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TO THB HON. JOHN Q.UINCY ADAMS, AND THE OTHER TWENTY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO ADDRESSED "THE PEOPLE OF THE FREE STATES OF THE UNIOX," REMONSTRATING AGATN9T THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS TO THE AMERICAN UNION! An humble citizen of Texas has read your will all be involved in the question at issue. The address with all the care and attention which so name of Adams stands bright among the bright- important a document deserves, and knowing that est on the page of history. As a champion of the the question has not correctly been stated to the American Revolution, John Adams was second people of the United States, he addresses to you to no one; as a statesman, a diplomatist, and a this reply. He does not charge upon you a wil- pure patriot, I regard John duiney Adams as * ful misstatement of the facts, because he is satis- distinguished among the most distinguished who fied, that of the facts you are not yet fully informed, ever lived; and, however uncompromising he may I He does not charge upon you a wilful misconcep- "have been, or may still continue to be, on the tion of tlie bearings oi the question, because your subject of slavery, J cannot believe that he will own address shows that the question of slavery be otherwise than willing to give an impartial ©o fully occupied your minds, and controlled your hearing to the just complaints of a gallant peo- judgments, that you had not considered it in all pie, who are "bone of his bone, and flesh of his those important points in which it may legiti- flesh," and whose parents, side by side with his mately be viewed—in which it ought to be view own, stood shoulder to shoulder in the darkest ed, and in which time and events will yet com- hour of the Revolution, in resisting the claim of pel the statesmen of your country to view it. I Great Britain to sovereignty on the American regard the Texas question as intimately connect- soil: nor ^that he will be unwilling to sit as an ed with the preservation of the American Union, impartial judge, on the application of Texas for A storm is now in embryo, growing out of, this admission as a State into the American Union Texas question, which, unless arrested by the In your opening address, you say the volunta- united power of your whole country, must result, ry assistance rendered by the people of the Uni- m the dissolution of your Union ; for the questions ted States in aid of the Texan revolution, was involved affect the slave-holding States in a much to "freebooters and insurgents;" and you treat greater degree than Texas itself, and the slave- the revolution of Texas as unprincipled and un- holding States of your country are compelled to justifiable. In answer to this, I ask your candid act, whether you aid them or not. They must and impartial attention to the brief statement of make common cause with Texas, or surrender facts which I will present to you. their domestic institutions. . They have no alter- Up to the period of 1821, when Colonel Aus- native, for the danger is upon them, and they tin commenced his plan of colonization, Texas, must now act and act quickly, or the scenes of from San Antonio to the Sabine, was a vast wil-! Southampton and San Domingo will be re- derness ; and no one better than Mr. Adams un- mewed among them. The tocsin has already derstands that the cause was Spanish fear and been sounded in the British Parliament. Orders jealousy, which induced the Government of __ave already gone forth from the British cabinet. Spain to prohibit all settlements, in order to pre- Their captains, and lieutenants, and subalterns serve it, as a barrier, to what she regarded the are already scattered throughout our country; encroaching spirit of the people of the United" they are already in the recruiting service, and States. The successful revolution of Mexico you will ere long be called upon to say which brought about a change of policy. The new- side in the great contest you will take. Deeply Government became anxiously desirous for the excited as you evidently are on the question of settlement of the country; and* as their own po- negro slavery, I cannot for a • moment entertain pulation was altogether inadequate to the pur- the belief that your sympathies will not be equal- pose, the hardy and enterprising of the United ly aroused in behalf of the thousands and tens of States were invited, and the most liberal promi- thousands of white women, and children, and ses of land and protection "were assured to them, men, whose lives, fortunes, homes, and country, The Americans_x?JKrwitW encountered dangers __, o r»i
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Title | To the Hon. John Quincy Adams, and the Other Twenty Members of Congress: Who Addressed "The People of the Free States of the Union" Remonstrating Against the Annexation of Texas to the American Union |
Creator | John Adams |
Subject.LCSH | Texas--Annexation to the United States--1840-1850 |
Subject.Local | Texas--Annexation to the United States--1840-1850 |
