New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-31

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D,mo,rsiic party IN the NORTH. large nun Der I
ftle S,tthrrt, Buchanan men have ayO~ed tlelg /
., sti,, ois,itc,, ia this debate, and among item !
! m. son of Henry Clay who represents the Z
Ashland district The scbism In the DINO +
critic ranks is just rs threatening O'dAy
rs it has been at huy time since tae
Wilmot Proyi.o WAS first irtroiuced into
Congress. , be whole part! is thoroughly con-
rulsrd AGAIN on the Slavery question, ana us
remaining Nurthern members are Just n sIpre-
leusiye os danger lrom the agitation OF me SUI grct
IN lis existing ssptct rs ever the meuoees {" 'ae
marty yrr. al any previous epoch. THIS has been
demonstrated by various speeches, anu SD" re-
u,arls and interected observations ail 'h'pugn
the debate referred To. Hughes ot indiana, aha
Gro-.brck If Ohio, two Iecompl"n nem'et',
who we,e defeated in the late rircii"0s, spose ior
the seyriev,c Northern Democracy, aud protested
sysi,. Il the new dogma ol rePealiog Tue avs
.o,i,,t tbe slsyr.ttade A few at the more Mode
rat, Southern men also crlcd tusn ss wen as
they could iust as nod, rate Southern men nu tnc
sane thing when II was proposed 10 rrptn .uo
Missouri Compr0mi.e. But the moderate Sou'n-
eru men will be oyersaughed on the s1ave-'Iaae
question as they were on the Nebraska OIL III IS
p,crcly oueston of time as 10 when the question
will BE- pressed 10 Il solution. IL VIII IN 'ne ehi
complrte the dispteeralion AID ruin OF tue North
,rn Sham Democracy, If indeed II be not aireauy
coun,letcd Your readers kn0S, OF course this
the discussion of this question, when has prea
going on for some days. arose on the item 10 tns
Diplomatic and Consular bill appropriating Sfo,oVV
10 delIay The expenses of the return OF the wretch
cd rrmsGs of The SLAYER Echo's cargo.
Whether these incipient divisions IN the party on
this new phase Of the Slavery question can be kept
under control till after the Charleston Convention,
is. as vet an un.olyed problem. IL looks no" as
though this and the unrcsolved issues oil inc Le- I
compton controversy will complete the rum OF incl
party at or before that period. liz IS already broken
10 pieces m the House aud the bill Ia question WAS
ouiy ssyed At the last by few benevolent Repub- |
Leans eops over with questionable generosity |
and voting with the Administration.
have slresdy expressed my opinion that there I
was no prospect of Any thing being done ON the Ia
riff and the circle which entertains that opinion
is daily widening. The Committee of Ways aud
Means, as you know can agree on nothing Inc
Democratic party is as much divided on this cues
ti0n as on the new Slavery ISSUE One wing OF u Is
derouucipp Phelps of Missouri, the Chairman as
having gOIe oter from the Democratic parry 70 MI
BachaRan on this question. such IL not Tue ,cIn1
In witch the charge is made, but II IL feaiy hsf
substai &C ~ IT, -
The members Of the dominant party are IN thu
shattered ind hggltdy-piggedy condition. mol only
on these two leading questions, oe' On s,most
every other. And since the Onces vi 'n's aamn-
s,r,ion are already all disposed OF, 1t IL impoubS
IN ,,n what Will become OF the fragments Of tho
psrty The fual disposition of the Offices removed \
The last bond Of cohesion.
The Republican members al tue House made
o,nos,t;on Ia several of our Foreign Missions dar-
na the debate, but none oi them drew proper at
tenton to the new Consulate, created By Mr.
Pierce shortly before he left office, at Qaebec-s
Mace that was created as a snecure, and high n
saIar, affixed ut the heel of session. when uo- ~
I'D, knew IT, ard givea tn n gentleman BY way Of
omu,nsation for certain poltc,l services. The
est.bl,bment of the Office little less than
fraud on the Legislature; and, if any Office ia the
cilt of the President is deserving Of Suppression ii
ID this. !sR
THE DEBATE ON THE SLAVE.TRADE.
From Our own CoFTesp nden:.
WASHINGTON, Friday, jan y, 1859.
Few debates have been held in Congress, ofh!s
years, more deserving Of attention and coulder.
alton than that which has ragged for three days
past among the Democrats Of the Hoas on the
subject Of the African slaye-.rsde. II arose darog
the discussion on the Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation BILL and began by a motion made y
by Mr.. Dowcell Of Alabama, Jan. %, to stnks out
from the bnl On appropriation Of $4,000 70 pay
the expense of returning TO Africa, aud msintssd-
ing there for twelve months, tue negroes fousd
an American cruiser and carried into Charleston.
The authority for the appropriation was the law
1919, by clause in which the President is author
lied Ito make such regulations and arrangements
"as be may deem expedient for the safe keeping,
support, and removal beyond the limits OF tho
United States, Of all sucn negroes, mulsttoes or
"persoLs of color, as may be delivered from "a
board vessels seized in the prosecution u we
" saye-trade, by commanders OF the United oss'es
" armed vessels"
Authorized by this law, the President entered
into contract with the COLONIZATION Society %
which he engaged to pay the sun OF $ioo nesu
for the support. education and instruction 10 tne
arts Of civilized life duriUg the period OF tweIvo
months, Of the captured Africans delivered ia LIZ
IBERIA This contract was made under coDstruc-
ton of the law sanctioned and acted upon by fres
idsnt Monroe, under whose administrator 'oe ID"
OF 1919 was passed. A..
Mr. Dowdell opposed the APPROPRIATION, on .na
ground that the law did not mean % su'hosiH w
thing to be done for the AfricIns EXCEPT ~ Ie.a.a
them to Africa. And he .cok occasion 70 lmY ',on
the opportunity by t.enouncing the Cc 1s,s n
Society as humhdg, and Liberia 10 sn .,a istl.
furnishes Che s.,d) additional evidence OF me 'S
ny oil all attempts to elevate the nesv s,r.igbt
nIty OF EelEgOvernment-tO make VA ~. AZ.
winch God has made crooked. Lipern ..;.m
ciinlng to its certain and final relapse ..'. sot
Mich other false and foolish stun Q, VI Il. "a
Mr, DOwdell gave vent to. but the n% %.".nt da-
u Arks was in the closing sentence: W. .a,s-
"cnssiDg the expediency of reoPenng 'h' u. ,s,-
"trade-a matter uhioh properly belongs 10 s"S,tx
"eregn States nh0se industrial potioy .tc ~.
"by I'll Will say that the laws are blgbiy 90
g IN defining that to be piracy upon tue meh
"uhch IS not robbery, and in attaching tue 49,
penalty 10 an act rtieh in Itself is not nect''''''
f, Immoral" "a