The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-02-03
DARK SHADOWS.

If Colonel Benton's accredited organ IN MIS-
souri, has been correctly advised, we certainly
have abundant reason to apprehend that but
one of the Senators from Missouri will support
the plan of Annexation as it passed the House
of Representatives. .... ....a
IL will be remembered that we copied para
graph few days since, taken from the Mssou-
ri Reporter, which stated that rumor was
current in ST. Louis, Of Colonel Benton's deter
mination TO obey the instructions of the Legis-
lature, and that it was generally believed to be
well-founded by the Democracy. But the
Nissourian, Colonel Benton's o1on paper, OF
subsequent date, has the following gloomy nd-
cations of quite different purpose on the part
of that Senator:
From the ST. Louis Daily .Missourian.
PRocnEss OF THE Texas QuEsrIoN,-There seems
to be end to projects and resolutions on thls sub
iect Scarcely two men agree in opinion. No Won
der General Jackson warned his old friend, Blair,
that he had too many joint resolutions before Con-
gress but il little curious that the numerous pro-
geny should, by the simple term you," be fathered
upon Mr.. Blair The Globe, together with that por-
ton of the Democratic party which desires TO make
the annexation Of Texas national, rather than
sectional question: has but project that we know
of before Congress, and that is Colonel Benton's
bill This spawn of projects comes from the varl-
Gus species Of fish that swim in the wake OF the great
whale, Tyler too" that snortng porpoise, his
negotiating Secretary. Mr.. Blair is entirely inno-
cent of the metamorphosed treaty. and of the multi
tudinous substitutes and amendments which have
been offered to it, Nevertheless, we doubt not he Is
perfectly willing that their authors should be whipped
over his back il 1t can do them any good.
The northern members are beginning to speak out.
Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, offered an amendment
containing the substance OF Colonel Bentons CON-
promise, which supported 10 the House by vote
Of 80 to 3d. though lost, for want Of two-thirds un
der the rule. So there is majority OF ten In the
House who will insist upon the compromise.
Mr.. BripkerhoH, Of Ohio, delivered decidedly the
most able pointed, and pungent speech yet reported
in the whole course of the debate. IL he got that
name in Ohio he has inherited along with it the
Dutch sense Of his ancestry. He said he had hoped
tn. subject would have been left to the next Con-
gress which would come from the people with ex.
press instructions 10 relation to it. He looked upon
the stories about British influence as a mere bug
bear, got up for the occasion He considered the
question of great importance to the country and was
in favor Of xation the people had sanctioned
the project, as a national measures but he denied
that the late election had sanctioned " the terms and
conditions Of these resolutions, In Ohio, the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor took ground, not on
the platform Of the treaty, but Of Colonel Bentons
bill and the Senators from Ohio have never received
word Of from any part of the State by vot
ing against the treaty. The State Of New York had
endorsed, in the most emphatic manner, the vote of
Senator Wright A committee was strangely consttu-
ted for the disposition of great national questions
of which nearly all the members "were taken from
the Democracy of the South-from the slave
States" ..
The Missourian will have seen by this time,
that Mr.. Hale missed figure" and has been
thrown overheard by his party. And if The
Missourian is well advised that Colonel Benton
intends to adhere to Mr.. Hale's positions, we
are equally well advised that they will keep
each other company in the very uncomfortable
place that will be assigned them by the Demo
cratic party. ......
II is true the Democratic candidate in Ohio
unfortunately took ground on Colonel Ben
toms bil;" and il is equally true that he was
hurried in Il. "Colonel Benton's bilp' gave that
State to the Wings, as well as one or two 9th
er States,
The election in New York was not fought on
the merits of Colonel Benton's bin;n Mr..