The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-04
NEW YORK. MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY A. ls47

until he was regarded as the favorite OF fortune
well OF his native State. But all this generous
tiona this untring labor TO shower honors upon him
all these exertons to elevate him to place and power
wrurg from his heart generous LIBERAL i'm.
pulse, awakened in his bosom single grateful
| emotion. The soldier OF Napoleon amply rewarded
all his tolls either upon burning sends Of Egypt
the drifting SHOWS Of Russia il the loved hand Of
his chieiain would but manifest his remembI and
REGARD By placing upon the warworn breast Of the veto
ran the cross OF the Legion OF Honor but Mr. Van
Buren, had no cross Of honor I, reward his followers
with, no smile OF regard to bestow unless that smrk
could be received as token OF favor.
This is not the idle remark Of summer fIiend-it Is
the ssseverstion of one who stood by Mr.. Van Buren,
from year to year, aud through many fierce campaign
of one who hes gored in his trumphs and wept over
biz defeats How then could the democratic pal rally
ives prepared to restore Frustrated end sunken dynas
y in the line of succession and renstate cold selfish
grsspIng regency into continuation of power which
had been previously exercged with utter seshness and
iron inhexibility
propose to follow this matter somewhat farther my
next and to show tho connection of Van Ruranism with
the defeat of Gov Wright This done, shall leave tho
subject and turn my attention to the history of the party
do less than to give the powers which are Just approach
ing their hour Of dissolution the benefit Of obituary
nouSe ana feel that owe an apology to your readers
Tor thus trespassng so long upon their patience.
MosTEviDEo. October l, 1886.
The Progress of The War.
last wrote you hurried scratch the 18th OF Au-
gust about this miserable drsg out River Platte affair."
they have got it into a precious mess-another
thought the arrival Of Mr. Hood the special agen,
from England and France that the confounded thing
would be settled by debit and credit, licking of of
chaks but was no go with Rosas, who is resolved to
stick out like cart load of brick true ginger to the back
pone-he says he won't admit any dovetailing now
secret articles but do the thing above board handsome
Mr. Hood therefore, had to return back just as he came
They are now beginning to find out what they ought
TO have known years ago. that soft sawder ia all hum
hiatt
wanted from the dawn of his political career and wants
to he end OF the chapter is the total extinction of
reign commerce. together with the destruction of his
rival State, the Banda Oriental, any cost He does
not now care fg though they steam diplomatic agents
correspondence, for he writes like book However he
is spoiled child of making, so we must put up
with his little encs-ether that heg him The tiger
hunting now has got to be hunt the hunter. So You
may suppose that the sport Of is in great MEASURE
spoiled Our show OF naval force, with stesmers
and their painted sterns just suit him to nicely They
put me ~ md Of the passage in Sam Slick, where the
Indian chief Black Hawk is introduced to the Museum
soul.
Had they stuck to the letter of their note of 10th De.
cember, and protected the Banda Oriental the trade
alone OF which worth any six of our colonies nut
together, things would not be in the appalling state
In which they total wreck Of property one side
and on tho other than second Algers scrape
staring US in the face Or had they sent out the
handful of they did only month sooner before HI
lost the battle oil Indo Muerte where he showed
Blk thousand men n the field the action would never
need to have been given and the affair thus settled with
a sixpence. If the government now do right they
ought to try every minister to Buenos Ayres IRON 1881
downwards, by court martial They will disgrace u
naval commander for losing a ship. What then ought
TO fall on diplomatic agent who ought know better
Or compromising a nations honor from gross and foul
mismanagementi However fthey now continue the cats
paw game, when fear it's going to be hammer and tongs
WIN u.s. the sooner they pension them out OF the country
the better
There earthly use whatever of blockading
nusnos Ayres in fact its worse than no blockade at All
inasnuch as II only serves for laughing stock. You
may Judge what II is when there twenty five sail
pinned few days ago in broad day light, within a few
hours sail of that port There are vessels now loading
IN this hsroor for tho United States and Europe with car
goes that appear to come from the clouds This latter
The forcing Of the rivers Parana and Urugay was
another precious humbug. However, we have got
Brazil to thank for that; but Rosas he'll have
Niger frcm them yet, for every shot that has
been fred if only for the sport furnishing them for
the dastardy way they backed out only let him get
clear OF the English and French blockade and you'll
tue wild goose chase he'll lead them for he's than
jackson ever was only let him hitch on besides, the
niggeIs like fresh beef and freedom as well as any other
bipeds on the face Of creation.
We are in duty bound to make the amend honor able 10
the Banda oriental. We cannot get IT. she opened
her arms, not only TO us Individually, but TO the CON-
meIce and Industry Of all nations she has granted to
them privileges and immuniies which would be secuted
at IN their own countries, and would ask how under
heaven have repaid her BY graspipg ms treaty one
hardly worth "ringing out OF them the shameful way
IN which II was That is tho famous treaty for which
England Is and has been paying dearly for the
las, five years past and which will continue TO cost
US more gold and silver than ever we barganed for or
intended should be so shamefy avshed on the snores
OF La Plata; as had the Banda Oriental been then told
fairly and canddly that int, rerence could be rem.
dered on our part, the invading army would have
marched In organized the country tho treaty would no
doubt not have been granted for the time being
reckless and desclang which has been waged since
would from that day have been ended
Flour, S2 per barrel shore; dry hides cents uer
ID, free on board Nothing doing except in the block
ade iine' and that hardly pays. TRUE BRITON.