The New York herald., 1850-01-17

ssn Jscinto Qs bill did not say IL should be slave
state althougk of coure he meant that tand should
so.sd:, traitor sss ss:sH ns s.S
upon the fact vch he assumed that the Senator from
Missouri, slthoUh he did not name hm, had stolen
his thunder. e. had long ago made known the fact
which every bo6S was with that the state
Of Texas was to- argsthat her Boundaries ought to
reducsdsnd bsa given notice OF his intention to
introdrc ce bill - fact reducing those boundsries-
shs retaining patton Of the territory Wtnin tnss
state Il was well sns.n that TINS Pc tsns from
others and, - he did not himself steal he did not
desire to be stolen from, urning towards Mr. Bsnton
DO that but undrr sll the Circumstance, ne must
be allowed to deal in an innocent inuendo he
similar in all its details to that which had Just
been presented % the Senate, although his bill
accomplished all that could be accomplished In
Q far more inst ana satisfactory manner In conse-
Quence Of the incendisry movements IL the ana
me Iucendiary meessges OF the Governor OF Massa-
cbusets and other States north of Mason and Dixons
lire. Nothing could be more diabolics, accursed
aud traitorous, thar for Southern man to present
any such proposition contained in the bill to
reduce the boundaries ef Texas, SO. The South
had been forced TO dBAw the line aid she had drawn
it, she had asserted her constitutional rights, and
could offer 10 com promises OF those rights He
lad desired to see this question settled In such man
ner as net to compromise the feelings OF any man
from any section; but that tine had passed By. lt
would not have gone by however II 1t haa NOT been
for southern men men pretending to represent
Southern sentiments and feelings. The South would
not probably have assumed its presest position IL
had be sn for the course OF Southern man. (Mr.
j .
ana representing sayeholaers who had undertaken to
call al those who differed from him upon the agitating
question foos That individual had declared that no
m OF questioned the right Of Congress to
legislste on the question Of slavery. When ne made
that declaration, he knew that the distinguished
Senator from South Carolina, (ar. Cahoun).who was
generally allowed 20 possess least ordinary share
Of intelligence and the Senator from Michigan (Mr.
Cass) lao possessed certainly much judgment and
common sense a. the gentlemen who had inferred
his lack Of UNDERWRITING, had, bsth OF them, de-
cared specifically that they could hnd no clause In
t,rtt1u ~Anfarr nah YUhf
tion by Congress. He knew, also. that g large num-
Der Of assembled in this capital last win
had declared their solemn viction that no such
right pertained to Congress. Notwithstanding all
this, the Pater Senati, Rnown for his wisdom expe-
rience, and thousand virtues besides took 1t upon
bim.ef to declare that all The gentlemen fools;
and similar acts had created the necessity upon the
part Of the for actsn asserting their rights and
expTesirg their convictions Of the of Congress-
and the position which the Representatives should
this great question Mr. foots repeated bis
statement Of tbs reuarks made by the Senator (Mr.
Bentop) and said that the effect OF suca sentiments,
syowed in a Southern State (nssonr) by Shareholder
himself had the effect OF isducing slaves to of by
the cities the Mississippi River into the free
States [Nr Benton here rose, put on his hat, aud
throwing his ceak on his arm, proceeded to leave toe
chamber As he was leaving. Mr.. Foote proceeded.
ys. fir they fled the river, the same sort Of
flight The Senator Is hims-lf making from the
chamber | like TO zee a heroic Senator, one whe
dared 10 up ke u an ana ans"er ior MS course
whatever 1t may be. The Senator from Missouri has
time after time when three thousand miles OF elan
dered snd vEhed his fellow Senator's and the por-
tion the Union which they represented aud threat
ep.d to ohastise those who differed rom him on that
subject: yet now he dared not meet those he had
sandered, face TO facethat "a soon as the subject
was hinted at here, where be had proposed to admit
Eter the Establishment, h. had fed from the Senate
as thoee negroes bad fed the river Mr. Foote
regretted the Senator had fed the chamber he
thought il pre.ent he could apply to him classical
ouotston which night not be eGectuai in his absence
He would have inquired of him, in the language Of
Cicero, QHosqe tonde abaere Catalina pa,entia nos
trap He desired also to say, that the little dems-
gogues of the the butterflies Of hour, that
live only until the first ros OF the msrnng falls upon
them would have been able to effect any thing,
had 1t not been for the aid which they received from
the South from Southern man Shareholder, as
he had already stated Under all these Stances
he could not offer any compromise or any proposition
designed ss tuch. IL any scheme OF compromise on
the subject should be offered in good faith, from
the proper quarter by the right kind OF men, he had
no doubt that the South would readily agree to
it. But 1t was not fer the south nov to offer
ruch a proposition, and 1t In that view that he
could not have introduc such bill as that one by
the senator from Missouri, which proposed to open
the question Of slavery again in Territory where 1t
was ALREADY recognized by the United States and
thus keep alive The flame of dicord and add to the In
cendiary material already so plentiful Mr. Foote
aso alluded TO the memorial presented BY the Sena.
tor from Missouri at the last session from called
convention Of citizens Of New Mexico, asking the
clusisn OF slavery therefrom He then pronounced
the er1orial fraud Intended to cheat portion Of
had . very extentiv. correspondence with citizens
Of New Mexico, and the universal answer TO bis In
qufies was that he Was right In pronoancing the me-
mortal a fraud, and that the Senator presenting It
could net find single respectable citizen OF that ter
rtory who would that It had ever eminsted from
q bona fds convention Of the people OF New Mexico.
lie com epted the people OF Dessret for coming for
ward and asking tn. establishment Of goveromsnt,
and declaring at the same time that they wanted no
part or In tbis question. which bad endangered the
peace and harmony OF the Union. Mr. roots having
concluded his remarks, both the bills introduced were
referred to the judiciary Committee.
rUGnIvn SLAVES
Mr.. BuTLrR. from the I, ommttee on the Judiciary,
back the bill providing for the more enectual
execution Of the of the Conttution In relation
to the recapture 81 fugitive slaves, w'h smsodments,
and moved that 1t be the tpeois order for Mon
day rexs Agreed te.
ISfokMArroS WASTED RELATIVE TO JAPAN, THE oRIEN.
TAI sArIo>s, AND SIAN.
MIR HANLrs submitted the following resolutions
which lie
Resolved That the Secretary Of State be requested to
the senate sueh tormato" or as
i'm aud tarbartu treatment BY the japanese I'm
p,ris aud Frevi1 cal authorities Anerean seanen who
aud cits, which freqaoned by large
hu,rcar vhahns Feet Ia the peaceful pursuits oil their
Tha the Secretary lie also requested to
ocnmuri 10 tie senae such recent and reabe infor
nation In bs poIesoD 81 ,hc p,psr,msnt 81 state re-
btts for Ifchtbe American coinnereei ard that he
expsd 0f the appointment Of special
be vesicd with authority - open smoAe aud
make commercial tr,as ~th tte severegns Of those
tions.
Resolved That the Secretary ~ state he further required
the senate whether the treaty between h int
ted states s ssjsts. kg siam. made the
March less hss vi,ated !, the "a.
nsroy ty hs mses'y Of the sde Of several Of the
o. cu e that country sha vhch may require the interyea
with hat kir gdnm, abouadng Ia all the ee-
nuts Ola prGnAbls commerce. u.on proper aotns snd
the rrotetcn Of American ciiiEsus and their lawful
merce IN SIAM.
After btief Executive 'esiou, the Senate adjourned