Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-05-08

Gs- In order to put our readers in posses
sion of the information which has TRANSFERRED.
in relation TO the progress of annexation. we
c%ondense the most important facts connected
with it.
The Joint Resolutions of Congress having
left the President at liberty either to negoti-
ate with Texas the terms of annexation. or To
submit simply the proposition contained in
the Resolutions OF the House, it is understood
That he chose the la,t alternative. The Gov
eminent Of Texas has RETAINED from the ex-
preston of any o%pihion, for or against the
measure, and the President (Jones.) has issued
a Proclamation converting the Congress To de-
hberatc on the subject. The ministers of
France and England in that country. are be-
lieved to be actively engaged in dissuading the
Government from accepting he proposal, and
At appearsto b. generally known that the Pres
ident and other leading men, including Gen.
Houston, are opposed 10 Annexation. In the
meantime the new authorities of NJ .xico begin
to view the question in another light, from
that which was formerly alone regarded. Don
Luis Cueyas, the Mexican Minister of FOREIGN
Affairs, has addressed memorial to the cham
Der of deputies, in which he discusses the af-
fairs between Mexico and Texas i'm a moderate
tone, and proposes To negotiate with the ere
VOTED province" He admits that a war with
Texas presents peculiar difficulties; that the
population OF that country has no sympathy
with the McXicans; that To expect to extermi-
nate them, or drive them from the country is
little less than absurd, and that Texas could
not continue To be united with Mexico. Not
outstanding the difficulties arising from the
former declarations of his country, and
other objections, he urges that the United
States will pertinaciously pursue its purpose
of annexation, until it will be accomplished;
and under these circumstances and TO prevent
annexation he says, that the recognition of the
independence of Texas may be viewed as a
grave alternative, and merits attention. The
Government paper, however, declaims against
the United States, and declares that '.the
greatest indignation is visible OH every coun-
t%enance; no one h~esitates for a moment as to
what ought TO be done. War against our
ne'ghdorS, as three months ago we warred
against despotism." The government has sus-
pended all official communication with the
United States.
with w European nations anxious to pre-
vent annexation, and Mexico perhaps inclined
to acknowledge the independence of Texas.
and be at peace with her; the government of
the young Republic seems disposed to drive a
good bargain among all the parties for herself.
Her principal officer of State 1.-THE Secretary of
State,) instead of remaining at his post to ia
s'l'tate the union with this confederacy. has
o''" e"o"S"iy despatched TO E.aIand and has
travelled IN our country without, ,ak;no W.
inSton city In his route. His business on this
mission Is unknown, even to the people of
Texas. Various con~jectures are hazarded up-
on the subject, but it can only be Inferred.
perhaps that his visit is in some way infu-
enced by the views taken by the authorities of
the grave questions now before them. Those
authorities, it is believed, arc disposed to re-
view the nature of the proposition (for annex
ton as it would affect Texas, very deliber-
ately, and to weigh the interests of that Re-
public, and some think their individual and Of
fetal interests also, very accurately, and with
a determination not TO omit the opportunitv
they now have of making a profitable bargain"
The peopleof Texas, or a part of them, are at
present supposed to be in favor of immediate
annexation, while the people of Mexico are as
fully ripe.for war, if that event takes place.