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BY P. C. GUIEU,
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
OFFICE IX McINTOSH-STREKT.
Third from the Sorth- H ~est corner of IJ-road-st.
Sales of LAND by Administrator, Executors, or
Guardians. are required, by law, to be held on the
first Tuesday in the month, between ties hours of
ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at
the Conn House in which the property is situate.
Notice of these sales must be given in a public
Gazette st xt v ba vs previous to the day of sale.
Bales of NEG ROE.® must be at public auction, on
the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual
hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the
county where th* Letters Testamentary, or A<l
- or Guardianship, may have been
granted, first giving sixty days' notice thereof,
tn one of the public Gazettes of this State, and at
the door of the Court House where such sales are
to be held.
Notice for the sale of Persona! Property must be
given in like-manner forty days previous to day
of sale.
Notice to the Debtors ami Creditors of an Estate.,
must be published for forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary for leave, to sell LAND, must be pub
lished for FOUR MONTHS.
Notice for leave to sell NEGROES, must be pub
lished four months before any order absolute
. ran be given bv the Court.
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 3. 1845.
TEXAS.
We have later advices from Texas, which
will be found in another column of this mor
ning’s paper, as copied from the New Or
leans Courier. We have received also the
Texas National Register of the Bth and 15th
-of this month, from which we have made
copious extracts.
So universal is the feeling in Texas for
annexation that President Jones has thought
it the best policy, in order to retrieve his pop
ularity, remove the general distrust against
him, for the course he has pursued in respect
to annexation, and to avoid personal respon
sibility for any events that may occur should
the people of Texas find that they have been
deceived by their executive government, lo
call a convention of the people for the 4th of
July next. But, if the people have express
ed a distrust in the patriotism of President
Jones, and suspicion of bis independence of
English and French influence, what will they
say, and how will they act, when they are in
formed of the bold attempt on his part to
thwart the consummation of a union with this
country, by sending an emissary to Mexico,
and soliciting an acknowledgment of Texas
independence, provided Texas should reject
annexation! ! It is evident that President
Jones begins to find that the feeling of the
people of Texas for annexation is too strong
to be resisted, and that to save perhaps his
■own life he must retrace his treasonable steps,
and adopt a course more in accordance with
the general feeling of the people. It will be
seen that in his proclamation, he admits that
the citizens of Texas have decided in resolute
terms for immediate annexation. We shall
await with anxiety for further news from
Texas.
It will be recollected that the Congress of [
Texas is to meet on the 16th of June 1815, •
at Washington, the present seat of govern
ment. By the following proclamation, a con
vention is to meet at Austin on the 4th of Ju
ly, and the election of deputies to that con
vention is to be held on the 4th of June next.
The following is the proclamation as we
find it in the Texas National Register:
Ry the President of the Republic of Texas.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, The people of Texas have evinced
a decided wish that prompt and definite
action should be had upon the proposition
for annexation, recently submitted bv the
Government of the United States to Ibis
Government, and that a Convention should
be assembled for this purpose; and.
Whereas. It is competent for the people alone
to decide finally npon the proposition lor
annexation, and “by deputies in convention
assembled.” to adopt a Constitution with a
view to the admision of Texas as one of
the States of the American Union; an I.
Whereas, No authority is given by the Con
stitution of this Republic, to any branch of
the Government to cail a Convention, and
to change the organic law, this being a
right reserved to the people themselves, and
which they aione can properly exercise :
Therefore. Be it known, that I, ANSON
JONES, President of the Republic of Texas,
desirous of giving direction and effect to the
public Will, already so fully expressed, do re- ;
commend, to the citizens cf Texas, that an
election for “Deputies” to a Convention be
held in the different counties of the Republic, ;
vJ) *' T *'*nesday the fourth day of June next, i
upon the follol- viz , : EaC '' coun, y '
in the Republic to elect one pQpnty, ’rrcspec
tiveofihe number of voters it contained at '
the last annual elections. Each county vo
ting at that time three hundred and less than
six hundred, to elect two Deputies. Each |
county voting at that time six hundred and
less than nine hundred, to elect three Depu
ties: And each county voting at that time ;
nine hundred and upwards, to elect four Dep
uties: which basis will give to the county of |
Austin, two; Bastrop, one; Bexar, two; Bra- I
zoria, two; Brazos, one; Bowie, one; Color-1
ado, one; Fayette, two; Fannin, two; Fort I
Bend, one; Goliad, one; Galveston, two; Gon
zales, one; Harris, three; Harrison, three; ■
Houston, two; Jackson, one; Jasper, one;;
Jefferson, one; Lamar, two; Liberty, two;
Matagorda, one; Montgomery, four; Milam,
one; Nacogdoches, three; Red River, three;
Robertson, two; Ku k, one; Refugio, one;
Sabine, one; San Augustine, two; Shelby, i
two; San Patricio, one; Travis, one; Victo- ,
ria, one, and Washington three Deputies:'
and that the said Deputies so elected, do as
semble in Convention at the city of Austin, on
the.“ Fourth of July” next, for the purpose of ■'
considering the proposition for the annexation .
of Texas so the United States, and any other !
proposition which may be made concerning
the nationality of the Republic; and, should '
they judge it expedient and proper, to adopt, i
provisionally, a Constitution to be submitted I
to the people for their ratification, with a view :
to the admission of Texas as a State into the ■
North American Union, in accordance with
the terms of the proposition for annexation,
already submitted to this Government by that
of the United States. And the Chief Justices
of the respective counties aforesaid, will give
due notice of the said elections, appoint a
presiding officer in the several precincts, who '
will appoint the Judges and Clerks of said j
elections, and have the same conducted ac
cording to the Constitution and La.- s regu
lating elections,and make due returh thereof, j
In testimony whereof, I havecaused the Great
Seal of the Republic to be herenntoaffixed. ■
Done at Washington this fifth day
of May, in the year of our Lord one
[L. S.J thousand eight hundred and forty- ,
five, and of the independence of the
Republic the tenth.
