The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-08-05
The GLOBE AND THE ARsils1lcE-

,sared away The og" that envelopes The subject o.
lhe Armisloe :. Ia some obscuriy." in relation 70
he srm,s,iee, az we'll as the Texss QUESTION, We
houd be led to Suppose thSl the Globe has for SOME
inc past been developed in a very ds"ssJcg' 'he
Globe however, is not yet out Of the log. ns'Di
opeiag in the dark. isays in It's opinion the arms
ice twas only suggested aud talked of by Santa Anna
10 cover his incspacity to carry the war" The
Globe is here at fault again. II the editor OF the |
Glob will look back, he will find that there was
eesset n Of actual hostiites between the Mexican
aad Texan forces through truce entered into be-
ween the proper officers of the contendng armies
that then, commissioners were sent from Texas to
Mexico for the purpose of negotiating FIRST an ar
istice, aud then treaty Then that an armislce was
negotiated aud sent TO the President Of Texas, who
refused to approve it, because it spoke Of that coun-
try, as ga department of Mexico" There then,was
an end of the srmislice None ever agreed
upon.
We stated the fact some months ago, that there
was armis.ice, and have repeated 1t since but
the Globe wandering about in the fog in which
it envecped, that, il either could not, or
uouid mol see the truth
The Administration cannot feel under any obliga-
II has not been fog. Nor has the subject of the
armstice ever been compiler question with It. Let
it be shown where the President has ever admitted
the existence Of armstice. II any other distin-
guished characters than the astute editor OF the
Globe, are indebted to Mr.. Buchanan for clearing
away the fog, we should suppose that Mr.. Van Bu-
rem and Mr.. Benton would be. Both of those gen.
tlemen appear to have been as deeply enveloPed in
the fog 10 the armstice the editor Of that pa
per.
The editor of the Globe is satisfied that there
has never been an nrmslice. Let us wait and see
how long he will continue in that opinion.
II may be scrviceable to take retrospect, and
glance at the of the Globe in regard to the
TIE question. People sometime, forget, who have
tire acherous memories
On the Texas question the Globe preserved pro-
found silence for long time after it had been agi,a
ted through the press in almost every section Of the
country. On the 18th Of April, it spoke for the
first time. The paper of that day. contained an arti-
Gle Of three columns, commencing with " many OF
our Democratic friends have been surprised at the
silence Of the Globe on the subject of re-annexa-
ton Of Texas to the Union" The editor then as
signed a. the cause the severe indspostion with
which he had been afflicted. He then proclaimed,
4" the Globe will earnestly advocate the re-aDnexa-
ton Of Texas to the Union. The proposition is only
to receive again. from those who have an unquestion
able power to tender it, territory which belong
ed the Union, and which still belongs to it in the
abstract right" Again: "we see already that the
British party in this country prepared make the
Texas question party issue. The English organ of
itv tba dp,iS
sion" And again, mark we'll" it is said that Mr..
Tyler has preached this question merely with view
TO his personal interests as a political speculator;
and tina, holders of Texas scrip and others interest
ed IN her land, at the bottom Of the movement.
With US, these considerations have weight There
is great public interest that could be promoted, if
the circumstance that selfish individuals associated
private and sinister objects with II, TO make il
bar 10 the advancement Of the public welfare"
What could be more strong, more unqualified, than
the commiltal of the Globe in favor Of annexation
What pointed rebuke could be given to those
who had impugned the motives Of the President in
negotiating the Treaty.
THIS article appeared while Mr.. Benton was alb
sent from the City on visit to Kentucky for his
family From the time of publishing this article the
Globe remained silent up to the 18th of April The
letter Of Mr.. Van Buren,, the subject Of anne1s-
ton, had been Published two days previous, and the
letter Of Mr.. Benton to the Texas members of Con-
grcss published in the paper Of that day
Both Of those letters refer TO the present armisce
and both found their objections to immediate action
upon its existence. The Globe of that day. endorsed
both Of those letters in the strongest terms and be-
slowed upon them and their authors the highest
praise.
| But what was The language OF the Globe the day
following the LIST of May II appeared to havo for
gotten the article of the 18th Of April II got into
fog, and that article had become obera,ed entirely
from the mind ofthe editor After speaking Of "Mr.
ryler's schemes equring the treaty to succeed, MI
Calhoun project requiring it to be defeated EVIDENT
! " with mischievous design, the Globe pro.
claims "Ms1ico and Texas ave now AT war
tho sEmsice admits it-a circumstance of
which We were not apprsed when VIC wrote our
fret article on this subject and to adopt the Texans
citizens at bis time, is to make ourselves party
to the war; and to take upon ourselves the business
Of IT, conclusion, either by negotiation or by
AIMS"
The day f,lowin,, tho , Of May, The Globe again
treats the subject OF nner alton and REWRITING to
what II bad published the day previous it said "With-
out pretending at all TO 70 into the ucs,ion--thc
great oversight Committed in overlooking the ar
mi-ce in our first article, admon-hcs US that health
is necessary to the consideration of such subject as
this is."
The Globe then repeated it, declaration Of the
previous day, in regard to war and said, that, prc
sent Annexation of Texas, without any understand
ing with Mexico, was psO aoio aud witht ut any act
from her, war with her,
On the 30 Of May the Globe again renows the
subject, and said 1--WE have touched this Ohe Tex
as quesoo) under the important aspect Of war with