The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-13
INTELLIGENCE BY THE MAILS.
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Eves,ng Chapto-A Ghmar0t Dayight-sreak-
,ys Sf,H Ah,ad-S0ufh0H Caucus Ihirf 3. sir
THptL-Sculhera Mscfmgs-Ihe Lust EGot on
the Omnibus NJ. DickinS0n's Position Mr..
Foote'S Algr,he"s'OHs, &c. Sc.
We lave a glu,mering of daylight-a break in
the clouds-a pause in the storm; but still the
thunder is mute ring in the horizon, oninous OF
the fermeutiug Of another tempest In brief, there
Is TO be another struggle, The closing contest IN
Congress on the slavery question The ultra
friends OF Catalonia, appear Ia be resolved on her
admission az spt eddy possible. this session. and
upon this issue The south are slnPly required 10
submit resist
Submission requires an abandonment of the
Nashviiie cuuvChtor--ut the resolutions OF South
ern lepislaurtsut thr di rtfnes Oi southern IN eel
ings aud Of the declarations Of Southern members
in both houses at Congress.
Resistance involve, the contingency oi leNolu-
ton, dissolution and clVli war =,
Between th-st two ulternaiions, the choice will
be settled uron the question OF The admission OF
California.
The pro, prct of the speedy passage through the
Segstr OF The rI tor rhe admission OF Caiuornia,
has aduiUuis htu The South that there il no time TO
be lost and, accordingly, the Southern mrmbrrs
Of the Houst during the past week., have held two
caucuses, one on Thursday night, and one on 81.
mrday evening, 10 deNi,e ways aud means for
resisting The passage of tn bill through The House.
and for the determination Of what is TO
be done III the event OF the success of
California Just as she H. Other questions are
involved, but They are Incidental Ia TINS . lncipu
issue-such az the recognition of the Texas com
pact IN the government for New Mexico, leaving
the teTlltoN south at 20 deg 30 MIN recognized
as under the PRINCIPLES al the Texas annex iuou,
which declare thai south of 30 deg. 80 mu. thu
re ople in asking Ia be- niIro as a Stale IL shall
be with or without slavery a. they may drt-rmlu-,
but that in The meantime here shall b. no WiinOt
proyiso and furth' r, that Utah, aud such Other
territorial governments - may NJ provided, sh all
fr.sf, s.,l.f ~
property, sUht "a ouly To ia" judgment of the peD.
pie upon then admission IL the sovereign capacity
of States.
These issues are mrTrh Incl dental TO the m lin
question of the admission of California bur far
thsr Tequsi1on uf the ; ,uth will be- thai these IN
cdental Measures hal fret br DIS posed of saris
fscton'y b. fore they wall consent the admission
OF California.
Upon ths question, p5rtculsHy, Gncludng
however, oil the oher lssurs,) RESOLUTIONS ay Mr..
IOouibs, Chaunlup at 'hr COMMITTEE of Fifteen,
were reported 10 the Caucus of Saturday night
from the adjouITed meeting Of Thursday last.
We understand thst these resolutions lake the
ground of the Nashville Convtn oD-ihr line of
80 deg 80 mn. or III southern boundary for the
State OF California. Ah-T debate upon them. we
understand the psuluiiOus were adopted aud will
be published ~ the S1ufh'ru Press
In this condfIon ~ tiitlrs II IL useless 10 dis
puse The fact thai worst of the road has vet TO
BE- travelled. The proceedings OF publlc meetings
in the Southern STAT appear 20 h- fully up 10 the
resolutIons OF The .~unth"rn Caucus, aud the more
recent expressions al puriC r~ntInen the South
are perhaps tvrr mon" drcidrd Than those which
led 10 the calling at tn Nashville Convention.
ConViDced at The danger of California, just as
she rs, Mr.. Fpo'e aud Mr.. Clay had agreed if
they could get five UT ELK southern VOTES in
the Senate, fci the compromise, IN addition to
what they had, that they would make IS deg
ii Is understood ia Nrssrs. Csss, Bright, Dick.
inson, Sturgeon, aud W'ntcomb would assist in
voting thai aueu"ultnt INTO the bill OF course
all the Sou wogld vote To put the amendment in:
but the object wac To SECURE hva or six additional
Southern Notrf for he hill ITSELF with that pro-
visicD ~ n, - compensate tor the loss OF NorhrTn
voter, IN consequence ot II MIR Fuote tells US
that he lobhea around, that Mr. King Mr..
p Clemens, md Mr. M"ft-n agreed to the propo-
sirion; bot thai Mr. Suulc refused to touch IL.
MIR. Clay, ub Ih~ morning after the defeat of the
bill, cUniessed 10 some such arrangement. aud
made ~ Ihr ground ~ attacking the South for 50
hastily drsuuyiug he measure.
IL pity that MIR. Civ aud Mr. Fooic did not
make H. arrangement little sooner, before ascer-
tainipg thu absolute Impu-sbihtl at passing the bill
wiihsut more South' m votes thdn they could count
in its spyIoIt They woItrd ntllr too Iung, aud
tbe sult II that hlr they have sacrificed all their
luhOis upon the Compromise, Mr. Pebce, on the
other hand, whuse Hn- udueut ted 10 the de-trnc-
uon OF the htll, !, ID, Oh with the hoHors of the
hTst actual MEASURE ~ n COMPROMISE
And how stands our drnOcriuc, Senator Dickin-
son IN all tins husiue,-l Justas he has stood all
the time. AuNous for a settlement, rea W for A
comptOniSr IA the trlr mraning ufthr word, ready
10 do jurtic. srd deal fairly with the South, what
ever the consequsucrs al home; ready, always, for
the sake at thu Urion. sacrifice hlm.rlf lie
has kept st-sdil, h's fouhod on hat bro II ma
tiOnsl platform. ~ heh cOmprshrnd- the Union
and all the Ststrs of The UuIun and we know IA Al
bis conserv~iive d-rnrimrut ia the Senate has done
much to pfstPbt thu complete alienation Of the
South. To Mr.. Webster To Gen C,Ss. add 10
Mr.. Dickinson, and two or three other Northern
Senators, are ~ rHdrht-d for the preservation
smopg southern S-uatuT., If a disposition 10 Weld
everything Ia The Ini"n, consistent with what they
believe iu be their honor and thrir ECU div.
We have, however. very few such s-i-sAcriii-
cling men Dickinson ~ the House IL is not to
b. expected iaat amru'hc. If tnr House can act as
indsI-nde ntb a. ui-mner at the Srnatr. Hence
the dtnRrr 81 a s.Cuousl majority IN the House.
They may push the South To the wall. IL u rvi-
dent, nom Their cRucus-es, that the south ,ntici.
pate It, and ~ " apparent lhrt they will resist. Bat
The member who's seat depends upon one hundrrd
and Que thousand abolition votes. will be- very apt
TO be excr,a ivply bold IN the cause Of freedom;
and, thef, fore, We tnspect there IL still no little
danger Of serOus trouble in the House on the Cali.
fornia bill.