The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-19
Utter Rejection of the Gadsden Trcaty-Ad-
ministrNtion Defcat-Probable Dismember-
ment of the Cabinet.

ministrntIon Defcat-ProbabIe Dismember-
ment of the Cabinet.
The Senate of the United States has, in
several instances, shown its independence of the
administration. We had striking illustration
of this fact in the election of the Senate printer
But the moral effect of that example was soon
after neutralized by an inglorious surrender to
the Cabinet in reference to the Collector of this
port. Had the Senate sustained Bronson and
the hard she'll democracy, We might at this day
have had more popular and useful administra-
ton, and more harmonious counsels in the Cabi-
net "a new CabineD, and in both houses of
Congress. The Senate, however, have just
atoned for that drawback upon the Bronson
question in the great achievement of the igno-
minious rejection of the Gadsden treaty. The
motion made yesterday to reconsider the vote
will doubtless result as the first trial resulted,
in the reputation of the whole concern. IF
anything should possibly be patched up it will
not be the Gadsden treaty. 1t is destroyed.
For this distinguishing act of moral courage,
moral honesty, and political independence the
Senate are entitled to high praise. To justify
themselves before the country, fully and CON-
pletely all that isnow required is the removal of
the seal of secrecy from the proceedings in exc
cutive session, and the publication in full of the
debates, the documents, and all the letters con-
nected with this grand plot for plundering the
Treasury, upon false pretences, Of twenty mil
lions of dollars.
We have heretofore given some of the salient
points Of this Gadsden abortion but there are
other disclosures yet to be made which will
doubtless prove that this rejected treaty was
an extra diplomatic piece OF spoils-j obbing from
beginning to end. II appears that it was con-
cocted without advice or instructions from the
State Department, which is generally supposed
to be entitled to the control Of such matters
it appears that Marcy was actually ignorant of
the treaty scheme till the treaty was made and
it also appears that the Secretary of Var and
certain outside individuals were the prime
movers with the President and the camarWa
of the White House in perfectng the plot with
Santa Anna. The rejection of the bargain de-
prives Santa Anna of his empire, and in all
probability, of his Dictatorship. We may ex-
pect shortly to hear that Mexico has become
fifteen millions of the treaty, especially the
three millions ready cash required to quiet his
hungry army, and to keep the Mexican people
under his foot. Those other five millions
for Mexican clams-another batch of the
Galphin and Gardner stamp-beng also
lost, the administration sposmen feel as
painfully as Santa Anna their inglori-
Gus defeat. After changing the boundary
after cutting out these claims entirely
and after reducing the total cash price Of the
treaty from twenty millions to seven millions,
it was still rejected. Such was the distrust of
the Senate of the retention of any vestige, in
any shape or form, of this Gadsden arrange
ment
Now, this verdict Of the Senate, in almost
any other civilized government, would be re-
garded as tantamount to q verdict against the
Ministry, AMI a change in the Ministry would
Immediately follow. The Cabinet at Washing
ton. however. will hold on until the President
shall assume the responsibility Of turning them
adrift. Why should he hesitate any longer?
We are assured that differences Of opinion, and
conflicting jealousies and plots among them,
have been carried almost to the extremity Of
personal hostilties, and that they can no longer
act with anything like confidence or harmony
in the business of the administration. Marcy
hates Cushing-Cushing hates Marcy; Jeffer-
son Davis despises both; they all despise Davis,
and oil suspect each other. With no other
bond between them than "the cohesive power
Of the public plumber" il cannot be surprising
that these squabbles should exist among them
it is only surprising that they have been able
to hold together whole twelvemonth, in
spite Of themselves, in spite of Congress, and
in spite Of the wishes of the country.
The causes Of these cabinet feuds and dis