation of Canada, and c
uivide it into four or five States I Would we do o
this too at tho risk of a foreign war ; and the more b
especially if otfr Northern brethren, with a most a
remarkable frankness, wore to announce to us that ?]
their great motive in desiring it was to take the fi
political power out of our hands and place it in j
their own! And are they less sagacious in per
ceiving their interests, lose prompt to pursuothem, f j
oggfr lfdiwiliiij 'is wmi uW fciwwtl WBWWB W WWl'f?
charactor. A striking fact in this matter is, that at v
the very threshold of this question, it has been n
proposed by two Senators from slaveholding ]<
States (Mr. Benton and Mr. Henderson) to divide h
Texas into an equal number of slaveholding and jt
non-slaveholding States. What, then, will we rr
have gained in political strength ! If Southern s<
Senators begin by making this concession, there p
must be some show of reason on that side. And \\
is it to be supposed that the members from non- tli
ilaveholding States will yield the point! As to p
the Missouri compromise, the obvious reply which a{
will be made will be, that that compromise was w
madn ivith rfif?w>i>/>? tn '.'l"-1- *-*? .1-? *
vv? ?.W?J HUIVU ?u? mull tn
included in the Union, and not to future acquisi- p<
;ion* by purchase or conquest. In ease of such a to
livision, shall we liave gained anything by having ci
iori-slaveholdin"g States of the Union on our south- ar
vestern border instead of a foreign non-slavehold- fr
ng State. I decidedly prefer the latter , for it is w
iot to be denied that our Northern brethren, hi re
bis respect at least, "a little more than kin, and a co
ittle less than kind," often commit outrages upon is
?ur rights, which would not he submitted to from dc
l foreign power; and, besides, if non-slavehold- re
ng States of the Union were established there,
ve should have the dangerous element of politi- it
-al and party feeling, which would not exist in the
:ase of a foreign nou-slavcholding State. h?
But the real question is not between Texas, a Pi
oreign non-slave holding State, and Texas, divid- in
fd into an equal number of slaveholding and non- ge
ilsvenolding States of the Union; but it is between ox
Texas thus divided if admitted into the Union, and al
Texas, if not annexed, an undivided slaveliolding at
sountry. My life upon it,'Texas will not consent; ei
Ive per cent, of her population can never be sii
>rought to consent to the abolition of slavery. C
\nd we should thus have aslaveholding Republic ei
>n our l>order, with similar institutions and inter- is
ets, and which must, from necessity, bo our friend 01
tnd ally, and which would serve as a breakwater fo
letween us and our non-slaveholding- neighbor, w
ind would guard our frontier ; to use a familiar th
Uustration, enjoying all the advantage which I do tr
vith my neighbor whose farm joins mine, while U
le has to keep up the fence, which nevertheless tli
protects my crop as much as it does his own. tli
But if it is really intended that all the States to to th
treated out of Texas are to bo admitted as slave- si
lolding States, why was it not so stipulated in the im
reaty?why was it not thfis "nominated in the at
j^ndt" Was it intended to steal a march on the to
ion-siaveholdirig States?to be silent now upon
hat point, and hereafter insist upon it 1 If so, it ai
ihouJd have been remembered, that in the body in
-
n iiivu IIHI81 uBciut- mm question me non-sJavehold- la
ng States hare the majority. ei
I solemnly declare that, in a recent visit to the th
North, I have seen no single man that was witling
? receive Texas divided into slave-holding Stutos el
nto the Union, nor of the very few Northern a;
cresses which advocate the measure, have I seen w
i single one which does so on the ground of its to
giving security to the institution of slavery, I he- at
leve it is almost universally advocated b^' she w
'c\v at the North who are in favor of the mea- w
uire upon exactly opposite grounds. Will any in
ending politician of the North come out and say \s
hat he is in favor of dividing Texas into three or v?
'our slave states, and receiving them as such into th
:he Union? Will Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylva- tn
'iia, say so 1 I am not to ho frightoned "from my h?
propriety" by the fear of Texas forming some nl- lo
liance with England disadvantageous to our in- co
'.crest. This is on old story. Gen. Hunt, as the of
1'exian Minister, held out the same idea more th
than seven years ago. Why has such an alliunce rc
never been entered into ? Surely Texas has 7a
Hood more in need of it than she does now. I A
have known a hesitating swain led to the altar by
his fair ladv, threatening him that it he did net ar
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tttarry her she would marry some one else. One
scarcely knows this phantom, for it is perpetually M
changing its shape. First it was, that u wodid 4f
not receive Texas, she would throw herself into
tue arms ol England as a colony or dependency.
Then again it was, that England was to guaranty
thu independence of Texas upon the condition of
the abolition of slavery; and the last version ??,
that England is to interpose, forcibly if need be,
and pat an ond to tho war, without any condition
aa to abolition. As to the two first versions, England
has over and over again disolaimcd any I
such purpose, and I know no similar instance in I
her whole history of her condescending to repeat
a disclaimer once already made and hot credited.
