The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-23
CABINET DISCUSSION ON THE NeBaASEi Bib.
Difference Of Opinion Relative to the
Slavery Issue
Amendments Proposed by the Cabinet
and the House Committee.
POLITICAL MOVEMENTS OF THE DAY.
PATENT EXTENSION SCHEMES.
&C., &c, So
TELL EG ApUIn

TEIEGRAPHIC
1Hs cAstNyT AND THB NEBRASKA BfLJ-LgN5rHY
DISCUSSION ON TEE fLAvEHY ISSUE -AMsNDMENTs
IhOPoEED BY THE CABINLT AND TN. HOUSE, CON-
M1TTsK--sFCBErAhy DAVIS nIsAPPoINlRD WITH
THE eADsDEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PIgRCE's FsE1
SOIL LETTER, ETC.
WASHINGTON, Jan q, 1854
The Cabinet Wa In .essior al Gay yes srday and TO .
late hoEr in ths evening, dsousas merits Of The Ms
atA bin and the amendment posed sy Senator Dxon
repeal pg the Missouri compromise applied to any Tor
rtory OF the United States IL IA understood Asss1.
Jefferson DAVIS and pobsn took strong grounds in favor
Of the sbrogaon Q, tho compromise of 1890 Wills, the
other smbe.s Of the Cabinet saatained the bill as re-
portsd by Judge Douglas.
The South TAKES the position ths, tas Mssous
conpromise lie repsAed lis provisions hold good a.
FAR Nebraska concernsd that Territory having been
expressly included IN The OF 1890 and Aayey proh
tied norh OF thirYtx thirty Ar D5usasss bill refers
te tbs promise Of 1850 ana upoa turning
30 them II found that N the act establishing tarrto
iiAl government over New hsx!so pFoyiso IL iuCetsd
written ny Senator fSsopI OF Virginia, declaring
that nothing In thAt shall b. construed "a
invsHiA'e the tbid clsss OF the stcon section Of the
joins Tesoluon snLsxns Texeo. Tnat esuss recog aiBea
the Missouri c,myrorase lioe 10 distinct terms III
therefore clear that TIE comp Of 1850 lid
GOT in fact repeal the ssour compromaa but mply
csclued to extend /, beyond where It aLsaoy sxsted-
ibst is, TO territory xcqgIed from Msai0o The S3uth
feel this and heaso their o:ace TOR repesl OF the
lsw o. 1870
hr Deans declar,ton that iks friends of the sdrnin-
stistou c,ui support Mr Douglass bill simply to
~ they would 10 60 bgosua- i. eectus sIetuGsd ala
vesy from the territory of Nebraska When Ia explains
thi to his iri9nda, they will doubtlssa recover thsa
srlrita
The result of the Cabinet yesrday has bssa
sgrsemest TO have amendment offered in the Sonata
Of the Eebraks bill rrJyi.o 10 tbs effect that the
rights Of snd property shall be subject only the
restrictions and limitations imposed by the constitution o
tho United States and the rc.s giving governments b
Eeasted BY dssecn Of the supreme Court st the Uned
ates This, it ia thought, Will uEits all sections II
fave, Of the bill We DO no. think vi hecauss long
Tia Missouri remsns In force the Supreme Court
rna decide that slavery expressly prohibited from Ne.
br,lks being por OF the terri Org ceed By France
Tho Committee Territories OF tina dnuss viii report
st ay day bill f,r The organization OF two tsrrt.
ors iustesd Of Eastern and Western NebnskA-
although the names they to bs eesgnAtsd by hAvs
tot yst been esiees upon Tire bill will also In express
,ermg repeal thu Missouri comproise act far ap
Plies to the territory In question. This will bring The
qreftion mp tqu,rsly, and without that mysiissioa
which surrounds tie Senate bill II win simply bs Q
proposition to admit ssvs territory aud free territory
for there Ia doubt 1t 70 pass but what Missouri
would pour her slaves into Eastern Nebra ska at
The 6gh, has scarcsy commenced, and the e ,rts q
the Administration to sransle 1t ars simply ridiculous
Jefferson Davis It is understood Ia very much opposed
TO the GAdden treaty bscauEs it dos not scqulrs -
much territory as he desired Mr. Davis who wrote Mr.
Gacsdsns Instructions dsrsd 70 have Mexico csde n
the territory which included tho battle fields where hs
had fought upon the hso-y that route could be
cured for Pacific RAILROAD and ths tins the bat
;lo hed Of Bueus Vista &c. become = portion OF the
Unisd States, thA biz name the author OF these
quttions and the great pondsrancs which would b
obtained, veua tcurs him he Presdsntsl nomin Stos
1856; bat Gsnsrul Gsdsden oould only secure euf.
tolent ssd TO follow the snnosities OF Lieutenant
Colonel tooks's wagon route and TO give Q
port tbs Colorado tnrss miles shove the Gulf Of Cali
foris This scarcely briggs boundary down 10 ths
thirty Ora parailei in any portion bu 1t insnrss hs
best and most psssbs route TO the Pacific and settles
The qu'atlon as to its teeg southern road
Too Ution this merniag states that tns HgRuD's
charge sgairst General Pierce OF having written frss
soil letter IN 1873 TO committee OF which John Cosh
ohAirrsan false from beginning TO ead and
that II John Uochrsre ths executors of Mr. Athsron
any living hs executors OF any dead, has
letter OF General Pierce which sustsns the allegations
r the HERALD they need not hesitate to bring them foe
ward The JniOn equally positive In s denial about
The Mexican treaty.