New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-10

inter to use the strength and which is nominslly
identified with him, If that opportunity should Of
fer, for practical purpose The Constitat on
Gays: "AId If the House Of Representatives shall
I" not choose q President whichever the right OF
/" choice shall devolve upon them before the 4ta
dsy Of March next following, then the Vice-Pfes-
Mt thsl act a. President, as 10 the case OF the
death or other constitutional disability OF the
" President"
Delaware Maryland Missouri, Kentucky, and
Tesnessee-'he lsst equally divided-have Ameri-
can msjorties in their delegations. And it is
fully in contemplation, If the chance should Offer.
to protract the struggle until the 4th OF March, aud
with the ultimate hope of bringing Mr.. Brecken-
ridge INTO the Pre- sdential chair. And there is
good reason to believe that this scheme will be
did if not openly AIDED by other States In the
S..utb, now professtdly supporting Mr.. Buchanan.
With all his voluntary humiliation and selfignoriog
OF independence and principle, to catch the South
ern breze, he 10 still dlstru-ted in that quarter
They like the treason but despise the traitor.
South Caroia is almost in open rebellion, and the
feeling existing there is known to be sympathized
with elsewhere.
The Slavery propsgandists, therefore, in consid-
erston Of the power held in the SeDate to elect
Vice Pre- sident in the failure of q choice by the
people, and of their ability to concentrate the
Southern phalsnx in any given direction, would
pr, fer The defeat of Mr. Buchanan, in order to In
cure the triumph Of one Of their own men Aud
much effort will be employed to carry out this
design Its engineers will have one great advan-
tage in tie f,ct that the South, on all these occa-
sioDs of sectional interest moves with one heart
ard impulse. 1t needs no urging or appeals.
Every man feels the cause to be his personal affair,
and goes for~ ard with the energy he would address
to achieve that sort of success. If the North be
il sensible to its duty, under such circumstances,
it will hardly deserve to be regarded as OF equal
interest in the Republic
The belief is very general here that the hostile
proceedings just now manifested toward peaceaole
FREE State settlers going Kansas along the Dor
der COUNTIES of Missouri, is the result of aprecon-
ceried sIrape ement by which all such emigration
was ts be orc'bly excluded, in order to conform to
the letter of Mr. Toombs's bill, fixing the 4th of
July as the Cay upon which the proposed census
would operate from. First, they drove ont all the
Free State men that menace or violence could
reach, ard then they cOncocted plan OF "pacihca-
,ioD," tho BASH of bch was that military Gordon
should be extended along the lines OF Kansas to
prevebt any possible interruption of the scheme OF
of subjugstion. Compare The facts with the susges-
ton, and The conclusion is irresistible, that when
this project was Matched it was with the full knOwl-
edge in Missouri, before its presentation, Of what
was intended. and with every reasonable certainty
when offered, that by the formation of dodgers
sDd other machinery, the game was exclusively in
their bands No wonder Mr.. TOombs and his con-
federatts took he discussion coolfy, or behaved
with 90 much affected forbearance. They relied
upon the success of their scheme Of "pac6cation,"
which is now pressed upon weak nerves 10 tue
House and accepted by treacherous allies. hever
a proposition deserved unccasiDg opp sit on it is
this md If for 70 other reason because of its more
than suspicious paierLity-timeo Danaos ct doHd
fients.
No confirmation has been received of the reported
re-g1stion Of Gov Shabnon by the President. In
fact recent intelligence OF any kind Is known to
have reached official quarters from him. he is 10
rs bad odOr here as he is elsewhere. and nothing
but the tenacity of false policy has given him
liberation.
Assaults snd batteries upon Senators are getting
20 be chesp luxures at the Capitol The Brooks
case came of to-day, upon submission to the
Court on the evidence after speech from the
offender. Judge Crawford had not a word to say
upon the INT rits of the case, but took OCCASION
tort Of plea in e1tenuntOn for bis mockery Of the
law, to lDake the extajudcial suggestion that tue
cause was under inves'ies ion elseshe He then
in posed fine of $500, which the chvalry will Of
scurse pay. Judge Butler, and several of the
South Carolina members, were in attendance at
Court besides whole host of sympathizing friends.
Thee sort of proceedings may suit the taste of gen.
tlemen about Washington, but they will not build
water works, or do some other things.
Dir. Douglas and bis associates on the Committee
On Territories were prompt TO report back he bill
for the admission of Kansas, striking out all afer
the eDactiIg clause, and inserting their Oxn bant
ling, which is now before the House. The chair
man was quite vehement in his defamation when
introducing the subject hoping thus TO escape bis
convenient recsntation of Squatter Sovereignty,
ard the admission of errors hitherto audacously
de MED But Judge Collamer handled him very
efectusy, showing by comparison of the votes
for the Topeka Convention and those given at the
election Of delegates, rejecting the admitted frauds
that the former was fair expression of senti.
meDt ss could be obtained in the Territory, and
ought therefore to be adopted. Mr.. Pearce and
Others followed, but ii was only repetition of