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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

our situation. II seems bad enough but still IL
is By no means certain that his irlbecllity is 70
be productive wholly of evil.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Buchanans Administration
has not done and will not do anything to arrest
the Secession movement, there is nothing TO Dc
done but to let it 90 On. 1t is huge epidemic
taking down the strongest constitutions. Doctor
Buchanan has allowed the disorder to get among
the States, where it RACES like the cholera. II
the infected spots had been blown up in the be-
ginning with sunpowdcr, as such spots come
times are, its rayages would have been checked.
Az it is, the palliativos of the compromisers
should be kept in their closets. They would
have been good for nothing at any time. They
are worse than useless now. AS Secession was
not cured by powerful remedies at the start, it
must now be left to cure itself. Which method
was the best time only can determine. One
bates to confess that imbecility can either save
or ruin the natien.
The SeccssiOnsts are already sick enough Of
their bargain. They will be sicker. See what
has become Of the crowd Of them who were in
Congress. The members OF the seeding States
have voluntarily relinquished their Federal pay
aud Federal honOrs, and retired to private life,
after breaking their necks to get to Washington.
Aud what have their constituents done for them
Left them out in the cold. Their States are
about holding grand Convention at Montgomery,
TO establish o new Southern Confederacy Have
cur Congressional fre-eateTs been honored with
seats therein Not o bit Of it. Out Of the two
q in (tonOrpg5
from the State of Alabama just one solitary SIN
Ier of them all has been allowed to go to Mont
gomery (McCTry). Out of the eight members
and two ScnetOrs from Georgia, Mr.. Ioombs
alone GETS urder the shelter of the Convention.
Thus far. JEFF. Davis only shares the confidence
Of the Nation Of Mississippi in the proposed re-
construction Thus we see twenty-three out OF
twenty six gentlemen, lately enjoying comfortable
seats at the Federal capital, and drawing not
lcss than one hundred thousand dollars per an
nun from the national treasury, pitched over
board and swamped by the Secession squau
which they helped to raise Ii Secession pays no
better than this We may soon look for Union
party of large dimensions among the sccedcrs.
We repeat, Secession must cure itself, and 1t
will, If not in one way then in another, and
Whichever that way is, is the best way. Com-
promise won't cure il, cancellation won't cure II.
They will only do now what they have always
done in the past-aggrayate the disorder by driv-
ing i in, thus insuring the certainty of its break
ing out again with increased yirulence. 1t is
likely that this epidemic, ike Others, Will not
appear half 20 bad after it is over, as it did
when il was coming on.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

On Saturday last, at Washington, Cassius M.
Clay of Kentucky delivered a Compromi.,
speech
On Dec 10, only q month before, writing from
his home in Kentucky to friend in the Iudisu,
Legislature, the same Cassius n. Clay, HAVING
carefully and completely considered the wbo.s
question, concludes in the following striking Ian.
euage:
"what shall say What shall dot isten-I hear the
voice of conference.-the voice Of Cod great dead
dies but his memory lives Give liberty dive ma
desbv Well then, think old Ben. Wsdes speech IA ,hs
Senate the ground Let stand with and BY him 10 ,s
end. The Constitution, The Union and laws-they mus l.,
presercd' With old John Adams living dying stand
by the declaration"
Which of these opposing coupsels shah We
follow the spontaneous and hearty utterance Of
Kentucky, or the concession forced forth BY ths
influences Of Washington For our part, we
prefer Clay unterrfed to Clay frightened. We,
too, go with "old Ben. Wade" the man sans
peUr It sans reprOehe. We, too, are for the Con.
stitutiOn, the Union, and the Enforcement Of
the Laws.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

"The responsibility for the evils which bear SO
heavily on our country is mainly with the Re-
publican party" says The Journal Of Com
mere. Of course. 1t s the Republicans who
have seeded in South Carolina and the other
Southern States, who have stolen the forts.
arsenals and hospitals, who have fired on the
flag of the United States, who have robbed tho
Federal Treasury, who have planted batteries on
the Mississippi, and are plotting to seize Wash.
iustOn and install usurpiDg Government. The
same cautious and moderate Journal adds that
" the war spirit has run rampant throughout the
I" ranks of that political organization" The Jour.
nal naturally regards the determination to pre-
serve the Union, maintain the Constitution, aud
enforce tie Laws as utterly uDjustidable unless
Slavery, the god Of its idolatry, is to derive soma
benefit rom il.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

