Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-03-28

that influence over my own-iudge for your.
self. saw Blair, Of the Globe, there. and II
plainly perceived that his hopes were revived.
and his fears dispelled, by the conversations
OF Mr.. Haywood. noticed how several sem
ators around me were treasured, from some
cause or other; and in few minutes | heard
one and another say to senator HAYWOOD.
'aii 8 well, and the resolutions, as amended.
Will pass, after all, if Benton stands firm.
" Never fear him." was the laconic. much
meaning answer. Now, then, if there was
nonor IN the act of passing the Texas resolu-
1nons' does 1t not chiefly belong to senator
Haywood Let him have it-let the history
OF II be set right. He may shrink from any
PUBIC assertion of his claims to such dis
Junction, but that does not diminish his title
70 tne gratitude of the democratic party.
! ne was the author of the compromise or a..
LI,ehument that passed, and without which,
eXas would have been rejected. Then let
60 by his name. He was most efficient
(though not aIone,) in his calm and collected
warnings 20 his party at moment of great
peru to the cause, especially on the night OF
W.T.. bagby' s speech. and, as believe, he did
much that night TO save his own child. MIR.
Walker, to be sure, offered the amendment or
compromise, and it is therefore called by this
name; but doubt not that he would himself
nave awarded to his brother senator its pa,er-
nifty, as he ought to have done when he Offer
ed 1t, had he made speech when he made
> his motion. But it had probably been arran.
: ged that Mr.. Walker was to make his motion
without speech, for fear Of further debate.
l he plan was to get the uOte and prevent de-
lay Mr.. HIS conduct shows that he desired
10 serve the country, and not to strive for the
ecl0t OF his doing it. | understand, upon good
authority, that Colonel Benton has publicly
declared, since the passage of the Texas res
oIutions, that Senator Haywood was the au
thor OF "Benton's biI,'' and that all the com
p'iments bestowed upon it belong to Haym0oc
IN much greater degree than they do to Ben
t0n' SO tar from that bill having been sin
lster movement to defeat annexation, it seems
4 that It was not until it had been ascertaineC
2 by the North Carolina senator that it would BIZ
: impossible, the House resolutions as they
were, that he (Mr. Ill., devised IS Ben:on's
Dill, and after consultation with Col. Ben
ton, ny strong arguments and patriotic ap
PeaIs, h induced the C0l0neL to father it. anc
propose 1t as better plan, and more likely t
t give SUCCESS to the Texas cause. and to unite
the democratic party, &c. This generou.
h, conduct OF Col. Benton is just like him; ane
such noble candor towards political associ
Il ate and friend, much younger than himself
y does him more honor than the sole authorship
e OF his bill could confer on him. When any on,
+ talks about insidious legislation and aims Il
d connect it with Benton's name, let him turI
e to such fact as this, and he will there reat
r. ITS retutatlon; refutation that must stop tn
d mouth of gainsayers Upon the whole,
IS now appears that when the subject of Texa
d annexation was pending in the House, and tn
cd Inv do n
o plans for acquiring Texas and annexing it t
e the Union, the senator from North CaroIin
IS made manly and independent move in tn
a senate to dIsconnect and separate the question
1t OF the terms Of annexation from all the ques
n tons about the manner of acquiring Texas
e Y GU saw his bill and his speech on it. Tn
u House having determined, contrary to hi
IS Judgment, (wIsely or not. time will show,) t
l. act upon the latter question first, he acquies
a cpd IN tina: decision by not calling up his bill
t. and instead Of waiting to see the House resC
IS 'utlons re- elected, as they would have been, S
t. that he might enjoy the selfish qualification {
1t having his predictions verified, but at the eA
ID p"nsr Of the public good. it was the senate
IL from North Carolina, who set about asce
$ tanning, by personal inquiry, whether Their
1t was any hope of passing the House resolt
p, tons in the Senate ; and finding they coul
n not pass in the shape TREY stood, 1T was BY hi
of iustrumentaIity and by his aid, and upon hi
of! counsel, that .'Benton's bil'' was offered;
IS bill which has been everywhere applauded ft
IN lis wisdom, craftsmanship, and forecast, a
though many. who did not know the motive
W for offering a new scheme at that time, to
5; hastily denounced it as ill-timed, and faIsel
Mt suspected, and unjustly charged Col. BenO
nd with an intention to defeat Texas by it. Ar
re when it had become indispensable to harm
ed niZe the friends of Texas by judicious con
of promise, that good work was likewise main
ch accomplished by the same senator from Nor
b. Carolina. Thus, in the first Congress he hi
n served, (to say nothing Of his other labors
lr- the senator from North Carolina, more TIA;
of any other, may lay claim to the honor Of ha
TO ing carried the Texas resolutions Others d
~, any other. 1t is distinction which any NJ
to might envy him, that one young in the ST
1t vice, has left this deep impression of his W
MS dom and craftsmanship. upon the great me
he sure of the Congress-the great measure of
On, age. And it abstracts nothing from Sena
tn H. renown, that he should now silently a
der without complaint, suffer his co-workers
e,) appropriate in the public mind all the hone
or of what were emphaticalIy the enlightened
Dur c';ievements of the senator frOns North Carr
ma. ''Honor to whom honor is due.'' Su
'ote men cannot long remain unknown to the p'
ed pie of the Union.
on Yours respectfully, &c.
ION The Fourteen Daughters-A corresponds
ca Of the New Haven Courier, writing from
a. Gu