The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-21

the Morning Cironiels;-
WING or Conservative reaction In the United States,
We do not feel in any way bound . sccspt without
serve. the Interpretation put upcn BY the Distinguished
csyres The whole Of the b the credit
Of Protsction, jointly with peace and antislavsry,
Polk condemnstory of the tariff equally with the
bill of cost for the Mexican war We take leave, how
ever to doubt, very much whether facts will verify
As the connection between the annexation and the
freeads items Of the Polk policy il purely casual and
that dissent from the implies opposition to the other
and we cannot take for granted that the States
OF Ohio and New York have deadly quarrel with q
commercial reform that brings them into closer and
profitable commercial intercourse with Grsat Britain -
We quite contsnted to wait and see Meanwhile, we
does necessarily dislike to foreign trade. and
that marked aversion to paying taxes for MT Folks
honor and glory 4 perfectly cons:t: N: with strong
Now we are much disposed to think Mr. Webster at
Boston good Judge Of the influence Of motives in the
well qualified select the topic most likely to be popu.
lar with his auditors The reasoning with which the
Chronicle concludes 10 little sophisticsl There may
value of protection and love Of peace but there surely
no rspugnancs between them, as We think was proved
all for war; and unhappy PROFESSIONALS de.
srous of peace draw upon the reproaeh having
forfeited all claim to tn: name ne o. Eng,s ~, a.
has had most TO do in the destruction Of Mr.. Folks
popularity, would remind contemporary that q
affair TO the States than with Mexico And yet the
sympathsers of New YORK; some eight nine ego,
showed no violent dsinclInstion to war with this
country Alderman Brook, however, "shal decide the
suit The worthy milLowner has declared that i've are
ell for ourselves in this world and the proposition 10
chester where IL ndisputable though in the rest of
the old world may be disposed qualify it. Nov the
profits Of manufacturing for foreign markets and long
experience Of the sacrifices cident to purchasing from
foreigners and therefore, being much too shrswd and
practical to become political economists they will pro-
tect themselves, just the mowners continue to pro-
tsct themselves by duty which, whether high or low,
coons out Of the British markets To the protecting
point whatever that may be, the people OF the United
States will have their tariff du raised and their quar-
raj with MIR Polk 10 that he reduced duties below that
point.
Next comes the Times
1--WE will not carry our readers through ell the States
and the results which establish the gratifying fact of
great Wing respiscence II 10 enough to say that the
United States waking to sense Of their soundesi in
terest and most undoubted virtue They are voting the
Wing ticket and returning anti Polkers, who, II the
world shall last long enough and there not very
a. IN sda0 Of
Such the hopeful state of Mr. Wsbsters anticipaons
We will venture to interrupt the glowing vision, and
recollection ofa previous state or Isl old Jenkin
son himself who is speakingi Our suspicions thicksn
to glass Of gn-sng. the worthy orator s fresh from
the orations of our great Conservative leader He
courts. II 1t Peel all over
The Conservative model had his good measures and
his bad ones We always thought, and what Is more,
and patchedup like assortment Of articles In
q public suctionroom. Some were genuine enough;
He Of his maintenance Of exorbitant, impotc,
and unfair tariff the one hand with vrtuous horror Of
the Toxan annexation and the Mexican the other
Nothing be sounder more instructive than his
marks on the latter point We cannot, however, sup
noauc.d to u.s. The village open. 6.erhop,
that he may allure customers for his bread and cheese
and in order to get rid of last years. printed goods puts
Webster in adept at the craft His view OF Texas and
Mexico is very good articles his commercial principles
are s. =.
latter the selfish What with the conscience. and what
with the locket and that other nameess indescrbabe
able quality that lies somewhere between the two he
thinks he has very fair hand and will play his cards
pretty we'll"
Thers are two words here that do not pretend to
understand with any approach ceraintly indeed the
first 10 hey ond the reach Of guessing on our part
Resipiseence is beyond doubt not English word; and
Resipiseentis-once used by Lactantius, and used
believe by him only- doe. not apply: Respiscentia
means what we Familiarity call coming to ones senses
but the American Wings have for many years. not al.
ways held the principles inculcatsd in Mr.. Websters
speech. The second questionable word Eureka but
this is probably intended for the exclamation of
"Archmedes Hsureka" however, writing in the plural,
the Times ought not to put the word in the singular So
much for verbal criticism. Now to the substance We
are not aware Of any point in Mr. Websers character
that ought to expose him comparison with Sir Robert
Peel. The learned gentleman is distinguished by con.
ssency Of conduct and plainness of speech much
by his vigorous style Of eoquencs Hsvor there was an
openbrsased orator he is the man. How then, Justly
compare him the dssssr Of 1922 the dessrtsr Of 1886
the speaker who never yet delivered an implicit
sentence the statesman whs 10 the happy figure of
Of his late noble colleagues In Csbiiet out of
but to ID. eye. We have slp.sSy' in noticing the
article Of the Chronicle shown the sophistry Of assuming
repugnance between the two grounds Of Mr. Folks
when charges Mr. Webster with saving" like the
expremier. That unlucky statesman 1--WE mean the
premier himself is indeed an example Of an undoubsd
pluras in unpopuarity, striking Mr.. Pink. He IL
dsked and dsrusted by majority of the nation for his
conduct in ls2o-and also dislked end dstrusted by
pretty nearly the same majority Of the nation for his
duct in lS45 and liked by who have any for
the Protestant religion or the security Of native industry;
n. Dy mo NOW b mere navs r
lang to different sbscts, and arising with interval
OF fifteen sixteen years between them and why may
For the rest the Times calls Mr. Websters reference to
the tariff rubbish" We think il 10 Wolfe Tone who
RUBBISH or not rubbish Mr. Wsb. ar. the
sentiments of the ascendant Wings, and wo to Man
che ster, they will tell upon the Tarif.
American Reputation.
To the EDIroR OF THE LONDON TkkS-
SH-I observe in the Times Of this morning. article
extracted from the NeO York Herald stating that grea
efforts will be made in tho Legislatures Of the delinquent
sumo payment "o portion of the interest accruing
nualy" Indiana, Illinois Maryla and Michigan
all declared to be advancing to this state of ncpen
sovency and when added to Mississippi end Psnnsyva
ns which, you aware, earlier took steps in the
same direction nearly the whole Union has ct length
displayed some sense of shame and regard for its credit
Even you who in vain held out q warning voice to
tell (The Times, December 81 that owing the i'm
petus from England there is actually prospect tina
the blot Of reputation WILL at least in instances
be effected"
But sir, amidst these efforts to remove these dark spot
from the American Hsg, there still remains which
allowed to continue spread over and obsc urng the who'll
banner refer to the Florida debt for which, although
bearing the OF that State the general governmen
OF the United states is clearly and unquesonably re
sponsble Among the ofrspudiation this peculia
has been too much lost sight Of and may be WORT
while briefly to state The facts.
Florida having been oeded by Spain to the United
States by treaty dated the 22d Of February 1872 Con
gress by virtue Of powers vested in it, established BY
act Of the 30h of March, 1872, government for tn
territory of Florida" conferred the legislative powe
governor and legislative council, TO be appointe
by thu pasident of the United States and their powe
extended to all rghtfnl subjects of legislation,
cept those reserved by Congress to itself The
tons have no bearing on the present question: but it il