Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-20
RICHMOND, VA.
Wednesday Morning, February 10.
rpnn WASHINGTON.

excuse the familiarity of the expression) and, We
suspec, thinks himself 10 be very nice, perhaps
sagacious observer. Nous rerrons, as SOMEBODY
is in the habit Of saving. when ne uoes no: Anom "
wha, 10 think of Thing, and leaves 10 time 10
,ell him Onr correspondent seems 10 anticipate
some salu,arv movement from Col. Denton.-
Nous Yerrous asain. He looks to Col Benlon
10 carry an, his own celebrated maxim-"Unon
harmony concession-eve for The cause
(,he orcaI canse ofTexas) nothing Tor men,, (Do
Even r u Benton.) Nous Vefr0ns, aga'n :
! This disinpuishc. politician, from whose wreath
we rene.t We would not take a single eai, IS now
in The most responsible position in which any
man NAV stand before an enlightened and OBJ
serving coun,ry If he be honestly IN favor %
the annexation Of Texas (and we would mol VIII
linsy doubt it,) he has II now IN as power .o
serve that cause most efficiently, by perform
ing The greatest act OF great manu- .i'c y
ercise of q quality, the want OF which ruined
Ronan himself, and which made The bright
est OF the Roman heroes SO great in their own
lime and so famed in story-MAGNANiMi-
TY-a soul superior 10 lille self, and mating
every sacrifice Tor a great country. Is Coio-
mel Benton equal 10 this efforts N0as '@-
Rms again. The voice OF the country IS now
ringing in his ears-aConquer thyseit -suodne
your own passions-lay aside all pride OF OPT
nion-al love for the eclat Of passing as The ali-
thor OF d great scheme-Throw away ambition,
by which the Angels fell! Without further cir
cnmloculion, lei Col Benton show himself pa
lro, and not a proud ambitious and arrogant
statesman and then we will be The FIRST 70 unie @i'n
our Correspondent in the praises when he Is as
posed 10 award him. But if the Missouri neha-
ior takes the other course, and sacrlhces texas
by logged perseverance in system, which we
10
onob, not to have been brought forward, ana
which will throw upon him all the responsibility
of The defeat (if defeat should come, )-then, we
repeat the storm will rise and the bolt VIII iall
upon the heads of those who provoke Y. bul
NAV we not loo!; to better things? TO his throwing
all his great energies on the side oil Texas, ana
saving us from all the mischiefs OF procrasllna-
,ion-save Texas from all The intrigues oil Eng
land save Texas 10 our Union, and save our U :
MON itself from the tempest, OF which we al
ready see the ominous signs darkening the distant
horizon!
If Col. Benton can attach the substance OF his
bill Gas much OF it. at least, as provides for ne
eo,iaton with Texas, in case she rejects the terms
of the House, &C., &c. 10 the resolutions OF The
House, and BY so doing does not weaken thepros-
pect ofMeir success, be il so. We should agree 10
the proposition, and checriully accept the compro-
mise. But, then, mark the friends OF The reso-
lutions must be consulted, and they must be salts
fed with the amendment
Or il Col. Benton will withdraw his bill, and
lei the Resolutions OF the House pass, and lor
that purpose throw into il in all good faith The
energies of his mind and THEN propose his bill,
as a supplement TO the resolutions, and providing
for a contingency, (ihough we do not apprehend
it, which may possibly arise under Browns re
solutions, be IL so again, say we-and we pre-
sumo all the friends Of Texas will say so like
wise.
But, pass the House Resolutions certainly
They will give US Texas-save our country IRON
aei,ation-redeem us from the fell spirit of abo-
litonism-salisfy all the South-satisiy the lar
eesl and most enlightened proportion OF the North
and foil the designs and intfisucs OF our great
es, rival. Do this and we will be the first TO JON
onr correspondent in thanks TO I. II. Benton OF
Missouri:
To The Editors Of The Enquirer:
WASHINGTON Cry Feb. II, 1915.
