The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-07
THE LONDON MIssIoN-MR. McLANE.


TILE LONDON MISSIoN--MR. McLANE.
Mr. McLane will leave the United States, by the
.,..mer of the 10Th instant, for London
m. .nno;ntment has been hailed with great salts
s.,on by large portion of the American press
Th.re have, indeed, been some few exceptions; but
confess we do not see the force of the objections
.,r;.b have been urged against the appointment of
nan Of his eminent abilities and high reputation.
Il is objected, that he was in his earliest life fed
.s, in some of his opinicns; and, therefore, that
| 4. President should not have selected him, But
.h,sver his opinions might have been in the earlier
.oa If his life, yet Gen. Jackson saw no objection
r hem to his employing Mr.. Mel. in the highest
,.,s If the government In the very first month
Fshis administration, he appointed him minister to
ondon IIe conducted his mission with such dis
,o.uished ability, and so entirely to Gen. Jackson's
.,,;.facton, that after his return, he was appointed
secretary of the Treasury, and then Secretary Of
s,s,e Should Mr.. Polk now object to Mr.. Nc
.os any opinions which Gen. Jackson thought UNI
..or,bv of his consideration sixteen years ago.
Another objection has been urged, that when he
N $500 1890,
and tariff man. and that he remains so to the pres
a.v But are these acts' II is well known that, in
a., 7 "a administration Mr. Mel. advised and sus-
.,;,.d his veto of the bank bill. We understand,
-, that since the events of 1861, no man has
heen more steadily, uniformly, and openly opposed
- hank Of the United States, than he has been.
On the subject of the tariff it is also well under
s,ood ,ha, if his able reports in lS32-33 had been
nursuej, and verpIanck's bill (of which MIR. Mel.
was the author) had been adopted, it would proba-
Nv have terminated all controversy about the tariff,
and placed the revenue system upon a just, equal,
and permanent basis. 1t was the fear of Yer
nonck,s bill $50 caed) which compelled MIR. Clay,
according to his own confesson to propose his own
,.upropiss biR as more desirable alternative for
the manufacturing interest. Mr.. Polk ably co-ope-
ro,ed with Mr.. McLane Chen Secretary Of the
Treasury in establishing the principles of that re.
mort, and the bill which was founded upon them
II is true that Mr.. McLane was opposed to the
removal of the deposites and the transference of the
publc funds to the State banks, from an apprehen-
sion of the enlarged and undue extension 1t might
give to the operations of the State banks. These
oninons, in connexon with the views he entertains
Of the Bank of the United States, give him certainly
a strong claim to be .'sub-treasury man." His
difference with the distinguished head of the then
administration was confined to these two occasions,
uhe removal of the depostes, and the employment
fhe State banks; but they had SO little effect in
changing Gen. JaGkson's feelings, that he wished
| Mr. McLune to remain in his administration, and
refused twice to accept his resignation of the
seals Of Office. And it is well understood, that their
ultimate official separation never disturbed their
harmony or respect for each other, or their mutual
genllemanly relations.
We have already stated, that the appointment to
England was made without the slightest solicitation
on his part We might have gone further, and
said that it was not accepted without great debera-
ton and unaffected hesitation He is said to nave
voluntarily relinquished all emoument in the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, contrary to what
has been minated in one of the newspapers. He has
in fact rendered his resignation Of the Office; that
whether he will ever resume it's duties or emolu-
ments, viii depend upon himself as well as the
board
One thing we undertake to say,-that Mr.. McLane
has accepted the mission to London, with full and
patriotic determination to devote his distinguished
abilities to the public SERVICE and that he win not
return to the United States until he has exerted
every effort to settle the present differences between
the two countries 1t is true, that the main negotia
ion, on Oregon will be kept this side of the At
antic--and very properly so; but collateral ques-
tons may incidentally arise in London, in the dis.
cussion of this important question, which may shed
no uncomfortable influence on the final arrange
men,. On all these questions, the presence of such
minister in London as Mr.. McLane, may be
deeply and advantageously felt.
But the course of Mr.. McLane 10 better explained
by the following extracts of two letters, which have
been addressed to us on this subject. They are
both of them from responsible gentlemen, well &C.
quained with his course, and active members of the
republican party.
We are it is scarcely necessary to say that a
remark, attributed to Mr.. McLane by the "Westerr
Journal, rabid wing paper published at Auburn
New York, and republished, without contradiction
BY journal in this city, which processes to b
friendly to the administration, is entirely fabulous
Aoun hCLane never ulu say, WHICH i"Se yS"i '''
gave his vote for James X. Polk, that he "beliepe
neeieeiisa q Polk ,could be he eGeciual means
using up The most corrupt, prgigass, and di'sv"e.'
party that eoer sristed." %
We presume the democratic party is here intend
ed. more false and ridiculous assertion could
not have been made. Mr.. Mel. was delighted
with Mr.. Folks nomination. from the moment
was made; and all his feelings were on the side o
the democrats, and against the wings. We fee
ourselves warranted to make this statement.
Ertruct Of letter 10 the "Unon."
'lt has panied me to perceive in one or two pa
pers some structures unfavorable to the recent ap
pentment Of minister to England. The selection
OF 1T persons TO such places is, at BEST ATTENDED
with difficulties, which, unless for very grave rea
sons II would be unjust and ungenerous to increase
In the present case, am quite sure that Of thu
considerations that properly deserve to have weigh
IN such matter escaped the attention Of the Presi
denf; ana II IL gratifying TO perceive that, with th
exception alluded to, the selection actually made hal
been received by the public at large with genera
satisfaction. The qualifications of the new minis
ter and his capacity 20 render mportant service n