New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-25
10 sc,,le I, Southern ,use,slsp, may 30 ,Afs.y V.

kolJ.rs' ,s,re,en,atices In Consress doeli,iog 10
praiaip Sap ptrf thought advisable BY hair Jntb-m
lssders 10 liz 70 too pre?os'eroiis for sassestDo
We ber that II will noe be made. IL deDo'ss %
ersat lack e in'e ligsnee as 10 make srnssipa
S.,s,es.ble No Sir. Tne Soo'h viii dc e-nius,
in =. A time " hat . is be,t 70 DO with tia L.
compton Consmuttn, AID then il can ts tod how
ibe Il, nbern Democratic representatives viii vote
on that subject. But .os til hen.
At pre,eDt the Oily difficulty With them is That
they are too eager 70 sgnalize their desotOn 20
seuibeIn mssteishp For example: NJ. Hughes
Of IL diana csms Wry Delr rating great muss ID
he House lst "Wednesday, by his uD'iG-ly proper
ton 10 sustain tho Administration programme on
KaDsas, az developed in the ue,soge. In MEN,
Der wos eager to apply be test OF part7 foal'y IN
the cIudest form, and his cODisderstes from tho
Free States would have obedienly sustained ID.
mprudent proposition bur for tSe Intervention OF
StuibtIn men Of more Q. pre-, wh1 compiled NJ
Hughes 10 take himself and bis prO3osI'ion ont OF
the way politely il forming him tast he was being
quite too tfci, U.s. aud that when b was wanted ne
would be csle1.
MIR. Hnabes' motion arose on debate h print an
extra number of copies OF The Message, and Was az
follows:
BhtIa, IT,. pTind2el aeol'r.a sDl The ras-gt' ,ee2n
sses Ino i:o tie sypobsiion OF this and o1shi 20
be ertooied ~ the !esaoA Of 2e present ess'oo OF Ca
sres wblSr legislative sct.on lie Deces'y TO give them
R,tG Tbs. iw.rty thousand copies Of the Ms'oso
and accou psnyDg documents BE- printed f.! tae Of the
MIR beIs u ibs H,ase.
bp iam,pse amount Of Huttering, canyessing and
running 10 and fro followed in very bfief period
the Re publcans being DESTROYS of coming to vote
when Mr. Hughes, being automatically Instructed,
backed DOWN as follows:
Mr. HUGnEs ssid-I am disposed TO yield TO the
solicitations Of my friends, and, with the advice OF
older heads propose 10 withdraw the su5sttute but
adhere 30 The demand for the previous question on
the original proposition.
This demonstration 10 the only sign s. yet publ,y
given OF the c0urSe Of the Southern leaders IN the
present aspect of The Kansas question. Ii is sig
IfcaDt OF notbOp but fear on their part that they
NAV mske political blunder if they undertake to
lam through fhe Lecomston Co1ahtn.On. A. 70
their poutr to do it, that is urquestionable. The
Northern Democ ate representatives ere nos e..
teemed by them pebble of opposition ia the car
rent, if they thi,k IT worth while TO PEI it running
The impression has become quite general aud
fixed among fbe PropagaDdists, that Kansas is lost
to Slavery. This being the stake played iOr in the
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, and it beisg
lost tbeIe is feeling that 1t is bad policy to nabc
bad matter worse by acts Of spperhuOus Iascslity
If aDy thing was to be gained by further ourlges, Of
course there wGu'd be no stick at their perpetra-
tiop pOw as there has been mono in the past.
Ii Kansas could be made Slave State, or if there
was ever 20 small chance OF making j. a Slave
State, BY admitting i. under the IecOmptOn COost-
lu'lOD, u WOuIu De oono Oh VIC Iustdul ik5-N"itb-
ern Pre- Slavery party in Congress colsening aod
aiding with entire alsrcify. But the game is up,
the chance does not exist, and shreWd men ask why
roll in the dirt anew for nothiogi
In this consists the strength Of Douglass position
and the reason for il. Douglas Just as honest now
as be ever was and 90 he does not claim TO be.apy
more 80, it Is not fair 10 make the charge. His
complaint Of Buchanan is not that be is too South
ern in his aspects but that he lacks ssgaciy that
III In,r x,h, no r.,t11 In Cd md
that he RUS before he is in danger. lie considers
MIR. Buchanan is foolishly throwing away excellent
political advantages. And be disikes the idea of
being mode q fool Of bimself in the first place BY
following unwse lead and in The next and greater
place he especially diskes the consequences thereof,
the mort imminent tf which is the loss of his own
place in the Senate. He could not well get out Of
O bod i;l- n,rna in other way than by adopting
The course be has taken.
It is TO impugn the Senator's well known charac-
ter TO allege that he would voluntarily 80 into his
present position Of halfway hostility 70 the Admins
iratOn on mere matter Of principle. He has no
such devotion TO things of this sort. AS to private
stiulants, doubtless they exist but they are mere
makewejghts in this case aud Of small account.
Mr.. Douglas heeL]y felt that Dir. Buchanan has
taken DO pnins follower his (Mr. Douglass posi-
Il II in the North by his own course On tho lcst.on
Of the Lpcompton Constitution, which it WIS easy
enough for the President to have done, II lie had
keQ IeNleDUy on b1T. us " Iuc nuc'
,sion. But Mr.. Buchanan, like his moro lnme-
diate predecessors, has his own pet views Of that
subject.
Beyond these brief suggestions il is premature to
20 in undertaking solution of the ksnsas question:
1t would be qai;c point for tie PrO-Slaverg
men to have two Senators from Kansas
Jor four and six years respectively, ana
this would be the result Of the STATES ad-
mission under the Lecompton Constitution. But
whether it is wise TO incur the threatened and proba
bic consequences CT such gatiiica ion is the qles
ton still under consideration by our Southern rulers
We ihall all be Informed of their determination in
due time. That determination, whatever ii be, will
be sustained by The gentlemen Of the North in Con.
gress repre- sentDg the cordeIoys, tie brogas, and
the Office boldcIs, known uuder the generic term Of
dOughtaces The consequences of their determination
ia quite another matter, and in wholly difereut
hands. They have the benefit OF Mr. Douglass adj
vice in the emergency, very explicitly given. We
shall soon know what they think oft J.s.r.
THE KANSAS OITTyTION.