New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-16

ilna. nr 1870 pe mad o6Dosed friends az. rela-
tiyes Those who stood up for the execuu IN OF the
Resolutions Of the Legislature were ds high and
as honorable men any IN the ~otli' h0tTthstand-
inc the denuncatlons poured upon them and the at
tempt to put them under the ban OF treason
MI FooTE disclaimed having denounced any
and traitors who urged the people Of that State to
attack the forts OF the United Sia,es All sucn ne
denounced again. and for ali ne had sad vas res
ponsible noe and hereafter. here and ELSEWHERE. -
Mr. BUTLER said the Resolutions OF south I lrol-
ma in ls4s were for cooperation IN 1919. They were
the same and those which had been adopted IN 1917
were based upon the action which mad taken place
IN Mississippi When he heard the troops had been
sent 10 Fort Moultrie and the guns OF Fort Sumter
were pointed upon his SOIL he had great difficulty IN
entering into the contest which TOOK place In MS
State 1t was a state Of affairs produced by what had
taken place in Mississippi.
Mr. FooTE said, he had signed the Southern Ad-
dress-he had sent CalhOuns letter TO his State but
in neither OF these was word SAID ABOUT secession,
or an amendment Of the Constitution. ~ SOuth
Carolina had followed the course recommended by
Mississippi in the Nashville Convention. differ
eni state OF things would have resulted He alluded
10 a speech made In Charleston, by the author OF
the Address OF the Nashville Convention. In which
il was said that he never expected to see 80 30 the
lines recommended by that Convention, adopted
that he had been tired OF this Government Tor TWEEN
~ years. and desired to get free from 1t. &c Such
language has produced the effect IN South Carolina,
anu not the course of Mississippi.
Mr.. BUTLER said that as illusions had been made
WHICH cOulC LOt DC UllStdhtl Ht NOuAO iCd'C SAS
floor TO his colleague
Mr. RHKTT said, at the close of the last session.
Mr.. Clay, IN speech on the Presidents Message,
had made some personal illusions TO MN wnicn ne
rose to reply to, but, at the suggestion OF some
rends, he had postponed his speech till a report
was made on that message. The report was nos
made till the last hour OF the session, when ne couI
not reply. On other occasions the same SENATOR dd
styled him traitor If the Senator from Kentucky
ever appears in the Senate again, that speech would
be delivered: If the Senator from Mississippi had
introduced the proposition here that no state had
right to secede and that all VINO aided state Ill 50
doing were traitors, there would be some excuse
for, that subject there had always been dIfer-
ence Of opinion. EplthetS may or may nor amount
to any thing. Gen. Gage In writing TO the BRUSH
throne, said Were 1t not for demagogues and
traitors, who controlled the people. the rebellion
could be put down" Arnold himself spoke
with a sneer of WASHINGTON, the rebel traitor
The people he represented were secesslonlstS-Were
disunlonlsts-aId he was free TO declare he was
secessionist and that he was, under the present
state Of affairs, dsunionist. lie had desplred OF
the rights of the SOuth-Of all Justice and equality
from the Federal Government not for 90 years, but
ever since le4l. The oyerturnlng OF Governments
was not much How was American freedom hrst oo-
tanned but by that course Had the tedeIti noy
eminent been administered to secure the Ssuth
equality in the possession and enjoyment OF tue
nights guaranteed by the Constitution He was say,
ished IL had not and never would be. lie would
show the Senate the causes of dissatisfaction oil
the people he represented. This Compromise dis
satisfied them it was not only unconstitu-
tiOnal, but deeply unjust and oppressive
lie reviewed the statement of the amount OF teTrl-
tory possessed by the United States at the time OF the
passage of the Oregon Bill and also OF thai acquired
from Mexico. He asked whether any Southern man
with his slaves could enter and colonlze one SIN
gle foot of this vast extent OF territory. The tern
tory of the United States, gained by the common
treasure of the United States equal IN extent 10
fortynine States each Of the area as Ohio The
