The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-09
WASHINGTON, July 7. 1913,
Some Of the Points.

Some Of the Points.
Around, sound lecture was delivered to the North.
men to-day, by Mr. Herschel johnson. of Georgia
IN the Senate. Whether Herschel has been con
su,ing the stars or not he did not tell US; but his
constitutional pleading to-day, like that of Mr. Ma
son yesterday, appeared to us to be as clear as
the laws of gravitation. We see no hope but in
the Missouri compromise We have no hope Of
that but in Its adoption at the present session
Difficulties are IN the way. Objections are to be
removed among Mortimer and Southrons, of both
parties. IN both houses. But there are also men
ot both parties IN favor of this compromise. A
strange insect, of thousand legs, just now creeps
but among the papers on our table, a fearful
locking monster, who hurnes away from
the light as if cons c,ous that he cannot bear In
sfecuon but al The hazard OF his llfe So it is with
this free soil combination of the North. 1t Is a
monster of thousand legs, which appears to be as
conscious as AN unwelcome customer, that if
we caught good lick at him with the Missouri
co,npromise, his superfuity of propellers will be
utterly useless And the fact that our provlso
men are all in hurry to adjourn, shows that there
is a strong reliable prospect OF compromise. We
believe that It wil pass, and that the barnbumers
will be left high and dry on the sand, far above the
return OF the Ilde. Under the existing state of
things, Gen. Tayorls sure OF an election; but 1t
remains to be seen what this compromise will &C.
complsh-wnat the Buffalo convention will do;
tor, as the compromise, ii adopted this ses-
sion, will be adopted before the 9th August, the
Buffalo gathering may nave nothing left to work
upon except the little District of Columbia, and the
Island of Cuba, and these things will be poor capl-
tai tor the free soil people. The question to them
Will then be between stakeholder and man of
the North, who, they say has sold himself to the
Observation-Disclosures Taylor and Cass. There
fore, they will probably have candidate of their
own, even if their platform be thrown from under
their feet !. -
to the Pacific, the simple broad, portentOus, and
disastrous question of disunon, comes up in pal
pable share. The blind, headlong fury OF the cam,
the meeting OF another Congress, the Rubicon
may be passed. This Is no idle pastlme. The
world goes forward with locomotive rapidity in
these piping times of steamers; and sgo-ahead or
burst the boiler" is the motto of the age. We
must stop this Northern train now, or 1t will come
INTO collision with the upward train from the South
and the crash at the junction of Mason and Dixon
will dislocate every bone the bodies of the en-.
gipeers.
mend to Congress specially, plan of re-organiza-
ton OF the army, BY the non-action of the House
to-day, il the duty the Executive to reduce the
navy, officers and men, to the standard existing
before the war, which duty, if not superseded BY
act OF Congress, will make dreadful cutting down
OF major generals, brigadler generals, colonels,
lieut. enant colonies, MAJORS, captains lieutenants
sergeants corporals, and the rank and file. Some
thing ought TO be done for the defence of the from
uer, according to the treaty, will require an aggre
gate peace estab shment larger than that Of 1886
by at least five thousand men. And then the In
dams in Oregon will require regiment of dra-
goons or mounted riilemen permanently establish
ed among them
In reference TO the organization of government
tor New Mexico, expect, from what Mr. West
colt said to-day, some difficulty regarding the ter
riiory on the east bank of the Rio Grande-that
territory captured by Gen Kearney, including
Santa Fe, and nearly all of New Mexico, and the
the territory south of that, lying between the
Nueces and the Rio Grande the President SAYS
they belong TO Texas; but that fact will be con-
tested, especially regards the territory Of New
Mexico Nous uerTons. The DocroR