Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

THE MACON GEORGIA TELEGR AP1I Important Correspondence'. Mr. Packenham to Mr. Calhoun. WASHINGTON, April 19. 1844. The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty'* Envoy Extra* ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary .'lias bad the honor to receive the note which the honorable Mr. Calhunn, Secreta ry of State of the United States, was pleased yesterday to address to him. containing observations on a despatch from her Majesty's Principal Secretary of Slate for Foreign Af faire to the undersigned, of which the undersigned bad the honor, at the requestor the late Secretary of State. Mr. Up shur, to furnish a copy, for the morq complete information of the Government ot the United States. Mr. Calhoun at the same time announce* to the under- •'fined, by direction of th'e President, that a tteaty has been concluded between the United State* and Text* for the an nexation of Texas to this eduntrv as part of iu territory, which treaty will be submitted without delay to the Senate for its approval. ' Mr- Calroua further tskea occasion to enter into explana tions as to the motives which have induced the Govern ment of the Uuited State* to adopt their ptesent policy with regard to Texas, and he concludes by presenting certain remarks founded on statistical information, in defence of the institution of slavery as now established in a portion of this Republic, and in proof of the necessity of taking measures for its preservation. It is not the purpose of the undersigned in the present communication to enter into discussion with Mr. Calhoun reaoecting the project thus formally announced on the part of the Government of the United States to annex Texas to l ie American Union—that duly will, if thought tieceasary, be fulfilled by higher authority—still less is the undersigned disposed to trespass on Mr. Calhoun’s attention by offering any remtrka upon the subject of slavery, as expounded in Mr. Calhoun's note. That note will be transmitted to her Majesty’* Government by the earliest opportunity; and with this intimation the undersigned would lor the present con tent himself, were it nut for the painful impression crested on his mind by observing that the Government of the Uni ted Slates, so far from appreciating at tbetr just value the explanation* furnished by her Majesty’s Government in a spirit of frankness and good faitb, well calculated to allay whatever anxiety this Government might here previously fait on the particular points to which those explanations have reference, appears In have found arguments in that commu nication in lavor of the contemplated annexation of Texas— thus, a* it were; assigning to the British Government some share in the responsibility of a transaction which can hardly fail to be viewed in many quarters with the most serious ob jection. All such responsibility the undersigned begs leave, in the name of her Majesty's Government, at once and most posi tively to disclaim. Whatever may be the consequences of that transaciion, the British Government will look forward without anxiety to the judgment which will thereon be passed bv the civilized world, in a* far as shall apply to any provocation furnised by England for the adoption of aucb a measure. With the political independence of Texas, not only lua Great Britain diaavowed all intention to inter'ere, but it ia a well known fact, that her most xealous exertion* have been directed toward* the completion of that independence, by obtaining its acknowledgment at the hand* of tue only Pow er by which it waa aeriooaly disputed. Great Britain has also lormally disclaimed the desire to establish in Texas any dominant iufiuenre ; and. with re spect to slavery, she is not cnnscioas of having acted in a sense tn cause just alarm to the United State*. From the avowed desire of Great Britain to aee slavery abolished in Texas, it is inferred by the Government of the United Stales that England is endeavoring, through her di plomacy, to make the abolition of slavery a condition to the acknowledgment of the independence of Texas by Mexico. If Mr. Calhonn will have the goodness to refer ouce more to the copy of Lord Aberdeen’s despatch, whigh lies before him. be will find the following exposition of the intenrona of Great Britain on this point, which the undersigned flatter ed himself woold have been sufficient to forbid any such in terference : "With regard to Texas, we avow that we wish to see slavery abolished there, as elsewhere; and we should rejoice if the recognition of thst country by the Mexican Government should be accomplished by sn engagement, on tbe part of Texas, to abolish slavery eventually, and under proper conditions, throughout the Republic. Bat, although we earnestly desire and feel it to be our doty to promote such a consummation, we shall not interfere nnduly, or with an improper assumption of authority, with either party” (ei ther with Mexico or Texas) "in order to insure tbe adoption of snch a coarse. We shall not seek to compel or unduly control either party. So far as Great Britain is concerned, provided other States ret with eqnsl forbearance, those Governments will be folly at liberty to make their own un fettered arrangements with each other, both in regard to tbe abolition of slavery and to all other points." Tbe undersigned takes advantage of this opportunity to renew to the lion. Mr. Calhonn the assurance of his high consideration. R. PACKENHAM. (Ion. J. C. Caliiocx. tee. independence. He is constrained to say on n careful rc-pe- rusal. that he can discover nothing ia it cslculatcdm any de gree to weaken the inference of the President. His lordship avows that Great Britain wishes to aee slavery abolished iu Texas; that she would rejoice if the tecognition of that country by the Mexican Government should be accompanied bv an engagement on the part of Texas to do so, sod that she feels it to be her duty-to promote such a consummation. If to these emphatic declatation* tbe fset be added that Great Britain, nt tha very time they were made, was en gaged in negotiating with the Mexican Government,-in or der to obtain from it a recognition of tbe independence of Texas, and that she declined to unite with France and iho United States in a joint effort for that purpose, it ia surely not a lorced or unfair inference to conclude, without calling in the aid of other evidence, that she used, in conducting it. all tbe legitimate means of diplomacy, backed by her great influence, to affect an object in the accomplishment of which she acknowledges she took so deep an iuterest, and to which she obviously attached so touch importance. Nor does the undersigned regard the declarations of Lord Aberdeen, t hat Great Britain would not interlere unduly, or with any im- p-oper assumption of authority, that she will counsel, bat i not seek to compel or unduly control either party, as tn any 1 degree weakening the inference of the President; nor does he consider the remarks of Mr. Packenham os a denial ot its truth. The undersigned avails himself of the occasion to renew to Mr. Packenham the assurances of his distinguished con sideration. J- C. CALHOUN.' WASHINGTON. April 30, 1844. The undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has had the honor to receive the note which the Hon. John C. Calhoun. Secretary of State of the United States, was pleased to address to the undersigned on the 27th of this month, in reply to the note of tbe undersigned of the 18th inst., in answer to Mr. Cal houn’s note of the day preceding, relating to the despatch of the Earl of Aberdeen, of which a copy was delivered to tbe late Secretary of State, Mr. Upshur, at bis request. Mr- Calhoun's notes of tbe above mentioned dates have been transmitted by the undersigned, for the information of ' Her Majesty's Government The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity to re- new to Mr. Calhoun the assurance of his high consideration. R, PACKENHAM. President Houston for the wofnl sacrifice of Western Tex as. and would not call on me after Houston's arrival here lest he should meet him. and be constrained by the pres ence of ladies, to treat biin like a gentleman. Houston has lately said be is opposed to duelling, but Lamar insists that "a man who will not fight, should not vilify.” By the way. I must mention an amusing circumstance. A poor fellow named Lord, who bad been roaming about, threatening to hill "Sam Houston,” called on Mrs. Moffit, (tbe intimate friend of Mrs. Houstpo, and at whose bouse the General is staying) and named tbe hour at which be intended-to "do tbe deea." At the appointed time I happened to be in con versation with the President, in the front veraudt. He was relating some anecdote about himself, which 1 interrupted by saying *‘I think that is the man who bas come to kill yon General;" and, in fact, Loyd came up lo'the garden gate at the moment. "I re> kon he won't." said tne President, throwing at him a careless good-natured glance, and keep ing on with his story. The man louked disconcerted and stammered out an inquiry forjudge I., wlio stepped out to him. and quietly sen t him a way. You are not to judge from this that life is insecure or little valued here. The man was not dangerous, and no one cared to make an extra fuss because it was the President who was threatened. About the serious misunderstanding between the Piesi* dent and ex President, and is likely to result in the election of Burleson in whose favor it is reported the whole Lamar influence will be cast, there is much to be said; though in the conflict of opinions it is no easy task to get at the truth.’ Neither President—and most particularly Lamar—has been able to carry out bis peculiar line of policy. Tbe country was too weak in resources, and tbe people too fluctuating and wo exacting to carry any great plan, on to the end. The romantic and unfortunate Sanin Fe expedition for ex ample, was one of those things which being unsuccessful is coudeinred and denounced, but which the least grain mo-.e DEMOCRACY. •Vi A € OIV TUESDAY 3IO*tlWf«, JUNE 4, I*44. Receipts of Cotton In itlacou. Receipts of Colton to 1st June, Stock on hand same time. Receipts to same lime last year, Stock on hand same time, 84,222 bales. 6,857 “ 93,490 “ 2,185 “ Democratic IVatioiiuI Convention. This hotly met at Baltimore on the 27ih. The Convention was temporarily otganized, by calling of strength and union would have rendered splendid and of ! ( on motion of Hon. R. M. Saunders, of N. C.) From the Nashville (Jnton. General Jackson ntttl Annexation. We present our readers to-day with another letter from General Jackson, on the subject of immediate Annexation of Texax to tbe United States, in which he brings thix im portant question before the count'y in its true light. This letter comes forth at the earnest request of Gen. Jackson’s numerous friends, who hive addressed him of late, and ex pressed n desire to koow if his sentiments have not changed in regard to Annexation, since so much information ha* been brought to bear upon this great measure, by tbe letters of Mr. Van Bureu and oilier distinguished men ol our country. Mr. Calhonn to Mr. Packenham. Department or State, 7 Washington, April 97, 1844 ) Tbe undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, lias the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the answer which the Right Hum Mr. Packenham,Envoy Extraordina ry and Minister Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty, was pleased to nuke to bis note of the 19th inst., relating to the despatch of Lord A berdeen, of which a cepy was left with tbe late Secretary of State. Mr. Upshur, by his request. He regrets that Mr. Packenham has fallen into an error in supposing that the undersigned intended by introducing the statistical facts in reference to the comparative condition of the African race in the State* of this Union where slavery has been abolished mud where it is still retailed, with the accompanying remarks, was "to expound die subject of slavery," an i to "defend it as it exists in the U. States.” If Mr. Packenham will have the goodness to recur to the note of the undersigned, he will find, on a re-perusal that bit intention in introducing the detail* instead of being that which lie attributes to him, was to correct what the uuder- signed believed to he a misconception on the part of Her Majesty's Government, as set forth in Lord Aberdeen's de- 2 itch. His lordship seems to be of the impression that the jeetion of the United 8tatrs was not to the policy of Great Britain in reference to abolition, as avowed by him, bu’ to the meant which might be resulted to for its accomplish ment, and that if slavery should be abolished in the United 8iates, by t'-te influence and exeitions of Great Briuin, with out using what he is pleased to call "secret” or “ undue means." it would be an act of humanity to the African rare, and in it* ronseqarnce* would neither “disturb the internal tranquility of the States" where it exists, nor ‘ affect the prosperity of the Union.” The object of the undersigned in introducing tbe statistics] information referred to was to correct this erroneous impression, by showing, from facts drawn from unquestionable sources, tbst the condition of the African rare in the State* which had abolished slavery was far worse than in those which had not; and thst of course Great Britain could tint consummate in tbe United States whst she avows to be the object of her policy and constant exertion* to effect throughout the world, without rendering tbe condition of the African race in the slave- bolding States much worse than it is. and disturbing their "internal tranquility and the prosperity of the Union.” That such waa the into, lion of tbe undersigned he hopes will be evident to Mr. Packenham on a re-perusal of his note; and not, as he suppose*, to "expound the subject of slavery,” or to “defend it as it exists in the United States." He is the more solicitous to corrert tbe error into which Mr. Packenham has fallen in this particular, because the in tention which be attributes