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

| thus TAR not a candidate, not canuluite siIitli
has dared TO open his mouth against II. me
very first day OF the next session OF the Legisla
ture, bill will be introduced for a division, and
| { the measure does not go through IN some
shape, II viii fail, rather from the want OF agree
| meut among Its friends, than from any hearty op'
position anywhere
Yet never was a measure more devoid Of good
| feitures-more replete with bad To the sosth-
| ern portion of the State II Is mockery and n
| snare designed under the shallowest pre.ext, to
| K upon them Slavery. which they abhor. and 4
avtholding caste, who abhOr and desplse them
| IN turn. and spit upon them as "Greasers" To
the northern half of the State It VIII be lasting
injury, for II Will withdraw from the counties
here the energies and the capital of thousands o.
the best citizens Ii must bankrupt the State,
which cannot now pay lis current expenses, and
will be less able, deprived OF the revenue from
the southern counties Ii cannot fail seriously
TO interfere with all efforts for the establishment
of a Mint IN Calfornia-wlth the prosecution Of
the public works for the United States-to de-
grade and paralyze every thing here. Besides all
this. and worse than all. 1t Is destined 70 cast IN
anew and most dangerous element OF dlscOrd and
strife, to conyulse the Union.
1t Is perfectly certain that. in not single
County Ut the Stale north OF Monterey, Is there
a majority IN favor of the scheme. and yet 1t
may succeed, far this State Is concerned.
the Southern nan has always compEehended the
character OF Northern men-the indifference OF most
of them to ohtics, the servlllty, selnshness and
cowaIdlcc of the rest. In the WIDE arena OF the
Union. and hundreds OF miles apart, he has known
how So 10 operate upon these dispositions as
generally 10 compass MS ends. But II is here IN
CalI'o MA, where for the FIRST time the two Races
OF men are brought constantly into immediate con
tact-criZens upon the same soil-that you see TINS
most Enthusiastically Here you see the power
which he positive nature, the overoearing impe-
will the hot intoleranttemper ofthe Souherner
to rNId m
Northern man. too deeply absorbed IN business 10
care about politics. or too much bent upon his
political Advancement, 20 care about principle.
Thus the few rule the many and the North aud
West with all their numbers, give way before the
aggressive ont and to ~eflng crest otthe South.
Then there Is another scheme. Not only i the
State 10 De dyl- ed IN order to cut ont nes Slave
state from the Southern half. but the Constitution
is t. be " amendeG"-by ab0liShng the anti avery
PTovisO thus converting Northern California INTO
Slave Stale, ready mace. At present the prop iou'
ties are against the success OF this latter project
bur IL California OF all lands upon the earth, there
IS 10 knowing what day may bring forth The
Southern in and out OF California are bent upon
obtauir a front for Slavery upon the Pacific aud
with characteristic pertInacIty they VIII struggle
for IT, Said one OF the most prominent atvocates
OF dividing the State and amending the COnsti-
tutiCn. to me the other day, on Northern men
and rough Western fellows can black your own
boots or brush yOur own coats, or you can 60
wlthout-it makes no difference 70 you. But win
US. Southern gentlemen, 1t Is different. from orr
cradles. have been used 10 our servants, anu We
carrot 90 without them. In California labor Is too
dear and We must get our slaves here, II we are To
1--we in the country
All these questions Will be brought INTO the next
Senatorial contest The Democratic candidates are
countless, but those most prominent are Cot Jno
b. Weller Solomon Heydenfedt James McOou-
gal and Thomas Henley. Col. Weller IS the well
known politician from Ohio. Mr.. McDougal Is the
present Attorney Gen'l OF the State Mr.. Henley is
well known as Reoresentative IN Congress for sew
eral Years from Indiana. Mr.. Heyden'eldt IL the
Youngest Of the whole, aud the same gentle
