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5-If this Govt. totally falls into ruin and this nation should be split up into sepnrate republics, will not Texas be better inde- pendent, than as n part of the U. S. 6-- Can Texas ever be attached to the U. S. without becoming a slave state, nnd does not phylanthropy and the happiness of so large a portion of the human race, as can be supported here, imperiously demand, that slavery should be forever excluded from it 1· 7- Is it not a duty which the U. S., as being the most powerful owes to its weaker neighbor to step forward and make a full fair and candid examination of the causes which have produced the present excitements in Mexico against her citizens, and if any of them or her public agents have been in fault to make it apparent-- 8-- Is it not the duty of the U. ·S. even to overlook any little jealoucies which the Mexicans may have manifested, and to pursue a conciliatory, rather than a harsh course 1- I think thnt an able and prudent pen that understood the char- acter of the Mexicans, might do much general good by discussing the above queries in a prudent and masterly manner in the Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore etc papers- the national Gazette would be a good paper for such a discussion- News paper publications of the character of "Americanus," "Pa- triot" etc added to the train of circumstances which I have stated- have done great harm to the interests of Americans in Mexico- publications of an opposite character would do much good, by remov- ing the impressions now prevalent in Mexico that all those publica- tions proceed from the Govt. and that the object is to excite the American people to rush into Texas and take it right, or wrong.- It has always been my policy to keep Texas out of the news papers, but •it has been dragged in by others and it must now be kept in, but the other side of the question must now by discussed-that is to say, that it ought not to be attached to the U.S. but remain attached to Mexico- it might be stated in favor of this (with reference to the interests of Texas) that the coasting and internal trade and manufacturing advantages will afford more benefits, than anything which could be gained by an union with the North, in fact that noth- ing will be gained by the union but the a.dmission of Slavery and that it would be a curse etc, etc,- And with reference to the interests of the U. S. it may be truly urged that, an extention of territory to the S. W. would cause a seperation of the union etc, etc, etc- I recommend this matter to your attention . you will of course see its vast importance, and its great delicacy- An excitement has been written up against the U. S. and Americans in Mexico- the object is to write it down-by removing the causes of jealouscy, nnd
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