The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-02-04

fore the people and we invite our brethren OF the demo
cratic press throughout the country to cooperate with
rs in our work OF just and salutary exposure.
Interesting Developments In the senate to-day.
.Pretences'-Blown sky-high!
Mr. Sewer the chairman Of the Committee on Foreign
Relations addressed the Senate to-day in reply 10 III,
positions of the wings. and in REPUTATION OF the chmer
Of Mr. John Bell We pass the arguments which he
advanced in favor of the declaration of the war; to show
that il was provoked and waged by Mexico, and that on
part, it just, proper, necessary, and const
tonal war. He also defended and commended the vgo
Gus and brilliant manner in which it has been conducted
These parts of the speech viii speak for themselves
when they are published. 1t is the third part, which
ted that is the most striking and important frank
honest footed development OF the plan and direct policy
of the Observation-Disclosures that "masked policy which
Mr.. Bell styled it. Mr.. Sewer spoke boldly frankly
and as became just and honorable cause No one
could see him. or hear him, without feeling that he was
speaking the truth He forward TO defend the ad
mnisation against the chimeras and Misrepresentation
which had been conjured up against it and there could
scarcely have been wing present who was not i'm
pressed with the frankness and truth OF his developments
He blew down breath the card castles OF the senator
from Tennessee. He disspated the idle "pretences
which Mr. John Bell ad been fabrcatng for two day,
as colorado excuses for refusing supplies to army
He left no, an excuse standing-not "preence unex
posed But, we apprehend, although they "reiutd
(the whgs) will argue still :" although exposed in Their
true colo RS, their "pretences will be produced again and
again. in the vain attempt to deceive an intelligent people
What now become of Mr.. Bells "pretences /" What
become rof his gossamer objections TO the words "secu
rity for the future "the very phrase "ndemny for h
past, and security for the future" which Mr. Sevis
quoted from Mr. Clays speech in the of 1912, when
in like the opponents OF that questioned him
about the views Of Mr.. Madisons administration
What becomes of MIR. Bells extravagani "fan
sketch" of the designs of Mr. Polk which, he contend
ed looked to the whole of Mexico and to avoid the
ecution of which extravagant heme, Mr. Bell pre-
pared to refuse renorcemens to our armies, although be
had promised supplies, and profess ed his determinations
grant them on his coming to Congress The most sng
lar part of Mr. Bells declarations to-day on this pon,
was, that if the war went on, whether MIR Polk
wished il or not, it would be irresstiby drawn into
that consequence and yet, if il were SO cleas and IL
resistble destiny, how strange that Mr.. Bells
astuteness did not discover it before he came 10
Congress Mr. Sewer dissipated at once all thsx
extravagant ''hobgoblins and chimeras dire'-lhos
"panted DEVILS" which are calculated to "frgh
the eye OF childhood only" He declared that the
President was anxious to make treaty OF peace with
Mexico; that he wished for nothing bu, fair and
adequate indemnity; that he went for the whole
Mexico; thai he dscaimedt; and that he wished pre-
serve, he had declared in his message, the nationally
of Mexico Mr. Sewer also declared that the President
wished indeed security for the future = and that
he would be satisfied with making peace with such sta
BILE government had existed under Paroles and that
he would make treaty with such government as the
present. with Anaya the President and with The Con
gress of Queetaro These plain and simple declarations
spoken with all the honesty OF truth in his counte
nance and manner blew sky high all the bubbles which
Mr. Bell had so adroitly blown up, and will give conf
dence to the nation in the and views OF the admin
isration
The wings have no longer any "pretence' on which
found their apprehensions OF Mr. Folks views, OF on
which to place their mischievous opposition TO sup
plies We trust that it is not yet too laie even for
them to retreat. Otherwise let them be assured that
free people will abure their preensons their presidents
candidate, and all the designs which they haze been
forming TO obtain their votes and raise themselves I"
power They will rue it, as Mr.. Sewer told them IN
the Senate chamber. He seemed. how ever, to consa
them as desperately bent opp eitiop as he ven
nred TO predict they would OPP lose any treaty wh's
might be laid before them.
There were other interest," ro,,o,,,;ons brought cu
IN 'i'e course Vi MI DC lers speech, upon the qu
uohs Vi MI. roo'e addressed to Mr.. Bell. In reP9 "
queries which wer H.; =, ,bose t,vo senators, be