The New York herald., 1845-01-08
Governor Wrlght's nlessage.

Governor Wright's Message.
We received the Message of Gov. Wright at
one O'Clock this morning, through Pomeroy 81
Co.'s Express, and Inserted the greater portion of
1t In the first clifton Of the Herald. The second
edition contains the entire document.
The Annexation Question-Its Complicated
Position.
The position into which the question of the an
nexation OF Te,xa has now been placed is begin
ming to excitsa great deal of attention. much spe-
cuiaton. q nd unbounded quantities of nonsense
and Slime ss, with some small portions of philoso
pny to d. sersify its character For one week this
question has been debated in the House of Repre-
sentap ves, and the several branches and cques of
me y 10 great parties in that body have begun to
lnd' cate their tendencies to such an extent as to
COZ nplicate, to an infinitely greater extent than
ever. the principal issue involved.
The question of annexation lie. indeed, now ap-
rrsaching position altogether different from and
much more embarrassing than that which it was
anticipated it would assume in the last session of
Congress. when it was rejected by large majority
IN the Senate. There are now mixed up with the
question OF annexation, personal ambition-the
rivalry OF cligues in the democratic party-the ef-
forts OF the wings TO re-acquire power-the deve-
North-anfi variety of other collateral issues and
elements. ali of which have tended to confuse, if
not who y TO defeat ultimate annexation, and thus
to plant the seeds Of feud between the North and
South, that never can be reconced, and that may
lead TO final dismemberment of the Union.
Al ready large portion OF the democracy
ana their representatives in New York and
Flew England are beginning to cut their orr
ginal party connection with the Southern States,
in consequence of the position and policy of Mr..
Calhoun, since he become Secretary of State, ON
this very question. The organs of Mr.. Van Buren,
and Sias Wright in this region of the Union. and
the representatives of the section in Congress
are beginning to Indicate settled purpose OF throw
ing obstacles in the way of annexation, not be-
cause they opposed to the simple question ITSELF
but because they have hostility to the position
Of Mr.. Calhoun, and dread of his increasing in
fuence in consequence of the particular line of
policy which he has adopted in regard TO this great
great measufe. II this sectional feud in tn demo-
cratic party should come any distinct and posi-
tive head, and finally result ia the defeat of annex.
ation ITSELF it will give triumph to the abolition
lists of the North, and to certain portion of the
wings, which will react with extraordinary power
on the Southern States, and thus open the way for
the accomplishment OF their purposes as shadowed
forth by Mr.. McDuffie in the Senate, in his allu-
sons to two three distinct confederacies, about
year ago.
We thus merely glance at the difficulties now
surrounding this question of annexation. 1t would
require columns on columns to explain the mis-
takes on all sides which have led to this complca-
tion of disorders as affecting the annexation OF
Texas;-personal rivalry-ambition-
yteeling, have been almixed up with this matter,
and formed the great cut of which this diff
Guilty has sprung. Whether the House Of Represen-
tatives the present Congress will settle the ques-
tion, seems to us very problematical. We do
not believe that it will be possible for the different
sections of the democratic party to unite in any
plausible scheme 60 even to have it pass through
the House Of Representatives and it is very evi
deat that the wings are enjoying the uncomforta-
bic position their antagonists and will avail them
selves, tohe fullest extent, Of the opportunity to
compicate still more thsquestion and cast it, with
all its difficulties and complications, upon the new
administration which will assume power on the
'ath Of March next On every hand we see diff
cnly and danger.
The DELINQUENT STATKs.-The various legisla-
lures of the delinquent and petty larceny States
are beginning to assemble in their several houses
and chambers Of legislation. We include in these
States. Maryland, Pennsylvania, Mississippi,
Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and, perhaps, one or
two Others The question now very naturally
occurs, what are these States, in their representa-
tive assemblies, about to do by way of redeemng
their character before the civilized world
There is not one of these States, from broad,
fertile, and wealthy rennsylvania to the poorest
in the west, that has not ample property where
with to pay the interest of Its debt as regularly as
any honest man in Christendom. And yet, with an
efontery that is not surpassed by that of the basest
rogues in the State Prison, they meet year after year.
and violate every principle Of duty and obligation,
as men and az citizens, as Americans and as Chris
tians. They have converted their halls Of egisla-
ton into cells of pick-pockets and thieves and
highway robbers. The morals which prevail in
such places are the morals of State Prisons and
Penitentiaries. Do these States and these Legisla
lures imagine that the memory of their conduct
can ever be efaced from mems minds DO they
really suppose that the execrations OF the widows
and orphans, whom they have plundered both in
the old and in the new world, will ever cease to
ring in the ears of all just men Of the present and
succeeding generations7
EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL SEMNARY.-It has been
for some time understood, that the general condi-
ton OF this nursery tor the education Of young
men intending to devote themselves to the mi
nistry, was by no means healthy in the orthodox
sense of the term, and that confederacy between
certain high Roman Catholic authorities and Sc.
veral Of the Students has been in progress for the
purpose Of revolutionising the system under which
the Seminary was established. Yesterday was the
day appointed to investigate the truth Of such Sc
rious allegations, and three Of the Bishops who
formed part of the judges upon the trial Of Doctor
Onderdonk were selected visitors upon this oc-
casion. Whether from disnclination to submit
their own views to public scrutiny, or from de-
SIRE after the arduous and painful investigation, to
retire to the recesses OF their respective doceses,
IL. L. IL.