The New York herald., 1850-03-01


touch them with pair of topgs. But wings and de-
mocrsts, south OF the Potomac now occupy one plat
form Party divisions In the South st end Both
parties worship ct an altar which they will be sacri-
deed or die II 1t Is necessary There 10 longer any
union of parties, North aud South. That tie the tie
Of political ss well religious union-b is cut and II
based upon grounds which the South have soemnly
sworn to resist to the death Wis the
Wimot, Clay, Taylor Cass, which embodss directly
or indirectly tho principle that the Southern section
shs be dshonored and degraded BY being deprived Of
CURED and the few otSsr tn nov % HI 70 pe
the Southern States will form confsderscy ON their
own section and maintain It their ancestors did be.
iore tnem when they freed themselves under South
ern leader, Washington, from union which had sx-
isted from the settlement Of the continent between the
mother country and her colonies and for less grevous
causes and less wrongs than the South com plain
You rely upon force to sustain the Uuion-upon
sustain him! Your free soil troops have . hundred
miles to come to get here The Southern section are
vopS pa t an the % sound OF mrsast shot
wiz shake the Union ssunder; and the word, the blow
the shot may be felt TO- day, TO- morrow the next
magazine. A month might not elspss after such an
event. before General Tsylsr might be fugitive In the
ne 70 to use force to keep or bring
they are not equals but ciphers the North
osiculats with Bah General Taylor Is Southern
man. his home is In the South He would be the fret
to see the folly Of to force the South into
union that Northern aggression backed by Northern
control OF the had forced her out Of The
south are prepared for civil war, II the North
ern forces headed by General Taylor in person.
Where would Virginia be then? She is the first South
ern State south OF the Potomac. In four weeks she
would arm $4,000 slaves, and her 6rst would be
TO ssue scrip by the Legislature the State every
saveholder Of $500 for every able bodied negro. To
THIS army OF negroes she would say cannot
main here. You may leave us. We have given you
officers and arms Follow the former the free States
geod lands there. We are at war With them. Fight
when you get there and you shall each have . farm.
y snail be yours. Succeed, and we will send your
wives and your families after yeu There you be
free, and own farms for yourselves Here with us II
you remain, you must be slaves. Choose, and
and they would start OF their slaves II Z civil
war comes, the war would not be carried into
Africa; they would reverse that order, and carry
or sepd Africa into the war The virginians could de-
fend their own soil and army Of bscks would afford
plenty Of occupation for the or Ohio
ans True the blacks might get killed In that ease,
they wsud have the consolation Of diving among their
own brethren those whe melting them to murder
the white population OF the South This Mr. Bennett,
horrible prospect but let me assure you 1t s true
The Vrgniaus are as wide awake any other state.
" She came into the Union an equal and she will
be the inferior Of Rhode leland or
let the cost be what 1t may. Never, never, never
The horrors Of civil contest, into which the dark
race Of Africa must be forced, only be imagined If
circumstances have placed in the hands Of her white
population
Compromss Let the North empower some man like
Webster to eer proposition which perhaps his great
intellect and experience may suggest, that will give
the South justice, her rights under the constitution
and guarantee that no king majority North shall
have the power tyrannze her. her Of a she
holds dear and trample the constitution under his
feet and tbs Union may be preserved and perpetused
Let the proposition come The ides Of March -
at hand and the tyrant king majority may receive
his death blow in the capitol. PATRICK HENRY.
Our Warrington Correspondence.
WAsHIsGroS, Feb. 2s, 1850.
The Siavsry Compromise Custom House Rsmovais &c
The country issafe. The great Webster is 70 take
up the compromks measure at the point TO which the
great Clay has 90 happily brought It, and carry the
noble work to eom,letion.
MIR. Clay plays spon the passions Of men, and thus
swsys them. He has paved the way handsomely for
The great eemprolaiS work to 60 forward 10 compile
Mr.. Webster addrervs nru1.~.. W. ..v- ..-S-.--
ings OF men He sriiss out like Canova from the
bls quarry Of his mint image which rvsts the atten-
tion OF men he ereds q monument to the memory
and virtues Of ws'hiuon and the perpetuity OF the
mon, wnion men ana Satrots gaze at and pronounce
ssnstoss Butler, Eoots, jefferson Davis and others.
acompromise platform, whch will give satisaction to
the South and the North.
What win It bel u win b. in part to make . new
slave State out Of Texas vbich Is large enough for
four States and bring II intothe Union vita two Sc
nstorr, along with California This viii ksep up the
81 me sosh and the South In the
Ct it will do
But Nr. webster's scheme WI not take 30 we'll nov
earthquakes Of agitation and evaporation roll on let
the minority In Csngress exercis the parliamentary
Ishts Of minority ss y is desen the British House
Of Commons, by calling the ysas sd nays TO stave of
all legislative action. upon the s,pply bills and all
other bills until the patience of tn majority and OF
the people everyvh here, 10 sxhaustd. Let the mer
chants the men Of commerce. and show
sieps Of alarm and draw In and cosract their oper
tons Let the stocks Of the States s Of the United
States &c down to low standard; letrents In cities
share simiar fate; let men stare can other In the
face, and ask What IL 20 be done, aud tsn, Mr. Web
stsr might bring forth almost any kindpf compro-
Dise febeme, and Il would be gladly tnbrsosd and
adopted-most gladly.
Let the elements q agitation work on they will do
In The Hoa,s TO- Day. Mr Toombs Of o.rri., made
one of the sbest and best speeches which bs yet
sons and showed with great force what are be rshts
Of the tye States under the guarantees and ssguards
Mir. Baker Of Illinois, followed on the N,rtherp
side In reply, and was eloquent, keen and srgesnts-
tive
Both speakers commanded profound attention
MIR. MeLspe. Of Maryland. next made Q fippst de-
mocr.tio speech; but ths House was tired snc was
glad, when he got through, to adjourn
Mt. " Richelieup Robinson he's been dismissed som
Office in the New York Custom House BY order Of Or
secresry Meredith, upon the alleged ground thathe
li,t Of some twenty or more ofcers vhese servicv
could be dispensed vth In the work ef economy tn
Collector decided vas sent by Mr. Maxwell to Mr. Me
Trbrns and . brother OF Mr. Meredith, and possibly
Major Noah and Mr.. Hsrrick, Of two sunday papers
MI sfssart OF the sun. and MIR White Of the Csurfe,
and Enquirer. OF the whole list, Mr. Meredith struch
on one name Was 10 that Of his brotherf No WA
II that Of Noah. the editor, or Stewart, the editor
Herrick the editor Of advertissments or white ths
editor Of opera criticismsl No IL was that of vii
lisn Robinson, becsuse he writes for . whir paper
Mr. Meredith prefers TO keep his own brother picked
up somewhere In Pennsylvania, and iocofcco and sun
day editors, In place. REFS EFFENDI,
wssHrseros, Feb II, 1850.
Erening Report.
The proceedings In the Hou,s to-day indicate some
thing Of better temper than usual and the scene o
violence spprshended on Do,ys California resolution