New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-27

the House BY al The means in their power We
have the satisfaction Of knowing that tie country
does not lose sight of their factious and rsbeIous
conduct for sipgle day. E.8.
Mr.. Hamilton Of Texas came into the ring to
speak for that State and spouted valantly in behalf
of protrscted disorder, dissolution aud so forth
Considering that Sam Houston has just been elected
Governor Of Texas by an overwhelming majority
against men Of the stripe Of Mr.. Hamilton, and
distinctly on the Dsunion ISSUE we think Mr.
Hamilton had better hold his tongue. Texas did
not come into the Union 80 late to desire to leave it
so early.
In the Senate an animated and significant discus
sion arose on Mr.. Douglass Fugitive law for whites,
or as Mr.. Davis Of Mississippi termed it, bis new
Force Bill. Mr. Douga, is met at the Threshold
with objections to his that are utterly fatal
to the ends he hoped to accomplish by it, namely,
to smooth his way through the Charleston Conven.
ton; Of course he never expected to pass the bill
through the present Congress. Mr.. Davis opposes
the bill because he would never give the President
authority to call ogtkbe militia to invade any State;
and we may be ~ sure that the men who are
talking go ncisiy about Disunion are going to be
very sby about comforting any new authority upon
the Federal Executive, by which it may hereafter
check their movements. Mr.. Douglas thus en-
counters hostility from the very quarter where be
counted on support. The Slave States have always
thought best to scrutnze very closely all measures
looking to an increased concentration OF power in
Federal hands, knowing in case Of domestic dis
turbance, how easily it could be turned against
them. Mr. Davis, therefore, in these objections OF
his, is only true to the traditions of the South;
AID be brings forward something far more tangible
ard important than any mere party or personal
hostility. In tbs course Of Mr. Daviss remarks,
he distinctly admitted that an attack on the Unoa
was treason. This voluntary acknowledgment ap-
pears TO express his judgment as to the political
status Of nearly all his Southern coadjutors, for
they have done nothing but assail the Union ever
since Congress assembled. Mr. Doolittle asked a
question of Mr.. Douglas touching the design and
operation of his measure, to which he gave an
affirmative response, which, as explained by Dir.
Doottle involved the design and very language OF
John Adams's Alien and Sedition act. Verify,
Douglas finds his new road to the Jordan of his
political hopes hard road to travel!
Mr.. Wilson of Massachusetts, Tetorted upon the
gentlemen who came back upon him after hisspeech
Of the preceding day, with great effect. He very
eftctualy nailed ole of thebogus Indiana Senators,
Mr. Fitch, by exposing his regeneration on exist
ing political questions. We might ask where is
there member Of the Democratic organization In
the Free States, conspicuous enough to have rec
ord, who could not be inpaled on this charge OF
apostacy in the same way? Mr.. Fitch was forced
TO acknowledge that when be was young and in his
prime he did better than he does now. He seemed
to think that man once young saint may be al
lowed to be an old sinner.