New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-02-29
By This Mornings Mail.
The xxIst Rule Resctnded.
From Special Correspondent.
W.sHIxCToS, Feb. r.,

From Special Correspondent.
WasHlxGToN Feb. r., 1915!
To the Editor Of The Tribune:
This has been great day. The "2lst rule
is rescinded After multitude OF eyas!Ve ana
tortuou. motions, after exhausting the resources
Of parliamentary art, after desperate struggle
to be free from the fate which has been setting
upon it through years of hope, fear and conflict
this strange and unhallowed invasion OF dearest
right, this base badge of servlity, has been flung
off. and we stand again unfettered and uns1ain-
ed. And yet feel almost afraid to utter the iull-
ness of my heart, lest the victory which has inns
,Iav been won in fair field, should by some
str,taqem be wrested from our grasp. Stratagem
will undoubtedly be rcsorted to- The iong-tned
friends of freedom and justice, undaunted IN 'he
darkest hour, are now fearful, ana restrict thelf
rejoicing If this success prove ffm, Parties'
am inclined to think, will take new forms ana
events new turn. There are many things
which have been hanging on the tate OF THIS
rne. You have doubtless noticed the warning ut
tered on Saturday by Holmes OF 5. Z. 1t was re-
ported less cmphatically than 1t was SAID. . lie
did not care a ot what they did with tins rule,
provided they showed their hands The South
could then take her measures Many, indeed
almost all, as presume, Will say this Is South
ern buster; that threats arc breath, and breath
is wind that the windy month will pass away,
and then we shall have spring. | have, at all
times, been as unmoved BY Southern menaces
as any man, but on this occasion | view
the matter in a different light from what | have
ever before | mean not by this that Oh a cues
ton of high moral principle and constitutional
right the breadth Of one HAIR should be yielded to
the turbulent temper and yrannlcal spirit Of slave
holders All that | mean is that consequences
NAV ensue for which the different parties and
interests Of the North should all be prepared. 1t
is but Just to say that Northern Democrats have
acted an honorable part III this days dolngs.
perceived by the intonation Of thclr:NO on the
first motion Of the morning-toay on the table
that they were going to stick. They did so under
seductive appeals to the past and lively alarms
for the future. | hope the subject Of abollshlng
Slavery in this District will now be pressed by
Petitions and every other lawful means. If this
Territory were made what it might and would
be if that Thing, which degrades the manhood
and poisons the enjoyment Of the Laborer and
the Artisan were removed, we should soon sec
here a fourishing, moral and a powerful COM
munty-a model, blessing, and a bond of
union. Mr. SEVERANCE, Of Maine, made some
very sensible reflections on this subject, in speak
ing to the Gag Rule.
A debate of deep interest, and deeply connected,
as think, with the foregoing, is now IN progress
in the Senate Mr.. CHoArE made pacific speech
in reply to warlike one from Mr.. ATcHEsoN,
of Missouri Other members from the West, as
b,1,
atoms, that | can call nothing less than coarse
and brutal, about another part of the country
ing more for dollars and cents than for National
honor, and about thishaving been degraded by the
pusilanimous abandonment Of national territory.
they gave notice that theEpreserlt was to be no
Northeastern boundary o6air the spirit ofthe
West was too high and noble TO submit to that
Mr., Dayton of New Jersey took tie floor in re-
ply, and he did bis work in so able, so overwhel-
ming and yet So kind manner, as to at
tract general regard and admiration and quite
change the aspect Of the debate. 1t produced
a great tlutterlng in Mr.. Bentons corner both IN
side and outside of the bar for he commonly
has row of hackers behind him from The other
house on critical occasions. On the point Of
National honor and the sordid and unpatriotic
spirit Of New England and the North, he
was particularly powerful and Affecting
AS to the disgrace of the existing con-
rention respecting the Oregon, he showed that
Mr.. Monroe and Mr.. Gallatin were the authors
ofit-that Mr.. Van Buren, as a Senator voted to
ratly it-that nearly the whole West voted in
like manner-and that Gen Jackson and his ma
jorities in both Houses had acquiesced init with
out move or murmur. On the other point he
ran over the early deeds Of the Eastern colonists,
the first blood of the Revolution and their great
actions by land and sea in that and in the last
war. He called upin rapid succession, the scenes
of Lexington, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Princeton
and Trenton. In d war for Oregon, If Il war
were made, the same people would have to fight
the battle, for it would be on the ocean, and
they would bear our banner to victory again.
All they asked was a just cause. Dir. Day
TONS speech raised MIR. BREEsE from Illinois,
who has been blowing gently to-day. His argu-
ment turned chiefly on the comparative eypedi-
ency of negotiating under separate CT Joint
occupancy! He attempted very compliments
ry notice of the great services of his honorable
friend Mr.. Benton to the West, but 1t proved
rather husky affair. Upon the whole, things
seem 10 me TO be looking well for the cause Of
truth and freedom.
Yours, ANXIOUS.
BRIrlsH MINISTER'S ExPREss-The Baltimore
Clipper of yesterday learns that Mr. Packenham