New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-24
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
THINGS IN WASHINGTON.
The Compromise Proceedings OF the House
OF the Senate.


The onnositiou TO the Compromise increases 1t
viii pass the Senate, doubtless, but not without
decided protest / do not believe 1t will be taken
10 FOR consideration IN the House.
AT the best it wears a suspicious character. II
nrevents all action OF the Territorial Legislature
against Slavery. Though the inhabitants Of the
new Territories, by a unanimous wish. seek to
avoid all ingress of Slavery such will under the
provisions of this Compromise is incapable OF over
execution.
The power OF exclusion or admission IS lodged.
4 anywhere. with the Courts to be established
bv a slaveholding Administration, with a night Of
appeal 10 the Supreme Court Of the United States,
every member OF which with the exceptions prob
ablv of Judges WOODBURY. and MCLEAN, would
hold that the STAKEHOLDER had the night TO take his
oropeyft with him wherever he went into the new
Territories.
TINS is the interpretation already gwen IN ad-
vance, by the school OF CALHOUN. The Terrific
RES are left open, they contend, 70 unrestricted
settlement The STAKEHOLDER goes there with his
property in flesh, with equal right, as the non
STAKEHOLDER with has property IN money.
Had there been no North-w estern Ordinance
they insist, the whole Northwestern Territory
would have been open 10 Slavery. That ord
nance IL restricted BY its own limitations II has
no general character, aud exercises only specific
powers. All territory South OF the line by which
II is limited is governed by no other rules or CIR
cumstances than such as were in force previous TO
the institution OF the Ordinance.
There is a portion, however, OF the Southern
DELEGATION respectable as well in numbers as in
fuence- who do not subscribe to tins view OF the
question, and oppose the measure
The most general impression seems TO be with
Northern men that there is a hidden danger IN the
bin. They call to mind the well-known fable OF
Esop, Of a cat rolling herself all over IN meal till
her color and form became undisiinguishable, and
wing thus disguised for rats. Crowds of the lat
ter animal gather around her though at a safe
distance the more juvenile and creduous are
eager 10 appropriate the rich bounty-sOme even
oder but very gluttonous, HEX their jaws with
their tongues, in anticipation OF the coming least
Much doubt dstracts them-till rat Of respecta-
bic bearing and grave cast of cOuntenance, stands
out and addresses the anxious assembly "My
friends the wiles Of our enemy encompass us
about on all sides; her eye never closes or II 1t
close Mt all it is when she is meditating most guile
The object YOU see before you may be meal or It
NAV be cat II IL prove meal we shall be delight
ed if IL prove cat we shall be devoured. My
opinion is, where a mistake would be death, we
had better decline the experiment The rats
broke to a man, and the cat " took nothing by her
notion
The House has been engaged all day upon the
tnlfNoS4utui OF Tue 'ANl biAi' nv
motion to engross was lost by vote Of lO2 to -
upon a motion TO reconsider this vote, a long de
bate ensued. Tomorrow Mr.. SMITH OF la. has
the floor and will speak to the subject. The Loco
FOcOs hoped the bill would have passed by their
oppostion-that they might go before the country
and hold the Wings responsible for appropriations
they themselves had required to be made. There
was no Wing bat thought under the circum-
stances of the country, the appropriations neces-
sary. But there were a few who were deter
mined that the LOcOs should not make false issue
before the country, aud joined with them to defeat
the bill. The great fault the LocOs pretend 20 find
with the bin is an Appropriation Tor the improve
ment of the Savannah River, though bill Ion tins
very purpose was about two years since recon-
mended by the Executive.
la the Senate a very animated debate sprung up
mon the question of the line Of Mail Steamships
Mr. ALLEN Of Ohio let himself out in opposition to
it He beloved with his usual volume OF sound.
His speech was as usual full of narrow prejudices
and liberal assertions. Among the novel things he
introduced vas the startling geographical fact that
England was a central power In the vicinity OF
Europe The Senator has said everything before
that he could against the political and moral con-
dition of England, and he now pushes his animosity
10 the extreme point of denying her local habit
alton He viii not give her position In either
OF the four great divisions OF the classified globe
neither in Europe. Asia Africa or America. She
is only in " the vicinity Of Europe
His great objection TO the Mail Steamers was
that every cent given in aid of such an enterprise
deirauded the Western people of their rights 10
Post Offices. Foreign countries were preferred 70
our own. 4" / array said the Senator in his
grandiloquent language and stentorlan voice, l
array internal America against the foreign world
Senator DOUGLASS answered him In an extern
poraneous speech OF no little merit. He contend
ed for the policy OF the measure. He had been
one OF the first TO encourage the system IN the
other House, OF which he was a member. when II
was INST introduced. tie believed IN its sound
policy. In peace these mail steamers would en-
gross portion OF the carrying trade now almost
entirely monopoized by England; IN war, they
would serve for purposes OF attack or defence.
He oontended for the constitutionaty OF the
measure and showed that Mr. ALLEN. while pro
Tossing to oppose its oonstitutionahty, sckn owl
edged it by his whole argument.
He too, was a representative OF internal
America, and as an American he wished and was
determined that England should not monopolize
the transportation OF mails the carrying trade nor
the whole service Of steamers. " An ocean. bound
hepuelc, ne SAID, demanded well from com
mercial considerations as from general policy, IN
peace aud war, these steamers. England had
them and made them lucrative
After Senator DOUGLASS, others took the floor.
and for no little time an animated debate ensued.
The question OF the day turned upon an amend.
ment of Senator NILES, striking out all advances
to contractors on their contract His amendment
was finally adopted. by vote OF 25 to "a: prob.
ably from msapprehension on the part OF the ma
orty Of IT'S nature.
The Poisoned Balls Contradicted.
We translate for The Tribune the following
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