The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-02
VERY INTERESTING NEWS FROM TEXAS

VERY INTERESTING NEWS FROM TEXAS.
DR.. Ashbel Smith, Texan Secretary of State, ar
rived in New York on Monday, and left for Bos-
ton He arrived IN this city last evening, and took
lodgings at the fremont House. He will sail in
the The steamer Of May ist for England and France
We learn that DIR. Smith came by way Of the Mis-
sissippi and Ohio rivers and has not been WASH
ingt0n-- Boston Daily Times, .9priiS0.
We were about to@inquire what DR.. A. Smith
going to Europe for and 70 say that the people
Of Texas, at least had fight to know; and fur
thermore to add, that they could not longer con-
sent to play the part Of pawns upon the chess
board, to be moved about any great player
might please to direct when all the moral re
Elections which such subject is calculated to
call forth, were suddenly interrupted by the
following very interesting intelligence, which we
received by the southern mail Of this evening, s
O'Clock. We now congratulate the United Statss on
the prospect Of the early accomplishment Of the
great object of their wishes II thathc people
Of Texas are heard at last The whirlwind sweeps
onward and President Jones has called the Congress
together on the 18th june 1t further appears that
President Polk has declared his preference and most
wisely, we think for the House resolutions. One
more suggestion! If we could dare to believe that
our voice could reach Texas in time, and with any
hope that it would have the slightest effect jim
guiding their course, we would earnestly advise her
people to leave the decision, first, in the hands of
their own Congress, and to make nothing like a
dictionary movement, under present circumstances
circumstances which promise TO insure success,
without the Intervention Of any more stringent
measure: .6
From the N. o. Picayune OF April IS.
LATE FROM TEXAS.
BY the arrival at a late hour last night Of the
steamship John S. McKim, Capt. Lewis, 70 hours
from Galveston, we are in receipt of full files of
Houston and Galveston papers.
The President has issued his proclamation con-
vening Congress on Monday the 10th day of June
next. We learn from the proclamation that the
government of the United States has selected the
first and second sections of the resolutions Browns)
as the basis for concentrating the proposed
union.
The enthusiasm Of the friends Of annexation is
bearing down all opposition. The people have
taken the measure in their own hands. AT a meet
ing held in Washington county, strong resolutions
were passed in favor of immediate annexation,
s'wthout reference to the wishes or concurrence of
any foreign or European power,' and calling on the
President to convene Congress Immediately. The
meeting also recommended thecitizens Of repub
lc in case the President did convene Congress,
meet possible in convention, TO ratify the
Joint resolutions and form State convention Mr..
E. Allen, Attorney General, who was present, OBJ
jected to the tone Of the resolutions. Mr.. Scurry,
in reply, intimated that the citizens Of the republic
might yet become still more impatient of the delay
Of the President in converting Congress and adopt
measures much more violent than those recommends
ed in the resolutions. The resolutions were unani-
mously adopted. Gen. NJ. Hunt, Dr. J.. G. Chal-
mers, Judge Ewing, n. w. Williamson, j. B. Will
kins, and other prominent gentlemen, participated in
the proceedings. The President issued his procla-
nation on the following day.
The whirl,cind aoeeps onrard--From every sec
ton Of the republic, (says the Houston Telegraph Of
the 10th insant) we hear but the continued Of
plaudits as the people assemble in county after
county TO testify their appreciation of the terms Of
annexation offered by the American government
The thunders of applause resound on every side.
The whirlwind Of public opinion has swept down
all opposition; and the few opponents Of annexation
have turned with dismay from the contest, il con-
test il could be called when the opponents of this
great measure only looked around them once TO
survey the field, and cry s'all is lost" In Jasper
and Jefferson il is said there is scarcely one man OBJ
posed TO the measure. In Robertson, only five or
six. In the great counties of San Augustine, Ma
cogdoches and Montgomery, il is eliminated that the
majority in favor Of annexation exceeds two thou
sand. Along the whole line Of the counties on the
Brazos, Colorado, and Guadaloupe there is scarce
" dissenting voice, except in the little hamlet Of
Washington Even the officers of government now
declare that the torrent Of public opinion IL irrcsis
BILE, ana they are bending beneath IL. We have
xsth as,re that the NJ the