The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-20


the government: that is provisions were sub
as stated by the HERALD AMI finally, |
that General Gadslen had commute ted the |
feet that all that Santa Anna desired in order !
to secure his acqu.e coGce was to know that
President Pierce would eucorse the projet sab
milted to him.
Here was a discovery calculated to aston ish
the gentleman interested in the Sloo & .ant,
and without further del4y he repaired o the
White House Arriving there, he at o. ace in
formed the President Of the nature Of I. he con-
versaton he had just held with the Mexican
Minister. The President conf ,ssed that
since lie had authorized the explicit con-
tradic,ion to the HEEALD's announcement
fresh information had come to his know
ledge which put an entirely different COM
plexion upon the matter, The gentleman urged.
that IS no later mail had teen received from
Mexico since the appearance of the Uaioa's
article it was scarcely possible any further in
formation coald have been had. The President,
however cut the interview short by declaring
that he would allow no person to doubt his word
or cross examine him, aud thereupon, the gentle
man vanished.
We do not charge it upon the President that
he knowingly authorized the Union to impose
upon tie public by false statement Let us
rather charitably suppose that Mr.. Marcy did
not deem il necessary to tell the nominal head
Of the government the facts till after the publ
cation in the Union General Galsden, it is
understood the statement was made IN our
telegraphic columns some days ago--did write
to the State Department, on the 18th of Deem
Der, that he had not succeeded in efiec ting any
arrangement with the Mexican authorities, and
that the prospect Of a satisfactory conclusion
was not dattering. The mail, however, did not
leave the city OF Mexico till the 18th of Deem
.ber; and it was upon that day that Gen. Gads-
den was able TO communicate to Wa hington the
facts which afterwards created such sensation
upon their appearance in our columns. Mr..
Marcy let US hope, adopted the homeopathic
principle and administered to the President
Gadsden's dispatches in small doses--giving
him the letter Of the 10th to digest for few days
before handing him the letter OF the 18th which
contained The cream Of the whole matter.
The Union people are very sore at the silly
part they have been made to play, and one of
the editors was indiscreet enough to declare
that ii the administration desired to have a
paper to lie by authority they must hunt up
some one else Tor the work. The public will
scarcely appreciate such squeamshness in that
particular quarter.
Tie arrival of General Gadsden with a
treaty actually agreed upon is easily accounted
for On the 18th nit. our Minister AZ the city
of Mexico wrote that the Mexican government
had given assurances that the projet Of treaty
submitted by him would meet their approval
if he could show that the government of the
United States would ratify such treaty.
Meantime, Santa Annals necessities are daily
growing more urgent His only hope of con-
tinuance in power rests upon his ability to
keep his purse filed An empty treasury
would hurl him from the seat he occupies with
greater certainty than all the efforts OF his foes
combined could effect. lie, therefore. deter.
mined to waive mere ceremony, and without
waiting for the formal sanction of the treaty by
the authorities at Washington, signed it nj
once. and hurried General Gadsden to the
United States. 50 as 10 secure the millions
which the convention is to give him.
The treaty thus agreed to by Mexico is the
same which we gave an outline oftwo weeks ago
Il settles all existing difficulties. aud gives US
route known to be practicable through our own
territory to the Pacific 1t will extend our
boundary down to the thirty-tirst parallel.
taking in a portion OF chihuahua and half OF So
nora. Should the treaty become the law of
the land-as it will unquestionably if the
President does his duty and sends ii to the
Sepate--a new Southern State will at once
knock at our doors for admission into the Mon.
Already large party in California are agi-
tating the propriety of dividing the State so
Us to carve slave State out of it. With these
acquisitions, the question would assume such
an aspect as to put down all opposition, and
create new Southern State Immediately.
This is the question now presented TOR the
consideration of President Pierce and his Cabi-
net and we can readily believe our correspond
ents when they telegraph us that there is trou-
bic at The west end OF Pennsylvania avenue,
and that the arrival of the treaty at Washing
ton has caused commotion in The Cabinet.
But from whom does the opposition come:
ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FRE.-It is our pain
full task again to record another of those de-
structive confagrations that have within the
last few months swept away property to an
amount that would cover a years losses by the
same cause in three of the largest European
cities This time, happily, the disaster has not
fallen upon the hard-earned results Of private
enterprise but it is, nevertheless, equally. TO be
deplored, from the public loss and inconvc-
nience that it must necessarily occasion. La
the partial destruction of the New City Hall last
night we have received another of those severe
lessons which have been OF such frequent occur
renee of late and which, will fear, we require
to be still further multiplied before the pub
lie become impressed with the necessity of