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me spectacle now presented By the two Houses of
Congress Is not only painful but ridic-
lous. They were convened by the President far the
special purpose Of providing the usual
for the army, which they had failed to do at the reo-
ular session. It has been nearly week since tis I'll
done, yet the two Houses are now at preeiseiv she
same deadlock as at the last adjournment. Indeed
so little is the prospect Of agreement, that fe
Lower House has mot taken up the Army bill at ali
this week, but has consumed its very short daily ses
sons IN calls Of the House, in offering Buneornbc res
outions and in fuitless calls Of the yeas and nayg o.
motions OF adjournment. s&5
" Most Of the absent members have returned d-bu
the disparity between the two parties continues abou
the same. The Black Republicans have maiorit,
ranging from one to -four, and on each division they
vote in solid, compact and immoyable concert Some
Of them however much disposed to listen to the sug
gestlons OF common sense, and put an end to the
senseless and ridiculous position which teY now DC
eupy before the country dread SO much the factious
clamor Of the people at the North as eIL as the Sc
we're censorship of the Abolition press that they CON
tinue in course which their Judgment condemns
The reasonable malcontents Of the North, secure
from all themselves thus coerce their
representatives to obstinate adherence to a reyou.
uonafy and sorganzing positien-c that not
merely the representatives but the best interests Of
the country, should be sacrificed, if thereby some
party advantage should be gained, ,or some further
excuse be offered for political agitation Such state
OF affairs never before existed in government claim
ing to be free .,,.y .., .s,~ 75.ss55 ssa. q
But this unusual occurrence. STILL is not unproduc
tive Of good Il furnishes the best illustration of the
strength of the Union and the wisdom of those who
founded t. similar state Of things in France would
nave led before this time to bloody revolution and
/ the overthrow Of the Government The simple fact
that the North and South are bound together in q
common Union, and are unwilling to acknowledge as
failure the experiment Of free Government founded
on the supremacy of the people, constitutes the only
obstacle to violent if not sanguinary disruption
If two neghboring and distinct nations had become
as much embittered against each other as the North
ern and Southern portions of this Republic row are
peace would not exist between them for a week.
In such crisis we find two of the political partie
of the country willing to keep up and perpetuate thi
deadly antagonism between the North and the South
for the sake Of mere party advantage The Blacl
Republicans on the one hand, and the Democrati,
party on the other-antpodes in everything else
exhibit singular unanmity in using the question o
slavery as means Of securing power The Demo
cratic party would unite the South upon Mr.. Blu
chanan, apparently obIvous Of what the result Boult
be II the contest were made sectional one, and tht
Black Republicans, gladly accepng the issue, are &C
tiVey endeavoring to unite the North, well knowing
that III purely sectional contest the South must be
driven to the wall 1t remains to be seen whether
there are conservative men enough in the country tc
check the destructive designs of both The issue is
now distinctly made up, whether the Union is to be
preserved or not. It depends on the result Of tho
pending Presidential election. The success Of Bu
chanan would consolidate the North, and when tha
is done the fate. Of the South Is sealed For til,
South is ina poWerless minority, and her proud atti
tude Of defiance, without power to sustain it. wouli
be utterly futile.
MI. Weller, yesterday, introduced sort of compro
mise bill in the Senate which he supposes would leaG
to some understanding between the two Houses HI
proposes to repeal the obnoxious laws of the Kansa:
Legislature some of which Mr.. Weller denounces as
infamous, atrocious and unconstitutional If thi.
should be done, there should then be no further diff
Guilty between the two Houses for the object of tht
Black Republican proviso in the House. is to prevent
the President from employing the army to enforce
these very laws If the laws should be repealed
OF course there would be then no further necessity fo
the provlso. Mr.. Clayton Mr.. Crittenden and seye
raj other Southern Senator'S have expressed the same
opinion about these laws of the Kansas Legislature
If Mr. Weers proposition should be adopted, the dii
hcuty ought to be solved at once. It was opposed b.
Mr.. Brown, of Mississippi, Mr.. Butler and Mr. Mason
principally on the ground TINT it was concession t
to the Black Republicans of the House. My impres
sion is that its passage is doubtful in the Senate, an
doubtful in the House also. For, although il woul
accomplish the same end that the Black Republican
have been striving for, it would take away all thei
excuse for agitation. And besides, they wish to az
compsh this purpose themselves, unwilling even
accept it as a boon from the opposition They al
like the old fellow in the play, who was anxious
bring about certain marriage, and when he foun
out the marriage was already consummated, was yer
Indignant, not because he didn't have his own wa
about it, but because be didn't share his o,or ,vav
hauing his o,pn ipuy" H.=' t-s5
Mr. Crittenden has also given notice of his inten
ton of introducing bill to-day which he thinks vii
lead to solution Of the difficulty. Mr.. Crittenden
one OF the Oldest Senators in the body, and his stu1
| dy honesty, high character and acknowledged pat
rotism are freely admitted even by his opponents ]
may be that his proposition will yet dspe the cloud
which now lower SO threateningly above US. Ken
| lucky has furnished statesman who, on more occa
sons than one, restored quiet and peace when all wa
confusion and discord. 1t may be that the mantle 0
CLAY has descended to CR1TTENDEN, and that it i
again the fortune of Kentucky to interpose for th
| preservation of thn Union - '' - 2"
1t has been rumored here for several days that Lore
Howden has been appointed Minister to this countr,
from Great Britain. The State Department, how
ever, has received official notification Of it. Mi
Champion, the dismissed Minister, when last heart
from, was ut his fathers house in Dublin, and expect
ing another diplomatic appointment to some Of tn
European courts.
The late action of the Wings of Massachusetts, il
declaring for Mr.. Fillmore, leaves the vote of thi
State mo longer matter of doubt. The Bosto
Courier, Wing paper, and one of the Oldest, mos
conservative and most reliable of all the Northern
journals, said in recent number that Mr. Fillmor
had already plurality in Massachusetts, (whicl
would secure him the vote of the state) and that h
was gaining in strength every day. New York, New
Jersey and Massachusetts, now considered certa,
| for Mr.. Fillmore by well-informed politicians of al
pares and he has an excellent prospect Of carrying
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Rhode Island and California
The fact is appa1ent-and Democratic politician
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