The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-02-13
THE CRISIS.

THE CRISIS.
We are now n the midst of the last and most
desperate struggle for Texas, and it behooves
every sincere advocate Of the measure TO put
his shoulder 10 the wheel and do his utmost
"A long pull, strong pull, and pull ai'oge-
Their" may yet accomplish the desired END
But if some pull briefly some ieebly, ana DINERS
adversely, we will fail, and all our combined
labors for years will come TO nousht.
About one thing, however, there can be no
diversity of opinion-and that is, the uni
versal, all pervading dsapprobation OF "Colonel
Bentons BILL" lately sprung upon the Senate
From every quarter the Press is teeming with
loud denuncistions of his mal-spropos move
ment and il is the unanimous desire that the
vote should first be taken on the measure which
passed the House OF Representatives, without
amendment, and that Colonel Benton and his
friends should vote for il, before he urges his
new scheme, as last resort.
We have rumor in the New York Com
mercial Advertiser, and which may have org-
mated with a certain New England statesman,
that Great Britain will Immediately demand an
apology for the despatch Of our Government 10 Mr..
King another rumor asserts that the passage OF
the Oregon measure is 10 involve US in war
with England, even If we should apologize /;
another that European aid will be given TO Mex
leo to invade Texas, unless that devoted Re-
public accedes to an European arrangement (;
another that there is to be a renewal Of the old
feud between the Montagues of the North and
the Capulets Of the South, in the Republican
party; and last, though by no means the least,
a violent convulson of editorial nature will fol-
low the selection Of a newspaper organ by the
incoming Chief Magistrate. Surely, surely,
this is an ugly picture for Mr.. Polk TO confront
on his arrival in Washington
As TO the buster of The Federal alarmists, or
even Of their natural allies" over the water,
we entertain the confident expectation that the
Senate of the United States will pay no heed
TO it in the performance of its patriotic
duty. And, if Texas be annexed at
once, we are satisfied there will be no inva-
sion, nor even any privateerDg. In regard TO
the premature struggle for the succession, the
will not only exclaim "a plague on both your
houses" but he will interpose in such a
manner as most effectually to arrest the blows,
or to make the first man who strikes, his foe.
The other matter can be summary disposed Of,
and then there should be plain sailing and a
prosperous breeze for the next Administration.
We hope the President elect will not trust any
of US for he cannot do it with safety. We
have all Of US managed to engender prejudices
and animosities against US and against those
whom we have preferred, or may prefer for the
SUGGESTIONS; and 10 the event of being trusted
some of US would be very apt, on tempting &C.
casions, to neglect the interests of the Admin
isration, and hazard the fame Of the Executive
in prosecuting schemes for the advancement Of
the favored candidate for 1S4S. But a new
man, who is not only uncommitted, but against
whom there is not even the suspicion that,he en-
tertains a preference, and who shall enjoy the
esteem and confidence of the President, would
obviate the difficulty.
But we have wandered from the track. We
designed merely TO state that the sentiment of
the Republlcan party, as we 'earn from the I'M
erring indications of the Press of the country,
is most decidedly opposed to the new project of
Col. Benton, and in favor Of the adoption of the
Joint Resolution which has passed the fiery Or
deal of the House, and now lies upon the table
of the President of the Senate. And in no State,
perhaps, is there greater anxiety manifested on
the subject, than in Virginia. The Richmond
Enquirer teens with eloquent and able editorial
denuncations OF the new bill. We have NO
room for them, and must be content 10 copy the
following prompt expression of the Democratic
members Of the Legislature:
From the Richmond Enquirer.
Interesting Resolutions.
LEGISLATIVE CONVENTION.
The Legislative Convention re-assembled last even