New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-19
The slavery Debates-Cov. sewaro's epeec"
1.-THE Republic.'

Foyr gres. Speeches have been elected oy the
oa.s;ions connected Nth Slavery now engrosAing
the a,.en,;o, Of Conress-Speeches addressed 70
the seoste BIZ Messr. Clay Calhoun, Webster ana
Seward respectively. We do not imply that Mr
Ciaysor Mr Websters is inferior 10 Legislative
wisdom uor ir practical suggestions when we 50!
tins, Gov. Stewards Speech will live longer be reha
with more hearty admiration, and exert more
potential and pervsding influence on the National
mind add character than any other speech OF the
Session. While in opposition 70 Gov. Stewards
train Of Argument we hold that adjustment CT
the practical differences between the North and the
South respecting the organization and fundsmen'a
law Of the New Territories is p-ac,icsble-while
VIC regard Mr. Gays programme and speech
though bv no means unezceptionable, az shofomt
the best basis yet suggested for the settlement
desired--wc cannot but feel thet Gov Seward mas
IN the main spoken the word that Ages will ero
balm and Eternity approve. He has given the
,learest and fullest utterance yet heard TO the ear
nest. abiding convictions of the most generous en-
iightened, humane and progressive portion OF the
American People-not yet majority OF the whole
mass. but rapidly increasing in numbers and IL
s,reneth-he has bodied forth in eloquent and I'M
pressiye words the thought OF that gathering
swelling advancing host with whom Democracy u
bot n fg-eaf device, gainful craft but ITlnF,
peryadinq. controlling aspiration. There are few
youpg men yet unperplexed by a consciousness Of
conflicting duties. interrupted by office or amsi
tim who can read that Speech and fail 70 concur
In ali its main propositions, while thousands who
never before reflected deeply nor studied patiently
with regard 10 Slavery Extension will be moved
by II to an earnest and ardent sympathy with the
cause i. 50 powerfully upholds. No mater to
what decision this Congress may finally Gomez If
well for the country that Gov. Seward has 80
thoroughly and wildly impressed his own conylc-
tons respecting Slavery as an element OF our
National Politics on the expanding mind Of the
Coautry.
But again The great mass Of the Speechm max.
ing nj this Session has been in direct obique
subseryieucy to Slavery. The remarks of Messrs
r. Stevens. Baker, Hamlin, Hale, Bissell Sacket,
&c on the side OF Freedom have been casual, inci-
dental, unprecedented, rarely aspiring u be
comprehensive survey Of the whole subject
Northern aggression and Southern endurance have
beon the staple Of the great majority Of Congress
sonal harsngues delivered at this most wordy
Session OF the three chief Speeches, Messrs.
Clays and Wcbstcrs wero intermediate and com
promising while Mr. Calhouns was intensely ana
extremely pro Slavery Another Speech WAS need
ed 10 give a complete and luminous view of the
whole matter and that Speech he's been made b!
Gov. Seward. He who reads these four Speeches
need hardly read further, though the debate should
be protracted for months yet They leave but one
tcft no
between New.Mexico aud Texas IL has been
well said that, though the battle OF Bsnnockburn
did not and could not prevent the ultimate union Of
Scotland with England it prevented that union
being one Of domination on one side aud subjuga
ton on the other. Had Ireland one such battle 70
remember in her eight centuries OF connection or
collision with England she might now be the sister
" the latter not her seri So the Speech Of Gov
Seward may not, and probably will not prevent
some presen, adjustment Of nil questions affecting
the New Territories on basis Of so called Compro
mise. yet it cannot fail to render that basis less
obnoxious to those who share our Senator'S con
vctims than that which would otherwise have been
agreed on
Aud that Speech, we venture 70 say, will not be
answered, oven IN the deuding imagination OF the
answerer himself You might as wei attempt to
refute the Multiplication Table or prove Paradise
Lost no poem. To pick a flaw here, smell out q
seeming inconsistency there, and crack small
Joke at some other point obnoxious to vulgar pro
jodice or distorted by artful misrepresentation,
is the extent to which hostility to its positions
be effectually manifested. Other Dawsons may
sppalhngly indicate that they shall abandon the
Wing party II Gov Stewards views are esteemed
orthodox Whiggory, and the lesser Cslhouns may
follow their leader in overhauhng Mr. Foote for HE
treachery TO Southern institutions in dining with
Gov. Seward and may ostensibly proclaim tina;
they will hold no personal intercourse with such Q
cut throat as the New York Senator except e
shake his hand when he offers it-thst being I'VE
are left to presume the measure of their coudesoen
son to cat thros,s generaly-but TO undertake n
sarues, the refutation OF that Senator'S arguments
il task everlasting the subtlety Of Calhoun. the
klH Of Foots or the sefeomplscency OF Dawson.
Yet what no one has the temeri,y to attempt.
scores may eovet the eclat Of undertaking, trusting
70 the obtuseness OF the thousands who do no,
clearly distinguish between replying to an srgu-
meni aud making en- ado about H. II some viva
eioas younSster, having his pockets well charged
with hrecrscksrs. were 70 make attack on the
ROCK Of Gibraltar, he would be not unlikely 10 sc;
Up a very considerable whiEzing and popping, o
SURFING ard streaming, 4 smoke and stencil.
which might persuade sOme insects thus enveloped
in cloud and stunned with noise that the great
stronghold, II not actually taken. was at bes, for.
uaidsby assailea and seriously endangered The,
would b. undeceived only when, the ammunition
having been exhausted and the smoke blown
away. they should see the rock and its frowniue
baetlemsnts still there, unaffected BY the assault
quite unconscious Of their late supposed danger
and nothing save the noisome bat slowly vanishin.
eor remaining to attest that such assault bad beer
perpetrated
TIE RePa5te OF Friday commences two o
three columns OF fippsns criticism ON Gov. Sew
ards Speech as follows;
sWbeo Ssnst,r IN the Congress Of tie Unltcd S,se
srises IN HE zeal and proclsms The word that n
boos enuission 20 lexisss tbs steward Of Almgkr
GoJ, we are prepared 70 aesr any proDosoc, h0wcve
sartiing asserted with eoondeuee and PARADOX
taiaed however tepcgnsDt 10 TIE VI
who transact pablc eassRrss upon moral crelepcSs IN
reviewing the speech Of M SEWARD OF the Terfisors
Qasstcn voad be doins kn inas1cs ~ well a. th,
peopr 81 toe Empirc SlSe. II Cd clearly define h