Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-12-26

Correspondence Of the Baltimore Sun.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9th, 1850.
Vermont Senator'S Denouncing their
State Legislature-Repeal Of the late
Resolves--Senqtor Mason, Of Va, Au-
thor Of the Fugitive Slare BiR--The
Tehuontepec Party--Indiana support
ing the Compromise, &c.
The act Of the Vermont Legislature
is universally condemned here in Wash
ington, and by none more SO than the
Senators and members from Vermont.
This is a mos, fortunate sign. Judge
Phelps, gentleman of as much legal
learning and philosophy as any man in
the country. and an ornament from
New England in The Senate of the Uni.
led States, pronounces it as entirely ua.
constitutional and void, and his opinion
on that subject is worth more than that
of the whole Legislature Of Vernon.
and the Governor to boot. Mr.. Up.
ham equally denounces the act Of the
Legislature as unwise and unnecessary.
All the members, withou, distinction of
party, regret it, and there is but little
doubt that j, will be promptly repealed
at the next session of the Legislature. -
Some five years ago the Legislature of
Vermont passed similar act--only
not quite so wanton and absurd as the
present--but when the Supreme Cour.
of the State decided it unc constitutional,
i, was quickly repealed. This will, of
course, be done with the presen, act a
fortiori.
Ills one Of The privileges of the Yer
mont Legislature to be forever green as
their native mountains. By sort Of
tacit agreement, no man is permitted to
represent his town or village more than
TWO years, so that it is impossible for
the members TO acquire any legislative
experience, or to judge of the RESPONSE
bility attached 10 their votes. BY this
species of greenness. the act, SO often.
sive and useless in its bearings. was no
doubt passed. with scracely half the
members knowing what they were vol,
ing for. Rotation in Office is very
good principle. provided members car
be had, ready made, as pantaloons in q
slop shop.
Mr.. Mason has Just been reelected
by large majority, to the Senate of the
United States. Mr.. Mason is the origi
nal mover Of the fugitive slave law, anC
was, as such, sustained; and also, by the
compromise men. Though Virginia il
not ripe for secession, she is prepared &c
sustain the law.
The Tehuantepec treaty is very near
it's final contamination. An express
has bee sen, 10 Mexico with the altera
tons deemed necessary by this govern
ment, while other points have beer
freely conceded TO the friendly powe'
of Mexico. II is expected .ha, ,h'
treaty will be Immediately approves
by the Congress of Mexico. and tn
Senate of the United States, and ratifi
cations exchanged in Mexico. The TIE
huantepec route will shorten the dis
lance TO San Francisco, California, b,
some fifteen hundred miles. and will
usher in a new era in the trade Of tn
Pacific. .....
Mr.. Giddings made to day one of hi
long humbug speeches in the House
driveliDg, snorting, declaiming, and vo
ciferating agains, the Northern dough
faces" The Northern members wer
usefully employed in writing letters I
their constituents. reading newspaper
: and carrying on instructive converse
tons among themselves. For the NOV
city of the thing" few Southern mem
bsrs listened to the performance Of Nj
Giddings What little reputation h