The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-24
N EWs BY THE MAILS.
Our Warrington Correspondents.


wAsHIsoros, Jan. "a, 1851.
The Secret C1cuiov-The Union Party The Covyesron
enter the Nsw York Herald Tindiest.d and su,,ainss
| v me faeS-1hs Stsners Of he ProtoeeI--.lnolie,
| Faiisrs
When this correspondent OF the Nev York Herald d,s
closed short time ago the original plan for the for
nation Of Union party, 1t occasionsd not oulys ds.
Of huttering here but very unsscsssssy alarm fol-
lowed up by various dissvowals aad explanations
casting the affair upon Invention. The fact,
We now give substsntiate our previous statements.
The compromise pledge or secret Congressional cir
culsr binding Its signsrs to the support Of the oou
promises and to the ostrscsm from all lsgislstiv,
ofces II possible State and national OF all candidates
opposed to the compromises Of the last session. ID
1t Is distnct-it IL binding and after having beer
signed BY good many wings, and Sy few democrats
who have since struck OF their names, It h published
BY the Nstional Inteigeneer to crafty public curiosity
Itba curious affair and We suppose have no
other object In view than the organisation upon this
platform, Of great Union party. 1t issur.issd that
Gen Foots Of Mississippi 1t the bottom Of the move
mont, and fer the following reasons-His self sscrhs
Ing course In the Senate At the last session. upon the
Comprcmise bills, has ostrseissd him from the demo-
cratic church In Mississippi He 10 ameng the floating
drift Of the great adjustnsnt-a national man. With
without /" . local habitAtion and namsn The demo-
cratic party In mississippi have dsspproved Of the pa
sition In his party In Mississippi He democrat 1t
large He knows, ~ We all see that both the old par
ties North and south are broken up, and scattered
into numbsrlsss fragments He sees, all
know, shat = Union party, Of the conservatives of
all parties, organised all over the Uaion, would
Do sure thing. and especially in the campaign
Of lS62-proviaed such organization can be IN sls
Gen Fosse has the ssgacty also to that promi-
nenc place in such party would command advance
ment TO promiD snt po,ition in the government II
tho party can only fairly be organised nencs IL sup
poeed that Gen. Foote has bee prime Ia all
VEN nSOk ing tn Oryu afia nj a
Union party ana particularly in this LAST curious
ana em p1 atic p,onunc,saen'o
We have had some nkngs Of developements upon
the subject TO. day
When Mr. clsy's resolution institutins an inquiry
into the expedie scy OF more stringent measures for
the suppression OF the Africa slave trade was taken
up Mr. Hale took occasion to read the congressional
cempromise pledge from the Naiona! Inhs fol.
lowing it up with some pu remarks che sf,ct
OF this pledge Of excon, unicasion It would ostrA
che those who might engage In the discussion of ths
very African slave trsde-ior II necessarily opened
the whole subject of slavery and the agitation of the
whole subject. Mr.. Hale could not let the occasion
pass without ding at the African colonization
scheme, which, lie said was advocated In the South
~ the great and only safe for the protection
OF domestic slavery. The poot for purpose how
ever, 10 in the aluson t, that gr.ssons secret
circular published this msrning to sraIfy puslie
riosity.
In his remarks in reply to Mr. Hale General Poote
conf~sed that he OF the sgners of this proto
eol-that he was proud to confess 1t, because he
thought sSitaficn ought to cea,e. lie also rad from
the PROCLAMATION OF Messrs. Wood ketchum, aud
others 1T the late dhn-r to Governor Young in Nav
sional protocol Mr. Clay also admitted that ne hsd
signed this paper copgrersonA IL pisdgewith the
view OF suppressing further agitation OF tse slavery
question and Of hoioi1g fast tn. good faith OF the
late adjustment Mr.. Hale, In reply was about dis.
