The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-06-21

settlement Of the question regards North Western
coast If he adopt this alternative, which for his
and for the welfare Of the world hope and
believe to be highly improbable an extraordinary ses
sion OF Congress is the natural and necessary Of
Eyhg enest to this warke policy The decision Of the
CaDhet OF Washington on this point will there
lore, INDICATE with tolerable accuracy, the course
chase a%sS tho to which be
raised in the American horizon by the culpa.
BILE and rapacious intrigues Of Tylers admnistra
uon SIX months Of repose and an
suffice to allay these dangers But if the United States
are to exchange their former pursuits of internal de-
velopment adventure for what lead
ing democratic organs pleased to their ma
turaly aggressive policy, change of the momen
tous kind must not only in their foreign relations
but in the whole structure and functions Of gov
ernment The naval and military establishments Of the
sve The very constitution Of the land has made no
provision for the acquisition administration OF hostile
provinces wrung by force OF intrigue from foreign
OF settlements the western coasts of the North Amer
lean continent is obvious that the sovereignty of the
Emitted States could only be maintained by imposing
force in those distant regions where would encounter
the perpetual hostility Of the British the Spanish and
the Indian races. The attempt to establish line of out
posts and Of military communication from Missouri
Arkansas to the coasts Of California Oregon the
would prove an enormous and charge on the
state indeed it be not altogether impractcable In
point Of fact the shores Of the Pacific only be reach
ed and commanded from the ocean, and establishments
on those coasts be without preponderang
naval force in those 1t doubt easy task
Tor an American commodore, some rumor OF war with
finest harbor on the coast Of California and some SINH.
the course of the next few months But what means
could that officer have the whole American
Wy, if it in the Pacific, Of making good its occupa-
ton Of important position Is Congress prepared
vote money for forication garrisons military COVER
foreign nations in distant territories cut of from all d.
rect communication with the Union Such determine
ton on the part Of the Americans would imply total
change in their policy If they bent schemes Of
aggression, which they have not hitherto attempted,
they must submit to burdens they have not hitherto
I hnrn Nyn hny,n dnv,ht thotro IF
tional defence the Federal Government can command
the sevices of and spirited militia and that
some progress has been made in works for the defence of
parts Of the Atlantic coast But have been astonsh
ed at the exaggerations recently put forward,
ton Of the American naval forces The navy esmates
Of the Union asserted by contemporary to exceed
ssy are y ,ts in MS re-
$50 in 1874 is notorious that the actual increase
Of the British estimates for the present year.
stated by Sir Robert Peel in his financial statement at
the opening of the session. to be nearly million
ling that is the addition made to naval expenses is
nearly equal to the total amount Of the navy estimates of
the United States. In the Pacific, especially the
squadron under Admiral seymour amply sufficient to
meet any emergency in which it may be called upon to
ton was brought forward in Parliament Ministers
cared not only that they resolved, but that they
prepared to maintain the rights of the Crown What
ever Mr. Folks resolution may be, we apprehend that
his state of preparation make pacific sou-
ton Of those disputes highly acceptable and both in
Texas and in Oregon the American Government risks
the Of the honor of Union the peace the
! world
| Ireland.
| The weekly meeting of the Repeal AS
| ISOLATION on Monday, the 18th, was very
| stormy, and threatens rupture in the repeal
ranks. Mr.. O'Connell, after giving account of
his demonstration triumphs in the county Meath
proceeded to animadvert in strong terms on what he
called the "atrocity" of the government education
scheme he styled it ga delusion, mockery, and
SNARE and expressed his determination to oppose
1t in every possible shape. His opposition to the
measure goes much further than that of the Roman
Catholic Bishops When Mr.. O'Connell had done,
the association was addressed by NJ. J. Barry, bar
the representatives of "Young Ireland" expressed
| themselves in favor of mixed education. This drew
upon them the ire of Mr.. OConnell, who spoke bit
terly of the Importance which young Ireland" had
so unwarrantly assumed. He was glad that that par
| ty had at last openly declared ITSELF and that they
could now understand the dark mutterings which
had been uttered in other places. The rent for the
| two last weeks amounted to about ESOO.
The meeting of the Association on Monday, the
| End instant, was presided over by the Lord Mayor
OF the city. The principal feature of the days pro-
ceedings was the moving of an address, by O'Con-
nell, to the Catholic Bishops and Clergy Of the North
and to the Repeal body. generally, calling them
not to modest or insult the Orangemen should they
parade on the 18th Of July. The rent for the week
Halifax Ego from Sydney, and Es from Hobart
Town, Van Dieman's Land, aided to swell the sum.
| The TARA DEsoNsrRA TIoN.-The repeal meeting
at Tara respecting which considerable preparations
| previous,
on Thursday, the ed ult. Mr.. O'Connel Mr. John John
OConnell, Mr.. Ray and others, heard mass at Tara
at half-past II o'clock, the Rev Mr.. MEvoy. parish
priest of Kells, officiating. The accounts differ ma
erally to the numbers in attendance. The
Freeman estimates those who heard mass at $4,000,
and the number Of those who took part in the de-
monstration at 200 900; but Saunders, the Euening
Mail, and the antl-repeal papers, represent the at
| tendance as meagre, not exceeding 5000 or 5000,
and the whole affair failure Both parties agree in
| his-that the attendance and the enthusiasm were
tar IN arrear OF the great meeting on the spot
| in lS43
| MIR. OCoNNELL came forward to address the
meeting, and was received with loud cheers. He
delivered of those effective and peculiar address
| es on the subject OF Irish wrongs with which our
| readers have been long familiar
AT the banquet in the evening, for which $50 tick
cts were issued, Mr.. O'Connel made another speech.
He showed that Sir Robert Peel, omnipotent in the
most harmless as regarded Ireland. The question
was, what would satisfy Irelandl Nothing short of
repeal. He next proceeded to show how he had de-
| feated Peel. When the late Government were in
! the means, of serving Ireland. Peel came in with
"A majority of hundred at his back, and by acting
on his fears, they got more from him than they had
been able to secure from the former government.
| DR.. CANTwEII., the Bishop of Meath replied to
the toast OF the Hierarchy OF Ireland proposed by
| Mr.. O'Conne.
"The policy Of Government, with regard to Ire
land is changed, and Ireland is grateful for the dis
position 1t evinces. (Cries of Hear, hear.O The
| Government had intended some good measures,
they have announced others, but we on that ac-
count, to relinquish constitutional exertons
Ono, no.) Say, II is our duty 10 increase them.
(Cheers.) Ireland will be grateful to England for
every insalmen of justice, but the liquidation
of the whole debt will alone satisfy us" (Cheers)
The Repeal Martyrs" having been toasted, and
responded to by Mr.. John O'Connell, DR.. c., &c,
the assembly separated.
| The O'CoNNEIL LEvEE.-On Friday, the Both u-
timo, the anniversary of the Imprisonment Of the
martyrs" was grand day in Ireland.
France.
| The Paris papers of Monday, the "a inst are with
out interest," but we learn from private letters that
the arrival in that capital OF the treaty for the abo
ton Of the slave trade, had absorbed public atten-
tion. The effect upon the Bourse was to give stea-
diness to the funds. We learn that the form of in
sructions for officers acting under the treaty. has
been settled that no obstacle stands in the way of