New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-06
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1856.
NUMBER ! 2:53.
WASHINGTON coaaEspoYDEYeF
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WASHINGTON, January as, 1s5s
me esshsh week q tue session commenced to-day
ana "e are ssill Wasaons Speaker When We viii
nave one q Wnefaef We viii ever have one al ali,
one of those mysteries which, ks tie asorce of tya
Nile, or the identity Of tie individual Whs strnek
William Patterson. appear altogether i.lcababEs II
solution Some old poet other tells Us that hone
springs eternal in the human breast; suppose we
may continue to hope that the assembled wisdom
of the nation will sooner or later come To their
senses, (f indeed they ever had any, and give Us
Speaker. But it il like hoping against hope. The
Black Republicans are as malignant, the Democrats
as hide-bound, and the Nothings as firm, as
ever The Know Nothings are the only party which
has shown any liberaity whatever having repeatedly
offered to vote for any sound Southern man, even
though a Democrat The other day they voted en-
nasse for Governor Smith, of Virginia, regular
out-and-out oldline Democrat. But the Democracy
held off, only seventeen Of the whole number voting
for him. Such are the developments Of the contest
Developments which have placed the national AIner-
cans on the highest possible ground, and entirely
relieved them of the responsibility for the present
disgraeef position Of The American Congress before
the country and the world. '5s Eli
The Senate, which meets only twice weeek, is
still hammerng away on our relations with Great
Britain, Central American affairs, and the proper
construction of the Clayton Balwer treaty. This
morning Cen Cass made an elaborate war speech in
the Senate in which he abused Great Britain rourdy
for her arrogance and her ii the
affairs OF other nations and also abused this country
sharply for its meek submission to British aggression
Among other thingshe said tatif he had been presi
dent at the time of the enlistment difficulties he would
hare unceremoniously dismissed Mr.. Champion, tie
British Minister. Here affirmed the Monroe doctrine in
all its length and breadth, and quoted from Mr. Clay,
Mr. Calhoun and MI. Jefferson to show that ali these
statesmen had recognized it as the true policy In
Short the old gentleman was decidedly belligerant
1T may be, though. that he has particular pri-
vate grudge against the British government ord
Brongham having once declared in the House Of Peers
that the General knew no more Of international law
than he did OF the language spoken BY the inhabitants
Of the moon This indignity has not been forgotten
| by the Senator from Michigan. His military a.ylor
probably fred up by recollection Of his early cam
paigns broke forth this morning in all its force.
old General is evidently keen for fight and Lords
Palmerston and Clarendon had better be particular
how they excite his ire. Bit there is no danger as
long as Marcy holds tne Premiership of the admins
tratlon A pennsylvania Quaker conlds not be more
pacific than Marcy. The ultima ratio Teguia is ever
more appalling to him than loss: of tthesspoils q
power. General Cass ought not to talk about wa
unless he wishes to force Marcy to resi- gn.: Nj
The opinion is gaining ground here that tile Clay
tonBulwer treaty will not be respected By the British
government and that did not intend 70 respect it al
the time Of its ratification. Ii so, of course our gov
eminent will be absolved of its obligations to abide by
it The result will perhaps be free fight over the
possession of Central America. (including probably
the West India Islands) between the United States
Great Britain France and Russia, and perhaps
Denmark and Holland, pitching in as volunteers and
fighting on their own hook. We live in stirring times
Commodore Charles Morris, senior officer of The
Navy in active service ,died at his residence in th
city yesterday. He entered the Navy in 1899, ans
was promoted Is the rank of Commodore in 1913
having distinguished himself in the last war. Fl
was in the seventy year of his age, and his dis
ease was Inflammation of the lungs By his death Com
modore shubrick becomes the senior officer Of til,
Navy ESSEX.