Our friends in various parts Of the country
who write to us approving the proposition to
compromise the Slavery difficulty by buying ths
slaves in the Border States, will understand that
we do not publish their communications, simply
from want of space. AS for the idea which they
so warmly advocate, it is sure to make its own
way. As yet, no bill has been introduced into
either House of Congress to carry out this great
measure, but that will come in due time. II is
the oDly practicable compromise which has been
proposed and must before long engage universal
attention
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

In his speech at tho Cooper Institute on Mon.
day. Gen. Hiram Walbridge, late NJ. c. from
the IIId Ward of this City, sOlemnly declared
that $50 help him God, if the Union can be
" saved in no other way, he should be willing to
4" see every agitator, North aud South, sibbeted
"as high as Hannah WAS"
We fear that if this universal gibbeting were
TO take place, the Generals own neck wouldn't
be safe He was one of the most resolute and
influential promoters of fhe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS bill,
the most pestiierous measure OF agitation ever
preached in the history of the country. We
trust then, for his sake, that the gallows Will
not be called into such extensive use. 1t would
do no harm, perhaps, to hang some OF the tral'
tors who fro on your flag and blockade your
ports and rivers, but We arc opposed to the
hanging of Walbridge. Let us leave him still e
enjoy the good things of this life, to cultivate the
genial and generous affections that ior'n the
charm of the social circle, and to make now and
then u buncombc speech in some Democratic
conyentcle. Besides, such an arch agltator as
he ought TO have more time for repentance. We
vet hope to see him brought to sense OF hi'
SINS and calamity leading his brigade or nj
division, whatsoever it may be, with well
stocked commissariat, in enthusiastic support o
the Union, the Constitution, and the Enforce
ment of tho Laws.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

Mr.. Van Wyck Of this State delivered q bold
and vigorous speech in the House Of Represent
stiyes yesterday. Its manly sentiments are
worthy Of the man who speaks for the freemcn
OF the Orange and Sullivan District, and con-
trsst hOnorably with the timid utterances of too
many Northern Senators and Representatives in
this crisis, when courage aud independence
ought to mark the conduct Of Republicans.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

NV ho1 b ,od 10 SEQ some Just snd wise proposition Of
sset unlimited to people. Mr. Cttendes, 80 rodi-
fed as 70 acquire utn. Territory by treaty would y. To
fed Bn the CIttenden proposition Is the most diIea sna
Pie snd tn be preferred Albany Evening Ioua
The Crttenden proposition seems to us worse
than the Breckenridge platform, worse than the
utmost demands which the Slave Power put forth
in the Presidential canvass, because 1t establish
es slavery south of So 30, beyond appeal, and
in oppostion TO the will Of the people who set
tlo in those Territories. The signal defeat of the
Republican party in the election would have been
far better in our humble judgment than its dis
grace and humiliation BY the adoption OF that
compromise now. =,
In the language of Mr.. Lincoln we VIII
nerer {, consent or advise our friends to consent
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

F." to any concession or compromise which Ieo,.
" like buying tho privilege of taking possession
" Of the Government to which we have con
f" Rtiaticnal right; because whatever We ma,
tnink OF Inc merit Of the various propositions
" before Congress, ne should regard any con.
I" ceSsion in the face Of menace as the destruc.
" ton of the Eoyernmest ITSELF and consent @,
"all hands that our system shall be brought
" down to level with the existing disorganized
" late of affairs in Mexico.p
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

Gov. II. S. Foote of Mississippi who, next to
Gov. II. A. Wise of Virginia, has the reputation
of being the greatest gas.bag in the South, re-
Gently made a speech at Nashville, Tenn, in
favor of Secession. He said that Mr.. Seward,
in attempting to conciliate the shareholders by
Offering to vote for an amendment to the Consti-
tuition, declaring that Congress had no power to
abolish Slavery in the States, only insulted the
South-for the most rabid Abolitionist had never
claimed such a power. 1t is evident that the
rebel States are resolved to spurn all offers OF
compromise, and nothing but degradation and
dishonor to the Government viii result from the
cowardly attempts now making to appease them.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

