The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-18
WASHINGTON, July l6, lsi0
Mr. Semple stopped and brought back-Ihs Tdrif

WAShlNSToN, Juiy ~, AosV.
Mr. Scmple stopped and brought back-Ihs Idrif
in the Senate.
MI Semple didn't run of-tley wouldn't let
him. Last afternoon he babe several OF his friends
goodbye, put his trunk aboard a hack, and came
down to the railway station and teok passage for
Baltimore-destination not known. But he had
been missing-his friends in the Senate had run.
ners out in every direction for him, and there was
no little alarm-for, if gone, it was all day with
the tariff bill. He was captured at the cars-Mr.
Hoge, of Illinois, of the House, a member from
the South, and gentleman from the West End,
three in all, had him-,.they brought him OUT, and
succeeded in persuading him to stay. The secret
of Mr.. Sempe's dsaffsction is said to be the con-
duct of The President in appointing Commissioner
Shields from the control of the manuscripts Of The
Land office, 10 the command of n military bri-
gade OF the Illinois volunteers for Mexico. Be-
sides this, he has certain honest compunctions
against the bill. 1t appears that the West
End was particularly excited Late in the
afternoon, Mr.. ]. Knox Walker, the Presidents
private Secretary, was sent up to the capitol hill,
to look up Mr.. Semple, with message from the
President for him, " N writing" J. Knox heard
that he had not gone, and came back in high giee:
A hairs breadth more and the tariff bill would
have run out of town last night, at the rate of
twenty miles an hour. Semple IS evidently "mist-
rccodia" TO day. The administration has treated
him badly, and yet he is compelled to vote against
dence, against his own will, TO back up the adj
minisfrailon with his vote on the tariff. IL is
prodigiously hard case. We were an eyewitness
to the capture OF Mr.. Sempe.
You may consider the bill now as passed
miracle will only prevent it, or a case OF abduo.
ton. Had Cameron taken Sem pie in charge last
night, he might have taken him Oft. Had Johnson
ofMaryland moved to lay the bill on the table, IN
Semple's absence, yesterday, the thing might
have been killed. Two golden alternatives were
lost We dislike to see such a want OF vigilance
on the part Of the tariff men. The free.trader,
by five times over, are under better STATE Oh ais
cipline.
Benton is spoken Of as refractory, but he was
refra Glory on the Texas annexation and yet
voted for the BILL Bright IS conslde.-d little
dubious, but he will not have the stamina to
stem the tide Dix has the power OF command
ing MT least 80 per cent on salt, and he viii be re-
miss if he fails to do il. We now believe that
Old Bullion himself, though the champion Of free
salt, will vote for fifty per cent. duty rather than
vote against II. Fearless and indonItable as IS
Old Bullion, you always find him moving with
the current. He may flare up against the bill in
n speech, but if you pinch him on the vote he
manages to go 0ack into the shafts. As To "a
meron he is even more certain than webster
50 is Sturgeon, so is Niles, and that makes the
tie. But Dallas has yoked his fortunes with the
Secretary of the Treasury. He saved the bill OF
notifications, and kills the act OF ~ True, Mr..
Webster has shown that the new bill will or can
only yield about &2O,0o0,0OO. What thenl Odd
PennsyIvania, with the rest Of the States, must
prepare for direct taxation, aud strong, indeed,
will be her integrity, If she is not tempsed wan