New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-25

grievance of impressment. Yielding to his early
commitments, and adopting the stereotype
Phrases insisted upon. from all poi teal aspirants.
with iron severity by the triumphant ssthors Of the
wsr-tboush when say triumphant must be un-
derstood referring rather to party than to national
yiotories-Mr Benton pronounees that wsr mecca
"sary," ana even successful and glorious" At the
same time. he confesses that those who declared il.
we're Obliged to terminate il by treaty which did
no. contain tie slightest slusion to that which by the
repeal OF the British Orders, h,d become its sole
tensible grounds treaty into which the government
wac driven by the total ruin OF the public finances
which the had brought about. Nor did this tresty
by any end the mstter replace things IS they
stood before. The arrangement of the public
finances had involved the soppage OF specie payments
and Lad reduced the country to wretehed currency
o! ncouvertIbe paper 10 escape from which the au-
thOrs Of the war Undertook to establish National
Bank with capital much larger than was at all ne
cesssry, which Bank in its early days, was so msera-
bly, uismansged to sggrsyate and prOtrac the very
evils which it designed TO cure. while it after
ward became, according 10 Mr.. Benton, 3 dangerous
and corrupt money power. against which il required
al the energy snd courage OF Gen. Jackson to strug
gle with success: the falling Bank again dragging
down both the finances and the currency into new con-
fusion. Other results OF the war which Mr. Benton
very strongly deprecates the West-Point Military
Academy. which, according to his view makes our
army one of the mo-t aristocratc institutions in the
world and the scheme of making the United States a
naval power, not merely for defense but for sggres
sion and conquest-s sink for the annual consumption
of immense sums Of the public money, only to keep
always the point OF being plunged into wars of
questionable necessity and Justice and doubtful re-
suits 10 tie same source Mr.. Benton traces back
internal improvements, tariffs for protection. and null
lifcation all of which he equally dsapproves while,
to Offset all these evil consequences OF the war-a
pretty formidable list-and to show IT necessary,
''successul and GLORIOUS, he has nothing to allege
except impunty since the peace from the outrage
of impressment. Near forty years be excaims,
without case when we were not as many days Of
"tentmes without cases before, and ofthe most insult
ing and outrageous nature. The spirit aud patriotism
of the people in furnishing the supplies ac-
according to Mr.. Benton's statement the Govern
ment was obliged to stop the war, be ,ause supplies
were not 10 be had" volunteering for the service,
"and standing to the contest in the general wreck OF
the finances and the currency, without regard to
tLeir losses and the heroic courage OF the army
and navy, the militia and volunteers, made the war
successful and glorious in spite of empty treasures,
"and ertorted from proud empire that security
in point Of fact rhieh diplomacy could not obtain
"as treaty stipulation" This, we take 1t, Is
speech to Buncombe, intended specially for Mr. Ben
tons back subscrbers but appearing as IT does
on the very second page of his book, II is not cal
culated to raise in the mind of the intelligent reader
auy great confidence in Mr. BentOns candor or sound
ness of Judgment since every reader o1 tOieraoie
information must know that if for forty years
past Great Britain has not impressed one OF our sail
ors neither has she during the same period impressed
one of her own and that for the reason that IN that
time she has not been engaged in any naval war, and
therefore has had no occasion to de so. As to our
present mpunity from danger of the violation OF any
of our maritime rights that surely much less due
TO spy of the achievements of the last war than to our
progress since that time in wealth and commerce-(a
progress to which the proved terrible drawback)
in consequence of which our good will has become
too valuable for any commercial nation and especially
Great Britain, to risk the loss of it. We are truly
sorry to find Mr. Benton indugng in these exaggerated
and bravado eulogies the war of lol2-a war as he
very well knows though he drops upon that subject only
obscure Eluts, " '"'1 -N'e
America faction against the judgment OF Madlson'
Macon Randolph, and almost all the sages OF the Old
Republican party Such unounded euoges can only
tend to stimulate military and aggressive spirit
already too rife among What the acquisition OF
Canada was to the Young America of lslll2 the ac-
oustion of Cuba Central America, &C. &c, is TO the
Young America of to-day.
When Mr. Benton, in the course OF his remlnis-
cences comes treat of the reopenng to u.s. through
the agency of Gen. jackson and Mr. Van buren,
Of the trade with the British West India colonies he
seems actuated by a very different spirit from that
which has prompted his reference to the war with
Great Britain Indeed he becomes so very concilia-
tory and admits away with such perfect readiness the
whole American case that one might suppose him
instead of disciple of the old Virginia Republican
school the special sdmirer of Jefferson and Madison
the man who had sought BY motion and speech IN
the Senate to revive the policy of Madisons CONNER
cal Resoutions-to be rather ciOn of the old Essex
Federal Junto
The truth is that the course taken by Mr.. Van Bu-
rem and Gen. Jackson was complete and total ADAM
donment Of the settled and cherished policy Of the old
Jeaersopisp and MsAisonian Republicans policy
adopted with still more esgerness and bitterness o'
the Young Democrats, who carried their hostil'y 10
Great Britain to the pitch of going to var Win ner
Looking only to the interests of commerce, II might
have been very judcious in Gen. Jacksons Cabinet 70
abandon all the pretensons formerly set up oy Madi'
son and his party to participate In the "es' inai'
,rs5s a. matter Of right and 10 be content, Win
Washington and Jay, TO accept such terms as 'rea1
Rr;ts,n chose 10 offer US. But while the name and
VI hrouOht forward 10 sane