South and its slave Institutions were excluded rom
all of it, The Union was now comprised of seven
teen free and fourteen slave States. and territory
equal to forty nine additional States had been gvenup
TO swell the number Of free Sates-tae South beng
doomed to remain fourteen only. The forelS'i emit
grafton equal annually TO half million and thus
population flowed III by way Of foreign emigration
alone sufficient to make five States each year. an 10
be free of course. That was the result OF the
COMPROMISE, and with such measure, the peO-
pie of the South were expected to be satisfied
What was the prospect OF the South Now seven
teen free States and fourteen slave-the South
excluded from territory equal In extent 20 over forty
States, and they rapidly filing up with foreign
pOpulatlon--could any man say this was very SAFE,
comfortable Triumphant position for the South To
occupy Under the evident tendency OF the ksis-
raj Government II would not be long before May,
land Virginia Kentucky, Tennessee. Missouri and
North Carolina would be free, and then general
emancipation would soon follow. stlli ne nal
hopes OF the South herself lie did not despair oil her
altogether lie did not despair even OF Mississippi lpr
he believed there were some freemen there yet lie
would not despair of the South till she was anOtner
Hungary. lie believed tnat II the South continued
under the Union as at the present time ITSELF, Win
South socially and politically. He did not c0nsdert the
tax on which aroused fathers equal in I'M us,ce
this great spolatiOn OF the South. lie arsuedthe
the admission OF California to have been uuconst-
iutional. The Senator from Mississippi had taken
that ground in his letter TO Governor QultmaD. The
Nllmot PToylso was IN the Constitution OF Cantor
MA, and Congress. by recognizing that Constitution
recognized the Wilmot PfOyiso. Again, the CJnstl-
tuition says new States may be admitted. Calltor-
ma no State, but simply territory Of the United
States Congress in admitting her had no authority
IN In sp II no A for IA q
gwen 10 admit new States
Mr. FoorE desired to explain. II the Senator from
South Carolina is unwilling 10 be interrupted, let
him and Will not do IT,
Mr.. RHETT-The gentleman had better not inter-
rnpt mel have not very good temper ana Ms,
perhaps, is no better. He next examined the Terri
tOna bills, which, IT was true. did rot contain the
prOviso, but the Act gave MI Fillmore the power OF
appointing Judges and Marshas. The majority Of
Judges appointed were known to be OF opinion that
the Mexican laws aboShlng Slavery were now en-
forced IN Territories The Wllmot ProyisO was In
effect spread over all the Territories.
"A message was here received from the House, ar
nouncIDg that the Speaker had signed the koss ltn
Welcome Resolution, and the President OF the SEN
ate then signed II also
Mr. RHErT contmued-By the Texas Boundary
bill the South lost four states. He commenced an
examination OF the question whether the Fugitive
Slave Law had been enforced. and denied that II
had-When he gave way to motion, and the senate
adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
M BAHLY, of Va offered a resolution, which was
acopleGIhat the President, far as Is compatible
with the public interests, communicate any ntorma
ton IN the possession Of the Executive respecting
the Imprisonment, trial and sentence of j. ). Thrash
er and his night 10 claim protection an American
citizen.
The Senate's Resolution, giving in behalf Of the
People of the [. s. cordial welcome 10 kossuth to
the capital OF the Country, and requesting the Pres
ident TO transmit him copy Of the same, was taken
up and without debate passed, under the operation
Of the previous question moved by Mr.. Robinson
Yeas Isl, Nays l6.
The following are the Nays ON Mr.. Stewards Kos
sUth resolutions
Messrs Abeicrombe, Averett, Bragg Brown OF Miss,
Caldwell. Harris Tenn, Holiday, johnson. Ca Jones,
Tenn. Martin. Moehead Savage, Scuy. Stephens Ga.
Williams Woodward.
Mr. SMITH of Ala, moved TO reconsider the title Of
the resolution He wanted TO offer a personal
explanation. Objection was made to this, but
finally, amid much confusion the consent Of the
House was gwen.