The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-07-28
Washington.
Correspondence of the Herald

Correspondence of the Herald
| WASHINGTON, Tuesdays p. M
DOings In COngress-Thc Treaty.
The morning business of the Senate was of yer,
| little public interest. The Dancing RABBIT Creel
Treaty business was taken up, discussed and amend
| ed, and postponed. When this was done, Their,
were five minutes remaining before the hour as
signed for taking up the tarbill which was the spe
cial order, and MIR. Merrick, whose very modera,.
abilities and equlvocal position render him almos
useless in the Senate, insisted upon taking up hi:
imperfect, and undgested, and most injudciou
Postage bill. But Mr.. Evans got the floor, and Sc
the whole Senate, spectators and all, into laugl
by the ingenious manner in which he defeated Mr.
Merrick's object, and occupied the time until tn,
period arrived for taking up the tariff bill.
Mr.. Merrick took the thing in great dudgeon
and muttered to Mr.. Evans" You may carry you
tariff if you can, after this'-at which there was
more hearty laugh still
Mr.. Woodbury. is in the midst of an elaborat,
speech against the tariff bill, and in reply to Mr.
Evans The debate threatens to be protracted for a
week or two.
The House has been engaged all day in paltr,
demagogue discussion about cutting down the pa,
and mileage of the members. Mr.. Arnold, of Ten
nessee, made the movement, and he now seems tc
be alarmed at the probability of the passage of tn,
bill There have been some sensible speeches IL
the course of the debate, and among them may BE-
mentioned those OF Mr.. Lewis and DR.. Gwinn.-
Everybody seems ashamed of the thing here, but il
may gull few Of the people.
1t Is obvious from the course Of the Globe, anC
the tone OF conversation IN certain political circles
here, that concerted effort is be made to ARA,
the preudces of the people against the treaty abou
to be formed between the agents of this country and
that of Great Britain, whatever shall be its term
Ito play the patriot and demagogue for sci
fish and party purposes, no matter at VIVA
risk to the interest or honor of the nation
1T is unfair and unjust thus to PREJUDICE this ques
ton The terms and principles upon which the trea
ty is to be formed, cannot, of course, be fully
known but it is understood that it will be treaty
Of equivolerce-of reciprocal advantages, embracing
all the really important points in dispute be
tween the two countries, and containing man,
mutual concessions-some of those on the part O
Great Britain being of vast consequence TO tn,
United States AS to the small sum which the Go
vemment is to pay Maine and Massachusetts, it
much more than compensated TO us bv the liberia
manner ia which Lord Ashburton consented to the
settlement of the boundarylne in other places along
the frontier, when it has been so long in dispute.
Without possessing any exclusive information or
this subject, and really knowing no more than the
public generally we feel authorized to declare that
the treaty cannot fail TO be popular when the cir
cumstances all familiar TO the people, and that
men who, for party or unearthly undertake
to prejudice the treaty, or the administration in con-
nexion with il in the public mind, will make mis-
tai e that may be fatal to them.