Dear Sirs-Fears are entertained by some OF
our friends, that The Texas question vii! be
swamped in The Senate don't think so. Poll
ticians are beginning 10 have care, just mo-,
OF trusting lhemsel beneath the crushing
weight OF that ponderous measure; and, as il
rolls along, | observe that even the most fool
hardy begin 10 heed the warning, "STAND FROM
rSDER"! /, has blasted the political fortunes OF
TOO many already, 10 be defied any longer-and
Democrats al least will take heed, warrant You,
how they oppose themselves TO the mighty MALI
festations OF The public will. There is mol day
tina, passes, which does not bring important ac-
ccS>ions to the cause and tidinss are last pour
ing in upon US, that eren IN The NORTH its progress
is mighty. and its triumphs astounding. It's but
two DAYS ago, that one ofthe shrewdest Northern
Wings of the House declared that though he
could not support the measure, because The only
manifestations in his District hitherto had been
made By the ant-Annexationis,S, and ne would
not oppose his personal inclinalions 10 theirs,
yet he verify believed, that the people OF his Dis
trict would soon come out in overwhelming
strength in lis tavor-and that he should be great
" mistaken, if the measure did not prove 10 be
quite as popular al The North as it was at the
South, crcN lrihiR The present pear-tor That, on
his conscience, he thought that The North had a
far greater interest in j, than he Souii!-ant in
deed, MUST HAVE Texas! Hes right, Srs--he's
highland every rumor that comes sweeping
10 us from the reused and anxious North,
a,tcsls the iar-seeins sagacity of his prognos-
tics speak by the Card" when ! tell YOU
that there are not few Of the twcnly-eight
Democrats who voted against Browns Reso,u-
tons, who would not regard il as perfect God's
mna' 10 have 4 chance 10 change their perilous
vo,cs against it, Yoa can rcad;!y conceive this,
if YOU hare noted the popular manifestations OF
discomfort, especially in New Hampshire, Maine
and Michigan, against th.ir di>sen;icnt Repre-
sentatiyes-and ii ever you catch them in sdch a
box again. sci me down ever ;'icr as no prophet
that's all. Thosr spirited safes do MOI take
counsel in these our days from poor tGllen obseGnl-
Gus, crouching, Whig-I iddcn Virginia! No, sirS,
no. But with unquailing resolution and deep re-
verencc, they take counsels from the examples
wi;ch adorned her annals in the al. glorious
epochs Of her .JeftrSoaS a,3 4lIadisons, and Ioy-
Lors. and Nichot0Ses, and Nasons, and Rand0lMs
aad Ta-cweilS, &C., when her proud and sturdy
Legislators dared and noHid and did insiruc, Their
Federal public servants, ndcommanded obedience
and sroulI and did have IT, They wouldn't
stand by, not theyl and see those they commits
stoned 10 do their scrrlcc-and if needs be. her
biddins-playing "fast aud loose" with great
measures of national concernment-the one sup.
porting treaty b. his speeches. and rejecting II
by his uotcs the other, fostering treaty out OF The
Senate, and opposing it when it got there-maln-
tanning al one session that Congress, and not N.
Erceniire Department. possessed The crclnsirc pow
er 10 accomplish The measure the treaty devised
and al the very next session maintaining that the
Erccu,irc Department and mol Congress, possess
ed the erelasirc power 10 accomplish the same
measure; thus in one brettwelve-monin aGmGtRe
the power of Joii-and excluding the power oi
10Th. But mum-Dont say word, lest yow en-
barYass your Senator's, and bring down upon tho
Old Dominion that most appalling OF calami,ies
THEIR RESIGNATION! Ha, ha! Good! That vii
do for The rcaownsd oh Commoawc"ld-tsc ,sather
TIC pridc, and the glory Of Statesmen and Of S'Gtes
Ii is said, indeed, that there are three Demo
cratic Senators who cannot vote Tor Browns Re
solutions wihou, an amendment providing
NEW COMPROMISE IlNE-eitber HayacoedS 81 de-
srees of latitude or Niles 100 degrees ofongilude
Can't they? Try them! III warrant them
They are men, as it happens of TOO much sense
and 100 much patriotism, and know too much OF
and bde TOO staunchly by, homo sentiment, forihat
While their homc people deem Texas as "a pear
Of great ralHe" (no' ''priee'l-as they well know
hobbling back home with the lame excuse L
those people, thai they had spurned Texas ont O
the very vcstibule Of the National Councl
| Chamber-yielded up her cotton regions and he
commerce 10 British ACCOMPLISHMENTS her Ia
| riffs and her customs under subsection TO British