relation TO late caucus OF some sort, la OF
the basem rooms OF the Capitol bat he called
to order and we remain the dark on this point as be-
bsore We at least free to suppose that there
some few days ago, con adental meeting OF dozen
or so of the leading poiiticsus of Congress- chiefly
wings In reference to this protocol We are tree TO
suspect that W 10 intended "a IA. preliminary move
meEt to the organization Of nios party and that IL
has already expod-d for 1t does appear that General
Sam Houston and several other democrats who signed,
have, upon the sober second thought" expunged thsr
names from the record The difficulty Is in the
democrats Gen. Foote aud the conservative dem
OF Georgia all fse they be sign and labor
industriously to get up this Union party. But the
body Of the Democrats are OF the opinion that except
Ing Mississippi Georgia. and perhaps Mssosri, the
Democratic party can be readily rorssnized wh-n the
time comes And even in the event OF failiog before
the people with Nationsl presidtntis ticket the
democrats count upon their majority In the House tor
for the Vice President SO that the saperabl- DIM
Guilty IN tn. organization OF Unon party Is In the
Cass stands oof and the efforts OF Cen Foote meet
with Indifferent We must wait little longer
thing nay be- done on the 22i OF February by IA. Upo.
Safety Committee OF New York
Nov, We undertake 10 ssy that TIE following facts
cannot safely be denied That the o. ignal plan for
the formation Of Union party was By national con.
venton at Warrington, on the I'D OF February that
on the publication Of the plan, the movers In took
the alarm and the sehsns vas abandoned. 2. That
the secret circular published to crafty public curt
osity s the second for the orgsuirston Of
Union party; but that being let out too soon IL has
We leave such signers as Messrs Houston Rusk
Gwin, Foote, Downs and Clemens, Of the s.nate-ali
drmocrats-and Mr. Speaker Cobb Of the House to
hold on or quit We understand aes Houston has
quit. But why not hold on The proportion of forty
whiss 10 democrats ought not to the latter
But does teem TO us that the matter OF the orgsn
been managed With singular want OF discretion tact
and bodness We have never seen any thing quite so
skittish. suppo,e we all pick the fnt and try II
again Better luck. perhaps, next time. Who knows
Interesting from the Tehuantspec Route.
ARRIVAL OF 1HE ALABAMA-IHE TsBUAsrsPiC SUR
vEYINe ExrKDITIoN-REvoLT IN oAJACA-rng
VILLAGE or MlsATfrIAN-REroR1ED DEATH or
SANTA ANNA, nc, ETc.
tCorrespondence OF the New Orleans Pieayuns
yERA CRU1, Dec - 1850
In my last letter I wrote that expected the
expedition ~sud be abb. to leave the next day fer the
Coasasoaoos but have been sadly disappointed. The
collector Of the port pushed In his objections to the
form Of the perms,oD given Tor the tree admission OF
the Alabsns into Mexican ports. We were osltsed
therefore to wait for the reply from the city OF aeKco
IL arrived yesterday The minister has sent do-n an
sccordpsiy ve shall ss this day 40 soon as ell hands
There IA little new. to send you yera Cruz would
be called in the states extremsly duh place, but
the inhabitants here consider avsry lively city.
They brsg OF opera house and full f'saPe IT per-
formers Among them ob,erve Mr. aud Mrs. Thorn.
You will probably remember the Col Hermsu Thorn,
of New York who made suoh display In Paris years
ago sclpsing the royal family In the masniucsnce Of
his entertainments. His son married an opera Ginger
foI which the father discarded him, and the pair are
here starring " at the Vera CruE Opera House
The opera OF Saturday night last brought out tull
aemblage OF the te Of the city aud ths display made
great change In the opinens OF some Of the rehusn
tepeo party, ~ho had previously, very Low e,tmsts
OF the beauty and fashion OF Vera Cruz. The dress
circle vss adorned with the most beautiful collection
imaginable Of Mexican beauty and must confess that
Il would have done credit to the Crescent Iity ysud
that IL saying good deal for this place We Old not
sail to day We shall all be at the opera again to.
night.
Tvo Califeruiaps came here few days since, In
state a. d.stituton. They bslong to party witch
.siled II IN San Francisco on the 9th of october last
In the brig Povhatan, bound to Panama Att.r being
at two mont hs they tun short VI provisions aud
water Ten ef the vent shore 10 attempt
to get supplies under angement with the captsn
to stand II and on, waiting tor them. blow cams
tn their boat stove, and the brig ~s blown s aud
left them They had no alternative but 20 msks thsir
own way across the country rse survivors hnslly
he'd Niuttitsp. O m the Isthmu. and finding no