Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-05-03
FOREIGN NEWS.

New 1ork on the 10th ultimo, and brings
English papers to the 29th March, being
three weeks later from Europe.
The duty on cotton had been repealed.
Cotton had declined just about TO the ex-
tent Of the reduction OF duty, and the mar
ket was heavy from an enlarged impression
about new crops.
The new tariff as brought forward bySr
Robert Peel, had gone into operation. The
only change from what he proposed, was
some slight alteration in the standard for
sugars.
The news Of the passage by Congress Of
the resolutions for the annexation OF Texas,
had created considerable sensation in Eng.
land, and also the paragraph of Mr.. Folks
inaugural address relating to Oregon. Some
extracts relating 10 these matters will be
found below:
The Morning Chronicle Of March 81, says:
" There is, indeed, one glimpse OF hope,
however faint, and that is the resistance bl
the Texans, who might reckon, in the pres
ent state OF Mexico, on recogn ton BY
that power. But the dependent feeling
of the 10000 white citizens OF Texas Is, we
lear, no proof against The augmentation OF
value which their lands and property would
instantly gain by annexation 10 so power.
iu an empire. And especially as lord Alb
erdeen and his envoy are TO be the sole
prompters and supporters OF tins independ'
ent feeling, there can be small grounds Tor
its maintenance or triumph.
1t is painful, indeed, to be thus driven to
despair; to behold, without struggle, sIa7.
cry, which we have so long and so extern
slvev, and not Intellectually combated, thus
regain what it has lost, and sweep, like a
IAuue sea, uncontrolled devastation over Il
surface OF such vast extent. Deporabe as
is such prospect, God grant we may not
have to contemplate something worse"
The London Times says:
TIE consent OF Congress to the annex
atom Of Texas, is an event so long expect
: ed, that the question OF It's justice has grad
uiilN merged IN the vision of its certainty.
There was lIme when the most enghten-
ed and thoughtful men in the union could
venture to entertain strong moral objec
ton against 1t; and their arguments are on
record. Ii was clear, however, that the
mass Of the union, its newest and most ac-
i've elements, were IN favor OF the measure.
Their eyes were almost rivlted TO Texas.
Texas, unappropriated, like Independent,
Megrara, within sight Of Athens, was the
f eye-sore OF the union; not but that there
are other eye-sores to the ambitious gaze OF
, that people. Whatever they see, they love
, whatever they love, they covet; whatever
they covet, they expect and endeavor to
obtain. But Texas was the first thing in
their way, and formed the bold foreground
E of their hopes. Texas adjacent, revolted
independent, still menaced and molested
by the weak and impoitic rulers whose
yoke it had broken, already peopled and
= governed by the citizens of the union, or
adventures of the same language or prin.
cip!es, was an acquisition absolutely neces
sary, not so much 10 the happiness, as to
the very comfort, the ease, the sleep, the
digestion, o! certainly more than half the
republic.
/, on which there could be any surprize, woulc
l. be the particular time and manner which
republican wisdom and taste would se'ecl
tor the acquisition. To an European I'm
understanding there is something quite gro
tesque in the tine and manner actually adop
= ted. The Congress comes to this moment
Gus decision in the very point OF time be
Il tween the two presldentships. Mr.. lyle
i completes his career with determination
!. which lie cannot have the smallest share II
! carrying out, and Mr.. Polk " i'll be engaged
throughout the whole term in the arduOu
: execution OF a project imposed upon him
: the first moment Of his official existence
:, The former president, as he approaches hi
# end, seems horror struck at the thought 0
:. eaving his four years a blank in his coun
i lry's annals.
y Mr.. Tyler intimated in message SOM
C. time ago, tina, doubts were entertained b!
d some whether Texas had not original,
=. formed part of the territory of the UniteC
=. States, and been improperly alienated iron
them; but Mr.. Polk resoluteIy atfirms tina
> : Texas was once a part of our country
N was unwisely coded away TO a foreigI
n power, is now independent and possesse
j. an undoubted right to merge her sovereign
. ~ in ours The whole assertion is utter
- y groundless; first, because TEXTS formed
J. no part of Louisiana when sold by France
n, and, secondly, because the boundary treat,
D, with Spain, concluded in 1919, dehnltel,
wiped out all such equivocal Claims forever
But III this discussion no argument is prac
E. tcablc; the volt is resolved on Selling hi
'e prey, and il Signifed but little that the lam
le stood drinking lower down the brook.
~ Mr.. Polk holds somewhat similar, thoug
=, ess precise language, as to the Oregon tel
- ritory. He pledges himself at the very Out
set OF his career, and with knowledge tha
III negotiations are actually going on betwee
IS. his cabinet and Great Britain, that the Anne
ir rlcan title 10 the country Of the Oregon
C. clear and unQueslionabe. But it may spar
yalt IN ho cd in