Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-17
ANOTHER ACTIN THE DRAMA!

Were it not .or The deeply Interesting couse
quences Of The present crisis in Texas upon the
welfare Of orr cwn country and the canse OF Ii
beral institutions every where, We might well
laugh over The ludicrouS farce enacted ~ some
. Of the leading politicians OF Texas. President
Jones has proved himself 10 be The veTie>l Pro
teus that we have crer read OF. He almost ccmrs
up 10 his great original. lis deeds have been
mmotaliAed hy Homer When Menclaus Seizet
This Sea. God and held him ill he DISCLOSE.
means ut relief ilom the distress of himself ant
his suffering crew, Pro'cus turned himself iro
lion, .erpen, 4 leopard, boar wafer and
tree. Al length, finding he could mol escape, ht
resumed his own form, ard revealedto Menelaus
the remedy for his distress. So with Pre>ioen
Jones. II is in vain for him 10 assume 50 man,
changing shapes-a. one lime in favor Of annex
alton. ard then leaeucd with Mexico and Grcal
Britain against The solemn action Of Inc Unite
States. lie will finally he compelled 10 return Il
his natural form, and yell 10 the ciamorous de
mands OF the people OF Texas for relief iron
Mexican oppression nj British intrigue, in the
arms OF he American Union.
This Dr. Jones who is IRON Massachusetts
we believe, is full of mystery. We cannot. foi
The life Of us. lnravel The moi:cs OF bis Conduct
The last accounts from Texas, which will be
found below, nov lepresen. him as warm lneno
Of annexation, and as having never made propo-
Gals 10 Mexico for the recognition OF The indepen.
depcc Q! Texas, provided she refnse annexation.
-. .trr
Cnevas in an official communication TO The Mex
lean Congress, stated that Texas had made pre-
nosaIs 10 Mexico, 10 obtain an Acknowledgements OF
hcr independence. This, sustained IS II appa-
renlly was by the evidence iihe American naval
officers. and by number ofcorroboTat rs circurn-
stances, is now semi officially denied By The tlous-
ron Telegraph, the organ OF President Jones. Thai
naper SAYS: "We have been assured by Colonel
Alien our Secretary Of Stale, that President Jones
has made 70 proposals 10 Mexico, and author
;7ed M agent 10 proceed 10 Mexico with propo-
sails" The same paper alleges. that there was
u,raudn al The bottom OF the affair; that the great
seal Of Texas had been forged, for the purpose
OF imposing upon the Mexican Government
~ whom was This forgery commiiicd9 All
seem 10 admit that Captain Elliott has had a hn-
cor in The business. and has succeeded in con-
summa,ng a treaty on the part Of Mexico,
anticipation in which has been ascribed 10 Pre-
s;dpnt Jones. Moreover, there is no doubt that
Captain Elliott arrived at Galveston on The ''o'h
NJ, from Vera Cruz, in a French resell 81 1car,
and SET out for The seat OF Government immedi-
ately-and The papers state that he was The bear
or Of propositions IRON Mexico, acknowledging
Texan independence. II, then, the great seal OF
Texas has been forged and Mexico thereby IN
duced 10 agree TO Treaty, upon whom must The
oull lie Can il be possible. that The accredited
agent Of the great British Government the PINK
Of honor, good faith, and glorious ambition, has
stopped 10 50 criminal proceeding, as 10 coun-
,ereit the seal Of nation, IL order 10 cheat Inc
people Of ,ha, nation on, Of their dearest rights,
or else involve themselves and their allies IN
fierce war; These things are all strange, mys-
,erious, incompTehensiblc. They furnish tests
for thousand versions Of the conduct Of Presi-