Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-04-22
J.o,. o,s nnyr1st,ur from GaFrcs'on.


information, and ior The rum VI e''io
which he Processes II know:
ExrR.cr hom a letter. dated Galrta6n IN apr"
10 a Gea,lenlan IN Ricam0na
ain regard TO annexation, you heen eh'elta'n
no fears So far as this country is concerned,
will assuredly take place. Nine 'eh.ns % ,r .ne
people prefer il 10 absolute independence NJ
general impression prevails here, 'hat ou' 70 =.
yernmept will throw obstacles III Inc way VI 10
contamination. am an administration nlan
and am satisfied that this VIII hol ne l,ie 'ase
or course, the President VIII maze tne VI, 20"
gain for Texas that can be mace. ne Mo"iu Pr,
Ter not 10 accept Of the House htsolu'ionSI w
whatever action be had, IL VIII not oe ~ '"e sue
=, !, ,raa,v n however The Government oil The
u States insists upon he acceptance .! 'ne ,eso-
lulions. they will be accepted. The general no
preston here is, that Gen. Houston (whose ifiiu-
ence is greater than that OF every PROMINENT ma"
in the Repnbic,) is opposed 10 anneAas'on. ~.
is nol 80; he was opposed 10 Inc hesoiu'iohs--uu'
has moi as has been represented maze any uc-
lie speeches in opposition 10 mem. lie Is ia'hel
non-romm,,,aI Inn venture 10 assert, without
The least fear OF my assertion proving false, maj
in a yery shou time he will be the open advocate
q. annexation. He i ambitious, ana calculates,
in The event of annexation, OF being cohspicu-
Gus man in the United States; and he VIII De, u
lie advocate the measure. he VIII lake 70 NM
self all The credit OF its conSummaiion and The
people will give him thai credit. He will say,
Thai the matter was brought abont by exciting
the fears and jealousy OF The United States,
in regard 10 England and her designs. This
lealousy was produced by him. The fact IS
no, here known-BM Ncaico has made through
The RIittM Minister oreinrcs 10 ms G0t1'l-
mcm for tic appointment OF Commissioners
10 form treaty Of commerce, &c, on ne bass d
tAe acknowledgment II onr independence. To these
oveuures, the President gave the British Mn,Se'
nothing bu, rogne and indefn'te ansreys. This
comes directly from Elliott himself, and may be
relied upon He left here today in the British
man-ofwar for Charleston, as il is said-but do
moi know 10 what place he may have gone give
you only such information as ] know 10 be cor
rec, Ifyou think investments made in this coun
ry profitable they should be made al once. In
forming Your opinion. act as though annexation
had actually taken place"
lie, Mr. John s. pendlelon say what he pleas
es-John Bull is anxious 10 lhwan us his
reasons are obvious. We beg leave 10 sci them
forth in The following extracts OF letter (now IN
an extra sheet b9tore us) from Hugh Garland,
Esq, the Democratic candidate from Petersburg,
addressed, on Friday evening, 10 The editors OF
The Richmond Wing" We give The following
as specimen Of The best part OF The ePisle
"Do YOU tell your readers that il is settled
question: Surely YOU are not 80 ignorant OF me
policy and practice OF the Government, as not 10
know, thar The whole subject has again 10 come
before Congress II you are ignorant OF IL The
enemies OF Texas are fully aware of the iac.-
Take either alternative, lei her come in as Stale
under The House Resolution, Congress, according
10 uniform practice, will have 10 pronounce SEN
tence on the CONSTITUTION she may present, ana
we shall have acted over again, with increased
elements OF STRIFE the old Missouri question,
which convulSed The country for more lhantwo
years, and well nigh caused dissolution OF The
Union. Let her come in under Ben,on's bill by
negotiation and treaty, the Senate has 10 ratliy'
that treaty. and the Senator now TO be elected
from Virginia may hold in his hand the casing
vote, and decide The question o: annexation
This, then, is the only immediate and pressing
subject connected with the coming elections ana
how much is involved in the question oil anne3a
ton or no annexatonI View il in any aspect
you please, moral or polilical-view II m us
bearings on the social and domestic institutions
and the civil rights of the South-view II IN lis
great commercial and International influences,
