The Whig standard., 1844-06-08

any design to interfere Herewith, How many
people i'm the United States !" are making efforts :
TO procure the repeal of the union between Great
Britain and Ireland, but who has ever thought of
accusing the Government of the United States as
being connected with such efforts, although the
Presidents son has been prominent actor there
in Mr.. Everett alludes to a second interview
with Lord Aberdeen, and states that his lordship
repeated what he had said at the former one
adding that he should certainly think 1t rght NOT
10 give any just cause of complaint to the Uhiteo
States" So much for the correctness OF the IN
formation received from the CHa@en o| mary
laWi." whose Liter, although 1t was made the
basis of most important public acton, which may
eoentuate in proceeding, of the highest national
importance, and may lead 10 consequences most
fearful to contemplate, cannot noio De found;
ssthere are no documents in possession of the De-
partment of State, which enables the present Sc
cretary to ascertain The name Of The aoriter," and
the present Secretary "presumes that the letter
referred to- being "prvate," is amongst "the
private papers Of the late Mr. Upshur!" We
wish to treat the whole subject respectfully and
therefore will not trust ourselves to say thing
further about it, excepting that, if any individual
was to act in his private concerns as it seems to
be the practice of high functonares of the Gov
ernment to do with respect to matters of State,
his neighbors would be at loss to determine
whether he was most knave or fool.
MIR. Upshur's communication to Mr.. Thompson,
in Mexico, dated 18th November, 1643, and that
to Mr.. Murphy, in Texas, dated 2lst of the same
month altogether relate TO the presumed views
and movements of England in relation to domes-
tic slavery in Texas-,hese have been already
discussed, and proved by the repeated declarations
of Lord Aberdeen, and the testimony of Mr..
Smith, to be without foundation.
Mr.. Upshur writes to Mr.. Murphy under date
January 16 l644. He states that in his opinion,
"the people of Texas scish for the annexation of
that country to the United States;'' that he has
the most unequvocal proofs, in variety of forms,
that they are almost unanimous in favor of that
measure, but that "the Government, at least in
the Erecutipe branch of it, entertains different
rieics :; this he attributes "to misconception of
the question, so far as this Government (the
United States) is concerned" Why what mis-
conception could there be? The United States
makes a proposition to the Texan Government
for the annexation of that country to the United
States: this annexation, Mr.. Upshur learns
{" orally" it afterwards appears,) from the Tex
an Charge had been, for the present, declined"
Mr.. Upshur supposes that If the question of an
nexation could be carried through Congress, that
it would be acceded to by the Government of
Texas,-that SO long as that is doubtful, the Gov
ernment of Texas will be disnclned to hazard
the friendship of other powers, and particularly
of England, by an appeal to the United Siates,
says that he has only "very recently felt author
lied to give such assurances as he can now give,
calculated to influence the policy Of Texas upon
this point. He says the proposition heretofore
made by Texas for admission into the Union, was
rejected, because the question was not under
stood in this country at that time" But that
even "then. it was regarded as a question of
time, more than anything else. That "a major
iy of the people of this country have always con
sdered the annexation of Texas to their territory
as an event that mast happen, sooner or later.''
He seems TO suppose that now is the accepted
time, and thinking that Texas might feel some
reluctance to renew proposition which had once
been rejected, he has invited her. through her
Charge at Washington, 10 enter into negotiations
upon the subject. The President, Mr.. Upshur
says, was silent, in his annual message, on the
subject of the annexation of Texas, because he
thought it best to wait "until he could present
the actual treaty of annexation;" he adds, "mea-
sures have been taken to ascertain the opinions
and views of senators upon the subject, and IL is
found that clear constitutional majority of t,co
thirds are in favor of The measure. This learn
from sources which do not leave The mailer doubt.
tuL" And yet he says, son this point can not
of course speak with absolute certany!'' Why,
if The President was favorable to the measure,
and there was no doubt but that tco thirds of The
Senate were also favorable, what was wanting to
give absolute certainty? He says the South
always was IN favor OF II, and that noc, the North,
to great extent, was anxious for it, and that
every day increases the popularity of the measure
among those who originally opposed it," He
concludes this paragraph by saying that, in his
opinion, there is not the slightest doubt of the rat-
fication of treaty of annexation, should Texas
agree to make one" Thus, it appears accord
ing to the opinion of Secretary of State, that
there is no "a6solute certainty of an event oc-
curing, of which there does not exist the slight
est doubt !" And this is diplomacy! Many
sage reflections occur in this despatch, such as
Friendship between nations is never dsinter-
ested," /" The lamb can make no contract with
the wolf which will protect him from being de-
voured," &c, &c. Texas is warned against re-
fuslng this offered annexation, and making CON-
mercial or other treaties with England these
treaties will lead to concessions to England !;
British manufactures will be thrown into Texas,
for the purpose of being smuggled into the United
States this would lead to measures of redress on
the part OF the people of the United States That
Government could control the commerce of tho