New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-12
sly TELEGRAPH TO THE aEW.YUHK TRIBUNE
xxxIst CONGREss....FIrss Session
SENATE. -. WAsHIssTos, Tuesday June IT,


action Of the Government in relation 10 the o"t''
siton of the Round Island Expeoi''on'
r,,.,,,, cororonnjcatiors were also received from
the War Department IN reia'l'h - ''' 7'''S9'
and topography Of California.
The hin 10 increase the rank ard lie Oh the Army
.rd % encourage enlistments, returned IRON tne
- Nth an amendment, was taken up. The
.roe,5n,ent, in relation to the propriety OF mounting
ce,tsjp troops. was discussed az some length and
concured IN.
After the consideration Of morning business the
" Omnibus bill " was taken up.
Nr. CAss addressed the Senate. He expressed
his regret at the remarks made by M Benton YER
terdav There was a tone Of sarcasm in It winch
uss calculated to excite temporary qualification
Int copd do 10 GOOD. lie regretted, especially,
lie sions 10 the Chairman OF the Comnittce Of
Thirteen. The long continued great pooic SER
VICES of that SenatOr should have saved MIN rom
such an attack. The Senator from Missouri had
truly said that ours was great, q prosperous alu
happy country but he hsd READ human nis'oly ~
I,tis urI ose y 10 did lot XII oW that troubles mgnI
erise ss vel in prorpeIOus country rs wei as IN
ono In more adverse circumstancea. Pro5perousas
W. are. n trouble had arisen which was now under
consideration, and which he behaved 70 DC mus
proper subject Cf ComprOmlse. lie haa hos
been prepared for the violent opposItion, "icn Tue
proposed scheme Of settlement met alsnoogh
he knew well that DO plan whatever, even
if presented by an angel from Heaven, codld
be unanimously acceptable. A short time sluco
the South was threatened with the Whho.
Proviso, and yet when project was Dlo45uy
forward to avoid that Issue, and setde the "h2le
question il met the utmost hostility from genue
men representing the South. On the other hand,
certain Senators from the North and West opposed
il inst rs heartily as an abanfOnm ent OF importing
c5nfderatious. If he had had doubt OF the
Justice Of the scheme befse the meeting OF eX-
tfenes apanst IT, that fact would have removed
them all When extremes 90 meet It was al
WAYS pretty good evidence that the proposition
which they opposed was one on which iust aud
reasonable men might pr0ba1i y u lie. In tn 3
case one section, or portion Of IL deinanied tne
il stitu'ion OF Slavery by positive lay, ana the
other section aided is exclusion by POSITIVE
law. The plan presented by the Committee rem
between there extremes, and if do )ted, would
settle all difficulties, and would be universally
hailed with ioy.--The Senator rom X entuc6y
Mr Clay lad never engaged 10 nobisr WORK
than the preparation, presentation and advocacy
Of this scheme, and let the result be whas IL
MIGHT The pure motives which he had brought into
this measure und the patriotism, energy and per
severance with which he had presented and urged
IT, would deserve and receive the thanks oil ms
country. Mr. Cas- indicated the proPrety OF JON
ing the four measures embraced 10 the Dill uhder
measures gain strength from the connection! lie
denied that California suffered delay by the con-
nectiOn-the delay did not depend upon tnat CIR
cumstance at all. 1t was untrue, also, that the
connection was or thought TO be- offensive 10 tne
dignity of California. He cited many instances IN
which important meaEures had been connected III
one bill, without the suspicion of indignity ever
having been excited. In abiding 70 the e1eraVa-
gancies in which tho oDponepts OF the ni lpfneea;
he read at considerable lenSm i'on 49,, -,
l~A4A Md TX.
srER " ith much severity. lie also argued a. sooie
length the copstitationality, necessity ana poPIe
~ az estahlsbipg Territorial governments anu
ref rred 10 the Presidents California Message, eA
messing his regret that the Executive had nOI re-
| commended come plan OF adjustment by wnicn II I
| disirncting que slon might have been settled. lie
considered the proposition to pay Texas Tor the SET
| Element OF her boundary, c9ntendlng mat Il was
| eminentlv lust and proper, Calculated 70 se'tie u
difficult question Of tiile prevent civil connotlon'
secure protection 10 the inhabitants OF me hOhuer
! and vet ifit fail the rights neither OF Texas or
The limited States were preiudiced by the attempt
He also argued the various objections urged 70 the
| Comuromise upon TIE ground OF the exceptions,
| which are expected 10 be taken to 1t by different
| sections of the country. He quoted also from ar
ticles in the Reptile snd Courier Gnd enquirer 20
| show the views and position o, the President upon
| he Compromise, which he commented upon Ct
length without however, inpugning the motives Of
the Administration. In conclusion, he n ade an ear
nest appel to the Semitic in behalf Of the sch eme
| o. the Committee as the only one which could
secure peace and happiness.
| Mr. DAYToN folowed-ater rebutting Mr.. Cas-
in pointed matter for his personalities TO him, he
| ceeded at once to consider the measure under
| discussion, with view 10 defending the recon-.
| mendation by the President. The Committee OF
| Thirteen had been appointed with an end 10 con-
cate, baImonize and unite conflicting views, feel
| ipgs and interests and yet when it was brought
flxy fha off
| the child Of discord it was met at its very birth
by the excavations and regulations OF its repOted
fathers who would have strapged II IN It's birth,
except for the energy OF one man, MIR. Clay VINO
seized and upheld it with one hand, while he re-
ceiyed all assailans upon the other; and yet, In the
pi essence Of oil this discord, gentlemen expressed
their surprise and regret that the President AMI
his friends had not come forward to the defense and
support Of this meas 1t really seemed TO him
that the surprise and regret should have come from
the other quarter Seven formed the majority oil
the committee; the President and his Cabinet then
were equal in number 70 the majority OF the
Committee-snd yet it had been a matter OF sur
prise that they had not yielded their candid honest
convictions TO the dicteton Of the Committee, when
| the work of that Committee met decided approval
| from 10 quarter whatever. A year ago the doc
| trine Of noniDtervention was laid down as the
claim OF the South, and when the North had finally
worked itself up TO that point behold, they lind
the stake still further removed from them, and the
Administration and its friends were called upon to
follow on. He had no design Of comparing the
plan, so called, Of the President with that OF the
Committee. The President had never put anythr
forward in that shape. He had recommended
single act identical as far as it went with the &C
| ton Of the Committee. The Committee had form
ed plan, combining asures for political strategy
and that plan would stand or fall by its own merits,
and meet that comparison or antagonism with any
Sthes The President in relation to the Territories
had recommended non-ntervention so had the
Committee-the difference between the President
ana the COMMITTEE was, that the former had made
open' independent recommendations, while the lat
ter, with the view to forcing through several meas.
ures tacAeo mem together In order that one might
gain strength and weight by its Connection with
others. After few remarks in relation 70 the