The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-03
WASHINGTON, March l, 1913.
The Best ice haze about the Treaty..


The treaty hangs by hair, and yet it may
hang as securely as the sword of the ancient
barbarian. There are doubts about it-there art
objections TO tit is considered sorry piece OF
patchwork yet as q measure involving the
question of peace or war, it has great strength
as question decisive of peace, i, is all power
ful-as question forestalling and foreclosng the
game of the Presidency on the cry OF annexa-
ton, it is almost irIosistibly potential. As a
measure closing the war, and ending Its ex-
penses as a measure promising to arrest the
threate ming disasters to trade and currency, with
the war still pepding-as medium of avoiding
the odlum Of bill of direct taxation--as the
agency of arresiing the power of the army in
the elections at home, while yet the army is
bat temporarily in the feld-as the measure for
cutting off the fre-eaers OF the Wimot BBYpvlYSDs
-eHdu; ii has strong hold upon the
Senate; and the wishes OF the admins.
tratlon contribute still to strengthen it
The out door pressure, too, Is almost unan imous
for the treaty, for peace, for a close to the war,
Tor reduction of government expenses, for a
dlsbandment OF the surplus of the army, be-
yond anecessary peace establishment; and this
fact is felt in full force inside the bolted doors
OF the Sen tie house.
Victory has ceased TO be a novelty-Of glory
we have acquired all that we can win without
peace. There are no more formidable armies to
dlsperse, there are no more impregnably castel-
lated, case mated, barbetted, Fashioned, and
cross-tlre tortiicatloned cities to reduce-the
work is all done-tIe enemy is down, and be-
tween holding him PROSTATE and stabbing him to
the vltai5, or letting him III, we are essureo
from the evidences around us, that the voice of
this country Is tor peace, and Is also rather for
conceding something of liberality to the enemy,
Ia pity for his cowardce and pusillanimity, than
Tor extortIng from his imbecility the fraction of
OF iarthlug beyond that which we might de-
mand ct Great Britain or France, In such con-
test. Such we believe TO be the sentiment OF the
out door pressure upon the Senate.
We take this ground with the fullest conf
dence That the mass of the people, of all parties
aad OF all pursuits, want peace and that, bald
and dlsJointed as this treaty may appear to be-
ill-gttlmate and bastard you may please tt
call tiff adopted by the Senate, empresaric
grants and all, The country will endorse it, and
rather agree TO make good the deficiency to
Texas, than to hazard the indefinite prooDga cation
Of the war, by the rejection of this schedule OF
Mr.. Trlst.
The whole cost of the treaty, at tweaty mil
nous, Will not exceed the cost OF five months
continued war. Between. therefore n peacc
now, end peace five months hence, we save or
lose twenty millions of money Go on with the
war, and We get nc indemnify but land; and the re
IS not quarter section between the liae Of the
Sierra Madre aud the Rio Gfande, that would
ever, in any contingency. bring q solitary dollar
10 the treasury. The Tin mines are all gam.
mon. We have the quicksilver mines IN Alta
California, thet will pat an estoppel upon the
monopoly of the Rothsclilds and the Birlngs
aud tor AL purposes OF safety for the present, and
security 10. the future, the Rio Grande, east 4
the Rocky mountains, and the GlIa west Of them
ar ttc boundaries 20 be adopted.
These ore some OF the considerations which
com3iue o. give the treaty so strong q hold upon
the miads OF tue people out Of doors, aad which
nave iheir due elect Ia the secret deliberations
Ol the senate.
One very dangerous objection to the adoption
oil The treaty remains 10 be considered, TO wit -
the ageacy and the objects OF the agency of the
BRUSH government IN It's manufacture
Col Benton yesterday made this his theme-it
was British treaty--lt looked TO British inte-
reste hrst, and 10 American interests last Ii was
gotten up by the British agent, Mclntosh and
Mr.. Trlst was but his credulous instrument. II
looked 10 British interests In the enpyesario
grants IN Texa1--lt looked TO British int.
rests In the Macnanara and other foreign
grants IN California. inside and outside, arfi-
Gle by article, CIR. the treaty Is British
treaiy--madc by the British, palIned off upon
Trs', who assumed a responsibility as legi-
innate as that of coming money. And here,
slr, this Thing comes before us, sir, and is recon.
msnded 10 US as the best we can get, aud that we
mad oettT take 1t. | take no such treaty, sir;
wash my hands of the Infamous transaction
ecoIn 70 give couatenance TO such abortion.
Fe-ce may be had, sir-an honorable peace; bat
'His ls NOT such q peace. ! scorn such peace as
'u4s' coming to US iro n man without authority,
~ nc piA1 TOOL, ia h.s presumptuous Ignorance,
% the Dflush agents IN Mexico. M, sir, | scorn
faea treaty this, sir
81 lst e. we can ascertain, il was somewhat in
such splrlt az this that Mr. Benton discussed
me eaiy yesterday lie may have been title
mllder, bat we would sooner suppose hum 10 have
occn even more severe. Recent events have not
sUeng'heheu ms friendship tor the adminl stra-
ton; aud d good opportunity like this was moi To
be passed over, when the subject afforded 40
plausible grOuad OF attack.
TO day, as we understand, during the three
hcurs thut the Senate sat with closed doors.
tsrFc was au irregular running fire ken up, with
tifai a2iit, all around tue chamber aud the
IMPRESSION tonight appears 10 be, that there 10