ANSON JONES.
®y the President,
Eben’r Allen,
Attorner General, and
Acting Secretary of State,
®ljc (Georgia (Constitutionalist
We have made the following extracts from
the Register of the 15th instant:
“We learn that Gen. Houston addressed
the people at Brenham, on the 12llt inst., in
' favor of the proclamation of the President. It
, being court week, the number of persons in
attendance was large, and the unanimity with
which the course of the President was ap
proved by those present was nearly complete.
We hear also from Montgomery county, that
meetings have been hold there accepting and
ratifying the action of the Executive, and in
structing the Chief Justice to proceed at once
to carry out his recommendations.”
“Colorado Sugar.— About two thousand
pounds of Sugar, from the plantation of Mr.
i Mercer, in Egypt, has been received by Mr.
Ross of this city. It. is a very fair article,
’ and, we doubt not, will meet with ready sale.”
PUBLIC MEETINGS IN TEXAS.
Iu Robertson county, resolutions were
I adopted, approving the annexation of Texas
, to the United States, and viewing the con
! summation of the union as a measure that
will ensure the general welfare of the coiin
j try,and secure the blessings of liberty, &c.
hr Houston county similar resolutions were
■ adopted, with the two following ones, which
i speak in an imperative tone, the opinion of
! the people of Texas, in regard to annexation,
' and the acknowledgment by Mexico of Tex
i as independence:
4. Resolved, That we hold all overtures
from European Governments, for the purpose
i of obtaining our Independence, as self inter
! ested, and dangerous to the liberties of this
I country.
! 5. Resolved, That we heartily approve of
i the course pursued by the President of this”
i Republic in convening Congress, but we also
: request him to use the most judicious and de
: cisive means that may consummate that ®io
i rions result, so essential to the well being of
j both Governments and to the whole civilized
: world.
6. Resolved, That should Mexico acknowl
i edge the Independence of this Republic, our
! interest and wish will still be the same, that
; the Lone Star may be added as an other sov
reign and independent State to the glorious
i compact of the United States of America.
We have the proceedings of many other
meetings, which breathe the same spirit for
| annexation, and express the same distrust of
. the course pursued by President Jones.
The Register, of the Bth of May, contains a
■ list of the members of Congress,place of na
i tivity, profession, &c. With regard to their
; places of nativity, we find that 7 were born
j in Tennessee, 6 in Virginia, 5 in North Car
j olina, 5 in Kentucky, 4 in South Carolina, 4
i in Georgia but one since dead, Mr. Parker, 2
; in New York, 1 in Massachusetts, 1 in Mis-
■ sissippi, 1 in Louisiana, 1 in Ireland, I in
Austria, I in Wales, and 1 in Scotland.—To
tal 40.
We conclude our extracts from the Texas ■
Register, with the following remarks, eon
tallied ih the paper of the 15th of May. It
will be well to keep in mind, when these '■
remarks are read, that the Register was
opposed to the annexation, and that it gives
to that measure but a reluctant assent:
“The President’s proclamation, calling a
i Convention of the Delegates of the people, at
' the city of Austin, on the fourth of July next,
I is, we doubt not, the result of a sincere dispo
! sition on the part of His Excellency to give
full and timely effect to the now well under
: stood wishes of the large majority ofthe nation.
I The step seemed to*be loudly demanded by ;
j many of those who honestly aim at the con
' summation of the measure designed to be thus '
' facilitated and ensured. The apportigment
: of the representation of the convention ap- !
I pears to be predicated upon the most eqiiita '
ble basis; and will doubtless meet with the '
I sanction of the truri friends of annexation, in I
: every part of the Republic. That there should
I be some diversi y of opinion and feeling upon j
; any plan which might be devised, is to be ex
pected. It is quite impossible to meet the
views of every individual in the community. '
But the main object is the attainment of the
great end sougiß after, with as little delay arid
with as much unanimity and certainty as is
; practicable. The President's proclamation I
; will accomplish this,as far as it rests with the
people of I exas. He did not take the step ;
without fu.’l convinction of its propriety. Many
Advocates of annexation among all parties
approved and doubt not will sustain it.—
We are informed that the Ajicrican minister
approved it, and that it was not without ad- !
visement with him that it was adopted, it was ;
deemed important to have the constitution of .
the State in the hands of the President of the |
Vtuiffu - Q t' J,es fit the opening of Congress, to ;
be laid by him with his annual message be- i
fore the two Houses. We p?rceive that the
recent elections in several oi the states which i
have democratic representations in Congress, 1
have elected full whig tickets to their Legis
latures. The Senators from those States irt ;
favor of the admission of Texas may be in-,
struc‘ed to vote against us, if the action of I
the Congress be too long delayed. Hence !
the propriety, not to say necessity, of acting i
with the utmost promptitude on our part. — !
Under this view, the President has felt it to ;
be his duty to call a Convention at the ear
liest possible period, that no time may be i
wanting in carrying out, in letter and spirit, I
the provisions and conditions of the propo- ■
sals submitted to this Government. The
adoption of this plan will accelerate the meet- >
ing of the Convention at least two, if not
three months, and thus give that b >dy ample
time for their deliberations and action, which j
they could not safely take were they not to ,
assemble until called together by a recoin- ■
mendation to be adopted by the Congress.” i
TEXAS.
We have a few days later news from Tex- ;
as by the arrival of the steamer New York
at New Orleans. What follows we copy
from the Jeffersonian Republican:
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS.
