The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-19

crolc charleston Convention OF 1860 VIII b.
cont oiled by the South, aud will nominate h
ticket which will command the solid vote OF the
South. Ia that event, with two or three opoo
sition tickets in the field, North and South, the
prediction is about a. safe rs any other that
the election will he carried up to thu
house Of Representatives. In that body each
State having but one vote in the election Of 4
President, and the North being divided while
the South ia united, the South will certainly
hold the balance Of power
In view Of this important contingency Of the
election of the next President o. the United
States by the House, the approaching elections
to the next Congress will be apt to indicate
pretty strongly the drift of the current in both
sections
The Morm~, Pr.ce aud the B~1tish Oatrages-
The Dasy Of Congress-
1t seems to bA the general opinion that the
news Of the enxsncs of Gov. Cumming into
Salt Lake City, and Of the withdrawal Of the
Mormon leaders, which we published exclusively
on Sunday, and which many of our cotempora-
ries affected to disbelieve, because they did not
hear of 1t for two days afterwards, Indicates the
closing for the presrut at least, of the Mormoa
war. Brigham Young has initiated certain
historical coon, who once held conversation
with man by the name of Scott, end informed
him he need not fire, AZ be (tbe coon) would
come Gown. Ia doing this the Mormon prophet
has spoiled good deal of powder With some
Of the black republican, Fourierite, freelove and
philosophic Gentiles had prepared to be let OF
in fireworks and other curious exhibitions on
the floor Of Congress; and every che is inquir-
ing what that body has to do, now hat the Nor
mons have given in.
1t has a good deal to do, and we hope it will
at once 60 to work and do it. After passin z
the Deficiency and other bills necessary for the
regular operations Of the machine of govern.
ment, our foreign affairs require little sharp
looking after. The recent outrages of the Bri-
tish cruisers in firing into, boarding, searching
and insulting American vessels n American
waters, have awakened universal feeling OF
indignation throughout the county; aod there
is DO reason to think that it is the isolated case
of some over Jealous officer, who will soon be
brought to sense of the respect dpe to the
flag Of friendly Power. 1t is not one ship
alone, but several, at distinct points aud dis
tant from each other, all engaged in the same
special duty, and all evidently guided by the
same instructions. That part If the British
naval service destined to the business of niger
trader hunting, in which the stimulus of prize
money is added to the sense Of duty, is noto
riously the most unpopular in England, and
every officer animated by feeling Of honor aud
self respect avoids as far as possible the repug-
nsnt duty. Thus it is that the men who have
been specially directed by the British govern
ment to insult our flag in our own waters are
very far from being fair representation of the
British naval officers.
We doubt not that this fact Will 60 far to
account for the insolent aud rufian ike charac.
ter Of the proceedings of the British officers, in
nearly every case of which we have the parti
culars, and which warrants the remark of Capt
Loring, of the Wingold, in q letter we pub
lish in another column, that he can only
suppose they were not pirates from the
fact that they did not rob him. But this
very excuse is reason why Congress
should sooner take cognizaoce Of these proceed
ings. If the English government details the
worst class Of its naval service and sends it out
into the waters adjacent to the American coast,
With special instructions to barass our shipping,
and to accompany the outrage with the most In
sulting behavior there is so much the more
reason why Congress should act Immediately
These fellows say they are "obeying orders. y
and We trust that Congress will direct the cap.
ture Of few Of thtm, in order that We may zee
what their orders are.
We are glad to perceive that q movement
in the right direction has been made in
both houses, and we trust that spirited action
will follow. Mr. Mason, OF the Senate. wishes
for delay, because, forsootb, we have nothing
but newspaper accounts" Mr. Mason is an old
fogy and behind the age. He belongs to a class
Of men who learned ell they know fifty years
ago, before the "fourth estate (" had arisen in
the body polite. We have TO inform Mr. Mason
that the sewspapers avail themselves nov OF the
use of steam and electricity, powers which have
evidently been discovered since his education
was finished, and that newspaper accounts"
dagueueotype the events OF the age. The
press Of the whole country is teeming with the
narratives Of these outrages which come to us
from every port, and everybody, except
Mr.. Mason, is posted up in the facts and in
dignapt at them. Let Congress turn its atten-
ton at once to these questions in our foreign
affairs, and not forget that Spain. as we'll az
England, has to be brought to proper appre-
citation Of national rights aud internatio nal du
ties in this matter.
THE NEW YORK APPOINTMENTS IN THE
SKSsTE.-The confirmation Of Marshal Rynders'
and poat,na stcr Eoulor,a o..x...-.