New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
Another Sine Qua Non-Proceediugs In the
Senate ON Tuesday:
Co enre NJ ma Trfhuna


Correspondence Of The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, June Is
During the morning hour, the Mis- i'sippi Hall
road bill being under consideration Mr. CHASE
moved to amend the bill by striking cut the clause
for doubling the price Of the intermediate sections
Of land reserved by tie United States In the grant
Of lands along the line Of tie road. In the course
of hs remarks he announced himself In favor OF the
Land Reform measure Of giving away the foohc
Lands to actual settlers, and opposed the plan oil
granting lands TO the States for Internal Improve
ments under the condition Of reimbursing the Treas
urv bv reseryng intermediate sections and enhanc'
ing theirprice.
Mr.. TRUMAN SMITH replied to the effect that he
personally, every member Of the Committee on
Public Lands in the Senate, and the Senate Itself,
would concur in striking out that portion Of the
bill, but that it was necessary to retain the provi-
sion in order to get the bill through the other House
He objected also to the amendment at this time on
the ground that several other bills of the same sort
granting lands to other States has passed with
this feature in them, and that he would prefer
seeing no discrimination made in favor Of a
single State. He threw out the suggestion that
after all the bills were passed and the States
had seyeraIy got all the lands they wanted,
a general bill could be introduced and read
lily passed to cut off the encumbrance Of double
prices in all the States so favored. This yoa will
perceive is nice little arrangement for castgatng
his satanic majesty around the INSTRUCTED remnant
OF tree. Your readers may not understand the ne
cessity for so much maneuvering without some ex-
PLANTATION. The explanation is this. The Loco
Foco party is opposed to the system Of Internal
INN ants kn0U nrinpinla
course they cannot preserve their consistency and
vote for appropriations of lands to the building of
Canals Railroads, ,dc. within the States directly
for that purpose and under that name.
Hence fiction OLA is resorted to. They vote
to give the State much land in alternate sections
along line of improvement, as a consideration for
the augmentation in value of the remaining alter
nate sections reserved to the United States. Thus,
in theory the Treasury is as rich as it was BEFORE
and no appropriation has been made for Internal
Improvements. AS the old States are mostly
Whiggsh and in favor Of internal improvements,
and as the new States being more Loco Focosh, are
on principle opposed to the system but yet each one
is ready 10 secure the advantage ofsuch an arrange
menr, the two sides OF the House get on admirably
well together in voting away any quantity OF the
Public Domain for such objects. The only ditficol
ty is in their keeping from laughing in each others
faces while going through the farcical performance
of covering up the real nature OF the transaction
the Wings, with fraternal kindness, lifting the Lo
CO Focos along over the rough places out Of consid
GRAFTON for their tenderooted consciences, and the
Loco Focos casting glances the WHILE OF gratitude
for the forbearance Of the Wings in not reminding
them Of the incopgruity Of their doctrine and their
practice. The suggestion Of Mr.. SMITH to-day is
another effort TO ease the way for complete tran
stion to the Wing platform practically, while 1t
leaves to the Loco Focos their old platform intact
in theory.
Beyond this, however Mr.. SMITH does not seem
to CO. He is Wing, but not new light He
Judge from bis remarks to day. He promises to
disease this subject at large when it is fairly up.
His objection is, that to give away the public lands
tax es from Congress the power 10 foster internal
improvements.
On the regular order Mr. SouLE resumed his
arsume mt and concluded. Nothing else was done.
Mr.. DOUGLAS has the floor for to morrow, bat whe
Their to reply TO MIR. SoULE or to urge his amend
ment for the prospective division OF California into
two States, do not know.
Mr. SoULE disappointed me by announcing in
the course of his speech that the division Of Cali
fornia, and the leaving Of one part-the Southern
part-n territorial condition, is SINE qua non,
without which he cannot and will not vote for the
bill. His argument altogether, is not think, in
substance, what the truly impressive manner OF its
delivery and the known talent and reputation OF
the speaker, led us 10 expect. II seemed TO have
In IL more Oh the law ct tndI oi tnc sthtesutu
cannot tell how il may read. Perhaps there is
more weight in it than think. Mr.. WEBSTER did
not rise to obtain the floor in reply, as anticipated
/ know that he is prepared 10 answer the speech
specifically, if be thinks it worth while This
speech is the great gun of the Southern extreme
lists, and If it does not call out reply from that
quarter, nothing will
The conclusion of the speech was ornate, orsto-
rical and pathetic. The speaker alluded to himself
his early Punishment from his own country, his
kindly reception this country, his rise through the
various grades Of distinction, until now he sit.
ting amidst the sages Of the LAID, and ended by az
iirming that considerations whatever could ever
induce him TO raise his hand against any portion
of the country of his adoption, to which he was
bound by such powerful ties Of affection and gra-
tituoe. He was willing to contend for justice in
her counsels for that section to which he was par
ticularly attached but if resort was ever had to
the sword each party must look elsewhere for sol.
diers than to him. SPA