New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-31
From Our Own Correspondent.

Prom Our Own Correspondent
ALBANY, Jan. 30, 1861.
FEDERAL RELATIONS.
The majority ard minority resolutions OF the Com.
rit,ee on the State Of the Union b-iag a special order
for last evening was the occasion for a very fir dis
Ilay Of the SPEAKING talent Of the Assembly The de-
bate was opened by Mr. Ball Of Rensseller, whose
uarks gave evidence that in bis section there wa 10
vet 10 quakng in the knees weakness Of the p 10,
hongh not gener tllv considered IA II the rural
d-tIict.. lie wa follo wed by Mr. Angel e ieyany,
with locality once named. the character Of his -peech
is already known. may be allowed 20 add, however,
u al in ne sopndress Of is arguments, the clelriess
ard legitimacy OF biz conc rOn, and the tru" refep
tiors OF tie rel cificui,ie- MIR. a. reflected more
than ordinary credit lmRelf personally; while The
perpendicular 'ack-bone that ran thrngh hi -ntire
portion showed q at lie well repre- ente1 an unterriled
constituency. Mesrs Birdsall and Dwight took part
in the disprstOn the side, aud equally SHY
sustained the POSITION taken by the people of the safe
If New -York-ihe remarks of the latter being PARTON
larly remarkable for tie determination eXprros"1 ~
Welding to compromise with rebels with arms IN
their bands and his Indignant re0udia ion of the charge
made some time ance y Mr.. Robinson, that when he
"Veieran editors wand was waved over this Chamber
every knee would bow II SIR said Mr. d.,
"tkat wand La been waved over the Republicans Of
d i body am afraid j. has iOFi ts magic power"
Taking the debate a whole, on The Republican
tide if il was characterized by Que featare more de
tinCt than auOher, it. tat determ raiiO t. stand
firm on u cir position that the first and only question
now 10 be decided WAC, Have we "a Government and
Union worth pre-eUirgl Wien that question - s.t-
sfacioIily ard aiirmaively .euled, then viii be the
tine 10 consider questions Of dustent and dBculiies
in the way.
Messrs Hnicbins and CozzeDs ably and eoquontly
sustinCd ~ COMPROMISE or "a feel iiOperd o cali
them, tie "siirkinu" resolutions. "A tire pl'n pro-
IOscd by Mr.. Robinson will be found, when followed
10 is legitimate and inevitable conclusion 20 amount
only TO pOsponement of discussion, no longer how
ever than the fire, application thereafter Of Safe for
adn.i,fiOn Each of these gentlemen took particular
NJ mt at IN
Of Democrats represented by Cobb Yancey, Floyd, and
company.
MI. Gozzans. unfortunately for biz argument in lis
efforts 10 cary s auditory became frequently carl
away himself Ia Of lhoBc 81 ftrdnsp ,n', he b.
cane OblvOns of loTililie, and appeared evidently
under The impression thai he WIS addressing q South
Carolina and Georgia Conventions Tor 10 no 9TH light
can we account Tor Lis eloquent appcsl Tor checking
The progress of civil war the arrest Of the wild horse
Of disuliOn, and rlying for the te'enfe OF ne Cons,l
tuition ard tie Union. Unfortunately, again, for com.
proHfe he core Of bis remorke he knocked all
The fat ir0 the ire by letting ont lat e more truih
than was absolutely necessary for biz 81 OF The Qnes
ton. lie admitted that The cause OF the dill ;uly liy
DEEPER than The triumph Of the Republican party,
aud the accession 10 power of Mr. iinc0ll
IL was rot the Person al Liberty laws Of
the Free States, nor the acknowledgements Of the
Fugitive Slave law. Ii was The uepfe.sihs conflict
ITSELF not made less alarming by thcfc that The PED
dent elect was lie WHO first recognized and procaimcd
the fact Of its existence Il was because the South
saw tlis that size was Il rmfd and therefore here he
1t tie cat out Of the lag) fheoo resolutions were but
son and Iiance, and before the se-ion wa5 over
we shoal be called again aud agaio for still further
concerfions. How far the prospects of the passage
the shirking resolutions enhanced by this ad
nssi, remains TO be seen. There are one or twO |
things that apparent ia every discussion Of mi
question One is that matter how mn IA disclmed |
II the start almo-t every Democrat who takes the |
oor, before ending, il betrayed into eScuug, il no,
usifyiDg, the seeding rebels, aud be,raylng in 4
,aIions ways r strong sympathy with them Another
nSaiable feature il, that they and cOmprOnsoH evi
leBliy assume thai Secession - Conditional dePendtn,
N The gctior Of the Free States, when they should
nd mutt know that the SeceFaOlsts Themselves de-
lire that Il il fnal unconditional aud cooclu,ivethat
he day of com promise il past, and that they do not
sk and will not accept any concessions. Why then,
hOuld We insult item and humilato Ourselves by go
ug On bcnded knees aud begging them TO reconsider
heir determination