We have it now in our power, on good grounds, I
however appearances may be to the contrary, to as
sert, that the Executive of Texas, so far from oppo
sing the popular will in relation to annexation, will
co-operate withit. All the efforts of Great Britain
or any other foreign power to prevent it. or to influ
ence the Texan government, will he abortive.
We predict likewise that the. troops now garri
soned at Fort Jessup will be ordered to the Rio
Grande, in less than, one mouth. . I
[Correspondence of the Jeffersonian Repuhlii-an.}
Galveston, 22d May, 1845.
The proclamation for a Convention is out. The I
ratio of representation recommended by the Presi- j
dent, is more acceptable than was anticipated, and '
this county is organizing for the election of dele- I
gates. The important event of the day is the arri- ;
val of Com- Stockton, with his fleet. Two days as- :
ter he anchored here, Col. Love received informa
tion from a reliable source from the West, that the
Mexican force on the Rio Grande would attempt to
occupy anti maintain the line of the Nueces, at the
moment of the completion of annexation. This news
he communicated to the Commodore, who advised
an immediate occupation of that line by the Texan
troops, offering his co-operation by sea. The Com- I
, nuxlore, accompanied by Col Lw*, Col. McKin- j
ney, Sami. Willi Ss, and C. A, Wickliffe, late
. Post-Master GenePVi of the United States’, will sail
to-morrow In obtain intelligence, and will return in
a week. In the mean lime, Maj. Gen. Sherman is
, to visit the E lenitive and ask his approval at id co
: operation. Should he refuse, Sherman contends
that he is empowered by the general terms of an
j existing law to act independently of the President,
' and he will do so. He wilt call three thousand men
into immediate service to rendezvous at Corpus
i Christi, and the call will be promptly obeyed.
' Things here are in a great ferment.
j Ex-President Houston had arrived in the
I New York from Galveston.
Major Dottelson had arrived at New Or
leans from Tennessee, and was to return to
I Texas in the New York.
I The Jeffersonian of the 28th of May states,
; that a gentleman just arrived at New Orleans
i from Havana, brings the information thatnu
i merotts commissions from Mexico had alrea-
I dy been issued to persons in Havana, to take
: effect immediately, in the event of war. and
i that there were such commissions tn New Or- j
; leans, and that one of them had been offered '
I to one of the citizens of that city.
Mr. G. W. Kendall, one of the editors ofj
i the Picayune, and at present in Texas, writes |
i from San Antonio de Bexar, April 26, as fol
i lows:
j “As regards annexation in this section, the cry is
' the same—all, or nearly all, are in favorof it. To
j show how popular the measure is in Bexar, I would
state that there has been an election here to-day to
fill a vacancy in Congress created by the transfer
of Col. Cooke to the War Department. Only one i
candidate, Mr. Dwyer, was started, and lie is so i
warmly in favor of annexation that he will accept I
iof it with any boundary—with Benton’s and ■
i Brown’s resolutions and all.”
And from Austin, May 6:
i “I hear but little said about Annexation in this,'
section, the people being nearly all on one side of j
' the question—decidedly in favor. In the country,
so I am told, there are not more than ten or fifteen
: opponents of the measure. One effect of Annexa
: tion I would mention—one which I believe has
: never been mentioned before. Should Texas ever
i be joined to uiir Confederation, it will have the
j singular effect of for once turning a heavy tide of
; emigration Eastward; for not only will the luicien- i
' deros and more wealthy rancheros of tlie Rio i
i Grande valley flock to this side the stream, but the '
better portion of the population of such places as
; San Fernando, Mier, Guerrero,and even from as
far as Saltillo and Monterey, preferring the protec
tion that will then be afforded them, will pack up
and turn their steps hitherward. As it now is, the
i people of Northern Mexico, in addition to groaning
■ tinder the burthen of the heavy debt which the
' Government owes and the consequent tax upon
their mining and agricultural industry, are every
day exposed to the attacks of the dieaded Apaches
: and Camanches. Here, not. only their religion but
their lives ami property will be protected, they will
find a Government liberal in its policy, and will be
■ released from the revolutions, turmoils, border
I wars, and mal-administration of affairs which have
so long distracted them at home, and they will
5 profit by them. I shall say more upon this subject
i some other time.”
MEXICO.
; The following articles, copied from the
New Orleans Jeffersonian Republican and i
i Picayune, give more in detail the intell i- I
jjence received from .Mexico bvthe U. S. Brio-
, Somers, lately arrived at Pensacola, which I
was noticed in our last paper.
i [From the N. O. Jeffersonian Republican.] i
MEXICO.
By yesterday’s mail we received authentic I
; intelligence from Vera Cruz, via Pensacola, j
! of a date as late as the verbal news brought i
by the Relampago, furnishing us with some!
I interesting and important, particulars in addi- I
■ tion to what were obtained by that vessel.— !
i Our advices from the Mexican capital are to i
the 3d instant, some days later than previous- !
ly received by any .but ourselves, and to Ve- ’
<ra Cruz to the Bth. The statement we made j
i upon the arrival of the Relampago, that the ;
! Mexican Congress had passed an act for the j
' recognition of the independence of Texas, on
condition that the latter should reject our pro
' position for annexation, needed not the con
j tirmation it now receives. The bill passed
i the House of Representatives by a majority
of 28. Having been immediately transmit
! ted to the Senate and promply sanctioned by
that body, it received the signature of the
President, and became a law. Despatches,
‘ communicating this important movement,
i were at. once sentoli' to Texas and the Uni
i ted States. The Relampago was chartered
to bring the despatches and messenger for
this country; while Capt. Elliott and “the i
man with the white hat,” set sail in the frig- i
ate Euridice for Texas, the moment they got i
possession of letters for that quarter. It is I
likely that about the time when the people!
here were devouring the morsel of dubious i
intelligence gleaned from the Relampago, and
admiring the matchless diplomacy of the An
glo-Mexican negotiators, the Texans were
similarly moved by the sudden and unexpect
ed arrival among them of Capt. Elliott and
his white-hatted companion, big with the fate
of nations, and satisfied in their own minds
that they had given the coup de grace to An
nexation.
