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.nOND7f. JUNE 0, Is45.
THE. TEXAN QUESTION.


al Ansnoa the 4h day Of July next TO determine On the
ii that Republic 10 The United States reach
ing Ih's country alms simultaneously with the nnrna-
lion om Vera C,az of he recognition At III. solca,ion
Of The Tes'n nen' Of The Independence of Texas
by the government o Nexico upon copdilion that Tex
as should reject the Proposition for lis xa,ion 10 the
ohed ohies altogether, has naturally revived anew the
strung and general suspicion ii the candpr and integrity
oil President JONES which had been excld by his pre-.
glons njeri,ive an waverin, course.
why. II the President If iexas be- in favor Of annex
alum, has he despatched with such serresy and b,sic
ashbel Smith to Eur pr. TO revive the suspended p,
mac relations beiweea his government and ,h,sr If
Great Britain ard Ffancr' at This particular momen,7
II has been stated indeed thai comnu courtesy reaair
I'd That suitable representations should BIZ made # the
causes and motives which might nlnce Texas Ia
fen"nnco her nationality. by her union with Ihe
mer'can c"hied"rscy, to the governments Of Great
britain and France, both Of which S, som after
her severance from Mexico. had acLnpm .dped her
independence, and had subsequently evinced 50 deep
an interest IN It's maintenance and especially in lis rerpu
milton by Mexico But surely s2erial mission, as not
necessary ior this purpose both Great Braia ann
rance lad accredited ev"ys in Texas, through whom
those explain aus mi hi have been ransmirt,d 10 iheir
respective governments II. indeed The mssinn of Mr.
Smith 10 Europe the only suspicious circumstance
connected with the course Of President Jones' The tx
panatou given by his friends mic h be dprmed saslac
tory. But when couple with il the delay If thai
innconary. after he had been officially informed # the
adoption Of The resolutions by our Congress PROPOSING
terms OF annexation 10 Texas, in converting The Texan
congress 10 consider iheu-and especially his secret
mission 10 Mexico, under The auspices Of and in mmedi
ate CO operalion with the British Minister 10 Texas him
sell, "ho under the preicXt OF visiting Charleston for
The beCcf; OF his health. sailed sealhy and under an
assumed name for Mexico we arc constrained To beeye
that he has acted with marked insincerry and dnpLc,y
towards our government and il the people Of Texas de
sire The success of the annexation scheme with tre,che
~ towards them BY what influences this disrcpnabe
course OF coduci has been produced Of course b,
matter OF conjecinrehut The impression is already gen
era and decided that President Jones has not pursued
this or'uous policy without having received an ample
q"d pro quo His ''ilchny palms" have in all proba,
bny been polluted with foreign pold!
This opinion is no, at all affected by his iardv and re-
luctan to the convucaon Of the Texan Conyres
On the 10th of June-nor by the Proclamation hc h.
has subsequently issued, recommending Conventi IN to
v''a'"n 10 the Mexican governn ent To acknov ledge
the independence Of Texas upon the condon of her re
JHc'ne teproposion for annexation to the United States.
lor The consideration Of which Congress and the Con
Veh''on have been thus professedv convokcd was still
UNKNOWN 10 MN. We have M doubt he is now as much
opposed 10 annexation ever and that The entire weight
OF his official and personal influence will be thrown in
the scale agao II. upon The assembling of those bodies
No one believes thi, either in converting Congress q,
recommending Convention, President Jones has been
governed by his own wishes. 1t is on the contrary
most obvlous, that he did move in The matter until
he discovered that public sentiment would brook no long
er delay and that if the government did not speedly act
the people. taking The matter into their own hands
would supersede The necessity of lis acn sIlnppiher
and herehy dcea, iya decsise Topuar Increment, the
secret f"Po" 10 p,erent annexation altogether, and
that Is the object We have Doubt CONTRARY 10 our
original impression, Of the mission Of Ashbel Smith IL
Europe, as II was of The mission Mexico under
the auspices of The BRUSH Minister in Texas
by the ah of July, III no, by the 10Th Of June h,
envoy to Europe will have been enabled to asceraia
WIN precision lie views and purposes of the British and
r'ehch governments IN reference 10 all the conlincen
c'es 'ha' may arise III The progress Of this question The
a'"aoe response OF Mexico to the application Of the
Texan Executive. for the conditional recognition Of the
Independence Of her revolted pruvnce will also b,
known And we now predict that upon The assembling
oil those bodleS, President Jones will lay before them
The proposition Of the American government for the
heAailon OF Texas 10 the GnlrG States isualed and
accompanied by al Executive recommendation. hut ,s
an preservation of Texan nationality and
Independence, rercnzed by Mexico and guaranteed hy
'he Two great European Powers whuh bay. .vlnce1
'' "A 'ao'phafv interest IN This question, and which
VIII probably offer. through Mr.. Ashbel Smith, Ger
'a'h commercial advantages 10 Texas TO induce her
to reject the United States propos,on and :, ,cc.n
NAT alternative instead. We predict still further
iha' President jones will advocate the latter conrse and
that no effort on his part will he spared TO Operate uoon
Inc TWO bodies and through them upon the people Of
iexas To Induce ihrm To sustain his views These Of
'"r's VIII he unsuccessful, however unless The indie,
Tons of public sentiment, which have tea, he'd Ne FINN,
ieAas nave been grossly deceptive. The apparen, una
manly and enthusiasm with which The Proposition for
annexation has been greeted hy the Great body oC Tho
p'ohie, and under the Influence Of which President lanes
mas doubtless acted IN manifest dscoranre with m, CO
cret movements, leaves us no room 10 sur,,s. ,,., ~,
COMBINED Efforts oil don' site lrcachty aud foreign in,
,rigne can defeat This measure.
lhe acc'p ance Of the proposition 10 ann.x rey,s T.,
''e o"eu STATES VIII Of course throw Mexico hack io
tue position "h'h she occupied prir To the lae serre,
INCARNATION SET Oh on by President Jonesaud tho ,r,h
'"'''y Is tha she will immediately thereafter r,sbv in
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