Litchfield enquirer., 1845-02-27

Be pleased, Dear Sir, to receive for yourseN, an assurance of my personal respect and esteem, ana to communicateto the Association you represent on this occasion, my warmest wishes for prosperity
 And believe me to be, Dear Sir,
 Very faithfully and truly,
 Y Your obedient Servant.
 L. BRADISH,
 To OLIVER HonpEN, Esq Secretary. sa
 THINGS IN WASHINGTON.
 From he Editor cf the Tribune.
 s.s. 84l.m WAsr1NGroN, Saturday, Feb. 22.
 The friends of Annexation in the Senate have resolved to press vote on Monday. if they feel as sure as they do now I think the vote will be ta- ken either on Monday or Tuesday, and l greatly fear the result will be adverse to Peace and Free dom, though Ido not despair. It is now virtually settled thai 2S Wbig Senators will vote against Annexation, provided Mr. Pearce, of Md can be back from the bedside of his sick wife in season, as if is believed he will be- In that case It needs but one IsocO-Fo vote to defeat the measure.- Where shall this one come from? There are naii a dozen whose understandings and consciences tei and ambition plead so strongly on the other side, that greatly fear the latter will prepcndeFate. The President elect is the master spirit of the Texas intrigue, and is concentrating his immense power and patronage wholly on this polnt. NO secret s made of the fact that he is delaying the
  is settled with express reference to securing votes fs,r Annexation. 2 By tIis device he has already broken down the opposition of Silas Wright & Co. and securedthe vote of Senator Dix for the kosolu tions. Wright and Van Buren want Mir Comp troler Flagg in the new Cabinet. To all their re. presentations, the answer is--s Texas first, and then ----.' The effect of this is rescript from Albanys to Mir. Dix to surrender at discretion.
 On the Ohio Senators thought more reliance could he placed. They know that their constitu- ents are largely hostileto Annexation, the popular majority against it being, at the last Election, some I4n(y0. Tho Legislature, by decisive majority in each House, has explicitly :nstructed them 10 oppose the measure. These instructions MT. AL l len stands ready to violate. MT. Tappan. 1t IS thought, will not vote at all. He IS brother or Arthur and Lewis Tappan of N Y. and at least as l thorough an Abolitonist as either of tEefn It will be hard task for him to refrain voting against Texas, but the party screws are strong, and for- 1 eign Missions are tempting. (Eight new outfits, <s9 ,OOO each were inserted in the General Appro- priaton Bill yesterday. Aliens vote for lexas will use up what is left of binding Instructions to l Senators.
 Mr. Niles of Conn., wants to vote against the l Joint Resolutions, and assured friend that he would do so. just two days ago. Hear ne gave ave bomtM right in Congress to unite this Country to Foreign Nations by simple majority vote of the Houses. presume he will be laughed or threat ensd out o his scEnplss sstega tha M fqfs s f. aS cos vote for Texas. with three sort of Whigs the Resolutions will be carried by 27 to 25 If Pearce ls absent and Tappan does not vote, the majority is the same If Pearce returns to vote, and Tap- pan avoids it. the Resolutions pass by one maiori- fy. But if Tappan. or Niles. or Bagby, votes Nay, and Mi. Pearce returns, the Resolutions are lost. ,.s.sstts s a .s-
 There is an immense lobby influence here. ail for othce,. and of course for Texas. MT. Polk's position just now gives him immense power to warp opinions to hia liking. lean but faintly hope for an suspicious fesiilt, %1s
 believe Oregon will be allowed to lie over an- other Summer The bill has answered its pur- pose by helping Texas through. It is quite likely that the bill to make states of Iowa and Florida, will likewise fail tor want of time. sa
 . Senator Huntingtons Speech against Annexa- ton, now in pfoccss of delivery isone of the ablcst of the many ahle Speeches on the question. v
 IMPORTANT FROM, WASHINGTON.
 Acorrespondent of the N. Y. Journal of Con- merces writes as follows. under date of
 have this day learned from an unoues,ionable source, that at the time of Santa Annas fall trea- Y was in progress, and nearly consummated, for the entire cession of California, or New Mexico. to Great Britain, it only being defeated by the fall Of santa Anna II seems that papers and docu- ments were found on his person when captured, fully conirmatory of the fact, information of which had reached our government. It thus ap- pears that while England was indirectly opposing the annexation of Texas, she was at the same time negotiating for the acquisition of country still more extensive and valuable. San Francisco is said to be one of the finest bays and safest harbors on the coast oi the Pacific. With the possession oi this fine harbor. England could control the \ commerce of the whole coast of the Pacific Ocean. reaching from California to the possessions of Russia.
 It is said that our government have suspected some design of this character on the part of Great Britain, for some time past; but could never get hold Of any thing tangible on the subject until now. This news will necessarily create surprise ane attract attention among our people. II send ths oil m great hase hoping you will lose time in giving tito your readers. safta 4F
 Yours, very sincerely and truly. V BENEZETTE. sANNExATIoN.- IA letter from the Hon. Albert Gallstin is published in the NswsY York Evening Fosts n which he supports his fo,mer position, that Texas cannot consttutioaally be admitted, if at all, hy the treaty making pcwerthat is, bythe President and Senate. MT, Benton's proposition l now before the Senate he deems :" altogether un- | sxceptionable far relates to the constitution. II question. provided the treaty was made and rat fled in. the mannes provided by the Consttution.s < But" he adds, < the proposed resolution leaves t optional with the President of the U. s to sub- nit the treaty for confirmation either 10 Congress y to the Senate. There is no option in the case" MT. Jones the editor of the Madisoniap, has dis | ,osed of hs half Of that paper to Samuel Laughlin, ,x-edssss Sss she Nashville Union. It is presumed, therefore. that the Madisonian is to be the official 'rgan of the new administration notwithstanding he exertlcns which have been made to secure thai ,nsitipn for the Globe. pr. Miller. brother-in-aw ' ths Pissideut. is ready to dispose of the other leif, st sproper time.