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explanations of Her Majesty's Govern
ment on the subject ot its policy in refer
ence to Texas. He would repeat, what
he had supposed had been explicitly sta
ted in his note to Mr. Packenham, the
assurance that this Government fully ap
preciates the spirit of frankness and good
faith in which the explanations were fur
nished. If they have failed to allay the
anxiety which it had previonslyjelt on
the subject to which they have referred,
it was because they were accompanied
by an avowal on the part of Her Majes
ty’s Government, in reference to the abo
lition of slavery generally, and to Texas
in particular, calculated to defeat the ob
ject which the explanations were intend
ed to effect. It was not possihle for the
President to hear with indifference the
avowal of a policy so hostile in its char
acter and dangerous in its tendency to
the domestic institutions of so many
States ofthis Union, and to the safety and
prosperity of the whole. Nor could he
abstain from declaring his regret at the
avowal, consistently with that frankness
and sincerity which have ever character
ized the conduct of this Government in
its intercourse with other countries.
The United States, in concluding the
treaty of annexation with Texas, are not
disposed to shun any responsibility which
may fairly attach to them on account of
the transaction. The measure was adop
ted with the mutual consent and for the
mutual and permanent welfare of the two
countries interested. It was made ne
cessary in order to preserve domestic in
stitutions placed under the guaranty of
their respective Constitutions, and deem
ed essential to their safety and prosperity.
Whether Great Britain has the right
according to the principles of internation
al law, to ‘ interfere with the domestic
institutions of either country, be her mo
tives or means what they may ; or
whether the avowal of such a policy, and
she exertions she has made to consum
mate it in Texas, do not justify both
countries in adopting the most effective
measures to prevent it, are questions
which the United States willingly leave
to the decision of the civilized world.—
They confidently rest the appeal on the
solid foundation that every country is the
rightful and exclusive judge as to what
should be the relations, social, civil, and
political, between those who compose its
population, and that no other country,
under the plea of humanity or other mo
tive, has any right whatever to interfere
with its decision. On this foundation
rests the peace and harmony of the world.
The undersigned has again referred,
in conformity with the request of Mr.
Packenham, to the portion of Aber
deen’s despatch to which he has pointed
his attention, with the view of rebutting
the inference of the President that Great
Britain has endeavored through her di
plomacy to effect the abolition of slavery
in Texas, by making it one of the condi
tions on which Mexico should acknowl
edge her independence. lie is constrain
ed tn on n o-.i-olul petUSai, that be
ettn discover nothing in it calculated in
any degree to weaken the inference of
the President. His lordship avows that
Great Britain wishes to see slavery abol
ished in Texas; that she would rejoice
if the recognition of that country by the
Mexican Government should be accom
panied by an engagement on the part of
Texas to do so, and that she feels it to be
her duty to promote such a consumma
tion. If to these emphatic declarations
the fact be added, that Great Britain, at
the very time they were made, was enga
ged in negotiating with the Mexican
Government, in order to obtain from it a
recognition of the Independence of Tex
as, and that she declined to unite with
France and " the United States in a joint
effort for that purpose, it is surely not a
forced or unfair inference to conclude,
without calling in the aid of other evi
dence, that she used, in conducting it, all
the legitimate means Os diplomacy, back
ed by tier great influence, to effect an ob
ject in the accomplishment of which she
acknowledged she took so deep an inter
est, and to which she obviously attached
so much importance. Nor does the un
dersigned regard the declarations of Lord
Aberdeen, that Great Britain would not
interfere unduly, or with any improper
assumption of authority, that she will
counsel, but not seek to compel or undu
ly control either party, as in any degree
weakening the inference of the President,
nor does he consider the remarks of Mr.
Packenham as a denial of its truth.
The undersigned avails himself of the
occasion to renew to Mr. Packenham the
assurances of his distinguished consider
ation. J. G. CALHOUN.
Washington, April 30, 1844.
The undersigned, Her Britanic Majes
ty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary, has had the honor to re
ceive the note which the honorable John
C. Calhoun, Secretary of State of the
United States, was pleased to address to
the undersigned on tlie 27th of this
month, in reply to the note of the under
signed of the 18th instant, in answer to
Mr. Calhoun’s note of the day preceding,
relating to the despatch of the Earl of
Aberdeen, of which a copy was delivered
to the late Secretary of State, Mr. Up
shur, at his request.
