The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-06-17

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ne Washington correspondents q seseFsi
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az IL lhe inlsresis 81 Iiae Administration.
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dimw 10 their 0Wn estimate oil llaelS saine .
Coz. In copying lhenl. ge giTe no more
Iailh 70 ihem isBn upon iheiT fare thry
may be considered enlilisd 10.
The Washington Correspondent nf the
.JsErnal - commerce, on the osiser hand.
gives 10 informzlion u very difsrrcnI
remplesian. an authority which sfe sup
pose 10 be Al least eqslally rs good as he
hest pemocrsIie. We quote from him IS
IOllogss t~ -
Washington. gane 9.
81 learn that Information has heen re-
. reiveL hero from the m0si inn1ligenl
soarres in oar srnls. az Of whlrh tends
10 eOnrinre men high in Office here ihaI
/. We ar moi on HE ere ~ peace with Mrk.
10. 40 FAR as offIrIal Facts 20. there Is
nnlhing in them 10 warrant The hellefihal
\. the Mexirans will make peare. so far
as the differences Of indiyiduals 60. they
are unliarn,ly and strongly adverse 10 al
= hape Of peace. Some of our most In
lellgcni men in Mexico state tia; the
question of peace or war Is 10 he decid.
cd hy The Mexican clergy. and that they
are 81 practically hostile 10 peace.
The Washington Inipn." however,
in an article in lis Thursday nigh,'s ~.
per. throws sweeping discrdit on al surh
anIppnnlfnce. even for hosc papers which
il has itself been in the habit Of quoting as
authority ~.
I've have Ghsersed." says the Union,
/" Ihal the National !nlelliseneer has Of late
given 4 conspicuous place in its columns
indifferent letters from Washington, which
have been first published IN other journals.
rs though they contained semi.pilirial rev
Citations from the Administration. We
are authorized. therefore, TO stale nncquiir
orally that no leiier-wIiler in lliis city has
any means 0f knowing The siews anil
purposes Oflho Administration in a,lrance
Ofihp public. Such pretended revelations
must lie merely the eonjeciurcs Of their
authors from facts within the knowledge
Of every person. This i especially true
in regard 10 the State Department |; be-.
"ausG, from lis very nature, IL is conf
dental branch Of the Government. The
DISCRETION of tho head Of that Department
is we'll known To the public, aud he nev.
or even conyerses with any pcr.un con-
cerning diplomatic arrangements. either in
embryo OF IN pFogress. except with ihnSe
directly interested. After negotiations are
brought 10 aconclusion, whether fortunate
or adverse. Mr.. Buchanan is always proud
TO submit his labnrs ~ the public, unless
J a. i.s' -as.-.-.i fa- E.rsinn naiinns rnnIlnrs
this improper This is the rule by which
he has hoen guided ever sinrc he came in
10 the Department. Whether, therefore.
Gen. Scott docs or does not, possess tliplo.
matte powers. OIL. what are the objects ol
Mr.. Trisi's visit 10 Mexiro, are known To
no persons in The United States beyond the
President and members of his Cabinet,
and one confidential cle,k in The depart.
meat f. II may be proper here to add, that
IL Is highly unjust 10 Gen. Scott 10 asset.
or 10 insinuate, that hc is not the author
of The proclamation which bears his name,
II is very certain that neither the Admin.
isiralion nor Mr.. frist had any agency
whatever IN its Production. "~s.77
With respect TO Mr.. buchanan, we do
moi doubt that il is true that he does not
disclose to every one the secrets of his
"prisan-h 'use"-such, we have no doubt,
his office being 10 him, Certainly lie has
never disclosed any " Diplomatic arrange
mems TO as when We have had The plea.
sure of convcrsing with him. But we
confess some surprise a, The declarations
of the sovernmen, paper-in which we
think J, must have exceeded lis authority
first, that " no letler-wri,er in this eiiy
has any means Of knowing the views aud
purposes Of the Adninistralian in advance
of The Public )" and, serondly, iha,s nci-
lher the Administration nor Mr.. Trist had
any agency in the production Of Gen.
SCOTS proclama,ion." ID Is moi possible,
as we expect 10 show To our readers when
we come 10 examine il, that Gen, Scot
woull, without authority from the Exc
cqlive, have undertaken To issue Proc,a.
nta'ion al the character Of that referred
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