 POLITICAL.
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" letter from Gens Jackson on the subject ol the immediate annexation of Texas 10 the bnited States, in which he brings this i!npor- iant question before the country in.!ts tue light. This letter comes forth at tlIsrrGent request of Gen. Jaeksons numerous Friends. who had addressed him of late, and express ed desire 10 know if his sentiments have not changed in regard to annexation. since SC much information has been brought to bea, upon this great measure by the letters of Mr Van Bnren and other distinguished men ot our country

 HERMITAGE, May Is, 1S44. To tte Editor of ute Union.

 sIr-l am induced to address you this let ter, because have, within few days past. rereived letters from many of my friends, who have expressed desire to know whe- ther my views in relation to the policy of annexing Texas to the United States, have been changed by the light which the subject has received from the recent letters of MT. Van Buren, and ether prominent citizens; and because 1t seems 10 be necessary that should answer or be misunderstood.

 Having no connection with the question except the interest which, Ill common with other citizens. take ill all that concerns my country, what have heretofore said upon 1t was dictated by no desire to be-a prominent acto-. It was certainly far from my expec- tation that there should be an effort in any quarter to make the question a mere party one Hence, when 1t was brought to my no- tice some l2 months ago, by the honorable Mir. Brown of this State, answered his in- qaires with promptness and frankness.

 had not forgotten the principles by which my administration had been guided when at tempting to obtain Texas by negotiationwith Mexico, nor the care which was taken to con vince Mexico, afterwards, that this govern- ment had no agency, directly or indirectly, Tn the steps resorted to by the people of Texas to establish for thcmseves an inde- pendent government In the reference which MT. Van Buren has made to my conduct as President in these respects, he has stated what IS entirely true, and has delincatcd with the ability and perspicuity which so cminently distinguish him, thegeneral principles which characterize the course of our government in It's intercourse with foreign powers. But Just and accurate as he is, and subscribing, most fully, as l do, to all that he alleges as applicable to the question as it stood in my administration, and as 1t did under his own, still think that the circumstances are so far altered as to give new aspect to the whole question, and to authorize Il corresponding change Ill the discretion with which our go- Fernmcnt may now act upon.

 At the present period, 1t cannot be doubt- ed that Texas is able to maintain her inde- pendence of Mexico, if each State Is left to its own resources, unin1uenced and unaded by any foreign power. Eight years have elapsed since the memorable battle of San .Ja- einto, and there has been no serious attempts on the pat of Mexico to occupy the country, and It Is certain none can be made with any prospect of success. In this state of affairs, acknowledged by ourselves and the principal powers of the world as an independent na- ton, and treated as such, Texas renews to us the almost unanimous wish of her citizens to be annexed to the United States-tellng us, substantially, that if now repulsed, she must form some alliance elsewhere as will best enable her to improve her resources and repair the disasters which she has suffered from protracted quasi war. She is sensible that her happiness will be best secured by incorporation into eur Union-that the dis position and pursuits of her people, being Homogeneous with those of the United States, can receive no adequate protection from any other quarter. We admit the truth of these assertions, and feel that they constitute powerful motive for action, independent of the considerations which are suggested by a prudent regard for the stability of our insti- tutions

 In reference to Mexico, would use the following language: We have carefully ab- stained from all interference with your rela- tions to Texas except to acknowledge her independence, in the same manner and upon the same principles that we did your inde- pendence when you separated from Spain. We have, indeed, been more scrupulous with you than with Spain, for without consulting or respecting the feelings of the latter power, our government did not hesitate to open a negotiation with you for the retrocession of Texas, and that too, long before your inde- pendence was acknowledged by Spain But the time has now come when we feel that this deiicacy ought no longer to restrain us from treaty with Texas, particularly as we know that our failure to do so will produce results that may endanger the safety of our own coniederacy.

 cannot think there is discrepancy between these views and those avowed by my admin istration, when proper allowance is made for the change of circumstances, or that they contain any well founded cause for complaint on the part of Mexico.

 It may now be stated as fact, on which we may rely with the greatest confidence, that Ii Texas be not speedily admitted into our conlederacy, she must and will be inevi- tably driven into alliances and commercial regulations with the European powers, of character highly injurious, and probably hos tile, to this country. What would then be our condition? New Orleans and the whole valley of the Mississippi would be endanger- ed. The numerous herds of sayages within the limits of Texas, and on her borders, would be easily excited to make war upon our delenceless frontier

 do not deem 1t necessary to be more ex- m fta f,ba