The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-29
INTELLIGENCE By THE NAILS.
Anairs In Warrington.
WASHINGTON, Nov. ~, lS47.

The Presidents Messoge-Ihe Political Chess
Board.
So chary Is the President about his message
that he Will not permit il 90 out of his hands,
even to be printed, until he shall have been ap-
prised of the election of a Speaker of the House,
He expects hat il will make sensation, and
desires that that sensation should not be weak
ened by premonltory inklings Of the contents Of
the document
The Secretary of War will, in his report, give
history of the campaign in Mexico since his
last annual report, and will, in all probability,
ioreshadow the character Of our future opera
IONS In The enemy's country. The Secretary
VIII ask, and the President will recommend,
That the army be augmented, with view to the
general exaciion OF contributions to be collected
in the shape of taxes, in any other shape in
which they can be levied. As these contributions
are to be exacted over the whole country, the
force requisite to keep eachsecion in a state Of
tranquility after the pacifcation of the whole
shall be consummated, will be considerable.
No apprehension is entertained that Congress
will refuse an additional force. There will be
sufficient number of wings willing to unite with
the democrats in the House to vote supplies of
men and money, and in the Senate there will be
a working majority Of administration democrats.
The Clay and Webster wings will be found
Joined with Mr.. Calhoun in opposition, whilst
the Scott whigr, although of course hostile TO
the administration, will nevertheless vote the
supplies. Thus there will be abaancing of parties.
The Calhoun democrats will be opposed to the
democratic party proper. The Scott wings will
be opposed to the wings proper, for the Clay
wings are still the main trunk OF the party. Ii
is not wholly impossible that Mr. Clay may yet
receive the nomination. While he lives, Mr..
Crittenden will scarcely be willing to accept it,
| and Mr.. Mclean is not regarded by the party
generally as u staunch wing, having received all
the Offices he has ever filled at the hands of the
democratic party. The struggle for the whig
nomination will inevitably be between Clay and
Scott, for General Taylor is repeatedly and
solemny pledged against party nomination.
But it is suspected that the wings, in General
Taylor runs as an independent candidate, will,
at the eleventh hour, drop their own candidate,
and unite on him. This junction of forces
would probably decide the battle in General Tay-
lors favor. But on the other hand, it is suspect
ed that the followers of Mr. Calhoun are not
quite sincere in their loyalty to General Taylor,
and that the organization they contemplate,
ostensibly to promote his election, is really
formed with the expectation that he will ulti-
mately withdraw from the contest, and that in
that event the allegiance of the Taylor party
will naturally be tranferred to Mr.. Calhoun.
Should General Taylor's friends suspect these
Interior views on the part of their coadjutors,
the bond of union between them will be much
| weakened. Should the General himself have
reason to suspect this insincerity, he would, in
all probability, at once throw up the contest in
disgust. In such a case, the regular nominee Of
either party must be elected.
1t is quite probable from past and present indi-
cations, that Mr.. Calhoun wi fall back on Mr..
Clay's policy, if his own should not succeed. 1t
is not likely that in any case he will consent to
the acquisition of all Mexico, or TO any policy
that may lie ad to it, He would consider such step
as an aggression on the rights OF the South, and
would oppose it on the same principle that he OPP
posed the administration policy on the Oregon
question that is that it is the interest OF the
southern States to resist, as far possible, the
acquisition offree territory, calculated to give
the free States an undue preponderance ofpower.
1t is quite safe to predict, therefore, that Mr. Cal
houn will prefer even Mr.. Clay's policy to any
that holds out the prospect, remote or immediate,
| of the acquision of the whole of Mexico. But
Mr. Cahoun's party forms but small fraction Of
the democratic party, and on the other hand, the
| Scott wings are formidable body, constituting
nearly as large party as the Clay wings. II is
clear then, that the Scott wings and the admit
nistration democrats must prevail over the Clay
wings and the followers of Mr.. Calhoun.
Considering all the circumstances, and the re-
lativc position of all parties, the concl fusion is
irresistible that the administration party will
obtain ahard.earned triumph, but still triumph,
in the approaching session. GALvtIENsIs