The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-06
THE INTELLIGENCER VS.. THE UNITED
STATES.

THE INTELLIGE NCER vs.. THE UNITED
The stream which constituted the leading ar
ticle Of the Intelligence of the 4th instant was
so evidently formed by the continent influences of
England and Mexico, that we have hardly pa
thence to trail them though their oft reiuted OBJ
jections.
The first objections ''upon the threshold"
are that ''annexation" "has been sprung upon
the nation, without regard TO its wishes, and
without consulting the Senate, in advance Of
any step towards this object"
In reply TO these objections, which the Intel
ligencer knows full well to be untrue, and value
less if true, we have to say-that our right to
Texas and its value to this country were dis
cussed at the period Of its cesson. The sub
ject was again brought TO public notice by the
unsuccessful attempt of Adams and Clay 10 re
cover il again it was brought to notice by the
Administration Of Gen. Jackson, and subse-
quently under that OF Mr.. Van Buren,. We
thus see that under every Administration, from
Mr.. Madson's TO that Of Mr. Van Buren, inclu-
sive, il has been subject of public considera-
ton. Ii was very natural that matter OF such
importance, still unsettled, should attract the
attention of this Administration. The evil
dences that il was under consideration by the
Executive, abound. and nowhere more fire.
quently and more strikingly than in the columns
of the Iutelligencer, both before and after the
opening Of this session of Congress. ln the
first place, in his message to Congress, the Pre-
sident explicitly stated that he should pursue
that course dictated by the interests aud the
rights of this country regardless of the threats
of Mexico, and that he doubted not Congress
would fulfil their portion of the duty. Before
the opening of Congress, annexation was sub
ject Of very general discussion, and assumed a
form so imposing and probable that Mexico was
stimulated TO utter Indisc threats, which her
subsequent good judgment has not allowed her
10 repeat. The world was thus notified Of the
determination Of the Administration 10 con-
summate this measure, and Of its confidence in
the support of Congress.
Subsequent TO the opening of Congress, the
columns of the Inleliigencer exhibited a marked
attention TO this matter, and in such striking
contrast TO its recent long article on this ques-
ton, as TO confirm our information of its author
being other than the editor of that paper. In
the opening OF that article, the assertion is made,
that, hitherto, the Intelligencer had treated as
'idle rumors" all reports speaking of pending
or intended negotiation. We all know how
rarely "idle rumors" find access TO the column.
of the Intelligence, and that indeed they are
30 pfe-occupied, that space in II is doled out
by its editors as no small favor, and that except
for Congressional reports, it is no newspaper,
its extracts of news being proyerbally stale
Our surprise has for months been constantly
kept alive by Witnessing the extraordinary dbl
gence of the Intelhgencer, in collecting Texas
news; the "idle rumors" in relation to anners-
ton taking immediate possession Of its most
conspicuous columns. On the very next day af-
ter the arrival Of any OF these "idle rumors, /"
they appeared in the columns of the Inielligen-
Ger, and II would seem to have been the bust
ness Of some one having control of its columns.
Immediately after the arrival Of the mails. to
hunt for and extract all "dle rumorsn relating
10 annexation, and generally so garbled as to
throw ridicule on the subject, the purpose evil
ptinS w Polsoh Aut IuuilC inlnus III the
editors themselves considered all these report.
announcing annexation as idle rumorsp i,
would appear that some one el,e having control
Of the commanding columns of that journal
did not consider them idle rumors, but FASTENED
TO lay them before the public through the col.
umns Of the Integencer, from which pane,
most others first gathered these idle rumors ,
Certain it is that the zeal manifested by that M
per in collecting and promptly publishing il
garbled form, all current reports, would hav,
done credit to Mexican Iotegencer.
The letter from General Jackson 10 Mr.
Brown proves the agitation Of this subject ,
year ago, although action upon il has been de
lsyed to this opportune moment. We hav,
been informed, that some few years since, Mr.
Biddle had entered INTO extensive cores
pondence on this subject with many statesmen
Of The North, South, East, and West and tina
he had received wonderfully large number o.
letters from them favorable TO annexation. 4
would greatly aid this question if they could b,
published without violating private confidence
When Texas sough, to make loan of the Baul
OF the United States, Mr. BidJle wished, a, 4
preliminary, Mr. Gays opinion. upon a certain
point, which, If answered sfhrmariysly. would