Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-03-02
The War in Washington.

while the North palters and hcstatos. The prob
ability that the interests Of Freedom arc to bo
betrayed grows stronger day by day. The
Northern Democrats, after showing signs Of an
intention to repudiate the dominion of the Slave
Power, are yielding with fresh olaOrity to its
behests. Tho Wings, chained to the car of
Slavcholding Administration, are repudiating
their past professions, and, under the pretenco
of devotion to the Union, arc preparing to sac
rifcc the interests of humanity and the honor
of their constituents. We anticipate nothing
better than tho adoption of some hateful COM
promise, by which the North will be cheated
and betrayed.
In the South, Mr. Clay's Resolutions are still
under consideration, in connection with apropo
sition for the immediate admission Of Califor-
mia to tho Union. Mcssrs. Downs Of Louisiana,
Clemens Of Alabama, Clay, Footc, Cass, Sc
ward, Miller, and others have taken part in the
debate, Thus far Mr.. Clay's plan has found no
support from Southern Senators, who doubtless
think it good pohcyto persist in their threats Of
dissolution until the North is fairly frightened
into accepting it, somcting like it, when they,
with q due parade of magnnnmity, will con-
sent to its adoption. Mr.. Clay is in favor Of
the admission of California at once, without
reference to the Territorial question, while the
extreme South is for making the new State wait
until tho North can be brought to adopt some
measure favorable to the admission of Slavery
into the territories. Mr.. Calhoun, who has
been severely i'll, was expected to speak on
Tuesday last. Benton also will define his po
sition on this question,
In tho House on Monday, Feb. 18th, Mr..
| Doty of Wisconsin offered n resolution and
moved the previous question, that the Commit
tee on Territories be instructed to report bill
providing for the admission of California into
the Union on equal footing with the original
States; with the boundaries and limits defined
in her Constitution. Said bill not to embrace
any subject matter outside Of California.
An effort to lay the resolution on tho table
having failed, l2l to 70, the Southern members,
by calling the yeas and nays on successive mo-
tions to adjourn, and TO be excused from voting
on such motions, consumed the time until mid
night, when the slavoholding Speaker decided
that the day prescribed by the rules had cx-
pircd, and therefore that the resolution of Mr..
Doty must lie over for fortnight. By this
movement the North was completely baiiied.
The n. Y. Tribune says -
Such tempest of riot and convulsion has
seldom occurred even on that floor on q mere
preliminary motion for bringing in a bill, and it
was manifcstly, the result of determination and
| prpconccrt, We know what this mcans-so
does every ono who has personally watched tho
LII. sl. H. l.
cd that ninety Members arc to have equal pow
or with one hundred and forty-that, II this be
not conceded, there shall be nothing dono with
regard to questions affecting Slavery or the
New Territories nor much, indeed, with re-
gard TO anything. And ninety men wcrc en-
abled to hold one hundred and forty at bay for
twelve hours, and at last bafio them complete
ly by breaking up the sitting.
Since this victory of the South, tho Slavery
question has been the standing topic in Com
mittec of tho Whole. Among the Northern
members who have spoken is Mr.. Campbell
(Ant-Taylor Whig) of Ohio. He is man OF
ability and courage, and made some good hits
lie was speaking of the effects of Slavery or
Education, and contrasting the great number ol
people at the South who can neither read mol
write with tho much smaller number of the
same class at the North, when member asked
him to read tho statistics of crime. Mr.. Camp
bell retorted that doubtless there were more
persons in Northern than in Southern pcniten-
tiaries, for the North punished her rogucs, while
the South let hers run at large
Thaddcus Stevens of Pennsylvania ono oi
tho ablest mcmbors of the House, has also
made speech, and pretty good one too for O
Taylor Whig lie said NO Northern man,
either by omission or commission, can be base
'or cowardly enough to skulk and allow Slave
'ry to spread over one rood, without being
traitor TO Liberty and recrcant to his Cod
Tho South had too often found Northern mcr
to be their Tools, when wanted. Good ole
Pennsylvania always ranked among her Re
!, presentatives the most sturdy slaves; he HOPED
that there was not now one accursed AchaI
among the representatives Of freemcn."
r Ex-Speaker Winthrop, stung to the quick b,
the recent exposures Of his dodging propcnsitics
5 poured out tho vials Of his wrath upon Messrs
y Root and Giddings. Roots resolution instruct
G ing the Committee on Territories to bring i
: Territorial bills, with Slavery restneaon, wa
" hoo6hb WIN tic BtcutcSI HlSclllCl. II IL nh
a been pressed on tho House, all hope of the ad
Il mission of California at this Session would hay
n been at an end. If the Wilmot Proviso wa
o dead, its death lay at tho door of Mr.. Roo
d who held it up deliberately to receive its death
n blow. Mr.. Winthrop, however. forgot to te
y by phom that blow was struck, though h
d speech afforded ample proof that he was him
it self tho deadly enemy of the measure for KILN
!. which he ccnsured others. He avowcd himsc
N in favor of the Presidents plan of leaving Il
ID Territories without any organization, thus pc
" mitting them to introduce Slavery if Tho
is choose A nice man he to charge Giddings al
= Root with killing tho Wilmot Proviso
n Wo have seen no report of the speech mat