Civilian And Galveston Gazette (Newspaper) - September 14, 1844, Galveston, Texas BY H. y s every ban ass our principal productive after the we think this the treaty Very unwise and given a foreign power greater room of tW per annum ' one dollar make Advertisements inserted once a fmt f business of must be post paid or they will be of steamboat other and fur are considered and charged as and obituary of more than three lines in a re charged as ad b SEPTEMBER 11, 1844. Washington operate domestic policy than is safe to Mr R. fell overboard from the Sarah in the Bay above Red fish on and was drowned before he could be picked 164 8 Arnold's 102 2 Only about one third of the Long About half the Brazoria lort maj GEN. HOUSTON'S * O TO J A ( i 8 O It. Feb. 16th, 1844. Venerated Friend Your favors of the lust month have reached rhe and f have given all the attention to their contents which your views as as iffe subject matter itself You are fully aware that every circumstance in which you feel a deep 01 whatever may concern you awakens in ine emotions of ihe liveliest It is natural to suppose that the subject of the annexation uf Texas to the United Slates has for your fi ded the most profound deliberations of am of that jme 1 chief ly engaged in active the demeanor of the U. States j as I the advancement of towards us has been such as to discourage hope J How far I may have been is a question 1 never How my actions are to be might p have excused or oven justified u part with securing lor my oin existing cmim 1; 1 am happy to a-v Brazoria Pi Is Fort Austin and RE PR W and Tod M Fort A There are many flying reports to the elections at other we have been unable to trace them to reliable which the friends of the measure might Our situation also litis been peculiar and 1 have found sut Intruded with internal d i Hicti It ies as well as 1( was my duty as Executive to have an eye to every which .My situation might on a 1 i j 111:1 1 am happy to I havi mo I al to bei 01 my own I urn f r to take any act 1 ch he r i n i e fa re ma Y 1 n e and iie Imm any 11111 11' m 11 111 of bad faith any nation or n as surance in iy appear sir imge lo fori assure you it ia sut pi ising Hint the of our had some hazardous measure for their alleviation or 1 1.Yemeni. .So far as i am or my hearty I am 1 in i ned 1 am milieu upon to I lie 1 ' 111'1 JI is the 1 11 of can I believe that the would an advantageous lo I exas il ihe had per as It is indispensably to United Texas with ton Id exist without the U but the ales without hazard lo ' the security of her i e exist d Stales are one of I he 1 va I po tver s 1)/' 11 v oa 11 and 11 oni 1 i r 1 ni | 011 a us well as the 1 so they are I never I have been my life from of honorable hit but not those of empty not the vanity ol commanding the plaudits of the I'm cu unit have me into anil 1 and like J a full share of But that has never fi em what 1 believed to be 1 d 1 have 110 desire to see n r re ne wed again in Ii not the appr of personal danger would alarm hut rather the deleterious influence which it has upon our J he 10-I lias introduced into moie j and men than could be in our present In armies and in camps such men have an opportunity of extending their and of some prominence from which totally d a 11 lies for usefulness in n peaceful Unwilling to in the avocations many they become or useless They are cither ready to consume the which i hey have not or to form combinations lo good and administration of the Peace to Texas would relieve us from ms and the of must expect at no distant be in prevent their rn li ai i I y of t he 11 i it u commercial they the oh of which vvi if as a Shunted as Texas is in point of with peace she has nothing to hend for years to j Oilier nations would not dread her her for commercial de would have to fiom ' pep u rn 1 of peace and Her advancement 111 the a I commerce would be Willi a The above are ing expend Uu 1 e. arid but are no em- i much than that of the United she would dvi its erroneous in some out are as coi ljf aB ls j as we have been alter diligent 0 to and whilst ihe would j bTh make From the information that has reached us we think it highly probable that Jones is and this we believe to be die impression with all though can be no perfect certainty ia the matter until the fiom the counties are greatly such people and in the absence of their baneful influence gire to society a constitution and healthy All ihe evils which we have experienced have resulted fiom such characters j and unless we have peace permanently established amongst we cannot tell when a September election might ct country lo the misrule oj such men three 1 wish to in a land where all will be subordinate to and none dare to defy ite 1 have arrived to that of life where I earnestly desire and the assurance that whatever 1 possess will bo secured to me by just wisely This would