New-York tribune., 1867-04-08
WASHINGTON.
THE RUSSIAN TREATY.

NJ Seward is engineering WIN all lii9 p''''" !
;reuence and the influence OF Jns Department
e. vin the vote Of the Senate, ana 10
crootc q public opinion that shall Jus'ly
.rd sustain that vote. lie mas III,
-, urocured spontaneous apprONa
IF ,he treaty from Gems HallecN' ana
Mics and from Com. Rodgers, ana clnpioyeo
,I,o machinery of the Associated Press to ds-
so,,;patc them through the country he Is |
Ioor,n to he stimulating similar eXpressloI OF |
-,,;,;on and similar demands for the aeq'u'Iton |
of tbis territory of ice. snow, ana fock, II New
Yo,l oud other large cities Among u'e 1orth- |
coming letters cCngIatulatmg INC secretary !
nnon his statesmmlke negotiations, and urging
tho senate TO approve and adopt it, is saidto
I,c an earnest one flom Peter Cooper. When
rut mon the wiIos to create prblc opinion, u
may he accompanied by OttsGs from equally
eminent New YcrkcTs but the SecretaTys Stra-
plus to voluntary approval and spontaneous
demand is especially applied to the residents on
the Pacific slope II is understood here that on
Thursday Ire sent a telegram Of nearly l,OOO
wo,,ls ut scost 20 the Government of - cents a
word, 10 opersCns in California and Othcf States
in work rsp forthwith general Weston appro-
val Of lis Russian Treaty aud demand for Its
Facts ,rd considerd ions of a commercial IN ,
slrstrial, and military character to DC used "a
tuyor of the treety. In tho ms2ntme tive
1naeIimcs for the inanufactme Sf 'atluence S4e
kent actively at cgOrk here Uson ttie mcmbeys
of .,he SeuateS the first Us thc Secreta'y's
.liurer-narties, She second is the regular
Washington lobby, rcer3ofeea by soh'o
eff the most sllilf@p graduates 'Gf
Faein's Albany Ins6tste. 1t ss
strange flet5 and FAy suggestive
~One. that cEess of men whc never s0ueh "a
public measure in which iiereis not m''noy are
eager for the acQnisitiOD sof the Russian nee ana
EsquimasS, -ead hungry 20 haze seven an1l IONS
and lalf ~ gold pad fer'It-tO Whsnl1 M
Stewards dinner-table ss spro'd regularly Win
roast treaty boiled treaty, t:reaty IN 'eottles'
treaty in dScanters, treaty Slrnished Nstl ap-
DOintmcnts 20 Office, tlaaty On st@tstacsj Iea'y
in a military point Of view ,reaty ia 'adeTllto-
rial grandeur view, treaty clad IN auss Orna-
merteS with walrusteethl fTinged with TIMBER
and Ronpii ig with dish "A; these dinners the
seyen snH ons and "a half III gold arc reated
by the Secretary with tsle light aed playful
1.relessFs S which has always characterized ms
.xpenditu e of OtbOT peoples money NE is III
the llabi, of citing theipayment, Wgthln tie
last MeEr, of 'Oyer S%EO hundred NIL
lions of the national debt, to skow that
this III lie purehase'money for iJ'Ie ice
and EsS Imaux weald De but openny
expen1it ire that the people Woaisnf MISS
wouldn't know aTIlsbing about when they come
10 paw Il cir taxes. Theli1fuence Of fal 3se Kus-
sian tEcF " dinner parties an be measured from
slay tefly. Senators car be named w1o were
: pOsitiISly against the sre2y when itfNas sent
TO the Senate, and who now when HnteITo-
gated ialf apOlagetieaily confess their pur-
pose t@v rote for it. In ait Of them the manu-
facturescf the evidence that the whole coun-
try is iiH favor of Tbe treaty, Is steatllly gong
on i'm ia State Department 1t ne% decks as
If the eG Intly wege goiDg.Ao acquire a lational
ice-house against IN will, and that somebody
was goisy to get sSL5O0!900 i'll gold ot ,ihe peO-
1le's money, likewise against its Will
Later Since the foregoing was telesa aphed
the "Es. uimaux Rang" 1gave out Cha. Mr..
Seward has finished n.is rcaEgass of thecSenate,
and that,lhe treaty Nill be pushed toaIete on
"Wednesday next. Ii has also become kDOwn
that Rus5a would ar any. Gme for years past
tbave ben very glad 10 .rot rid of her icy
American slesert for twO .Bjllions of 9Ontjes
a<arivaent to S4Oo0sa. ~ likewise le&ks
,out that sort ~f dsciprocity dreafy
lbe.seen Great Britain and RGs,la
Leeyfs the territory te he -0odcd TO uSs aEl
t1b.t IF we take the ice, socks and Esquimauy
izys dske tbetl mOTtgageG with British alght
hb hunt. trade and fish @aiGr the country and
la its fvater that we sl&ll &c. for the Gfty
SsslliODs of T0gjles we are TO pay only the legal
tito TO- and poi fical jurisdieaiOp.Der a wilder
uess whese polar game and fish, constitute It's
only possbe vaiIe, which tlse Bfit6h HudsOBS
Bay ConTany row has an oqu9 right 10
with .he Rasians and will hegeafter have an
equal wight % with MS. The unprecedented and
suspicious berry to get this treaty though the
Senate. uihOut letting the people see It's terms,
rs now explained. If5t was published it would
2,e killed stone dead Baron StOeekers extra
'ssslipry anxiety to have it confirmed ana rat
ifeJ is natural. Promotion, decorations, AID
yeEerous share of the price of the worthless ge-
zion he shall have the art and good luck TO sell,
surely await his success. Mr.. Seward seeks
10 improve his wretehed political position by
eating upon an acquisition of territory, utterly
Talaeless though it be, and purchased at price
twenty-five times greater than the sum he
could have bought it for. But there are men
in the United States Senate who are not will
ing to take ten millions of dollars ont of our
Oyeburdened Treasury to purchase for the
Secretary of State the questionable distinction
of buying q vast uninhabitable desert with
which to cover the thousand notifications and
defeats which have punished his pilOtage of
Andrew Johnson through his shipwrecked policy
of Reconstruction. These faithful Senators can
defeat this treaty.
YEFJJNG AGAINST THF CONFIPNI. ALTON OF ROUSSEAU