, 1859-03-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Tie Grtat Ba4e{e on " Unfri<adly Liquidation" !"
and il Isesu2ts.

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(Frou our own Correspondent
WAsHgaToN, Feb "a. 1859.
This debate In the Senate today was full Of
points and angles. Mr. Hale brought out the
Democratic champions On Popular Sovereignty,
br moring thu excision OF the Eepea! OF tho
English prohibition from q bill authorizing
census OF Kausas 70 be takea. Brown, Of Mis-
sisxippi. made slashlng sort Of speech, declar-
ino himself snd his State ready to 30 out Of the
Union. unless Stare code for the Territories
were passed which should authorize him and his
constituents to take to and hold therein their
horses, pigs, poultry and slaTes. Brown said
tho same thing in 1850, to Wit: that he would
certainly leave the Union when California was
admitted. Probably he would, had he not been
Beut to the Senate. Douglas made Charleston
Conveu tion speech, looking North and soot
and chiefly South. "Eiggers were properly
iust like brutes." He used this illustration
dozen times, distinctly declaring thst coiored
men were entitled to no moro and no osner con-
a;deration that beasts- 4 Territorial Leglslar
ture might pass LAW to improve the breed, or
to exclude these animals altogether, and what
ever they did, he would nerer vote in Congress
for sny oct over1uling them He would leave
their "unfriendly Legislation" to the supreme
Court. He would take the unweaaed lamb,
fresh from its mother, and give It to the wolf to
insure its tender nurture and its propsA Infringing
I'D. BE would not cut The throat Of ke inno-
cent himself, but he would couslgn it q = COM
mlttee Of butchers, and if anything should then
happen to it his akirts would ba clear Of respon-
sibilty. he denied Popular Sovereignty" II
toto declaring that no sort Of sovereignty mad
any existence in the Territories.
JEFF DAVIS and Brown averred that such sen-
timeuts would be prescribed at Charleston. and
no man protesting them could get the vota OF
Mississippi, whether nominated or not Upon
ouch an issue Mason, Of Va. with owl-llke 60
lemuity, affirmed that he was prepared to dis
solve the party.
There WAS good deal Of episodical sparrinR
between Douglas on one uide, and DAVIS. Brown
Bipler. Of Penn, Gwin and Mason. which drew
out from Douglas some choice demsgogulcal
appeals. Bigler, the common marplot, made
an uulucky alIusion to "citizeus white and
black," This was the chance for Douglas. He
recognized no negro citizen. This brought down
the galleries, which were crowded, Mccook
leading of IN the demonstration with his gold
| headed cena.
The debate was closed by Nj. Trumhull, ct
midnight. in ons Of the most profoundly able
arguments ever heard in the Senate. re e1'
posed in tho fullest manner the gllttering gen
eralities Of Mr.. Douglas relative to the rights Of
The people of the Territories, and showed thai
! under the Executive tyranny Of the party nov
| in power they were basely flched from them. At
this moment Medary, in kansas, Is pocket'ng
bills unanimously passed by the Legislature, de-
signed to protect the Territory against slavery.
| The people Of New Mexico are struggling to
keen slavery out of their Territory, toisted upon
them by army officers aud federal oficals, and
it il oertain that the bills there passed will be
defeated By tho slsyeholding governor, who
took slaves with him In defiance Of the known
| wishes Of the inhabitants.
+! 1twas nearly nine o'clock before any Repub
| licau eras permitted to say word, though the
whole discussion was upon motion By hr. Hale
| to relieve the people Of Kansas from the out
raeeous prescription Of the English incubuH
| After midnight the vote was taken, When, O.
| course. the Democrats who had been printing
about the rights Of the peope o1 1ne Aettl'o
rieB voted to retain the Oppressive ano 'o7u'''uf
clause, thst the people Of Kansas should not be
| allowed to apply for admission until they hao
93 600 or 120, 900 inhabitants AZ the case naay be
There may have been excepuons' ou' as LIE oe
gasive vote on Mr.. Hale'S motion YVES over
By patriots like B'gler, Pakh and Stuart
The debate hss done the country real ser
vice, for it sho"s thas tne blaeKa' xeAo"s ono
Browns Of the Atricanized Democracy, sre d.
vided by gulf mora 'mpassaole than tha'
which divided Israel from fhafaon'a 6 pursuing
host. Brown, Of Mississippi, great orase
] among the Blacks, commenced the attack, oa1 II
y WEE quickly repelled By the assahed party, aao
then combined assault Ia aer7ied columns W.
made BY the Yeliows and Dro~ns under Doug
lss 1t Immediately neeame evident 'oa' 'ne1e
Ind been negotiations between Inc 1ae''oos' 'ol
areconc'ilation' ano tnat tuey nao peeo oioAen
OF, the usual result ioAo"1ng tna' sne nef'o'1a'
"~Ne
The difference cannot ne nealeo-l' II raa'cal'
The South sn5s she will have slavery introduced
into all the Territories oy aes OF congress- IN
support OF the fraudulent ano INFAMOUS bfeo
Scott dietans. douglas admits thss sae a'e'u"'
il decision. and to be carried ouf' nut no' oS
Congress. he refused 10 Fo'e 1of s'ase eooe'
Slaves are mere beasts, the subjects ei proper
ty. They Lave no flEhss Whatever, on' tne
rights OF Inc owner o1 tneh a1e Suc]se' 10 1ae
nercles OF the territorial Legfslatufe. ~ u
palpab!y evident that Douglas ls organizing ~
independent movement for lsso. This Il, OF
course, his only chance. and it was inevitable
from the beginning, unless be could be Eulled
by the oily tongues, as we'll as put down BY the
stronger wills of the Southern managers. But
he sees that Hunter and Wise between them
have absorbed every element OF Southern Sup
port that be could hare hoped to attract to him
eelf He is therefore thrown back upon North
ern friends. And he has made good use Of his
time. Pugh aud Broderick, who had fallen of
from him, as weak and tickle, or treacherous,
came mp to his support with zeal and hearth
ness. The Northern Democracy, what there il
Of them, will sustain him, and the neusenants,
nn1e.n rhey chanpe apain. Rut in the meantime
...S-:nt. s;..s...e.a - d.,,.-,,;..d
taey WILL ps o'scoa10Reo aoo oeuoa a''"eo'
4 triangular contest, on the model Of 1s4s, il
nov a settled and unavertable result. The