Mr. Calhoun’s notes of the above men
tioned dates have been transmitted by
the undersigned, for the information of
Her Majesty’s Government.
The undersigned avails himself ofthis
opportunity to renew to Mr. Calhoun the
assurance of his high consideration.
R. PACKENHAM.
The most effectual remedy for flies, is
a strong infusion of Souchong tea, sweet
ened with sugar—as fatal a solution as
arsenic. The skin of potatoes boiled in
water for some time, and the water after
wards boiled down to a small portion,
also yields a deadly poison.
To the Editort of the Washington Globe:
WASHINGTON, May 16, 1844.
Sir — The following letter having
been submitted to my disposal, I ask of
you to give it an immediate publication
in your paper. I am satisfied that you
will take pleasure in complying with this
request, that the public may lie apprised
of the sentiments of another distinguish
ed democrat upon the interesting subject
to which the letter refers. Youj compli
ance will much oblige yours, <fcc.
W. T. COLQUITT.
Detroit, May 10, 1844.
Dear Sir —in answer to your inquiry
whether l am in favor of the immediate
annexation of Texas to the United States,
l reply that I am. As you demand my
opinion only of this measure, and briefly
the reasons which influence me, I shall
confine myself to these points.
I shall not dwell upon the policy of
uniting coterminous countries, situated
like ours and Texas, with no marked
geographical feature to divide them and
with navigable streams penetrating the
territories of both ; nor upon the common
origin of the people who inhabit them,
upon their common language, manners,
religion, institutions, and in fact, their
identity as a branch of the human family.
Nor shall I urge the material interests in
volved in the measure, by the free inter
course it would establish the
various sections of a vast mutu
ally dependent upon aiul supplying one
another.* These considerations are so
obvious that they need no elucidation
from me.
But, in a military point of view, annex
ation strikes me as still more important,
and my mind has been the more forcibly
impressed with this idea from reading the
able letter of Gen. Jackson upon this sub
ject, which has just come under, my ob
servation. With the intuitive sagacity
which makes part of the character of that
great man and pure patriot, he has fore
seen the use which a European enemy
might make of Texas in the event of a
war with the United States. A lodge
ment in that country would lay open our
whole southwestern border to hisdevasta
tions. We could establish no fortress,
nor occupy any favorable position; for
the immense frontier may, in a vast ma
ny places, be crossed as readily as a man
passes from one part of his farm to anoth
er. The advantages an active enemy
would enjoy under such circumstances,
it requires no sagacity to foretell.
These considerations recall to my
memory an article which made its ap
pearance just before I left Europe, in a
leading tory periodical in England,
which is understood to speak the senti
ments of a powerful party. This is Fra
zer’s Magazine; and a more nefarious
article never issued from a profligate
press. It ought to be stereotyped and
circulated from one end of our country
to the other, to show the designs which
are in agitation against us, and teach us
tbfit our satety ill llial mighty coutcst
which is coming upon ns, is in a knowl
edge of our danger, and in a determina
tion, by union, and by a wise forecast, to
meet it, and defeat it. The spirit of this
article is sufficiently indicated by its title,
which was, “a war with the United
States a blessing to mankind.” I cannot
refer to it at this moment, but must speak
of it from recollection. 1 have often been
surprised it has not attracted more atten
tion in our country. Its object was to
provoke a war with the United States,
and to lay down the plan of a campaign
which would soonest bring it to a fortu
nate conclusion for England. The basis
of this plan was the organization of the
necessary black force in the West India
Islands, and its debarkation upon our
southern coast. The consequences which
our enemies fondly hoped for, in such a
case, but with an entire ignorance of the
true state of the country were foretold
with a rare union of philanthropy and
hatred. I wish I had the number at
hand, to cull some choice passages for
your reflection. The result was to be
the destruction of the Southern States,
the ruin or depression of the others, and
the dissolution of this great and glorious
confederacy, on which the last hopes of
freedom through the world now rest.
What more favorable position could be
taken for the occupation of English black
troops, and for letting them loose upon
our Southern States, than is afforded by
Texas? Incapable of resisting in the
event of a war between us and England,
she would be taken possession of by the
latter, under one or another of those pre
tences, which every page of her history
furnishes, and the territory would become
the depot whence she would carry on
her operations against us, and attempt to
add a servile war to the other calamities
which hostilities bring with them. He
who doubts whether this would be done,
has yet to learn another trait in the an
nals of national antipathy. It would be
done, and be called philanthropy.
