"Untitled," Telegraph and Texas Register, January 3, 1837

Summary: The editor expressed alarm at the rising influence of abolitionists. He implored them to compare black slavery with the conditions in Mexico; claimed the Mexicans were dishonorable, lived in a virtual state of slavery, and were less intelligent than blacks. Tried to make slavery look less horrible by implying what would happen if Texas remained a part of Mexico.

We understand that the abolitionists of the north are renewing their efforts with increased fervor and daring. Their societies and emisaries[sic] augment, and apprehensions are seriously entertained for the result of their proceedings.

We seriously wish that the abolitionists could impartially compare the relative evils of negro and white slavery. It is a fact well known to all persons who have travelled through Mexico, that half of the population are in a state of slavery intolerable compared with that of most of the southern negroes: this is also proved by depravity seen among the Mexican soldiery, who appear to be entirely destitute of all moral character, and whose sense of honor will not compare with that of our slaves: and we will venture to say, that there is more intelligence to be found among the negroes of the south than is among one half of the Mexican population.

Source Copy Consulted: "Untitled," Telegraph and Texas Register, January 3, 1837, p. 3