The New York herald., 1850-03-11
INTELLIGENCE BY THE MAILS.
Our Washington Correspendence.
WAsHireros, March Q, 1850


Our Washington Correspondence.
WA.niNeros, March q, 1850. .
Close of e Foutenh Week Of the Session Coioaiz ation
Scheme sf Mr. Wsbster- Origia Of his Compromise.
Fourteen weeks Of the session gsne But the last
week rsdtsms them ALL Like the Of ship beat
Ing about at sea without compsss chronometsr dis
covering to the leswsrd the green hs Of island
the members ofthe houses 10 their discovery OF the
land disclosed through w.bstsrs afty foot telescope
He has not discovered unknown island, after all
All the openings creeks hsrbors aud hsadlands, are
old points Of preceding nsvsstor he has only 6snti
fed the localities and made known the practicable sp
proashss to good anchorage cists into tAo shore AL
lie presents only ono new element Of a general sd-
the proposition to provide BY Congress for
blacks of the South sort ef population very much In
the way Of the slaves drawbsek to their
discipline and good management The free blscks q
the Soun are necessarily under restrictions ana
these, with their naturally lazy disposition combine,
not only to render them u-eess population, but an
incumbrence anda OF jealousy to slave
owperr, and OF dissstisiaeton TO the slaves. This
arises from the ndolent lazy time which these free
blacks have OF It, working perchance day two
and then. while the slave Keep steadily It from
to at least tive days 10 the week while ideness
Is the grestett luxury Ia the world to a negro.
The colonization Of the Tree blacks therefore, would
give an increased security slave property aud
Increased value slave labor from the Of this
Idle population Of free co,orsd people o the south
erp Staes 1t would also be relief to the Northern
cities and the Northern staes ia relieving them OF
from the South ana the rigid State laws in the
Northwestern Stases against their introduction, would
become unnecessary in short tiue.
1t 10 little strange that Clay the President Of
the American Colonization Society did not think OF
this scheme in his oth-rwe prshensive series Of
resolutions Ap element Of such potential in portance
would think. should naturally have suggested It.
self to Mr. Clay especially after che late annual meet
pg OF the society nc ~hich tae very policy OF congress
sonal appropriations soege,ted, IL mistake not,
BY Mr.. Clay hmself ~ well a, ny other speasers
Let us see how the plan would work. The society
estimate that fifty dolsrh will take coored -migrant
from any of the Atlsnuc ports 20 Liberia add incl
dental expenses, ana fx the cost nc sl00 per
person. At this rate, the eighty millions derived from
the public lands ceded bv Virginia TO the federal go
vernmept which MIR Webster Is wiling to ap2ro pirate
to the object would coouzs $40 O0o free blacks and
relieve the country Of that proportion of this encum
berng population sweeping of all the fee blacks that
are now on hand with large provision for emancipa-
tion purposes
But the Introduction of this scheme into Congress-
measure of legislation, would give rise to renewed
agitation all upon the general subject
OF slavery aud would inevitably provoke again geue-
raj disturbance
We hear however but little talk Of its being ne
sesssry feature Of Mr. Websters plan. Ii is not em-
braced in the schedule Of slr. Bell upon which Mr
Websters speech is founded, nor do we suppose IL to
be designed by MI Webster ~ anything more tnsn q
" tub to the whale
II is element too prodigious la its scope aud poll
ticsl consequence to be Dsdetsd as necessary fes
ture to the suggested comPromi.e and this may ae-
count for its omission in the scheme OF MIR. Clay
The other points of adjustment suggested by Mr.
Webster not original. The project Of admitting
slave State from Texsb rs an Offset to the State OF
ject Of admitting tao slave States from Texs' "a
balance against New Mexico and California Is Mr.
Bells proposition The proposition Of Mr. Webster,
admitting three additional slave states from Texas lie
| provided for In the act OF annexation.
| The proposition to ADMIT California 10 Old Zsck's,
and the plan Of legang for tho territories without
word about slavery Mr. Csys So Is also, the pro-
position TO buy the disputed territory OF Texas.
How IL 10. then, that without advancing anything
| new, MIR. Webster is believed to have cleared away
substantially all i'm pediinen q ustment Simply
becauss Of the influence of his great his oonst
tutional reputation and his strong Northern prepos
sessions; and becsute especially Of the influence OF
| his name and opinions In the erth
The immediate origin of MIR Webster's speech was
from repeated conversations and consultations with
Southern particularly Of the Senate; and the
why he submitted nothing In legislative form,
that he relieved OF that duty, purpose, by
MIR Bell.
We must not forget old Henry Clay. He 1t that
prepared the road and cleared away the rubbish, and
the credit, TO this extent, belong. to him.
We are yet however to have some serious opposition
from the extremes Of the North and South to the gene
raj scheme The question not yet to be disposed Of
In few days. Weare yet To have long speeches,
merous amendments and lodgings upon the subject;
and the plan finally adopted may not be Ithe plan Of
Mr Bell; Though It Is believed be the basis Of the
and the prordsinsd project of the forth
| coming select committee OF thesenste.