Every day satisfies me more and more,
that a majority of the American people
are in favor of annexation. Were they
not, the measure ought not to be effected.
But as they are, the sooner it is effected
the better. Ido not touch the details of
the negotiation. That must be left to the
responsibility of the government; as, al
so, must the bearing of the question up
on, and its reception by, other countries.
These are points I do not here enter into.
I am, dear sir, with much regard,
truly yours, LEW. CASS.
Hon. E. A. Hannegan,
Washington, D. C.
Intelligence op the dog and
elephant. —The dog is the only brute
animal that dreams, and he and the ele
phant are the only quadrupeds that un
derstand looks. The elephant is the
only animal that, besides man, feels sor
row; the dog the only quadruped that
has been brought to speak. Leibnitz
bears witness to a hound in Saxony that
could speak distinctly 30 words.
f Yom the Baltimore American.
The Public Debt of Holland.
The successful effort of the Hollanders
to reduce their public debt, exhibits a de
gree of patriotism and manly spirit wor
thy of all admiration. It is pleasant to
contemplate such an acl. The people
capable of such an effort deserve to be
held in high estimation.
It appears that the. Treasury of the
kingdom of the Netherlands was nearly
exhausted, with heavy arrears and a large
floating debt, which rendered it doubtful
whether the interest on the funded debt
could henceforth be paid in full. In this
state of things, there was the alternative
of an additional property tax of nearly
one and a half per cent, on the one hand,
and on the others a voluntary subscrip
tion to a loan at a low rate of interest,
with gifts to the Treasury, to pay off a
five per cent. debt. The loan was pro
posed towards the end of March last, and
it is stated that the whole amount was
taken in the space often days—“ all class
es of the community, throughout the
whole Kingdom having contributed their
share, even laborers, servants and females
sending in small donations.” The reign
ing King of the Netherlands, with the
other members of the royal family, to
gether with the capitalists, subscribed
large sums towards the completion of the
loan.
The London Morning Chronicle thus
refers to this notable instance of public
spirit:
“ Very little attention seems to have
been bestowed upon the financial procee
dings which have lately taken place in
Holland, but they arc deserving of no
tice. For many years after the revolu
tion of 1830, by which Belgium was
separated from Holland, the large expen
ses to which the latter country was sub
jected, obliged her to have recourse to
annual loans. The excess of expendi
ture was occasioned chiefly by the neces
sity of providing for the punctual pay
ment of the interest on the public debt,
as the whole burden of.it fell upon Hol
land, even for that portion for which Bel
gium was ultimately to be responsible
under the treaty which acknowledged
the independence of the latter kingdom.
Since the -final adjustment of the debt
between the countries, Holland has been
seriously occupied with the re-establish
ment of order in her finances, having in
view to make a permanent provision for
the annual interest, and also a reduction
of her Five per Cents to a rate more in
accordance with the diminished rate of
interest which money bears injthe coun
try. The chief measure proposed for
this object was a property tax ; but as that.,
form of taxation was felt by the govern
ment to be objectionable in a country al
ready so much burdened by taxation, it
was resolved to make an appeal to the
patriotic feelings of the twonation, and the
capitalists were invited to subscribe vol
untarily to a loan of 127,000,000 guild
ers in a Three per Cent, stock at par,
which would furnish the governtner t
with such tv sum of money as would en
able them to reduce the Five per Cents.,
and supersede the necessity of a property
tax. This appeal has been fully respon
ded to, and the whole amount has been
subscribed. The success of this measure
is most creditable to the Dutch people,
and shows that a high feeling exists
among them for the support of the nation
al credit, such as should always charac
terise a commercial country, where the
maintenance of the public faith, and the
strict observance ot a contracted obliga
tion, must always be considered as a par
amount duty.”
The following is the bill fixing the
time for holding the election of electors
of President and Vice President.
A BILL to amend an act entitled
“An act relative to the election
of President and Vice President of the
United States, and declaring the officer
who shall act as President and Vice
President of the United States, and de
claring the oHicm* who shall act as
President in vacancies in the
offices both of President and Vice
President,” approved March first, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety
two.
Re it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem
bled, That the time of choosing the
electors of President and Vice President
of the United States, in each State, shall
be the Tuesday next after the first Mon
day of November next; and afterwards
except when a special election shall be
held in pursuance of the tenth section of
the act to which this is an amendment,
the time of choosing said electors shall
be the Tuesday next after the first Mon
day of November In every fourth year
succeeding the last election of said elec
tors; and when such special election shall
be held, the time therefor shall be the
Tuesday next after the first Monday of
November in the year when the same
shall be held pursuant to the section
aforesaid.
