, 1861-02-25

sests. =: But having absconded, the friends
Of the public good will be able to pass
thfs, most beueacent measure. : The bena-
Alta that sill flow IRON Its enactment Will re-
conoile most people to the Withdrawal Of the
ppeatents & IT, Cotton states L Is to Be-
hopad thsy may stay away until several othar
itsaful and Important measures shall become
lsws. For inatauos, MI. Lovejoy's Homestead
bill, aud the Pacific Railroad bill On the Cen-
tral 1oute-on line from Chicago to San
Francisco sia salt Lake and the. vicinity. Of
to be nd Of the Fire-Eaters il Congress for 4
few years, 10 as to enable that body TO legislate
for the good OF the people. While the dis
unfonists are present they keep both houses n
a turmoil md raging fever, and Will ,tolerate
no discussion or legislation On any otnef SUD;
and satisfactory Organization Of the morgan
lied Territories, ia due; to the ABSENCE from
Conpress Of the worst and noiAieat tlre-Eaters
The admission Of Kansas into the Union as
State is due to the same cause. The defeat Ct
the Mccormick. reaper monopoly must be
Ter In which Western farmers feel pretty
deep interest. Buchanan promptly signed
the bill giving the opponents Of the monopo-
" ninety days more time to file testimony
asainst it. In the meanwhile, the cat's paw,
shugert, Acting Commissioner, Will get his
pointed to ell his place, r ho will probably ar
rive at the conclusion, that when man has
made two millions Of profit out ofa monopo-
", he ought to be clicked of, ifhe will notlet
go willingly:
what the Peace Conference Is likely to do; that
It were useless to speculate On them. I am
still firmly Of opinion that nothing can be
agreed upon except to call National Conven-
tfon, and refer the whole matter to the Peo-
ple for adjustment in the mode provided by
the Constitution. The Commissioners from
the Border States insist on territorial slave
code; not only for al present territory on
which slavery can exist, bnt for Ill future
acquisitions clear down to Panama or Cape
HON. They will get beth these concessions
in a horn. At the same time, they take ground
TINT the laws shall not be executed nor the
revenues collected in any State that may Sc
cede, and they also assert the right Of a State
to walk out Of the Union whenever it p1eases.
Under such state Of facts, how much pros
| pect is there Of q satisfactory compromise be.
| ing agreed upone
| In last Saturdays issue Of the CHICAGO
| TRIBUNE, find the following item Of 'sesas in
| telegraphic dispatches;
| WAsHsa1oH, Feb 15.---The Committee appoint
ed TO prepare matter for the Peace Conference to.
dsy reported plan Of paeiacat:o1 It 1s under,
/ stood to be compounded from Crttenden's and
Compromise North Of 81 deg. 80 min. and Repu
lar 8opertignty south Of it. Every effort will be
u1ade to carry this plan through this Week.
! 1t does no such thing as apply the principle
Of Popular Sovereignty south Of 86 deg. Sc
min, and the author Of the dispatch was well
aware OF the fact when he penned the false
hood. The scheme reported by majority ot
! the Committee, establishes Slavery south OF the
line and protects tt there; and 1t is since claim
| ed by its authors TINT it establishes Slavery il
all future acquisitions Of territory from Mexi
co and Central America; ind they stoutlg re,
sist striking out this latter construction q
their proposition. The agent Of the;;Associat,
slavery compromiser, and could hardly tel
the truth if he tried, in relation to anything
where fnlsehood would benefit the Secession
lists or damage the Republicans. This expla
| nation is necessary to give the reason why dis
| patches to the Associated Press sent out from
this city always bear pro-slayery eoloring.
! CHICAGO.