New-York daily tribune., 1852-01-31
WASHINGTON.
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TT. ;ron,e beipg in Committee Of the
who,s on the Census Printing, 1t roiis upon
- ~ debate. Every topic that can en'er
,.to the imagination Of man to CONCEIVE, rs wan,
,.,,v dragged in by the head and shoulders, anu
~ of,en murdered, as all witnesses oil Con
.x,...;oraI debates can attest. There is no emo
40 the slaughter Of subjects, and none to 'he
,buse Of honest, well-meaning language. we
lave sometimes thought that no man ongh' ~
BE- permitted to infict speech upon Congress on'
less h. had first been to a school for deoa'e'0'
and had graduated with honors. Inc iI"a.
sst trade in the world is thought 70 's4," -
Ie,e and assiduous apprenticeship IN o' .''
..Se a man any thing like good WORKMAN. =
r.r who should offer himself as 'aiioi' "
-n.at., vbo had not spent months anu Je"'e
-. 90 master his business, woulu DC 'u'"0N
-. =. ,bo sbop at his first essay. But 'he non
..d Ioog.s suffering public whom the Repre-
..r..,iyes in Congress serve, seem wllins 10
,,te il for granted that legislators, and deoa'ers'
.nd orators, are found ready made; and receive
their work., dreadfully defective though they
NAV he. with patience and even with applause
Az an evidence of the vide latitude OF oeDate'
Mr.. GipprNGs got the floor yesterday on the
Census and made speech on m!eTre"t'0n' ne
gentlemen who have assumed the TILE oi lhe
"Free Democracy" Of whom Mr.. 0iDDlNGs no"
claims TO be one, are quite literally disposed on
this question, as they would undoubtedly oe' il
for no better reason than that the slave oeiho'
sracv are universally against 1t. M CALHOUN
used TO say that Slavery was the only conserVa-
:: Al; EOvcrppaQpf and thai IL
would have gone to pieces long ago but Tor the
reculjar institution. We leave 1t to others 10
reconcile this doctrine with those Of the Union
saving gentlemen, Mr.. WEBSTER, Mf. CLAY ana
others who have declared that the Government
has been in the most imminent peril within the
year from the Slavery interest, and that only BY
their 6erculean exertions has 1t been saved
from the assaults Of the Slavery men.
We are quite as strongly inclined to believe
Mr.. CALHouN's doctrine, as either NJ. WEB
sTER's or Mr. CLAWS. And we cannot help re-
calling it to memory in view OF the sohu pha-
lanx tho Slave States exhibit Oh the question
of Intervention Here there is perfect unanlm'
Nv. Every man is in the breeching. The idea
of moving the nation from is old moorlngs On
this question is resisted, rejected, and iouted
utterly. Not word will be heard on the sub
rect among the southern men. The scent Of
var is snufIed aiar Of, and a war FOR freedom
is reckoned most dangerous war, as indeed 1t
is, for the peculiar institution. Slavery is con-
servatiye in all its wars, or all rumors and dan
gers Of wars, where II is not war for extending
the :" area of freedom" 1t goes only for laad,
not for liberty The slavery interest in this
country was intensely opposed to the doctrine
avOwed in the Northwest on the Oregon ques-
tion, namely 81 10, or fight Southern gen
temen, especially Mr.. CALHOUN, were exceed
ingly nervous in view of Nj Csss's repeated
declarations that war with England was "incv-
table" Slavery was then the conservative ele-
ment. Slavery is now, likewise, prominently
the conservative element on the Intervention
question. And if this question assumes prac-
tical shape, and an intervention party arises
within the Loco.Foco ranks these ranks VIl
be rent asunder IN the middle. But slavery mas
always held Northern Loco-Focoism by the bit,
and kept il in the traces. and though the North
west is growing strong and stronger, we douot
mot that it will be held a while longer and 4" IN
,ervention" be pitched overheard.
Mr.. WATSON HAYNES was before the Naval
Committee of the House Yesterday and adj
dressed them for two hours upon the subject OF
naval reform We dare say he enlightencdthem
upon that important question
There is nothing al this time IN the way Of
slectiug Wing President at the next election
but the Fugitive Slave Law. law, which,
among other things, was nccdlessly thrust into
on politics two years ago by gentlemen engaged
an the amiable purpose Of breaking down Gen
Taylor, and bloahng up his administration !
propose to briefly eypound this text on another
occasion.
The little Mr.. McRAE, Of Miss, went on with
his speech on the Compromise to-day. The IT,
tie man showed himself pretty smart. lie got
along so well that he is geing to try 1t again to
morIow. He is a member of the Secession o.
State Rights party OF Mississippi, and his speech
10 not without point, from the fact that he dis
avows, for tha. party, all design OF ln;en
tion of disunion, OF oi ever intending II
Viii anybody tell US where the DisUmon
ists are The Union has been saved, bu
from whom We were always disposed K
acknowledge tow in Mississippi ust b,
way OF helping fooTE, but il turns out Their
are none even there. Moreover, Mr.. McRAl
was a member of he Nashville Convention, an
he declares tina, a never meditated disunlon.-
And in this connection Nj McRsE testihed /
another important fact Nh WEBSTER, IN IN
famous 7th OF March speech. referred TO The o.l
cumstance of DiSunion Convention being bel
inNashyills over the grave olANDGEw Jackson
and SAID At was enough to make the bones Of th
old man turn in HIS coffin, Upon thus point Mr
McRAK was explicit. lie tsstihes to the fac
that he visited the tomb Of the old soldier, dur
ing the session OF the Convention, and stoo
upon the granite slab ths, covers his remsins
and he solemnly ayers that the bones were quie
on that occasion. lie heard 10 rattllns and n