The Euridice arrived at Vera Cruz on or j
about the 9th tilt., bringing as passengers, I
Cap.ain Elliott, and another person, said to i
be a Texan Commissioner. Nobody being ’
able to find out the name of the latter, or his
business in Mexico, and the mystery which
involved him having attracted notice, he was
dubbed with the appellation, already quoted:
“the man with the white hat.” Some sup
posed him to be Ashbel Smith. One thing
appears certain, he is an Englishman, and as '
it is feared the maternal feelings of some anx- ■
ious old lady may sutler from an ignorance !.
of his whereabouts, a description of his per- .
son has been considerately sent us. “He is '
from 5 feet 10 inches to (> feet high, propor- i
tionately built, sandy complexion, light eyes, ■
smooth face,a light beard close shaven, and
a while hat.” |
These functionaries proceeded to the ca- I
pital, and it appears, presented propositions
from President Jones and his Cabinet .to the
government of Mexico, for the acknowledg
ment of Texan independence, promising as
a condition that the former would reject the
measure of annexation. The result is already
known. A few days after the arrival of the
British Charge and the white hatted commis
sioner, and after they had arranged their
plans with the President and his Ministers,
and perhaps prepared a portion of the Cham
bers for coming events by arguments more or
less weighty, Senor Cuevas presented the pro
positions, published some days since, calling
upon the Congress for “authority to give a
hearing to certain propositions which ha 4
been made to the government, relative
Texas, and to form some treaty compatible
with the honor, &c., &.C., of Mexico.” 'Phis
<rave rise to a bill granting the authority
asked for, which was introduced in the cham
bers, and passed as already mentioned.
It is thought that as soon as the bill in
question became a law, a treaty, wanting no
tin® but the signature of the Mexican Presi
dent to render action upon it final, was brought
forward and signed. This was doubtless all j
arranged before the matter was submitted to
Congress, j
The scheme having thus far succeeded, it I
remains to be seen what effect it will have ,
either in this country or in Texas. If the ■
sagacious negociator supposed that by this
treaty they accomplished anything materially |
j affecting the success of annexation, they have
i only to land in Texas to be crintinced to the I
augusTAv Georgia, Thursday, june 5, iw.
contrary. When they left Mexico, they did
not appear to fear a failure of their plans, nor
did they suspect the storm that was brewing
over the heads of those whom their masters
have duped into efforts to stem the current of
public opinion. Let them take care that they
be not involved in the ruin that may befal
those who would betray their country.
The foregoing are all the particulars which
! have reached us regarding this mysterious
mission—one that appears to have been con
! ceived in treachery, and consummated in
folly. The following interesting particulars
regarding the internal affairs of Mexico have
been placed at our disposal:
The discontent is universal on account of
the course the actual administration is pur
suing it! relation to Texas, and the whole
country is irreconcilably opposed to the recog
nition of the independence of Texas. The
Federal party is gaining ground rapidly, and
the result in a short time will very probably
be, another revolution. Gomez Farias has
: been recently named Senator —-filling the va-
I cancy occasioned a short time since by the
; death of one of that body. From th at posi
' tion it is confidently predicted heiwiil soon
] be removed to the head of gov
i eminent. From all we can leafit, the actu
ial government, will not be in power long
enough to carry out any of its plans relative,
to even should the latter accept a re
cognition of independence at the price de
manded.
Governor Shannon was to have left Mexi-!
co on the sth instant, on his way to Vera!
' Cruz, whence he was to embark for the Uni- i
! ted States. He will probably take passage !
; on the Anahuac, for New York, to sail on j
' the 22d instant,unless a man-ot-wir is placed ;
j at his disposal.
|
[From the ,\. O. Ph :ayuie.]
FROM MEXICO.
The U. S. brig Somers, Commander Gerry,
arrived at Pensacola on Monday tight last, ’
in 7 days from Vera Cruz. A jentleman >
who has laid us under many obligations here
tofore, has furnished us with an mthentie ab
• stract of the Mexican news up t) the 10th
j instant. It will be seen that the iitelligence,
published exclusively in the Picayune of VVed
i nesday last—that Capt. Elliott, he British I
! Charge to Texas (who left G.ilv?ston some i
! weeks ago as he said for Charleston,) had, in '
fact, gone secretly to Mexico— \sconjirmed. \
It will be seen also that our s’attment that j
the Texan Government had sent secret agents, 1
along with Capt. Elliott, to barter he Texan !
people for a valueless recognition cf indepen-!
deuce by Mexico, is also confirmed; and- that
the account we published of Senor Ganado’s ■
m’ssion to the United States was likewise i
correct.
The intrigues which we have felt it our
duty to expose, the secret negotiations and
mysterious movements of official conspirators
that we have been compelled, from a sense of
the obligations which our relations to the
public impose upon us, to lay bare to the gaze
I of the world, have been so fraught with crime,
so marked by duplicity, so overcharged with
i baseness, that we have not been surprised
; that some of our contemporaries-have hesita
ted to put full faith in the revelations we have
■ made. Indeed, at moments we have been
| staggered ourselves at the developments as
I they were brought to light, and have given
j them to the public with some hesitanev, not-'
I standing the absolutely authentic source from .
| which we derive our information. The intri- ■
j gues which we have so often exposed in our ■
! column came to our knowledge early—in !
j their inception almost. As our own country
j was to be made the victim of their iniquitous !
