New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-24
anairs In rexn.-.une-at,on, SC.
From our Correspondent.


custom unknown TO orr uupoetc North. l lie
Queen of Nav was led TO her fiower-deckcd throne
by the whirr-robed Young mnidens Of Galveston
but cannot describe the music and i4wers thni
graced the a,iar Texas. the gathering place OF The
most res ress and niasinaiise spirits of the Uh'on
inclijes naturally to the romantic and Foeica NO
where can demonstration be "A hgtit or a pa'i
be got up quicker or more ciecu'e!y ana no
where iie intelligent character OF the comli'"i.!
considered, is violent public feeling moro ess''y
created or moro rapidly changed ! her fr'S'''"'
Is a case in point: viin ten ysars A1a li'''s''''
has i,sen. bv acciama;ian. hero, coward; 4
statesman an inibcc:le type OF oil he virtues ali
embodiment OF all the vices. On his ADVENT III l'e
Texan command lie was hailed as pro'sy OF 'ii'
iiarv genius BY mon Hho three fHe;.ths thereafter
wished to depDse him for giving over the COUNTY, 10
deyrstat;on In another month these men had WOE
the field of San Jacinto and out oi pure sfatiHde
i;ir having had their own way. bsi gel 70 e!fc' nm
IN the Presidency, iarHet the iiTsi PRESIDENT nav
in become unpopular past all telling i9T n'aN!s d
Treat, with Santa Ana, winch Treaty i l'o" CON
<idefcd :sry credtab!c 10 Houston, "a mad III lat!
Fri. =, do with H. Before houston term Vas
hal; oul nnc-lons OF the men, WOMEN ci:l!tifeh
were abusing hin. u5i !audiDg Lamar his success
soTi TO the skies. T. fore ;.anlars Administration
was out the consistent Texans Tad become inpa-
ten: because he had not effected great VaTiet; %
Impossible ihIag>-aEd amoag others mar ne u"
moi eyierrlinatc = faw dozen inaccessible Indian
t.ibes-and reelected Houston, whosa known philo-
Indian policy was adverse 10 all they clanorcd 10
effect They seize upon ore salient pom; 9! charac-
Ter or policy and all censure %! all praise whil.
the fit iastS. This warm, spontaneous sou, though
productive in weeds, Is also hi aud ready Tor u'e
richest growth .: virtue. SUI! this Judging from re-
suits rather than principles unsafe morality Tor
any people, most OF ali Tor thorough Democracy
When, i'll the infancy OF the Auglo-An-ilcan col
ony oi Texas, ~ pure-Aeaficd, Seii-s4crihehis
founder. Stephen T. Austin, was compelled 10 man
a~e in every way 10 keen tive antagonist preJuGiceS
of tie cOloni-ts and their i:eXcan neIshbOrs from
flashing ouJ INTO open warfare, has cautious and
delicate negotiations were branded IS reasonable
whenever ~ did not proclaim tile tenor by beat 81
drum The COLONY sent Inn 10 Mexico 10 asa al
Congress STATE Constitution. Some KIND Trends
caused it to be in,imated 10 the Mexican Govern
ment that total separation from their ConicGefarN
was his ohiscr. and ne thrown INTO PRISON
This did no, LOOK Ike getting STATE Constitution !:
and moved bv false representations, the texans
contriy led to turn their spleen upon r1"r Austin.
sneak from my own knowledge, whfH sa:. that
the time when the Father OF Texas was enduring iof
her cause the utmost riEors of Il Mexican dungeon
the Texans we're denoUHciDg him Us traitor worthy
of death. Presently they saw their mistake. ana
were eager to repair it by giving hun Tie lead M Sc
curing their National existence. HIS iabors then
were serviceahie rs his CoGnSeis were Wise ana
moGerale aud he would have been, rs he well de-
served TO be- the first elected President of the Nation
he had created but after the battle OF San Jaclno
Mad assured the independence OF Texas, Houston
Sfered himself as rival candidate and, in the JOY
OF their ieverance, the people elected him. 4 IL"
months before, they were loud in his dispraie the!
branded him a. coward and tra.tor; they drove
INN INTO battle by their tauDs AID threats. and then.
