The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-28

Eventng Report-Ths South isunso,s Tyyeatsr-
| sd-EItra Session.
The Senate, IN open session to-day, were upon
private bills. The House was not in session.
There is ahvely Indignation among the Southern
members, on the subject of the insult embodied on
the preamble OF Colts resolution. We heard
more than one southern gentleman, to-day, spesk-
ing ofdisunon as the only ate rnatve of the South
1t bill for abolIshng slavery in this District shall
pass. They already speak of adopting a revenue
system of their own, reducing the imposlt ons O..
foreign imports, and imposing system of dut,es
upon imports from the Northern States Mr.
Stevens, In his report to the southern adjourned
caucus, on the 10Th January, will, we expect re-
port no such recommendation; but the recommen-
dation OF the committee will more likely be a
convention OF the Southern States in committee of
the whole on the state of the Union, and that as
soon as can be done.
In the caucus, last week, the South az repre-
sented there, we're not united. Seine were loud
Tor dlsunion, &c.; others were outraged at the
imposition. Mr.. King, Mr.. Holmes, and Mr..
bnayy, were conspicuous among the nulifers.
MI kusk, OF Texas, took strong conservative
ground, so that the conduct of Texas altogether in
Congress, and in the late National Convention at
baiumore, and IN the late caucus, has been very
respectable, prudent, and sensible. She has be-
naved herself IN very becoming manneri in almost
every instance In the expression OF her opinions
except the claim which she sets up to the tern,
tory or New Mexico That claim is positively RI
dicuous, on the score OF priority Of t,tle % the
title OF the United States.
But the question which now comes up with the
South as the first of all, Is the question of seizure
seeIvatlon OF, IN other words, the preservation of
Colts resolution, like the preamble to the act de-
clarlng the war with Mexico, was the bltterest
part of the dose; bitter even to many free soil men
OF the North But the previous question was
called, and there was no escape. 1.-THE Northern
members had voted against the resolution on ac-
count OF the preamble, they would have been
held responsible before their constituents. or thew
apprehended It, and that was enough. BY the
previous question, therefore, they were precipl-
tated to vote which could not have been passed
upon the preamble, with any chance of amend
ment. But the thing is done The work is com.
menced. The entering wedge has been driven
home at the first blow and the South look upon
the act as tOllows:- =.
l. That there Is the prospect of the passage of 4
law prohibiting the slave trade in this District, and
suppressing IT,
2. That there Is prospect of the passage of
law as the second step in the great work OF aboll-
tion for the abolition of slavery in this District
And regarding the preservation of the institu-
ton In this District, as the bond of cohesion be-
tween the North and South, they regard its abOli-
ton here as the key to the abolition of slavery In
the States, coupled, as these proceedings threaten
to be, with a prohibition of slavery in California
and New Mexico, and Cuba, if 1t Is acquired
AS expressed by the politicians OF South Carroll
ma, then, the ultra notification men of the South
regard the time for elaboration as having been
superseded In the recent vote OF the House by the
time tor actien.
The plan of these Southern ultras IS simply
this -
On the passage of an act abolshlng the slave
trade IN this District, 1t Is to call the Southern
States into general convention; TO adopt In each
Southern State domestic revenue policy on To-
reign imports and imports from the North, in de-
fiaDce of the laws of the Union. course of
action like this, would at once bring the strength
nj hp ia he test xuh< la Con
which would be an enlargement to this extent OF
the experiment Of South Carolina in 1882.
But the bill called tor by Mr.. Colt will not be pass
edat the present session; under the deep excitement
of the South, we doubt whether it will be passed
even by the House. Nor can any bill for the ter
ritorles OF California and New Mexico, excepting
some temporary expedient, be carried through this
Congress. In view OF these contingencies. and of
the necessity of some equalization of the party
electlDg the new administration, the destructive
expedent OF an extra session of Congress is again
the theme OF speculation. If such session
Is called, the danger comes with it of an
immediate explosion if the meeting of Con-
gress Is delayed for nine months, the hazard il to
be apPrehended OF the acknowledgment of the
administration party In the division of offices. Tho
Old wings feel that 10 make Gen. Teylor their In
strument, they must begin their work at once his
lndepe ndent supporters are better to wait
In me meantime, Congress adjourning without any
hXed governme mt for the new territories the rapid
accumulation ofpeoPle on the Pacific will suggest
The danger OF an independent republic out there if
the action OF Congress shall be delayed another
year.
The city councils have had the subject of slavery
IN this District under consideration but they have
agreed to wait yet awhile, before proceeding to ul-
innate measures.
To sum up the whole case, the resolution of Mr..
Got has driven the South to the serious consl-
derauon OF the policy OF notification and disunion,
and separate Southern republic. The crisis will
delay the action upon the bill from the District
COMMITTEE, suppressiDg the slave trade this Dis
trlct The bill will not pass this session. No regu-
laIly organized system Of government for the new
territories will be passed this session. Nothing
will be done, as we believe, from the conflicting
elements OF the two Houses, during this Congress-.
IN reference to slavery. And the action upon the
subject, In the interregnum, In the North and in
the South, may compel the alternative Of an extra
session OF Congress.
WASHINGTON, Dec. rs, 1913.
The Sessior-Th Negro B,eese- The Nrth--The
South The New Senators from Lo,oa, &c.
We are in the fourth week of the session, and
one-fosrth of it is already consumed, and Congress
has done nothing except fan up little breeze
about the negroes nthis District, and negroes not
In New Mckee and California. Nothing practi-
cal is expected to result with regard to these sub
jects during the remainder of Mr.. Folks term, for
he has declared, more occasions than one, thai
he will not favor the schemes of the free sellers,
or their next-door neIghbors the aboltonsts
and there not much probability that his success
sor, Gen. Taylor, will take ground against the
wishes OF the South. Ii the politicians who OPP
pose slavery and its extension shall not carry out
al. t,,lI..