Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-12-19
MIR. cAI.rlorN,s plpLoMAoY.

MIR. CaLHoUN's DIPLOMACY.
Mr. CaInoua Wins no laar-l. by his corrssnndenrr
: y hieh has i~.n published aphin lew days The \
ymk Lac.,s.s '.whislr him dawn The wisd' without
fhssisfa IS II apparently Glad 81 the opportunity IN da
So The New bofk Morning. News shse e,litat : al
~ the .si.,t II tho Democratic kevss. and uhu Is a
leader in the Van Buren, and Argbi interest mlnees
no words In The Mr.. sbsnnnH's leisr OF pfl>
test i,ci noihn, Int enpy OF Air tslhauns in
sfacaiens) eensurei throughout BY the News, wheh
saws that II .dnes think thai the esla. siher and
pacific thought 81 the cuanry will app'uFe oil II but
the eyeeufion of thus pviet only bad. hut the
time II making II was ais1 wrong. The following
extracts from tho News VIII show the sphs oil lis re
usiks:
And WHEN was there ever known more MUD cipns
gauehsre in such correspondence. than The passage IN
which Mr.. Shsnsor refers the length and strength
nf the desire into Witch this country 10. aIways otke
to the snnrxsisn of iexsSl With useful brarng NJ
the blect II the 'pnest" strnn. representative,
IL calculated 10 little otter rurros than Ia
lay us open (appaehiy however unJusy) 10 the renFf
winch elci;s-nameiy. thar II is virtual confession
that the whole Iexian c.onzaun and revolution have
been buia deliberate scheme ii 10 get possession OF
tie country.
Why. too. such virtual threats fton department, Of
oe.sfamcn, ssessing authority under Tire Gun.
stiisoh Ia carry ihem into effect fthey should be DIS.
fegardodss ~ puln II act they have been dsfe gard
I'd On this penl. Mr. Shannon certainly lass him
self broadly open tn the mruifying rehuke winch he
DOES receive, namely: that h. "trcteiing oh the
Constitutional potrefs pes'tT IN him" The worst OF
nis rebuhe Is us rnih. "stfung representation" like
his means no.hhg at all. unless 1t means var, n lhe
rase put IN It's niplcd inenaces The Mexican Gov.
trnmcni understood perfectly well thai our President
PR 81, bad no more ppwer nov 10 carry such threat
INTO execution Than he will have after he 4h If March
nestand very eooy tells him much. There is IN
decd small comfort in this reflection, yel still II Is
thing, 10 10 know that all such proceedings eEira
Constitutional involving the country md The Govern
ment IS WHOLE IN no Just responsibility Tor them, but
having such responsibility entirely at the private
doors al the individuals thus ranscendng lnir Consul
lnonal authority
This all grows out If the unlawful pledge VI military
and given Texas be(re the sguing Of The treaty Il
has placed in The attitude Of backing oui from that mn
defstdnding win Texas, IN fashion resembling
petty qni5ble in Jusces cour, than the broad and
nagnanlmdus deangs nf great nation. When Mr.,
AnsJn Jones applies fur the promised military Protection,
he is told that II was only "duiag The peHdanry u lie
treaty. lha, ii was promised This WAS very true
however little satisfactory but should like
constructors al argument which would auihurza such EN-
ploymeni If The army and navy Of the tnel States by
The Executive b,toe the decision Of the Senate ON The
rltfoann. whleh would apply equally To il efier
THIS was capital error the part al the admnlsua.
lpn which hes led to results Notifying IT, and
10 NIL The better of the country.
Having Illus far gwen Mr. alhpun many side hits
The News ''cumr. down. on hun II this fashion:
Mir. Calhoun Is great and aplendid man, and we
were among thnse Who entertained high hopes uf the ad
0ltle Stale department IN his hands but
We are fons;aurn 10 hdai thai he has PR we'd dl-
rlouacs Ia be- The peculiar forie Il his brilliant nteec
iia powers. THIS whole fexas business has been sad
ly mlsmanaged from beginning 10 end. A simple mea.
sure has been complicated strnght one tangled. an
easy ono embarrassed. aud great sally helllled
We are, aud have been from the beginning friends II
the annexation oi IrXasihe '.immrdalo annexation"
but II Is In other quarters that mnst look for lis
successful consnnm ION with chance fcarrylng with
II The general support aud approval u the country Il
must he rested on different grounds II must be- effected
by different modes and means from those through which
The pr Jeci has been heretofore deadlully preludced
all bot sptiledhy lis own most eager friends II is 10
Mr.. fule administration aud 10 The Conpfrss To as
seublc under (perhaps Extra Session for the
putposo) that we must look or the successful nc.
complshment ofhs great American measure" in
way that will carry with II the willing assent of the
great American people"
II can scarcely he expected that Mr. Polk will consent
10 keep nj The head Of his cabinet man ''who has So
sadly mlsmsnaqcd The whole Texas business from be-
ginning 10 end and maucre all the compliments Il,
Mr.. Cabonps ''lncIleciual powers" cheap praise To
give effect To Its censuresi very evident that these
New York L1coocos viii take care that he " ho il ac
cosed III having sadly belulrd" great measure viii
be "ked of"
The next month will he month Of pain ful anxiety In
the leaders and followers If the great factions into wirh
The Locooco party Is divided.