The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-14


| ron, under Cor. Stockton, was lying at anchor off
Galveston on the 4th instant
we spoke a lew days sin 20 o. H. immense meet
tg recently held at Bastrop, AID az the opinion in
duged py many oi The citizens that President Joness
call for convention was nsnukevn document.
We give two or three of the resolutions passed ON
the occasion, 10 show the feeling of the inhabitants:
Rsseirsd That disapproye Of the said proclamation In
each and every PARTICULAR that We condemn the
dcatorai In It's nature and attempt for reasons 10 us
TO iusraie the anticipated action Of Congress ON
this important measure.
Reseirsd, That, In our Judgment, no contingency has
That renders the said proclamation necssa that
Congress called 10 meet and in due Tor
10 them submit the questions Of and time
and place Of calling convention.
hs,otrsd That our members Of Congress be clothed
ativeiy" '''''e' = .A's ~''''' 'AA'
Notwithstanding all this il was still thought that
the West would elect delegates to the convention.
We give the following extract from correspond-
ent, as showing the movements of the noted British
charge. The letter is dated
"EpIroRs P,cArusr; The only item Of news Of import
he Acknowledgements Of independence by that govern
The Is undsrstand.
an hour after his arrival but hls mission win Be- no TO-
else S ~' a@d'r Ja' yosgs ss and
wiii be certainly unfortunate for the very dis
snsuisneg CaPtain to lose all his abors Of love in
'avor 2. Lexes; but to This complexion, unless we
The charge IS too Iaie He has kept himself in per-
feet stew for the last six monlhs posting about fiom
place TO placenow endeavoring throw people off
the scent by giving out false destinations then tray-
| cling under an assumed name through Mexico
now sulecting himself 10 the presidential vo,niso Of
Vera Cruz, next broling under the hot sun on the
Texan prairies--and, in the end, to find himself
worsted of verify, he must become heartily sick
Of his mission. Had he manifested such extraordi-
nary zeal for the welfare Of Texas two years SINCE
il might have amounted to something; but the day
has now gone by.
The candidates for seats in the convention from
Galveston, the only place where there is any regu-
lar opposition TO annexation now manifested are
Coils. Love and Menard, General Memucan Hunt,
and Major Bache. The latter is grandson of Ben
jamin Franklin, and has been against annexation;
but we learn that he says that if elected he win not
oppose the popular will The other candidates arc
all warm in favor of the measure.
From the New Orleans Bulletin, June 7.
BY the steamship New York we have Galveston
papers to Tuesday last, and from other parts of Tex
as to corresponding dates twas believed that del
egates would be returned from every county, al
though IN some portions of the west where the sim
certy Of President Jones is held at so small value
that any proposition from him is viewed with dis
trust, there was some hesitaon eyinced in respond
ing to the recommendations Of his recent procla-
nation.
weston, on board the French frigate Mercure, from
Vera Cruz, and proceeded Immediately to the Tex
ian capital. II was understood that he brought with
him defnitive proposals from the government Of
Mexico for the recognition Of Texan independence
without specification Of boundary, condition that
Texas should refuse to entertain proposals for an
nexation to the United States. The speech Of the
Mexican secretary Cuevas announcing that he had
received overtures from Texas to enter into nego-
tiation excited much feeling among the Texian peo-
pie; SO much so, that the Houston Telegraph had
entered, as if by authority, special denial Of Senior
Cuevas's statement, asserting that Mr.. Jones had
not sent any agent or overtures to Mexico. MIR.
Jones, however, has managed to acquire so doubt
full q reputation among the friends Of annexa-
ton, that this denial was little esteemed. At all
events, we shall know by-and-hy where the
fasehood is to be placed. Mr.. Elliott was gull
ty of shameful wanton, and most unmanly de-
ception, in giving out that he was bound for
Charleston when he left Galveston for Vera Cruz.
1t may turn out that he also guilty of repre-
sentiDg himself as charged with certain functions
from the President Of Texas, when, in fact, he was
acting only on his own motion The rexian cabi-
net, however, seemed to wink ut the first mposture
as well as at similar one practiscd by Mr.. Ashbel
Smith, when he departed for Europe under pretence
Of visiting the United States; and il not therefore,
violent conclusion, that they were privy and
sentng to the extraordinary mission undertaken by
the intermeddler Elliott. This is the manner Of
reasoning in Texas. The near approach, however,
Of the meeting of Congress, and subsequently of
the convention, which takes the whole matter at
once out of the hands Of the President operates to
degree to quiet the public mind, and causes less
importance to be attached to the movements of Ell
lott, whether carried on with without the sane
ton Of Jones. There is no doubt that tempting
bids are concoctng, and will be offered to the
ceptance of Texas; buthe assent n the Terian Sem
ale, tcch ,ciH be accessory 10 gire proposition
the form Of compact, cannot BY possibility be had 10
any measure that may interfere 'cM anneraiios. More
over, the State convention, which will represent the
sovereignty Of the people, would set aside, without
ceremony, any impeachment thus surreptitiously
thrown in the way Of the purpose for which they
called together. Under these considerations, tie
people Of Ieras proceeding straight forcnd, scifhott
violence, and ,riM due respect for legal FORMS 10 carry
out their determination IF speedily pttScfmg the great
measure tchich rest ores them 10 The Union.
From the New Orleans Tropic, June 7.
Captain Elliott the British minister, arrived at
Galveston on the Both ut. from Vera Cruz, in a
French vessel of war, and set out for the seat Of
government Immediately The papers state that
Elliott was the bearer of propositions from Mexico,
ackno wledging Texian Independence. In relation
| TO this matter, the News says:
1.-THE purpot of the treaty. orng 10 Ellotts state
friend Of ours simply the recognition Of our in
dependence without regard to Limits upon the condition
liberty be annexed to England, any other gov
eminent"
The most astonishing item ofinelligcnce received
by this arrival is contained in paragraph in the
Houston Telegraph, which, in reference to the
statement in the message Of Cuevas 10 the Mexican
Congress, that Texas had made proposals to Mexi-
co to obtain an acknowledgment Of her independ-
ence, says ave have been assured by Col. Allen,
our Secretary Of State, that President Jones has
made no proposals to Mexico and authorized no
agent to proceed to Mexico with proposals" The
Galveston News, speaking Of the endeavor TO repre-
sent President Jones friend Of nexation, says,
that such inference cannot be drawn from existing
facts; and, in reference the above extract from the
Telegraph, remarks:
This to say the least OF it, is most extraordinary mode
explanation and challenges small share OF crsduly
especially this moment Capt Elliott Is in Washington
and probably again In secret coEcave with the President
This declaration by the Telegraph in the face of
existing facts, appears to us strange and inexplica
BILE. There is mystery about this affair which
we would like TO zee elucidat j.
The Telegraph states that all the counties in the