The State guard., 1847-10-05

sr'
 fole in official documents communica
 ted 10 the public c-and notwithstanding
 the great interest with which Texas wa.
 regarded by the distinguished statesmen
 of England, Mr. Houston, who is no
 content to speak for himself alone, bu
 also for the whole world would fain in
 dnce the country to believe That iht
 British Ministry folded their arms ia ac
 ton, and that the abolition society oi Great Britain reposed in undisturbed
 slumber. He seems also most strange ly 10 forget that the city of Mexico was
 as imporian; place for concocting and carrying on inirigees as the city of Aus. tin itself.
 lr taking the initiative, 1 was not in the least controlled by the feelings oi the Texan Executive nor did anything which had proceeded froW, it stimulate me to action. Texas was surrounded by well-known embarrassments, ex> hausled by long war. her industry par alyzed, and her resources almost ami hlated; and as she had been repeatedly repeled in her advances to the Govern ment of tn. United States, it was naturs ally concluded that she would look else. where for succor and for aid. The Ex. ecuiye of Texas had tried annexation and failed; ii had not obtained recog- milton of independence by Mexico. What other expedient remained, but to make the best terms il coult with either Eng> land or France, or both, which giving it breathing time, would enable it 10 repair the energies oft country, and recover
 it from the state of deep depi essioE in which il wGs placed7 Tne American Minister (Mr. Murphy) was therefore directed to urge annexation on thr Ex- e utive of Texas. This was according ly done, and Mr. Houston, in his letter, sets forth the terms, which as condi. ton precedent, he thought it proper 10 exact an over -zealons, but devoted friend to the measure. must be permitted 10 say, that it would have better concluded Mir. Houston's account of the matter, if he had seen cause to have informed the public, that the terms thus eXacted were promptly dsavowed by the Executive, il being firmly fixed in it's devotion 10 the constitution of the United States. and that constitution nowhere copferring the power on the President 10 transfer his authority over the army or navy; or any portion of either, to foreign pos teotate, or 10 enter into any alliance, de. fensive or otherwise, without the pre-, vous sanction of the Senate. This was as we'll known to MT. Houston as 10 my> self. He had filled important stations in the United States prior to his emigra> ton to Texas, and was believed 10 be well acquainted with the limitations and restrictions imposed hy the constitution on all it's functionaries. Mir. Houston will pa,don me for frankly saying, lha, this arrangement thus made with Mr. Murphy, did al the time excite a suspi, cion on my part that he wanted but a plausible pretext 10 defeat annexat on altogether. He will find in that fact, in dependently of their own personal mer~ it's, the secret motive for the appoint. ment of Gen. Howard, who had belong ed to Mr. Houston's military family when Governor of Tennessee, in place ot MT. Murphy; and, after the death of Cen. Howard of Maj. Donaldson, from the household of Gen. Jackson. who was regarded as the idol of MT. Hous- toms political worship. Both these gen. ,lemen were we'll worthy of their ap- poinlments, and acquitted themselves of their high duties with ability and zeal but yet, could have been satisfied al the time that the President of Texas was playing the coquelte, and merely indulg ing in course of innocent firtatIoD, in order to awaken the jealorsy of the peo pie of lhe United States, il is quite pro bable l should have selected for the mission others who stood more closely allied 10 my administration. The firta ton win Mir. Murphy was very soon quieted by disovowei of what he had inconsiderately, but from the bes, of mo tves, been lead to do |; but, when the coquetry with England was afterwards actually carried, through the active agen- cy of the British Minister, into an ac- knowledgment by Mexico of the inde- pendence of Texas, upon the sole con dtion that she would renounce annexa- ton to the United States, it was as neal becoming serious as any love affair in the calendar. What If the United States had presented al the time no definite proposition for annexation, is any one prepared to say that the Mexican pro- position would not have been accepted Will any one venture to say that Gen Jackson was so far deceived, or the American people so far misled by iheil jealousy, as to have been mistaken ir supposing that the golden moment hae in fact arrived2 Or can it be said tha
 was very far mistaken in the decIara' ton, that the proposition for annexation scattered to the winds all the webs O intrigue wherever woven7 Alas fol annexation, if the American Exec ulive had been driven to the alternative of pre- sentiug new basis of negotiation il place of definite terms!
 In declaring the opinion that the deali of Mir. Upshur, and the appointment 0 an adjunct commissioner to MT. Vat Zandi, alone prevented the completion of treaty at an earlier day, l neihe designed to utter complaint against al