We print to-day the letter of John Minor
Bots, in reply to an invitation OF many Vir-
gians, who desire him to represent them at the
approaching Convention Of the State. The letter
is s;pgularly clear and bold, setting forth without
eircunlOcution the inevitable effect of Secession
upcn tine vital interests Of the South, and deal.
ing some hard blows at the Palmetto traitors.
The folly of hoping to affect the South by com.
promise and concession is also Enthusiastically
uggested
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

In the United States House Of Representatives
yesterday, Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania
made one Of the best speeches OF the Session.
lie declared that no compromise could now be
made. When six States are in open rebellion, our
forts and arseDals seized, our flag insulted, and
armies in the field against the Government, he
had no hope that concession, compromise, or any
other humiliation would have any effect. Iie
was confirmed in this belief by the declaration Of
South Carolina that no concession would induce
her to return to the Union. The cause Of the
slaysholdipg rebellion was the election Of Mr.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

The Express and Tie Herald loudly declare
that Mr.. Lincoln has listened to the Com
nrom;sers. md is inclined to sacrifice the prlnc-
ples of the Chicago platform. The same rumor was
Yesterday repeated by the reporter OF Washington
gossip for the Associated Press. We DO not hest
tate 10 sag that these statements arc JdtSe amt
caly,uniopS. We have the best authority for say
ing that Mr.. Lincoln is opposed to all conccS-
siops of the sort. We kRop that his views are
fully expressed in his own language as follows;
"Iwl suffer death before vii consor. or advise my friends
10 consent any concession conponao which LOCKS IKE
buvinQ the privilege oftskng possession Of the Government 10
which we have constitutional gh because WAascYes nigh
lpk OF the merit ef the yaoss propoon before Congress
tboua regard any IN the face OF menace ~ the de
,tructon the Government itself and consent on al hsho
that our sysie shall be brought down to level with tue exist
ius disorqauzed Of sfs IN Mexico Bu' TINS thns VIII
hereafter be- It in the hand o. The peole ana 'Dey
desire to call Convention any grievances complained
TO give new GUARANTEES the penansnce Of vested gh
is ROT mine to oPpofe'
This is not only to be taken as Mr.. LincOln's
declaration Of his own views, but il amply eI-
presses the conviction of every mistaken Repub-
lican as to the duty of the hour First inaugurate
the new Administration and determine the question
Of questions whether we have Government, or
only a Mexican anarchy; aud when that prob
lem is disposed of, it will be time enough to
consider and settle matters Of inferior consequence
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

Charleston yesterday was thrown into parox-
ysms of terror, by report brought by negro
that suspicious craft had been seen of the coast
With twenty men on board. Visions Of John
Brown, jr., fitted before the eyes of the slave
holders, and descent on the plantations of the
sea shore was unprecedented. With the protection
of the Union withdrawn, negroes on the coast Of
the Slave States would be hardly worth their
salt, if the AbOlitionists really desired TO carry
them off,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30
THE LATEST NEWS.
RECEIVED By
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
From Washington.
Special Disps,ch to The N. T. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Jan. ~,

/ Special DEpe' Oh 10 The n. l. Inoane.
WAsHIsGTos, Tuesday, Jan. %, 1861.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Various amendments were made to the Pacific
RaiIrsad bin in the Senate to-day, which do not
materially affect the ultimate shape or fate Of
that bill. The House will nOn-concur, and
Committee of Conference will finally decide It's
complexion. The interests, North and South,
are sufficiently great to secure any such measure.
When the Union and pocket combine they arc
very strong.
The secessiOnists are much exercised about
their success in Virginia, and greatly subdued ia
tone. No election ever held there was involved
in more doubt. If the Union men had time for
a fair discussion, the State would be swept By
them. They now labor under every disadvantage.
and the cards were stocked in the Legislature
by Mr.. Hunters managers, so that they should
lose. But the sharpers may get caught not"1fn'
standing their dexterity.
MAJOR VAN DORN'S RESIGNATION.
Major Van DOrn's resignation from the army
was expected, and viii probably be followed oy
that of Gen. Twiggs, who had just got leave
absence from the War Department. The soldiers
are vet faithful, though many officers are tresca
| erous.
| TIE BROOKLYN'S ORDERS.
II i understood that tie orders OF the Navy
| DEPARTMENT 10 the commanding officer oil tue
| Brooklyn directed him not to land troops pu'
succor Fort Piekens in case OF attack. .eP''
Barrow of the Navy was sent South week ago
with similar instructions 10 the squadron aooa'
10 be concentrated at Pensacola. These saa'
proceedisgs have disguised the country anu III
VOWED il in most of the present dihicui'ies
Colonel Haynes correspondence con,ia ~,
the published dispatches this morning, ,na' a'
,attsrs to Gov. Pickcns had been laIa pc'oi0 ''o
yo,i.,oturc and tho Governor had directed
GnoI and peremptory demand on the freslaVr'
for ,Is surrender Of Fort Sumter LIS NV" =
nonce ia very different, aud breathes no SuOA
suirit On the contrary, no change Of Poncy 10.
been indicated since Jefferson DAVIS aa r and
a military man. against the prcjeetea s.' rash
other leading secessiOnsts depreca'ea at ,n,no.
a,;mort The national Gag VIII ho'' "''''
,cstsd .ome time vet from Fort Sumter
THE DEBATE IN TIE no'sL' ..;.,.a m
c,.ns Of Pennsylvania stirred up
the Cbiyary to-day in one Of n rs, prror. text
,,eeches. lie preached from M. , .,~,a save
Yesterday, that no compromise now 1Oa as;ns.t,
is Tucu. and hence deprecated all experiments
INC ,s utJ direction as gratuitOus and Illuminating,
II. ooatenSed that the FIRST duty was 70 pr
lie eon'enO,s 80 had Government and 70
20 . '.o Mr. Buchonaa's pcrnciou' and ''''
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

wbynot give State Converion popular election to
try!-lExpross
We had an election on the 9th of November,
when you tried your utmost, and spent vast sums
of money to corrupt the voters, and after al
were beaten by majority of FIFTY THOUSAND
That ought to suffice until next Fall, when you
can try again.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

Lincoln, and nothing else. The South was IN
willing to relinquish the power it had SO long
held. He dwelt with much force on the out.
RACES perpetrated in the South on Northern men.
For his part, rather than make concessions to
rebels, he would see the Union shattered into
ten thousand atoms.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

In the United States Senate, yesterday, various
amendments were made to the Pacific Railroad
bill, but none of them materially affect its shape
or will retard its passage.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30
The mails for Europe, by the steamship Asia
win close this morning at o'clock.

Our correspondent at Washington states that
plot to assassinste Gen. Scott has been detected,
and that the would.be assassins are from Missis.
sippi and South Carolina.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

The men who formed this Breckenridge plt
form. it should be remembered, seeded frGn
their party because the majority refused to grant
what is here demanded-namely, that Slavery
might 90 into the Territories without interference
from either Congressional or Territorial law II
is manifest, then, that this was the most that the
most radical of the Slavery propagandists asked ter
nine months ago; with this, four months ago,
they would have been abundantly satisfied; and
THE, had they obtained il in the election of MI.
Breckenridge four months ago. the Republican
party would have regarded as a dishcsrtening
defeat and an overwhelming calamity. But pas
this Crittenden Compromise, and the defeat ID
this Pro-Slavcry party is victory more brilliant
than they ever dared hope for, and our victor!
a defeat more terrible than was ever feared as
possible. That which they contended for as
liberation il conceded as right; and the system
which they only asked should he let alcrr, il
made the fundamental law of the land for I'll
time to come, and forced upon all III" territory
that may ever belong TO this Union south % 20
80, even if it be in spite Of tie viii OF the
people thereof. Shall the threat even Of crl
war, and of dissolution OF il3 Union, reduce
Us 10 so ptiful o condition al de radiation, to so
thorough forgctGulncss Of al sense of public
virtue Is the Republics trhnph 20 he tie
worst blow that Freedom las Ger received -
tl,;s continent
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30
Netp1lork DAILY gribn1re
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1861.
70 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

