New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-08-24
BY THIS MORNINGS MAIL.
The Passage of the Tariff Bill Surrender
ing the Lands.
From OUT Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Moaday night, Aag. q, 1872

From Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Moaday night, Aag. q, ISL.
Your report of the days doing IN The House VIII
show you the result of the long agirsted question
of the Tariff, so far as that body is concerned /
have all along expressed the opinion to you, tfat
Congress would not adjourn without passing some
sor, ofa Tariff, though lately it has seemed like
hoping against hope, and this day doings authorize
the strong hope and belief that such viii be The
result.
| have nevar Witnessed scene of greater and
| more exciting interest In the House than to-day
when the voting was going on upon this question,
and the extraordinary closeness of the severa!
votes; the reluctant changes which were made,
and the singular decision by the Speaker Of q
question of order upon which the whole result de-
pended, and the queer manner by which under an
other equally singular decision two votes were i'd
mi,ted which settled the question favorably, all
have made this a most interesting, exciting and
satisfactory days work.
You will see by the Ayes and Noes, that of the
los votes by which this question was settled.
but ..centy are those of Locos. Some thirty and
more Southern and Southwestern Wings, voted
in the negative, while few from the same sections
voted in the affirmative. The result, although II
was with the utmost reluctance that our friends
consented to give up the Lands for time, is such
as must be gratifying TO the sober second thought
to the cool judsement-of the whole people.
And all honor is due to the ever glorious Wing
party who, giving up feeling, passion inclination
and will indeed, every thing but honor and patri,
otisn determined at all hazards to save the inter
ests of the country. Loco-Focos can always beat
| US at holding or to point for the sake of party
when the result is certain to be the injury or ruin
of the People: they will sacrifice the People to their
parity zee sacrifice ourselves to the interests of the
People-that is the difference.
have but little fear of the safe passage of the
bill through the Senate. A few Of our Southern
friends cannot vote for it, nevertheless it will mos
probably pass; and the belief is general that il
will be signed by the President. Some of tho
strongest friends of Mr.. CLAY, his immediate
neighbors, urged the adoption of this course anc
voted for the bill. The same course will be pur
sued by the same class Of individuals in the South
The Loco-F ocos are, for the first time, divtdee
by Wing measure. Those who voted for it arr
but few, but they have been among the most de
voted friends of the Loco-Foco free traders 0
New-Hampskire and the South. They had (;
caucus on Friday night, when there was not tn
most doveke harmony upon this subject.
Mr. Simmons's bill would have been much pre-
ferred by our friends generally; but as it becam
evident that the bill just PASSED the House, wa
the only measure which could be carried, eve
Mr. Simmons himself and his colleague, Gov
Sprague, most generously and periodically CAV
up their own measure and recommended this
Such course was to be expected from gu
wisest and most cool-judging men, as they are.
The Treaty is not yet made generally public
but enough of its character is known to satisfy IA
that although it has accomplished good thing il
the settlement of the Boundary, it is yet, as tn
Yankees soy, "no great thirgs." understan
that it settles nothing but the Boundary, and pro
ydes for some preventive means against the Arr
! can Save-trade, and believe some sort Of apol
osy is made in the correspondence for the burn
ing of the Caroline, but all other questions are ef
open. n.