The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-03-27

thought that as beyond doubt this would in
volve us in war with one or two countries,
we ought to strengthen the army as much as
possible Again, Mr.. Holmes. 1.-THE particular
and personal friend Of Calhoun, and fair
exponent Of his views,) declared on the same
dav on the same question, that he was will
ing to risk a ,rar with Mexico, but that the
South would have Texas, and therefore it
was necessary to train officers at West Point
to be ready to drill the militia of the country
whom war would call into active service
giving as an excuse that England would not
go to war with us on that ground, but that
she would do all the trading in her vessels:
therefore, the sooner we got through the war
with Mexico the better for our commerce.
Now, is not all this cool
On the strength of all this, Mr.. Winthrop.
who declared his belief that the people of this
country were to be taken by surprise on the
Texas question, yesterday offered his propo-
sition TO suspend the rules that he might pre-
sent resolution declaring that no PROPOSE
ton to annex Texas ought to be made or as
scented to by this Government, and fixing next
Wednesday as the day to consider this. The
Ayes and Noes ON this showed 40 for suspen-
ding the rules, and 1913 against it.
OF course it was by no means test vote,
as to who is and who is not in favor Of Texas
except as far as the Ayes are concerned
Many who voted No" told me afterwards
, that they were opposed to taking the measure
up out Of order; Willis Green of Ky. gave
this as his reason, Dunlap of Maine, Fish,
/ Sykes, and others. While at the same time
several southern men after the vote was taken
declared that they now considered Texas ''as
| good as annexed to the United States;" that
so large majority was somewhat indicative
/ of the final result; and that out of the 122
there were not 40 who would vote against it
at the right time. AT any rate, it will be no
I harm for the constituents of the Northern
gentleman who voted "Aye" to drop them
line indicative of their desires on this most vi
tally important matter.
| One thing, in conclusion, can assure you
/ of. The President, Mr.. Calhoun, the mem
bers of the House from all the States | have
named above-all the Southern Senators
nearly to man, have been, are, and will be
doing their utmost TO effect the annexation of
Texas. A society has been formed here Of
Southern men for that purpose-(whO are not
members of Congressman but who act In
concert with Congress; the head and front
and leader ofth party is Mr.. Senator Walk
era fund has been raised by rich Southern
men to defray all the expenses of printing
publishing, documents, speeches, &c. on the
subject; and no feasible means is to be left I'M
tried to effect their object. JUSIUs JR.
The same correspondent next day writes
as follows:
Your next question will be, can such a
Treaty receive the sanction of the Senate
that is, of Constitutional majority of that
body? Twill tell you. Mr.. Walker, of Mis-
sissippi, (the prime mover in this business,
who has neglected his other business in the
Senate frequently to attend to this matter,
and who is the smallest mental edition of a
man, whose stature correctly portrays his in
I significance except for mischief) has gone
round and made an estimate on this point and
sounded the Senators. The result has been
pronounced very positively as follows: