New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-06

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otH. .t.e,tses. i il understood TIA: six would
,,v. voted 20 snd three Yes had they voted It all
making the vote 70 TO 20, with a5oa' half Of Joai
CLAYTON 10 add 20 esch side, should either consider
.rv rsrt q lin worth tskng senator PEARcE. a.
-torsse1ting slave breeding >t..e whose most Pr1l'-
lie stsDe EXPORT ccnfts OF her own soils and dalgh-
trs accused Of 10 fault and suspected Of no crime bu'
sent away shacked inso eternal exile sad mis~ry-
.onetimes by their oTn flthers-becsuse they are
about the only crop that can be grown without loss On
2 ,o1 which Slagery has cursed and un!er so,h
,ystem which blt.fes sni disgraces Labor, my per
lsps feel justified by tie fact that his constituents
we're pIesumably on sile Of The question anil his
conscience on The other 20 that De considered It iar
compromise 70 refrain from voting at all
Nj EyERETT will find that be has made tue great
.st among TIE msny mistakes Of his political e By
deser,irg biz constituents on this question Ii his de-
yoon 10 fuuber is hs main reason, be ought 70 have
remained President of Harvard, and not accepted
po.ition vLerewh constitutional drowsiaes5 is ncon
ratibe But in fact his dodge on ths vote Is barely
worse than The lodges in bis speech.
Nj COoPER, We understand, is On the eve o, quiz
ting Political life It we're better had be deemed his
sufficient reason for leaving his seat before tas IN
portsnt vote was takeU We are sure b. viii ye, re-
eret his not doing 70.
Asto Mr.. PHlIPs The country shOgli uDders.lnI
that Vermont is 10 no responsible iOr the IN
fanny Of Li. course She dill not send Ea 70 ths sen
ate-sbe long ago rcpented that che sen bim lie
wac appointed over year ego by Gov Fairbanks br
sop-gap with no expectation the part Of any body
that he could hold the seat beyond the adjournment
year since But the last Legislature 50 en-; up 20
tcally that % Senator could be chosen yet though
the two hundred Members yOt fof Senator ever 80
many times, there were never 20 many as three OF
them who voted for s. : Phelps. They hoally adj
iournei leaving the seat vacant with ~ more thought
that Phelps would venture to resume it than that the
OK Governor would undertake 20 appoint new Sena
tor in his place Yet Phelps, having no other JOB On
hand went back 70 Washington aad took the seat,
never even asking al expression OF opinion as 10 as
right to do So but preumog On the natural reluctance
OF gentlemen to Kick an old associate down stars, ne
bas since held on to the eight dollars per day as II tha'
sUm were OF consequence than Character repu'
taion and the honor OF the State which has tired 10
honor him. The Senate was once golded into taxing
Up his case, which ought long since to have been De
cded but was talked about aud laid over on an I'M
derstsndiDg we verify believe that if he were allowed
TO remain and draw his pay, he would not be found
voting against this a.roc0us Nebraska bill Had there
been chance hope, possibility, OF the Senat' S
voting him permission to stay sense Of shame must
have driven hin to insist on a settlement of his case
before this great Nebraska issue should be decided.
But he sat silent and pocketed the dollars How muh
longer shall VerH ont passyely endure tas disgrace