to the undersigned would be in compatible with the principle which regulates the United States in their intercourse with the rest of tbe world ; that it. to leave all other countries, withont interference r.n their part, to regultte their own internal relations and concerns as to each other may seem best, without permitting any to interfere with theirs. He could not, consistently with this well established principle of their policy, permit any ques tion belonging exclusively to the internal relations nr con cerns of any of the State* of this Union to De brought into controversy between this and any foreign Government what ever. Tbe undersigned regies* that Mr. Packenham should en tertain the impression that the Government of the United States did not appreciate at tbeir full value the explanations of her Majesty's Government on the subject of iu policy in reference to Texas. He would repeat, what he had sup posed haJ been explicitly stated in his note to Mr. Packen- nam, the assurance that this Government fully appreciates the spirit of frankness and good faun in which the explana tions were furnished. If they have failed to allay the anx iety which it bad previously felt on tbe subject to which they referred, it is Mcause they were accompanied by an avowal on the part of her Majesty's Government, in refer ence to the abolition of slavery generally, and to Texas in particular, calculated to defeat the object which the expla nations were intended to effect. It was not possible fort'ie President to heat with indifference tbe avowal of a policy so hostile in it* character and dangerous in its tendency to the domestic intiiiutions of so many Sutcsof this Union, and to tbe safety aad prosperity rtf the whole.' Nor conld lie abstain from declaring his regret arthe avowal, consistently with that frankness and sincerity which have ever character ized tbe conduct of this Government in iu intercourse with oilier countries. The United States, in concluding tue treaty of annexation- with Texas, are not disposed to shun any responsibil ty which may fairly auach to them on account of the transac tion. The measure was adopted with the mutual consent and for the mutual and permanent welfare of the two coun tries interested. It was made necessary in order to pre serve domestic institutions placed under the guaranty of their respective Constitutions, and deemed esse mill to their tafetv and prosperity. Whether Great Britain has the right, according to the principles of international la'v, to interfere with the domes tic institutions of either country, be her motives or means -whatthey may; nr whether the avowal of snch a policy, ar.d the exertions she has made to consummate it in Texas, do not justify both countries in adopting the most rl!e.mve measure., 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 a* tn -what »hould he the relations, social, civil, and political, be tween those who compose fts population ; and that no other Country, under the plea of humanity or oilier motive, ha« anv right whatever to interfere with its decision. On this foundation rests the pesre and the h.r.nony c.f the world. The undersigned has njsin referted. in-Conformity with ,ie request nf Mr. P jrkrnhn ' , to the portion of Lord Ab er,teen's desputcli to which he hs» poi-i ad hi- attention witii the View of rebutting the inference of lire President that Greet Britain has endeavored, through her diplSmacy. •n effect the abolition of slavery in Texas, by .asking it one af he conditions oc which Mexico should ectesesritogn her Hermitage, May 13,1644. To the Editor of the Union: Sir:—I am induced to address youthis leuer, because I have, within a few days past, reseived letters from many of my friends, who have expressed a desire to know whether my views in relation to the policy of annexing Texas to the United States, have been changed by the light which the subject bas received from the recent letters of Mr. Van Uu- ren and other prominent citizens; and because it seems ne cessary that I should answer or be misunderstood. Having no connexion with tie question, except the interest which, in ccmmou with other citizens, I take in all that con cerns my country, whst I have heretofore said upon it, was dictated by no desire to be a promiueot actor. It was cer- ■tainly far from my expectation that there should be an effort in any quarter to make tbe question a mere party one.— Hence, when it was brought to my notice some twelve months ago, by the Honorable Mr. Brown, of this State, I answered his inquiries with promptness and frankness. I had not forgotten the principles by which injr adminis tration had been guided when attempting to obtain by nego tiation with Mexico, nor the rare which was taken to con vince Mexico afterwards that this Government had no agen cy, directly or indirectly, iu the steps resorted to by the people of Texas to establish for themselves an independent Government. In the reference which Mr. Van Burcn has made to my conduct ns President, in these respects, he li-is stated what is entirely true ; and lias delineated, with the ability and perspicuity which so eminently distinguish him, the general principles which characterise the ccurse of our Government in its intercourse with foreign powers. But just and accurate as he is, and subscribing, meat fully, as 1 do, to all that he alleges as applicable to the question as it stood in my administration, and as it did nnder his own, I still think that the circumstances are so far altered as In give a netir aspect to the whole question, and to authorize a corresponding change in die discretion with which our Gov. ernment may now act upon it. At the present period, it cannot be doubted dial Texas is able to maintain her independence of Mexico, if each State ia left to its own resources, uninfluenced and unaided by any foreign power. Eight years have elapsed since the memorable battle of San Jacinto, and there bas been no se rious attempt, on the part of Mexico, to occupy tbe country; and it is certain nod; c»" be made, with any prospect of success. In this state of affair* acknowledged by ourselves and die principal powers of the world, as an independent | nation, and treated as such, Texas renews to ns the al most unanimous wish of her citizens to be annexed to tbe United Stales, telling us, substantially, that if now repulsed, she must form such alliances elsewhere, at will beat enable her to improve her resource* and repair the disasters which rhe has suffered from a protracted quasi war. She is sen sible that her happiness will be best secured by incorpora- don into our Union—that the disposition and pursuits of her people, being bomogeneous with those of the U. States, can receive no adequate protection from any other quarter.