The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-09
The Project or Treaty with Mexico.

later news.
The Project or n Treaty with Mexico.
The Washington Union which seldom
deems il necessary to notice" our Washington
intelligence, :" deems il proper to state that
there is not a word Of truth" in our statement
to the effect that the leading features of trea-
ty have been submitted by Mr.. Gadsjen to the
Mexican authorities and are now under consid-
GRAFTON by our Executive. In its first assertion
the Union is perfectly right 1t seldom does
notice our intelligence, or reliable intelligence
from any quarter. Ii it did it would know
more about public affairs, and would display
less ignorance and utter less nonsense in its
editorial columns. Had it deemed il necessa-
~; to read the HERALD with more care it
would never have made itself and our govern
ment ridiculous in the eyes ofthe world by circu-
lating cock-and-bull story about the African-
cation Of Cuba. We Go not say this by way Of
censure on the Union. 1t is not its business to
know, much less to speak the truth. It's voca
ton in this world is something entirely different.
IT is paid for specific duty, than which no
thing IL farther than telling the truth. 1t is
hired 10 defend the administration to extol
the virtues Of the Secretaries to write down
their assailants to gloss over or excuse their
faults 70 keep the people in constant good hu-
NOR with General Pierce /, TO check hv whatever
means IL can, every symptom of disaffection
among his party and to pervert and nisrepre-
sent the character ana motives of all who op.
pose its employers What little business it
tfansacts besides this in she way of putting
Iatcrteos, and advocating the interests OF
contractors and speculators-is private and
subordinate matter. Its main functions are
the honorable duties we have enumerated:
and any one can see that habit Of truth tell
ing would u utterly incompatible with their
efficient discharge. The Union does not there
fore, tell the truth. It's misrepresentation in
cludc all the various degrees Of falsehood from
The suppression and denial Of known facts to
deliberate inventions. Long practice has given
il such ability in this respect that we doubt
Hbether he Imperial organs at St Petersburg,
Vienna or Paris, conld deny, invent or preva-
ricate with better grace or more perfect ease
Had the character OF the Union been differ
ent, or less notorious, we might possibly have
devoted a larger share Of attention to its
denial Of our statement. We might, for in
stance, have inquired whether its we'll
known interest in the Sloo grant-which is
rejected by the project Of the treaty-might
not have had something to do with
its angry protestation that things stood as they
we're The reasons we have given render any
nch inquiry superiluCps. We have no fear of
tie public verdict on the issue raised between
The Union and ourselves when we say that 10.
thing has appeared which invalidates our faith
in the accuracy Of our correspondents informa-
ton. Nor do we apprehend that much discredit
will be thrown on its character by the siugularly
contradictory denials which have appeared in
the Wall street papers. Both these journals
have confirmed our statement in letters from
Washington, protesting, the while, that it was
not true. They attempt to extricate themselves
from the dilemma by taking exception to minute
details, and deliberately drawing ilnpalpable
distinctions with what success those who read
the extract from the Courier and Enquirer,
published in our columns yesterday, and that
from the Journal Of Commerce, given else
where to-day, will be fully qualified to Judge
Leaving our estimable contemporaries. who
seem very wroth at having allowed this i'm
portant news to escape them, to founder as
they can, we wish the public to bear constantly
in mind that ii is the ua0ksus interest of the
administration to deny the existence of the
project and to bid its organ to print the denial
In plain truth Mr. Gaasden, who is an indie
pendent high minded statesman. has gone some
what further than Mr.. Marcys instructions
authorized him in settling the details of this
treaty. Its terms would undoubtedly confer
upon the South an advantage which would be
Of infinitely higher practical value than all the
compromises in the world The accession of
Sonora and Lower California would do more
to consolidate the equilibrium of power than
all he laws Congress could pass And it
is more than probable that. in concluding
the convention with Santa Anna, this obvious
advantage was Mr. Gadsdcn's principal motive
The sdme feature would indispose General
Fierce, Marcy ard Cushing. against the project
Tn, II antecedents show them to be strongly OPP
posed to any scheme which would operate to
strengthen the power Of the South They are
ready enough to write and talk about the rights
OF the Southern States; but the whole tenor of
their antccedsuts tells in unequyocaI language
hat If practical project were proposed for
consolidating the balance Of power between the