The Daily Madisonian

IMMEDIATE ANNEXATION.

The Globe, aided by the Whig press, is exceedingly busy in its effort to ascribe to Mr. Tyler a sort of talismanic influence over the proceedings of the Van Buren Convention—convention originally appointed for the purpose of nominating that gentleman.

We are not aware that a single delegate was elected to that convention as a Tyler man. Whatever change may have come over the minds of some, if any has, is produced exclusively by Mr. Van Buren's own course. And yet we do not know that Mr. Tyler has a single advocate in that convention. He was excluded from the self-styled Democratic Convention all over the country, and how he can be supposed to exert any control over the proceedings of the convention, passes our comprehension to determine.

No, Messrs. Editors of the Globe and the Whig press, Mr. Tyler attempts to exert no influence in that Convention. He looks to it for no decision favorable to himself, and if such decision was pronounced, while we should regard it as the highest evidence of a lofty patriotism on the part of its members, we should, nevertheless, be greatly surprised at it. His friends will have nothing to do with the intrigues which are prevailing in order to select an immediate annexation man over the head of Mr. Van Buren, who cannot begin to act until after the 4th of March, 1845, by which time the whole question will most probably be disposed of. We say freely, that between such a man and Mr. Van Buren we would not give a pinch of snuff to choose. The one will do just as well as the other for all purposes of annexation after the 4th of March. If anything, either of sincerity or patriotism, ruled the hour, the President would be openly and zealously endorsed as their candidate by every immediate annexation man, since it is our firm conviction that Texas must now, within this Presidential term, be admitted, or not at all. Will she await the result of a new and doubtful election? Would she not be inspired with more of confidence in the sincerity of her advocates, if the negotiators of the Treaty be endorsed, than if their powers be stricken down by an abandonment of the President at so critical a moment? But yet we doubt not that such will be the case; and we tell the members of that Convention that, before November, their candidate, whomever he may be, other than Mr. Tyler, will not have the Texas question to support their cause at the time they most need it. But we have no right to intrude our opinions upon the Convention, and have only desired to guard Mr. Tyler against the false and unfounded attacks of the Globe and Whig press.