New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-08
R,..der, .fcave Johnson Bales speech, &c,

WARRINGTON Jan D, ls4s.
The HousE today. were engaged in effort to
correct the blunders OF CAVE JoHssos. The whole
country is grosning, (ano'her country is bleeding
under the bluDders Of Loco Focoism generally.
The Genius OF Peace moorns over these rivers Of
blood, sighing over the shattered fragments Of
mother and child expiring with simultaneous
shrek, as their blood and brains dash together, BY
the explosion Of an internal machine Of war
When will this end. ye Powers Of Goodf
She, weeping, asss for ever
But only beaves, from out that food
Damn answer, Never !"
The prosport 10 indeed gloomy. There is one hope
for us yet az Nation: and that is in decided and
emphatic defeat OF this party and its supporters at
the next Presidential election. have faith ia the
people for that.
la the SEsATE we had a speech from the
Senator from New Hampshire, john p. HALE
There he stood in bis high place Of Senator Of the
United S,ates-tbe man whom New Hampshire
Loco Focoism had doomed TO political death for his
MISREPRESENTATION he stood to day, monument
Of moral courage In himself, and Of faith in the
people.
His speech was about an hour long, and was
listened to with great attention most Of the For
eign Ministers were present as also a large mum.
Der Of ladies and distinguished gentlemen.
He said he would vote against any more men,
whether Regulars or Volunteers. He could not
support cur Government right wrong. because on
this principle that Administration would be most
worthy Of support who would get US into most
scrspes. All any corrupt Administration in that
cas would hova 70 do ta 10 -.
Bethesda of blood and wash themselves clean
Nor could he vote and throw responsibility on the
the President. The President had taken enough
responsibility already.
Ia May, ls45, the President tells Gen. TAYLOR
that bis ultimate destination is the Rio Graude.-
Five months afterward be sends out Mr. SLiDELL,
and pretends that it was lis rejection by Mexico
that made him order our army to the Rio Grande
In his letter Of credeoce which be sends with SLI
DILL to Havana. he signs himself bis good friend
JAMES K. POLK" and commends the President of
Mexico to the holy keeping of God. Bot he hsd
five months before, commended him TO Gen TAY.
LoR's keeping.
How different ives Folks conduct on SO 40
There was none OF that "stern joy that warriors
feel who meet "a foeman worthy of their steel
He was very meek to England. We are told 1.-THE
meek shall inherit the Earth" bu, Polk did MT get
the Land
He remembered the Presidents inaugural, Oh
the Eastern Portico where he several times said
no was very young, and he (Mr. II expected al
most to hear him say.
you q scarce expect one Of my age
To speak In public on the stage
In that Address, amid dripping storm, he
he told as that our title to Oregon was clear and
objectionable He would not efterwsrd per
init II to be arbratsd on for fear any doubt should
exist about the clearness Of our title. This was
made Democratic doctrine, aud our Yankee
Legislature passed resolutions that We owned
up to $40 40. Yet did We march our troops up
there Oh, mol Mr.. PAcKssHas acqaaints his Gov.
eminent at home. that the Eoglsh Treaty was
adopted without altering word IL seemed like
the directions given to children for taking medi
cine, "shut your eyes, open your mouth aod
swallow" Could We not have treated Mexico in
that wsyi
Mr.. HALE then proceeded to show that the real
cause OF this war was the svowed policy of our
Government to perpeuate Slavery on this Cont.
nent In proof Of this he read from document
written by Mr.. UPsHuR. upon which he comment.
3D. It was at least open and frank, differing here
from the sophistry of Northern men with Southern
principles We are now pay ing this bill is par,
OF III the price We then stipulated to pay to pre-.
vent Texas, then an independent State. from abol.
ishing Slavery
ThePresident in his last annual Message, repeats
fourteen times that this war was commenced by the
act Of Mexico Nobody would repeat what he
believes true % oten
hyou psss these bills, in bis next annual Mes
sage the President will tell YOU that YOU intended
he should conquer the whole Of Mexico The wa,
continued now merely because Mexico refused
to sell us, above all the indemuities We could ask
some fifteen or twenty millions' worth of her sol
and citizens
We are too much afraid to trust the people A
Western man. who had suffered by opposing the
last war declares himself now in favor of "war
pestilence and famine" It's this ghost of war thai
sitting upon our public men aud friehtenins
them from their propriety. We are now writing
our history. We deceive ourselves il We thick We
can SOW the seeds of War and Slavery, and rear
Peace and Liberty.
OF course do not pretend to give you a report
The speech was able asd eloquent, and told with
marked effect upon the Senate and audience,
REvERpr JOHNSON 10 expected to speak OF
Monday, to which time the Senate has adjourned
have long known Mr.. JoHSsoS a. good Wing
There 10 no doubt the Wing opinion is that TIN
war was unnecessary and Observation-Disclosures
tifno'hing else is yielded by the of the House
number of the New-York Custom. House officer
are here shis evening. Major lrUSsIDE tskeI
PRISONER by our troops at Hasmsn,ls is also here
That gallant good Wing Col. MoSkoE whom
trust We shall soon see In his seat in Congress
leaves tomorrow morning for New York. to s.tenC
10 the evidence about the contested seat
Dombleton's Ethiopian Serenaders. recently from
England, opened at Carusis this evening. to q
large and fashionable audience. RIcsELrKu.
YouSc Nrxs CoSsIrrEE foK &s-The I'll
lowing o1cers Of the Young Mems COMMITTEES for The pres
emit year we're elected lx,t evening;
CAsirmss-JAxKs 7. N. BLnAxLsr; chosen by secla
matisn.
ysx cAasm<s-willan II. Van Cot, and G. w. Toorn
S<xSux,xs- " n>ls6.iS smith and Reot n Streb<ish