Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1844-03-28
1eMs-- Oregon workings at Washington.

The Washington correspondent of the New
fork Courier makes the following statements,
IN letter under date Of the 9Th instant,
lhey go to explain the motives of some OF
'he workings which have lately taken place a,
the national metropolis
You will recollect that during the last sum-
mer the annexation of Texas was the constant
burden OF the Madsonian, that day after DAY
anu week after week, the benefits to result To
"S rom The annexation, were urged upon the
people, hat with so little effect, and with smcl,
disregard by the coniemporaneous press. tina,
'"e mauison'an made it serious subject OF
complaint IN MS columns. During this time
"Ver'"res were being made by this Govern.
"'eht 10 mat ct Texas for annexation, which
were uhla' orabiy received by President llous-
'h' ana II became necessary, in order Ia
change MS m'nd on the subject, To call in the
a." a, VI "eh' Jackson, at whose written request
HOUSTON reluctantly came into the measure
ne negotiation was then rapidly pressed, and
bearer OF dispatches kept in constant mo
'ioh between the two Governments, which re.
suited IN the settlement of the terms of a Urea.
~ OF annexation, which would have Lesn
signed before this, but, as | before remarke ed
/
PRINCETON by which the then Secretary oI
State los, his life. There is besides, no doub,
mat NJ. GILMER was brought into the Cabi.
net solely with reference to this measure
lie ami MIR. TYLER had become, to n prea, ex.
tent esranget. aud were not. TO say the least
oi II, on such friendly terms as to have made
him desirable to MIR. Tyler as a member OF
his cabinet; but, Mr.. GIlmer had been il,
Texas as an agent for the purchase of lands
Tor company in which he was interested
and was otherwise. as well as from his per-
sonal interest, known to he in favor of the an
ieXalion; and these considerations controlled
the appointment,
Upto this catastrophe all went smoothly
Tor MIR. TYLER. The treaty was To be per-
iec'ed and presented to the Senate as his
work; by IL the Calhoun interest was to be
secured, and the South and Southwest brouyh,
Il" ms suppori-wiih this capital and the pat
r"iiage ol the Government, which he is deter
mined To make available to the greatest pos
slble extent, 10y keeping open Il number Of va
cancles IN our foreign missions, and other
h'Sh Offices, I'LL after the meeting of the Bal
tihore convention. he hoped, and sill hopes,
To- secure nomination for the Presidency.
he Calhoun interest, on the Other hand,
thinks that by placing Mr.. CALHOUN at the
mead OF the State Department, that the
mat adjustment of this matter shall devolve
upon him, tina. all the political capital to be
maze out oi the movement will enure to his
benefit, and that the great dissatisfaction that
is every where manifested, to greater or less
extent, among the "Democracy," at the pros
Pect of MIR. VAN BUREN's nomination, NAV
lead TO his selection at Baltimore. AT all
everts, il is regarded by them as placing him
on advantageous grounds for the succession.
But SHE party" are not thus 10 be out
maneuvred, and you consequently see the de-
monstratlons made in the Senate by Mr.. BUo-
HANAN and others, IN relation to the policy
oil extending our territory, which, according
to their declarations, is to be Limited neither
by the Rocky Mountains, "nor the SApIyE.n