The New York herald., 1846-03-10
LATEST INTELLIGENCE BY THE NAILS.
WASHINGTON. March 8. 1876


nation is now thrown. is owing more to the folly
and precipltancy Of party demagogusm, than to
the sudden emergencies growing out Of national or
international disputes about treaties territories.
Since the formation Of this govemmnnt, tho
American people have been divided into opposite
ana conichng factions, each, in its own way, anx-
ious 10 Obtain the direction of public afas and the
perpetuanon OF the principles upon which the policy
OF the system OF administering them happened for
the time to be based. This was the case with
washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
John @. Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, and TYLER
All those great men, in their respective spheres Of
action, adhered firmly, and far as it was practi-
cable, to the great leading measures that brought
them into power. with the exception, perhaps, of
John Tyler In this latter instance there were causes
operating at the time of his accession to the Presi-
dency, over which he had no CONTROL and which he
could not direct that caused him to run counter to
the leading measures OF those who made HIM, acci-
dentaly, though constitutionally, the head of the
Republic: In every instance before us, the people
had the foresight to elect men OF experience and
talents for the highest offices in their gilt, and if
afterwards, the dominant successful party had 10
contend against terce, an lnex0rable opposition
to many OF Its leading measures il had the merit of
meeting with an opposition little less, if any, in
talent and experience to its own. Mr.. Tyler's adj
mlnlsratlon forms an exception to this general
view OF the past history OF those who have ID tho
direction OF public affairs, and an excepton too.
rather honorable than otherwise to his talents az
statesman. Whatever may have been Mr.. Tyler's
fauts-and they were many-they grew out Of the
peculiar position in which he was soon placed
after coming into power, by the old file leaders Of
me wing and democratic parties VINO were fearful
throw them oil the track OF the succession to the
presidency. Hence their opposition to him and the
party, rather fragments OF all parties that he col
lected around him during his day. His position
was, consequently, one OF great difficulty and haz-
ard, and requiring the Of talents Of supe-
rior order, without which II would have been i'm
possible for him, any other man. to carry on the
government, and to succeed in efecting the accom-
pshment OF 30 many great measures as he. was
his good fortune, also, to select men Of admitted
politcalwlsdom and knowledge as his constitutional
of the most perfect harmony and good will. Mr..
Ty.er was no ordinary man, and had he the support
of either Of the two great parties Of his day in car
ylng on the government no adm,nlstrslon s M would
political life than his. While, however, his perso-
nal and private errors-errors common to all IN 81
tuations like his-shall have been forgotten, the
memory OF his Leading measures will be long re-
membered, and referred to by future generations a.
examples to be followed in the government of tho
nation.
| have been led to these reflections by the con-
trast which the pres sent incumbent of the White
House presents to the eye of the impartial observer
Selected spontaneously BY great party, In a mo-
ment OF madness or political frenzy, when It was
for the high and honorable post Of President OF the
United States, rather than run the risk of eecting
at random candidate in the face OF wel-organ-
sed opposition, the democratic party, at Baltimore,
put James X Polk forward their man for that Of
flee, without any previous design, or welsetted re-
hection to his talents capacity for fulfilling ts
high and responsible duties thus overturning an
instant the long gesabshed practice OF bringing out
men OF acknowledged ability and worth, in place
| OF one whose only recommendation appeared 10
be, that he was the friend of General Jackson.
IL k.1 kx.t DkuAvv pNf
passlnG vents, that the halcyon days of harmony
could long continue under circumstances OF 30 un-
toward character as these; or, that one thus Sc
ected to play the President, would wish to be either
! guided or controlled by men superior IN Judgment,
or more experienced in the management OF public
affairs than himself. If there were those who
thought differently, they have now the sad experi-
ence of seeing their error, and acknowledging It
too.
The first great fault into which Mr.. Polk fell, af-
ter coming to Washington, was the exclusion from
he is not candidate for the Presidency, is regarded
as his equal in craftsmanship, and no one is more
readily consulted on all difficult and knoty ques-
tons Of foreign policy than he. This homage -
the preudices Of those whom he has called TO his
Cabinet, as well those who support him as his pc
culiar party IN Congress, seeks secret interviews
with him and his friends, for the purpose Of esca-
ping from the trouble he is in. II was the Jealousy
growing out OF discovery OF this sureptitious
mode OF consulting men without the circle OF his
u acknowledged II.
gan,. last Thursday in the Senate, to give way to
suspicious OF reachery upon the part OF the Presi
dent to his own party. The truth is, Sir, and
speak from the book, Mr.. Polk has beeA endeavor.
Mr.. Calhoun in support Of his Oregon declaration Of
81 40, as contained in his message, raced down @
40, without being willing that the 81 40 men should
aSm night .s at So nS n.
Office, when he found the President ete atete with
Messrs Lewis and Yu!ee, and very likely was
aware, also, that Mr.. Calhoun and Mr. Speight had
been there short time before. Previous to this,
however, another cause of distrust existed in the
minds Of the Western Senators, to the sincerity
Of Mr. Polk towards them, from the fact OF MI.
at the Post Office from the President on the Thurs.
day night previous, between the hours OF II and
! o'clock, showing conclusively that an IN
tmacy z mac y, between hm ann ara those oppose t;.S .
had no. the sanction or approval Of the 81 10 men.
Mr.. Haywood, on the Thursday following, under
taking to speak er cathedrd for the President on
this delicate subject, caused the bomb TO burst,
which has scattered the President and his party
into fragments-so much so, that you can hardly
find one man that has the least confidence IN him.
Such is the condition of political matters now IN
this city, and can discover no prospect ahead oy
which they can be healed. In trying to grasp at
too much the President has lost all and in losing
all, his administration must necessarily be over
turned rendered null and void for any good that
was expected from it a few months ago. Tho
wings are enjoying this state Of disorder among
their opponents, and have been SO drilled that none
OF them dare move without the general consent OF
all. The Benton and Calhoun men are in ecstacies
likewise while the friends proper Of the President
believe that he has sacrificed them by giving them
the rein on the Oregon question, and getting Mr..
Haywood to check them up sudde My and bring
them to the ground. Do not be surprised to zee 2
coalition Of the two or rather three, sections OF
the democratic party formed before long, in oppo;,
ston to the Executive, who, like Mr.. Tyler, VIII
strength, for the next three years. This mightnot
be of much consequence to him, 80 long - ne -
not to be candidate again for the ofice ne now
Tyler to aid him. These he has not, and therefore
his term OF office will be one Of misery and vexa-
ton to him.
1t is hard to tell what this week may develope.
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