New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-22
I'm Congress, Yesterday.

I'm Congress- Yesterday.
The SENATE spent the day most unproita-
bly on the Fugitive Slave bill. We can't
believe any such project as that of paying
for Slaves out Of the Federal Treasury can
be adopted; if it is, why not 60 into buying
ard Hberating by Wholesale instead Of re-
tails II the South run into this trap, it is
more shortsighted than we have supposed.
After runaway shall thus have been paid
fer. with what face can his master claim
him, He becomes Uncle Sans slave, II
anybody's. But read the sketch of the de-
bate.
The HOUSE spent the day in the General
Appropriation bill, making some amend
ments which were hardly Improvements
II seems that several Charges are about to
come home, and others to be appointed IN
their stead, putting the country to an extra
pense of $500. Of course, if functional
lies resign, the President has no choice but
to supply their places.
Mr.. STANTON Of Tenn. rushed into trouble
with regard to our relations with Portugal,
drawing on himself bombardment of
more damaging character than any which
Lisbon has lately been in danger OF. lie
finally hauled of ia a crippled condition
nSsr- The Boston Atlas afirms, with ref
erenoe to the Texas Boundary, that it re-
cards "Mr. Pearce's line as infinitely pref
cradle to the line proposed in the Compro-
mise" There certainly can be 40 account
ing for tastes, and very decided Free
Soiler may somehow consider the securing
of 5000 square miles to Freedom an ample
recompense for the loss of 80, 900 to Slavery.
But when The Atlas afhrms that Mr..
Pearce's line, as compared with Mr.. Clay'S,
"eiyes TO New-Mexico, in exchange for
sDorthless, barren icaxes, a large and 'nha0-
'ited tract of land on the Rio Grande," 1t
speaks entirely at random, and not in &C
cordance with the truth. We know it has
been said that the country lying West of
the Indian Territory on the head waters of
the Red River and Canadian is sterile
and without value, but the later and we
believe more reliable accounts represent it
as mainly fine, rolling prairie, well grassed
and well adapted to pastural agriculture.
As to the gain Of "a large and inhabited
t~AAa ON thA R;A C-s~a>, y >h~ Co.. "a ->st aA
We are confident there are not one hundred
white residents on the small triangular ter
ritory which Mr.. Clay's bill gives to Texas
but Mr.. Pearce's leaves to New-MexicO.
The difference between the two plans is
substantially this--Shall the future State
directly West Of the Indian Territory be
Slaveholding or Free? We say Free.
We have said there is no disputing on
tastes, but we will prove that The Atlas has
monopoly Of its own. When Mr.. Under
wood (see Senate proceedings of the 9th
inst proposed to substitute the Compro'
mise Boundary for Mr.. Pearce's, the vote
on the proposition was as follows:
Y.s-Me.sr. Badgn Bradbury, Bright Chr, cllrLe Cooper,
p5dre Of Wis E,rin0 eeh Greene. Hd Hasn. Nou Phelps,
S,osrd Shields Smith spnsn Underwood, UPaan Wales Walk
k,rsMssrs Addison Badger Baraven Bell genton Berren,
Butler Davis Of Miss Dawson ocsiaon Doage Of
IeNs fooe HoustO Hune, King hasoa Morton PeAee K'k'
Sebastian, sOuIe, Sturgeon and Tuney--so
Will The Atlas explain why no one
Free Soiler in the Senate voted as he should
have done if its infinite preference is the
right one?