The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-03-01
LATEST mfELLIaENCE By YHs HAIIs.
WASHINGTON Feb 21 ls<6


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WASHINGTON, Feb. q, 1876.
The news from Mexico to-day, which reached
this city by way of Baltimore, that the Mexican
forces are concentrating upon the Texas frontier in
great numbers, with view TO an invasion of that
State, confirms my statement TO you about three
weeks ago. that dispatches had arrived here, on the
date OF my letter, from our army Of observation at
Corpus Christi: and that the Secretary OF War and
General Scott, were in close consultation up to
late hour of the same day, preparing orders for tho
troops there. The fact was have stated II /,
and moreover, the messenger who brought these
dispatches, was sent of early the next morning
with orders from the Secretary OF War, for change
of position higher up the country.
II must be now evident to the meanest capacity
that the British government is moving pari passx
| with that of Mexico in her hostile demonstrations
towards US; and, that while she presses her arro-
CANT pretensons to portion OF our territory upon
us, she is encouraging the Mexican nation to move
upon our Texasfronterfor the purpose OF frightening
US into compliance with her demands. The time has,
however, gone by, when military fnssse might have
any force In frightening US into position incomPa-
rble with our honor as people, tor the more chs
threatens the more will we adhere TO what we
bclieve our rights We concur in opinion with
Junius that both liberty and property are precarous,
unless the Possessors have sense and spirit enough
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that the American people have both sense and spirit
sufficient for any emergency into which they may
be driven in defence OF either their liberty pro.
perty and that whatever differences OF opinion may
! exist among upon minor matters, ct either gen.
eral or local character the Whole nation Will unite
IN repeng to the last, any or the least attempt upon
the part OF foreign powers, TO curta us Of elmer OF
! these essentials to our existence.
| In urthe rance OF these views, am happy OF nav
ing it in my power to inform you thar the President
| is doing all that man may DO, IN bringing about q
feeling OF thi, sort among the leading men OF ell
parties. Within day or wo pist, he has been IN
| close connection wl.h Messrs Calhoun. CoIquitt,
| Allen, Haywood and Archer until la oours OF the
night, couaselllng, and exchanging ideas with mem
upon the approaching crisis in public aHiirs From
all that know, sm led 10 'nfe, that entire una
nimity prevails between h m and he senate, - to
the policy to be pursued, IN the event OF Engano
refusing to ecede from her pretent,ons to the terri
10 south of the 49,h parallel Upon this point.
there is not the leas difference between dem"crs
and wing
The democratic Senator'S had caucus last night,
and were to have another, either to-day o. this
evening in rel alton To their course on IN question
OF notice Should earn in time Tomorrow
" "a! thes have greed upon. snM .alorm vow oy
the fret chance that NAV otf-r. Ia the mean upes
/ will. say that the President has sent out IN.
atructions to our m nls'ers at Londou ano
Paris aporse them OF the posture OF affairs
here. They were forwarded 10 them by the n OF
this moralng, not ,ving beei com ,eted TIL late
hour last night Tn. Pre,dsn. will pro ABLY ly
the whole subjec, before Congress in the form OF
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WAsurvo row, Feb. q, 1885,
The Brilliant Deb1te in the Ssnate-A go'd tcord
for Mr.. Dickinson and Compromised The
Reason IVhv-Pro51bie action of the Senate, and
temper ofthe House on Mr.. Colquitt's amendmr {
Popular Lectures General Cass leading of
HIS description Of the funeral of Ndpoleon-1hs
late fatal tracas at Richmond-A bit Of pledsantry
Nth the Father Otcen-A mc,0 plan on the carpet
Sabbath Convention, &c. &c.
The brilliant debate in the Senate yesterday 10
still the subject Of general conversation and delight
1t is something to be remembered tor lifetime
Lucky. indeed, was he who heard It, Il was the
most magnificent exchange Of salutes among the
big ships that we have ever heard seen. The mu-
sic of this splendid cannonade did reverberate Like
the healing of summer thunder storm through tho
land and, spanning the dense cloud of war, tho
rainbow of peace will give its beauty to the pheno-
menon. Long live the Senate Of the United States!
1t is body of great men, and from his very associ-
alton with such men, we shali never neIeaI,ei speaH
Our reports and our strctures have been, perhaps,
| too strongly tnctnred Of cai,harldes as regards
Mr.. Dickinsons late Oregon demonstration. Ba.
his long speech of old facts, old arguments, old
pleadings, old positions, old conclusions, old
clo, that we couldn't help 1t But we beg
pardon; pom honor, we do, and shant DO
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the Scnate-an honest mana poet and patriot.
though he cannot claim to be the orator that Bruus
was We expect, yet, he will have abundant OPP
portuni;es to do honor to York state. Let nm
take the laurels from the brow OF DIX and that We
thought was ungenerous; and we couldn't stand
that The modesty OF manner, the courlesy' the
simplicity, the unaffected grace, the cearness, tho
beauty, the elegance OF the speech OF DIX, were %
commendable, that we were determined to con-
vince Mr. Dickinson of the fact, from contrastive
ject has been achieved and we plead now to whlh
! the calumut of peace with Mr. Dickinson-to shake
hands and be friends. We rejoice at the beams Of
Bat do not harbor the thought ina cur who
4 is their to mourn for Logan! Not one" -
And the Senate are now resting over till MON:
day. as far as relates to public discussion. Ana
what then Why, sir, we expect a vote upon MT.
CoIoujtt's amendment, expressing 1t as the " ear.
nest desire of Congress that the long pending con-
troversy respecting the limits OF the Oregon, De
And we expect that the amendment will pass The
debate may be further continued; and tne amend
ment NAV undergo some modification but, sub.
stantally, we expect 1t will pass Return u to the
House. and the war among tie factions viii give
you some idea of Tippsrary melee.
course Of popular lectures every two weeks
are to be given at the street Baptist church. on
variety Of subjects Gen. Cass opened the ball To-.
night in lecture GU the Progress Of Knowledse."
We had the pleasure Of hearing the latter part OF hig
discourse. II very interesting, from the broad
/ field which II COVeTcO, anu THO uuuSlous 8sSos
names, cities, nations and ruins, with all the asso.
| Citations that cluster around them, when II en-.
braced He closed with a strlk,ngiy graphic paral-
lei between the characters OF Washington and Ma
poleon-.he patriot and the hsro-!hs one am an
bilious for his country, the other tor himself:
! Last Of all he described the late funeral
pageant page Of Napoleon. the ill., Of which the world
has never seen except upon that occasion; and from
the catalogue Of the nations represented, a. recited
by the General, 1t would. indeed appear that all tne
world was there And the General was there, tho
representative Of bold, brave. and angus. nauoa;
august and majestic, even IN its 20 IN And q the
sireem resorct TO Inc memory Of the mighty dead,
and to the nation who loved him 40 we'll, he to x
off his hat. and bowed his head In silence." AID
the General did right, he acted ike . true soidist