New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-05
Proceedings OF the senate on friday-baoser
himself and Badger on the origin oil evil
The fragments OF the Omnibus.

Proceedings OF the senate on friday-bnoser
him,elf and Badger on the Origia OF evil
The fragments OF the Omnibus.
Correspondence Of The Tribune
wAsHrsGroS, Friday, August
The Senate has been chiefly occupied today 10
pronouncing obituary notices upon the nnlou'
Bill and in listening to very elaborate, moderate
ornate end logical treatise from Mr. BADGERon dig
union a. 10 remedy for the evils complained OF BY
the south the refusal Of southern Wings TO vote To-
any more tariff regulations as the remedy the orr
Gin Of evil, and philosophy in general
Mr. BADGER is man worthy OF some note ana
IS he has just delivered a Characteristic speech,
will, | believe, patroniss him tonight. he IS
happy combn alton of the southern gentleman and
of the sound lawyer" with a proPortionate ad-
mixture Of the reverent orthodox churchmsn and
the staunch conservative Wing Nr BADGER is
sltosether respectable. | like him hugely, though
for the mos! part dislike respectable people ofal
things. Mr. BADGERis al exceeding sensible man
ofthe old reeiue without particle Of appreciation
for any new.fansed regime Whatsoever, but with
p,rhsps little too much good sense and
politeneIs, positively u Condemn what he
Goes rot pretend TO understand. Ar. BAD.
CIR is 10 tanscendentaIt, 70 new light,
no socialist no sentimentass, no visionary,
no med.cap Of any sort. He is highly respecsa
bic man. He believes equally IN Blackstone aud
the most literal Interpretation OF tue Scriptures.
He would be equally horrlhsd a. Jeremy BenIham
AID Emanuel Swedenborg, though ne would Proba'
bly never take the trouble 70 read or attempt ~
| understand ether. He is one Oi tie Paley school
/ Of morality, and has probably never Ia his Wnole
life seriously admitted FOX five minutes, the posi-
bic Hypothesis that bis own opinions legal theo-
| logical CT moral, may be fundamentally wrong In
/ this respect be is only one OF class he Is req
pectabe man and respectable men are not uneasy
aId fogetty and half doubling that some points 10
/ their education and the education vi the word
around them may have been slurred over and de
termr ed to overhaul the foundation OF Things ana
settle them anew for themselves. Nothing OF the
tort Respectable men don't co that They
never aspire to rise above what q written.
/ They take things as they are and are con-
tented at that. Mr.. BADGER 10 very wise
man upon the old fashioned basis OF wisdom which
be thinks is all the better for beng old fashioned,
and ia coutented at that He has precisely what
| il demonstrated with great reverence a. the bar,
| 4 legal cast Of mind, which ID mixture Of prsctl
| cal common sense, capacity to understand 70
| take adyanttge OF the world as Is the world, never
| yereipg on to radical philosophy, with certain
tact for logical reasoning, applied only 10 craving
| conclusions from certain ackno@ LEGGED premises
never Oveihauiing the prem ses tnemselyes-and a
CONSERVATIVE Method Of presenting his views VITA
a copious ssso tment Of authorities Tor every coca
sion With the addition Of authoritative manners d
address ana & populsrlzing habit these traits MAKE
the politician also as Distinguished from the grea
statesman, Of whom the world has seen less thai
bsl(ad.zen Hence, in this coun ~, cur leadnc
LAWYERS and leading polt clans are the same men
kr BADGkRls a line specimen VI the lawyer an(
the politician, with somewhat more Of the morals
and theoogiAn than usually bealls the other comb
nation, v !h the additional Ingredient, that he IS
Southern gentleman, the DesI pJtIon 70 my 'nluA
ing OF the compound.
lint forgo. that it was the speech and not tn
man that was expected TO give some account Of
Ee wen. bard against Southern ultrasm-sald h
ves horn a citizen of the I nited States 10 whlc
Government he owed his highest allegiance
and secondary allegiance only TO the STATE Z
North Carolina Nothing that had been done o
talked Of as 70 be done by Congress raised cas-
for so much az thinking for moment OF dlsunlod
sucb vks his opinion and such he believed va
the opinion Of bis State.
Nevertheless he cid think the disposition wa
manifested b. the North to deal hardly oy th
South in relation to a that concerns the lLsttu'l
OF Slavery and that come remedy should be de
yised within the Union AID under the Constitution
he believing the best would be what have name
about the Iarlh.
From this he slid on TO the sub jet Of slavery a.
mad, labored defense of il. He conceded 1t t
an evil-all eoyernment-buti IL does not follow b'
cause q thing is evil that it is therefore to be g
rid o. or if TO be got rid Of that 1t IS to be got RI
of now The time has not yet come 70 get rid {
savep, nor to begin to get rid Of IT, therefore let
alone Such is the brief or skeleton OF NJ
BADGFR's plea or sermon on Slavery IL was
spyer.like thorough grain Ike, and Logical speech
The obituaries Of the Omnibus were chiefly d
ivered by Mr.. BERRIES, Mr.. FOorE and Mr.. Al
Gibson. Mr. BERRIEN spoke on FooTEs amen'
mept Of the Cafortis bill, cutting her 10 two Ju'
below the hips and plead most oeseechinsly tbs
Congress- would adopt it and le. the Governor I
Georgia cut of the unucky scrape hs Legislature
have got him into by requiring him to call cor
yon,ion to dissolve the Union, provided Caiorni
is admitted with her present limits FooTE sn
ATCHlsoN discussed southern affairs, ooth adm
ing that there is great Gesl OF gass 10 the tai
about disunion.
DESPITE Of Mr.. BERRIEN's entreaties the Senai
cruely refused TO dismenIber The state, and wer
about coming to final vote on her admission, vine
motion to adjourn over TIL Monday prevale
with sort Of an understanding think, that ID
bill shall pess without much formal opposition
think the dis jonted fragments OF the Omnibus al
8 to be gathered up and passed separately. SPA.
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