New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-22

thc Papal d minions. Pro'lamau n- from
Mazlini appear on the wa'l- and linlc traces
my,teri,u,,} printed end indus'ri9a-iy .ir-
culated ind THEN way into All hands and
across the threshold. Of every house All
that must come to something the result We
shall see IN due time
Ebe New GomproUi-e Commune SCI
element Of the sIa'c1J Q"'-'i""'
The Great men Of the Seuai. have laid
thcir heads together and chosen Select
Committee Of their number To- report p plan
Of settling the Territorial and Slavery Que
tons. 30 as 20 rcprcs- agitation and restore
harmony To- the National Councils. Now
harmony j, an excellent thing. when IT dom 2
cost TOO much. and wc should Doe very GLAD
to soc the Slavery aud Tcrritora. Questions
settled. Not that We regard agitation md
excitement with such adherence as many
profess o.. for they have important u-o..--
We aarcc with Mr. Jefferson that tlc
tcmpestuou, sea of Liberty III Liberty
sea must hc tcmpc,tuou>| j, preferable o.
the calm If Despoti,m W. Ike % have
the country aroused and excited, and s,'mu-
latcd to inquiry and reflection. Hundreds
IF thousand. have been mpclied hy the
gigantic waves Of political turmoil winch
have successfully broken over the country
To- read. inquire. observe. aud tails. % free
man, iu-, interest ia puhh, affair who Nut
for agitation would have gone down O. tueir
grave, Ignorant. careless and unlatuoti,.
In fact. We rather IKE Political excitement
within reasonable limits. regarding ID %, an
agency Of transient evil but lasting good.
Bu, the country has been long enough. io.
once excited and distracted with strife re.a-
tive t. Slavery andits Extension We -hould
rejoice 10 sec i~ attention drawn Con- Is season
e. questions of different ORDER question,
regarding the condition If Its Industry and
thu means Of lettering that condition. che
improvement of it, llarhor- Rivers. and
means Of intercommuuicauun generally. the
proper disposition Of It's Public Lands, a..
AZ. These seriously aul earnestly demand
action-we think the country suffers and
sacrifices daily for want OF such action
while It's attention j. mainly cn9ro~,ed 10y
barren agitation respecting Slavery and NJ
grocs.
We should heartily rcioice, then. that the
great Senators had come together resolved
to settle the Slavery Question. and would
exult IN their sanguiuc hopes of success, il
We could only feel certain tina, ihcy would
settle il righf This seems 70 H. an indi>
pensahlc condition. For. if YOU hut e1n>i3
er 1t, nothing short Of thi> can truly b,
deemed settlement al all. FiF thing
ever 50 skilfully wrong and ii won't stag
fixed in "a little while it viii want cosbhns
and patching over again. Stop ever 50 cley
erly the stone which has rolled halfway
down precipice, and YOU have bat arrested
It's movement for a season: by-and-'y a tree
falls a root breaks. or a furious storm start,
she suhiacent earth, and your rock GO,
laundering and crashing 10 the botIom.-
Blessed are the pcacemakerS, If YOU can
but be sure thar they don't cry Peace
peace. when there - no peace.
-Sixty-six years a-o--bcfore the Federal
Constitution Was formed-ihe attention Of
Congress was drawn to the Importance OF
settling the question OF Slavery in the Ter.
ritories Of the Union. TuoNAs JtrrksSo>
drafted the first Provi>o IN the subject, ana
it WAS a good one. 1t real substantially
thus:
No slavery no- in,oaatS! sev,is1le, ex
cepG or crane whcreo; the eus.av,t snail have
been duly cOavictedl shs cryr exist IL tie Tern.
tory North west OF the Ohio
This, you see went right 20 the root Vt the
matter Ii did not pass at once, the assent
Of every State being then required O, pass al
act; but il was renewed in l1>1, and adopt
Cd by decided vote And this short Proyi>o
settled the Slavery Question. with reference
10 all the vast and fertile ragion lying De-
tween the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and
now forming five great and rapidly gr,wing
States. A feeble effort was once made 70
procure a temporary suspension Of this Pro
yiso 80 far a. a portion 81 the Territory Was
bat the Country and Congress