The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-23

killing. not ID. Mann, but man, both corporeally
and officially, cannot be pleasant to Mr.. Robert
son tor although he has not lost his powers of
digestion, he has been deprived OF his bread and
butter.
WAsHINaror, Dec, 81, 184s.
The Slavery Questionable Important Movement in fAs
House of today-Signs of Revolt among the South
rners--The Struggle is Coming.
The resolution submitted in the House, to-day, BY
Mr. Colt Of New York, and adopted by decisive ma
jority ntructipg the committee on the subject re-
port bill for tho prohibition in the District Of Coum-
bia Of the trade has at last convinced theiSouth
Of fact which Is that there is no hope of compro
mise with the Institution Of slavery in the territories Of
New Mexico and California.
We expressed this conviction some time ago. that
nothing short of the absou letter text
and substance of the sixth article OF the ordinance Of
1857 would sati,fy the House Of Representatives, As
regards the territorial acquisitions by the treaty Of
Gaudeloupe Hidago The vote of the House to-day on
Colts resolution regard sealing the ueston OF
the extension or rather extension Of slavery We
regard 1t settling the policy of the govern ment TO-
wards New Mexico and California, and that the ques-
ton must inevitably go over to General Taylor for
How will the case then stand? The House will grow
STRONGER on the provso The results of the Presdeu-
tia ctien greatly it, and the de-
f. at Of Mr. Hannegsp in Indiana, for the Senate has
left South in that body almost entirely to
Itself with even Col Benton giving Indications OF
disposition to support the free soiers IL Is at least
Droh hal q
to New Mexico and California, shall come up as 1t
must the decision of the ate that all the Sens
tor, the fifteen free States will supportit Inc best
that the south then expect Is vote Of 80 to 80,
which will leave the result to the casting vote OF Mr.
Fillmore and in such event he will doubtless SEND
up tie question to Zachary Taylor.
Inon that decision the policy of ais naturalization,
the re organization Of his cabinet and the chances OF
me iG %sc "a He viii have to choose between Sya
and Chary bdis and IF he avoids the rock, ne must
From the vote Of the House, to-day, and from the
pree mt attitude Of the Senate che Presidents
elected to settle the question OF the provso for
CLAYTON compromise or the Missouri compromise, or
the Douglass compromise or any mastery inactivity"
compromise than there Ia for act aboBhng slavery
in South Carolina and the proviso In the meantime,
must continue to gain strength in all the North
ha De most important in another and more direct spp
cation II indicates to the South beyond all the chances
by and that not only in the new territories is slavery
to be interdicted, but that practical! shaping OF
things looks its speedy abolition In this District OF
Colum bia.
Ard With this manifest tendency against the peou-
liar Institution Of the South the expectation OF the
Offset of the island of Cuba is also sunhilated Every
southern an can that In the acquisition Of
Cuba it be the acquisition Of ne
State; and the evident eagerness with which Mr.. Bsr
rie hail.d the Of rumored tatons
the other day il diepeed to the winds
The vote for the sur preston OF the slave traffic In
this District in the House day is thus regarded sy
the South First, an insult to them, and con-
dsmpation of their peculiar local institution as dis
Other light Itamounts to thistbe civilized world dis
approves Of slavery-we Of the north dsapprove ie.
Congress has exclusive legislation over this District
can not consent to meet here the represe natives
If free people and be compelled 10 witness tne IN
human traffic in men, women and children before our
ewes You the south used to it, but with ab
bore and it cannot be prolonged Theresut IL plain
inference whether the fact be not that dhonor-
able traffic cannot be prosecuted by honorable men,
and h. in the vote of the House to-day every south
erp man feels himself implicated In vote OF csnsure,
and the suggestion Of Mr.. Holmes means somsthfng.
Thoi a pYatp n
racerzed the speakers from the SOUTH In cue House
two years sgo-the prompt chastisement wnica tnsy
that cooler calculation extorted by the necessities CT
this latter day. The recent territorial scqusitioos
have given to the ant-ssvery men OF the Nortn 50.
Ii. paps BILE point Of assault which they had NOS
before; and The South thrown upon the defensive
than ANYTHING else served iucite the pacific
time the North to open hostility and mas ops-
rated the decvely against MIN take IN 20 con
nection with his agency, ana us main o"oosin '"s
Stcondiy. then the Soxth perceive by the vote to-
do thew are driven to the wall and the question
cc,n.s home what are We do? The day OF threats
has gone blythe time for action here We must do
we ca tamely submit nd resits noe aud
argument are wasted If this bill for aboshng the slave
trade passes the house, the South, We spprehend Will
Try the expedite Of secession not dssoluuonItnss
would be suicidal net insurrection-that would DO
woree than suicide but we spprenend they VIII re-
tire. in a body from the House, and 30 home and the
We understaud that sundry members from the
South caucus 10 niRutj anu Wo uhNe fos'"u w
believe that the object Of their meeting is to consider
the movement suggested by Mr.. Holmes on his leaving
the Houte, this morning. .
assuming its decisive symptoms, long deferred, ous
hound to and bound TO BIZ met and stfed by the
good sense Of the American people Tor nowsver
ftsrtlug these symptoms may be, We detect In them
noegrs OF coDvultion .
the resolution of MIR Flourpoy Ia q very innocent
ore nd couid do 10 harm The District Of Columbia
cannot he re-. ced.d bsck to Maryland excepting tho
spaces occupied by the public buildings Congress
Vtrip cnVfr
III, fec eral government And again the retrocssson
would pr. cipse tn. question OF the removal OF the
government vest OF the Alsghanies, an idea vaion
has already taken deep root In the Western cosnry
A. for The superb public buildings, which wouIa ns,s
TO be racrihced any one Of the western s.s. ~
pua5srtee, in recurring the site of the gove.nsu, 70
indemnify the expense TO dollar u .nss qI q. -
Iests few years longer, the govera ,. 80.
where 10 is; II Il is made question W .ns
action Of Congress, the West wi" ss,r. ~
the power 10 make the removal. WE, bro,Sst
bSor. ~ uons. ms himself will vote against 10.