The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-04-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHISGToy, April 5

The Treaty is believed to be in some dar
ger OF rejection in consequence OF vote t;
ken yesterday, upon motion, Of Mr.. Brigh
OF Indiana, TO lay it on the table. The motto
was lost by Il majority Of only three votes
This result, taken together with the NANTES
indifference of the majority OF the Senate t
the Treaty, has much alarmed its friends. A
the White House, there was, it is said, som
manifest commotion at tho intelligence, an
for the good reason that the orders given t.
Mr.. Ward by the President, have been deem
ed SO obscure by the Senate, as greatly t
prejudice the Treaty. The instructions t.
Ward produced in the Senate Il feeling dc
cidcdly unr;vorabe to the Treaty, and thu
administration has no strength in the Senate
through the cxcrtion Of which the fatal inju
ry can DO rcmedicd.
But still it is held out by Mr.. Gwin an'
MIR. Rusk, and even Mr. Bright, that the
treaty will vet be allowed to pass. MIR. Brigh
made the motion to lay it on the table for thu
reason that there was no prospect OF ear'y
action upon it, and that the North-W cstcrn
men wished to take up the Homestead Bill
But if the treaty were laid on the table, there
would be no resurrection for it.
The Wings, as Il general rule, are opposed
to the treaty, as IN administrative measure,
and few Democrats are inclined to support ii
from any motive of respect or friendship for
the President. The Northern anti-slavcry
men have avowcd their hostility to the bill on
sectional grounds.
WASHINGTON, April 7.
Great interest is felt in regard to the fate
of the Mexican Treaty, though it is generally
believed that its ratification is out Of the
question, with or without amendments. An
expected and unacountabc hostility is mani
tested towards il in some quarters, and great
indifference in others. Aquorum can scarce
ly be kept in the Senate during the sittings
All amendments that have been tried, have
failed. Tho Senate have not, by any vote,
yet concurrcd in single clause Of the Trca-
ty. Propositions to a change Of boundaries
have been rejected, while :hc boundary as
proposed in the Treaty is also rcpudiatcd.
Much of this unreasonable opposition pro-
cccds from the Northern anti-slavcry Scna-
tors of all parties; those who do not openly
oppose it, have cvadcd the responsibility OF
vote bv leaving the city. Their objection
to the Treaty is that it will enlarge the area
of slavery, give the South the command of
the great national thoroughfarc between the
Atlantic and the Pacific, and expedite the
creation of new slavclolding States in the
fertile regions of Texas.
For the same reasons the South ought to
support the Treaty, but they do not support
it with any degree of unanimty or confidence.
A feeling exists in the Senate towards the
present administration, that j, quite inauspi-
cious for the concurrence Of the Senate in
any administration measure. There are, be-
sides, some Senators who are not willing TO
treat Mexico in liberal manner, nor even to
concedc to her any national rights. They
do not even admit that faith is TO be kept
with her, now that she is entitled to the
Justice which she is unable to enforce by her
arms,