New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-17

| promin, 'nt-the former especially 80. The way il
which be assured the House that If they passed tn
bill they would have to take the responsibility oft
was 20 provol ing of retort upon member who hat
lust entered thai body for the first time that it wal
wonder nobody thought fit to indulge 10 1t. One
would have thought, to have heard Mr.. Davis, that
Congress would find il exceedingly difficult to gel
on unless it had him to pilot its way and instruct
its judgment Mr.. Davis gave the debate party
bias, and Mr.. Cobb of Georgia followed in reply
which was strong and to the point Mr. Campbell
finally came in with an amendment which seemed
to settle all objections, and the blu passed.
Previous to the discussion on this subject, Mr.
Knowlton of Maine offered resolution ofiuquiry
respecting the Herbert homicide. 1t was the sig
ral for a sudden uprising on the Southern side Of
the House, with bristles erect At least dozen OF
the chivary rose simultaneously, fsy charged with
indignant hostility at the movement If frowns
would have killed the inquiry it would have been
extingushed on the instant. With very great for
bearance, however, q vote was allowed to be taken
on the subject, and it was voted down without de-
bate by 7s to TO- you have learned by telegraph.
This vote and the manner of it, was striking
illustration of great truth underlying this cOned.
eracy of States. This truth is, that though we
are but one nation We are two peoples.
We are Q people of equality, and a people of
inequality. We are people of Freedom, and
people of Slavery. The instincts, the prn-
cples, the sentiments, the feelings, the edu-
cation Of the two sections are totally different |
from one another. On the one side is moderation,
and Justice, and equality and humanity. On the
other naughty precipitancy, lofty disdain OF the
humber classes, an urgentdenal ofhuman equality,
and an equally urgent claim for the immunities of
caste. These two peoples are united by a bond of
political union, but whenever collision comes
which brings Outthe peculiar characteristics of the
two, they are seen to be as unlike as almost
any two civilized nations on the face of the
globe. The people of Freedom voted
to-day to investigate the circumstances OF
the killing of brother man by one Of their own
body. The people of Slavery, of caste, OF privi-
lege, voted against it. And why The man was
mental, sbOrer, an underling an Irishman.
To be sure, he left wife and two children to
mourn in poverty his untimely end. But what
of that 1t was gentleman who committed
the offense, and he must be screened from
punishment. We say it was the people Of Slavery
who did the deed. So it was; but not with
ont votes from their PrO-Slavery allies in the Free
States. Upon this, as upon all questions they
deserted the cause~Of Freedom and equality and
supported that of Slavery and inequality. Their
moral sense debauched and benumbed on one sub.
ect, readily loses its sensitiveness on all Others
1t is to be hoped the lesson will not be entirely lost
upon the laboring people Of the Free States, and
especially upon that class Of emigrant population
most nearly touched by it. But the hope is faint.
Priest, prelate and stakeholder make formidable
host against poor Paddy. USE.