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OUr Washington Correspendence.
WAsmSoroS, January - 1852

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Our Washington Correspendence.
wAmsoroy, January - 1852
NJ. W-6ssc's Diplomatic and Political Mss~rous
most persons who have not paid any particular attsn-
coo TO diplomatic matters here have supposed that Mr.
Plmors given Mr. Webster carte snohe to do q
% he pleased Thns by in questions Of
importance though in ordinary cases. appointments So
Secretary Of State has had always pretty much his
~sg Nc Webster has always been more progress
and like Lord PAmerston gone occasionally beyond
tue pacific dispositions of his superior The difference Of
views very considerable in regard to the Cuba ques
ton hr Webster remaineda last spring few days
II New York was then supposed because he did not
wsn TO sign the Presidents Proclamation leaving that
responsibility TO Mr. Derrick Acting Secretary Some m
ste that whsn both travelled together from ork to
Drnk;rk and Mr. Webster made almost every d,y several
cnion speeohes, he did OF sllude TO tbs Cuba
Defamation snd left I, entirely to Mr. Fillmore 70
pain tho pohcy OF that step to the public
In the fall, whom the disturbances in New Orleans.
sHi the Insults to the Spanish consul brought the
c9ustsies very near rupture It became for soms time
quits uncertain IL Mr. Webster would return at all aud
!. well known fact here, that arrangement very
nearly the sans IS Ia. been ultimately conclulsi
wss almost syreed upon between Mr. Crittenden AMI
tae Spanish Minister, and approved by Mr Fillmore
II the great horror OF all those who desired speedy
setuepent Of this serious difficulty Mr. Webst-r's
early return uncei al OF the conclu-
s,on o. the negotiation became nt prue 2sl
thst moment The with which h, hal acted in
thif question vas part OF the plin to gst a. U1ion
ticket tor the Presidency Mr. Webster be Presitep
sud Governor Fooe Vice President and the Secretary
State wanted 10 take the Cuba qle stioa
On account Of the Southern ~his All democrs. votes
pbeb were wanted 70 carry oat the Union ,hst for
IN Presidency Tne Spanish minister ces paired almost
{! beag able 10 the two countries from war al
though the President ari several member. Of the cabi
net agreed IN the main with the jusiics Of what thu
lpanisb government claimed and after alt IL was
Biz Calderou dc Ia Barca nor Mr. Eilmor. oo-
bc Crtteuden VINO got the better OF Mr. Weh,ter's
tuoborn opposition content - the satisfaction
owns al Fria,
- Boston who had become seriously alar their
rtcn oargoes saost in every declared 10 dr Web
stac that they weud not have anything with
; m i he did bring On war with Spain ia WHOM
hey bad everything to lose and nothing gain Upoa
step BOT he accepted the well known arrangement,
vaioa has become now very aii.scory 20 both parties
Ia the kossulh question, Mr Webster a,so from
tns beginning. more progressive than the President
tnousb he otdererce IN their views appeared before
toe public only short time ago 1t is well known here
tAse ne.her Mr. Fillmore nor Mi Webster approved Of
G. TsJ ors and Mr. Caytoas sendirg Mr. Dudley Mann
on hn Hungarian ni-sion. and mir Webster declared
distinctly that Il h had Secretary of State at the
tms hs would have signed "a nstruct,on. a,
iaoss shch Mr Clay ton forwarded to Paris short time
teios the etruggle in Hungary The incurred
Ton sss At an end and Mir. Webster had not then hi,
aention directed TO the political advantages he might
oess from the popularity Il that question II was said
10 the diplomatic circles the time, that Mr. Webster
old DOT wish any official correspondence to take place
proo that question but after he kept for nearly
tnrss months under adv iseuent, be the concu
son that It would furnish him with excellent bid
the Presidency and he wrote Lis yeumnou note in an
sver 70 The Austrisn minister's letter 1t then sup
posed that Mr. Fillmore did approve style Of
That celebrated state paper which was calculated not
onT 60 aenate the till then very friendly disposition Of
the Austrian snt towards the United State, but
similar effect upon all European governments.
