New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-31
Debates I'm the Hcuse-Riehts Of Coiored Wen
10 Land in Ore gon &c.
Co,re,pondence Of The Tribune.


Cosrespondence Of The Tribune
W.suNerox Wednesday, Nay p.
You will have learned with pleasure, ere this
,escbes ven that the Senate has given It's sane
ton 70 q Branch Of the Mint in your City and also
one for California. This is more favorable tnah
was generally anticipated. The whole DAY was
consuned upoD This importantsnt5ec But II was
q dav better spent than any other day oil the ses'
s;on.perhaps one or two excepted. For the oe'
tails must refer you 20 your regular report o' P'O
ceedings. e ,bs N.
continent Of q Survey General OF ths LD.
Lands in Oregon, and donations Of ianos 80, ~ in
settlers, elected an unusually strriD5 S J;ssen.
the House 70 day The psrlicular Poo o1aJioy free
ton was upon the Amendments 1891 10 be
colo,ad se,tiers from the lands proPosSu "
dopated Mr.. GiDDINGs led on win 49,, H.
truthful speech against toe eAc'us t..;on IN the
slInded in terms OF deserved aPPrOoa+oH' ~
moral worth as well as l"eTN 1 Va Uoyin1
Tredeyick Douglas and samuel H. w nu' 1N,,-H9
% ,riLi,g porlraiture, he then desltel
-. - an vi hat principle OF justice gehuoihen
,ronosed % exclude such men iron ParNciPas''u
n fbese land grants. He referred 10 the Fee
colored population as embracing many VINO wee
descended from the fathers Of me hal'Oh luo'uuuS
even Washington himself lie puts poser " ,uc
Democrat, who advocated the exclusive policy Dy
s.Iing with what consistency not 70 say gratitude
Hscinles of Jefferson could consent TO Keep from
Oregon those ia whose veins coursed the olooo Oh
Thomas Jefferson? There was some sneerlng ana
ieerine ON the Southern side, las the Loco side
might be called with injustice to very lew mem
bers all things consdered) while ny 0lDDls"s
wss speaking. but nothing like the degree OF that
soyt nj feeling once so common. There was, in
deed, a remarkable and gratifying spirit Of tolera
ton.
But this was too tempting an opportunity, for
two or three Of the representatives OF the Chlvary
to lose. CONRAD OF Louisiana fired sneerlng
sbot st Mr.. GiDDIKGs's "taste," &c. He COM
planned that he bad represented that the Caucas-
ians were inferior to the colored men referred TO-
Mr.. GIDDINGs replied that he had admitted that
the whites were quite as good as the blacks! Mr..
CONRAD opposed the exclusion OF the colored
settlers on the ground that the south wanted 70
have the colored population dIiiused' w nat 40
you suppose he assigned as the reason OF THIS
wish7 Why, that it was everywhere admitted 10
be curse OF course, then, he is quite willing TO
difuss q cursei BAYLY took the same view as
CONRAD. and contended that the course oil the Ter
ritorial Legislature of Oregon, IN excluding Tree
blacks from citizenship, had acted In violation OF
the spirit Of the law OF their organization as Ter
ritory In applying the Prlnclpe oil the Anu
Slavery ordinance, Congress did not anticipate
that the South would be thus cut oil from an outlet
for her redundant free black population In that
direction which he alleged TO have always been
the chief obstacle to Emancipation. To hear him
talk, one would really have supposed that the
South had assented most graciously To the aPphca-
ton Of the Proviso principle 10 the Oregon Dill!
But the riches feature Of this debate was
speech, in particular reply TO Mr. GiDDiSGs, by
Col. McMULLEN Of Virginia. He was very per
sonal-so much so that he was called TO order by
the Chairman, Mr. STROSG) He INDUCED In
a number of those polite lingual missiles, whose
points have been worn oil by his chlvarous prede-
cessors through frequent use. He complained Of
grievous want of gratitude on the part OF Mr.. GID
DINGs in thus insulting has constituents, after the
favor he did him, some time ago In moving the
floor for him, when he appealed to his friends to
make that motion. The redoubtabe Nrglnm then
launched forth into stream Of grandiloquence IN
the midst of which the hammer FELL leaving as his
last words, the decar alton that he had no doubt
the Negroes referred 10 By the gentlemen from Ohio
rere descendants Of The frst families Of Prgtnta-
/. c. the IF. Il. Isl" The gallant Colonel sat
down, with an evident feeling OF self satisfaction
1t is true there was considerable laughter but he
appropriated this 10 himself, OF course, induced
by his wit l should almost regret to disturb biz
feelings.
1t Is understood that 1t is McMuen's intention
70 reply specially 10 Mr. Hay mond of Wheeling
that he has been waiting for his speech. So you
see that there is at least treat in store.
Another important question arose in the course
OF Sne lONEt tACIibB, hnu tttttuiy uinoluSitl 40
bate on this Oregon Bill Tho detestable serpent
of Nahrisna shows its head frequently 1t wa,
resisted by Mr.. sAcKgTT of your delegation, and
others, in a spirit Of praiseworthy manliness. On
the question OF destruction of Color in grants OF
land the vote was mainly sectional The excep
tons were, for the most part, among the Western
Loco Focos. Some Of these voted openly for the
Stockholders remaiung in their seats, when the
process of going through the tellers presented a
test of their predelectioHs The vote on the in.
sertion Of the word white" stood 6s Yeas TO 81
Nays from thin House.
A general and informal understanding was had
before the Committee of the Whole, as tosthe re-.
sumption of the Oregon and bill at an early day
out of which scene OF great confusion grew, When
the Committee rose. IL got mixed up with the
California question, which excited not little eal-
ousy. The Chair having decided that it required
unanimous consent 10 entertain motion to fix
day, MIR. GiDDIsGs objected and consequently the
House adjourned without an understanding on the
subject, after all This closed its doings aud IN
dongs for the week. The Spring cleaning will
commence tomorrow. SIGMA
CANAnA