The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-11-28
THE PROSPECT BEFORE US.
Annsration, or English Influence.

We have just learned that the President elect i,
as DO in his opposition against annexation as he
has usually been considered recreant in the defence
OF That since
his late cognzance Of the appointment of the anti
annexation foreign ministers, he is about 10 call
around his person home ministers OF the same stripe
and that Mr. Lewis, the member elect for Matagorda
county, Is 10 fill the Office of Secretary of War and
Marine. Mr.. Lewis one Of only two me mber,
OF The last Congress opposed to ation and we
learn t4al he Is still so. OF this gentlemanis auai6-
cations We know but little, but presume that thew
are lar superior to those Of the Incumbent il is his
principles we object TO. His appointment we date
as another hoist Of the curtain in that political farce
10 which the President elect Is bound 10 dof his nun
pet character and come forward as star performer
II his new political legerdeman serves hun as we'll
10 the game which he - now about to play at as il
oio 10 MS management oil the mails previous he
last election, will be content that the whole
world shsll call us root
For the present, we leave the President elect 10
complete bus Cabinet appointments and all othors
from those few kisgy Tories in Texas, so recresnt
10 Their isthers memories, as TO prefer the rule of
NE BRUSH lion to The freedom of the .fmerean Eagle
We turn from those few with a contempt we knov,
not how to express-to give thanks TO our ,egbbor.
and our kInsiok. To yenerste the Eagle of Liner.
w. and kneel once more at our fathers graves is the
de.ite nearest the hearts Of all true Texans.
Then IN the name Of ninety nine out Of every hun.
u'' w "o PeoP'' VI ieNn we say, thanks, many
thanks for The almost certain prospect Of The election
oil Polx, DALLAS, and ANNEXATION, over CLAY Fp,.
LNeuursrs, and ABOLITION. The election of The
former will secure the success Of that great question
upon whch II is stalk d and the opposition OF pres
dents Houston and Jones thereto will be as pue,ils
IN checking " as was the oath of kerxss when n,
had the blows Of the Danube logged with a cowsLi,
for presuming To interfere in his passaoe y.s
thanks, ten thousand thanks to that firm and no.b,L
democracy Of our fatberland which /, anon, 10 o.
complish so great good To President TYLER. Jobr
Q. Calhoun, Senators Walker, Buchanan. and Nc
Duiie, and many other leading patriots Of that LAM
we give thanks. We say 10 the memory of the IA
men,ed Ushur, thy talents and bodness in our cans,
won our gratitude, thy untmely end our teas. n,
Andrew Jackson the. Nestor Of Democracy, IN,
Champion OF Liberty, the end Of whose well spen
life u devoted to freedom we offer thanks We,
twice ten thousand When the pillar, Of our ,empl,
shall rise IN strength and union from that corne
stone which their prophetic foresight has blessed IN
born millions viii harm to sound thy praise. AM
adore thy memory: " oud TO God that we coul,
say tie same OF him whose brilliant genius has lin
minated two bemispheres; but Henry CLAY thy I'm
halio~ed ambition TO reach the highest place !" !,
fome, Will secure you the lowest in a nations af
fecuons-thy ambition, like C1s,r's will be a warn.
ing to unborn millions, and your fer Of NATION
sacrrbce to eppesse the hideous monster .9boif,op
will IN long years TO be cited as the behes, Fri
butte to the lowest god To your kinsman Mr. Riley
our new Minister, who rs sent TO ofica,e at The a,
orIbce, ~e sgain give wsrnng-we say to him .,,ste
heed, and let the late impfudence Of your COUSIN
"C4~ius NJ" be warning to your zeal, for the vic.
tim not so sttsrsd but what he will rise from NJ.
sssrr6esl pile in ssrsng,b and power and tr,ump b
over both Priest and Dsnen.'