New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-27
YORK. DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY. FEBRUARY e. 1855

I ,x,.> party for opposing tbs Executive rsoor
| nsndsA IN. That sort Of Prescription i. onl, ~
| 80 q. Lec0mpton, which is the toucb,to1e .
political s>Liy.
Cen shfcAds made demonstration for . .s.t !,
the Senate ts morning by regular petition claim
inc his night to be admitted Under the terms Of -,
Enabling sct which WAS passed for Minnesota,
This step il fttis IN advance of the practice bu
il hiss been submitted 10 the Judiciary Committee
where the msjcrIty WILL if necessary, find as many
reasons for pTecptating conclusion Is they did
for postponing one in the case Bright and Fitch
II ia arranged that Minnesota "a TO come in By her
-elf and speedily in order to 50 her votes for
Iecompton; and therefore Gen. n Fields need moi
have exhibited such singular Zeal siace he is BY no
means ignorant Of what IL determines upon among
bis political friends.
The knowing ones are greatly al loss to under.
stand why the President has not sent ID tas nomna-
tious for this District. The Postmaster c, ommis-
sion expired on the I'D, ard the Msrshars w Il ex.
pire next Monday. There was every rrson tc .suIp-
pose fortnight ago, that the new sppontrp>,ts
we're clearly indicated, but some sudden hitch ia :
occasioned halt which nobody appears sble To ex-
plain. A large ms Crity of the Southern Senators
nearly twO-thirds in fact demonstrated against the
proposed changes, some of them cOndemning th.
policy of rotation in the strongest terms. As they
are the great hackers Othe President avorite meas
ure, perhaps he is heststing at the hazard of en-.
cOuntering their future opposition. Although the
political relations, so far "a Lecompton il con-
cerned are sincere and earnest between these par
ties, the personal ties are by no means cordial or
conf rmed Jefferson Davis remarked. not long
ago that the President was supported by n yolun-
tcer army in the South without pay. who found
themselves, but be did not know how long this sort
of devotion would last. The significance of the
suggestion is fully appreciated at the West End,
where the Senator from Mississippi ia as much
feared as loved, and perhaps more so.
The speech of Mr. Millson Of Virginia yesterday.
yndlcsting his vote against the Nebraska BILL from
a Southern point OF view, and demonstrating lncOn
testably the power of Congress over the Terri
tories. created a sensation among the +. +. VS.
and Mr.. BocOck, one OF his colleagues was anxious
~ get the floor to correct the damaging impression
left by the philOsophc and able effort, which had
attracted so much attention in the hall. Mr. Mill
son said that he was told that under the Nebraska
bill the people had right to pass laws IN favor OF
Slavery but none against it, Then the power to
form aud regulate their institutions in their own
way. meant only in one way-the Southern way. y
A quiet turn of sarcasm at this point made some OF
the Chivsry vince
II looks TO be decided that John Cadwallader Of
Phlladtlphia will succeed to the vacancy OF Judge
Kane. During his snort career in Congress, no
man Of the North won u more unenvisble noforlety
for being the submissive and willing instrument OF
the South than this ex-mcmber, and therefore his
claims are Of character which forbid being over
looked. If there be any more Passmore William.
sons to be Gagged, they will find in the person of
such Judge as is proposed, ready made inclina-
ton beside all the qurks of the law to sustain it.
The receipts of the Treasury for the past week
have been down to $i64 3jl % from all sources, or
at the rate of less than 500, 100000 year. Mr..
Cobb will discover before long that his estimates
were founded upon no better basis than the facts
which Sheridan used to supply for his imagination.