The New York herald., 1850-03-16

days yet before get COMMITTEES and then the dan.
S %:y
the whsle busipess into the Nashville Coovsnurn.
The effect Of Sewsrd's speech In the Senate is ms
insnts Of large portion Of the people q the North
when be contends that they arc under no binding
sboiitonisn being above the eoostitution Southern
gentleman described him to to dsy. politically
in the world but biting Is. heels Of ss: .aS
sse. spBBDs oa E: GSis :: posS Ths rs%.ss' e
in the Senate. He his held to be the most uu,crupu
ous dsnssegus that got into It. and the
men OF the body regard bis speech only Intended
rslinds the abolition e1oitsmsnt in New Yors a. his
only chance in the world Of saving himself
lutte extinction. He driven to this extremity, be-
cause, with the sbolitionis, he rises falls to the
We shall have something say Of the speech OF Mr.
Dougss on Bentons California resolution, when he
hnishes IL to morrow.
wAsHIsoroN, March IA, 1850.
The Senste-.ansthsr Curious Day the Negro Question
Any man who has been . locker on here In Vienna
since the meeting Of Congress is thoroughly sck Of
this negrs business. After listening from day day
for three months and half to the question
Of slavery In ell Its various shapes shades modo-
cations, IL IL impossible sleep without dreamng of
civil burning houses and slaves In butcher
ing ell before them; OF camps, bombs guns drums
battles the confuicn Of wide spread revolution; Of
the Nashve Of the blocksde Of the south
port and the marching of oId Zsck from the WHITE
! the armies Of the Union in psrsop; dream OF
the settlement Of the controversy; OF bondrss sod u-
and bis motto Of Liberty and union. nov aud
forever and ipsepsrsbs n and OF conventions In
South CaroliDs nominating & Black Dsu' for frs
sid.pcy Of the breaking up Of the cabinet; and Of
special eeeson OF Congress to sopsder the question Of
involving deolsrston Of war axain.t Great Britain
and Spain Ofsuch are dreams made of, but they
the results Of this eternal ana internal agitation
n Set rd init al hA negrn nauk
Ing In the shape Of petition praying Congress to pre-
vide, BY is~ trial to runaway slaves By jury
After . disou.siop, for about an hour b, Mss.rs.
Pratt, Hall, Seward, John Davis ssdsrr. Under GOOD,
lost l4to a. and the petition received sad laid
on the table We think the most sensible ves OF the
marked that this everlasting ussion Of slavery hs.
SO infected the capitol that the very phers
fetid 40 the African odor Of an abolition meeting.
| The srtEcH DOUGLASS.
MI Douglass Of Illinois Is ef tue best and rssdisst
debsters IN the Senate IL wss therefore. generally
expected that be would make . eplsudid sfott
the slavery question which he has DONE ssd Of that
corssrvs,vs character which has always marked tue
speech covered large 4urfsos of questions
Yet having their application to the Immediate subject
charges Of MIR. wsSstsr, that they hsa brought in
Texas pledged to slavery, that they bad brought
ths war and all ths territories acquired BY a. and
hence are Isspopsbs for the present state Of thogs
\ On the contrary, Mr. Douglass charged prs.ent
troubles to be the result Of the troky the fraud
In the North, and anti proviso in the South
In . position that has cicssd his mouth, end
dissbles him from touching the subject. Mr..
Douglas thought It MADE difference, what sort
OF governments were applied 20 the nss terri
Basin was cut Of the question, the mean .ss.
tion OF that vast territory beisg from four to ve
thousand feet above the level OF ths surrounded
and penetrated BY chains of mountains covered ~ith
eternal SHOWS. The most original position Of Mr.
Douslass thisthss while he should fse, sxpross
bis own opinions e bis o.n property be held his vote
we spprsSsnd tSi: s but T divided 10, city to Ii. con
they sl.o expect him % advocate. i .e:-cs o: Say
which may change two votes, II he hlmsvlf
y Contributed vote against those instrucsion he
has s~umsd to obey. MIR. Douglass advocated the sd
mission sf California bat thought the people OF that
country should have divided their territory into three
states instead Of one, In view Of strengthening the
compliment on sr Clay Ain lesdisrto6 TO settisnsBt
Of this question. When be had concluded, Mr. Hale
secured the floor for Tuesday.
| GENERAL CONCLUDES ~ REMARKS.
The obssrvsuops which Gen. Cas- comnsnced yes-
tsrd.y ON Mr. roOts resolution for select ait.ss
dsy. He took tAsdistiDct groupd 70. DAY,
!; That the territories Of Dsssiss and Nev Mexico
ought to hsve sovsrnmsns and psotecton given them
He vss strong for the sdussion Of California ana
hosn TO 5. Wholly usi.psSis' ssd the very ws.ts.s
ground that could possibly be assumed
M, ' = nth as the p:os what
ids. v. se@pi.i.y iidisu.a Cy Or FrsssIin. .n.o:
| On his holding jschs.s The jackass diss-the man
esnpo, vote Who hsid the vote, the nss or IN.
| jsehassf uaushtrr)
| MIR Butler pat in scms obssrvatIons
Mr.. Cass-fhs Senator aud ! dlner I au for the
man, and he IL for the jsckass Mr.. Csss vent on to
comment on that passsqs OF Mr. Calhouns remsrhs
which refers 10 the dissoutou Of TIE Union unless
certain guarantees were given 10 the SOUTH ipciudins
an sms ndment OF the Constitution recurring 70 the
South an equilibrium In the general goysrpmsps or st
least in branch of It Dissoution n ts follow surs
| Mr. Butler In the Absence Of Mr. Calhoun expisineJ
that he tuprossd MIR Calhoun meant 20 sav that the
linton ust sooner or latsr ts dissov.d the sovsru
msnt 10 turned over TO psrma spt Norsberu ma odty
in every depsrtmspt He for ope sho uld not feel sc
cure under such . government.
| Mr. Downs ala not mn dsrstand the spesch Of Ny
| Calhoun 10 mean immediats dIssoutisn in certain
,veuts and he thousbt n vas not rsserailv 40 pter
| pretsd bv southern Sepstors
| MIR Foote-Cap any man nov have q doubt about H.
after the Of the eosssu, Of the senator
| from South Csrolips
Nr Dovps-I believe that Southern Senators did not
sepsrsiy updsr,tapd the sossch 10 pdIcsss An mms-
| dists dissolpt,op