New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-17
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dismissed. Arrangements are now IN proqres. :.
bring both wings together on the basis Of the rs,
nessee resolution, which is acceptable to DaI,
Toombs, Hunter, Jyerson, Brown, and nearly N
the Southern Senators and Members. That oo;,t
carried, as it will be, by the aid Of New York ,,a
part of New England, the rest will follow paturay
A quiet but extended movement is making "a nm,
Guthrie on that platform, and this is urged b..
cause his last vote at Charleston was equally Al.
yided between tho North and the South.
Much comment ia excited here By the fact that
Postmaster Fowler was permitted to escape aired
on Saturday, after he had been met in New.Yorh
by the officials who were detailed by Mr.. Holt 10
take charge of bis Office, aud we're fully empow.
cred to institute immediate legal proceedings under
the act of 1920. He was removed before they left
this city, for being defauIter and the first proper
step in discharge Of their duty was to order him
into custody. He was in New-York nearly TWEEN.
ty.our bours after their arrival, was seen In pub.
Lie places, aud yet he has escaped His movements
were well known here, MS may be seen by my
dispatch Of Monday; but those who ought to have
been best informed in NewYork seem to have
been ignorant or deluded. This feature in tie
transaction will be subjected to severe scrutiny n
Congress.
No surprise would be excited if other develop.
meuts were made in some New York Offices, csleu.
lated to diminish public confidence. Evidences
exists here showing that Surveyor Hart went sad
denly abroad to avoid appearing before the Covode
Committee, but the character Of the disclosures
which he might have made is not understood
They must have been serious to have induced that
step at an hours notice.
DIR. DOUGLASS SPEECH.
Mr. Douglas occupied two hours and o half in
closing his speech to-day, which, after concluding
the record upon his Southern friends, was devoted
to general review of his own position, the manner
in which it had been assailed, and the motives
which operated against him.
1t was noticed that he observed much more
decorous tone toward his present adversaries than
to Messrs. Chase and Sumner, to whom he EN-.
ployed the strongest personalities when backedby
q party majority. His great aim was manlfsstly
to make point at the South, not ony by arraign-
ing those who differed with his doctrine, on the
ground of inconsistency, but to prove that it was
better for the South than the alternative presented
by its own friends.
Hence, he claimed that his policy had not only
carried the South to thirty-sx thirty, but to thirty
eight, and argued if i. produced that affect upon
cold Northern region, what might not be expected
from it when Ne xieo, Cuba, and other Territories
were acquired He commended too, that the first
extension of Slavery in free territory, in New
Mexico, was legitimate result of squatter sove-
reignty, for which the South was indebted to bin.
He took occasion to refor to the Tennessee res.
olution, which had been suggested as basis Of
compromise, declaring that il did not meet bis sp
probation, because it was liable TO two c9nstruc-
lions, as if the Cincinnati Platform. to which he
clings, was not condemned by the South on that
ground.
He assumed the latter had been absolutely re.
affirmed by the Charleston Convention, which is
no more true than that it was rejected when
presented by Mr. Butler of Massachusetts,, because
Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky, presented
their resolution, which North Carolina also ap-
proved, declaring it to be an ultimatum, without
which they would retire like other States, and
which was pending at the time Of the adjourn.
ment.
This speech was married by its prevailing ego
tism and personal application. though Mr.. Douglas
adrcitly cOntriyed to exclude interruption and thus
preserved the continuity of his argument.
An immense edition will be promptly published
for circulation South.
MIR. DAyIs'S REPLY.
Mr. Davis commenced reply Immediately, and
With much tartness and effect rebuked the spirit in
Which Mr.. Douglas attempted to appropriate the
He exposed his sophistry and incon.
sistency, and was about proceeding to produce
the authorities from massive pile of volumes,
when an adjournment was carried.
THE JAPANESE EMBASSY.
The japanese Embassy visited the Department
Of State to-day, and were received BY Secretary
Cass, preliminary to an official presentation to tbs
President tomorrow. They were beset BY
crowd of curious followers, as on landing, but less
numerous.
The Senate refused to adjourn to attend the re-
ception tomorrow, though Mr.. Hale pressed it W.
gently. 1t is considered that Congress has already
much of its official propriety In ad'
burning to witness the landing of this Embassy.
merely at the invitation Of the Commandant OF the
New-Yard, and when no ceremonious reception
vas contemplated.
At best the whole spectacle consisted Of four d.
plomatic persopages landing after o long voyage
With their servants and baggage.
MR.. FOwLER's DEFALcATIoN.