New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-22

ice. Tle Law books Of yirpin,s, MsrylssJ. Ksa
| lucky, Tennessee ard Missouri; furnish illustration
even stronger Sean the one new under coz: ID
ers..on.
There is hardly dab. the merit. be decided
VIVA; the Judgment OF ibs OPurt VII Be. The sams
0yershsdov ing power eh.ss MS aPprepl ated ever
other depart Hent of the Government, has nsid-
on sly invaded THIS forum of Ist re sort. And as il
to encourage tis downward tesSency, inducemeut.
have been temptpgly held out, which are esleu.
lated 10 excite the ambition and siSrmiD OF human
nature. The prize OF the Chief Justieeship. De
pendent only upon sse precarious tenure of rs prs
ent incumbent has b.en openly and s'lsmeiully can
vsssed in this connection, and the de"rte may pos
sibly emphs size some or'the humlstzs Suggestions
which have found so much currency Of lste. Judge
Taney has not concealed ss own incbilstio0s on
this eause. They are decidedly adve-ss TO the
rights of the claimant. When jurist of snch con-
ceded abihty. who was ,otemporsry oF mature
years when the Missouri Compromise passed, can
adopt this view, il is not difficult to imagine how
others Of less claim 10 dstnc.ien may CONF "a t.
IFS influence.
As the habit Of Congress is !, appropriate .he
HOLIDAYS by nominal sessions al intervals of t!see
DAYS, il is now proposed TO ofe- joint resoat on
TO shut up shop until after the drst Of Jsnusrs.
Except for the letting oti Of number OF speeches
that must be- dolea sat at some time this PROPOSE
tion might jast as well pass as not Ii Is manifest
that the serio,rs busaess Of legislatiCf will not he
undertaken until the aew year daws. and hence
gentlemen contend, that temporary suspension is
no real interruption. Perhaps their constituents
nay think otherwise. If Mr.. Kese-'s intended
move gets fair play, it will have gocd effect in
correctinga manifest in,Yerfection in the eompenss-
ton law, BY requiring members to lose - much in
dollars aud cents for absence they wO,ld gain by
sttendarce Experience has demonstrated that the
larger proportion of Con ress can only be governed
by compulsion. Neither generosity nor fcrbear-
snce is ever likely to nsvsre the obligation ct duty
If Mr.. Kelsey would carry his improvement one
step further, and require daily publication Of sb.
sentees to be an official part of the proceedings,
constituents would know in tangible and RESPONSE
bic form by what sort q men they wers repre-
sented.
Since Mr.. Buchanan has tarried in PhilstSlphia
he has been beset with the most conflicting coun-
sells He begins to realize already the stormy FL.
ture that is in store for him; while the significant
and ill-cOnceaed menaces from the South, indicate
that events are TO be shaped for q new and more
extended "sgtatiOn" in 1850. Even the mllk-and-
waterish demonstration of Mr.. Bgler, which looked
North and South at the same moment OF time. has
excited ire and indignation among the chValry.
His feeble and constrained admission, that he would
vote to make Kansas Free State, under the Ne
braska bill and the so-caled Territorial laws, has
provoked expressions OF retaliation, which con-
sderate policy had before restrained. So tax rs
the Cabinet is concerned, the sefappointed spckes-
men of the South will accept with favor no half.
way man. Hence they are demonstrating against
Cobb, wholhas been recently urged for the PREMIER
ship, instead OF thu Treasury Department TO which
he was originally assigned
New.York does not entirely despair Of Cabinet
consideration, notwithstanding the bad odor Of her
politicians at Wheatland and the popular vote of
November. Mr.. Dix has been persistently urged
as fit successor to Gov. Marcy. and by influences
too supposed to be interested in different diree'
ton. these representations were heard, but not
much needed, and Mr. buchanan studi0usly avoided
giving any encouragement. To relieve himself
from Importantly, he declared that circumstance.
had compelled him to revise some opinions, and
that he would reserve final decision upon this and
other points for fuller reflection.
Mr. Meriams "cold term came down on e
visit to the capital, and greeted pedestrians this
morning with CLASSY surface which Invited re-
turn TO the first principles of infancy. thswing
rain is now subduing the sleet, and furnishing
apologies for thin gathering at the House;