The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-07-19

Affairs In Europe.
The Britannia is more than due, and the Grea
Western is due They will bring news 10 the 81
inslant--half a month later. Ii is looked for viii
some interest, especially by the cotton dealers.
The Administration aud the Succession.
The present peculiar position Of the new admn
,str,tion Of the general government. forms the sui
jet Of much remark and enquiry among POLITICAL,
o all classes. and the recent calm, has at lengil
been followed by the commencement of a storm tn
will call the whole democratic party in the field
order TO the ship of State from passing into H.
hands OF the opposition party. The discordan p, ;
/ cal elements, forced together at the Baltimor,
Convention, from motives of selfinterest havin,
accom- lished or non-accomplished their ends, ar
now seeking to make political capital in aid Of the
,rticnlar f,vorltes for the next Presidency TIN
much s worth thought.
Previous to the organizat of the new ca
bliat great struggle was made by certain prom
nent potlcians TO secure for their friends the mos
influential positions in that council in order 10 torn
ths nucleus Of power for Presidential nomination
1t was with this view thar the Hon James BIZ
chanao, the present Secretary of Stale. aspired L
the position he now holds, and it was with this SAM
view that the Hon Robert ]. Walker now Secreta
ry Of the Treasury, secured his important and nlu-
entail position. The former gentleman has
discovered since the completion of the an.
nexatloa question: that but little presidential
capital - 10 be made in the station OF Sc
cretlry of State, and no doubt will withdraw from
IN position as soon as proper opportunity presents
ITSELF perh ps in a very few weeks, as we have al
ready stated. The friends of Mr. w 4lker original
j urged him for the State Department. but not with
any real expectation or desire Of success, as thu
Treasury the real object Of their wishes =
The friends Of Mr.. Buchanan, from Pennsylvania
sincerely urged him for the State Department from
The first, in suppostion tina, he would be the nstr-
ment Of the settlement OF the Texas and Oregon
questions and thus obtain popularity throuehou,
the country, strong enough 10 secure his nomination
for the Presidency IN l5iS This opinion has proved
partially erroneous from the fact of the settlement
Of the Texan question without his aid, and should
the result show that he has been in favor of COM
promise on the Oregon qrestion-a settlement TO the
49h degreehe will retire from The Office with far
lesa popularity than before he entered it,
The reverse, however, has been The case with Mr.
Walker. In MS position, Secretary of the Trea.
snrv, he has secured influence that will place him
a tn head Of the democratic party in the Campaign
Of lIS-nnless he stnmbles over a straw M he re-
Gently came near doing in the case of Mr.. Thomp.
son, Of M-slsslpp-dnd may probably secure his
nomination for the Presidency al ihatperiod Time.
however, will settle that point. But his plan for thu
reduction OF the present tariff 10 revenue standard
That will be presented in his report To Congress a,
the opening OF the next session, will probably meet
with the appreciation of the whole south, west and
south west and Tins give him important
position, which will tend 10 elevate him
70 higher station than he now holds
His plan of deposte Of The public moneys.
preparing and soon 10 be submitted, viii. ii j.
said. evnce sound judgment and keen knowledg re as
anatlona financier. These two measures alone NAV
destroy the prospects of all the other prominent can
dldaes Of The democratic party, if they should dare
10 oppose them and if they are successful. ,he
honor and the credit Of their adoption must fall 10
the benefit OF the original author.
To hwsrt his plan for the deposite of the public
moneys, an attempt viii be made in the next Con
gress by ihe secret opponents of the present adni-
nistration. IN this State and elsewhere, to revive
the Sub Treasury scheme, which has been secuted
by nearly the whole west, south and south west as
contrary TO every principle Of pure republican gov
ernment The advocates Of this measure know full
well thai the democracy Of Tennessee have almost
Unanimously proclaimed against H. and in the last
campaign II Is also well known that tina, III. demo-
cratic orators throughout that State denounced al
almost every hustlngs where the people were assem-
blel.
We present these views sentnels on the politi-
cal wdich-tower of the country, and shall follow
them up with opinions and icts that will show con
clusvely that all the appointments from w l..
Marcy as Secretary Of War;, TO Thomas n Carr.
as Consul TO Tangers, have been governed by
Influences immediately connected with the success
SION These views, too, exhisit IN a measure the
cause OF me recent rumors from Washington. There
y always wheel within wheel IN politics.
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A WOLF N SHEEps CLOTHING That can,,ng
and abandoned rag OF paper, called The albany
tcen'ng Journal, ls venting rhapsody of trease n
able trash which II IS pleased style an admonition
70 me SCUM. a Attentions abuse Of the functions
editorial, are by no means novelty in The case Of
thus organ; but those who know it best, have been
still willing TO ascrlbe good deal Oft 10 lunar in
thence, although Dr. Lardncr in his recent dis
courses on this subject has looked over this obvious
instance q our satellt agency IL may be the hot
"ea'ner mas less or more 10 so with the present raw
inss o. hsJourna II 50, medical treatment would
DC tue most desirable But, as there appears To he
some he'hod IN It's madness, il may not be our .,
place TO presume upon lucid interval or two and
assure 1t that the south will treat lis sdmon,,ons
Just as 1t does the journal itsel-wh the u,roo.,
tempt II says, with eviden, nervousness. ina, no..
are threatened with a war by Mexico; verv trne
and therefore TO Mexico should its phiIIpics be
addressed 1t says also, with the confidence Of a
prophet, that war with England for slavery will
terminate lts existence. One would think by the
tone and temper of this scribe, as displayed in hi.
remarks. that such contamination as The annihila
uon oil slavery would be blessing, and yet this We
" result = made the ground for arguing against the
P'ncy mat would, by its own declaration. lead
thsfe'o' 10 The same breath, however. we have =