The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-08

the independence of Texas, upon the sole cond
ton that she would renounce annexation to the
United States, it was as near becoming serious as
any love affair in the calendar. What If the Uni
ted States had presented at the time no detntiva
proposition for annexation--is any one prepared
to say that the Mexican proposition would not
have been acceptcd' Will any one venture to say
that General Jackson was so far deceived, or the
American people so far misled by their jealousy,
as to have been mistaken in supposng that :" the
golden moment' had In fact arrived Or, can it
be said that was very far mistaken in the decla-
ration that the proposition for annexation scatter
ed to the winds all the webs Of intrigue wherever
yoyens Alas for annexation, if the American
Executive had been driven TO the alternative of
presenting new basis Of negotiation in place of
dehnitiye terms
In declaring The opinion that the death Of Mr..
upshur, and the appointment of an adjunct COM
missioner to Mr. Van Zandt, alone prevented the
completion Of treaty at an earlier day, neither
designed to utter complaint against an all-wise
Providence for removing from my side my friend
and able counsellor, nor against the Executive Of
Iexls for appointing an adjunct commissions
II was solemn occasion, that of merging the abb
solute sovereignty o one State into that Of others
and Texas could not well have used too much eau
ton in its performance. Certain il is that no adj
junct could have been more acceptable 10 the U.
States than Governor Henderson. did but urge
expeditions would have been the course Of the U.
States Ex' cutiye on the subject that the treaty,
out for the two circumstances alluded to, would
have been contaminated before the speculation in
Texas stocks, or holders of Texas lands would
ever have heard Of il. think the remark admits
in fairness no other construction
AS TO the ascription made by Mr.. Houston 10
General Jackson of the success of the measure,
l have nothing more than this to say that took
the initiative without any previous consultation
with that distinguished man. He gave TO the ac-
ton of the Executive his jealous and cordial sup
port and would be the last to deny him the full
measure of honor which his patriotic advocacy
implied. His name was undoubtedly tower OF
strength to any cause which he espoused but
there were other auXiliaries who deserve to be
noticed in connection with the matter. omit the
names of Mr. Upshur, Mr.. Nelson, and MIR. Cal
houn, who successfully filled the chair of the State
Department, and after them Of my entire cabinet.
They were part of my own identity and that
each was worthy of my confidence and that of the
country, is sufficiently demonstrated by the fruits
OF their labors. choose to mention others, not
members Of my political family among the most
prominent of whom was Mr.. Walker, the present
Secretary Of the Treasury, whose writings unyeil-
ed the true merits Of the question; and, aided by
the cxpositions of many editors Of the newspaper
press, brought the public mind 10 just and sound
decision. 1.0
was myself sustained and encouraged by the
opinions of other distinguished citizens, among
whom take pleasure in mentioning the name OF
one who once would have commanded the respect,
# not the confidence, of thousands but who, at
the time, rested under cloud and spoke to me
from the shades Of Andausia: mean the late
Nicholas Blddle, with whom differed SO widely
on the subject Of the Bank of the United States
His bright and accomplished mind did not fail to
embrace in its full extent the value Of the virtual
monopoly of the cotton plant, secured to the Uni
ted States by the acquision of Texas-a monopoly
more potential in the affairs Of the world than
millions Of armed men, @
have only to say, in conclusion, that shall
content myself in all else that relates to the an
nexation Of Texas, by referring to the public and
official documents already spread before the coun-
try. ~ ...t ..% JOHN TYLER
New YoRK, Sent l. lS17.