: purpose, and the people of Texas were in-;
! tended to be sacrificed to the policy of for- I
j eign governments, aided and abetted bv the
j ambition (or avarice perhaps) of some of their ;
I own public servants, it behoved us to estab- j
iish extensive means of information in such I
quarters as were likely to be the scenes of!
operation, and in a manner so systematic as ;
to be scarcely liable to mistake ar imposition. :
As yet we have not been led astray bv a sin- i
gle error when we relied upon these means *
for the whole truth. And to-day we have i
confirmation of the last act in the drama— |
the denouement of the play which will end in ’
a tragedy yet. if those whom it concerns to be |
circumspect take no heed of themselves — !
which establishes beyond the possibility of a
, doubt the existence of the intrigue, the par
ities to it, the active cooperation of England
lin n, ...> 1 consummation, if the people of
Texas prove not equal to a crisis that they
will shortly have to meet.
We have been led to preface the - intelli- ;
gence which we now proceed to lay before ■
our readers with these remarks, inasmuch as I
some of Northern contemporaries—imposed
upon by those interested in directing public !
opinion upon a false inquiry—have faltered as
the end draws nigh. We counsel them to be
cautious how they aid in allaying the vigi
lance of the people and the apprehensions of
the public authorities. The grand finale is |
at hand. And it was a notable scheme to I
break up negotiations at Texas upon the eve ;
of the catastrophe, send Ashbel Smith to Eng
land to procure inducements in aid of President ’
Jones’s secret negotiations in Mexico, and '
for Captain Elliott—first spreading abroad
a purpose of visiting the L nited States—to
sneak into Mexico to superintend the huck
stering with Herrera’s cabinet, and the sign
ing, sealing and delivering of the bond of cor- !
ruption. Ashbel Smith deceived all who put |
any faith in what he told them as to the ob.- ;
ject of his leaving Texas at a crisis of great j
interest. This was in consonance with his '
nature. But we were of opinion that a Brit
ish Minister would be above so low an arti
fice as the presence of Capt Eliiott in Mexi
co proves him to have adopted, and hence
in Wednesday’s edition we expressed our
amazement in such terms as ’ ' lead some to !
suppose we were ourselves bt.ful of the •
circumstances which we disci. 3 ed upon in
formation that could not be gainsayed. , <Ve i
make a literal transcription of such potc'.ms ;
of the abstract furnished us, as may interest
the public—assuring our readers that the
most implicit reliance may be placed upon
it:—
“The bill allowing the Minister of Foreign Af
fairs the power to negotiate a Treaty with Texas
for her Independence, wit/i the proviso that she shall j
not be annexed to the United States, passed the
Mexican House of Representatives on the 3d inst.,
by a vote of 41 for, to 13 against it, after a stormy
debate of three days. It was immediately sent to
the Senate, where it was believed it would be con
curred in unanimously. A report to that effect
reached Vera Cruz some days before I sailed, but j
the last ma 1, of the 16th, brought no confirmation ;
of it.
“Capt. Elliott, English Charge to Texas, had I
been in the city of Mexico several weeks, accom
panied by a-Mr. Smith, secret Agent from
the Government of Texas. They arrived from
Galveston on the 11th of April, in the British fri
gate Eurydice. He had returned to Veru C'rpz,
and was waiting the action of the Senate upon this
bill when 1 sailed. When the result was known,
he would return to Galveston with it, in the same
vessel.
“Upon the second of this month, Senor Canedo,
formerly member of the Mexican Congress, took
passage from Vera Cruz in the American barque
Eugenie, for New York, upon a diplomatic mission
from the Government of Mexico to that of the Uni
ted States; but his departure was not known until
it was announced in the morning newspapers of
the 10th instant.”
Here we have a disclosure of events of the
highest moment Ihe important fact estab
lii h?d by them being that a secret negotiation «
; is going forward between Texas and Mexico,
■ under the auspices atid protection of the Brit
i ish Government; and that English vessels of
j war are employed in conducting the conspira-
■ tors to and from Mexico; and that the basis
1 of this negotiation is avowed hostility to the
j purposes and policy of the United States. We
. will not stop to inquire what line of conduct
’ it devolves upon the United States to pursue
| when an intrigue is conducted upon her bor-
i ders to check her progress, cripple her influ
j’ence and baffle the will of the American peo
| pie; but we know full well what use Mr. Ma
dison and Mr. Monroe would make of the
means offensive and defensive of the United
States, had such an unfriendly, gratuitous
and insulting interference between the sov
ereign powers of this hemisphere been at
tempted in their day. The extent of the
means employed by England, and the nati r.-
of them, too, may be inferred from her suc
cess in bringing the Mexican Congress to pass
a bill, virtually recognizing the Independence
of Texas, upon the simple condition that she
refuses to be annexed to the United States.
The stubbornness of the Mexican character is
made to. bend to the wrtv+rrg—rf —the Brl tls 11
sceptre, and the’only recompense for her hu
mility, is the interdiction of a connection of
Texas with the United States—leaving her
free to be united with any other power under
the sun.— The mention of Monroe’s name in
this regard makes the air have a gunpowder
odor.
We proceed to make further levies upon
the abstract before us, and files of papers
with which we have been furnished from the
same source, in relation to the general news
in Mexico.
We are informed that Mexico is in a most
distracted and unsettled condition, amounting
almost to a state of revolution. The State of
Tabasco and Puebla had already declared in
favor of the Federal Constitution, and a gen
eral meeting had been held in Vera Cruz a
few days before the departure of the Somers, ,
for that purpose; but immediate active mea- ■
sures were suspended at the request of the I
Governor, who appears to be popular with all I
parties.
Several arrests of military men, charged
with revolutionary designs, liad been made in
different parts of the Republic, and in one 1
instance a quantity of armshad been taken !
from them.
