The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-31
YORK HERALD.


New YORK, SOo0oy Marcn IL 1884,
Important Position and Prospects OF the
Republic-The Texas and Oregon Negoci-
ati0ns.
The arrival Of Mr.. Henderson, the associate
Texan Minister at Washington, on Thursday, and
also the expected advent of MIR. Calhoun, the new
Secretary OF State, to-day, at the same place, Will
at once be the signal for the commencement OF
the solemn and Important negotiations Tor the An
nexation OF Texas to this country. Mr.. Van Aandt'
the other Texan Minister, has been at Washing
ton waiting the arrival of his associate. In Ie"
days, therefore, the great work OF negociauo"'
both on Oregon and Texas, will begin under the
management of Mr.. Calhoun-negociauons that,
in their results will have greater effect and inu-
ence on the destiny OF this republic than We can at
this moment fully estimate.
L. is now generally understood in the best inform
ed circles, that, the subject of Texas, treaty
will be agreed upon between our government and
the two Texan ENJOYS, who have full powers, au-
thorislng the annexation of that republic to this
country, on such terms and conditions as may be
conducive to the interests Of both parties in the
great compact This treaty will be sent to the
Senate for commemorative requires two thirds
OF It's present members to sanction It's provisions
In advance, however, of this movement, most
violent opposition to such project has broken out
In the New England States, principally led on by
Mr.. Webster-an opposition that may lead to very
solemn results, either iii the present arrangements
Of parties, or on the future condition of the Union
Observation-Disclosures threatened in some
quarters, should the annexation take place. We
do not believe that such violence can be effected
but sufficient opposition may be raised by Mr.
Webster and the Eastern party, not only to defeat
the treaty for the present-but to disorganise the
existing political parties, and to the defeat
of Mr.. Clay for the next Presidency.
In relation to the Oregon question, il isgeneraly
understood, that nothing will result from the nego-
Citations recently opened with Mr., Pakenham, and
it is further stated that the President will send a
message the subject to Congress, giving coup d.
oeil of the position of the government on that i'm
portant subject
From all these facts, opinions and views, it Is
very evident that this republic is in the midst of
very important crisis IN its foreign and domestic
history The Texas and Oregon questions, both
forced to a head by the present administration, not
only throw into the shade all the old questions and
ssobsolete ideas that have agitaed the public mind
for years past, but they open new feelings, new
views and create fresh impulse throughout the
whole land. These movements will bring us into
collision with the policy of England and Mexico
involving difficulty at home and abroad-perhnps
eading to Instruction here and war elsewhere
They bring forth full grown, the spirit of ambition
and conques the family spirit for territorial
ACKNOWLEDGMENT on this continent, which has
marked the career of the elder branch of the An
go-Saxon race in Europe. If England has the
right to extend her flag of empire around and
around the old continents of Europe, Asia and
Africa, why have we not like right to the whole
of the northern division of this continent?
We believe, therefore, that it is the destiny of
this great Republic to comprehend, within her
power, in process Of time-all this continent from
the Ishmus of Panama to the Polar regions-and
from the shores of the Pacific to the shores of the
Atlantic. The annexation of Texas or the pos
session of Oregon, only the beginning of the
ment may be delayed by foreign or domestic diff
cuitIes for time, but the grand junction of all
North America under one republican government,
is as certain as the existence of the power of Eng
land herself in conjunction with her vast Deepen
denotes in India, China, Africa, and all round sh'
world, formed the great Anglo-Saxon empire of the
east, that has controlled the old world for centu
rles, and has at length almost broken and alb
sorbed her old and only rival, France, in her awful
boa constructor embrace under the dynasty of the
Orleans family.