Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-05-24

to the Sabine. Ten days ago, Saligny, as.
serted that "rexas shall not he annexed"
Stronger words never came off weaker sto-
mach; but had giant spoken them, they
would have sounded like penny whistles
squeak amid the sublime fury OF volcano
in eruption. The people Of Texas are tho
roughly aroused the spirit Of liberty is
completely awakened; and captain Elliott
and his man Friday might as well try to-
chain the minds as subdue the resolution O
free people, acting under the impulses oil
noble enthusiasm excited in the acconp'
Iishment of lofty purpose
"There are indications Of opposition to.
the national will yet manifest in the official
proceedings Of the Texan government
The day appointed for the meeting OF Con.
gresS 10 consider of the resolutions passed
by our national legislature, is remote enough
to give Ashbel Smith time TO reach England
and return with the ulimdtum Of the Brit
ish government. We might here also men
ton that Mr.. Saiigny has been heard 10
say that president Jones would not sane
ton annexation; that he would throw him
self upon his constitutional prerogative and
veto any such measure; and in case rev.
olution should follow, call upon the govern.
mens in amty with Texas to uphold his
dynasty, just as the elder Bourbons engag
ed the legitimacy of Europe to defend them
against the people of France. But what
infinite small potatoes-or, as Mr.. Saigny
would more cIassically call them, pomn1eS
de terre are The Vaccinations of cabinets
or the intrigues Of diplomatists, when bro't
in contact with an avalanche of the popular
mind! 1t is just possible that the flattery
of foreign representatives. may have iniilt-
ed the Texan executive to the pinnacle OF
imagining himself capable of defying the
surges of public emotion; which, should he
attempt it, will as assuredly overwbem
him and his satellites as the deuge swallow.
ed up them that the Lord repented he had
made.
"Turnpg aside from such small gear as
the man9uvres Of functionaries who are so
loose Of soul that they utter their affairs.
it is gratifying TO perceive that the English
people begin to see, what their government
long since saw, that the United States pays
as little regard to the menaces OF crowned
heads as philosopher does to the grimaces
of painted devil. The London Morning
Chronicle Of the 28lh ult. pithily remarks
| tnal Tue Drlllsn lion, III the m1tteT uiluei
consideration, has been treated as puppy
dog. The comparison is opposite from its
business, as we'll as trenchant in sarcasm.
When annexation was first preached, the
royal beast roared as though baited in his
lair; but, but not being able to brighten any
body, it is now as tame as one Of Van Am.
burgh's pets, and only shows its claws and
bellows its breath to make people wonder
how it was domestcated. The rawlings oil
the London press, and the explosions o!
British politicians, are tricks Of the mena-
gerie, upon the model OF the exercises a,
VauxhalI We begin to think that certain
antics that have been played across the Sa
bine, are nothing more than the pleasantly
Of the smaller geological specimens sent
thither 10 amuse US republicans by cutting
rusties.