New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-09

riu6ed 10 print the whole ccrres oodence betse<1
Geceral Scott and Jefferson DAVIS, growing cot u
the cNm for compensation Licatea IN 'Seneral
S,rorg Seelipss were excited 90 both shes and &
xould have better comPorted with true Ssciy to
have allowed these epistolary pssssges-sta;ns 10
have rested in official obscnriiy. They may ~ uity
= morbid passion. but will be read with regret By
the sound intelligence 81 the country The prctsnS
far drawing ont this correspondence was too poor 10
need comment. for the tAl which y now Psodisx
for the relief OF Gen Sect explains itself Ia
real design was 70 excite PREJUDICE sssnst him.
There rs no foundation fer the statement that
President Pierce will remain IN the W hits Hoass
ss the guest of Mr.. Buchanan; nor has " accepted
the formal invitation usually tensered u the incurn
bent upon change of Administration. All The
necessary preparations have been made for reusos-
ing the household on the 81 OF March, AMI aflcr
attending the Inauguration CEREMONIES, the Esecs-
tive mansion viii BE- delivered up 10 Is tenant for
the next four years.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis, who alone Of the present
Cabinet was invited to conference by Mr.. b.
chsnan. has expressed entire satisfaction with the
political programme submitted 10 him, aud an
aounced his intention Ia give the new AdlmnIstrs-
ton cordial support 81 long as that policy
shall be- observed. This indication Is not without
its significance for the future.
While the debate in the Senate upon The Dallas
Treaty yesterday disclosed variety OF ooechoos
I
summary conclusion reached to-day, after re-
newed discussion of two and half hours. Mr..
Mason, As Chairman of the Foreign Relstions en-
tered INTO an elaborate argument 20 prove tho
advantages which this arrangement secured. sna
yindicsted the policy through which Great Britain
and the United States united in removing all com
pIcations in Central America. He was answered
from various quarters. but the main points Of OPP
position were confined 10 the assertion that the
treaty. so far from removing the British protector
ate over the Mosquitoes, confirmed II moro
extensively than the Clayton Bulwer Conyeutioa
did; that the professed relinqushment of jurisdc-
ton by England 10 Honduras over the Bay Islands
was nominal, as British subjects were left in UNI
disturbed possession. free "a make their own laws,
exempt from taxation and recognizing no authority
in Honduras; and, finally, that the treaty between
England and Honduras provided against the exist
ence of Slavery. These objections were urged per
tinacousy, and the friends OF the treaty, as last
resort. Joined in re-committing It in the hope OF
amendment. But no such expectation - enter
tanned 1t is virtually dead aud buried, unless
some new phase should be- assumed, which Is not
anticipated When Douglas saw the strength Of
opposition be- Joined in the crusade with loud decla-
nation and denunciation. Mr.. Cass was convent.
emily absent. This blow was slmed especially at
Mr.. Dallas who pluned hlmself on the negotiation.
and who must now resign if his sensibilltes are not
entirely blunted. linden