The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-05

that the nrss step must be an arrangement
With the Hudson Bay Company, watch M
der It's charter, exercised power and jurisdiction
them. He could assure the House II bis de
arrive at that settlement with the Hudson Bas
Company by acabe means ami be had every hope that
such wOuo prove successful In the OF
Las. session papers s" the table in which
certain Communications which had taken plsce between
the Governor OF the district and the Colonial Secretary
and oDg them letter either to Mr.. Is5ouchere
70 Sir Edward Buwer Lyitou bot be thought the latter
in which the company proessed their Willingness 10 CIV"
up their juS edcon the country with view OF pro-
noting is settlement from the Red River 10 the ask lhe
equitable II would be Necessary 10 the urst
lsco 10 ascertain what those equitable terms w"na he
Having before them much Information upon tho
subject tnty likely to Obtain be hoped The result
OF the ancsbe arrangement which he was desirons OF
concluding With the Hudson Bay Company would accom-
pl.sh this very desirable object without litigation. II So
the step would be to devise some simple form OF
government and should legislation be necessary for this
purpose OF most desirable that shonlt
take place this session.
msBr-Whaf John Bull Thinks OF Lee
ktslnttve Dccorum Ia Eng ntl add e.
United ss.f~s--ls Republication supe-
Ttpr to . Monarchy.
From the london Times, Feb IL
The Compress Of the United for the last two
months presented spectacle by DO eaifying 10
those who determined 10 nothing but what
celcnt the other side OF tho Atlantic II only
the LET pst after session which commenced the rst
Monday in December that the H0nse Of Representatives
was able TO constitute majority sufficiently large for the
election Of Speaker II was not that the Speaker ~ o.
any particular consequence when he In appointed, but
that the House Is split up by faction that neither side
would make this slight concession 10 the other. The
Speaker elected for years only, ana is not with
candidate for elevation post OF dignity and honor
After tho Congress shall have expirei, the Speaker
viii return 70 the ranks Of bis fellow citizens with
only such distinction the manner In which he has dis
charged his duty may have earoej for him Whichever
size might succeed, nobody doubted that would
placed in the chair gentleman fully competent to the dis
charge Of his duty, and II was therefore inexcossey
childish TO waste the segsion in disputes the
which was certain TO be utterly trivial
We must not, however commit the error Of comparing
the DISCRIMINATION and disorder OF public business which
,hs delay will cause in the United States to that which
would If 10 forbear for two months 10
name q Speaker for the House Of Commons With the
finance OF the year would be shipwrecked number OF
valuable laws would remain unenactsd, an enormous
quantity Of private business involving tho most importsn,
pecopafy interests, would remain unaone ana the
session would be absorbed In the fru;tcss atemp,
70 overiG&c tho time so pecdlessiy cast away
No such results need DO apprchendci--at leas,
10 any thing like the extcrtfrom tho abstraction
two months from the session OF the American Congress-
Instead OF having traneac. the whole business of
empire the American Congress limited certain fdnc
lions delegated 10 1t by the sovereign States whose union
represents and these functions neither
rous nor very Complicated II may be thought that Con
has B,me deal TO do In regulating the finance
Of great and industrious people, in solving the
merods problems OF legislation which battle the tmid
statesmen Of old communities irsmmelled BY nveerate
traditions and lOrded by monarche5 and
cies No mistake can be- more complete. II takes
cea of oraory TO spin out the session and to Ill the
requisite period allotted deliberations by which nothing
decided The Assembly, at least which has no execu
tive duties to perform, leads slersply easy life until
10 the last week two, and, under the sitting heat Of
. Washington summer, II hurres through, in
almost continuous session. the work that should pro
pery have been spread many months. The fact h.
