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in that event, there, in that extensive
country, bordering upon our pop
ulalion, and four times greater IN area
than the whole Uaion, with a sparse pop
ulation Of but three TO the square mile,
where nine .tenlhs Of the population ls
Of the coloured races, there, upon that


fertile soil, and in that delicious climlte'
no admirably adapted to the negro race


as all experience has now clearly prov


ed, the free black would fad home'


There, also, as slaves, in the lapse OF


time, From the density Of population and


other causes, are emancipated, they will


disappear from time to time west oil Inc


Del Norts, and beyond the limits OF the


Union, among a race oftheir own colour


will be difused throughout this vas. re-


oion. whore they will not be-a degraded


caste. and where, as to climate, and So
cSal and moral condition. and ali the


homes and comforts Of life, they can oc>
cupy. among equals, position they can
never attain in any part Of this Union


The remuneration Of Texas would
strengthen and fortify the whole Unlon'
and antedate the period when our own
country would be The first and greatest
of all the powers of the earth. To the
south and southwest it would give peace
and security; 10 agriculture and manuiac-
cures, TO the products of the mines' the
forest, and fisheries, new and important
markets, that otherwise must sooa %
los, forever. To the commercial and
navigating interests, it would give
naw imnulse:: and not canal or rail-
road throughout the Union; that would
nc. derive increased business, and aug
mented profits; whilst the great CITY Of
New York, the centre of most OF the bu-
siness Of the Union, would take mighty
stem in advance towards that destiny
which must place her above London IN
wealth. in business and population. In
deed: when, as Americans, we look at
The city Of New York, lis deep, accessl-
Bile and capacious harbor, united by ca
halls and the Hudson, with the s.. Laws



renee and the lakes, the Ohio, and the
with lwo-thirds OF the I'M
,or,s. and one third ofthe exports OF the
whole Union, with all its trade, interal,
and foreign, and reflect how
great and rapidly augmentlng an acces.
ion TO its busin ess would be made by the
OF Texas; and know that,
" the failure of this measure, what is
ost to US is gained by England, can we
Iesitate, or 10 we never wish to see the
ay when New York shall take from
london the trident Of the ocean, and the
Command of the commerce of the wortdf
Dr. do we prefer London to New York,
md England to America2 And do the
of remuneration suppose that
i British Parliament, and not an AmerI-
AN Congress, sits in the capitol OF the
Union. Shall, then, Texas be our own,
with all its markets, commerce.and pro-
iucts, or shall we drive it into the arms
Of England, now outstretched TO receive
Il, and striving to direct its destiny? If
we refuse the remuneration, then, by the
force ofcircumstances, soon passing be-
vond the control as we'll of this coun-
try as OF Texas, she will pass into the
hands or England. The refusal Of rean-
nexation will, Of course. produce no
friendly feelings in Texas towards this
country. United with this will be the
direct appeal Of England to the interests
or.reras She will offer to Texas market
in England, free of duty, for all her co'>
,on. unop the assent Of Texas to receive
70 exchange British manufactures free
Of duty, and such treaty would no
doob. soon be concluded. The ships
and merchants and capital will be trans
ported 10 the coast of Texas. Texas
has neither ships, nor capital, nor manu-
fac,ureS, but England will supply all,
and receive in reternihe cotton of Tex
as. Two nations with reciprocal free
,rade are nearly Identical in feeling and
interest, except that The larger power
will predominate, aud Texas become a
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