England is not tho couotry to do a mean apd
sneaking thing. A wrong and an arrogant one
ihe may do, but that "old and haughty nation" is
Wltof Artlherate fa?MiW ?
say, in this connection, that i can see no justification
for the-jealousy and vituperation of England
.vhich is so common with a certain class of politi- I
:ians. I believe that there is no country in the
vorld with which it is so much tho interest, and
herefore the policy of England to cultivate frtendy
relations as the United States. We consume t
early one-fourth of the productions of English,
abor. This bond of interest is enough,, but there
re others (of not less force,) in language, laws,
ace, and free institutions; for, with the exception
if our own country, there is no other where all
he securities of private rights, and all the guaanties
of public liberty are so numerous and per :
eot as in England. It is not upon us that England
ooks with jealousy, bnt upon the powerful
Kuisms oi tne X>ortn ot Jtiurepe; and in a contest
zitTi them, a.contest between unlimited monarchy
nd the representative principle, she looks to us
s allies, not as enemies. That England desires
tie independence and prosperity of Texas, we do
ot doubt. Do we differ with her in this, or shall
rc quarrel with her on this account 1 It is perjctly
natural, too, that England and all other'
ommercial nations prefer to see Texas 'an indeendent
power, with her markets open to all the
rorld, than to have her annexed to our Union,
nd fenced in with our prohibitory tariff. And is
te South disposed to enter upon this crusade of
nnexingall ''contiguous territories" for the sake of
jcuring their markets for the Northern manufacires
t
1 think it extremely improbable that England
rill put in jeopardy tno large capital employed
y her subjects in Mexico, her profitable commerce
lere, and the fifteen millions of specie which she
nnually derives from that commerce, by any foriblc
iuterposition in favor of Texas. The whole
f the English West India and American estalishments
are paid with the specie thus derived ;
nd I do not see, if this supply is cut off, how the
leflciency can be supplied. That the abolition of
lavery will be made the condition of such interposition,
1 unhesitatingly say is not true ; and if it *5
were, I as confidently assert that Texas will re
m fryin nn nnv well ff rm*. T>r > * *
nJependonce upon the condition of abolishing m'ery
there, no one can believe who knows the "*
fian. He is the very last mail iu the world to be
;d off by such a sickly, caotigig philanthropy. I
avc strong reasons for saying that he has no prcidices
against African slavery ; and, like a wise
tan as no is, would have no great objection to
se i* introduced into Mexico. I will not be reannsible
that the characteristic sensibility to insult
1*11 a ^
men ociongs to tlio Uastilian blood, and which
te Mexicans inhciit from their ancestors, may not
recipitate them, in a moment of resentment
rainst us, to do that with a view to injure us
Inch no other inducement could have tempted
icm to do. They ore an impulsive and violent
sople, and in n moment of passion there is nothing'
o rush and violent for them to do; and all the
rcumstances connected with the Texas treaty,
id particularly the beleaguering their cities and
ontiers with our armies and navies, will deeply
bund and irritate them. Treat him with proper
spect, and the proud and generous Spaniard will
ncedo you any thing ; wound his pruie, and he
for evor your enemy. Any injury, however
tep, he will promptly forgive; an insult or disspect,
never.
As to the late treaty, I should have voted against
1st. Because the President and Senate of Texas
*1 na just power to make such ^treaty. The
resident and Senate cannot change the most uniportant
law ; still less can they chango the ormic
low, and exercise the power which above all
hers requires the action of the people, whero
one sovereign power resides?that of ceding
vay their whole country, and merging its cxistice
in another power. The power of the Predent
and Senate ix nruler tlie flnvi>rmnnnt
onstitution of Texas?not to abrogate tbat CJov nment
and Constitution. Thia, it will be said,
a matter of form more than of substance^ Forms
-e often very substantial things, and certainly no
rms are of a character more sacred than those
hich are provided for acta of such magnitude as
e transferring tlie entire sovereignty of a couny
1 Could the President and Senate of the
nited States do such an act 1 If not, what is
ie difference in the two cases 1 It may be, in
e more degenerate days of our own Republic,
at a corrupt President and Senate may moke
icb a treaty with some foreign power. Let us
>t acknowledge that such an act would possess
iy binding obligation. It is no answer to this
i soy that there is no doubt that the great majorir
of the Texas people approve the treaty. Would
i edict of the President, altering the penal law
the District of Columbia, have the authority of
w without regular legislative enactment, even if
rery member of Congress and every voter in
ie United States approved it I
2d. The treaty is objectionable, because it is in
feet a declaration of war without the action and
iprobation of the House of Representatives. It
ill not do to tell me that there is no war. I have
0 recently sqen Mexican castles filled with Tex1
p'riaoueftt,; trittwphal procession*, with banners
aving which had been tuken in battle, and men
ilh the blood yet running from wounds received
those battlos. And is it really true that there
no war; or is it, on the contrary, true that tho
iry exigencies into winch Texas is thrown by
at war constitute the main inducement to this
eaty, from an apprehension that the necessities of
ir position and her inability to maintain herself
nger in the conflict, will force her, if wo do not
me to the rescue, to throw herself into the arms
some other strong Power ? For an answer to
is question, let any impartial man read the corspondence
!>et\veen Judge Upshur. Mr. Van
ir>dt, and Mr. Murphy. In a note of the 8th of
ugnst last. Judge IJpshur says to Mr. Murphy :
' It is an important thing to England to obtain
i influence oicr the peficv of Texas; fho
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