New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-06-01
The Present Administration. How II obtained
and how seeks proioDg Its Power.


and how seeks 10 proloDg Its Power.
From cur Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Msy - lsi6-Mdngt;
We have lad many happy and glorious days OF
gu. beloved Republic, and perhaps we should not
repne il we were nov TO be punished for our iagra
titnde 10 Providence by withdrawal OF his smiles
1 mean no political flourish By this bu. sober
earnes, truth and appeal the facts OF our receu,
history for the proof OF my assertions.
This administration came into power By q series
OF cheats and receptions. In the South they were
for strengthening Domestic Institutions. In the
North they we're for extending the area OF i.ee-
dom" In Pennsylvania there were Kane letters -
Drovipc tina, the Election OF Mr.. Polk would be a
Tariff triumph, while in the free trade districts OF
or country the history and public acts OF James X.
Polk were pointed TO as proof that be an Ami.
Tariff an of The deepest dye. AID that his Election
would be q free trade triumph
To anv party which valued truth or stood up for
consistency. these pledges would have proved ruin.
GUS Bat the Polk party were troubled with no
such peculiarilies They obtained power, which
was all they sought, and the people had the clear
in,iu,a;on given Them that they were foolish il they
expected these inconsistent pledges 10 be carried
out.
Some OF the measures on which Polk was elected
would not keep till las inauguration. Annexation
was therefore carried AT The tail ead OF Tylers Adj
ministration by series Of tricks and fuges which
will hereafter io.m q curious chapter in pJliice! de.
/ pravi'y.
BAGBY and a number Of others pledged them
selves before that Go! whose namethey had taken
upon their lips III their oaths OF office that they could
no, vote for the Annexation Resolution as il passed
the House a sham rider was fastened to it, TO
,h- rifp IN hot CEai
! and was actually knocked off the next day by q
dash OF the President pen. and the House Resou-
ton stood the law of the land by the OF Bagby
and Others, who had solemnly protested that they
could not vote orlt.
The next piece of political depravy was tramp
ling under foot the provisions OF the Annexation Re
solution limiting Slavery to soy \. latitude with
/ out which j, could not have passed either House
I even with Walkers alas Bentons harlequin rider
| But The Resolution admitting Texas as State new
er falered a moment in leaping over this line, and
prostralng part OF the Annexation Resolution.
Having violated the constitution assumed the
| Texas War: ana broken down the very express
| provisions of their own Legislative acts; they
! thought they might well afford 10 break their own
hollow pledges. The West demanded the whole
OF Oregon none The South said Oregon meant
only up TO 49,. Penns: lvania and other green
spots IL Tariff .Ts,aeof the country clGnored loud
! " for the stability of the Tariff OF 1912 while
| South Carolina and other still more verdart parts
OF The country rang the changes on Free Trade and
! destruction OF that same Tariff.
Before one half of the first session Of the Congress
elected in the Polk mania had passed Mr.. Polk had
succeeded in disgusting all bis friends. Mr. Secre-
ary Walker had kept number OF Custom House Of
cers Ut vast ex peuse. for three four months,
in framing a Tariff Bil which SCARED the Pennsyl.
vaniens and Disguised the South Carollnians.-
Another bill was tried by Mckay and the other
members Of the Committee on Ways aud Means,
! ;rh m ths n or
The Sub Treasury bill, which had passed the
House Of Representatives, was quietly laid ON the
shelf in the Senate and signs of lite have since
given any promise of future appearance.
In the mean time the 81 40 men were mortified
TO find themselves reduced 10 one fifth the number
Of q Loco Foco Senate, and the Notice put in
such shape by the approval of Mr.. Polk himself
and sanctioned afterwards by his signature, that even
his political high priests-ihe Western Oregon men
voted in a body against it,
Every interest had been betrayed-every pledge
broken-every measure mutilaled stranged-
the Constitution vioated-recent acts OF Copgaess
kick ed contemporary from the eager march OF des
polism and the little man who had done all this was
candidate for reelection, amid the scarcely sup
pressed curses OF betrayed people.
The day OF relrbuIon had come. The party
which had called Polk meetings, through the Albany
Argus by appeals TO Catholics while their brethren
in Tennessee were called by handbls TO crush San
ia Ana the Pope and lhe Catholic religion. that LIE,
vi w God bury might plant Yankee religion and
schools on the ruins of Mexican Popery-the party
that called the Southern Free Traders and the Penn
svlpapia Tariff meen under the same Polk banner
the party that had organized Cabinet composed of
Free Trade Walker and Tariff Buchanan and had
appointed as Organist, Republican Richie, TO the
Federal char-Buchanan, Bancroft and Company
the party in fine, made up OF Inconsistencies and
cinging together by a cobweb of broken promises,
saw their doom in handwriting too leglbe TO be mis-
understood.
The eyes of sickening people were turned in
search of some other leader; something nausl oe
done TO shelter The men in power from me impehu-
ing storm-some daring movement must DC Sot up
TO turn away public attention from their political
denquepcies.
When Loco.Fo:os stopped TO folly,
and found that Polk was worse than Clay, some.
thing must be done 10 soothe their melancholy and
wash their own political sins away. But their sins
were of go deep dye that bl0od-yes. the blood OF
a TOO coniidng people-must atone for their errors
This Administration soon saw the only game lett
them Ii was the game (which, were the People.
wise Kings Tor Presdentslwould not play at was
the game of car, under the smoke and din OF which
II was hoped their eBormities would be forgotten
and every person, who stood in their way for con-
,jnuence of power, was 10 be trampled down.
The nation unnecessarily and unconetituton-
ay hurried into WARRIOR constitutional or ne
cessarv war would not answer their purpose be-
cause in that shape il would have obtained the sup.
nor, of honester men, whose political auuhiation
was necessary for their ambitious designs-without
consulting Congress- which can alone constitution.
ally declare war Polk declared that war existed
with Mexico. Without having seen single docu-
meut or particle of evidence on which 10 base
their votes the dominant party got on their knees
before the usurper OF Congressional powers, and re-
gistered his edicts in the blood Of two sister Repub
lies.
Aswas originally designed, in my opinion. Mr.
CALHOUN was driven TO the wal! and his remon-
strances in behalf OF bleeding Constitution drown
ed with the yells of those who triumphed over one
who had SO bravey fallen. They hoped. also by
framing an act for supplies with an incongruous
war preamble 10 drive the Wings into the opposi-
ton Blu, in this. to their own 100 evident NORTH
cation they were defeated
But there was. one who stood high in the aztec
lions of the people whom he had long and faithfully
served and had thereby stolen their hearts And
Polk like Hamen OF old, could endure to see
This faithful public servant in his way, and ne re-
solved that be should have no more chance TO serve
the people.
Much of what have written in this letter YVES
designed to introduce the name Of this brave and
patriotic citizen-no! with any design for political
eac IN, on the score OF Justice. refer, OF course