The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-23
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The MEXICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The correspondent of the New York Herald,
writing from w Washington on Tuesday, says:
The general impression in political circles here
Is that the Mexican treaty will not be ratified by
the Senate in its present form, although it is not
believed they will 60 to the extent of rejecting it.
The principal ground of opposition to the treaty is
the authority which it COnfers upon the govern
ment of the United States to intervene forcbly at
the call of the government of Juarez and this OPP
position is not confined to party, but is equally
shared by Democrats and Republicans. The pro-
posed amendments seek to guard against any pos
sible interference between the opposing parties in
Mexico otherwise than automatically.
Miramon has sent here to every Senator an ur-
gent protest against the ratification of the treaty.
and endeavors to show that the treaty-making pow
er cannot be exercised By Juarez. TO this Mata,
JuareZs minister, replies, that an act of the Mex-
can Congress expressly authorizes the President
under contingencies like the present. when the
state OF the country prevents the meeting of Con-
gress to make treaties. He has failed, however, to
produce a copy of this act; and of course the fact
is not accepted unquestioned
The treaty undoubtedly grants important priv
leges; but whether sufficient to counterbalance the
objections urged is debateable. An armed inter
yention would soon give us the two provinces on
the Rio Grande-New Leon, and Tamaulipas-
magnificent territories, doubtless, and admirably
adapted to the cultivation of sugar and cotton be-
sides being possessed of much mineral wealth
Without this armed intervention Sonora will, pro-
badly, be the only State we should acquire for the
present, and that must, necessarily, be free State
Hence it is that extreme Southern Senators gene
rally are favorable to the treaty. But, at the same
time, Others are unwilling for the same reason to
enter into an arrangement of doubtful proprietv
which, If successful, might reopen the Niger Dues
tion and keep up an agitation whose 5aneful effects
has already given the Republican party promi-
nence 1t could not otherwise have obtained
Unless very marked change takes place in the
minds OF Senator's you may rest satisfied the treaty
in its present shape will not be ratified Not a
single Republican Senator is squareIy for the trea-
ty and but one has been heard to say that he will
go for it at all, and then not unless there existed
legitimate and generally recognized government in
Mexico, and Republican President of the United
States. al
Among the business of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs to day, the resolutions for the
acquisition OF Cuba and the Canadas and for
commercial treaty with Cuba, together with The
French Spoliation bill, were referred to Mr.. Cor
WIN; the resolutions relating to the seizure of the
bark Adrlatlc to Mr.. Burlingame; and the bill for
international copyright to Mr.. Morris, of Pennsyl-
vana. s la. = ~
Mr.. Florence presented in the House today
memorial from the Philadelpha Board of Marine
Underwriters, asking Congress to pass law for
the purchase of sefrighting ife-boats and other
appropriations necessary for the equipment of life
saving stations on the coast of Long Island and
New Jersey. TWAS appropriately referred to the
Commute on Commerce. -g....a
The Senatorial Democratic Caucus will report
their anti Douglas resolutions Thursday. Re-
port says Douglas will be present and denoance
them as no platform at all, and viii inform the
committee that they cannot make platform
which he will recognize as either binding upon him
or the Democratic, Convention to be holden at
Charleston. s .f ,-
Messrs. Barr and John Coehrane presented me-
MORALS from citizens of the State of New York
praying for the freedom of the public lands to ac-
tual settlers The number of such memorials is
largely on the increase Ia ...
SCIENTIFIC REsEARCH.-At the last meeting of the
Boston Natural History Society, communication
was received from the Committee of the Humboldt
Foundation Berlin, asking the cooperation of the
Boston Society in the establishment of a fund for
the promotion of scientific talent in works on Natu-
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