New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-24

long since been ostracsedhss fallen o, last 70 'hs
grace aud danger Of the couniry under the leader
slip and control OF such men Pierce and Douglis.
The Incerdary Publication bill instead Of being o
bill to prevent the United States mail being used to
stimulate inSurrection smong the sa7es-a project
which, as sane man would have resorted to it, so no
nate would have legslated prevent If
was in fact bill to stop the circulation through the
mail Of any document which any State might choose
to proscrbe incendary, rather, which sny Dep
uiy-Posunaster might choose to consider as falling
within any such State law. And yet not only did Mr.
Van Buren ndorse thi. bill by giving his casting vote
for its engrossmeut but On the question of its final
passage. Mr. Buchanan Senator from Pennsylvania,
and Messrs. Tamadge and Slas Wright the two sem
ators from New.York, voted in the Affirmative. Mr..
Benton attempts to excuse these votes. az least
On the part Of Messrs. Van Buren, and Wright, Tor
what lie admits to have been q bad BILL the ground
that they were political votes" that is to say
given from policy" and 'justifable under the cir
..cumstsnces." Those circumstances he states as
follows
MIR Calhoun had made the rejection of the blu test Of
alliance with northern Ahoihoni-rs and cause Toy the
secession II the south >iaie and If the b had been
rejected by Nj Nsn Burens vote, the whole resPon,l-
iy Of IL o- woud have been thrown upon him anu ihe
Norm, and the >OUfh UiGuef against lAo-e Nhst-
hmsef-the Mr. White Of tennessee the oP-
posing DtmOcTaC candidate for the Presidency, gave is
vote Tor tie bill Dir. Wright elso. believe voted pot-
Caiy and oil the votes both IN the Committee anl tle
He the political ana the personal friend OF the
Nce-Iresidcn most confidential with him. AMI believed TO
be tie best iIcex Of opinions. Howe perfectly sen'be
Of liz Io-iOn and accorded in every vote tie subject
will MI Calhoun. Several other = majors voted pocl Ally,
ard without ooInpuncton although II bad BILL as
was known it would not pass.
And what has been the result of this prac
tee Of voting politically and without conpunc-
ton for bad bills-a practice which in very short
tine was in the natural progress of things, extended
from bills which it was known would not pass.
to bills which il was known rOuid pass. and
that too by mesns Of the very votes thus politically"
given for them Had Mr.. Van Buren and Mr.. Silas
Wright voted on that OCCASION not according to the
e1etncies or supposed exigences of their personal
political interest, but true men and good Republic
sns-Lad they avoided to set the fatal example OF
courng tie Shareholders by unworthy concessiOns-t
il not probable that in the ensuing presidential elec
ton Mr Van Buren, would have lost single southern
vote it il certain that lie would have escaped the OBJ
loGuy of having commenced course of concessions to
the domneering demands of the slavehoders by
which while be surrendered every particle of north
ern principle and northern spirit he yet gained moth
ing but repeated huniliations for himself and hs po
litical frcnds at the time opening the avenue to
power to rivals still more supple and accommodating
than himself.
In the period to be embraced in his forthcoming
volume, Mr. Benton will have frequent occasion to
note the results to Mr. Van Buren and his friends of
this fatal policy of concessonand looking for the
speedy appearance of that volume take leave of
him for the present