New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-07

carmel into another Congressional campaign. IL
subsequent amendment BY NJ RooT was tho re
sult N necessity not Of choice, snd q secure ever
TIE support Il received on its test vote. The mo
| 1--we therefore. bcsnc apparent AMI It's mover max
ing the resolution question Il political ehesEer,
and not OF principle, n any Of the Wings rom th'
on The table
Another consideration with those thus voti NJ
was, thait was al hes, bu, Al abstraction snd as
such coald possibly etfeSt 10 good whatever in the
present highly excited condition Of the public mind
involving the stability OF the mon Not voter
IN any Of the Districts represented by either o the
Whigs who voted 70 lay both Roots and GidtinCs $
resolutions upon the table. has any doaht Of the
6runess os such Representative in the ADVOCACY
Of sny prgcficGi measure calculated u defeat an
extension II slavery. that confidence could not De
either augmented Or decreased. no matter which
wav thew might have voted in disposing Of these
resolutions They believed and stall believe. the
PROPER time 70 consider the applicability OF the
Wilmoi Provlso viii be, when bills are INTRODUCED
INTO Congress providing for Territorial GOyen
ments over New Mexico and Deserct As qucs
,iou Of time. them they feel justified IN voting as
they did
ANOTHER consideration with them was, such dis
position of the resolutions above referred a., wa
n full accordance with the recommendations OF the
President in his last message to Congress and o.
the plan OF compromise offered by Mr.. CLh-tht
one or the other of which propositions have beer
with unparalleled unsnimity approved by the WhiC
preSs Of the Union Irrespective ut geographical Oh
visions | d. not pretend that there are not some
exceptions. but they are 50 few tina, they may
scarcely be regarded as exceptions. Taking.
therefore. the message Of the President the propo
sitou Of Mr.. CLAY, aud the APPRECIATION of both by
the Whie press as tar exponents OF the party
those Wings have but represented that wish thus
expressed who voted TO lay the resolutions Of Roor
and GlDpINGs on the table
Still another consideration which doubtless IN.
fuenced them In giving those votes was the I'M
portant fact that from the very hrst day of the
Session down - the present time. both Roor and
GiDDiNGs have been found cooperating in almost
every measure presented by the Loco Focos tor
embarrassing and destroying the Administration
They defeated the election of Mr. WINTHROP as
Speaker. they tried their utmost 70 deies the re-
election OF CANPBELt. the Wing clerk they re-
fused IN vote for Foorr, OF Vermont, when 10 was
IN their power I, have elected him Roor refused
"a vote for GlpDINGs, of yoar state tor Sergcsn,
a. Arms when he lacked but one vote 10 give him
The election and Roor had that vote N give ,
ia fact. without enumeratlng other instances.
throughout this whole Session they have played
into the hands Of the ultra Dlsunionists ct the
south, and left no opportunity unimprovedto defeat
the Wings and the measures ~ The Admnlstra-
ton Those Wings thcrctnre. who voted against
thelr disorganizlng propositions introduced not rs
a declaration OF great principle but ior Tho most
mischievous purposes preferred proposition
looking 10 the limitation OF Slavery within It's
present constitutional limits. should come from a
source less suspicious and that had not throughout
this Session been afordins aid and comfort to
the Southern LOco-Focos.
II may be asked why all the W hugs IN the Free
States did not take the some view Of this matter
ss those who voted to lay the resolutions OF Hoor
and GlDDfNGs ON the table The answer u a PLAN
one Mann of them are so tenacious upon this qnes-
ton Of the day and 50 immovcably hostile 10 every
thing W. airing the remofest aspect OF Slavery cN'
teusiun that thoy are unwiIlng Ia give vote that
oven by the most unprincped and dcpravcd can
De- tortured into expression ON their part OF sNor
.ng under Any circumstances the augmentation ~
the slightest degree OF Slave territory. Their con
st,ueuts also. may be more sensitive uponthc SUB
ect than those wlo voted u lay upon the table
ami they felt constrained % yield their own cOnNic
tions 20 crafty that sensiblhty Oi those whom they
represented But had there have been more Wins
votes from the Free States necessary thus T. have
disposed ol the resolutions OF Messrs Roof sn'
GiDDINos those votes J entertain no reasonable
doubt could have been obtained
Ihsyo been thus particular that our ends through
out the country might b. put on their guard agans
falling in with the hue sndcry that such polItica
enemies as HOOT and GIDDINGs will attempt e
raise simply ~ secure their own reelection and
not because they believe the onward course .
freedom has been retarded ia the least IL u by AZ
alliance with the Loco FocOs In each OF their DIS
trcts that they base their only chance OF ever get
ting back 10 Congress and before the Wings o.
the Free states take alarm at the defeat Of any alb
stract proposition emanatlng from these men, they
should weigh well the position they occupy towards
the Wings snd the Administration, and scrutinize
with rlgOr the motives that acyiate them IA miro
ducing such propositions into Congress. ALPHA