The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-05-01
WASHINGTON, April q, 1876.

10 Me meeting OF the Present C0ngTess-P0uftOn
of The Secretary Of State-Of the Secretary of
the TSeasSry-Of Mesrs. Cas- and AAen-Of
Col. Benton-Mr. Pan Buren, not Abandoned-
Position Of Mr.. Calhoun-Mr. Buchanan per
contra Gen. Honston-C Col. Johnson-Ihe No.
tice-The Presidemt-A Dispassionate Eramina.
fion of the Perplkrites that Surround him, in
Conaection ,cith the aforesaid Individuals, and
the Succession, and his o0n Consistency.
AT intervals, the Doctor finds it opportune, APP
proprate and sauary, to renquish the lighter man.
ner Of his daily memoranda, for the more serious
recapitulatons and deductions of the dispassionate
historian. With an encouraging presentment Of
contributing to the entertainment if not very mate
rally to the edicaton Of the intelligent thousands
who read the Herald at their morning coffee, we
therefore seize the lucid interval afforded for atem
pcIate dlsqulstl0n upon the crisis the events and
measures of the government, and the management
of the political leaders ct the day.
in the election OF Polk and Dallas, the Oregon re-
solutions Of the Baltimore Convention fully accom-
gon pronunciamento Of that church council, plainly
indicates that it was designed a counter balanc-
ing influence the North, to the fact re.
solves OF the South for the annexation of Texas.
But the new President, OVERLOOKING with sense Of
gratitude commensurate with the unexpected glo.y
OF the result, and deslrous OF endorsing the good
sense Of the people in his election upon the Bati-
more decree, proclaims, without examination of
the past-wlihout consultation OF the probable ext
gencies of the tuturethat our title to the whole Of
Oregon Is "clear and unquestionabe." This decla-
ration, better adapted to the Observation-Disclosures
OF the "stump" than the standard position OF
State paper, at once excited counter assumption
from the British government, Of its "indlsputable
title" The assumption OF the Executive appears to
meet with the unanimous approval OF the country.
To divert the attention OF the ci,qaes from their
about the division Of the loaves and fishes,
the organ keeps up the delusion. The President
goes for all-he will not abandon one inch Of the
American soil, and the title is "cear and unques-
prehensive that what they designed as use for the
campaign, may supersede and demoish their anti
cipatlons of reduction OF the tariff. The Union
becomes ambiguous as an oracle-the West begins
Oregon policy OF the President is enveloped in mys-
terry, there are whispers of an offer OF the Ash
degree-the whispers become a rumor-the rumor
ageneral report (; ano the organ, for reasons hard
y known to ITSELF denies It, ambiguously, but with
apparent candor; and the matter is dropped, pro
tc'nPore.
Events hurry us along-the plot thickens-the
mystery worcestershire tariff, the sub-reasury, are
sy. Congress assembles-the President sende up
his budget OF recommendations; and there the con-
fesson stands forth in honest simplicity. that six
months after he had declared our title clear to the
ham; but the British PIenipoteniiary refusing, the
Executive had fallen back upon the Russian boun
Diary; and that having given up all hopes of set
Element BY negotiation, he called for the notice,
that at the end Of twelve months must prepare
sustain rights by force, and that these rights
tend to the Russian boundary. His offer was made
in Difference to the examples OF lis predecessors,
the contrasting pary but the refusal to accept halt,
removed even the pretext OF title on the part Of
Great Britain, and established our rights to be
clear and uDquestonable" to the whole territory.
witches their internal caudron, set all the ee-
ments of party into active effervescence and com.
motion. The war party was predominant. Headed
by Adams, Glddings and Douglass In the House,
and by Cass, Allen and Hannegan in the Senate, it
threatened to overwhelm all opposition with dis
grace, and involve the country at once IN the go
ries of war. lncensed beyond Cancellation at the
annexation of Texas to the balance OF power in the
South, and looking to the contingency Of war as
hurrylng the dissolution Of slavery, Messrs. Adams
and Giddings were foremost for the " inevitable
wal" upon the whole or none. You have filled the
cup of your niqqitX, says Mr. Giddings, sludiae to
the annexation of Texas, and you shall drain il TO
the dregs. And, with an eye TO the succession, and
the SURFACES of the West, Gen Cass opens the ball
in the Senate, with his famous declaration that war
inevitable" and his resolutions for an immediate
preparation by land and sea- But Mr.. Allen 10 also
a candidate for the favor OF the West ana tor the
Presidency; and with desperate resolve for the war
capital, he not only proclaims war with England,
but throws down the gauntlet OF defiance to the
combined powers of christendom, declares paper
blockade, from Cape Horn to Behring's Straits, on
the one side OF the American continent, and
"From Greenlsndi icy mountains"
TO Terra del Fuego, the Atlantic borders, embra-
cling defence against European colonization OF
about 40 900 miles Of coast, with two steam
ers and 800 whale chips, armed with harpoons. The
absurdity OF this proposition was the entering
wedge to the annihlafion Of the war party in both
II he Ia ,la md ma Of
attack. Mr. Calhoun, elected to the Senate mainly
with reference to pacific adjustment OF the Ore
gon controversy, and vigilant of the first occasion
S an blow
fninve experiment Of resistance. The decisive
vote of The Senate in the face OF aqueslon of cour
tesy, clearly indicated the ultimate triumph. Cass
becomes taciturn and re1ective-Allen dlctatcrial
and Observation-Disclosures indignant and mortified.
The debate progresses. the day OF action arrives,
and after series OF incidental monster debates, and
unsquivocal victories over the war party, on the de-
cisive day, the notice 10 taken out of their hands,
recommendation, and the peace party encamp TOR
the night upon the field. The result, prina Jacie,
bears out the declaration of Col Benton that 30 far
from war being inevitable, 1t is evitable, and
A word regarding the position Of Colonel Benton.
We regret that Mr. flanagan, in this relation,
should have been 30 far led astray. The speeches
Northern boundary torthe Pacific. Intimately con-
nected with the proceedings upon this question, un
der the administrations Of Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe and Adams, II would be absurd to suppose
that his attitude in favor of compromise upon the
basis OF the 9th degree. was merely the result OF
jealousy of the pretensons of Cass and Allen. But
that he is jealous of their pretensons, is as clear
has no personal asprings for the presidency; but he
has the strongest personal preferences. Under the
administration Of Mr.. Van Buren,, with the GLOBE
as the organ Of the government, the power OF Col.
Benton was unlimited. Offices were bestowed or
taken away at his pleasure. He was the power, in
fact bchnd the throne, greater than the throne IT
self. He controlled, and partly edited the organ,
which controlled the administration, the party In
Congress, and the Congressional elections. II was
this unlimited control OF Col Benton over the con-
trolling organ, which first excited the jealousy OF
MI. Buchanan and Of the President himself Mr.:
Buchanan, looking to the succession, was well
aware that the organ, in the hands Of such bold
spirit as Blair cocrcing all opposition into humble