The Arkansas banner., 1848-05-02
From he Correspondence of LAe Bol Sun April Is
 Letters from Washington.

WASHINGTON, .4pr1i II, ls4S.
 A possibility exists that the truth may be in the rimIor which has prevailed Of a reluctance on the part of the President and the Secretary of War to lose the valuable services of Lieut. Col. Fremont. Some persons have gone so far as to suppose that the resignation of the young lieutenant colonel had not been, and wouId not be- accepted by the proper authority. Col. Benton made successful motion in the Senate; and as these the days for the pub
 eation of all sorts of correspondence" we to have printed, for inc oi the Senate," the cor- resPonderce had between Adj Gen. Jones aud Lieut.. Col. Fremont, in regard 10 the resignation ot the last named. This Administration found Mr. Ere mont second lieutenant of topog's-it created him lieutenant colonel of rifles. Suddenly eleya- ted to this rank it might have been thought surpr- sing, had not some evidence bee forthcoming, that he "fclt his oats, as the phrase s applied to high mettled stced. That he mast have felt his added dignity and importance is shown by the report ef Gen. Dix, and his speech in relation to the Cali fornia cldims, so called, amounting, as 1t Is said, to half million of dollars Another evidence that high rank may confer high qualities is found in the suit Of court maIual held at the arsenal h this city, which court martial, by its finding and sentence, caused the resignation of Lieut.. Col. Ere mont. Who by implication even could not consent to rrnain in the service, and thereby concur in the justice of such sentence accept the clenency of the Executive, because by so doing he would im- pliediy concur in the finding and sentence of said court. placing himself and his distinguished counsel in the wroAg. But more than month since Lieut.. Col Fremont received notification that his resigna- lion had been accepted Perhaps the correspondence called for by Col Benton may exhibit the inpoT tant fact that the Executive and the War Depart ment "reiuctautly" accepted the resgnati0n- Strange things are happening every day.
 Augustus, the successor of Juias CR ar, fearing that the continued extension of dominion, which had subvered the republic, might have similar ef- feet upon the Imrerai Government, recommended fbp fArrrk / .Lx l. -g- ,s In one of the numbers of the Federast, James Madison discussed the difference between democ racy and republic; the one from its nature must necessarily be confined within reasonable territorial limits, while the other, consisting as it were, of confederation of democracies, may safely be exten- ded almost indefinitely, Mir. Webster and his iiends may have taken chapter from Augustus, for the great constutiOnal exPounder has presented an is- sue very similar to the recommendation of the Em- reror. '.No more territory. north, south, east or west-and no more States" is the issue presented by Mir Webster. It is scarcely necessary to assure the advocates of such doctrine, that great party in this country will acceps the issue thus and In the next presidential contest it may form the most important element. The so-caIled' ''issaes'' heretofore existing have been put out of the way, some as 'obsoete ideas, others as past recovery. The people of Pennsylvania, in the outset supposed to be the most violently opposed 10 the wholesome revenue system of lsl6 are now clealy niavor of it.
 The old hero, Gen. Taylor, has dlscomhtted those who resolved that the war had been "begun nncon- stitutionally and unnecessarily He has claimed for himself the honor of movlng the army from Cor pus Christi 10 the Rio Grande the western boundary of"Texas, opposite Matainoros," by and with the advise and consent of the Executive. He says also, that he favors inc vigorous prosecuto of the war 10 honorable end and that mo friend of his is opposed 10 the war" But everything con- nected with the is swallowed by MT. Wcbsters issue.