Advertisements for The WEEKLY TRIBUNE for this
week must be handed in to-day.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

ions that the success Of the Republican party is
a far more serious calamity than the election OF
Douglas could have possibly BEEN Have we
achieved victory emily to suffer most over
whelmiug defeat Is Liberty to be so wounded
in the house of her friends that the worst treat
ment of her worst enemies would have been mer-
ciful in comparison Not only is it proposed to
do what the Douglas party at Charleston posi-
tiyely refused in effect but we are called upon
70 consent to more than the Charleston seceders
of April ever thought of demanding. comParl-
son of the Breckenridge Platform and the Crit
tenden Compromise, so far as they touch TINS
question of the extension of Slavery, is instruct
i've. We give it, as follows:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30

BRTCRINRIDGE PLATFORM
1. That the Government Of I
Territory organized by an act o
Congress, is provisional and
Temporary and during its exist
cuce, all citizens Of the Uuite'
States have an equal right to set
lie with their property IN th'
Territory, without their rights
either Of person or property
being destroyed or impaired hy
Congressional or Teui,orihllcs
islatioE. at
3. That Il Is thc duty Of tn
Federal Government, In ell u
departments, to protect, whei
nccessary, the rights OF porson
and property in the Territories
ard wherever else its lohsll'N
tional authority extends.
3 That when the settlers In
Territory having an adequate
incubation, form State Constr
tuition, IN pursuance Of law I'M
rrht Of sovereignty commences
and. being confummstcl By 90
mis- ion into the Union, the
s,tud on an equal footing will
line pcorle Of other States; hnt
the State thus organized ousl
10 be admitted into the Fedora
Union. whether It. Ioustiluiiol
prohibit crIccO-uiles TIE ig.'i
luton Of Slavery.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-30
CRITTHSDTS's coHPRo-

MISE.
Rcsolred, That by the Senate
and House Of Representative.
I the following article be proposed
ard submitted as an amendment
I to the Constitution, which illall
, be valid US part Of the CoDsltu-
tor, when ratified by the Con-
MENTIONS OF three.foutths VI the
people o. the States:
Iiys,: Ia oil the Territories
now or hereafter acquired n'fth
Z of latitude - 80 Slavery OF in
voluntary sefgitudo, except for
the punishment for crime i
prohil~ while In all the Ter
iitory south CT that lI.ii lie
/ Slavery is hcYsby recognized ds
rri,fiag, AID i1H not be in.cr'
ifercd with by Congret', put
,haHJe protected ~ property by
Iall departments Of tue Terrific
rial G0veIumont daring its con
linuance. All the 4, -iDfy
north or south ofsaid line, with
| IN such boundaries Is COnges,
may prescribe, when il contains
"a population necessary in q
I Member Of Congress, with are
publican form of government,
shail be admitted into the ution
ia an equality with The original
States, with OF without Saw
cry, as the Constitution Of he
Gt.t. hall ,,~.a~r.ka
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-03-22

OH FEvER IN CHTcAGO-SALE OF TIE CHIC
AGO PRAIRIE STONE QUAERT.-The Democrat
says: ave learn that Alderman William
Colby sold his entire interest in the Chicago
Stone, Coal and Mining Company, 70 east
ern capitalists, who intend to commence
boring at the quarry for oil, being persuaded
by skillful chemical analysis, and practical
examination, that beneath this quarry is an
immense bed Of rock oil, such as is now
found in such abundance in certain parts Of
Pennsylvania, and by the discovery Of
which such large fortunes have been made.
The quarry Of the Chicago Stone, Coal and
Mining Company is situated in the suburbs
Of West Chicago, and the most Of our eiti-
gems are familiar with some Of the peculiar
properties Of the stone which is taken from
It. The Second Presbyterian Church il
built Of this stone, and its mottled appear
snee is caused by the exudation Of oil from
the stone. The theory Of the purchasers Of
the quarry is that there is bed Of rock oil
lying beneath the quarry, which is drawn
up by capillary attraction through thssto
They propose to at once commence sinking
an artesian we'll until they "strike lie,
when their fortunes viii be made. We learI
that Alderman Colby sold the quarry for I
very handsome sum-"