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y at the same time recognized by the government Of
England, then in the hands of the wings


Now, strikes that Texas in 1915 il preciseIv in
the position that Belgium 1890 The formar Ia AZ
this moment as the latter was fifteen years agoa
yet consented to the separation. Holland the mother
country in the other had assened to the
ration, hen the independence of Belgium was recopn
sed by England and France What these last named
powers did for Belgium they have also done for Texas
They have acfo recognized the independence of the
latter.


Let u.s. then, pursue the parallel little farther Sup.
pose, for instance that Belgium having shaken OF the
Dutch yoke had proposed to incorporate herself with,
and annex herself to- her powerful neighbor France
have sanctioned that alliance would they have aIlow
ed France to increase her power and extend her domn
ion by peaceful compact after all the money that had
been spent and the blood shed, and the desolaton ruin
and wo inflicted upon the human for the sole object
OF checking the ambition of Napoleon, confning France
within her legitimate limits and securing for her firm,
safe, and constitutional government 1t is probable
would have been an act Of suicide. 1t would have
sons OF twenty years mere mockery and their princi-
pies the essence of hypocrisy and fraud


Is not apparent then, that the governments Of Eng
land and the same relation to Texas as
those OF England and the northern powers Of Europe
pendence OF Texas thing to permit the cession Of
the Texan territory to overgrown and graspng and
quite different thing. Mexico is weak enough with
fevolted province her northern frontier; but
weakness would be renderd dangerous and pita-
be il her revolutionary citizens armed with the
protection of greater and overawing republic II may
be the policy Of France in the distribution Of her avors





what the republic gains we lose.


This of course, is not English policy The object of
the cultivation Of cotton She has also other views
Slavery in the south is alarmed by the blasts from the
north There is hollow sound coming over the billows
New England Black men are permitted to walk on the
shady side of Broadway in New York They are free
too by infelicors accident, which the cotton
planter cannot understand Hence the necessity gilmore
slave influence in the Senate at Washington more anti
emancipation votes in Congress- resisting power to
the approaching revolution.


If the government OF England should unhappily give
tacit consent or consent at ALL but an unmeanng
growl to the annexation scheme will be guilty of
derecton of duty and will expose herself the charge
with the other The interests of the manuacurers ei
this country decidedly in favor of the independence
of Texas Policy challenges the economy Of the propos
ed union The less we are dependent upon any
the better ourselves The soil of Texas is fertile,
and its agricultural products for manufacturing purposes
inex6ausble In independent position her trade
her supplies her consumption would be invaluable to
orally encouraged, she might under protective
friendship be placed in mediatorial condition; and
mistress of Mexico, and the parochial beade of the
United States. She would be cooling draught to Eng
land between two fires. Annex her to the latter repub
lc and she would be for ever swamped-a convenient
bog in which would be submerged the principles Of lib
erty, light, and truth.


But there is another point Who are the men in Texas
who call themselves convention of the people. and
who in the idle and absurd name of the people, with all
the pomp and circumstance OF unblushing quackery,
give their solemn and profound assent to this act of
nexaton We believe, and we have reason to believe,
for their names published that they number about
fifty ndividuals-good men and wise they may be-but
refugees nevertheless from the United States from Eng
land Holland Ireland Wales Scotland and other cou-


tries. These conventonalists each represents his five
hundred square miles Who the electors are. have
yet to learn These fifty odd call the Texan
territory their own By what right it would be difcuIt
to explain The lands they hold, have apportoned
amongst themselves they certainly hays never pur
intend TO do In these immaculate days, would be- per-
haps deemed illibera if we to call them robbers
Ihn Indt harn hich dn
choose to translate These men call themselves
publican independent repnblic-but pray where
The citizens who constitute republic


For these reasons alone, We earnestly contend tina
England cannot with honor consent to this mercenary
and unjusthabe annexaton 1t may have been a dream
the charm of young life, when fancy unrestrained
and hope smiled-but believed that England the
champion OF the distressed and the injured all the
world She, were told. sent her thunder to avenge
crime She sided with heweak against the strong and the
awless and her pde OF equity threw her gauntlet in
the face of her oppressor It was dream We suspect
for whatever history may tell we have had no proofs
confirmation of the fact in time The United States
lay claim to the whole of the American continent Terra
del Fuego to the North Pole and suppose they
all In dealing with England the most vigorous
and successful spectators those who have nothing
to lose money and credit in such being hndrances
If Texas is annexed to the United States, see
land should not be The Popish priests would like it,
because the ignorance of America is sympathetic with
her notions icivi and religious liberty. The United
States glad to say, working double tides TO
gain respectable and creditable reputation and there
delpha will ultimately pay their debts But for quiet
and rejecting man to think that pecunary easness is
to be caused by the capture of the Texan territory
matter that produces and must produce painful ideas.
Our last word is that if Lord Aberdeen assents to the
dctum of Sir Robert Peel that Texas must be
dered to the United States, shall, Canning said,
the union jack with Grape, and hide sorrows
and tears in chambers dim, or in old and umbrage
Gus bowers known only to the owl and the bat


The Progress of Queen Victoria In Germany.


The visit of Her Majesty to Germany continues
to create great excitement amongst our continental
neighbors. The enthusiastic welcome which she
has received IN all quarters must be highly gratifying
TO her Majesty and her Royal Consort. We are NOT
about to lay before our readers heightened descrp
ton OF the various places through which her MaJes
y passed, accompanied with clrcumstantial detail
Of all that occurred TO her, the illustrlous persons
that were presented to her, the remarkable scenes
she visited, Nc; there Is necessarily such a same
aboui royal journey after the first day or two
has passed. that to do so would be entalling deal
of trouble on ourselves, without at the same time
contributing much to the qualification or amusement
of our readers. We SHALL therefore, glance briefly
over the scenes in Germany tor the last week,
least up to the last day, OF which we have received
intelligence.


MAYENcE, Saturday Evening, August l6-It was
about half-past eleven to- day that the lowering OF
the royal standard, which for the last two days
waved from Stolzenfes, announced that the royal
party had left the chateau 10 repair on board The
King OF Prussia and his suite, accompanied the
Queen and Prince Albert 10 the FAIRY. lie then
took farewell OF them, and returned on shore, while
the yacht amid the cheering OF the multitude and
firing OF artillery, set In motion, and proceeded
up the Rhine. As long she remained In sight
from the bank below CASTLE the King stood upon
the beach waving his handkerchief. The finest see
merry OF the Rhine lies between Coblentz and May
ence The rocks rise more precipitously from the
stream, their forms bolder their outlines more
irregular, the ravines narrower, darker and bolder
than below; while the number OF ruined feudal for
tresses, with their grey battered walls, looking if
what had once been the summit Of the rocks had
been hewn INTO castles-these robber-holds OF yore
met with in tar greater numbers than along the
pxvp pnrft al tho rtva Naet milf
tions had also been made. Mayence is the capital
Of the Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt, but is garri-
soned by Prusslan and Austrian troops. There are,
indeed, believe, upwards of 10000 soldiers OF the
two countries at this moment at Mayence. The
greater portion of these troops were drawn up
round and in the quadrangle OF the Government
House. the blue uniforms OF the Prussians and the
white of their Austrian friends varying the brown
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