New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-03
Yeas and Nays on the WiImot Previso-ifs
probable fate-Gen. Cass-Kesolution OF
MIR. chapman, Of AIn.-Judge DeEgiass-
fIr. Levin-Nr. Webster.
From our own Correspoudent

From our own Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Monday. FEB /, ls47
send yoa the Yeas and Nays on the question 20
postpone the special order j. =. the 1000 900 oan
To which wrLxors proviso has been attached I'll
Monday next. Some think the vote is indicative
Of the final result Of the consideration Of the Prov
So !, is certainly conclusive OF the desire Of the
majority 70 evade decision on the merits
The prernonitory symptom is one worth observa
walton Il is the opposition Of the Michigan dele
cation 20 a consideration Of the question. The
unsuiDou. delegation supported the motion 10
postpone. and It is supposed viii oppose the
amendment If it ever comes before the House.
lift ever come before the House Because
there will be strenuous effort 10 strangle the Bill
In Committee. which may be successful Inere
are many Of the majority who do not wish to see
their names in print in favor Of or against the Pro
viso and they will endeavor 10 prevent its appear
aDce in the House.
The opposition OF the Michigan Representatives
is an opposition Of Gen. Case. He does not wisn
20 be placed in position which shall demand tne
enunciaton Of his views upon the question Inc
Texas question was 70 him stumbling Diock'
this might prove "a foolishn ess. he alternsteo
q long time between the merits and dement's OF
the FIRST. on either side he found cogen. and pro
yoking arguments; resolved and reresoVeo
rrote letters one day in favor Of Annexation which
he recalled the next and then reconsidered MS ia'
ter action was in doubt, was In tnoulatlon ana
onlv adooted Annexation when he found 1t was
convenient TO renounce VAN BURESisN. He wish
Is no such other agitation his friends, spare him.
must therefore. If necessary sacrifice themselves
That they will do 50, even 70 the abnegstIon OF the
Proyiso 7 entertain bat lt:tle doubt
Mr. CHAPMAN Of Ala. was very desiroDs today
that the House should inquire Of the President
why the Alabama regiment had been detained on
the shores Of the Rio Grande while their compan-
ions in arms had been engaged at Monterey " IN
entwining the never dying laurels around their
brows" He could not imagine the reason why
Gen.TAYLoR had remained so long lnsensiole TO the
merits % this regiment unless because " they
came from State which had ever been the citadel
of democracy-never stFmed however bravery
menaced" This prescnptve right OF democracy
70 fight he thought had been grossly outraged and
il was duty he owed 10 himself to the state
which he represented, 10 nve sugate the causes OF
the outrage. Likewise he wished TO know Of the
President through the House, why Capt some
body of this same regiment, had been arrested, or
dismissed By Brig. Gen SHIELDS SAID captain
being it is presumabe, as good democrat as Br1g
Gen SHitLDs, and Of course equally authorized 10
follow the dictates of his own will Things have
come TO bad pass indeed II democracy IS no long
or considered infallibty The House. at first
seemed disposed 10 crafty Mr.. CHAPMANs rea-
sonable desires and voted accordingly but on
motion 10 reconsider Judge DOUGLAS OF III let of
a speech which changed the good will OF the
House and made its intention adverse
Judge DOUGLASS has been transferred to the Sc
nate OF the United States, and is not therefore so
much inhu fenced by intense Democracy as bis TEL
low So fs~er from Alabama. He is right willing 10
kick away the ladder by which he has ascended to
bis hopes.
So the poor Alabamisns, for aught the House
will do 10 the contrary, must remain on the no
Grsnde till Gen TAYLOR require their services.
Loaded to the muzzle with pugnacious intentions,
ulev may not even be gratted with the realization
Of that humane and patriotic aspiration the kill
ing one Mexcn' No matter unless they have
changed their positions with their locality, they
will get up very nice quarrel on their own ac-
count
After the agreeable excitement arising from this
discussion was aaycd. an lnterlude was brought
in by Mr. LEVIN Of Philadelphia, in a caricature OF
Native Americanism. He showed concluslvely 10
the House that the Troians who endured the ten
wears siege were Native Americans, whose Rep
resentatve HECTOR was-that Greece owed 10 Ma
tive Americans her triumph and her art-thst Rome
sprung into glory and greatness from the vigor In
teirence and prowess of Native Americans-and
that this great country-greater than Troy. than
Greece than Rome herself-would be greater still
when the pure principles of Native Americanlsm
covered her soil as the waters cover the sea.
The distinguished orator could not have made
deeper impression had he been really in earnest.
Gen HoUsros finished his speech on the Army
bill more TO his satisfaction than the last he made
Oh the same subject. II he speak no more, all will
be satisfied.
Mr. WEBSTER commenced his argument IN the
Supreme Court today in the case of the Merchants
Bank OF Boston as. New.Jersey Steam Navigation
Company. he spoke with his usual ability. To
morrow he viii continue and 1t may be conclude his
argument