The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-04-05
BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL.
Washington.
loorrespon 'ence Of the Herald


WASHINGTON, April 3, 1874.
All - III state OF great excitement. The deep
est anxiety to hear from Connecticut
Great excitement about annexaton-ssp.c,auu
among the Whigs. You may see little kno,s of
them, Crittenden, Morehead, Choate, nc. &c.
with their heads together. They are in most
disconsolats dilemma-they have to choose be-
tween Clay and ''the peculiar institutions of tho
South" They are outrageous at having the ques-
ton OF annexation SO thrust upon them that they
cannot put it off till after the next presidential
election. But as have said before, SO say again,
that9 compelled to vote, it will be in favor of annex
alton This is the reason why all the wing papers
and bulletins are zealousy asserting that nothing
VIII be done or can be done this session.
;, Noo as TO Holsters movement agaiwH Tsras,
mere rs no doubt but it is made to smbarrass, or
dgedt Ctay and procure for himself the nomination
ne 90, ooes Clay no good ,eiA. He is for himseT
WINE Doth parties deny that annexation il a
party movement, II cannot be longer concealed
that the great mass Of its best friends ave De,n0crafs
The publication OF this fact, however will do no
good either to annexation or to the Democratic
party.
The southern people are waking up to very high
excitement about annexation. And you NAV ex-
pect 'cia s'ceep all before 1t at the South, wings
and democrats.
Clay's prospects look more precarious now than
heretofore
General Talmadge, from New York, and the
Hon. Peter A. Browne, from Philadelphia, are
here attending the National Institute. There il a
respectable delegation OF from the different
sections of the Union. Their meetings are only
valuable and interesting to science-I could make
nothing out of them for the Herald rive think
ditierently.-ED. HER.
| have just seen some of Calhoun's friends A
MIR; Cralle is to be the head Clerk. Mr.. Calhoun
will endeavor carry on the negotiations for Ore
gon and Texas, pari passu There is no truth in
the report that the negotiations have been at all in
terrnpted between England and this government
The land in negotiation is between 40 deg and
"a deg 40 min.
WASHINGTON, April 3.
see it going the rounds of the papers that Messrs
Benton and Wright will vote against the annexa-
ton Of Texas-that /" they have come out against
it." lam authorized to give an unqualified denial
to both these statements. On the highest authority
at Washington | can say that Mr.. Wright has sx-
pressed no opinion on the subject, either one way or
the other and that it is not known by any one how
he will vote.
AS for Mr.. Benton, he left here on Saturday to
JOIN his family, and will not be back here again
until about the first of May. He has not yet reco-
vered from the shock he received, and he cannot
yet bear the atgues and excitement OF the Senate,
where tor twenty-five years last past, ne has been
more steady in his attendance than any other
member OF Congress. But from the most compe-
tent authority at Washington, and that which is
entirely authentic, can state that he Is entirely
| for Texas
have renewed reason to confirm me in the state
ments have already made, that if compelled to
vote, the whole South will move together in favor
| of annexation. There is not the slightest appre-
hension now of President Tyler making any politi-
cal capital out of it, If any made in that quarter
it will be by Mr.. Calhoun. | will not say that
the time has not been when Mr.. Benton
might have feared that his vote in favor Of
Annexation would strengthen Calhoun against Van
Buren,. But that time Is not now, when public
opinion has so clearly marked him out as the de-
| mocratlc candidate.
The news has just arrived in the city Of the de-
| feat of Van Buren, in Connecticut. One reason
here assigned for this defeat is the efforts of Pre-
sldent Tyler TO convince the democracy that Van
Buren, is not an available candidate, and to induce
them to nominate him. On this head the Madi-
sonan says
Twice have the friends of the President thrown their
weight into the Van Buren, scale in Connecticut, and
the success Mr. Van Burens organs have invariably de.
nounced the President most ungratefully Hence
shall protest against any our friends heping" to
elect Van Buren, candidates again. Van Blu
rem himself
But the excitement is so great here tonight that
| 1t is impossible to get at any truth.
| The hopes of Calhoun's friends are certainly
| rising.
Each party and clique will assign Just such
reasons for this defeat as will best promote their
own interests.
The enemies of annexation will certainly assign
for the reason the hostility of the Wings to that
measure. S. B.