Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-09-19
washington cerrespondence.


WASHINGTON CITY, Sept Ii, 1850
On yesterday after so,rs resistance, Messrs Gxinrs
and Fremont were admitted as Senators from Cali
fornia. In the House, Mr. yenable opposed the mo-
ton TO administer the oath TO the Representatives,
Messrs. Wright and Gilbert. After much debate, in
which Mr.. Robinson of Indiana participated, with
much credit to himself, the House adjourned with
out taking the question To-day, however, under the
pressure of the previous question, they we're admit
ted and took their seates. So ends one of the most
fearful struggles this country ever witnessed
On Saturday night, after the passage of the mexs-
ures, the Hotels Illuminated, and the glorious
event was hailed by the firing of cannon, and the
blazing of bonfres A splendid band of Music pa
raded the streets, and serenaded Clay, Webster
Cass, Dickinson, Foote, Rusk, Houston and Speaker
Cobb. cannot better describe the feeling of gen.
eral JOY than by inserting the following notice from
the New York Herald. The editor says:
The crisis of the republic is passed, The great
question is settled. Fanaticsm is rebuked and the
seathed demagogues of all parties will sink back to their
kennels. Those despicable hunbugs which long
rested the progress of legislation congress- and filed
the nation with alarm, exploded and their authors
VIII with them to the sleep that knows waking
The ghosty end Of dsunion laid and "aIl the clouds
which lower around house buried in the deep
bosom of oblivion. The national vessel which long
lay struggling with the storm, has last reached her
port in safety eighed with the dearest hopes of man
kind for freedom. TIE great experiment has fail
ed and the weary and dishC arened millions of the old
continents may gaze, through coudess sky upon the
world-insprng spectacle OF the firm and triumphant
march of empire. California has been by an over
wheming majority, greeted a sister State. Her gol
den star clear from the Western ocean, and calmly
took its place in the grand constellation Saturday the
marriage of the Atlantic and Pacific celebrated
and the lightning had flashed the glorious intelligence;
all over the continent from ten thousand christian tenn
PIES descriptions oil praise and gratitude offered by
millions of the American people, to the Protector of the
Republic Such spectacle reminds Of the 6ays Of
the Roman republic, when after the discovery and the
defeat of the conspiracy OF Catalina Cicero, in closing
his great oraton called the fathers of the Senate and
the people of Rome their affairs and thank the
immortal gods for the protection they had extended to
the Eternal City. And what spectacle more grateful to
Heaven than the thanksgiving OF mighty nation, after
such deliveranccl The last great OF the drama is
terminated For the first tIme the republic touches the
two Its sunrise begins in the dark forests Of
Maine and its sunset is the gltterng mountains
of California. The world has waited for the
nations and 1850 will be marked in all future time by
this signal and grand event Yes, the crisis is past,
and the republic is safe. The Catalines have fed and
Rome now breathe free again."
/ On yesterday morning, motion of Mr.. Clay,
the Senate took up the bill 10 abolish the Slave trade
in the District of Columbia, and it would have met
with but little opposition but for most unfortunate
move made by Mr. Seward of GO Higher law d" MEM
DRY. He introduced amendment to strike out the
bill, and insert one to abolish slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia Immediately and 10 appropriate
two hundred thousand dollars from the Treasury to
pay for Them He assailed the South, and il had the
desired effect 10 the chivalry, and there
is great danger that practical measure of much
importance, will be defeated by the fanaticism Of
this one Senator. So far he has met with but one
supporter Mr.. Chase of Ohio. But discussion will
GO on, until Senators get tired of the whole subject
and il may be laid on the table.
4 In my opinion Congress has no power to appro-
pirate the peoples money to pay for slaves. There
are about six hundred in the District, and 10 eman-
cipate them would only be taking drop out of the
great ocean of slavery. They are mostly houSe-ser
wants, and it may be great question whether their
condition would be improved by this misplaced phi
lanthropy. Seward, Hale, and Chase nothing
about them. They are looking for political capital,
and whatever policy make that they will adopt
Congress will adjourn the 30th inst.
XAVIER.