— AVe admit the truth of these assertions, and feel that they constitute a powerful motive for action, independent of die considerations which ere suggested by a prudent regard for the stability of our own institutions. In reference to Mexico, I would use the following Ian- gunge: We have carefully abstained from all interference with yoor relations to Texas, except to acknowledge her in dependence, in the same manner and upon the same princi ples that we Hid your independence, when you separated from Spain. We have, indeed, been more scrupulous with you than with Spain, fur, without consulting or respecting the feelings of the latter power, our Government did not hesitate to open a negotiation with you for the retrocession of Texas, and that, too. long before your independence was acknowledged by Spain. But the ume baa now come when we feel that this delicacy ought no longer to restrain us from a Treaty with Texas, particularly as we know that our failure to do so, will produce result* that may endanger tbe safety of our own Confederacy. I cannot think there is discrepancy between these views and those avowed by my administration, when proper al lowance is made for the change of circumstances, or that they contain any well founded cause for complaint on the part of Mexico. It tnay now be stated as a fact, on which we may rely with the greatest confidence, that if Texas be not speedily admitted into our Confederacy, she must and will be inevita bly driven into alliances and commercial regulation* with the European powers, of a character highly injurious, and probably hostile, to this country. What would -hen be our condition T New Orleans and tbe whole valley of the Mis sissippi would be endangered. The numerous herds nf savages within tbe limits of Texas, and on Iter borders, would be easily excited to make war opm our defenseless froi.tier. I do rot deem it necessary to be more explicit here, in the enumeration of the reasons which justify, to my mind, the speedy Annexation of Texas to the United Suites. My atm is to give to this country the strength to resist foreign interimence. Without Texas, we snail not have ibis strength. She is the key to our safety in tbe South-west and West. She offers this key to us on fair and honorable terms. Let ua take it, and lock the door againat future danget. We can do it without giving jo*t offence tn Mexi co. Indetd. we may tay that the measure ia called for by the interest!) of Mexico, no less than of our own; for, with out it, she enn have no reliable guaranty against future iu- f reat political consequences. Gen. McLeod, the handsome. rave and gifted leader of that ill-starred company should have better justice done him. Kendall, iu his truthful and spirited Santa Fe sketches, has kept him too tpuch in the shade and glances too lightly over tbe morals of that -tale. Never mind, le ion tempt viendra, and mean time we will talk of Austin. The Texian* in deciding on the permanent capital of their new-born Republic, selected the site now occupied by Austiu. It was a fair geographical centre, situtled on a charming and healthful country, and on a river which opened a path into an extensive country to which a large, a peculiar class of emigrants were turning their eyes. Those who held few or no slaves and wished to find a high, rolling, moderately timbered, and well wa tered grain and grazing country, would find every wish gratified on and beyond the higher branches of the Colorado, but this beautiful region, however, was infested by restless hordes of marauding Indiana, and until they could be re pressed the settlement and prosperity of this extensive and desirable r-gion of Texas was all hopeless. The question then was this.- Shall tbe seat of Government remain near the coast where ready and frequent coiiiiiiuuicatiuns can be held vAtli other nations, or shall it at one* be taken to its destined spot and by planting it ns it were on the border of the best populated districts, increase the security of all Western Texas, invite settler* to the frontier, make a point of communication and a bond of national union between llte Mexican population of San Antonio and their Ang'o-Atneri- can fellow-citizens; and by the intercourse it would neces sarily create between the coast and the interior. bri> g the whole country into a constant interchange of profitable and binding relation* 1 To balance this was the fear of Indian and Mexican frays. They might some unlucky day carry off the whole Government. This the Texians derided to venture. Austin, on the Colorado, was laid out, the lots sold for the benefit of tbe Government, a house for the President, temporary capilol and Government offices were erected. Seduced by the idea of iu permanency, many excellent citi zens removed witbjlieir all to the sejt Government. This was parallel wuh Lamar's inauguration as ^President, and during his administration though much annoy ed by Indi ans, Austin steadily gained strength. Gen. Houston for some reason or other—some say because it did not bear his name, instead of that of the "Father of Texas"—wss never partial to Austin, and a* soon as be could possibly effect it. de- rangej the condition nf the whole west by convening Con- gress st Houston, and afterward* at Washington on the Brazos. Thst wandering body must lisve felt-like the children of Islimael. that they bad no stable dwelling place and that every man's hand was against them. The Presi dent undertook to remove the archives from Austin but the people of that town, indignant at the desertion of the Presi dent, met the armed men he had despatched for the public records, "and sent them bootless home again.” Houston gave tiie defenceless sute of the frontier ana the inseenri’y of tbe archives at a reason for removing the Government offices. Nevertheless the most important department—the land office—tbe one whose records it is most essential to keep intact is there atil!. and so are the buildings, though the desertion of the Executive was erougli to encourage the Indians to plunder and destroy the p'are. I do not. like the Anti-Houston party, impute this flight from iu legiti- mue sution, to the cowardice of the President. He had no more to fear than the other citizens of Ansiin. The true reason is more probably to be foand in his desire to bresk up and interfere with Lamar’s system of border frotectinn before it could ripen into complete and systematic effect. He has a system < f his own—that of bribery and concilia- tkn, w hich has been no whit more successful end which will in turn be scattered to tbe winds by his successor he fore it is fairly tested. The people here are generally in favor of Annexation, but the President is mote than sits, pccied of a latent inclination to favor the views of Entrlaud. All his sets and conversation jo to support this idea though he will n<>t own it to Itis conslhuents. He is in deep and cordial imimary with Capi. Elliot, the British Envoy, and aids him in all his efforts to give a British tone to the public mind.. England would fain make Texas a rankling thorn in the side of the United Stales, and would pet, promise and bluster to prevent the annexation, in order to pay off one Yankee N ation against the other. Thai being just t.ow her favorite and most important point in her American policy, she would afford to reward Houston munificently if he can manage to sow di? trust and create obstacles to the just and rational union of kindred interests—it would be worth an earldom at least. Great Britain mxl Texas, The Boston Post of the 15lh brings up a very interesting reminiscence: "The politician* of Great Britain look upon Texas with an interest that ia little dreamed of in this country. It is viewed as of doable importance tn England: I, as destined to furnish an immense market for her manufactures, not on ly for iu own consumption, but by smuggling for lh-* Wes tern country; ‘Texas' said a recent cumber of the Edin- I burgh Review, u-i/t either repeal the Tariff of the United I States, or nullify its operations and 2. aa furnishing an ‘ample field for emigration:’. •thr fertile territory of Texas creates a demand for tabor.’ said the same journal. ‘tchich Great Britain alone can supply.’ Hence it wss that the British exulted so loudly at the treaties that were concluded with her by Lord Palmerston; the ‘policy of Palmerston.' •■irl ill#* «m*i4* innrniil • riven ha an allin ne-r of the Hendrick B. Wright, Esq., of Pennsylvania, (late Speaker of the House of Representatives of that State.) to the Chair; and appointing William F. Ritchie, (son of the Editor of the Richmond En quirer.) Secretary. The proceedings were opened with appropriate religious exercises. On calling the States, all, with the exception of South Carolina, were found to be represented. At the time our paper went to press, last eve ning, we had only seen the first day’s proceedings. (having had no mail since Friday night,) wlticli , suecessrully comytete with them in the production British Policy, That the Abolitionists of the Northern States are governed by philanthropic, though mistaken feel ings, in their crusades against our institutions, we are willing to believe. As citizens of the same countrv, as members of the same political family, descendants of the same race, arid of the same kith and kin, their feelings ought certainly to be with us. Moreover, it is their interest, instead of fostering jealousy and ill feeling, to cultivate the best nflec- tions amongst us, Without the cotton of the South, where could they.supply their factories? or, ifthey could, where would they find so good a market for their productions, as among the cotton growers of the South ? Prejudice against our peculiar insti tutions—ignorance of their nature and tendency— induced by foreign emissaries—have precipitated them into the nttitude they have assumed. Artful, interested emissaries of Great Britain, have impo sed upon their natural benevolence, and won them tu aid the cause of British policy, instead of South ern rights, or American justice, or even of African humanity. The policy of Great Britain is well known. Un der the plea of philanthropy, she is endeavoring to abolish black slavery throughout the world—at the same time, millions of het white population are held in worse than Egyptian bondage. But the great object of Iter ambition, the sumtr.um bonum of her endeavors, is against the Southern Slates.— And why ? Because she very well knows, that, without slave Iflbor, the Southern Slates would cease to monopolize the gtowtlt of cotton, and her East India possessions would come in for their share. As long as the Southern States retain their existing institutions, no other nation or country can had been mostly spent in discussing preliminary questions. In the evening- session of that day however, the Committee, appointed for that pur pose, nominated the following names ns officers of the Convention, which were unanimously adopted, viz: HENDRICK B, WRIGHT, of Pennsylva nia, President of the Convention. . Vice-Presidents. R. J. INGERSOLL, of Conneciicut. SAMUEL YOUNG, of New York. JOSEPH EDSELL, of New Jersey. J. L. DAWSON, of Pennsylvania. WILLIAM FRICK, of Maryland. JAMES N. SUTTON, of Delaware. WILLIAM H. ROANE, of Virginia. F- M. SAUNDERS, of North Carolina. B. J. SHIELD, of Alabama. JOHN II. HOWARD, of Georgia. POWHATAN ELLIS, of Mississippi. THOMAS L. WILLIAMS, of Louisiana. CAVE JOHNSON, of Tennessee. LINN BOYD, of Kentucky. WM. II. FULTON, of Arkansas. STEPHEN EMORY, of Maine. HENRY HUBBARD, of New Hampshire. HENRY H. CHILDS, of Massachusetts. LUTHER B. HUNT, of Vermont. OLNEY BALLOU, of Rhode Island. NICHOLAS SCHUMACKER, of Ohio. EPHRAIM A. BROWN, of Indiaua. JAMES SNOW, of Illinois. J. COFFMAN, of Missouri. ROBERT S. GILSON, of Michigan. Secretaries. WM. F. RITCHIE, of Virginia. TIIOS. A. MITCHELL, of New York. GEORGE A. VROOM, of New Jersey. C£1AS. A. BRADFORD, of Mississippi. The Convention then adjourned till 9 o’clock, Tuesday morning. Since going to press, we stop to announce the unanimous nomination by the Democratic Con vention, of of raw cotton—to say nothing of the rice, the sugar, the tobacco, Sec. which form important items in their productions—and all which, the British East Indies are competitors for. If Great Britain, in pursuance of this favorite policy, could afford to spend some sixty or seventy millions of pounds stetling, to nbo'isli s'avery in the Island of Jamaica, what would she not spend to a- bolish it in the United States? Hence her desire to prevent the Annexation of Texas to our Union. That Hartford Conventionists and Northern Ab olitionists, from kindred putstiilsand feelings, should lean towards their British friends and allies, is not so much lobe wondered at—but that Southern men, Southern Editors, and Southern Statesmen, should openly defend the conduct and policy of their most inveterate enemy—anil openly advocale her inter ests, instead of the rights and interests of their own country, is indeed strange. fj.u vaaton. At to tbe form of Annexation, I do not think It material whether it be by treaty or onon the application of Texas by an actor joint resolution of Congress. I cmnot close these remarks, without saying tbst my re- f ird for Mr. Van Buren is so great, and my confidence in is love nf country is strengthened by so long and intimate an acquaintance, (hat no difference on this snbject can change tny opinion of hia character. He baa evidently pre pared bis letter from a knowledge only of tbe circumstances bearing on the subject as they existed at tbe close of his ad ministration. withont a view of the disclosures since made, and which manifest the probability of a dangerous ioterler- ense with the affair* of Texas by a foreign power. I am, respectfully, your servant, ANDREW JACKSON. Correspondence tf the N. Y. Snn. GALVESTON, (Texas.) April 14. 