The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-06

The Restoration OF tho Missouri LAne-EaOw IL
Il to be Csrrsed Through tho senato-Gcn.
Webb's Plan.
The Senate of the United States is the great
conservative balance wheel in our government,
and the stumbling block instantly suggested
when our Northern agitators talk Of repeating
the kansas-Nebraska bill and restoring the
Missouri restriction. But they are not without
their plan for obtaining the concurrence of the
Senate. 1t is the simple plan of coercion. The
supply bills are to be stopped by the House
until the infexibles of the Senate are brought
to terms. In other words like u besieged city,
when all other means for reducing it have
failed, the Senate are to be starved into CAPT
tuiation. This is the process proclaimed by
our leading Seward organs and may be there
fore considered as part and parcel of the ge-
neral programme of the arch agitator for the
humiliation or secession Of the South.
The new confederate of the anti-slavery
Holy Alliance, General Webb, Of the Courier
and Enquirer, has, however, come out with an
exposition showing that the Senate may be
brought to the restoration of the Missouri
black line without any difficulty whatever, in
the natural way, viz by majority of the Sc
nate in favor Of the measure. He proposes to
bring in q new free State or two, and then
proceeds with his estimate, as follows -
Oregon has already voted to apply for admission into
the lnion and Minnesota s prepared to take the
step Before the expiration of the present Congress these
entire number Of Senator's will be &C. of which majority
viii be a. Are not entitled to set down the following
den and Hamlin Of Me- Bell and Hale Of n. H. summer
and Wilson, OF Mass; James and Allen, Of r. l.; Cola.
mer and Foot Of vi Foster Of Ct Seward and Fish, Of
N. II Wade, of Ohio Trumbull, Of Illinois, Harlan of
Iowa. Durkee OF Wisconsin, Bell Of Tennessee and Hous-
ton q Texas the two Senator's from Oregon the two
from Minnesota and the two Senators who yet to be
elected in Pennsylvania and lndana-in all %.
This is not quite enough but our persever-
ing Chevalier has fought through too many
battles, senatorial, diplomatic and military, to
give it up SO. He falls back upon the reserved
corps of the following probabilities in favor
Of the Missouri restoration, to wit Mr..
Pugh, of Ohio; the Senator to be elected from
California in the place Of DR.. Gwin Mr..
Clayton, Of Delaware and Mr.. Stuart, of
Michigan. These, if he can get them, will
give him thirty but with the new States Of
Oregon and Minnesota represented making
Senate of sixty-six members, he still wants
four more for the required majority. So he
proceeds to beat the bush again after this
fashion Saying nothing Of Mr.. Toucey, of
Connecticut; or Mr.. Weller, of California or
Mr.. Benjamin, of Louisiana; or the Senator
who succeeds Mr.. Badger in the old North
State, may we not reasonably look for such a
manifestation Of true patriotism in Mr.. Crit
tenden, Of Kentucky, the two Senators from
New Jersey, and James II. Pierce, of Mary
land, than whom there is not a more sterling
patriot in the country?"
And thus the case of our Wall street volun-
teeri in the Seward niger coalition is made out.
But no sooner does he set up his man of straw,
than he proceeds to knock him down again.
He is afraid that the Massachusetts, Senators, and
Mr.. Hale, of New Hampshire, would oppose the
restoration Of the black line, because it would
rob them of their active capital, and stop their
agitation. So it might but still we think
their votes may be relied upon when required
to carry the proposition They would find it
inconycnicnt to swallow all their loud words
Of two or three years agitation at single
mouthlul, to say the least Of ii.
Assuming, then, that the free sellers may be
trusted in the support of their own bantlng
what is The estimate Of our Wall street abide
camp Of Mr. Seward worth? Give him the
twenty-five men ofthe first branch the calcula-
ton, we fear that the other nine will prove to
be, for his purpose, nothing more than FalstaG's
+" eleven men in buckram.' Every man of
them, we are confident when brought to the
question of restoring the Missouri restriction
will vote to leave the matter precisely where
it stands, with the people of the Territories to
decide for themselves whether or not slavery
shall be among their local institutions We dare
say that for bill in the next Congress to re-
peal the Nebraska and Kansas act as far as
relates to the Missouri line, there could scarcely
be mustered in the Senate sum total of twenty
votes, even with the addition of two free soil
Senators each, with the new States of Oregon
and Minnesota, that are to be brought into the
Union on purpose to aid in this beautiful
project of pacifcation.
We go further, and express it as our deliberate
opinion, that with this new Northern abolition
crusade in full blast, neither Oregon nor Mime
sofa can be admitted into the Union short of a
definite settlement of the Kansas controversy:
Tor the South, in solid body will resist the
introduction Of any additional free sellers into
the Senate without some counterbalancine
equivalent The Union now consists Of thirty
one States-sixtecn free and fifteen slave States:
giving to the North a majority of two in the
Senate, majority, however, WHICH tue South
have thus far been able 10 control upon any issue
involving thGnr Constitutional rights But the
s'onth feel that they can go no further viths
~ in destroying the safety Of their Senatorial
balance ofpower. Their only positive guaran
tee against Northern aggres,ions now is in The
Senate. When they shall have lost that by an
accession of two or three, or half i dozen free
Stotes and :. M mora siotn St,t,s :, ,lo, ,,;ll