New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-12

wears. unit! it seemed that degradation could be
too much Tor them. But it is always darkest just
before dav and soul was ct last created under the
ribs Of Death The Tariff breakdown touched the
raw Of Pennsylvania, New,Jersey and part of the
Loco Focos from our own State the Mexican War.
two Vetoes etc. performed the Ike wholesome
operation upon others. On the last night OF the
Session, Mr.. Wilnot Of Pa. ia Free Trader as well
as Loco-Foco) moved the following rider 70 Mr..
Folks Two Million Mexican Bnbery bill:
Prorided Thai. Us en express and fundamental con
di,ion 20 the acquisition Of any territory from the Re
public Of Mexico by the United states, Dy vrue OF any
Treaty which may De negotiated between them and 70
the BY the Executive Of the moneys nerein aPPy
pristed netlhu SarTy inrolgaia7y sert:Hd> sNa"
east in any part Of sad ,ri,o except 10Y c'-e
whereof the party shall first be duly convic'eo-
This proposition would have been kicked under
the table few years ago, il any man couio ia
evnced the hardhood implied IN Offering II sii1
created an intense excitement even NV"
Dobbin Of y. c. insisted that 1t vas ou' u oftei'
bnt The Char decided against hun ne aPPea4eo'
,,d .ha conro;ttee OF the Whole sustained the
-. o, % a. Here Mr. Wick OF Indiana, the
roo,,as, of douph.faces who has declared In Con-
g,ess that the Mexicans must be ensiGred Il their
Conn.rv is annexed TO ours moved 10 quality by
inserting all Nurth Of 36' 3or' CHE line Of the
Missouri Compromise SO as to leave all South OF
that line 10 Slavery. But this, which would have
been carried even last winter. was voted down
oow-sa to So. And Mr. Wilnots amendment
was then CARRIED Eigityth,ee to SLrtyjour.
This being in Committee, Yeas and Nays were not
taken. but the character OF the vote is sufficiently
indicated below.
Erery ro,e from his SUITE and nearly every one
from the Free States asas recorded against the
tolerance Of Sl0rery an any territory 'ch'ch may
hereafter be added 10 he Union, by any sort OF
acquisition a few craven recreants lodged the
vote but that is nothing. For once the North
united and looked the spirit Of eternal Slavery which
pretends to speak for the South fully and iearess!y
in the face The old spirit which thrilled every
Freemans heart in the days OF the Missouri con
troversy vas displayed. The resaltwas triumph
as it always would be il Northern Representatives.
would assert and maintain the night of Freedom
to be at least as frank and jealous in our National
Councils as Slayery.
The bill thus amended became nuisance and
horror to its authors Tibbatts OF KY moved TO
lova on thetaHc This was defeated by iair vote
OF North against soutll--only Chapman Of Michigan
Cranston of R L. from hostility to the bill any how
Douglass of Ill, Ficki1 Of do Hoge OF do Meier
aa,d OF do, Petit OF Ind SctencE Of Ohio like
Cranston) and Hc0d~orth OF tins State, voting with
the South which went solid Of course Even Nc
Kay of n c. vino had reported the bill, voted TO kill
it But the motion to lay the table was defeat
ed, Nnetyfrc to Serenity -eigdt-and the bill en-
crossed and passed---97 TO -. Many Wings voted
for it who would have gone strongly against it but
for the addition of Mr.. Wllmots rider aforesaid.
The bill went to the Senate on Monday morning,
and there died natural death Mr.. Lewis OF Ala.
moving to strike out the anti.Slavery provision
which Mr. Davis Of Mass rose to oppose and spoke
against tl the Session was on the point of closing.
He supposed the proyiso would be stricken outfit II
came TO a vote but understand that he was mis-.
takcn--that 1t would have been retained. Nomat-
ter-the moral force of the vote OF the House re-
mains 1t is 4 solemn decloratio" Of tie United
North against he .tarther c.rtension Of Slarery
under the protection ofou Flag. 1t will stand too
Let us see what candidate for Congress from Free
State will venture to avow hmselfn favor OF re-
cedine from the position thus taken