Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-12-17


believe So What is the defeat OF Mr.. Clay
what the election of Mr.. Polk, compared with the
contamination Of this great measured They sink
into nothingness in the comparison, and We nope
il will be thus considered By large majority OF
our citizens.
II, does not become us to suggest the proper
course to be pursued here, where there are 50
many older and more competent in both parties
than ourselves, and by long residence, better en-
titled TO advise; but We may venture 10 hope that
the public Press will speak out, and that those en-
trusted with the destnies OF Louisiana will take
efficient steps 10 urge upon Congress the impof-
lance OF immediate annexation. And We re-
loice 10 believe, from indications not 10 be mis-
taken, that many OF our Wing brethren, both
here and elsewhere, will warmly second the Ie-
mendalion."
The National Iniellgencer seems TO have
taken in very i'll part what it calls 'the
reckless haste" of the Committee of Foreign
Relations, in so soon making its report OF
a Joint resolution for The annexation OF Tex
as We are not at all asonished at its dissa-
tisfac,ion. For, this is measure which goes
against the grain of Mexico-which meets the
concurrence Of the American People, and which
is REQUIRED, BY their best interests, malgrc the de-
preca,ion by the National lntelligencer OF ANY
extension of the territory OF the United States
beyond its present limits, as an evil OF great mag
nitude.n Such, too, were the feelings OF MIR. Jo-
siah Quincy, when he resisted the acquisition OF
Louisiana, (tselt embracing Tcxas,) and ac-
ouired by the illustrious JEFF rson-and so vio-
Iently resisted it, that he declared on the floor OF
The House of Representatives that he would try
to defeat it. "veaccadv If arc mau, FoRclBLy II rc
must" Bu: we cannot very well see the marks
of that "reckless haste" OF which the Intelligent
Ger complains II is no ne1c question. II had
been fully discussed during the last Congress.
IL has been agiialed more than am other during
the last proractcd campaign. The people have
decided for annexation. Mr.. McDuffe IN the
Senate was ahead of the Committee OF the
House. So was Mr.. Benton-whose bill, as 4
lesser evil, ii greatly prefers 'o any other shape
which a proposition on this subject is likely
to assume For our own parts knowing
thai the subject had been fully discussed already
blu, that it would be spun out in the House
and that this is the short session, We can see ne-
Their RECKLESS haste" nor improYdent indiscretion
in the Report o. the Committee. We do not say,
with the nteigercer, that this is The best shape
which the proposition can assume, though no other
at this tine strikes us as bcter-yet we certainly
''grea,Iv prefer" it 10 Colonel Benlon's bill, which
the National Inelligencer gives as follows:
"A Bill 10 P,orite for he Annexation Of Teras 10
The Uniicd STATES.
'Be il enacted, sr., Tha, the President o, The
United States be, and he hereby is authorized
and advised 10 open negotiations with Mexico
and Texas Tor the adjustment of boundaries, and
the annexation Of The latter 70 the United States,
on the following bases, 10 wit:
~. The boundary Of The territory annexed 10
be in the desert prairie West OF the Nueces and
~ and rpoun,o in hpiphts phich
divide the waters OF the Mississippi from the
waters OF The Rio del Nore, and 10 latitude forty
two degrees North.
III. The people Of Texas. by 4 legislative ACT,
or By any Authentic act which shows the will OF
the majority 10 express their assent 10 said annex
alton.
Iii. A State TO be called The .Stote of Ttras,
with boundaries fixed By herself. and an extent
not exceeding that of the largest State in the
Union, I've admitted into the Union, by virtue OF
this act, on an equal footing with Tie original
States.
"IV. The remainder Of the annexed territory
10 be held and disposed oil by The United States as
one OF their territories, and 10 be called ne
.S0Giircd TtTii@y.
az. The existence OF slavery 10 be forever
prohibited in the Northern ana Northwestern part
of said territory. West Of the l00,h degree Of
longitude Yves, from Greenwich, 80 as 10 divide
as equally as may be the whole III The annexed
country between savcholding and non.slavchold-
ing States.
"VI. The assent Of Mexico to he obtained by
Treaty 10 such annexation and boundary, or 10 be
dispensed with when the Congress OF the United
States may deem such assent TO be unnecessary.
"VII Other details Of the annexation TO be
adjusted by Treaty, SO far as the same may come
within the scope Of the Treaty making power"
Passing over the other details Of the bill, we
obicc, 10 the 9Th clause, out and ont. ls We
hold tha, we are under no obligations 10 ask the
consent OF Mexico ID. That we shall scarcely
obtain il; because Great Britain will counterfeit
our wishes, and will prevent her giving her con
sent and will contrive 10 circumvent Us by the
influence she will exert over her councils. And
Sd. Why profess 10 ask it at ALL when Congress
NAV Sc; it aside? Far better 10 act at once-pass
the resoluiion-and thus declare that they deem
the assent 10 be unnecessary. This bill, if pass
ed is only calculated to defeat the annexation
nor and 10 leopardiZe it hereafter. There is
another objection TO this bill. II is an insult 10
Texas, who will never consent 10 be received hy
the United States. as dependency OF Mexico, and
requiring the consent OF Mexico 10 an Union with
the United States.
The Wing Press is still going on 10 manufac-
furca Cdjiuct for Mr.. POLK. Their Washington
Correspondents are attempting 10 involve us in
some action upon it, which we dscIaimcd on
Wednesday. We showed, that we had been en-
gagged in no consultation with 20 Virginians-and
that we had taken no part against Mr.. Calhoun, as
the scribbler in the ~ York Express was pleased
to intimate. We have taken TO part in any
Caucus TO recommend MIR. Stevenson, or any
other person, to the exclusion Of Mr. Calhoun, as
was alleged. We mean to take none. We are
con6deni Thai il is Little Mr. S 3 wish as il is olr