deem a rich requital for whatever I lave performed useful in With it 1 would I De to retire from the cares of public lege For the last every movement of having any relation to this has been regarded with the utmost suspicion by a portion oj our and every on the part of that however simple and has been attributed lo some sinister design upon the lights independence of If there is any real foundation for these it seems somewhat unfur that those entertain ahd who have been the first to the the dangers which threaten us drive the 1 j menl tlm reflection if I bom the Uct that Amei ican s j 8UIV]CHb|e to of their could not so well compete with those of in were ample this way the immense ti ado or the Northern give no thought to what the world may say as well as would fall into the hands ot mc 1 call transmit to posterity the and pass through uur ports and j Uon 0f honest man - I has been appointed with full powers and de- Ina few years the less to ihe American ] special Minister together with our resident would riot be a small But on the by annexation t hose ad vant a IM'S wou Id 1 be secured lo ibe to the exclusion of fhe for we should then be but one gov and in the no duties could be levied upon home The lai iff of I he b. would operate t he n lo e nsu 1' to their citizens ft valuable which must i inevitably be losl lo mil In say anything about the em bar r a ssme 11 ts to their 1 e ei by the smuggling which Would certainly be earned i The exchange 0/ commodities between Texas and Europe would give rise to a feeling of reci pi and theie would bo in all this to excite national 01 towards Thus bad not made to consummate the wot k of But that ymi may be the more perfectly informed of every connected with this 1 have directed my private secretary and confidential W. D. to convey my personal salutations arid embraces to with authority to every thing and upon every Mr. Millet is a young who has connected mo in my siaco the commencement of my present He knows all my and all my I have concealed nothing from will he conceal anything from Mr. Miller bears despatches lo the legation If you Gen. CPS the United All H&W inl jn i nopal be from arising fenders it almost two The slavery cannot arise in One of tba Republic on this be a 1 rayed against By annexation we should subject ourselves lo the hazard of and peace on this - as a separate power would not The debt t t. ol is a mere in the Our public at the calm 8,t,B'H�. domain comprises al least acres of at able | pressed with every of and every c of the same extent But of my deliberate rne to the founded upon an intimate acquaintance with our that the present policy of Texas dictates that I should unreservedly co-operate in plated 1 think it wisdom out and not an abandonment of there is any selfishness in my heart I do hot know it. I have now lived for half a and thirty years a. Character Paris or activity and Grenada is way at life of perfect all ft ie is which ters in of the stopping talk With evidently no haste to certainty of not being able es all no career to young the most of whom or enter the ito they owing tq the whole getting Convinced of the they for the most part do hot sue an object which know pass their time in an which vored by the beauty of the and lie genial warmth 1 frothing is so little to be depended upon as the character popularly both In nations and I the on simple and affable ' Spain of the present day is the true of not at least in lights his papelito al the Havana of Hie who allows him to do so without the least ot the as sire steps over the bodies of the ragged are sleeping on the steps of her and oji ney sbo will not if 10 the same as the zagal who qr the etero who escorts her in accommodating especially the aio when at of having their letters brought to them on off which they lake them wiln One of these estimable islanders fi om Seville sent his calesero to dine in which is contrary to the usual The who io his heart doing a he by silling at some table with him made no remark at the dined and he got to four leagues from in a sort of briars and be very man by the collar and pitched him out of the said you did worthy ia ait my I dout think worthy to sit bar my And bo drove leaving nale traveller to find his - 1 M. their discoveries a little and thereby have pre vented whatever mischief had been accomplished prior j Texas might remain at peace fin a half | desire to send any communication lo Wash nor is il that she would then have 1 you will find him a ready Bnd he will pleasure in serving Now my venerated friend you will perceive thai Texas is presented to the United States as a bride adorned for her But in the confident hope of the union she should be her mortification will he Sbe has been sought ico to her own This is an imperfect I by the United arwf this is the third time she glance at some of the advantages which Texas might nas Wore