It is thought by a great many that the pre- !
sent Government cannot sustain itself much <
longer, and the idea of its declaring war !
against the United States has been abandon- ;
ed by all sensible men. Congress, to be sure, !
has passed a bill to raise .'53,000,000 to pre
pare for a war about to take place; but we are j
informed that the opinion is pretty general j
that, the money cannot be obtained, and that !
it was not designed for that purpose, as they '
would not venture, under existing circum
stances, to collect together any considerable
numt>er of troops.
The present army of Mexico is said to con
sist of2l,oooofficersand less than 20,000 men!
SaiVa Anna was still confined in the Cas- !
tie of Perote, but no doubt was -entertained '
that he would soon be liberated, if he is not i
already free to depart at pleasure. The im- i
pression that he will again be reinstated in !
power is becoming to be generally sustained,!
and many think that this will take place be- !
fore the expiration of six months.
Tkc statement before <ia accounts for the I
mysterious appearance of tlie Relampagos in i
our waters —as we suppose that this is the i
vessel alluded to in the following extract:
“When the English merchants at Vera Cruz I
heard of Senor Canedo’s departure, they chartered I
a schooner for New Orleans, which sailed on the I
10th inst. The following evening we came up with !
and passed, about 8 o'clock, a vessel very much I
like her, standing upon the same course with us.” I
In regard to the American squadron at !
Vera Cruz, we have the following informa
tion:
“The arrival of our squadron at Vera Cruz ere- !
uted a great excitement, and also in the city of .Hex- !
ico, where it wasFre presen led lo consist of twenty- |
one sail of men of war! The unexpected presence
of this squadron had. no doubt, a salutary i iflu
ence, and possibly might have caused the mission,
so privately terminated upon, to the United States.” !
Os Mr. Shannon we hear liiis much:
“Mr. Shannon, late American Minister, had en
gaged his passage in an American vessel, and would
sail about the 15th inst. for New York. It does !
not appear that he possessed any knowledge of the
political affairs of the capital of Mexico, and he is !
not considered in any other light than an obscure !
American citizen, whose name is never alluded to !
as one at. all connected with the important trans- !
actions of the day.”
The yeilow fever begins to show itself in !
Vera Cruz, which we believe is always the |
case at this season of the year.
Theofficers and crews of the squadron en- ;
joyed very good health,but were getting tired i
of lying at anchor under Green Island [lsia
Verde] without having any communication ;
with the shore, and upon an allowance of
fresh water, with the thermometer averaging ’
82° to 83°, and exercising at general quar- !
ters so much in that enervating climate.
The somt rs was to h ive left Pensacola on
the 22d, returning immediately for Vera
Cruz.
We learn that the brig Franklin, Captain
Nickerson, which has been on a whaling voy
age in the Gulf for three months, during which
time she has taken two sperm whales that
yielded twenty-six barrels of oil. lately put in
at Pensacola, on account of a mutiny that
broke out among- the crew.
The following are the concluding re
marks of the Union of the 27th of May, 1845,
on the aniversary of the meeting of the Bal
timore Convention last year:
How many interesting events, we repeat,!
have been crowded into the last twelve i
months! ! Had the result, been otherwise !
than it was, and had Mr. Clay been elected;
President of the United States, how strange-!
ly different would have been the situation of;
tlie country at this moment! Texas would
never have been reunited to our Union. The
“lone star” would have wandered like the lost
Pleiad, stripped oft' from the American con
stellation, to which she properly belonged.—
The whole moneyed interest would have re- ;
ceived a factitious impulse from the prcspeci :
ofestablishing a great national bank. A mad ■
spirit ofenterprise would have displayed itself!
in the excess of mercantile speculations and
in the manufacturing mania. Factories i
would have been spread over the whole coun- ;
try, until the distended bubble would have '
burst into thin air. The benefits and burdens!
of the Union could never have been tolerably I
equalized. The oppressions of the present I
tariff'system would never have been correct-;
ed. The rich would have enjoyed an advan- ■
tage over the poor. The North would have!
preyed still more upon the South. A nation-!
al bank—an oppressive tariff'—an insidious
distribution of the proceeds of the public lands
—a factitious and unconstitutional system,
alike derogatory to the rights of the States
and injurious to the great interests of the
people, might have ingulfed in one vortex al
most every principle which the repub] cans
had held sacred, would have constituted a part
of the spectable of Mr. Clay’s administration.
Who, too, does not believe that the spirit of
proscription would have raged like a hurri
cane over the face of the land, sweeping al
most every democrat from office, filling their
places with idolaters of Mr. Clay, and creat
ing new offices to glut the ravenous appetites
of his devoted ci ea tores?
Such were the important issues depending
upon the fate of the campaign. So many
were the interesting events which were
crowded into the last twelve months! But
another remarkable twelve month is ripened
upon us—and how many niriinentuons events
are also to be crowded into its compass!—
We may now defy a national bank; a distri
bution of the proceeds of the public lands; an
oppressive tariff—a bankrupt law—the wild
rage of proscription. We have it How in our
power to make the moral lesson complete,
which the last campaign has commenced,—
Let this administration be crowned with suc
’cesa, by carryingoht the pledges under which
■ it was elected, and the principlesofthe repuh
i lican party, and the voluntary cl.d ee of the
; people will again supersede the eager move- ;
I meuts of distinguished aspirants. 'This is a
! point gained which is indeed beyond all price.
• 1 his present twelve mouth is already opening
. upon us with the brightest auspices. Texas
, is ours; and at that name every honest and
j liberal American heart leaps withj.w. This
i victory lends us moral force enough to gain
others. Texas must open the road to Oregon.