Foolish waste of time. —The
Journal de Calais states that an inhabi
tant of Southampton, has recently been
amusing himself by filling 24,000 bottles
with 6,000 copies of an abridgement of
“Universal History.” These bottles,
well corked and sealed, have, by his or
der, been placed in deep cavities in the
icy caverns of Greenland, in the hope,
should a partial destruction of the globe
again ensue, that they might survive the
wreck, and enlighten future ages, whi
would otherwise be ignorant of the events
which have come to pass in this world.
It is not stated in what language this
bottle conjuror has chosen to preserve
the knowledge of the present race of
mankind.
The ARAB and the panther. —A
correspondent of some French paper,
writing from Algiers, says that panthers,
driven by the severity of the weather
from the Atlas mountains, have taken
refuge in great numbers in those of Sahel.
He then relates an incident showing the
coolness of an Arab in fighting one of
them. He was armed with only one pis
tol when the brute attacked him. He
calmly awaited the charge, and not till
the brute had sprung upon him and
thrown him to the earth did he fire; but
then, holding the muzzle of the pistol at
the heart of the beast, he shot him thro’.
From tht Columbus Times.
Mr. Clay # and tnc CofTVe Tax
Mr. Clay, in his Milledgeville speech,
said (if correctly reported) that a duty of
two cents a pound on coffee would low
er the price, as it would induce a greater
number of persons to grow it.
. If this doctrine be true, 1 hope that
Congress will levy a duty of eight or ten
Ctnts per pound on coffee, and will
then get it for nothing or next tiPnoth
ing, for ifa duty of two cents will lower
the price, certainly ten cents will reduce
it much more. There is, however, one
difficulty in the way, and I suppose some
of our editorial friends who are in favor
of protection can obviate that It is this:
as no part of the duty is to he paid to the
grower, 1 camfbt see how he is to be ben
efitted by the duty, unless our own peo
ple become cultivators of coffee, and I
have always supposed that it would not
grow, even in the Southern States, much
less in the Northern and Middle States,
whose interests the Southern Whigs ap
pear so anxious to protect. Can your
neighbor of tlie Enquirer, explain how
the West India coffee growers are to be
benefitted by a tax levied on us ? If he
can, the tobacco planters of the United
States ought to be under lasting obliga
tions to him, for they have taken lip a
foolish notion, that the enormous duties
on tobacco in England and France have
a tendency to keep down prices here. I
do not pretend to understand these ques
tions myself, but some of our Whig
friends who have advocated both sides,
may be able to do it.
A COFFEE DRINKER.
Abolition Row.
In New York city, on Tuesday, at the
annual meeting of the American Anti-
Slavery Society, the greatest possible ex
citement prevailed. Rev. Cliaries M.
Dennison of Boston obtained the lloor,
and made a speech, in which he spoke
of“ The Garrison party” in no measured
terms. The president called him an a
postate; and then Dennison said, “Before
this'meeting I cast back the charge of
apostacy upon him who made it.” (Great
uproar—applause and hisses, mingled.)
Garrison, rising hastily, said, Once there
was a Benedict Arnold.” [Hisses, loud
er than before, and great excitement.] —
Garrison—“ You are cowards!” [Anoth
er storm of hisses.] “Yes, I call you
dastards!” [Continued confusion.] A
voice—“ Judge not.” Garrison, in a tre
mendous passion—“l say that whoever
spoke then is a coward and a dastard !”
[Of the scene at this moment, it is im
possible to give any description.] Gar
rison, continuing—“l say there was one
Benedict Arnold.” [Hisses.] Mr. Den
nison, jumping on the seat, shouted out
at the top of his voice, “I think you are
the Benedict Arnold. A voice from the
lower end of the room—“ This meeting
is not to be broken up by clergymen and
a gagger.” Another voice— ‘ You’re
impudent.” Tlie uproar and excitement
was tremendous; —some were hissing,
some were clapping their hands, some
cheering, and several ladies and male
members were shouting at the top of
their voices to hear the President, who
finally was heard. He again charged
Dennison with betraying the abolition
cause, and forming another Society—
with taking possession of the books,
stereotype plates, money, newspaper, and
in short, the entire property of the Socie
ty. Dennison denied the truth of the
charge. A general scene of confusion,
hisses, and uproar ensued; and the meet
ing exploded in the most extraordinary
manner.