she now to be spurned at il to these alarming 1 1,,,n,i0!,v_ unless it were w iih Her resources as has has been 0 a ' accumulated loi this she would have sufficient underhanded to secure an opening and Mexico by which she may affect injuriously or destroy tha j evor might so to The efficiency and slave interest of this she could j hardy character of her population would also enable have desired no more favorable entering wedge than I wise leaders lo render subservient the of was by ihe treaty into by General during the administration of President I aH a mar. By the third article of this the subjects j By immediate of Great without regard to are secured which w in the right to visit and remain in any portion of Texas where foreigners are allowed to to hire and occupy &c and these aie to the free negro or to the professed as well as 10 any other subject of Greai Constitution prohibits introduction of into ihe except when authorise by and the signing and ratification of this trew alone has a which every wilh a slave country knows lu be more its interest than any pel presence of large numbers of free 5We*ould like to know where all the penetration and of these lardy champions of our domestic hid when this measure was about to That England was in this and fa by ihe ulterior now 1 proven fiom ihe fact 1 hat 110 advantage has opening thua offered to injure power x at we relieve ou of lave felt us lo our for immediate st lei I vet that would be no tola I Mexico make a source ol and 1 inflict annoyances up m It might be some time i beloie the aid from the States would our citizens in quite possible e greatly d measure - and erl Stales might bo available for defence incursion si 1 1 I heir peace fu I a a that lingland and France would b at the of I he if though no grett 1 j iii y the eventually vet 11 would al least g ive much com to the of the You may rely upon that it is to Texas to be by the Slates against the contingencies even during the pro of lal she may act proposition on the subject for a 1 however lely confidence upon the magnanimity and honor that government to see that she suffers no del her now or from too plain manifestation of her affection towards ihe There is a sameness or unity in our institutions and national interests iu which does not exist 111 This muit be to in entertaining any spurn would forever terminate expectation on her part and it would then not only be left lor the U. States 10 expect that she would seek some oilier but all would just ily her in a cause by and sanctioned by However adverse this might be to the wishes or interests of the in her present situation she could not long. The course adopted by the if il slop shait of will displease irritate and exasperate An effort 10 postpone ii 10 a more ' be tried in the States to party pui poses arid make a Let 1 take 11 thai il is of too great magnitude for any impediment to be interposed to its That you may live lo see your hopes in relation to il crowned wnh 1 sincerely In ihe event ihal it speedily takes 1 hope that it will afford niv an opportunity of visiting you again at tlie Hei milage with my It is our ardent desire to see you lay your hand on our little boy's bestow upon him your Be I should if circ mean opportunity for an event so desirable lo Be pleased make the united salutations aud myself toy our We unite our prayers The Wonders op chambers vaster than are told of in Arabian people with inhabitants more wonderful or Fot there he those pf thai put for rp with in ah ' man can fulfil only ihd in ' chine is a slave that neither brings iis being endowed with the of yet free at ibe same lime from all sion and It is but a supernatural And why one bb ihal the machine dops opt It forms the atmosphere of some with more regularity Dogs not ihe spindle sing like a at her and the roar in like a strong gaining a fair day's wages for a fair shoud the weaving where a thousand or fifteen hundred girls may io their coral working like the jay some rome ful and some absorbed serious And the cotton have observed in the silent spinner change weaver into you may a moment it is with with thj tenes is to view machines making WeijL tacle that fills the mind with uvig 1 in 11 The fir Shelby county bare been About 600 of the citizens Soldiers Sabine and at or npar 'The 1 alacrity with which the scene of trouble is clearly the feeling that exists in the 01 oat to suppress at any violate the laws of the by Tho company of have to ihe militia and are placed several of them have been 01 ought under It is believed that obedience to the Thtl by the government in relation to have result in tbp only jn Shelby but in every county in where there has existed 3if6'dwlaW'*liK trample upon Men the folly of taking the laws into their usurping the legitimate powers The citizen may rest measure will be taken to in ihe any attempts at a ful in 8helby^/^ii^�fBir
