The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-27

result Of the modification of the tax and toined the
anti-eomlaw league. This truth will not be long in
gaining ground, and IL is more than probable that,
an given time, the great English land owners will
hnd themselves isolated in their claims. and ADAM
doned by the farmers and agriculiuriSts.
when the national feeling shall have thus be-
come IN degree unanimous, the opposisi0s ia Par
Lament will necessarily lose their force sud inlen-
sity, and the triumph Of the manufacturing party,
which has already gained signal victories, will not
fail Ia arrive. Such Is the real situation Of things;
and the prospect which we here present Is surround
ed by such numerous probabilities, thai tho tory
party itself feels the impossibility Of indefinitely
posiponng the blow with which il 10 MANAGED"
The Spectator Of December 9th thus gives the
substance OF an article from the Dsbal which we
have not seeni .a stEer g..
Attention is drawn by long and remarkable
paper in the Journal DIES Dsba Of Monday last The
French journals are a kind Of supplernrnt TO the
legislature; their chief writers practical states
men; and an "ariele" is often equivalent to
speech" In the present Instance, runor ascribes
the views OF the journal not only TO the ministry
bat to the King. What, then, are those viewsS The
writer regards war between England and America
as most absurd and self-injurous TO eaeA country,
but holds America 10 be the less preparation H. He
does not decide between tho rival claims hat, nea.
uoning the American offer TO compromise the dis
Puts by taking the ssh degree for boaussEy, az a
compromises, and the English offss al compromise
by taking the Columbia he points Out that the
question al issue really concerns only the compara.
lively narrow slip between those two lines But his
manner favors the English; for instanceShe says,
speaking Of the Columbia boundary, at is but jus
tlce 10 England TO say that she proposed that ar
rangement which should have reconcled every
thing" On the other hand he says severely, speak
ing OF Mr.. Folks first defying ssIly-that he sin
serted in his inaugural message that IL in the most
solemn document that could ernanale from him, a
passage which nothing had rendered necessary and
which reproduced the extreme opinion in the States
ofthe West" He talks of Colonel Benton's "srag-
geraiing the rights Of the United States" and re
marks that even that senator "said expressly that
he would maintain for frontier the 18th degree "
The writer fears that as MIR Polk obtained one cleo
ton TO the presidency through Texas, he may hope
tn gain a second by Oregon. The United States are
uniformly npresentedds using less Of Cancellation
and posse ssng less Of right than Great Britain; while
a war, is said, would be calamity for the civil
lied world, and vexatious to all the maritime ma
tons that might he forced to take part in it, The
paper closes with indirect exhoItaiions to both par
lies to moderate the national aspcnues and improve
The mutual advantages OF peace.
IL is understood that Louis Philippe would be
reluctant undertake the arbitration Of the dispute
which has sometimes been limited at. From the
manner Of this paper, taken in conncxion with Its
reputed official character il is to be inferred that he
would rather not NEEDLE at all, but that il forced to
take part it would not be on the side Of the United
States.
The British presn has noticed much at length the
reports OF the various executive departments Of our
government We shall give extracts from these no
tees hereafter. The following from the Chronicle
of December 3lst, in relation to the British and .imer
lean navy, will attract attention. We may say in
passing, that Mr.. Bancrof's view OF the true prnci-
pie Of promotion IN the navy has been very favon-
bly, spoken Of in England. This was hardly TO !
have been expected. ."a'
1--WE printed on Monday, amidst the voluminous
correspondence which reached us by the Cambria, |
the report Of the Secretary Of the Navy OF the Uni
ted States The naval force spoken of in this docu-
ment is formidable, both numerically and with re-
gard the efficiency of the ships, ascertaned by
the report Of gentlemen eonyersant with the subject
Mr.. Bancroft accounts satisfactorily for the proceed
Jugs Of forty-nine ships Of various force which are
distributed in the different quarters Of the globo
rnainy of Brazil, in the Pacific, on the African |
coast, and, above all, tho homs station. Ii would
appear that ON this last there arc ten ships includ
ing the Vandaa) in commission, under the COM
mand Of Commodore Conner, and ready to act at a
notice any point required.
Turning from this document TO their navy list, we
fnd Of all classes Of ships in whatever condition,
followsi