New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-21
THE TWO SMITHS.
Ne Al The n. Y. Tnhune.

esr,sspsnaebee Of The n Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Jan ls 1854
The noticeable features in the Congressional proceedings
sfday are the speeches Of errt Smith and Of Mr. sn tn
Of Ala the noble manly and Intellectual denune'|
Tor Of war and its desoAfons and in eomnendsion OF
peace and is fuitions- other miserable pefogging
partizan hsrangue in defense Of this anomalous Ad-
sinsraton and its sdberent, and condemnaiory oil al
Northern men who attempt 10 distract and embsrass is
onward progress uhersnce Of Southern principles and
peculiar nsttutons Mr. Gerrit Smith spoke upon the
bill making the usual appropriations for the support Of tho
Military ACADEMY at West Point He wes opposed to max
ing military and naval preparations for war because soen
prepsrsiiors were provocative OF war irstean OF ~
sfrnctng and armng the nation in tho science and win
Che implements Of blood shedding be would invest men
with moral, christian and intellectual er,nor' .S
voud promote peeee earth and good viii among lns
nations thereof Not that he was opposed to military am
naval scoohe would appropriate four times Ine ald Ia
amount for their support and would nave i'ar IN
unmber of scholsrshp that provided III
stead OF mainly teaching the science and an OF kIhs
he would instruct wholly in the art and scoace OF pre-
serving and saving the bodies and SOUS Oh MEN A.
m favor Of an sTmy-ROt aggregation 81 nSmoral as
solue brute forcebut army OF moral carlstiaRlzei
educated men, who wcld prevent rather tnan po-nnte
war and In of war; one OF the iater "euo DC worm
il was novel and extraordinary speeck, considering
The Mace and the s1dOrysnd he asserted principles and
messures so fer In advance of the" spirit Of the age
hat hero and elsewhere they would be regarded az i'm
practicable transcendeDal and eccentric. But his I'M
and earnest aud attractive a1drcs &c
eured te marked attention of the nembers, and every
word that fell from his lips distinctly heard in every
mart of the house and there il not member OF Congress
who can stand up his place and secure more willing and
respectful attention than GERRiT SMITH
The scene changes, and political pasqninsae com,
mepos Mr. Alsbama Smith steps forth-he champion OF
fbe Souh-tbe defender OF the Administration against the
sssuus Of the New Ork Hards lie OCCUPIED the hrst
twenty minutes ia telling what valorous exploits ne was
going to perfOrm-be going to lay Mr. Cutting up IN
potieal qusrantinehe going 10 unmssk hin-expose
kis sefsh naturalization and those who acted with nun
he was going 70 shield the President and Cabnet IRON the
cold and lev repuson ofthe Northern Adamantnes the
warm and generous protection OF the sunny s1ut Ioeea
the flourish Of rumpets was 80 loud and
traced that his stupid and miserable failure in the conflict
was rendered the ridiculous, If not contemplate
This Mr. Alabama Smith is the same SDsath who alone as
sailed Kossuth in the Househe same smith VINO was
quite alone on The Kozsta affair, and be now me CHOSEN
CHAMPION of the Administration and the shor boy Sc
lected by the Sets TO do their fighting in the House ne
exhibited the most Notifying ignorance OF the political
differences between the Hards and the b0s-misrepre
septed andmsspped the speech of MIR Cutting and wnen
corrected be HOuDdeed and blunderedthe more painfully
and when his hour expired, he begged for ten minutes
more as the OF the thing yet IN reserve put
he had ssone so much disappointment and such Dig
dsgus that this ordinary courtesy was denied hn
and the House promptly adjourned
IL the Sofs OF New York depend upon such Southern
aid and support and if this Soft Administration rely upon
sueb time Of packing Of trunks has ar
riyed-the coalition of the Barnburners and Free sou
Democrats with such Slave Democrats, is political bed
fellowship offensive and repulsiVc for honest men, any
where TO endure.