Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-04-12
LATEST FROM TEXAS.

meeting was helu III bhu' P'"S', u" '' " ''
IN take IN consideration the alton Of the United
States Congress upon the Annexation Measure
|. being the regular time for holding the District
Court. a, CIarksyille, many persons were present
from that, Red River, md other counties; and al
ter due notice being given the meeting was organ
lied and proceeded to business. Among Others
there were prcsen. Col. l.. d. EVANS, formerly Of
,hi, State, and JAMES A. SIMPSON. Esq. of this
place, who is now travelling in Texas on bus.
ness.
Af,er going on nj length oPresent, N their pre-
amble, the many advantages to both countries to
be derived from this measure, they append many
r.,oIu,ons. the frs, and second Of which are as
follows:
.Resoyr,a. By the citizens Of The county Of Red
River. and numc rous other citizens of adjoining
counties, in public meeting assembled, that they
desire to express themselves hereby ns declded'y
and strongly 10 favor Of annexation to line United
States, which is their paren! land, the abiding place
Of many of their sympn;ies, nnd The burial ground
of their fathers, upon any terms compa'ioie win
their dignity as n sovereign people, and Just re-
On I'd for the rights, s,rrv,eges and mmunties when
they enjoy under their presen. syIcm OF free gov
crnment."
"Rssolred, That since the proposal ofthe ques'
,on of Annexation for tho decision Of the p2opIe
of Texas in 1886. and its then almost unanimous
the scn,imen, of the people upon that
.n,bbiec:: has Undergone no change, except as tho
oc,on upon il, Of the neople Of tho United States
has at times seemed iGkcNdrm. II not cold ana
repulsye. At intervals, under the ""p'ese,o" t
they havo be,hought themselves that wm2t '".
asked was no boon; but merely n reciprocal treaty
of friendship and alliance between brethren whom
had separated, and whom the warm
tie OF blood; the associations of childhood; tho
glorious recollec:ons Of their fathers and main.
tenance Of the same principles of free govern
ment, seemed naturally TO draw together; and thon'
when feeling their proposition Of Union. was un'
met in the spiri, which prompted it, they have been
wiling to keep for themselves, and their children,
and those who might come to them for home,
their fair land and sunny cline, with the wealth
and happiness, which II must soon bring to lis pos
SCISSORS.
They then proceeded to point out the import
nncc of holding meetings throughout the Republic
in regard to the matter, in order 10 show 10 the
Executive that the people are almost unanimously
in favor Of immediate ac ton on thor part. And
N &c tia, the measure may as speedily be adjust
ed as proper regard for the arrangement ofquos-
tons of mutual rights and privileges will permit.
After tho resolutions, The meeting was addressed
bv Ger. r. J. Rusk, and others, in nm eloquent
and appropriate manner, who recommended all pro.
pos;,ions to be met fairly and frankly by 10th
pa :,ies, and deprecated any diplomatic juggling on
either hand.
After Gen. Rusk and other citizens Of Texas
had concluded their addresses, the meeting called
upon Mr.. SIMPSON, whom we mentioned was no"
travelling in Texas, and he repIieda as will be found
in an extract below. Mr.. Simpson, it viii be re.
collected was one of the whig candidates for the
Legislature, in this county, ut the last election,
and then sought by all means to convince the
people that the Texas bubble was all humbug,'
merely gotten up to build political capital upon.
We are glad to sec such an entire change in
his sentiments, and wish him q lucky escape
from all his other fancy whig' opinions. The
paragraph alluded 10, is as follows:
at having been intimated that Col jas. A.
Simpson of Van Buren,, Ark, was presents; n desire
was expressed, to hear some remarks from him
The gentleman rose and stated that the call was
unexpected, that ho was travel worn and not IN
condition TO say much, and that the time of the
meeting had been proftabIy consumed in listening
TO the gentlemen who preceded him. lie however
won't on TO express his conviction oithe Importance
of the measure, and his belief that now, as the
time had gone by in the United States, when any
thing was TO be effected by making hobby oft,
that at least two thirds of the people Of the United
States were in favor Of Annexation. He advoca-
ted the adoption of the resolutions. which he highly
approved, and concluded by saying, that he ex.
pec!ed to be at the various Courts upon the circuit
during which he supposed, meetings would be hold
upon The same subject, and that he should take
pleasure in addressing the people at any or all of
lhem if desired, and in meeting and combating
the arguments Of any gentleman opposed to the
measure. Tho remarks Of the several speakers
were received with much applause. The question
being then taken, upon tho adoption Of the resoIu-
,ions, they were unanimously passed, and ii being
proposed in the form for resolution that 1t should
be stated in the publication Of proceedings, that
they were passed without dissenting vote, the
question was again put, and carried ~tthOuf one
dissenting roice."