A fracas at Nauvoo.
The St. Louis Republican of a late
date, contains an account of a disturbance
which took place at Nauvoo, on the 26th
ult.
“It seems that Joe Smith "ordered his
police to arrest a man by the name of
Spencer, for an assault on his brother in
his own house—the residence of .his
mother also—the .accused refused to be
come prisoner, alleging it was illegal to
arrest without a writ from the Mayor.—
All the parties, however, collected round
the Masonic Hall, or Court House. Joe
Smith, Mayor, being present, ordered the
police and the people to take said Spen
cer into custody. The constable having
placed his hands on hjm, Spencer put
himself in a fighting position, and was
assisted by Dr. Foster and his brother,
younger Foster, and also James Rigden
—who said they would not submit to
the authority of the Prophet. Joe Smith
put hands, too, to assist in taking him,
when the younger Foster took out a pis
tol, presented it, and said, he would shoot
the prophet. The prophet got hold of
the pistol, and held firmly round the
britch, until, by the assistance of Rock
well,, a second, the prophet succeeded in
getting the pistol from Foster. The Dr. j
and Lasner at this time took up stands,
and vociferated they would kill the pro
phet—said he wasavillian and an im- j
poster, and that he knew it; that they
would be doing a meritorious act to rid
the world of such a vitlian, an imposter
and tyrant. Rigden said he would cer
tainly shoot him—at any rate told him
he remembered by-gone times—knew of
blood being shed on the island opposite;
that he, the prophet, was the right man.
He [Rigden] belonged to his band—had
sustained him by money and force : he j
knew the Mormon Prophet, Joe Smith, )
was the author of murders, and it was ■
high time he should die, and he would
kill him. The prophet got his hnnd cut
and his nervous system shook. Finally,
the authorities succeeded in bringing up
the three traversers before the Court.—
They were all fined, but took appeals.”
M. J. HNSTON, EriTOlV.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1814.
The Publishing Department of
this paper will, from this date, be
tinder the management of Mr. Thomas
S. Reynolds.
The regular subscription price of
the “Democrat,” will hereafter be two
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in advance.
To our City Subscribers.
Subscribers in the city, who fail to re
ceive their papers regularly from the car
rier, will oblige us by making it known
at the office.
Mr. Woodbury’s Letter.
We invite tlie reader’s attention to the very able
letter of Senator Woodbury, on annexation, which
will be found in our paper to-day.
To the Patrons of the American Democrat.
The undersigned, begs leave to call
the attention of the reader, to the fact,
that in the second number of the “ De
mocrat,” a promise was made, that the
publication should be continued for at
least one year—this pledge, has been
faithfully redeemed. The undersigned
deems it irrelevant not to dwell on the
causes which defeated the plan he had
marked out lor the publication, nor the
painful circumstances, under which at
his very advanced time of life and with
sight so impaired as to render reading
nearly impracticable, lie pe.severed in to
discharging the duties of the editorial de
partment. He regrets deeply how little
he has been able to accomplish, for the
great cause which, with unabated zeal
and undeviating fidelity, he has for fifty
years, endeavored to support, .at no or
dinary personal inconvenience and pe
cuniary loss. If he ha* been able to do
but little, be has the '’onsol ition of know
ing, his exertions were disinterested, as
he has neither sought or received remu
neration. But at the age of seventy-sev
en even a patriot may fairly consider
himself as exonerated from his labors, as
having completed his tour of duty. The
brief space intervening between that ad
vanced period and the grave, belongs to
another world rather than the present.
Admonished by these and other con
siderations, the undersigned, as he has
long desired to do, retires from the edi
torial chair of the American Democrat,
leaving it to a younger and abler occu
pant, with the most ardent wish for its
ultimate and complete success.
Another motive, inherent perhaps in
the infirmity of human nature, self re
spect dictates to the former editor of the
Democracf, retirement from the field ere
the crack of the Constitution rifle, be
come too feeble to be heard on the flank
of the enemy.
The writer would be untrue to his own
feelings, did he withdraw without ten
dering his acknowledgments, to those
editors of both parties who on various
occasions, have spoken in a kindly spirit
of his humble labors.
WILLIAM GREEN.
