The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-12-18
THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER AND
TEXAS

TEXAS.
The National Intelligencer of Saturday says ::
"We have, by way Of New Orleans advices from
Galveston up to the Sd of this month"; furnishing not
syllable Of news except some information about
crops in parts Of Texas. No more plots, or conspl
racies, astounding disclosures no more OF the RI
diculous story Of bargain between Great Britain
and Texas to interfere with the most delicate int
rests Of this country ;; nothing, in short, but peace
quietness, and plentiful production"
We think il would be what unreasonable
TO expect that, in the progress of a secret nego
tialion, every day or two would give birth ,C
some new "astounding disclosure" 1t would
be more natural to suppose that a single dis
closure would render the negotiating parties
more wary and circumspect. and instead OF
leading to fresh revelations, would induce every
effort 10 remove the suspicious which had already
been created.
On the other hand, if these astounding dis
closures had been fabricated, nothing would be
more easy than TO repeat and vary them from
day to day.
But, in fact, we have seen no " astounding
disclosure" coming from Texas, but that which
originally appeared in the New Orleans Tropic
"a paper which the Intelligencer noao looks
upon as "judicious and well informed" The
Tropic, upon the authority Of an sold cores
pondent," in whose Intelligence and integrity"
and sources Of infornaton," it has great
confidence" circulated an idle rumor or conjec-
ture that the British Government had bribed
General Houston by an offer to make him
"Governor General for life, with a large sala-
nv !" and it endorses the astounding disclosure
by saving of the writer we kno,r that his in
formation is derived from the rery highest and
most undonbted source"
If the Tropic had not afterwards retracted
the whole article, of which this rumor formed
part, the Intelligencer would no doubt have con-
sidered it in the pay of "schemers and specu-
lators in Texas" Blu, now that j, has done so,
and has professed to discover some source of
information still higher than "the very highest"
(without stating what it is) the Intelligencer
considers it ga we'll informed and judicious
paper"
Ii strikes US that the British Government is
at least as we'll able to pay for the suppression of
information from Texas, or for misrepresenta-
tons of its affairs and condition, as schemers
and spectators in that country are to pay for
the fabrication of astounding disclosures. Tex
as land-holders not overburdened with mo-
ney, while the British Government has plenty
OF II to spare for any purpose which may for
ward its interests, and il would be in no want
of agents The abolilionists alone, in this
country and England, without the aid of the
Pr,fio L1I.
active and efficient as the "schemers and
spectators in Texa,"-more united, more de-
termined, and better provided with means: and
IL is part of their object to win over TO their
purposes the andholders and spectators of
Texas. 1t is mooted question whether the
landhoders of Texas would moi profit as much
by yielding TO the overtures of Great Britain, as
by annexation 10 this country
The proof that we have adduced of the de-
signs OF the British Government upon Texas,
and OF the probable accomplishment of those de-
signs, has not grown old, and does not want re-
newing. We should as soon think of Insisting on
anew demonstration of one OF Eucds problems,
upon the pretence that il was tresome 10 have
10 recur constantly TO the same. If any thing
proof, 1t Ia the fact that the Intelligencer care
fully wnhholds every part of il from its readers
and yeti SO evidently uneasy atthe effect which
Its appearance has in other journals, as TO have
used more than ordinary efforts to depreciate il.
1t has taken the trouble, and descended 10 the
eIpedient, Of making up garbIed statements
from the Texas and New Orleans papers.
A nd even the lifile inform,f,on H.,
condescend TO furnish its readers is accompa
niedb by comments and conclusions not justified
by the premises. For nstance, in the In,eligen-
Ger Of Monday last, December IL } the follow
ing extract is given from recent speech of Pre-
sldent Houston al Houston-the remainder of
the speech, extolling Great Britain at the ex
expense of this country, being entirely sun
pressed
MY countrymen Que question in relation to Eng
land what has England done And there is no SO
cret ~ conhex'on with her ! say il before Cod b,,
mot Texas wants peace, to be attained by the n,or
venton Of three great Powers England has as,nrsa
us that we have her most friendly disposition and "a
There is no condition mentioned. Abolition or a..
thing OF the kind, is wholly unknown to the arcb;vos
OF the Government They have right 10 advise !,
they choose, and to reject There i no,h;u.
compulsory on their part. England is in no u;se
MAKING claims or asserting any thing a, a right which
incompatible with the interests of this couo,rv
MS 'he intelligencer says, g contradict.
explicitly the charge of colusior b,,,,,as - :
Governments of England and T.Y,s ~
subject of the abolition of saverv a. ~ '" .''
of British alliance" r''0e
Now, II does no such thing, except so r,r q.
CREDITS 10 be given to General Hou. ron,s h.,
and unqualified assertion that ",here is mo %
cret IN connexlon" with England, which is a,
variance, not only with the declaration in Par.
lament OF the British Minister of Foreign AT
fa'rs, and the complaints of the Texas papers q,