Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-22
RICHMOND, VA.
Friday Morning, February 81, 1915.
THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.

Every eve still continues fixed on the Senate OF
the United States. Texas is upon every tongue.
| Will the Senate annex this magnificent region
10 cur coun,ry2 Will they give back to our
arms what was so unfortunately coded away ID
l620l Will they restore 10 us what JEFFERSON
acquired for us in 1903, and what, IN le2o, ne
predicted would be the richest State in our Union!
| Or, will they be mad enough to reject her no'o,
and perhaps torever2 Will they preserve ner
from the scduclioDs OF British intrigue! Wlli
they prevent the agitalions which hover over our
own country2 What course will they pursue
! And if thew are determined 10 annex her, what
measure will they adopt2 Will they pass the
resolutions of the House ?-Or, will they ADOPT
Ben,on's bill ?-Or, will they combine The Two
systems ?-Or, will they pass the resolutions
first and then act upon Benton's BILL as suose-
auent and substantive proposition
We will not nOw permit ourselves to appre-
bend. that party factions will succeed in deprvng
US oiTexas We will scarcely permit ourselves
to suspect, that any jealousies between TWO dls,
| ,inguished men and their respective friends VIII
interfere with their public duties and deprive us
of Texas Some of the friends OF Col Benton
may say, that Mr.. Calhoun does not desire 10 see
the question seltled-He wishes 10 profit BY inc
agitation it will producc-to 'ride IN the wnirl-
wind and direct the Storm" We know, that lhis IS
gross mistake Some Of Mr.. Calhouns friends
suspect that Col Benton is not DESTROYS Of annex
ing Texas to the Union, and is doing all ne can to
10 prevent it. His friends, however, who are
most familiar with his wishes, declare that this 100
is a gross mistake A few days will tell. Within
eight working days, the whole question will now
be settled We shall soon see, whether Benton
and Calhoun, and their most intimate friends
and whether the four Wings in the Senate, 1--WE
hope there are more of them, will not rise supe-
ror 10 all party considerations. Let us see which
-. a. "A tod n. nc
Try. =.
Mr. Henderson, the Wing Senator from Mis-
sisspp has delivered very able speech in be-
half OF Texas. This is a glorious sign. VINO
comes nextl The Senate have resolved TO meet
at 10 o'clock every morning ill the question is
sellled-and 10 devote every day 10 it, This IS
another favorable sign. We continue to receive,
also, cheering news from Washington. One cor
respondent writes us on Wednesday: "The i'm
preston is becoming very general, if not almost
universal that We are 10 have Texas this session
The Wings too, are beginning 10 think that she
will be annexed. Several Wing members them
selves have told me So" Another correspondent
writes on he same day: al find no one who now
doubts that Mr.. Browns resolutions Substantial
w will pass the Senate"
The last New York Express amuses itself with
The idea Of "a rc,y pretty rar."
"The Calhoun and Tyler men (says The Ey-
prcss) will not take Benlons Bill, because il is
Bcnlon's Bill Meanwhile, Benton and his
friends will not vote for Browns Resolution, be-
cause the TYLER and Calhoun men desire it
Amid this war OF the Texas jobbers and scrip
holders, il is now believed that this neariouS
scheme OF involving US in trouble with foreign
power for the sake Of annexing foreign territory
will get the go-by."
Now, suppose il turns out, that Benton and
his friends, and Calhoun and his friends, vote
toge,her-and some honest, independent Wings
vote with them also, what then will The Express
think of our 'pretty little war;" or Of his "preuy
lille speculatons?" Or, what will he then say 10
this falsely called "netarous scheme? Why
he will confess perhaps that there are some wiser
men in the world than himself and some per-
haps just as good, who are tor this "netarious
scheme