The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-09-21
THE UNION.

the office permanent and in comforting il upon some par
~ wholly unconneced with personal business ana VINO
might be fitted for the post by private station ana recos
Missed financial abilities Another remedy, but perhaps a
less etecual one would be the abolition OF the practice
at present pursued by the proPnetos OF adopting mouse
entirely to the nomination OF the existing court Inc d
vantage of the opposite practice rs exeinphed az Inc m
lia house and whatever else may be reformed IN the
constitution OF the Bank OF England il is hardly possible
hut that the close system which has hitherto prevailed
must soon cease be tolerated. The propneiors have
now for an ample period conhded this branch OF their
mower 10 the directors and the way in which these par
ties have justified the confidence reposed IN them has
been sufficiently manifested IN e'ghtesn years NE or
thai period as ure haze already obserped no less than SIR
of those rho hare either held passed through ne o6ee
have broken dorm 1t having been
ed in almost every instance that each OF these parties was
not only at the period of selection hopelessly nsovent,
but that such must have been his condition for many
years previously With these consequences before tne'
The propetors can have excuse for further suplne
ness.
From the London Times Aug u.s.
The Mexican War In England.
Eighteen months have not elapsed since the President
of the United States communicated TO the American Con-
gress the intelligence that they engaged in war on
their southwestern frontier The mott ives which mpell
ed Mr. Polk to the orgnaon OF so serious an incident In
the nual register oil nation were very candldly dis
cussed at the time 1t asserted that the arose
from source little respectable than the imperfect
window at Tranon, or the cup OF tea on Mrs hasham
gown. Ii was said that the President desired, by some
signal exploit endea his term OF office so deeply to his
constituents, that they would be 10th to the ermna-
ton of glorious reign; that he wished to identity his
administration with gratifying victory and profitable con-
quest and that he expected to divert or overbear the
monstrances of political dissent, and the chances OF
possible rival by the spols or songs OF triumphant ex-
petition Mr.. Polk looked for short campaign, and a
summary surrender He dreamed, like Napoleon IN 1912,
of Populations and offerings, OF cesslons and spos lie
thought to acquire province at the cost OF parade and
discover planet for his star spangled banner
without mentionabe expenditure OF labor OF time.
Now, supposing that the next dispatches should bring
the actual intelligence OF treaty on the specified basis
subjected to the drain OF an eighteen months war on
far more ruinous scale than any OF their recent arma
ments No very close approximation has yet been made
to the precise amount of the penalty thus ncurred but it
is admitted all hands, that 1t has gone far to postpone
that revision of the American tariff to which previous
experience was leading, which emphahcally
called for by the reforms and prospects OF other States,
and which would have spoken so powerfully Tor trans
Atlantic wisdom amongst The people OF Europe Instead
of conquest Mr.. Polk can only point TO what by the
most favorable appellaton must be termed compromise
Instead of enrichng the exchequer reducing the bur
dens OF his country he has retarded may pc for years.
its opportunities OF sage experiment or enlightened re-
form. AT early period OF the war, 1t was industrious
" set forth that Mexico would indemnify her conquerors
for the expenses which they condescended to incur but
as this claim gradually became larger and larger 1t was
propoonatey withdrawn from notice, and such impac-
licabe arrangement longer figures in any OF the pre-
limnaes Six months ago. before the battles OF Vera
Cruz the advance to Pueba, the despatch OF REIN
focemens the costs of the were stated IN Congress
by calculating senator to approach 80 900 OF dollars
By the estimate the
was set down at $l500o,oO0. OmtRg, therefore, the
intermediate accumuations OF expenditure and stating
the case in form most familiar to trans Atlantic capac
ties may be said that America has exposed herself to
the hazard of disgrace and the Reproduction of Europe for
the sake of purchasing an unnecessary commodity at
twice IFS worth.
But this is not ALL 1t is notorious that the United
States can receive considerable accession OF territory
without the agitation OF question which may involve
the most momentous results large and powerful por-
ton of the Union is resolved that slavery if it cannot be
abolished in the States where it is at present le5aZcd,
shall least be introduced into any newly annexed
province; and the energy displayed in such matters on
shores, may lead to pretty safe inference as to
the obsnacy with which this not unreasonable point may
be insisted on abroad On the other hand, II is alleged
and declared with equal violence that slave labor will be
more than indispensable in bringing under cultivation
turns, but demanding extraordinary OUTLAWS OF capital
and labor. The besnformed prophets OF this dispute
unable to anticipate its decision but has been very
palpably limited, that the eventual disruption OF the
Union and the formation OF two separate and hostile
powers on the North American continent, may be the
consequence of so nveteyate dssenson Other anti
cpaons combine with this prospect to bring the policy
of Mr.. Polk into almost universal suspicion. Instead
of extnguishing opposition by the dazzling splendor OF
conquest and the emoien importation OF plumber, he
has raised up, by the of the war; formidable rival
to his fame He has given his adversares an mex
hausble topic OF invecye dsheartened his friends by
the aseness of his position and determined the of
neutrals by the i'll success of his speculation "There
two things" says noble historian, which generally
popular in their beginning the first is war, and the
second peace" Mr. Folks war certainly claimed It's
share of favor; but though his peace may undoubtedly
demand the welcome which the lesser evil always de-
serves we think ii will pass his ingenuity to repre-
sent it as an advantageous bargain or an honorable
clusion.