The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-27
BY TIL K NAILS.
WAsHISoros, Aug. 10, 1874


The Preparation for the Reception Of Congre"-7Hs
War and the Prssidsnt-Importsneeo of Peace to tAs
Northumberland Of Parfies--Opfnfons IN
| Washington.
While awaiting intelligence from the army Of Ana
huac while in patience and confidence expect
ing from day to day specific evidences from the column
Of General Scott, Of continued war speedy peace
let indulge with your readers in little hotch potoh
of miscellaneous conversation.
Paramount to all other questions and OF greater
men than the question Of peace with Mexico, II
the question Of the presidency General Tsyiors
last letter has rendered him unava BILE for the present.
but the event before the adjournment Of Con-
gress It expected he will be brought out either In IA
ySr Of Henry Clay or Of the principles Of Henry Clay
With his latest exposition he complete John Tyler 10
the wings available but not to be trusted On the
other hand we know that the leading Of the de-
mocracy here strongly suspect Old lack Of playing
whg and only awaits the available occasion for an
nouncpg the fact friend Of ours, has tly re-
will be useless for anybody attempt 20
eSor from him an exposition Of his political opinions
some extracts from this letter
Regarding the next Congress the questions Of the
and the presidency viii doubtless lengthen the nrst
gathering Indications Washington City has
had the crowd, and has never the time, that
shall have next winter, peace peace.
Mr. willard late chief manager at Coleman's, 10
fitting up large establishment the site Of Mr..
Fullers late popular house, complete rig out and
out house, furniture and all capable Of
with bed and board two hundred and dfy PERSONS
being next to Colemans perhaps the largest house In
town. Mr.. Fuller Is building elegant new establish
ment Of 18th street and the main Avenue which
will be another ornament to the city and comfortable
place for sojourners Then company lively
poyed fitting up the United States and then have
those good and popular houses Of Coleman's Browns
and Gadsbys, at each Of which everything Is cut and
dried for the return Of Congress All the houses
have mentioned with number Of other good hotels
or will be in readiness by the meeting of Congress with
boarding houses Of every cabre from twenty down to
three dollars week
Tell the good people as Old Zack calls them to come
along We shall have room and good accommodations
for them all with everything on hand to satisfy the wants
of visitors The great before the Con-
will be- In the order in which they will be taken up
l. The officers Of the House. spe ker, Clerk, and sub
and Nathan Sargent, (Oliver Oldschoo OF the Un,lei
Staes GazeneJ or Alexander Ramsay, Of Pennsylvania
the S 1% R peo6ss;
be the door keeper At least strong effort making
Postmaster Of the House. viii probably superteds
the supersedsas. And thus we 60 Mr. French expects
that personal pledges will bear the OF party
caucus Besides, the Clerk Of the House Is impor
tant functionary In reference to the next presidency
and in that aspect of the but little prospect
for Mr. French II we had the casting vote he should
be clerk but we are afraid we shall not have that priv
lege.
I'd. The Mexican war, and loan Of few millions for
| present necessities
In the Senate we shall have interesting state OF
things. Mr. Brownson has disclosed and adopted Mr..
will carry democrats enough with him TO constitute what
| Hop Turney denominates the balance Of power"-
Hence both houses will stand antagonstical to the sd
minstration on the question II Is Infatuated too
that Mr. Benton will come down wi all his strength
against the cabinet and the plan Of the war as conduct
will stand by the administration long 1t Is
mitted to any clique Of the party Mr. Benton Tor
MIR Van Buren, Silas Wright first and last and only
In tho event that Gen Cas- should be made the favoe
sponsor of the President only in that other event
that the President himself will be in the foreground
for the succession-wl NJ Benton desert him As far
the President Is concerned he has cleared himself.
lie candidate lie has preference for any clique
He will abide quietly the decision OF the
But for all this, MIR Benton will submit TO tamper.
ing with ruling o. Of the claims Of silas Wright
the rghtfu Mr. Van Buren, in the sage
Of Undertook should be deemed again unavailable, 40
he must be. The great Mssouran is Bourbon OF the
deter him from pressing their legitimate claims In oppo
o to sn to ne
while there is second to stand BY him. But are
running ahead Of our catalogue The war question In
the House will depend upon the state Of the war. We
may yet have peace before the meeting OF Congress- We
may Be plunged still deeper into the In the latter
case anticipate. whatever may be said to the
trary that the w. States armies will be Withdrawn to
specified boundary, and that they will occupy IT, while
collect Tor the United States until the
| boundary shall be Acknowledged by Mexico. In
case Of treaty of peace In the interim then the
the pass Of santa AIMS the three and the
Wimot provso will be the theme The administration
has discovered that saving small tract on the Pacific
coast the territories 81 Upper California posi-
tive, irreclsimabe hopeless treeless, houseess, unn
habitabe bowling wilderness, waste Of three or four
hundred thousand square miles volcanic mountains
without timber and sands without water or soil requ-
therefore sail back from 20 degrees to &c. to
80 80 ms to embrace the har Dor OF San Francisco
This latter line will cut on the quarrel on the Wlmot
and venture to say to you that now be
had upon that ne treaty viii be concluded before the
meeting Of Congress II both houses known TO be
largely decidedly in the majority for the
this probably be the case But circumstances
cases. and the original idea OF large acquisition
Of Mexican territory secondary AMI Insignificant
to the policy Of securing peace right speedily, In
order to prevent the war and the results Of the
| issue Of he
war and the acquisition of peace, from falling In
| 10 the hands of the wings and out Of the hands Of
the administration The whole game is hAxardsd and
will probably be lost to the administration the ruling
card of debating directing, or pushing peace shall fall
of l6 the subreasury and every other Of the
administration to secure peace before the meeting OF
Congress- The crisis Is crisis sure enough. With
treaty the President may still prescribe TO Congress
failing Of treating he must subscribe to their dctaon
and by the wings to the country IN the
attitude OF having been arrested in by the
Senate and Of having been eJtrcated from another by
s".e ,hs second war entered into without sufficient
.ntboritveitbeI OF them inconvenent. both together
The prime cost Of the undertaking
orr own view of this Mexican war is that
later unavodsbsnot TO be escaped ana entered
cd lepced submissive and reduced to good behavior
And peace with their own recognized government
the only peace Follow them up-drive them 70 the
vail and pin them to your terms No government
patched up by Gen. Scott, will hold good -.
Foreign nations viii recognize no treaty with such
0oysrnment nor will the Mexican people Themselves.
And peace state by State with the Mexican States,
perfectly absurd without the assent OF the STATES
| their united representation. . N, 49,.
But with a treaty, the administration will have a.
least the credit of closing the which 10 begun-
extrcatss ITSELF and establishing oou1a ~ nn
Mexico and peace, without the Intervention .. oon-
go, "a ~ ths submitted TO the senate
question VI, be ss on :,
nv ' ~ [ a,eson and though IL failed OF It's boun
d o he north il will have the Offset OF defining and
Greeting a boundary on tho south. Inc next question
before Congress viii be
4 The next Presidency - -, a.
This question will be inexpfcaoly mixed up with the
,,in var and every other general question Of egs
ation and before the close OF the approaching session
s shall know vastly more than We do now, respecting
~. nrobabIe candidates of either party, and their
chances MIR. Calhovn will stand up for Cen Taylor,
sa suppose as being midway position between tho two
par,s commanding the action OF both, and subject TO
The caucuscs of neither Rightly managed. the whole