1844. Texas is jnst now lo a state of semi-excitement to know whether it will be annexed to the Union. President Sain. Houston is shiv opposed to annexation, and he is really tbe greatest cariosity of tbe dsy. If you with to see Itow lie r»oks, moves, and talks, spend half so hour with Dr. C. Yates, the husband of Mrs. Willard, sod you bave him ex actly. In age, appearance, and character, they are as like as twin brothers, except as Dr C. Yates is tbe better aebolar. and Geit. Houston the best fighter. The ex President. La mar. ia a poet and a gentleman, by fartoo frank, honest. and warm-hearted for n politician; and above all for a Texian politician; a man of bean and feeling,** Hussion is of will and aclinn. Houston has two serious faults; a habit of speaking in a bluer ungenerous spirit of bis opponents, and using hi* power in a crushing vindictive spirit, but he has the collateral virtue* of steadfastness of purpose, and tbe utmost 0|tenness in dealing with his own follies. Lamar,, quiet, unambitious, and charitable towards tbe convictions of other men. is the very antipodes of the • energetic aelf opinionated Houston, and. as from the rival cliaracter of their administrations, might be expected, they dislike- each said the same journal;‘has eiven us an alliance of the greatest value.’ They exulted, also, that the foundations of the new Republic were laid on free trade principles; its exports for years, w.mld be raw produce, its want* for years, would be manufactured goods.** • * » "In proportion at litis importance was magnified, was the satisfaction with wbiclt the rejection of Texas, by the ad- ministration of 1637, was viewed. The Edinburgh* Review of 1841 says— "The United States, in refusing to admit Texas into their Confederation, have rejected an offer which, in all proba bility, will never again be made to them; and Texas be coming. a* yesrs passed bv, more and more attached to its own institutions, its «wn distinct policy.and its own national character will speedily tegard the United States with some of those feelings of jealousy, which nations always learn to entertain towards their nearest and n ost powerful neigh- hors. The commercial interest of Texas, and the antipatity to the Northern portion of the United States, which she in herits from her kindred of the Southern States, tcilt always tend to unite her irith Great Britain ' And, after detailing the advantages of a close alliance between Texas and Great Britain, the Review adds: “• The bonds of ancient kindred may thus he knit with fresh strength, and the independence of Texas create only a wider diffusion of the British race and British sympathies.”' OF TENNESSEE, as tfic Democratic Candidate for President of the United States; and rumor stales tlie nomination of GEO. M. DALLAS, OF PENNSYLVANIA, as a candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the U. S At the Democrmic National Tyler Convention, held in Baltimore last week, John Tyler was nom inated a candidate tor the Presidency, by acclama tion. Democratic Meeting iat^,^ Pursuant to a publtc invi„ lion lo the Democ ‘ and all others opposed to the election of Henry rt a Protective Tariff, a respectable number of £2*** 10 bled i.i Thomnaton, on Monday, the 27th Mav f t, '®' pose of appointing Delegates to a Convention; maw PW ' candtdate for Congress in the 3d Congressional TuO? * K C d *11 W ' ESq ' W ‘* °“ led “ lhe Ch * ir - 2? J B Kendall requested to act as Secretary. On motion, a Committee was appointed, con,Uti D . B. Mabry, C. W. Moore. Wm. Stephen,. Sr.. J N W and Wm. F. Jackson. Esqs., to select font DeW, , ’ represent the Democracy of this county in j , to Convention; who reported the name* of Dr. D t- Wm. Fletcher, J. W. W. Drake, and H. B. if,- Delegates. *“ 1 Gn motion of Dr. D. Kendall, a Committee w„ lr - ed, consisting of D. Kendall. Thos. Mabry. W. uJaT' J. Pearce, and J. Stewart, to draft resolutions, exorei. the views of the meeting, in regard to the pronti,,,., ^ calnuestions of the day; and, after having re , ired ^“ l1 ' shod time. Dr. D. Kendal] presented the following R * which was unanimously accepted, with the exceDtir>„ 8th article, which was amended: ' ° r “* In all free Governments, where the people m*y f e . i ly express their opinions of public men and public me- !l *" differences of opinion, from tbe imperfections of human ^ soning, will necessarily arise; and from these diffe ?’ party organizations will as inevitably resalt. We do^' deprecate, therefore, tbe existence of politicil p, n ; t| ° ** country, as an evil portentous of mischief; bat, on the" 01 * trary, believe, when they are actuated by t common d C ;° 5 " to promote the publtc weal, and with an honest . **** • * BRQ ic aerotion to principles, conduct their contests wiii mod ation and prudence, that much benefit results er investigations and scrutinies, which opposing vie*, gate. While we jeadily concede, hnwerer, thst boih tn, ties may be equally honest, patriotic, and xesloni, utbehjf of the public good, we cannot admit them to be eqnill Jcor reel in their views, or safe in the prosecution of their an ures. One side of every question is more correct,»,J J. than the other; and with whatever honesty and pnriiv 0 f motive, a measure may be proposed, it it not always isfe „ adopt it. And believing the views of the Deinoci siic in relation to the great questions now sgii.ied before the country, to be more consistent with the spirit of the Coed tution—more in accordance with the interests of the peor> at large—and altogeihet saferin their tendencies, thaniho,, entertained by tbe Whig,, ,- e take this occasion to nuke some of them known, and solicit for them a c.odid iote.u- gation by an impartial people. 1. We believe Congress has no authority, under the Coe. stitution, to charter a National Bank; thatsuch an irsfiu- tion would prove dangerous to the morals and hberty ofifce country; and. with a sound enrrency. and exchanges ulcw as ever before known, there is no necessity for such «a ir stitution to regulate them—if. indeed, it could ever posteu the power to do so. Therefore, we are oppoted to a X c . tional Bank. 2. We believe a Tariff of duties, which discriminate,, for the purpose of affording protection to menufsetures, ii unjust—because it taxes one class, for the benefit of snmb. er, and throws the burthen of taxation upon die plough tnd I koe, for the support of the spindle and loom; ant that tea direct tendency of such a policy, is to make tbe Northers nabob richer, and the tiller of the earth poorer. We ire, therefore, opposed to a Tariff which affords any farther pro tection to manufactures, than be derived from imcd- crate ad valorem tate of duties, levied for purposes tf revenue only. 3. We believe tbe doctrine recently promulgated hjff.. Clay, that high duties for the protection "f maoufactures re duces their prices, to be a shallow and silly sophism, snt intended to deceive the ignorant into the support oft high Tariff to which the South has ever heretofore been tj- posed. 4. We are opposed to the assumption, by the G-nen! Government, of the debts of the States, because it is ucjsri to increase the taxes of rhe whole people o( tbe falsa, pay the debts of a few who have been improvident. B- - side*, we regard the proposition as a bribe offered tstle indebted Stslea to secure their support of the whole "circle of Whig measures.” 5. W’e believe the distribution of the proceeds of the stlei of the public lands, at a time when the Treasury wss ex hausted and the Government in debt, to be impolitic, un wise and unjust, and intended tr.e ely to furnish a pretext for increasing the Tariff for the protection of wsaafsetam. 