Description | Who Addressed "The People of the Free States of the Union" Remonstrating Against the Annexation of Texas to the American Union |
Publisher | St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis |
Date.Original | 1843-10-20 |
Date.Digital | 2017 |
Type | Books and pamphlets |
Source | M-111-2-001 |
Language | English |
Location | Texas |
Rights | NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY |
Contributing Institution |
Saint Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri St. Louis |
Description
Title | annexation of texas to the american union 1843 |
Transcript | TO THB HON. JOHN Q.UINCY ADAMS, AND THE OTHER TWENTY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO ADDRESSED "THE PEOPLE OF THE FREE STATES OF THE UNIOX," REMONSTRATING AGATN9T THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS TO THE AMERICAN UNION! An humble citizen of Texas has read your will all be involved in the question at issue. The address with all the care and attention which so name of Adams stands bright among the bright- important a document deserves, and knowing that est on the page of history. As a champion of the the question has not correctly been stated to the American Revolution, John Adams was second people of the United States, he addresses to you to no one; as a statesman, a diplomatist, and a this reply. He does not charge upon you a wil- pure patriot, I regard John duiney Adams as * ful misstatement of the facts, because he is satis- distinguished among the most distinguished who fied, that of the facts you are not yet fully informed, ever lived; and, however uncompromising he may I He does not charge upon you a wilful misconcep- "have been, or may still continue to be, on the tion of tlie bearings oi the question, because your subject of slavery, J cannot believe that he will own address shows that the question of slavery be otherwise than willing to give an impartial ©o fully occupied your minds, and controlled your hearing to the just complaints of a gallant peo- judgments, that you had not considered it in all pie, who are "bone of his bone, and flesh of his those important points in which it may legiti- flesh," and whose parents, side by side with his mately be viewed—in which it ought to be view own, stood shoulder to shoulder in the darkest ed, and in which time and events will yet com- hour of the Revolution, in resisting the claim of pel the statesmen of your country to view it. I Great Britain to sovereignty on the American regard the Texas question as intimately connect- soil: nor ^that he will be unwilling to sit as an ed with the preservation of the American Union, impartial judge, on the application of Texas for A storm is now in embryo, growing out of, this admission as a State into the American Union Texas question, which, unless arrested by the In your opening address, you say the volunta- united power of your whole country, must result, ry assistance rendered by the people of the Uni- m the dissolution of your Union ; for the questions ted States in aid of the Texan revolution, was involved affect the slave-holding States in a much to "freebooters and insurgents;" and you treat greater degree than Texas itself, and the slave- the revolution of Texas as unprincipled and un- holding States of your country are compelled to justifiable. In answer to this, I ask your candid act, whether you aid them or not. They must and impartial attention to the brief statement of make common cause with Texas, or surrender facts which I will present to you. their domestic institutions. . They have no alter- Up to the period of 1821, when Colonel Aus- native, for the danger is upon them, and they tin commenced his plan of colonization, Texas, must now act and act quickly, or the scenes of from San Antonio to the Sabine, was a vast wil-! Southampton and San Domingo will be re- derness ; and no one better than Mr. Adams un- mewed among them. The tocsin has already derstands that the cause was Spanish fear and been sounded in the British Parliament. Orders jealousy, which induced the Government of __ave already gone forth from the British cabinet. Spain to prohibit all settlements, in order to pre- Their captains, and lieutenants, and subalterns serve it, as a barrier, to what she regarded the are already scattered throughout our country; encroaching spirit of the people of the United" they are already in the recruiting service, and States. The successful revolution of Mexico you will ere long be called upon to say which brought about a change of policy. The new- side in the great contest you will take. Deeply Government became anxiously desirous for the excited as you evidently are on the question of settlement of the country; and* as their own po- negro slavery, I cannot for a • moment entertain pulation was altogether inadequate to the pur- the belief that your sympathies will not be equal- pose, the hardy and enterprising of the United ly aroused in behalf of the thousands and tens of States were invited, and the most liberal promi- thousands of white women, and children, and ses of land and protection "were assured to them, men, whose lives, fortunes, homes, and country, The Americans_x?JKrwitW encountered dangers __, o r»i |