A fair and equal adjustment of tlietariff'must
follow. Let ns repeat, that “the Secretary
of the Treasury is proverbial for his industry,
and marked for his sagacity. He, too, is con
stant in the execution of his duties, and it
gives us more pleasure lo state, than we can
well express, that he is actively engaged in
collecting from all parts of the country every
information that may be necessary to assist '
him in the management of our finances. We !
have no doubt that he will be prepared to lay ;
before Congress a large body of the most use- !
ful statistics, so as to enable them, without ;
loss of time and with the aid of the best mate
rials, to proceed in forming the best, and !
wisest, and most nearly equal system of rev- >
enue that can be adopted. We have little j
doubt that tiie secretary will at least do his ,
part in bringing the treasury back to a fair,!
equal, and just rerenue s/a/iJurand in equal- |
izing the public burdens. The present tariff;
can scarcely stand as the permanent system !
ol this great country. It is too unequal in i
itself—too oppressive upon some interests, '
too partial toothers—too favorable to the rich,!
too burdensome to the poorer classes of the
; community.—'The sooner it is reduced, the
better for all. It is better even for the man- !
ufacturers themselves to understand on what j
they are to calculate. It is better for the
rich capitalists to have moderate and stable
duties, than those which are too h gh,and, on
that account, never fixed, bifl always unpop
ular and always fluctuating. It is better for
the tranquillity of the administration—better
for the prosperity of the whole people.
Texas annexed, Oregon adjusted, and the >
tariff settled, and a brilliant prospect, awaits
us, of glory to our country, and of honor to !
the administration. Are not these triumphs !
worthy of the struggles which we have made '
for the election of James K. Polk? Add to
these the great constitutional principles which
we have secured by our success, and who
will not say “this day is, indeed, the anniver
sary of a great event?’’
IITWe would call the attention of our read- ;
ers to the following letter from Mr. Calhoun, j
It is in reply to one from a committee appoint- !
ed at a democratic meeting of the citizens of j
Mobile, on the 14th of April, to express the ;
cordial approbation of the meeting of his ser- !
vices, and to offer to him such manifestation'
of their respect and esteem as the committee i
might think proper.
Fort Hill, 15th May, 1815. i
Gen/Ze/nenFrom some delay in the mail,
I did not receive, until a few days since, your
letter of the 21st April, informing me, that at
a democratic meeting held in the city of Mo
bile on the 14th of the same month, you were
appointed a committee to express the cordial
approbation of the meeting of mv public con
duct; their gratitude for my services, and to
offer on the part of the meeting, such other
manifestations of their respect and esteem as
you might think proper.
1 will not. attempt to express the deep grat
itude I feel for the warm approbation of my
public conduct and services expressed by the
meeting in their resolutions, and the very ac
ceptible manner in which you have perform
ed the duty entrusted to you.
In performing it, you have alluded with par
ticular approbation to my conduct and servi
ces in reference to State Rights, and during
the period I filled, for a short time, the State
Department under the late administration.
To no part of my public life do I look back
with greater pleasure, than that devoted to
expounding and maintaining the relations be
tween the Federal and State Governments, on !
which the doctrine of State rights depend, and !
it is a great consolation for me to think it has I
not been in vain.
The Federal Government regarded in its !
federative character, in which States, and not ;
individuals, are its constituents, is the most;
remarkable ever formed; and promises, if;
carried out honestly and fairly as such, a
higher degree of prosperity and happiness, |
than has ever fallen to the lot of any people.
On the other hand, regarded as a national
Government, in which individuals and not
States are the constituents, it has nothing
novel or remarkable about it. Instead of a
great Federal Republic, as it is, it would be
in that chara< ter a huge, unwieldy democracy,
destined to be torn into-fragments by hos ile
and conflicting interests, and to terminate in
convulsions. Such being my conviction, I
felt it to be my duty to fti'aintain the Federal
character of tlie Government against, the na
tional or consolidative, at any sacrifice and
hazard,and shall continue to do so so long as
it shall please the author of my being to’ spare
my life. •
The services I rendered Jtrritrg the period
I filled the State Department, were performed
under great difficulties and embarrassments.
Nothing, indeed, but the magnitude of the
questions involved in the negotiatiri’ns in ref
erence to Texas and Oregon, with the diffi.
culties and embarrassments encircling them,
and the unanimous call of the country to take I
charge of the negotiations, could have in- [
duced me to leave my retirement and return!
to public life. Besides those that were in-;
trinsic, there were many that were of an ex- i
traneous character.
Among others, the administration was lit-!
erally without a party in Congress and very !
feebly supported by the people; and the presi-;
dential question was pending, which exper- ;
ience had taught me overruled in a great ,
measure all others.
The negotiation in reference to Texas j
first claimed my attention, because it was the 1
most pressing and could not be delaved with-!
out hazard. In order to avoid the difficulties :
and embariassments which I apprehended !
from the presidential election, I resolved to!
keep entirely aloof from the party politics of j ,
the day, and especially from questions relating ;
to the election, and to use my effort to induce '
the candidates not to commit themselves;
against annexation. 1 had little apprehension
that Mr. Van Buren would, as a great majori
ty of his friends with den. Jackson at their
bead, had declared for it. The position of
Mr. Clay was different. The masses of his
friends ip the nortlj opposed it, which I feared
would sway him. In order to prevent it if
possible, I saw some t>f his most prominent
friends, with whom! was on friendly terms, i
VOL. XXII.— NEW SERIES.—NO. 51.
; ] and nsed every argurrient I could with them,
' I to exert their influence to prevent him from
i i coming out against it. ,
1.. . wae a U h- vain. His letter in opposition
i soon addr appeared, and Mr. Van Buren's
j followed shortly after, most unexpectedly to
i 1 heir effect was great. Mr. Clay’s friends
| were rallied against it almost to a man, al
though the great body of them in the west and
South, were strongly disposed to support it,
and not a few of the prominent, openly com
mitted in its favor.