the battle being won they iet that they had been
too severe and going by Sherman, aud BGrleson.
and Baker and Iamar-the gallant soldiers VINO
did the work-who had never dSpIe0scd iheiIl-wllo
never in any emergency. had been found wanting
and. above ALL Austin. whose uuImpeachabe lie
had been one long serviiuda 10 ieNu>-passIng nil
these ihey in the reaction OF tier condemnation,
elected Houston PIesdent-aud then set 10 work,
might and ma H. 10 repent o; their choice. The high
minded Lamar, who succeeded iI!tI, was moi 50 an
populnr, but lie could not in one day conquer the
indians on the border, or make wild Ian!s circu.
Iniinc medium; the Texans therefore lost confidence
IN his military and financial abilities, and they re-
elected Houston. Houston gave up tine border 10
the Indians by removing The Government from Aus
tin. the capital. This step took from The CGtorad"
border It's strougcsJ defence, sHd IN" hadepnPu-
lated Western Counties are Outrageous. On the
other hand, as lie broke up he Nav! and Amy. and
refused TO pay the sailors their arrears vr the U
calan Expedition the Admin ATM Is on the chenp
:, STEM and carries with II TIE ands OF economy
been prudent nmd with here and ttere a dash o
mranness deserves upon the whole great deal
credit. lie ui-repudiales Mississippi, Individual!
and executivcly.
His chief talent, howey n, lies in us management
of the mass His friends say with mach truth, that
let him do what he viii, he mas but 10 make speech
and the tickle heart Of Senior Mob j. son again.
He is a more successful tluer Of wild animals than
Van Ainbufgh. In his lne negociGors With Mex
leo he conceded everything and gained nothing
no, even the liberty OF the citizens ot sar Antonio,
who were carried of by Gen. COLL ne refused from
beginning 10 end to inform the repre- eniavcs Of 'Ee
Texan people what lie was at; he openly and every
where sanctioned the crue.ties practsed upon the
Texan prisoners i'll Mexico. and finally left his sub
ecs 10 find out the real tciiUs oi agreement with
Santa Ana at third hand, from the United States
papers, as they had them from The oicial organs OF
Mexico. How all this has been mud will be taken
hv this hgh-spirlted people II IS hard 10 say. his,
however, you may RELY and rom this fact, which is
we'll knnwn to Henry Clay, that distinguished states
nitn perhaps based his doubts OF tine feasibility OF the
mmadpt, Annexation OF Texas. Den. houston
and ai{hiS prrS0nGi (rirRfS IRE opposed 10 inner
atisR base NV asser0uo0 the,r own assurances
I 10 ne. They prefer Independence. Free irade ana
close alliance with England (which also implies
eventual Abolition oil Slavery 10 Annexation AID
raritl which compei~ them 10 buy Northern A!anu-
iactuTfs brought IN Northern ships. Gen. NUrniiF
found Engl and Capt. Elliott III the ascendent:
but he has changed all that The Texans themselves
are so sincerely and enthusiastically attached to the
institutions OF the United States tiat the Executive
could not directly oppose Annexation. Ills plan
will be To get some obnoxious clause smuggi'd into
The Treaty aud then his blest Par!izans sill range
the country 10 make speeches and rouse the people
| against it, The L. :. senate must bc al this mo-
ment debating the question, and feel perfect con-
fidruce will acquiesce in The wisdom of Annexation;
but after that-mpfobahle as it may now seem
Gen. Houston will cuH;:ive 10 make ii Loves La
Dor Lost" if the friends of the sieasure are not
wary. There may be hmver soldiers and abef
statesmen than Sam Houston, but IN my opinion he
wonli ou,.wt the whole [. :. Serae IL a trade
and then make the weird believe tisy had cheated
themselves The Texans " Ill bet any ODDS On their
Badger against your Coon. CoRi.SE ii.
GEN. JACKSON AND w. BvEE"- Gen. Jackson
has written another letter in favor Of The Annex
alton of fcxiS. 1t appears IN the Nashville
Union Of Nav 9Th. 1t IS a curiosity. de en-.
dorses Mr.. Van Buren, in the dosing portion,
which we subjoia
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