M. Webster s despatch OF the 2Sth February to MIR
Msssh, IN which asylum offered to kossuth and
hs iree ds did not produce such unpleasant mpres
coo1 havs arisen Mr. Webster instead OF following
TIE more moderate and pacific counsels Of the President
bad COZ yielded to certain influences from abroad For
some time Lord Palmereton represented here bv Sir
Bansy Bcwsr, did his best rouse. as well in Mr.
Webster az IN other political hostile feelings
asilnst the great continental powers and especially
asiost Austria. well known popularity OF Lord q
moe.enents consisted in the notion that tbs turbu-
Ia dfposltion OF large number Ct people in
t1s soantrg would threaten England with the early
lo-s OF Canada il not directed other point and
party on that account he favored tho popular ex-
etement about kossuth and the Hungarian revolution
a1i FOR tie same reason he considered it somewhat
dangerous Tor British interests in Canada put entirely
stop to the Cubn IN the United States the
later appearing 10 hn safety valve the grea,
OF nfuly spirits the large cities OF this country
sut the foreign influence which took hold of MIR
thstet WIS by no means confined to Sir Henry Bal
A much more in,idious ore has been exerted M
ca Inn Toe little more than year By o agent
OF hsysn end Of the revolutionary committee in Lon.
400 The Individual who has been aud is employ
ell IA this way was personally known to and con.
nec-i @th MIR. Webster mary years ago, when he was
s'c.sry Of State Under General Harrison and Or Ty
tr but the extraordinary intimacy of the person with
Nj Webster which has had great deal DO with the
a-oat,on o. the feelings toward. Mr. Fillmore
generally known Though 1t began early last spring
contlnn 19fins the surnmeI-dr. q residing princ-
p'g IN fevport) III. these last three four months
cEtaJP IN lDc nth OF February last. Mr. Webster
Wss Informed and warned By a foreign representative
Supporting inferior person in the ST ate Depart
m at uisht nave betrayed the that Office to
o. Confidence to Hr. Tsbster, Who could not atd did
no. ieoY che fact but appeared consider it The
yasn't OF sone indiscretion A few weeks after Mr
Vsoste.'s return in the fall, the same thing hap
peado' ne Secretary was warned again, and PRO
fused 10 writing that he would investiyat. and
stop the sbu.e The very next dsy wor,s
CAGE took place, and the President sp
p-s-d 70 wao visited himself the state Department
ranfl ar1nlp .h.r.
that y ne sne~ the Of the person VII disclosed
tnr bcsne" and secrets Of the department improper
p"r'ons he would dismiss him Instantly. sir Webster
~ very much annoyed a. this and FOR time the
vis OF thc complained of to the State Depart
Eossuth to Washington and the very general
hitter feeling between Mr. Webster and the dplomatic
corps principally owing to the influence and constant
pteeence Of that person the Secretary whom it
hae been repeatedly iptimated that foreign represen
tstive could have any confidence in him long he
Commune sted everything to such all Individual
some 81 Mr. Websters friends hsve demonstrated with
hin assns. bis present course by which no is losng his
southern Trends without securing any reliable support
ia The North But it appears given up Southern
the failure of Governor Fo3tee last conpro
nh- movement, sno the Union platform. He relies now
uDoc 6o.suth's influence in the Northwestern States
sai the German population generally ed he hopes to
t1erce II IL even raid be will run ipdspe adent
candidate. II he cannot &c. The whg nomination. lie
might throw The election into tie House but then he
v5uld bsvs very poor chance OF getting his
etsts After all seward i very slippery kind Of man.
10 nothing for him alter all 1t appears also very
doubtful il he could conquer General scctts personal
popularity the State Of Ne. ork AMI secuge the
Stste Tor Webster against Scott
WAsHiSG1oN, January n 1852
ri st~ IT. Fillmore and Tie P,,sideatiai Quc,toa--
Pc Jrlr;,Hote CGse-7Ie Southern Rights Party.
Nj Webster IL is understood is now seriously rumi-
natng upon The cxpedienoy Of re.ignug. The cabinet
hsve pronounced seain:; him in pronouncing for MIR
Ilmore and this fact, taken in connection with the
Of the President TO stand his hand and also in
connection with the disavowal Of the speech Of Mr.
Webster =. The Congressional Banquet Kossuth will
inacs the Secretary ofstse in all probability leave
tls estsbshmept Should Il be made manifest to him
however that there earthly chance for him in the