New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-20
FROM RAsHlNG ron.
THE NICARAGUA TY-CHARtESroN
nrs1ecaa esf- CONVENTION, rosV rr-"


fA'Sssi1f - - = WASHINGTON, March Is, 1860.
h The organs Of the Adminish alton, great ard
pcal from The Consultation Gown To The Netc- York
Herald seem 10 howl in coscelt over the rejection
Of the Nicaragua tTeaty. They only echo the vrsI-
Gus ana dninteFcsted indignation of Mr.. Slidel on
Th1reday evening, when that instrument which he
had 80 puch 1t heart and for reasons shat are very
wei understood, was knocked into cooked has'
TIE two Senators from Louisiana worked jealousy
fcr tAe treaty, and they do not often work without
an sheet as the Houmas claim and the Mexican
tresty with its fostering care of the lehuanePco
r cate, 'Sbundantly attest The Republicans nav |
been denounced for this defeat, when tae " "; -
ncforous that the onslaught was maze Oy MI va
faof Texas in q speech, which demons'le 81, r
the treaty should not be confirmed III INC su"R / ar
ssented TO the Senate. 1t was he, too, VINO ieu On
in the debate upon the Mexican treaty, ana SO COM
plsteIy annihated that contIivance that MT Mason,
With All his profeesed haste for division, mas never
eaei il up since then. Inc senator rom AeAas u n
xevves IN be- recognized the great treaty-Kller'
Pe has settled the fate of two IN fortnight
"IDsstiste srcter, would not suffice"
The affection 10 the Nicaragua Treaty from the
yRenublican side was that il contained clause CIV
ing power TO the President to employ the troops OF
the United States in foreign territory, at his DIS
ereton--thus completely reyOutionizing the whole
to Congress for that very discretion by law, ana IL
was distinctly refused, even when the Democratic
party had large maOrties in bOtn branches OF Con-
gress. This attempt to obtain by Treaty what was
thus denied in another form could only be regarded
as an insidous mode of obtaining dangerous author
itv Hence il was resisted. With that clause
stricken out, the Republicans would have sustained
the treaty, aud they are ready now to prove that
disposition by reconsideration.
This treaty was transmitted to the Senate three
months ago, and was never called up by Mr. Mason,
the Chairman of the Foreign Relations, until the
6ay before it expired by its own limitation, and
then at the ms lance of Gen. Cass. lie and MS
friends are responsible for q neglect which resulted
in its rejection, because if It had been considered
properly an amendment could have been carried,
which would have relieved the whole difficulty, and
insured the ratification. They supposed it was only
necessary to demand vote at option, and dld mol
seem 20 realize until the yeas and nays were called
that the Republicans have now the power to CHECK
up the rashness which has hitherto ruled our di
~ plomacy. When MIR. Sidel became sensible OF thai
81 stern fact for the first time, he sormed urously
but impOtently. Perhaps the lesson then taught
may furnish useful instruction hereafter II
will at least serve to invite the attention of the
eers to the handwriting the wall notifying them
that the hour of their dismissal is at hand. If
thew take the rejection of treaty so hard what will
they saw when the White House and the Departments
are ordered to be vacated, and the eighty millions
wear turned over to honest and clean-hands
raised i'm order to keep the company select aud to
confne the Convention TO the silk stocking DemOc-
racy. While the people of that region are Free
Traders in their national theories they appear TO be
sound PrOtectionss in their local economy. Patri-
otic champions of Presidential candidates will
escape cheapy if their purses only contract at the
rate Of SO day. The hotel charges for eating
and sleeping at large are 81 per diem TO begin with.
OF course, everything else will be scaled by the
same arbitrary rule, for the cOlored gentleman who
L. -, IN cfa ri for IbarI
Immediately after the nomination. This prospect
disheaItens some of the most enthusiastic Demo-
Gratis who chafe under the expected extOrtOn, and
contemplate with sad forebOdinls the dlsappOint-
ment which an impoverished exchequer fOreshad-
Ows The "unteTrfed" are really indignant, and,
if they can combine t. reach Charleston, WILL per-
haOs put in practice NapOleOn's policy of fOragng
on the enemy. steamboat load of pure and SIM
pie Democrats will go from hereabOut to illustrate
before the eyes of the old HuguenOt aristocracy the
simplicity of our Republican institutions. After
Mayor Wood and his troops are formally estab-
lshed the scene will be decidedly attractive and
some of us propose to be week in advance on the
lookout for the bark which is TO bear Caesar and his
delegates.
An this NAV be very funny to the winners but it
will 90 rather hard with the Douglas gentry when
they come to foot up the bills, after being invited
to take back seats in the Convention. They had
better stay home and their money, for just so
s<Ire as the Charleston Convention will assemble,
SO certainly will he have to encounter a united
Southern opposition from the first to the last ballot
beside discovering himself deserted by some of
those who are now confidently certain beyond all
peradyenture. His defeat has been prefgured ever
SINCE he revived the controversy on Squat5er Sow
ereignty in HaTpers Magazine, and provoked dis
cusSion with political friends who desired peace.
Every day Weakens his strength, and gives evidence
of a giving way even on the part of his Northern
adherents. They now feel that defeat is inevitable,
and begin like rats TO run from the sinking ship.
And what is worse than all, it is evident that he
will not be able to transfer his vote so as to control
the nomination. After the first ballot he will be
comparatively pOwerless, the Douglas men boiling
with the cry saure qui Pem