ana we have had no such question since The ioun-
dation OF the Republic When yoi Tell Your
readers that il is a great humbng Or mere land
dices blind their judgment and lead them iar
away from The great interests involved in it
Eugidnd desires Teas Ia be Il State disconnected
and indep. aGc,t OF ttiS Union, and Rnencum1ered
ruth domestic aare,y She de- Tres il for two rea
sons: first, that she herself may be independent
Of the United States, for the raw material OF her
cotton factories, on whose continued prosperity,
her own existence depends. This raw material,
in ten years, can all be obtained from Texas
She desires il, in the second place that she may
strike more efectual blow at The institution OF
domestic slavery, which she has declared IL her
purpose TO destroy throughout The world. DO
you deny the purpose here charged against eng
land and the motives that impel her To us &c
complishmen on the contrary, do yon not
know, that what here Stale * susceptible OF as
clear proof as any question involving the con
sideration Of human acts and motives The
verv moment that the subject Of Annexation was
started in 1897, The jealousy Of parliament was
awakened; they protested against il; and from
that day 10 this, all the arts and power oil British
diplomacy have been exerted 10 prevent II. DO
YOU ever find tme-in your EIercuean task, or ra-
ther vain Sisyphean labor 10 keep together a
party without any assignable objects for party
10 &C, upon do you ever find time, in this hope
less toll to cast glance over The proceedings OF
the English Parliament Doy you know what Mr..
Fox, Mr.. Blackstone, Lord Brongham, and many
others, in power and out Of power, have said on
this subject since, in 1887 il was first agilaled
Have you any remembrance of The instructions
given by The Minister Of Foreign Affairs 10 their
Ambassador in our own Capitol? DO you know
what Macaulay and Others are now saying and
doing in Parliament, while revising their Tariff
OF duties and laboring 10 make discrimination
in ia vor OF The products OF free labor over slave
lator1 | cannot blame Great Britain Tor The
part she has 10 perform in The great drama OF
history; she has been made wial she is by her
position. and BY the !ofcr ii circumstances over
which she has bu, hu!c control. Il is her desii-
nv 10 achieve the dnnini,n !, the seas, 10 ac-
compish tine commeici-i monopoly of the world,
or 10 perish in III" a'i-mpl. She can no more
help her fate than Boraraiic could help quitting
Elba and fighting The battle ol Waterloo. As a
necessary consequence OF The commercial spirit
now in the ascendant, o., which England is The
head and embodiment, the old palriarchal system
of domestic servitudc must give way 10 The mo-
dern slavery Of wages. The Genius OF Com
mcrce demands a total separation OF labor from
capila and an ahject dependence of,he one on
The other, while it emarcipaies The man, il brings
degradation and oppression on The class. The
wide, dark, and impossible gulf between the la
boring and the governing classes of England, is
lie legitimate consequence Of that commercial
and monopoizng spirit by which she is imreIled
onward to her destiny do moi blame England
The dark wellerng chaos over which she no
yers is horrid 10 look upon--l pity her rather in
her hard tate But | do blame those who are
placed as warlens on The wall 10 give us warn
ing Of coming danger, and who, instead Of sound
ing The note Of alarm, cry Peace, peace, when
there is no peace Were this the only aspect in
which the subjec, could be viewed, there might he
some excuse-,hey might say il was no part Of
their business 10 look across The Atlantic and en-
quire what EN- land is doing end saving about Us.
Men cannol he blamed for shortness OF sight and
obtuseness of intellect; but England has rover
tul and warmly cooperating ally in our own bo-
som. No one can pretend 10 an ignorance Of
the movements and the designs OF The Abolition
ISIS &c, &c.
For our own parts, We say, lei us wake and
watch until the annexation is completed. England
is playing the partoflhe cunning Monkey with the
Mexican Cat, 10 draw the chestnuts for herself
out al The FIRE We must look 10 ourselves and