A Sign

A Whig correspondent of the New York Tribune in Illinois, says : The political distinclions between parlies in the Northern part of this State especiülly, aro fast melting bcfore this all-absorbing question. From means of informaiion which I have, Í have observed that men - from whom such inquirios vvould have been the least expecied - men who frequent groggcries and such like- have been of late eagerly seeking nfurmation with regard to the preponderance of the South in matters of National legislation ; in regard lo the causes of the war with Mexico, &c. It is doub:les well known to you also, thnt the TarifFqueslion, although nu doubt of vital mportance to the Wesijis not a question round which the enthusiasm of the country can be ral lied, unconnocted with any other great queslion of polity. A party now to be successful here must express more disinctly and emphatically the all-absorbing opic of opposition to Slavery, which has nvndodall rauks alniost indiscriminately, ind is carrying the human mind into a ïew sphere of political Jife and progress. [n fact, it would sepm as ifallfarther reform is slayed, and the ilood-gates thro' vhich new truths gain an enterance o thé human mini, shut up by this greaevil, against wiiich, shouldcr toshouldrr men must work in otder lo ttáy its larther extensión.