The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-05-17

n movement.
This mission Of Ur. Smith, We have rood rea.
son u believe, pfuws DOT Of he recent desbatch.
cs received IN Texas, ffom different points thfo
The extreme courtesy Of u. u N. Navy. Ofibe
objects o. tho mission, aud the intention of tho
Tcs'an Cabinet IN dcspaichlng abroad the Sec.
fe'afy OF y ate, with an abfupiness of movement,
bordering on rudeness TO the American Miniser,
we WIN not speak 80 positively, lest we should
do ~ usticc otbose functlonafies, whom wo do
sire 10 respect, whose course We have hitherto
indicated, and who, we would still none. have
nubler ends IN view Than 10 beiray their country
into European vssssage. ltisrght, however.
under the circumstances, that we should state
the impression which the best information tina,
we can obtain ~ calculated to leave, and # il,
turn out that we have mis- lnterpreted the myste.
rous proceedings that are going on, we shall be
prompt to say 80 when The fact appears We
cannot, then, we regret TO say, escape the an
prehension, that MIR. Smiths sudden dispatch 10
fore On parte, is in pursuance Of plan Of opera
tons agreed on by the Texan Cabinet, in con-
sul,ation with the Britannia Minister in Texas.
having for lis objects to put of, under various ex
cuses, all action on the resolutions Of Anneya.
ton until further advices and distinct propos
tons, made on full understanding Of the state of
affairs, can be tad from England. Every cir
cums,ance that has transpired, tends to confirm
inns view; and we have besides information ,ba,
ADDS s'lll greater force to the suspicion. OF
course mere can be no Object in delay but TO de
IJem' i4e only end which the persons concern.
ed can promise themselves, in Demonstration. is
10 give the British Government an opportunity
to make tioa attempt on the cupidity Cor some
other human intitmity) the Senators and Rem.
resenla'ves OF Texas. Now, were this oppor.
luHny afforded, we have no idea that it would
have The effect that is desired. We do not be.
Iieve It IS ~ the power OF Gsea, B-ilain 10 make
any offer winch the Texan Congress- under the
circumstances Wohd not utterly scorn. But il
Is trill ng with The interests. the sensblitts and
the sell respect Of the Texan people, snd doing
a gross lndIgnity to the United States, TO hold
tn grave mater IN allegiance, while lis enemies
prepare Their weapons OF persuasion, corruption
or menace, however small their chance Of sue
ceeding with either or with all.
One OF The man points that is relied upon to
quiet the Texan people under this delay, and to
dIsattct them toward the plan embraced in the
resolutions Of annexation, is to create belief
that the new Senate of the u. States is so con-
stltu'ed as to render ii doubtful, whether the
Texan State Constitution, when formed; will be
accepted BY the Congress. This suggestion is
most bus'iy propagated, we understand. by the
stvs
color OF plauslbiIIty. IL is assumed that Mr.. John.
son, MIR. Bagby and Others who voted for the
resolutions, sill hold Constitutional scruples a.
gaiiist every mode OF annexation except by trea
y, and wall even refuse TO raify their previous
ict, unless II comes before them in the shape OF
IN international Convention. This suggestion,
We beg leave to assure our readers in Texas, has
lot the slightest foundation IN fact; and as il TO
'ut the question beyond all csvil, AR. Senator c
5arrIen, an ardent opponent of annexation, took |
be trouble, after the new organization of the |
senate, to test the sense of the majority, by Of
ering on the 10Th Of March, the following reso- h
u,lon:
"Res0lUed, That in executing the authority =
conferred by the joint resolution of Congress, \
entitled a joint resolution for the annexation
'of Texas to the United Staes,' The President
8 of the U. $. will best conform TO the provisions
: of the Constitution By resorting TO The treaty. q
making po'osr tor the purpose of accomplishing
the objects Of that resolution"
Now we beg our Texan friends 10 mark how .
d. position was made of this resolu. 2
ion, and especially to note the votes OF Mr.. a
Johnson and Mr.. Bagby: .
"March IL. Mr.. McDuffie moved to lay the I
above resolution on the table, Chat is, to reject
sit) which passed in the Affirmative by the fol.
I" lowing vote:
"YEAs--Messrs. Allen, Ashly, Atchison, Ath-
erton, Bagby, Benton, Breese, Cass, Dickinson,
Dix, Fairfield, flanagan, Haywood, Huger,
Johnson, of Louisiana, Lewis, McDui1ie, Niles,
Sempe. Sewer, SPeight, Sturgeon, Woodbury.
-23.
"NAYs -Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Berrien,
Thomas Clayton, John Nj. Clayton, Corwin,
Crit,endep, Dayton, Evans, Greene, Huntington,
Jarnagin, Johnson of Nd, Mangum, Morehead, I
Phelps, Simmons, Upham, Webster, Wood |
bridge-2O."
Now the above vote may be implicitly relied
on in the next session of Congress, and 10 addI-
ton the votes of Mr.. HENDERSON of Mississippi,
who was absent on this occasion, and of the sue
cessors of Messrs BUCHANAN and WALKER,
whose places were vacant by the transfer of those
gentlemen to the Cabinet. This will give the
friends of Annexation a clear and undisputed
vote of twentv.six in Senate of forty eight
(here being four vacancies which cannot be fill.
ed before the next session To this number
may be added, beyond peradventure. two votes
for the Stale of FLORIDA, which will elect her
Senators by The first OF July. and give the friends
Of Annexaiona certain vote in any contingency
Of twenty eirht in Senate of fifty--that is, a
majority OF six.
Moreover, the people OF Texas ought TO know
that the United States are not IN the habit OF
breaking their faith; and the measure OF annexa-
ton having once become law, all parties are
bound by II; and no matter what may be the or
ganiza,ion Of the Congress, neither branch would
thus take back and forfeit the public erg ige.
ments.-T The people of Texas have only TO be
true TO themselves. They may rest assured
a thousand times assnred-in the honor, The faith,