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RICHMOND, VA.
TUESDAY MoRN1yG. July 2. 1871
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THE LOSS OF TENAS.
Wcarc in greater danger of losing Texas ihaI
ever The information which we gave III The la'
ENQUIRER. unon The best authority. 2S>ignS som
of The reasons for this apprehension !. Zen
Houston has not recently been in iavor oil annex!
ton. >. He had been previously negotiating VIII
Great Britain for treaiy-ad nohih9 .i'
the wishes of the people OF Texas, ana lt 'i'ii''
cncc of General Jackson over The NINA o' ms ;ih
ccnt conrade. could have orclru!ed ms objections
and wruun from him a reluctant consent 10 al
immediate Annexation with The uhied states
3. Six months We're allowed for the Ratification
his Treaty with uS-and his Commissioners d
Washington were instructed Ia openlhe he9olld'!0'
with G airthlonyh Mr. Packenham al Wash
ino,on in cas-. the Senate should reject the Treaty
4 Col Henderson. one of the Commissioners
has returned 10 Texas. for the purpose OF prevail
ing on the people TO wait little longer ami ARES
! I'M, movement ot negotiation with Great britain
I ). MIR. Van Iandt The other Commissioner. has
resigned his Office sooner Than comply With ilit
| instructions OF his Government. u. The course
of Mr.. CLAY and his followers i'll The Senate. ha'
changed The whole action OF Santa Anna. Hac
The Treaty been ratified. he would have acqu
esccd-but he will scarcely give ms consent ~
advance, especially as Great Britain ana France
have now inierposed their rcmonsIahccs WIN us
are aemptn" 10 tlIn Texas against ahheAa'
ton, by >tipulaiing her independence from McXl-
! 90. and by guaranteeing 10 her several important
commercial privileges; andC; Britain particularly
! is intriguing with Mexico. 10 prevent her Welding
] her assent 10 the annexation ol Texas WIN t!:e
! United States Such We Suspect-iEGeed, such
we understand are some al the important tea
lures o this important tranSacli0n--and, #,F,f"t
we say. we were never in greater danger Of los
/ ing Texas. than at The present moment.
| II is no wonder, therefore, that Mr. McDni'ie
proclaimed III his powerful speech oil Tuesday
night in this citr, declaration 10 iiie following
effect, which we take from report ol his speech
in the New York Express :,
II fear nor. that within sixty days, there VIII
! be Treaty with Great Britain concluded and
with France fear that General .lach>on'> word
will prove too lrue but God forbid that The
"golden" nomca, has been lost Ii Ibis should
| he the case, upon whom is the responsibility IL
resr o.
The accounts which We received from Tex
/ as. by the New Orleans mail Yesterday
morning, tends to strengthen these Tears. The
steamer New York had arrived on the 23'i from
Galveston, with Texas dates 10 the 18th. The
New Orleans Picayunc says, The Houston
Morning Star Of the 18Th June, Ill copying rom
this paper Ia the effect that il was not ptohah!"
greSs would lie done till next session. significantly
saws, we shall bc much SURPRISED il The next
session CAS- do any thin" in rc9an! 10 H.
! The New Orleans Courier quo.cs from The
Galveston Gazette" that III Texas could pro-
cure from Mexico complete recognition al her
independence a majority oil il.e citizens Would
I've opposed 10 annexation
Should these omnouS Sims I've fulfilled, and
Texas he lost to MS then NAV we ask with Mr.
McDullie, upon whom is This responsibility To
re>il" The greater portion OF il will fall upon
Mr. Henry Clay His unfortunate letter has frln-
cipally Sowed the seed Of this mischief The last
man in America. after lis speech in 1920 and
his negotiation in 1925, who should have resisted
the re-acQuiSition of this beautiful and important
country and the key TO our Western frontier Is
the very man, who has consummatcd The evil
lie has commanded his followers Ia 90 against
The trcaiv-and his dolatrous man-worShiPper>,
as loyal 10 his wishes as the ancient vaSSals were
10 their Feudal Lords will he held mainly re-
Spon>ible for this gorgeous tran>g!cssion against
the hes; interests of his country.
