Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-06-28

uSht3 itI'OII vi LOTu ADBT0ePUlB CONVEX.
sation with Mr.. Everett; it is frank and friendly,
equally honorable to the minister as a man and a
statesman, and worthy of the noble spirit of the
great William Pitt. Nothing could dissipate more
and extipguish more utterly, the insd-
GUS designs imputed to Great Britain nothing
could be more satisfactory and complete; nothing
more was wanting to acqut the British government
of all the alarming designs imputed to her. 1t was
enough; but the Earl Of Aberdeen, in the fulness
of his desire to leave the American government no
ground for suspicion or complaint on this head, vol
unfairly returned to the topic few days afterwards
and on the 9th of November again disclaims in the
strongest terms the offensive designs imputed to his
government Mr.. Everett thus relates, in his letter
OF the 10th of November, the substance of these
renewed declarations
" had long interview with Lord Aberdeen, at
his request, on the 9th instant, principally in refer
ence to the Oregon question, as you will have seen
from another communication by this steamer. Be-
lore l lett him, however, the conversation turned
upon the subject of the abolition of slavery in Tex
as told him he must not be surprised at the in.
terest taken in the subject in the United States,
when he remembered that Texas and the United
States were border countries, and the necessary eff
feet OF abolition in Texas on slavery as existing
In the Union, lie replied, that he felt the deca-
cy and Importance of the subject repeated the al
fusion made in the former interview to the state of
public sentiment in England, and said that while
3" Nouiu nv. oo eAPeCteu OF her MaJestys govern
ment to hold language or pursue policy at va
rance with opinions which they shared with the
whole country, yet he should certainly think it right
not to give any just cause of complaint to the Uni
ted States. As far rs Texas was directly concern
ed they had, as he had already informed me, made
no proposition to her whatever They had connec-
ted the subject of the abolition of slavery in Tex
as with recommendation to Mexico to acknowl-
edge her independence but as he told me before,
Mexico had given the suggestion encourage
ment and it rested there"
Thus, twice, in three days, the British minister
fully, formally, and in the broadcast manner contra
dlcted the whole story upon the faith of which our
President had commenced $50 far as the papers
show the commencement of it) his immediate an
neXatlon project as the only means Of counteract-
ing the dangerous designs Of Great Britain But
this was not all. There was another witness in
London who had been referred to by Mr. Duff
Greens and it remained for this witness to confirm
contradict his story This was the Texan charge
Mr.. Ashbel Smith y and the same letter from Mr..
Everett, of the 10th of November, brought his con-
tradction in unequlvocal terms. Mr.. Everett thus
recites it
"Sir--In my despatch No 60, acquainted you
that had addressed private letter to Mr. Ashbel
Smith, the Texan charge daffaires, now at Paris
requesting of him such information as he might be
able and willing TO give me as to measures suppos
ed to be in progress on the part of this govern
ment, to promote the abolition OF slavery in Ieras
received private letter from Mr.. Smith, in reply
on the 9th instant. My letter to Mr. Smith, and his
answer were written under the impression that
overtures on this subject might possibly have been
made directly to the Texian government. Such
however, you will have learned by my despatch No
62, is not The caSe-Lord Aberdeen having distinct
y stated to me that he lad not submitted and die
not intend to submit, any proposition to Texas or
the subject.
| 81 Mr. Smith inf, 10
the interview which took place last June between
Lord Aberdeen and several persons, British sub
Jects and others, committee of the general anti
slavery convention who waited upon him for the
purpose Of engaging the CO operation of the Brit
lsh government to effect the abolition Of slavery in
Texas On this occasion, Lord Aberdeen assured
the committee that her Majesty's government would
employ all legitimate means in their power to at.
tain SO great and desirable an object. One of the
members ofthe committee afterwards informed Mr.
Smith, at his lodgings, that, in their interview witt
Lord Aberdeem his lordship made observation.
which warranted them in saying that the British
government would guaranty, if necessary, the in
terest OF loan which should be raised and applied
to the abolition of slavery in Texas, but not of
IeXlan loan for any other purpose whatever. |
appears, however, from the statements contained il
my despatch No. 90, that the member of the com
mlttee who gave this information to Mr.. Smith wa
in an error--Lord Aberdeen having assured m
that the suggestion relative to Il loan for this pur
pose had not received the slightest countenanc
from hlm My written memorandum Of the con
versatlon, in which this assurance was made, hav
ing been submitted to Lord Aberdeen there can b.
no room TOR msapprehenson on my part. Lor
Aberdeen has since repeated the same statement t
me.'
Such was the statement of Mr. Ashbel Smith
and the story of Mr. Duff Green, which had bee
made the basis OF the whole scheme for inlnedat
annexation being now contradicted by two witnes
SEES the two which he himself had named-it nigh
have been expected that some halt or pause wou
have taken place. to give an opportunity for consid
Grafton and reflection and for consulting the Amer
lean people, and endeayoring to procure the con
sent Of Mexico. This might have been expected
but not so the fact On the contrary, the immediat
annexation was pressed more warmly than evel
and the administration papers became more clam
orous and incessant in their accusations of Grea
Britain Seeing this, and being anxious to use hi
own Words to put stop to these misrepresenta
tions, and to correct The errors of the America
government, the Earl of Aberdeen, in formal dc
spatch to Mr. Packenham, the new British ministe
at Washington, took the trouble of a third contra
dlctlon and most formal and impressive one,
all the evil designs in relation to Texas and throug
Texas upon the United States, which were thu
perseverlngly attributed to his government. TIL
paper destined to become a great landmark in th
controversy, from the trankness and fulness of il
dlsavowals, and from the manner in which detacf
ed phrases, picked out of it, have been used by OF
Secretary of State MIR. Calhoun since the treat
was signed, to justify its signature, deserves to
read in full, and to be made corner stone in til
debate on this subject. Therefore, quote it in ful
and shall spread it at length in the body of m
speech"
Thus, then, have Messrs Tappan and Bento
two leading Loco Foco Senators in Congress, con
pletely contradcted the idle story of British int
ference and intrigue in the affairs of Texas-whc
interference and Intrigue constitute the princip;
argument of John Tyler and portion of the Loo
Foco Party, in favor of the Annexation of TexI
to the United States.
HONEST ABOLITION SENTIMENTS.
Our free colored citizens have never failed
discriminate between the true and the false irient
of Abolition. With this class of citizens tn
cause of Emancipation is too sacred to be trhe