New-York daily tribune., 1843-12-22

ds,s PAPER FIRST line of last paragraph but one i" foee
oos Of Clerks read locust host Of Clerks &C. First ne
of .scond column, instead Of father without hope
read future whou, hope sc. There are enough more
such bu, these are specially urn,elIgble as they stand
What Will Congress oo:-Do'ngs.
Editorial Correspondence
II r WAsHISoTos, "Wednesday, Dfc ~
have bidden farewell to the Senate game! J 'o1
the present; and the debate IN the house 10 Oh
IN the worn-out subject of the night OF tne 1ehe-
-, Ticket men to seats in the House, and the
outrage by which they were admitted. Vltaliy
important as this subject is, am weary OF lis
4ening to the bombast Of the intrudlng Nulters
about aSovereign States,'' Sovereignty" &c.
&c. So l will leave them in their glory, and
speak rather of what Congress is likely to do
than of what it is doing.
AS to the Tariff, still think the Van Buren,
majority will be driven to make some demon
.tration. They hate to do it, or rather, they
dread it; fer the consequences of unmasklng
their position are so obvious and fearful that
think they mast act, or be split in two inevitably
The Southern Loco-Focos, many of them, will
rebel unless an attempt, at least, ls made to
break down the Tariff. The first effort will be to
staye off decisive action till after Van Buren ls
nominated at Baltimore next May; but think
this will hardly succeed without showing cleary :
what is intended. / think those who would
like to get by the Presidential Election by
nroaisiuo to dcnolish the Tariff aezt Session
will not be allowed to have it their way, 6"t
must come to direct show of hands by April at
artbest. The Session will hardly transpire with
out the passage of some Antl-Piotectlve bli!
through the House, in the expectation that it
viii be stopped i'll tho Senate
AS to TezQs, nothing will be done directly
How could any thing be done, while Texas does
not ask or propose any union w!th us, England
obviously lowers upon it, Mexico threatens war;
and our own People are thrcs-tourttls averse to Ii !
cannot learn that even the South desires lt-ln.
decd. how should it? What is the South to gam
by it? Beside, the South delights IN strict con
struction, and this project Is clearly unauthol'
lied by the Constitution. If Mr. Jefferson was
obliged to pronounce the acquisition OF LOUISIANA
unconstitutional, important as 1t was ana !nuch
as he desired it, there cannot be a shade" oi
doubt now If the Constitution authonzes the
incorporation Of Texas, it will just as well au-
thorze union with Russia or China. I think,
therefore, that Texas agitation may as well
be forbornc until there shall appear some more
substantial occasion for it.
But ORgGoN will be the great game Of the Ses.
h. sion. The Western Loco.Focos came here tc
m ride the high horse on that subject. We must
w establish line of Military Posts from Missouri
TO the Columbia (Which will cost the People mil
lons) and proceed to take formal (and, if need be
forcible)possessono Of the whole Territory forthwith
It does seem to me that this is most mistaken
course Our People are now pouring into Oregon
by hundreds-quite as rapidly as subsistence can
be found for them there. Five years of peacea-
bic adherence to the present Treaty arrangement
between our Government and Great Britain will
secure an immense preponderance of Americans
in the Territory. Why p-cciptate crisis, when
every hour of delay operates in our favor and
strenghthens our hold ont the district in question
For my own part, look with apprehension on
the inordinate extension of our boundaries, the
common and fatal vice OF Republics. hope to
see Oregon an independent and thriving Com
monwealth-its Territory relinquished, its infancy
protected, its independence maintained by the
mutual and united efforts of the Nations which
have asserted title TO it, do not think it could
be SO well governed here as it might be by its own
citizens. But five want this Territory as q part
of our Republic, let us set about securing it with
some wisdom, and not put ourselves clearly in the
wrong at the outset, and so array the moral sense
r&l,o, R,,f
foresight-what are all these to the riders of a
hobby2 hear an Oregon Occupation bin will
pass this Congress- am morally sure it will the
House-and shall be satisfied if Texas does not
get hitched to it before it gets through.
think Retrenchment bll-sweeping wide
and cutting deep-will be got up in the House
and carried through. If so, l trust the Senate
will concur.
Since have been writing, the House has
sent the General Ticket matter to the Committee
on Elections, choked Mr.. Barnard's Protest off
the Journal by the fnesse of raising the question
of Reception and then laying II on the table,
thrown out an Anti.Slavery petition submitted by
Mr.. Adams (ond pronounced in order by the
Speaker BY the same skulking proccss Mr..
Adams has received this decision with burst of
manly cloQuence, in which he announces that he
has vast number of Petitions, which he IS pre-
pared to offer as he shall find occasion. Mr. AS
voice is feeble that can barely hear him clear
ly where sit, but he evinces under the SHOWS OF
trembling age the fires OF ineStingushahle Patr-
otism and devotion to Liberty. The Speaker is
deciding any debate out of order, and close my
letter. nc.