There is but one way vel. which may possibly
proven, it, There is but one door now open, II
that door ilSclfbe no, forever closed against us
We mu>t operate upon the people oil Texas, 10
coun,erac, the precipitae action of their Govern
mcnt ILrc we must plant the lever 10 rouse The
Texans We must satisfy them, that there is
still reasonable prosper ui our receiving Texas
into the bosom oi oar tnion-that the Senate IN
rejecting the treaty have moi expressed the true
sentiments Of our people-that The next Congress
will reverse the proceedings, and substitute The
legislative resolution of the majority FOR the Scn;i-
iora vote OF two-thiItls. To cheer up The people
of Texas the citizens of the L. = should express
their sentiments in primary meetings by the mos!
animated re>oluiions-and by operating ON their
Representatives and Senators in Congress
We must lose no time in This important work.
The people must speak ont their wishes. prompt
IL and cncrecticaly-and reach the hearts ol The
Texans, before The door is barred upon IL. ii
the American people manifest disposition IL
elect Mr. Clay, Texas will abandon all hope oi
annexation. Ii is Polk and Texas which Is
one OF our battle cries in the present civic contest
and i, is the only cry which is calculated 10 cheer
up and animate The people The fine region, which
extends from the Sabine To the Rio del Norte.
We pass over for the present the proposition
which has been made from Russell county. in Ala
hama TO hold Southern Convention in this city,
We beg leave most respectfully, 10 state 10 ourcor
respondent in that quarter, who has called our al
tenton 10 the resolutions ofthe meeting III Russell
and 10 the address oi lis Committee that be
! fore their proposition can bc adequately consi
/ dercd. il should be modified in two matcria
respec;s--iI,st, 10 change il from Soniherl
, Convention, into a Convention of all the State:
who are favorable 10 speedy anneXation-an'
secondly, 10 discaim, rs our correspondent doc
in his private letter. every design TO disturb tn,
Union The sectional character Of those move
ments in South Carolina, which Mr.. Calhoun
regrets and reprobates, and 10 which MI
| NcDuflic alluded with concern and d>ap
probation in his speech al Richmond. hav
given the Wings flimsv apology Tor screcnin!
their obcdiencct 10 Mr.. Clay under the cover OF pa
ME about the Union. Ii is necessary therefore l.
the success oilhe movement, when Virginia come
10 consider the propriely OF her cooperation, Tia
the character of the Convention should be bette
defined, and strirt oi the objections which hav
been urged, and the chimeras which have hccl
conlured up against il. As soon as lhes
notifications have been made. and, perhaps
not until then, will the people of Eirgini
consent 10 advance 10 the consideration OF thi
proposition. They will then, in all prolabi
iity. deliberate upon the measure-and if The
should determine in favor of il, then they vii
decide upon the best mode Of carrying il out
whether by appointing delegates to the Richmon
Convention. or, hy instructing their delegates il
the Cha! lot,esvic Convention, as to the cours,
which they think il best 10 pursue. For our owl
parts We wish 10 have as little sectional charactc
about the matter as possiblc-;1nd we wish III
measure sirirl Of all fear OF dissolution.
But Convention Is one thlDg-the prima!
meetings, and their cheering appeals 10 the pcopl
of Texas, is another. Whatever becomes Of In
proposition for a General Convention, we mus
not fold our arms We hope every Democratic
Associaiion--cvcry county in the State, will speal
out at once and i'll the most decided terms. in III
vor OF immediate annexation Otherwise, ii!
golden moment" NAV be lo>,--and Texas los
10 us forever or recovered only ~ millions OF trea
sure, and BY oceans Of blood"
PUBLIC SENTINIENT-Oatrar
The TIDE TURNED,
We Law before our readers the proceedings 0