The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-16
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ia, lS4S,
Evening DisQuisifiOn.


The two houses have taken the respite of day
or two, in order to look about them, and SEQ
which way the land lies. In our view of the
case, as it stands, we never think of our rea-
tons with Mexico, without thinking of
the Isthmus of Darien. The course, thus far, of
Gen. Cass, as the head of military affairs in the
Senate, clearly contemplates the very contin-
gency which so alarms Mr. Calhoun, TO wit: the
remuneration of all Mexico. There is no way
of avoiding that ultlmatum, If the war is not
closed before the present session, and treaty of
metes, and bounds, AID indemnities, agreed
upon between the two countries.
Gen Cass, Mr.. Dallas, and Mr.. Buchanan
have taken nearly the same ground in reference
to the acquisition of new territory as connected
with the slave question. Gen. Cass would leave
the question OF slavery to the people OF the new
OF Mr.. Marcy, and in defiance of the barn.
burners, follows in the wake of General Cass.
But do these gentlemen expect to satisfy
the South with this concession! Ii they
do, we tell them they are In the vocative.
How so! Because of this fact: The people
of any new territories we may acquire south of
Upper California, are chiefly mixture of In.
dams and negroes, with very slight dllution OF
the Castiian which of itself Is a little tnctur-
ed with the African blood, brought over by the
Moors into Spain, and transmitted by Cortes
and his successors TO the Inheritance OF the Az
tees All this population, In the United States,
excepting the pure Indian or Spaniard, would be
counted negro, and consequently inadmissiblc
to the rights OF the white races In the new
territories which we may acquire south OF Up
per California, this colored population will be
the people who to decide upon the question
of slavery. Their decision will be for liberty,
of course and what then Is to become of the
southern States, with ten or twenty States OF
colored treemen thanking them on the SOUTH or
operating with the abolitlonists of the north I
When that question is answered. We shall have
some more 10 PROFOUND.
The friends of Mr.. Clay are up and doing.
His presence has acted like charm III revlving
inc old flame. Now, sir, the chances are that
CLAW will be the nominee, and that Cass will be
the nominee, and that Old Zack will be the 60
between, and the issue In such an election wlls
re- ST pretty much with the people; and we think
it will require no prophet TO tell that MIR. Clay
will again be lett IN the minority. There Is no
getting General Taylor out OF the way now.
He is In for IL; but there IS Il powerful move
ment Oh foot to rule him out. The plan, as we
understand 1t. is to put Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Web
ster on the same card, to secure the nomination,
aud to trust to old lacks popu irlty. Mr.. Crit
tenden, who had declared for Taylor, in letter
to a friend, u Is SAID, is now on the stool OF re-
pc ntance, and Is open to conviction
Another bad sign is, that the National Wing,
the Taylor organ here, has suddenly suspended.
That looks very bad. Is the paper bought up, or
has 1t gone down for want OF AMMUNITION i
One thing the fact of its suspension clearly ex-
hibts, which is, that General Taylor has NOT, as
VET an efficient, active, controlling set OF mana
gers. Asyet, though the body OF the people APP
pear to be with HIM, the politicians OF money
And influence. sand alooi Ii is high time that
the friends of Taylor, # they expect 70 secure
the sutirages OF the old wings, were organizing
for the work of the campaign mere hurrah
viii not answer. A paper started leIe ana theIe,
wi,hout money, and upon mere venture, will
oece for all, we tell the. Taylor men that
Harry Clay is IN town, and that his wish is still
the law of the wings; expressed or understood,
his wish is their law. How they do gather
around him for advice how he does talk to
them on The war question, like fathers how
they do shake his hand when they leaye, and
swear that, Shy Cd there is no manht to be
named in the same afternoon with Harry Clay
Mr.. Clay attended the fair tor the oen.h OF
he poor light, and his presence was doubt
ess equal to several hundred dollars 10 the urea
Jury for the destitute ,,,..
John Foy is now the occupant OF the Wnlts
Iouse--not the White House, at the west End,
,ut the White House at the .soulhagate oil the