To the Patrons of the American Democrat,
In taking the Editorial control of the
“ Democrat,” the undersigned is fully a
ware of the nature of the duties, and the
high reponsibility he has assumed, and
while he is frank to confess that he has
entered upon these duties with some dif
fidence, as well as distrust of his own
ability, to acquit himself as he could
wish in the struggle which is now going
on between the two great political Par
ties of the country, he is led to hope from
the justness of the cause, and his single
ness of purpose that his efforts will meet
the approbation of his friends, and party.
Believing this, he will briefly and suc
cinctly state the principles by which he
will be guided, lie will adopt as the
creed of his faith and theguide ofhiscon- j
duct the principles inculcated by the
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of
98 and 99, and will ardently and zealous- j
Iy before God and his country, exert !
himself in sustaining them—believing
as he does that without rigidly ad
hering to them, that the Constitution of
the country cannot be maintained in its
pristine purity; simple and unadultera
ted as we received it from the hands of
our patriot sires.
Entertaining these views, and opposed
to all forced constructions of that sa
cred instrument, it is scarcely necessary
to add that his constant exertions will be i
given to advance the great Republican
came—the cause of human progress and
human liberty, and that great system of
government the completion and perfec
tionof which was a duty bequeathed tous
by the illustrous Jefferson himself—.
Constitutional Democracy.
Upon thesubjectof annexation— which
recent developments have made one of
all engrossing national importanae—ho
will state Ins views more particularly.
Believing with Mr. Clay (who it seems
entertains one opinion in common with
the Democracy,) that “it is now clearly
ascertained that the South is the weaker
portion of the confederacy,” and that
from this fact and the tendency of Whfo
measures to destroy the moral and politi
cal influence of the Souih in the nation
al legislature, he will exert his most
strenuous efforts to further such mea
sures as are deemed most conducive to
add strength end security to the South
ern portion of this confederacy. That
the re-annexation of Texas to the Union
will contribute greatly to this he is fully
convinced, while in a national point of
view it will furnish us with a safe
boundary on tlie most invulnerable flank
of the Union. The flank coterminous
with a foreign power opposed to the genius
of our free institutions, and proximate to
one of the most exposed and important
commercial depots in the South West.—
He therefore deems the quest ion of an
nexation, as paramount and faT above
any other that has been submitted to the
people of the country for years, and will
give it a hearty support.
With this brief outline of the measures
and principles which it will be his aim
to advance and defend, he casts his ban
ner to the breeze and will do battle for the
principles inscribed upon it with all his
might. M. JOHNSTON,
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of our principles, to make equally active
and energetic exertions to diffuse a
knowledge of them among the people,
satisfied that if this is done, they must
triumph.
As an anxhiliary in this great work,
we offer our paper on the low terms a
bove mentioned, and call upon our
friends in the surrounding counties gen
erally to aid us in enlarging our sub
scription list.
Recent Occurrences.
Understanding that “ recent occur
rences” were stamped with the decided
reprobation of almost every respectable
member of (he Whig party, and that the
executive committee of the Clay Club
had called a meeting expressly to dis
claim all connection with, or responsibi
lity for, the disgraceful “occurrences” at
the Clay Club, last Monday night week.
We were content to let them sink into
deserved oblivion, but the insidious mis
representations contained in an anony
mous letter to the Savannah Republican,
and industriously circnlat and about town,
compels us to make a plain statement ot
the facts of the case.
It being known that a meeting of the
friends of annexation was about to take
place, the executive Committee of the
Clay Club, courteously tendered them
the use of the Club Room for that pur
pose. The first meeting accotdingly
took place there, without any interrup
tion, but Col. Jone being too much fatig
ued to speak that night, the meeting was
adjourned to Monday evening. On Mon
day it was currently reported, that some
of the whigs were dissatisfied withour meet
ing in their room, and threatened to come
there and disturb the proceedings. Wish
ing to avoid anythingof this kind, it was
determined to hold the meeting in the
Cou rt House. Notices to that effect were
accordingly posted up, but in the even
ing a prominent member of the Clay
Club, (whose name can be given if ne
cessary) called on one of the Secretaries
of the meeting and insisled that it should
take place in the Clay Club Room as
had been intended—that they had been
invited to use the room for one week and
were perfectly welcome to it and must
use it—that the individuals who had ex
pressed dissatisluction, were not authori
zed to do so, <fcc. —that no disturbances
or interruption should take place. Un
der this frank and courteous invitation
which we have no doubt was given in