New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-11
THINGS IN WASHINGTON.
Wiimot Proviso-Doings of the Two Houses
Resolutions In relation to the French He
vOlutiOn.
yor espopderce Of The Tribune


WASHINGTON. Saturday, April S.
said that on resolution to extend the operation
of the Wilmot Proviso to any new territory acquired
or to be acquired from Mexico, there will be found
thirty.fye Loco. Focos from the Free States voting
against IL, twenty three for It, Should such calcu
atOn prove correct IT is hardly 70 be expected the
Proviso will be insisted upon.
II a vote on the question be not taken before the
adjournment of the Baltimore Convention and the
nomination Of an Old Hanker candidate, 1t will be
different 10 muster tweDty.three Locos, or baker
dozen Of them, in support OF the principle. The
cry after such result will be Sdure Gun peH. -
Few will be willing to risk the danger OF losing
the favor of the proposed Loco Foco Executive
by advocating so obnoxious measure. As Viii
mot Proviso Democratic Member said yesterday
&" The Proviso will command large majority, If
not totality. OF Democrats from Free States in
Congress when it has elected Democratic Presl.
deDt-and not till then" This amounts to an in
definite postponement of their support.
The Administration, in all its branches, IL OPP
posed to any agitation Of the Proviso; and one rea
son of the hostility of MIR. Polk to Judge WooD
sURYs pretepsioDs to the Presidency, The strong
est perhaps. next to his own natural desire for a
reelection,l is the none mmlttRiism OF the Judge
on this question. He thinks that every aspirant
for the votes OF the Loco Foco Convention should
unhesitatngly and unqualifedly denounce the
"white mans resolution" To such extent 1t il
said has his repugnance TO the Judge on this &C
count extended, that in new appointments to Office
he is careful to reject the application OF any OF the
Judges pariisans. This hear as rumor, and as
such give 1t.
The Senate had no session today
In the House, private bills had a hearing at
least from portion of the members.
Theresolutions of sympathy with France, as they
came from the Senate, will pass the House and,
probably, with tho same unanimity. The stability
of the French Republic is now so well ascertsned,
that none bat the incurably increduous will hest
tate to give it the full support of our good wishes
aud CALCULATIONS. As we owe all our happiness and
all our greatness to the of civil and religious
liberty-to the principle OF lawful resistance to
tyrsnny-and to the asserted conviction that every
society has right 10 participate in its own govern
ment we should be niggardly indeed if we with
held from our ally and well tried friend the symps
thy due her imitation of our example Her cause
is our own-the history of her struggles ours save
that we contended ag sinst foreign she against
domestic, tyrant
Ii is our duty to lend the influence of our nstiona
name TO the cause of liberty and justice. We
should be wanting to ourselves if we forbore to re-
joice that institutions of which we boast so much
had been trans lanted to other lands. We should
seem hypocritica otherwise 10 our professions, or
selfish in our actions.