The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-09

$l4 70, and new do al $40 70. Deoi "es a'"A'
moderate sales. Coffee was again acnve, ana in
GLIDING 800 bags Of Rio at auction, the tfsns@-
items amounted to between 5000 and 4,0oo Days
the market for good quality closing at TO-. llc;
good 70 prime was held at l2c. Sugars we're mlre
active at steady prices.
We give repcit 0: the proceedings OF Inc board
Of Aldermen last evening in another column. b.
eial important documents were presented, inc!u.
ding the semi annual report OF the Chief OF Police,
and a communication from the Comptroller respec,
ting the Staten Island and Barclay street ferries
Mr.. souIc's MissIon-NIesc Disclosures or the
Treachery and TIics<ery OF the Admlals-
traIion.
The disclosures which we publish to-day
from Washington, of the double dealing and
treachery OF the administration towards our
late Minister 10 Spain fully illustrate the la
mentable shuflings and lodgings of Mr.. Presi-
dent Pierce upon the Cuba question. 1t is now
mission to the imbecilty and bad faith of the
Executive, through which the ex-Minister has
been sacrificed to the malice prepense of Marcy.
We have here, also, consistent explanation
of the delay in bringing this Ostend cores
pondence to the public eye. The resolution
calling for these papers was offered at the be-
ginning of the session. Mr.. Bayly, Chairman
on Foreign Affairs, zealously resisted its pas
sage and secured its reference to his commit
tee. In their hands the resolution was held
till within a few days of the adjournment,
when they consented to report it to the House,
and it was adopted. Why did the committee
keep it back so long? 1t was to stave off the
disclosures which are now coming out, and
which, had they come to light at the opening
of the session, might have resulted in speedy
smash-up of the Cabinet, and general over
hauling by Congress of the archives of the
State Department upon every branch OF the
diplomatic transactions of this most miserable
administration.
Mr.. Bayly and the Committee of Foreign
Affairs are entitled to the gratitude Of Mr..
Pierce for their gracious forbearance. They
spared him to the last moment, and only called
upon him to show his hand when they thought
the danger was over. The Spanish and Ostend
papers were accordingly sent up, but speedily
recalled, and culled over and weeded out, SO as
to make the disclosures as harmless as possible
to the Executive, and as damaging as possible
to Messrs. Buchanan, Mason and Soule. With
this sort of trickery, and with the papers secreed
from the public eye, as detailed by our cores
pendent, can there be any wonder that Soule
is indignant and resolved to vindicate himself
at all hazards? No. We now, also, perceive
why, some months ago, the country was in
formed that both Buchanan and Mason would
resign and return home in the spring. 1t
was because they, too, had been victimized by
the treachery and double shutting of Mr. Pierce
upon this Cuba question. They, like Soult, had
been decoyed into the breach, and abandoned
in the base retreat of their leader.
Well, here we are. The plot is disclosed
and though Congress is happily out of the
way, there is yet a remnant or so of the
democratic party left to Judge the mat
ter. What is to be done with the admins
tration? It has tried a little of every thing,
and has failed in every experiment. Its spoiis
system designed to consolidate the party upon
the basis of the Van Buren, free soilers and
the Southern secessionists, was a signal failure;
the Nebraska bin, for the recovery of the South,
was a total loss of the North; and lastly, this
abandonment of its original Cuban policy to
recover the North will be perfectly disgusting
to the South. Thus not plank is left for our
unfortunate administration to stand upon, North
or South. 1t is PROSTATE.
What is the course for the democracy? We
see it significantly foreshadowed in the resolu-
tions of Tammany Hall. They, including the
D.>ef
more the administration, and to reorganize the
party substantially upon the Cuba platform of
Aix-la- Chapelle. Nor is there any other visible
loophole of escape for the democratic party
throughout the country. 1t is useless-worse
than useless-to attempt longer to bolster up
the administration. Tammany Hall so pro.
nounces. The democracy, as o national party,
can do nothing, expect nothing short of this
foreshadowed Tammany reorganization outside
Of the administration, and upon q bold and
positive foreign policy.
Meantime the disclosures of this Ostend cor
respondence raise an issue between the Pres-
dent and bis Secretary of State, which calls for
the resignation Of one or the other, or both. If
Marcy in these Cuban negotiations, quashed
the instructions of the President and pursued
his own policy. selfrespect on the part of the
Executive requires that his faithless Premier
should be dismissed If, on the other hand, the
President, while officially advising his diplo-
mats abroad, through Marcy, upon one line of
policy, has been guilty of privately instruct
ing them, at the same time, upon another and
totally different one, he is unworthy his high
position, and should leave it.
Our information is that he has been guilty of
this double dealing; we are admonshed that
the documents suppressed confirm it. and that
Mr.. Soue can and will do so upon the first OPP
portunity. Tammany Hall has taken the