' ' fittskiii; WEDNITSDAY MORNING, FEB. 6, 1862 The- Wester. Armory Question in &Wee has aeniceiis Chiterniut or the Hotiaa Cototoittee - certh4 important ques tion, we are gratified to observe that the -rittiyiley. the proms:lingo 'hi ibe House it, sag** idiom Mit- Gee. Mooinsee le - - - indefatigable in the work:whirl devolves on him as representative of the claims and intereitk of; Pittsburgh. Daring the late i 1 debate , on the Army Appropriation Bill, while the }Tom: Wis ;in. Committee of : the Wholei,eifter Mr. Car, of Ohio, had made an elahorate bat not very stioaessfal, and ear ... tainly,467 Undignified, attempt to answer Mr: ParWs Clloquent and well-sustained - --, arraignment of the do-nothing, defeneive war-strategy, tibia now Naas to find fifer in . high coasters, Mr. Moorhead took part in'thedellate, by moving an amendment in riferewie to a propeeition in the bilJ. - tmde _ 'eorts*ition=namely, ',forrepairs and im . prwremeits and new machinery at della; *mat Armco", at Springdeld, Massachn gotta, $160,000. In " teo*gto strike out the ateive appro priation, Mr. Moorhead's object, as he ex plained_it, Was, to ' , ascertain what is the • . precise extent tp vrileb, it. is Proposed to-go in the expenditure of this $150,1100 for•re ,— pain 'and. improvements and new machi ., . • , aux. et the 'national armory." • Mr. Morrill explained that it - uwas not for any new ad.: dition i lmtior repairs." • After some further discussion on the,part of several members, Mr. Moorhead, at the request of Mr. Mc . Knight, 'withdrew his amendment, having accomplished the purpose desired by both gentlemen, of giving the subject of a West ern Armory such.,a congressional Tortilla ' tion as theoccasion Permitted—pending the more thorough discussion which cannot be , introduced for acme time yet. • • ; • A Vision of the Southern Empire. • • The Louisville-Courier, secession, is die - - • dinaing , basis of peace, pn which it says It -will Ix willing to settle the present -- strife. it is, that if we will recognize Southern independence, and agree to- de liver up, their figitive slaves, they will agree Mitres trade between the two sec tions. Somebody opposes the selibme, as tending to , destroy Southern manifestoes. This Is replied to as follows: . • It is urged that we ought to protect our • own - syStem•of manufactures. Why ? Would;we respect our people more if - they were shoemakers, weavers and cot tenspiniters,lhan we do now as farmers . and planters? For myself, , want. a • • iiithin composed of people whose pur _ Baits ennoble - them, not pin -makers„ and • last-turners. 1 want-them, then, soldiers] 'and statesmen by birth, education and pur suitaborn to command, and trained - froiu • the earliest infancy to a kind protection of an inferior race. I want them all slave holden end republicans loving constitu- 1 I Lionel libertyLpreferring honor to life, • much less to money—breathing - .the - pure - air of the country, and worshipping. God : instead of. mammon.---Such a people ; we %Will he With independence—the Romans l and Spartan, of America—knights trained the pursuits of a genuine chivalry—true • lovers of mankind—worshippers of the im mortal.iii literature, in science, and in song • —dosing; noble and kind—the children of God; planting their feet upon the shoulders and wielding the scePlre of a true su rem ' • P soy over , the heads of the abject follower' .of Mammon and his tribes. • When we - have independence, and elan grant free trade. to . our former op , pressers, then will come the proud hour of the Saul and complete triumph of the_ • . Lookat 'the map of America, and Me how we tear from the vitals of Abe Union nearly all - duals valuable. We then 'aluill.be 'seated on 'the throne of the new continent=llie true seat of all constittrtibnal tovernitent and republican liberty-holding - 'in'. servile' dependence out former oppres . sonil We will hold their very means of living in our hands. Lewerour tariff and they will sink—raise it, and they will.lick the duit beneath our feet. Then we will hold them in bonds to keep the peace, to catch' our. slaves; to bend before our word, the dependents and feudatories of the true men of_ America.' At every session they will fill.. the lobbies of our Congress with oommlUees to beg for mercy in the adjust