The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-13

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The wings and tho Democrats-The Presi-.
dents Message.
The absorbing topic of the day is the course Of
of the wing party relative to the Mexican war.
The most curious and striking portion of the
Presidents message, is that part of it which
knocks right in upon Daniel Webster Our rea-
ders will remember our editorials of "who began
the war;" of the Ath November, and in which
we proved pretty confidently, that James X. Polk
was not altogether, nor in any way accountable
for it. We referred to certain official papers,
published by order of Congress. which clearly de.
fined the position of Daniel Webster, co-laborer
with John Tyler, Abel P. Upshur, and others, in
the bringing it about, the assumption that an
nexation was the immediate cause of it. James
X. Polk in his message very adroitly, Gle
verify, and scientifically, appears to have
studied the political acumen Of our edirori-
al, and to have slapped Daniel Webster right and
left, with long quotations from the very State pa
pers to which we referred 1t will be seen at
once from that fact, how very useful a newspa-
per may be to government, in pointing out
TO it the mode and means of sustaining a posi-
ton.
Who began the war We said that if it was
not John Tyler or Abel p. Upshur, it was Daniel
Webster. We no sooner make the remark than
the President goes right to Daniel Webster's cor
respondence with Waddy Thompson, On the sub
ject of De Bocanegra's complaint, and reads
Daniel Webster long lecture from himself, in
reply to his charge that the war is Mr.. Folks, and
then quotes the words "aid and comfort" the
meaning of which all the English, if not all the
American statesmen probably understand.
If our readers will take the trouble to refer to
the official of Daniel Webster, it will be disco
vered that the Message quotes nearly column
from HIM as Secretary of State OF the United
States, in a despatch to our Minister in Mexico,
under date of the 9Th of July, 1872" If Mr. Polk
has not hit the nail on the head, and opened an
issue with the great WING party, there is no hui
NOR in political ascendency and humbug.
We hear it for fact that the Government of
Mexico intend to lay more stress upon the official
Of Daniel Webster, when negotiations of peace
shall be entered upon, than upon any other docu-
ment in the State Department. They will found
uponit, we learn, most of the claims which they
intend to propose to substantiate against our GO
venment The " Old Man Eloquent" in u
speech at Braintrce, September, 1912 or 1913,
we forget which, said Of that official paper
of the Secretary of State of 1912, that while
by it he sustained his reputation as a coun-
sellor, the whole OF it was special pleading,
which, by critical examination, would be found
toprove case, not for, but against our own Co
vernment. 1t remains to be shown what further
use will be made by both parties of the docu .
ment in question. 1t will be curious cir
cumstance if, in the negotiation for peace,
the Mexican Gov eminent will have to take
a position which will exonerate Mr.. Polk,
and hurl the onus of the war on the party in this
county, which, thus far, has been assumed by
all to be the friends of Mexico. We anticipate
much sport from all this; Webster and Polk
being at direct issue upon a charge which may
be pushed from one to the other by documents
filed in the State department at Washington
II will be curious to see the management ofWeb-
ster in the case he will certainly fight well and
ably.
We said also, on the oath November last, that
1--WE cannot fancy it probable that the Mexican
Congress will be opposed to the appointment of
commissioner to learn the views of our govern
ment." We think still. We feel, in fact, pretty
confident that, before many days pass, we shall
have an express from the city of Mexico, announ-
cing the favorable decision of the Mexican junta
in favor OF the reception of or of the sending a
commissioner to open ground for the settlement
of all existing differences. Mexico TO save APP
pearance with the civilized world will be COM
PEELED to do this. On this subject it will be
well, also, to regard with attention the reply of
Buchanan to the reply of Rejon to the over
ture of July, and which has just been submit
ted to Congress Ii will be seen by it that the
past as well as present existing differences to
bear upon the terms of peace, and that the whole
question is TO be open to both countries. The letter
efBuchanan is another mastery stroke of state po-
icy. Finding that Mexico would not be like
ly to commence negotiations upon the ground of
the "past being history" he fell right back upon
the sentence which annuls that proposition The
barrier to negotiation is thus removed, so far as
it respects Mexico, by Buchanan himself,
thus placing Rejon in diplomatic corner, and
the whole subject will, therefore, have to come in
review before the plenipotentares to be appoint
ed by the two countries
But the war OF the roses in Congress relative to
the war with Mexico is to be n curious episode
in our history.
Qua TKRRroRnL AcoUIsrTIoSs-CALlroRN
&c.-The amazing rapidity with which vas, and
important States have been within a few months
added to our territory, and in which our victor-
Gus arms have overrun and conquered almost
another world, has left us scarcely time to weigh
calmly and estimate rightly the full extent of their
value and beneficial naue nee upon their own
destiny, as well as that Of our glorious republic
II, however, any thing were necessary to awaken
ms to a due consideration of the greatness of the
acquisitons,a and the importance with winch they