, It was different with Mr. Vari EurbnV.—
Ihe great body of his supporters remained
' firm injts support; but an active, influential
; and riot an inconsiderable number adhered to
i his course. Indeed, the stand taken by the
j selected candidates of the two great parties,
with the influence of the presidential ques
tion and the feebleness of the administration
in Congress arid the country, seemed, for a
time, t,o render the prospect of success almost
hopeless.
I o these causes df opposition there must
! be taken into consideration another, to real
ize the difficulties and embarrassments that
' stood in the way of the success of the mea
; sure. I allude to abolition. It may indeed,
be trully regarded as the main spring which
1 put the others in motion.
! The abolition party in the North and West
. had taken an early and decided stand against
; it, and had gone so far as to adopt measures
I to influence the party in Great Britian, and
I through them the British Government to op-
I pose it, as the most effectual means of abol-
I ishing slavery in the United States and
; throughout the continent. The scheme was
to abolish slavery in Texas as the most cer
j tain means of doing so in the United States;
and that of doing it througout the continent.
■ l’u consummate this grand arid well laid
■ scheme, it was indispensable that Texas
; should be prevented from being annexed to
i our Union; while the only possible way tode-
I feat it and prevent the mighty consequences
which would flow from it, was the annexation
I of Texas.
Ihe course of the British Government at
j an early stage of the negotiation, made it
manifest that it had warmly and fully em
braced the scheme. The declaration made
■ by its minister at Washington to our Govern
i ment before it had fairly commenced, (a copy
I of which was left at the Department of State
after I had entered on its duties,) left not a
i doubt on that point. It indeed, as well as
, a vowed it, by declaring that Great Britain de
sired to see slavery abolished in Texas and
throughout the world, and that she was using
’ constant efforts to effect it, and by inference,
I that she was usingher'influenceand diploma
cy with Mexico to agree to recognize the in-
■ dependence of Texas, on condition that she
I should abolish slavery.
I saw in this declaration, thus formally
j made to our government, a confirmation of
i what I believed to be her scheme of policy in
connection with Texas, from other but less
i conclusive evidence in my possession. I
■ also saw clearly, that whether it should suc
ceed or not, depended on the fact whether
Texas should or should not be annexed; and
; that it it succeeded, its inevitable conse
quences would be the final consummation of
I her great and deep design, to be followed by
' tlic desolation Ot the snuth, the //ryzetittcivif v£~
j the commerce and prosperity ol’the continent,
: With a monopoly on her part of the great tro
i pical products of sugar, coffee, rice, tobacco
j and cotton, which are almost exclusively, as
i far as this continent is concerned, the result
i of slave labor.
Seeing all this, the question presented to
me was, how shall the declaration of the
British government be met? Shall it be si
lently passed over, leaving annex’ation to be
urged on other and different grounds, or shall
it be directly and boldly met and exposed?
It is not in my nature to hesitate between
such alternatives. My conviction is deep,’
; that truth, honesty and plain dealing is the true
I policy on all occasions iff the management of
public affairs, including diplomatic; and I re
solved, without hesitation, to take them as
my guides on this memorable occasion. The
defeat of this deep laid scheme; the success
of annexation, (as may now be almost cer
tainly said,) the vindication of the great insti
tution on which our safety depends, and the
rescue of the commerce of the continent from
the grasp of commercial monopoly, have been
the result, and I may add, as far as I am in
dividually concerned, your approbation, that
of the meeting you represent, and if I may
' judge from indications, nearly of the whole
' country now o f my course.
| But at the time the approbation was not so
I unanimous. Denunciation’ then, loud and
■ deep, fell on my head.
I was charged with ii traducing a new lo-
I cal subject of little importance into the Texan
j issue, with the base design of injuring the
I prospect of one of the presidential candi
dates, and of dissolving the Union! And many,
who did not go so far, even southern men
whose all was at stake, thought that I acted
injudiciously in introducing the slave ques
tion and giving it such prominence; that it
was calculated to have a bad party effect and
to drive off some of the party who were not
sound on the subject of abolition, or who de
sired to obtain the votes of abolitionists.—
But I pass them by without remark or com
ment no< - . when time and experience and the
approbation of the country sanction the wis
dom of the course I adopted.
The absorbing character of the negotiation
in reference to Texas, did not so engross my
attention as to neglect that of Oregon. As
soon as the former was sufficiently dispatched
and the business of thq® department brought
up, I entered on that. Heft it in an unfinished
state; arid as it is still pending, I am not at
liberty to speak of the course 1 took iff refer
ence to it; but I trust, when it comes to be
made public, it will not be less successful in
meeting your approbation and that the
I country generally. It is a. subject r vith
| out great difficulties; and I feel assured I
i shall be pardoned for expressing a hope that
I it mhy be so conducted by those to whoso
■ hands it is entrusted to finish the negotiation,
as to bring it to a successful and satisfactory
termination, and thus avoid an appeal to arms.
Neither country can possibly gain any thing
by such an appeal, or can possibly desire it
it it can be honorably avoided.
In conclusion, I assure you arid through
you those you represent, that it would afford
me great pleasure to partake of the public
dinner you have tendered me in their name,
and of forming the personal acquaintance of
my numerous friends in your city; but it is
not now in my power. It is probable, how
ever, that I shall visit my son who resides in
your State some time next autumn, and in
that event, I will make it a point to visit Mo
bile, when I shall be happy to meet you and
all my ffiends.
With great respect, yours truly.
J. C. CALHOUN.
To Percy Walker, Tiros. Holland, Thomas
McGrari, Wm. R. Hallet and J. A. Campbell,
Esqrs.
KrDRS. WEST & HARLOW have this day
formed a partnership in the practice of medicine
.All calls will be attended to from their office in
Wayf£«sbrtrough, Burke county.
April 19, 1845 ap 94
?Kr POWERS & WHITTLE” Attorneys <~t
Law, Macon, Georgia. »fi(n n<»v 9