Gen. Cass On Annexation

The foílowing letter from Gen. Cass to Ed ward Honnegan, pubiished in the Washington Globe, has just arrived, and we hosten to loy it before our readara. It will be seen thai üniike Clay or Van Biuen, he goes for this hefarious project to the fiul exteni, withont any ji or buis, and "e sooner it is rjfected, the beller. ." The reasons he a3signs fbr anïiexation, as well as the unreservcdness with which he espouees it, must surely commend bim to the South, and will do much towards tecuring him the nomination of the Baltiraore ConVentioo. Detroit, May 10, 1844. DkarSir: - ín answsr to your inquiry wheiher lam favorable to tbe inmediato annexation of Tezas to the United Slates, I reply that I nm. As you demand my opinión only of this. measure, and briefly the reasons which influence me, I símil confine myself to these pointa. I flhall not dweil upon the policy of unitmg coterminous countries, eituated likc ours and Texas, with no marked geographical features to divide thern, and with navigable streams penetratmg the limite of both. Nor upon the eommou origin of the people wh'o inhabit thecn; upon the common mnnners, langüage, religión, institutions, and in fact, their identity as a branch of the human family. Nor Bhhll I urge the material interests involved in the measüte, by the free intercourse it would establish, between the varions seclions of a vast country, mntually dependent upon, and eupplying one another . These considerations are so obvious, that they need no elucidation from me. But in a military point of view, annexation strikes me as still more important, and my mind ha been the more forcibly impressed wilb thia idea from reading the able letter of Gen. Jackson upon this subject, which has just come under my observation. With the intuition, which makes part of the character of that great man, and pure patriot, be has forseen the use which an European enemy might mnke of Texas in the event of a war with the United States. A lodgement in thai country would lay open the whole South Western border to his depreda! ions. We could establish no fortress, nor occupy any favorable position to check him, for the immense frontier may in a vae( many places be crossed as a man passes from one part of his farm to onoth'er. The advantngea an active enemy would enjoy under such circumstances, it requires no sagacity to foretell. The.se.consiflerations recal 1 lo my memory au article, which made its appearance just before I left Europe, in a leading Tory Periodical in Engla ná, which ia understood to speak the 8entiments of a powerful party. This is Frazer's Magazine, and u more nefarious'arti ele never issued from a proflígate press. It ought to be etereotyped and circulated from one end uf our country to the other, to show the designs which'are in agitation against us, and to teach us that our safety in that mighty coutest which is coming upon us, is in a knowledge of our danger, and in a determination by unión, and by a wise forecast to meet it and defeat. it. The spirit of this articlo is sufficientíy indicated by iis title, which is "a war with the United States, a blassing to mankind." I cannot refer to it at this moment, but must speak of it from recoüec'ion. I have often been surprised it has not attracted more atlertion in our country, lts object was to excite a war with the United States, and to lay down the plan of acampaign, wliich would soonest bring it toa furtunate conclusión for England. TIkj basis of this plan was the organization of a necessary black force in the West India Islands, and ittdebarcation upon our Southern coaet. The coneequencee which onr enemies fondly hoped for in such, a case, but with ad' enliré ignorance of the true stutèof the country, vvere foretold with a rare union of philanthrophy and hatred. J wish I had the nunYcer at hand to culi some thoice passages for your reflection. The result was to be the destrnction of the Southern States, the ruin or depression of the olhers, and the diesolution of this great and glorious èonfederocy, on which the íáert hopBB of freedom throngh the world now iest. What more favorable position could be taken for the occiipátioñ of English black troops, and for letting them loose upon the Southern States than' is afforded by Texas? Incapable of resieting, in an eveht óf a war oetween us and' England, she would be taken possession of by the latter uiuier one or another of those preteïices which every page of lier history furnishee, and the territorv would become the depot whence she would carry on her O ératiohs ogainst ub, and attempt to add áservile war to the cafnmitiês which hostili iies bring wilh them. He who dóubts wheth fir this would be done has yet to learn anoiher trait in the annals of national antipathy. It wotjld be dóne and would be called philanthropy.- Every day satisfiee me more and more', that a majority of th9 American people are in favor of annexation. Were they not, the mensure ought not to be effectéd . But as they are, the sooner it i8 effectéd the better.-I do not touch the details of the negociation. That must be left to the repponsibilities of the governmenl, as also must the bearing of the question upnn its reception by other countries. Those are points I do not here enter into. I ain, dear 6r, respectfully, Your öbedient sérvant,LEWIS CASS. Hon . Edward Hannkgan. 05 It is said that'Mr. Wickliffbe, of Kentucky, will goon retire fiom the Cabinet. - The Post Office, under his ndministralion, is repreeented to be in a bad condition. (17 Eight companies of the Third Regiment U. S. Infantry have gone down the Mississippi on their way to the borders of Texas. Two compames of Mounted Dragoong are to follow. These, with other reinforcements, will compose thearmy of Annexation. (t?3 It is said that a letter from Senator Woodfxiry m favor of Annexation will eoon appearCoon-headed canes are all the rage in Philadelphia ju6t uovn-Mer . Jour. That is a procer substiiute for tbe ciderbarrel caries of 1 840. It keeps up the identity of the party.- Bostmi Chronide. Ann Arbor, May 23 1844. The weaíher for some time has been quite cool with rain almost daily. Tbe season has been favorable for Wheat and Grass, but the farmers have been much belated about their spring crops by the incessant rains. Wheat buyers oöèr 65 cents to day. Michigan Flour in New York, May 16, was worth $4,62 to $4,75.