the federal Legislature does not enjoy in America any
thing like tie importance, nor doee II exercise the IN
nuence, Of the English Parliament Tho void which It
would 70 disappear altogether il that
would be by 40 means impossible to I'll up Whence
arises this remarkable differences Partly, as have
shown from he restricted jurisdiction OF Congress
but partly also from different relation towards the head
and members OF the executive government. In England
the executive Springs out Of and forms part Of Par
lament, and the legislative and administrative functions
are 20 happily blended together that each gives strength
and consideration 70 the other. The executive s
ed not only for the functions performs, but because
without possessing the confidence Of Parliament could
lot become continue the executive and the Legisla
ture derives additional strength from the fact that
not only makes the laws but exercises complete
troll over those who are to administer them Thus each in
ufn assists The other and the Executive and legislature
acting in harmony with each other, and m ituay pen
dent tar stronger than they would be If they dis
charged their several functohs without concert and int
mae relation But IN America the entirely die
There the executive government derives is origin
from direct popular vote and Congress derives ,sorgn
from another popular Neither has any obligation To
coakai the wishes because neither depends upon sup
port OF the other They are ordinate powers and may
and generally do exercise their functions each without
ference 70 the other. Hence II happens that instead OF
Strengthening each other they aru weak
ness, nat ne Ezecutis Is feee or Of the sanction Of
he Lsas're and s Lsa,ssature tnetter ans Of the d.
Ytetsor and Stimulus oForded by the Ere aftirc.
The superiority OF the English form OF government is
obyious and the Inconvenience Of executive 60
verpmens which, as often happens In America, Is IN q
minority in the two Houses Of Legislature Is 90 slarng
that colonies have not hestaied and ALL 70 pre-
fer the English 70 the American System. They have
adopted responsible government by acchmaton and are
present in is full enjoyment Their experience, how
ever suggests the gYayest doubts whether they will be
able = retain the principle 70 eagerly caught Of the
The stem has proved not easy TO work a. appeared
at FIRST. and has given us not little reason 10 admire
the forcthought and prudence Of the who framed
90
that though the English system nigh. be the best Il
was one 'na1 ooua susiNtea On q constitution
.po!CCE,eoiy def5trsc The Legislature wh'cb Is 70 be
ntfdeied with the delicate task Of making Aid unnskpg
the Executive government while abstaning from the ruin
Of usurppe executive functions into its Own
hands, must be comPod Of men superior to the ntomedy
inauenc5 which sndy Unvtdled democracy and cdpdtk
g TIE hatttua csessc OF rodrdtioa and foc 4oaM Such
body cannot spring from equal electoral districts and
susss where The voice q ne qnrS s,a
was, thereiore no choice for America but q invest
the adminht.aiio by positive law with that
prudence and moderation Of q Legislature 80
siuieo and America has thus lost the advantage Of an
Executive harmony with the feelings OF the Legislature,
change H. fear but probable that colonies
which have chosen to initiate America rather than Eng
land in the highly democratic constitution OF their egsa
lures viii find Themselves driven 70 apply the same
remedies 10 the same evils and forced by the ntoerabc
instability Of successive N give them legal
ouration and thus effect . final divorce between the
legislative ard executive powers In the meanwhile,
have good reason congratulate ourselyes that have
not instead Of our present Parliamentary government
td.d Of officials uncosecd With Parliament, and holding
office, ientr pgalar or unpopular, .co% or inefficient,
for q fz<d tfm Of years.
The War In Morocco.
PROPOSITIONS FOR PEACE FROM THE NoORs-wILL
SPAIN CONTINUE THE War?
Marshal ODoBnell Was actively Engaged IN Forwarding
the preparations, in rcconnoitring the country sur
rounding TetuAn.
He had received eleven delegates sent by Muey AbbAs
TO X whaf condition peace would be re establish
ed Marshal pDcDrel replied that the Queen alone
had the right ny the conditions OF peace he had
however, cent messenger TO Msdrid on the subject
The public vr.:n Ia Spain vas warlge Madrid de-
spafch Of tho lth u ssya that Gen UhtAriz bad left for
Tstan es bearer Of The conditions upon which peace viii
be granted.
The corepondens Aaegrafa believes the war WIN con.