Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1844-05-25
THE "ANNExATIoN DOCUMENTS.

We conclude to-day the publication Of the Docu-
ments which have been transmitted by the Presi-
dent to Congress in connection with the Treaty
which he has placed before that body for the an.
nexalion of Texas TO The United States Upon
these documents we shall not anticipate the udg-
ment Of our readers. For ourselves, we can truly
say, we are amazed al the total want Of any ground
entitled to respect, either for the opening of the
COLLATION., or the prosecution Of il 10 its conclusion
No man OF common candor will pretend that there
is any more ground now for /" annexing Texas
than there was during the last year Of President
JAcKsoN's Administration (when he declined having
any thing to do with it) at any intervening period
Of time. The assigned for the petition from,
the United States 10 Texas Ito propose for annex
atom are proved by the documents themselves to
have been not only weak and insufficient, but abso-
lutely without foundation.
These documents such as the Executive has
thought il advisable 10 lay before the Senate. Some
Of them are avowedly only extracts. Some parts
Of the documents connected with the treaty have
therefore been withheld, and we do not know but
properly. The same thing may have been done
with entire letters as with parts Of letters. We
think that we perceive chasms in this correspon-
dence, the filling up Of which might elucidate parts
Of the history Of this negotiation which are yet
obscure.
There is nothing TO be found in this correspond
ence 10 show that the Executive has given to the
Texian Government any guaranty to assume its
war with Mexico in any event; that is, whether the
Treaty be ratified not by the Senate. II is
hardly conceivable, and still less probable that the
President can have taken upon himself so fearful a
responsibility. And, yet, in the Government paper
OF Saturday afternoon find an intimaton which,
" It means any thing-we doubt exceedingly whe-
Their il does-goes to The full extent of declaring the
intention Of the President to engage in war with
any nation which shall interfere with his presumed
intentions or purposes in regard to Texas. Far be
it from us to charge upon the President any such
alarming designs. On the contrary, we copy from
the Government paper the paragraph to which we
REFER for the purpose Of inviting the attention
of the Secretary of State, that he may, If he think
proper, cause this semi-ofical declaration to be
disclaimed and reprobated as it ought to be- Here
is the paragraph, the two last lines being the part
of it most exceptionable, though the whole of il is
in spirit or gasroHue~ r.worthy of E,rsrutiveI
by whose organ it is uttered:
FROM THE MADrsosIAs SATURDAY EVENING
Even if the Senate should reject The treaty be-
fore them, we may presume the efforts OF the Ex-
ecu,;ye and The People will neither be elinqushed
nor RELAXED to secure the speedy annexation OF the
far and broad domain of Texas. During the
pendency Of these efforts, many incline decidedly
10 the opinion that any hostile movement against
Texas, or any procedure whatever on the part OF
= any foreign Government, either designed or cal
cuiaed to interfere with the arrangements and m
!. ,entions Of the United States and Texas, would
be not only evincing an unfriendly spirit towards
us. but grave and fragrant offence, and should
!. be yisited Nth the terrors of arms, WHETHER
srur PENDING TREATY BE RATIFIED OR NOT"