New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-21

The speech of Mr.. Bingham of Ohio, delivered IN
the House Of Representatives on the 18th INST, Is
republished in THE TRIBUNE Of this morning. 1t
ia one of the abest Of the many able refutatiOns OF
the Douglas doctrine and it walks into Mr.. Plerces
diluted reproduction ofMr. Calhoun's theories with
vieOr and spirit which in these times OF Demo-
cratic paaver and mystifcatiOn are really refresh
ing. We have read Mr.. Bingham's speech with
good deal of care, and we really DO not see that he
leaves our retiring President with leg to stand
upon. The theory Of "the mprescriptible right OF
equality of the several Stater and the miserable
fallacy Of the unconstitutionality Of statute re-
strcton upon the institutions of new STATES, are
met and demolished by references to all pastlegsla
toD, by the decisions of the Supreme Court, BY the
public acts Of divers Democratic doctors and BY
appeals which we regard as still more equitable to
to the spirit of the Constitution itself We confess
that we like the bold way in which Mr.. Bingham
has gone directly to the heart of the whole matter,
and has scattered the fog raised by politicians to
hide their evil intentions and cover up their grove
ing subservieIcy.
When Mr. Stephen A. Douglas plotted that most
Defarious of all public measures, the Nebraska BILL
he relied, upon sOphstry, upon plau'ibilites, and
general bamboOzlement Of the public. The
whole thing was humbsg from the very beginning,
and all the long speeches uttered in its defense
have been humbugs of the hOllowest description. We
do not think that Mr.. Douglas believes In his own
oratons; we do not think that the President believes
in his ewn messages; we do not think that any one
believes in them except such as cannot afford to dis
believe them, in consequence Of the immense rise
in the value of negroes predicted by Gov. Wise.
The constitutional right Of Congress to prohibit
Slavery in the Territories is just as certain as the
right of Congress to meet at all, and deal
more certain than the right of members to do a
great many things, the propriety of which nobody
thinks it worth while to question. 1t will hardly
be credited in the future, that the fdde-faddle to
which we are treated in connection with this sub
ect was deemed worthy of serious and elaborate
refutatiOn yet we are much obliged to Mr. Bing-
hsm for showing so plainly that the talk about State
Rights is mere talk designed only to cover projects
of Slavery 1enson and to apologize for rascaties,
robberies, murders and arsons, as well as for So
called legislation, which in defiance of all funda-
mental law-whether Of the higher of the lower
escription-attempts TO authorize such iniquties.
If anybody doubts the force or the conclusveness
with which the gentleman from Ohio has per-
| formed this service, we commend him to careful
perusal of the reported speech.
The last message of Mr.. Pierce has called forth
many speeches more critical than complimentary.
We do not know that any retiring President has
ever before received so many farewell shots or
been subje cted to such csnnOnade from the Oppo-
sitiOn Ismpars. At the first glance this does
not appear to be very generous, and we sigh for
that aroma Of good feeling which has heretofore
surrounded defunct politicians. But Mr.. Pierce
would not permit us to part with him upon good
| terms, or to forget, while we were interchangiug
compliments, that he had been very bad President.
lie saw fit TO send to Congress the most thoroughly
partisan message which ever came from the White
| House; he saw fit to make the closing act of his
administration special Plea in behalf of it's greatest
blunder; be saw At to stgmstize whole States, and
these the most powerful and important in the Con-
fcderacy as false to the Constitution. Such attacks
necessarily provoke retort and we only wonder
that the Kidding has not been more thorough and
| the repartee more acrimonious.
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The Cologne Gazette states, i'll recent article,
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