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who are DESTROYS of maintaining for our GOV
eminent, character for moderation, and for
scrupulously respecting the rights Of neigh
boring nations, the present movement will
be far from satisfactory. 1t has been strong
~ rumored, since Mr.. Calhoun came into the
administration, that an attempt was about TO
he made to obtain the consent of Mexico TO
the annexation. The extreme improbable
ty that any such consent would be granted,
served rather to discrcdit the report, and it
now seems that it must have been unfounded,
or II the project was entertained, il has been
abandoned. BY adopting Texas as part of
the Union without the consent of Mexico,
and against her protest, we of course become
parties to the war will, that country. To find
ourselves at war with such country, for a
just and necessary cause, would net be the
worst calamity which might befal US, but to
90 voluntarily into war for no other motive
than the acquisition of a large tract of terri
tory, to which we have no just claim, would
be movement which promises to be neither
very crcdi,able nor very profitable to the
country. The light in which the transaction
is likely to be viewed in Mexico, and the
threatened hostility Of that country may be
regarded as matters of little moment but
the necessity of jus,iylng the proceedings in
the view of other nations, and the reasons for
experimenting the Interposition of govern
ments in alliance with Mexico, are matters
deserving of some consideration. On these
grounds if on no other-that is, on the ground
that by the common law and usage of nations
we can acquire no good title to the territory
of Texas, without the consent of Mexico, by
a mere treaty with our own citizens who have
domicliated themselves in that country, and
declared themselves independent we are of
opinion that the treaty will be rejected by
the Senate of the United States. We do not
mean by this to intimate that there are no 9TH
err objections of grave importance to the rat
ilicaton of The treaty. The most plausible
ground on which this proceeding has been
vindicaied is the prctex, that if we do not take
Texas under our control, Great Britain will
There is, however, not the slightest proof
that Great Britain has any intention or dis
position to interfere with the affairs of Texas
On the contrary, we have reason to believe
that the British Minister at Washington has
given explicit that his government
has no intention of either appropria,ng the
territory of Texas, or intcrmedding in any
way IN the administration of its affairs. Ii
seems therefore not improbable, that our gov
eminent has placed itself in the predcamen
Of having attempted a discrcdiiablc act, I'M
der the unfounded pretext that another gov.
/, eminent was about to do the same thing, bu
that the Senate will interpose with its veto
to prevent the contamination of the act W,
! have no doubt.-Boston Daily Adc.
The following statements, as coming di
rectIy from the Calhoun Councils al Wash
G inglon, deserve notice, at least. We Civ
Y them for what they are worth
V Correspondence Of the True Sun.
WAsHISGroS, April TO- lSi4
;, The Hon. B. f. Butler, has passed down the rive
= to Richmond as Mr.. Van rens missionary aver
> for choking Richie off the Texas question. He vi
p. be too late Richie having declared decided
for Annexation will maintain his position from pride
besides his i1mily is, Enough he is noD greatly If
teresed in Texan lands that all c0nspre 10 nj
and he has declared that he will sustain his poso
agnnst all opposition. From Richmond Mr.. BullC
:, goes to the Hermi age; he may have more success
there.
e know positively that fortnight ago two letter
were addressed to Mr.. Van Buren, from hiah polite;
: friends of his in this city asking his sentiments wit
= regard tn Texas. To these he returned answe
bat wrote to Mr.. Wright desiring him 10 tell the:
gen emen that he would not answer private letter
. that dressed t. him in the hope of bringing hi
L out but that when the proper occasion should arrlv
he would frankly and unreservedly make public d.
cara,lon of his sentiments.
IL AT meeting of Mr. Claws friends, two nights bac
was unanimously agreed to oppose Annexation.
Mr. Clay in private conversation has expressed Il
n same Intentions which he will shortly make publ!
These are facts.