6. We are' advocates for the immediate annexsttos cf Texas to the United States, believing both eoantries to be equally free to decide upon their own interests and poltev: and that no natitn has the right to interfere id such as ar rangement. . - , _ „ _ „ 7. We are opposed to the election of Ilenrv Clay to tie Among the Presentments of lhe Granc Jury of Preaideacy> because be is lhe advocate of , na uon.l6.* Wc pay the Tnriff-fflio pecketa the ,'ilonr)' f We would call attention to the following article from a New York paper, shewing the profits of manufacturing. And it will be remembered, in connection with this, that, while the capitalists arc enjoying these dividends, they have reduced the wages of their laborers, so that the profits of the Tariff*, which burdens us, does not even go to fac tory laborers, but into tbe pockets of millionaires : Factory Dividends. The Boston Post saysThe controversy about Lowell factory dividends, has received some light from Mr. Apple- ton. of this city, who admits a profit in the last year of over nine percent, after excluding from the average the meat dividends of tbe Locks and Canals and the Middlesex Mills. He makes the amount of dividends to February 1st $675,- 000 on S9.500.000, and after that date the Suffolk- Tremont. and Lawrence companies made eight per cent. each, and the Boott Company six—all for six months. The ncriat div. idends upon lhe Merrimack Company stock, have been as certained by the New York Post, to have been 13 per rent, per annum from its commencement, af’.er paying enormous sum* io comminsinn to its selling agents, and large salaries to its officers, the treasurer teceiving six thousand dollars for his services. Texas 4{ttcr,tioii its Stewart. Stewart county, Ga. at its recent session, we notice the following: . The cry of helpless, defenceless Texas his solicited our ear. In response we say. welcome, thrice weicotnc to re turn into this our happy Government. Your soil fertile, once our lawful right, lost bv barter and fraud : populated by nur fathers, brothers a.id friends, who have sealed their right by their blood, in the struggle for life and liberty, un der the lone star banner, who t*ow ask us to let them ecme. May all respoud, from East to West, and from North to South, the echo. come. England with anxious eye, looks across the great Atlan tic, to helpless, weak, defenceless Texas, and whispers, that when discarded by Iter mother, we take her under our nur turing rare, first as a commercial dependency, then our own. Then the British Lion will shake his mane mid roar upon our Western bordets—and that liberty which cost our fore father* rivers of blood, mny vet he lost. WARREN A. MAY, Fureman. other with the most cordial and emphatic sincerity. Before Houston came from the seat of Government I saw General Lamsr almost«v«ty biabaMuaUaba of feb ^ Stifes m Mexico, will be sent xr. ioon Va'the fi- tnrntty became thinner, unfolded esery day « uli increased u_j .1 : r a.--—: ^ _vu, Trxns Documents. The National Intelligencer, of the 22d inst. contains some additional documents in relation to Texas. The following message explains what they are: Jlrasitsa from the President. 7*o the Senate of the Untied States : In answer to the resolution of tbe Senate, ofthe 13th inst. requesting to be informed " whether a messenger has been sent to Mexico, with a view to obtain her consent lo the Treaty with Texas, and, if so, to communicate tn the Sen ate a copy of th* despatches of which lie is bearer, and n copy oftlte instructions given to said messenger; end also, to infurtn the Srusfe within whst lime said messenger is ex pected to return:” I have tossy, that no mes.<enger has been sent to Mexico, in order to obtain Iter assent tn the Treaty with Texas, it not being regarded by tbe Executive as in any degree requisite to obtain such consent, in order (should the Senate ratify the Treaty) la perfect the title of the United States to the territory thus acquired—the title to tbe same being full and perfect, without the assent of any (bird Power. Tbe Executive ha* negotiated with Texas as nn independent Power of tbe'world, long since recogni zed as such by the United States and other Powers, and as subordinate in nil her rights of full sovereignty to no Power. A messenger has been derpstched to our Minister at Mexico, as bearer of the despatch already communicated to tbe Senate, and which is to Jhe found in tbe letter addressed lo Mr. Green, and forms a part of the documents.- ordered roafidemially to be printed for the use of the Senate. That despatch was dictated by a desire to preserve the peace of tbe i wo countries, by denying to Mexico nllpretextforas- sutning a belligerent attitude to the United States, as she bad tbreaienea’to do. in the event ofthe Annexation of Tex as to the United States, by the despatch of her Govern ment, which vras communicated by me to Cr ngres* at the opening of its present session. The messenger is expected to return before the 15th of June next, but be may be de tained to' a later day. The recently appointed Envoy from .....BJ ——;- _ , .it , . ,1 1. naI action is had on the question of Annexation, at which »nd. wh°n I t."U-„'ds a not bcfo.e.caulis instruction, be onders-andingly the foundation ot n.s sauwio ) wum friend or de«n ihe a noble deed, his blue eye i - :cn* up " with feeling, mid his usually low toned voice acquires tlie A depth and-richaes* of true eloquence. He hates, with all his soul, a mean action, or the man who could perpetrate it, and I repeat, has too muck of tbe delicacy of c tree gentle man to be a popular and euecessfal demsgogns. He blames TCS, May 15. 1814. JOHN TYLER. Hon.James Carroll.ot tbe city nf Baltimore, has been nominated as the Democratic candidate for the Gubernato rial Chair of Maryland. Annexation Documents. The Importance of the papers on the Texas ques tion, we consider a sufficient npolojy for devoting sn large a |tortion of our columns, of late, to them. The Documents in this morning’s paper, do not fall behind, in interest, any we have yet published. Ctcuern! Jackson. Another mosierly letter from the OKI Heto, is published in this morning’s Telegraph. It has been industriously circulated, that he had changed or modified his views on tl:i« subject, since the pub licity rtf Mr. Von Buren’s Letter. But this, it appears, is another of the falsehoods sn prolificly propagnted by the Whig Press. Gen. Jackson has uol changed his sentiments in the slightest particu lar, on the Annexation question—unless it be that bis convictions of the utility and jtroprieiy of the measure, have acquired greater strength, by the new light that has been shed upon it. Gen. Jacksou’9 warm friendship for Mr. Van Buren. is well known—nor is it at all shaken, we are happy to perceive, by the ground assumed by the latter—“he having evidently prepared his let ter from a knowledge only of the circumstances beating on the subject, as tiiey existed nt the close of his administration, without a view of the disclo sures