man Who got so many votes for l. \ Senator III the
three cOrneIed contest between himself, T. Butler
King and Cot Fremont last winter. Like MI u
lee Of Florida, he Is OF Jewish extraction, SCUM
Carolmlan by birth, last from Alabama, lawyer oy
profession, and politician OF very ultra pro slave
~ stripe Last winter by profuse professions
OF moderation, he Toped into his support
few Nex-YoTk BarnburUeis Who were Wiling
TO be cheated and WAC sold themselves Ike Judas
for thirty pieces, although, unlike hun, they were
che ated out OF the wages Of their shame IL ~ ad-
mluec that in Alabama, Mr. Heydenieldt was nut
Infer Of the Calhoun sort, and II IN TINS country ne
has changed his professions Il is not supposed he has
materially changed his principles. tie was noinna'
TED at Bencla as Judge OF the Supreme Cout, by
the Democrats, With the express understanding
that be sought the nomination AS al hon )rdOe
retreat from the field of politics, for which he
declared himstn "no, Mt /" and in this view
the other candidates for the Supreme Court with
drew, leaving him TO be nominated. un ant
mously nominated, and subsequently elected. IL
rather bothers some OF those candidates who with
for the u. :. Senate now, u understand by whu
rule Of political or other morality Nr. HeydenfeldI
is 70 reconcile his again entering the lists as an op-
pon0nt- returning 10 the hell OF pOiltcs LOT winch
be vas Ot 1T essay ing 10 rde TWO horses AZ once,
ore heading to~ard the Supreme Bench 0t the
state, tie other toward the Senate Of the United
States and ceranGing all the calculations wnch
they had mace upon the votes OF the Southern men
In The legislature. For. "rue as the nee lie
10 the poer faithful to their sectional interests,
since Mr. Heydcn'oldt has been announcer as
a 49,
of tho Legislature from Slave States have been
rating to him from all the other ciniidates,
and Il is probable that with few honorable eK-
cepiious 0arge-minded, liberal men, VINO canho' De
eItargled n the small meshos OF secuonaism, ana
who do Lot believe IN man riding two MOBILES lot
Office at ore time,) he viii rally around MN ne try
The whole OF that sort OF strength III The LeSisdute
And set one would think that these men cOud De
satishtc with one Senator from California; from the
ultra South, DR.. G~In and that Obvious prophecy
would dictate 20 them the necessity OF concophhB "
the Northern Democracy constituting large ma.
iori,y OF the Democratic party IN California; one OF
The Two Senators Nh Heydeneldt, however, be-
longs 10 school Of politicians here, who openly
asow thoH selves prepared 10 support oouIhefh
men exclusively for all legislative othces aud
who IL tie last election, got up ticket OF
their own 10 the City Of San Francisco, kno sn as
the southern ticket" on which none on southern
men Wings and DemOcTatsl were placed ana WHICH
polled some lOOgOtes No..
Is mis- CLIQUE which is at the bottom Of all This
movement for a clyision OF the o.dIe,|loi an
samencment' OF the Constuutlon- Anu OF lho eAPo-
dltlon 10 the sandwich Islands. Inc same cirque,
mnkius up for want of number or popular support,
by is zeal per,lLs lily and Organization, Is syste-
maticay al work " place California IN her polIu-
cal and social relations, upon the ooutn CaIo,na
pI,,form ard by the secret arts which some poiiti-
cIaTs upt erstand so well undermining and breaking
drwu every Northern man In the Democratic party
whom il cannot bring ia 10 It's faction
Nhst the result Of all this VIII be, heaven OILY
lnows. Much cepGncs upon the action OF the next
Leeis lstnre II a bill for division OF the state, on
fer AN amendment Of the Constitution, should pass
or If We have Dr.. GWIn and MI Heycenletec, las
yeas tbe people Of California from noria OF asons
ard Dxou's hne have little TO expect, and II eithef
OF the bills abOve mentioned should receive the sane
ests.and progress q our young state, may lot DC
repaired IN years: latin, ,bo,
they are, have aith IN the people o. CAoIn, @na
an veil assured that If ever these schemes iOr
- ~ ,sn.. ring fornla are suffered 70