The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-18
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WAsHINoros, Nav I6 1914
BY dlnt OF special diligence and effort. hav. pot
"A copy OF General Cass' Letter for the Herald
From rsation with Van Bure n's own nsrtculsr
and avowed friends, can you, that thew are
ready to adopt any course which will secure a VIC
tory over Clay | hasten TO lay before you a cow
Of the Letter. II is addressed TO the Hon Ed,card
flanagan, via Buffalo.
was not little vexed that my letter containing
Tappans censure by the Senate miscarried got
the Information with much difficulty, and erelxsire-
~, and had 1t been published, as it ought to have
been, the Herald would have been the first at
washington TO lmpart the information which every
one was lnaulrlng about, but which no one knew.
Nothing so much discourages in special efforts
~ procure earliest news as TO find his efforts after
an prove aoortve. My tirst impulse was to try no
further to get early news OF executive news But
have got over II now.
v The Joke Is passing about the capitol to-day that
Van buren, has got of OF the footsteps of his IL
lustrlous predecessor tGen. Jacksonl-and that
Lewis Cass has got on to them
fersico's Columbus is elevated TO its pedastal
ana excltes universal admiration, so far as | can
ascertain. When il was planted and the rome.
loosened, some one cried out Three cheers 10 The
statty OF Columbyous which were given with
great enthusiasm by its classical admirers s r
WASHINGTON, 10Th May, 1874
In Executive Session to-day, the Senate had
some important action. When they adjourned last
evening, the question was pending of reconsider
ing their vote to publish all the accompanying doc
umens NC. connected with the treaty-embracing
not only those which Mr.. Tappan made public in
violation OF the Rules of the Senate, but also
others marked "prlvate and confidential" and
which would not have been sent to them except
under the expectation that the dictates both of
duty and honor would induce them to preserve in
violate the confidence reposed in them The ques-
lion OF reconsideration to-day voted down,
ana so the documents-many of great importance
which have not before been dvulged-wil be pub-
lished
The severe censure passed upon Mr. Tappau
will also with most remarkable inconsistency be
published Thus in almost one act the Senate
censures Mr.. Tappan for doing alone, what thew
as whole do on much more extensive scale
The secret of this, as l have before informed
you, is that the opponents of the treaty, Benton
Evans, Allen, Crttenden, Tappan Choate, and
Others, hope that the publication of the treaty and
documents Will create a popular reaction in oppo-
sltlon to the passage of treaty. But they in
most unpleasant state of doubt and uncertainty as
TO TINS same por pcpuh, tor, according to all pre-
sent appe arances, the peoples voice will be most
decidedly in favor OF annexation. Certainly, of the
petitions and resolutions which come I'D from the
people, four to one are in favor of annexation.
1t was also hoped by them that President Tyler's
prudent measures for protecting our commerce and
interests IN the neighborhood of Mexico, by des-
patching thlther small disposable force, would
react unfavorably: But possibly the people may
approve OF his decision and precaution Therefore
| say, they are in quandary, and hardly know how
to act
AT all events, they have to-day deemed it the
safest course to dscIss the treaty with closed DOORS
and have so decided, and commenced the discus
sion, which will probably be continued for some
time.
The treaty, which Senator Tappan divulged was
carried on to New York, for the Epening Post, by
Jonathan d. Stevenson, who still remains at WI ash
lngton He has been here all winter, as the friend
of Mr. Van Buren,, who ought duly to remember
his services. 8. B.