since made, and which manifest the proba bility of a dangerous interference with the affairs of Texas by a foreign power.” Inrinlon ItriUKc Dank. The Irwinton (Ala.) Shield stales, that there is a strong probability that the circulation of the Ir- winton Bridge Bank will be redeemed, as strenu- ous exertions are making to that effect. Many of the merchants of that place already receive it at par for goods. dlrniu-Vont Accident. We learn from the Fort Gaines Whig, of the 25th ult. that the steamer Tallahassee, Oapi. Rob inson, was snagged and sunk about 15 miles above Fort Gaines, on the 20th, while on her downward passage, having on board n cargo of cotton. Hon. H. A. Haralson presented, on Monday, the 27th, the Resolutions passed at Macon, in favor of re-annexation. They were laid on tbe table. Benjamin H. Brown, David i}. Rodgers, Philip F. Sapp, Isaac \V Stokes, Cullen Roberta, Richard Kidd, Joseph L. Weston, Ichabod Holmes, Green U. Ball, James Perkins, Georee B. Perry, William 11. Perkins, Reuben Weatlwrsby, Samuel Adams, George M. Champion, Robert A. Hardwick, William Nelson, Erasmus T. Beall. The Hon. Dixou H. Lewis, Senator in Congress fronwthe Slate of Alabama, speaking ofthe re-an nexation of Texas to tlie American Union, says: 1 1 shall never reaae to remember with pride, that I was the first man who ever, in Congress, expressed myself in favor of Texian indenendenre. Popular syniphathv. when ever it is imcnntaminated by Abolition or British influence, will sweep, with a whirlwind’s rage, the calculating politi- c ; nns who dare oppose it. To the North it is a question nf interest—to the West, one of feeling—while, to the down trodden. tariff-ridden, and Abolition-bedevilled South, it is a question of existence !" The Washington correspondent o( the New York E press.relates the following anecdote of Mr. Clay, in one of his recent letters: An intelligent but sturdy “ Democrat," on being introdu ced yesterday to Henry Clay, found him agreeable enough to say to him that though he differed with Mr. Clay in poli tics, his wife was a good Whig, and often pressed hi in to change hia politic*. Mr.Clay replied, promptly and archly, that upon many questions, “Ac hod found it good policy to lake his wife’s advice !’’ The gentleman replied to a friend, that after that, he thought he should hare to rote for Henry Clay. [The above is pretty good, for a Whig anecdote —and doubtless, pretty true, loo; though, we rather think, “ sturdy Democrats,” of his breed, are toler ably scarce, in these days. If we had time, we could tell a joke, worth two of it—But, we believe we must tell it any how, as it lias nevet before ‘ap peared in print.’ Well, a friend of ours in an ad joining county, had just been spliced—in receiving the congratulations, &c. See. that were showered upon him on the occasion, he remarked, •• there was hut one obstacle to his pet feet happiness, name ly : Lucy was a Whig, and he was a Democrat.” “ Oh, hush ! (puts in the bride’s father,) that’s no thing—I’ll bet a horse you’ll turn her over in less than a week!”] FOR THE NAC05 TELEGRANI. FORSYTH. May **• 1 Dr. Bartlett—The Committee of tbe MonW e crntic Association, tend to you the following letter ^ H. Stark, Esq., and hia in reply for pualicsUP'’' ^ have a place in the next number of the Tel f S r, P 1 ’ THScoMUirreB. FORSYTH. MV ll ’ ,8< * James H. Stark, Esq. „***• Dear Sir—At a meeting of tlie Monroe ^ er! -.-sti publican Association, on the 6th inst, the in. were deputed to extend to yoa an invitation to • ot . adjourned meeting of this Association, in tiie n coa ,ij- syth. on the 18th inst, for the purpose ol taking w .j**. th* subject ofthe immediate re-Annexst-c as to the Fideral Union. .fully In compliance, sir, with this duty, wc retf"-' 'j <r .i to l that you will find it co ^ ^ ^ ^ led into the error, by statements which w’e saw in other pa- do s0 - The signs of ti e times * re 0 ’” . - n[ ] ;e y:r?" per*.— Washington Globe, 21*1 ult. I opinion of the Committee and -.he As The Editor of the Savannah Sun has discovered, (bat the Ladii s arc all for Annexation—to a man. If we aro not mistaken, the Editor aforesaid recip rocates the feeling. We learn that we fell into an error yesterday, in saying eratlcm thst Mr. Chappell of Georgia, attended the late Whig Con- ventinn at Baltimore, as a Delegate. We are informed, that, >n P'.int of fact, that gentleman was not at Baltimore at u w alle nd. and all. either as a delegate or in any other capacity. We were , a high Tariff lor protection; the assumption of the drbtt of the States by the General Government; tbe disiribniioo of the proceeds of the public lands; of the passage of tn ot- just aud odious Bankrupt law; aud is opposed to ike Annu- ation nf Texas. Because he has on all suitable occasion taken sides with Northern manufacturers against the pltst- ing interests nf the South; and in all the vexed and arduous controversies between Georgia and the Federal Covers- ment. lie has always been opposed to Georgia, and e»ea acted as the friend and counsellor of J. hn Ross, the Cherc- keechief. And furthermore, we arc opposed to theelee- lion of Mr. Clay, because I e has been, for the l«ttwttsj years, identified with the Federal party, and is now associ ated with all its old leaders, especially that arch federalist and disuninnist, and prince of Abolitionists, John Quite; Adams, whom lie once made President by his vote, sod from whom he received a high office as is believed, in pV- incut, .in pursuance of a corrupt bargain. 8. We dn not pledgeour-support to any particular iadi' viduals for President and Vice-President; but shall fed it our duty to give our zealous suppott to the candidates shot* views mny accord more fully with our own. On motion, the last article was amended, so as to retd: Resolved, That this meeting will support no candidst* far President and Vice-President, who is opposed to d* immediate Annexation of Texas to the American Uotos- Which amendment was unanimously received. These Resolutions were supported in able and eloqaM 1 addresses, by Messrs Hunter and Greene, of Knoxrikfi and Martin, of Zebuloc. On motion, Resolved, That ibis meetingcordially approve the courts of the Hon. Absalom II. Chappell upon the subject of d* Tariff. Resolved, That this meeting renew their invitation to | k* Democratic party of the 3d Congressional District to *P' point Delegates in their respective counties, t® o’** 1 ' a Thomastnn, nn the third Monday in July next, fof 4* P ar- pose of selecting a candidate for Congress, and hope 1° eee in the public prints an expression of their assent or din* - to this proposition. Resolved, That the friends of the immediate Annfi* 110 ® of Texas of all parties, be invited to meet in Tbo®w wn,c5 Saturday, the 22d of June next. On motion, of Wm. Fletcher. Esq.. Resolved, Thaitlie proceedings of this meeting be •S’* by the Chairman and Secretary, and published in the gia Telegraph, Federal Union, Demjcratie Cliampio 11 ' *■ Columbus Times. On motion, the meeting adjourned. L. W. PAINE, Cbtlr**- J. B. Kendall, Sec.