Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1844-05-09


secretary, before issuing new certificate, or I
stock, as the may be, shall make in each
case such proportionabe and rateable reduction
on Its amount AS TO reduce the aggregate to the
said sum Of ten millions Of dollars, and he shall
have power to make all needful rules and regula-
tons necessary TO carry into effect the powers
hereby vested in him.
Art. Vll.-until further provisions shall DO
made, the laws Of Texas, as now existing, shall
remain in force, and all executive and judicial
officers of Texas, except tho President, Vice Pre-
sdent, and heads OF departments, shall retain
their Offices, with all power and authority apper-
tanning thereto, and the courts Of Justice shall re-
main in all respects now established and or
ganized.
Art. VlIl.-Immediately after the exchange of
the Publications of this treaty, the President of
the United States, by and 18th the advice and
consent OF the Senate, shall appoint commis-
sioner, who shall proceed to Texas and receive
the transfer of the territory thereof and all the
archives and public property and other things
herein conveyed, in the name of the United
States. He shall exercise all executive au thority
IN said territory necessary to the proper execution
OF the laws, until otherwise provided.
Art. lX.-The present treaty shall be ratified
by the contracting parties, and the notifications
exchanged at the city of Washington in six
months from the date hereof, sooner it possible.
la witness whereof, we, the undersigned, plen-
ipo,entlares of the United States and of the Re-
u,
powers, the present treaty of annexation, and
have hereunto affixed our seals, respectively.
Done at Washington, the twelfth day Of April,
eighteen hundred and forty -four.
| J. C. CALHOUN, lSeal.l
| ISAAC VAN ZANDT, Seal
! J. PlNCKNEY HENDERSON, fSeal.
! The treaty is accompanied by message from
the President, setting forth the Presidential view
of the many and great advantages to be gained
by the annexation, but this is so much less inter-
esting than the appended correspondence that for
to-day we pass it over.
The first letter of the CORES pondence is from
Messrs. Van Zandt and Henderson to Mr.. Cal
houn, alledging the desire Of the Texan people
for the annexation, and showing the assets and
liabilities of the single star republic, as follows
lands uhappropriateG, l36,IlI,327 acres debts
OF various descriptions, $7,OOO,OOO.
Next is a letter from Mr. Van Zand, TO Mr..
Webster, December Ii, 1913, showing the brutal
and uncivilizcd character Of the war waged by
Mexico upon Texas, and urging the interference
oil the u States, either to stop it or enforce its
conduct in more Christian fashion.
Next a letter from Mr.. Upshur TO Mr.. Murphy,
August 8, 1913, from which we give the essen
tial passages:
Sr:-A private letter from a citizen Of Mary
land, then in London, contains the following
passage:
movement of this sort cannot be contemplate
ed by us in silence. Such an attempt upon any
nei9hDoIlng country would necessarily be viewed
oy Tins Government with very deep concern; but
when IL Is made upon nation whose territories
JOIN the slaveholding states of our Union it ava.
kens still more solemn interest 1t cannot he
Z
efforts on our part to calamity so serious
to every part OF our country.
- learn from source entitled TO the fullest
confidence, that there is now here Mr. Andrews.
deputed by the a5olilionists of Texas to negotiate
win The British Government. That he has seen
LORD Aberdeen and submitted his project for the
! abolition OF slavery in Texas, which is that
'here shall be oiganized company in England,
who shall advance sufficient sum TO paw Tor the
slaves now in Texas, and receive in payment
ieXas lands; that the sums thus advanced shall
be PAID over as an indemnify for the abolition of
slavery; and am authorized by the Texan min
lister to say TO you, that Lord Aberdeen has a.
greed that the British Government will guarantee
the payment OF the interest on this loan, upon
condition that the Texan Government will abol-
/ ish slavery
IL is an important thing to England 10 obtain an
influence over the policy of Texas; and the pre-
sent situation OF that country offers her every en-.
conragemont to make the attempt. Pressed by
an unreientIng enemy her borders, her trea-
sury exhausted, and her credit almost DESTROYED
texas is In condition TO need the support of
other naiions and TO obtain il upon terms Of GREAT
hardship and many sacrifices TO herself
III she should receive no countenance and sup-
port from the United States, il is not an extraya-
giant supposiion that England may and will re-.
duce her to all the dependence of colony. with
out taking upon herself the onerous duties and
nj he thprc
which 1t is said she offers towards the abo!i-
ton OF slavery, although probably not the first, is
very important step; it will be followed by
others, which will not fail to establish for her a
controlling influence for many years TO come
The United States have a high interest to coun-
leract this attempt, should it be made.
Next comes a letter from Mr.. Murphy to Mr..
Upshur, September 81, 1913, from which also
we extract the salient passages:
This Andrews, to whom your London cores
Pondent alludes, before he visited London had
resided with his family at ii ouston, i'm Texas, for
some four or five yearS-was d lawyer in GOOD
practice, and man of some property i'm and a.
bout Houston.
| On his return, the citizens having found ont the
object OF his mission to London, and that he had
been making propositions the British Govern
ment tor the abolition Of slavery in Texas, drove
him, by force, from the State, denying him the
privilege of return.
Such is the temper and mind of the people. on
the subject of abolition.
learn here that the plan proposed by this An
drewS, to Lord Aberdeen, TO which, undoubtedy
your correspondent in London alludes was this ::
that the abolition society of London should raise
fund sufficient for the purchase of all the slaves
in Texas, and place it under the control of the
Government of Texas.
The Government of Texas would grant land to
the abolition society," fully and amply sufficient 10