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UNION. T E, CONSTITUTION, AND THE tJUTS-TtiE QUiSDUNS 0 F OUR LlBERTTi
Vol. 3I5XI.
V7K diem day, co::o, isao.
."Vis. 1.133
lioYE THAT D JUTH EOT."
& Ml six tk nr. .
for youth trill laJe sway," ' '
IJks lj-bttm bta eigbt ""
' ul ls lb bout that purs, .
C . H'o pUia sos'er tbs facs ;
' 6 ark U wHI loof endure
Surfc U cannot debute.
Le not alone ctt earth, "
TVaw transient thing mt kf,
. Who. Eke lbs raiutow's kbta,
' 8ooa fad saidst shaJowy trite. ' '
But k Towrt that m(!e
All tluit to ioM U gien
, VkoM sj'uit doih perJ, ., 4
' Tbe anivemai Hmiio. '
Lo atl things, great ml small,
" From man to tiny flower '
Created were ibey all "
By sn Almiguty power. .t ,
Ft " Gdl U Lo" we knew
Whutc'er may be our lot -la
life, Uieo.M vt tow
The Lotf tht flielh ot .. ..
, Hon. J. C. Fremont.
The hi'tory tf il'ifi younj man i high
ly iitierf-iiing. .A few years ago he h ae
iteuiennl in the army; attached to the
ntrpa of T'potrap!trat engineer. Ilia'
business filled hiiu much l Viliiii(j-
ton, when lie becams arquaimed iih
the eecouJ daughter Vf t Unit., ThiM. H.
Denlon. Youiik, tivacious, and arnhi. j
lions, ihiw stripling in epaulettfa had Ute !
temerity la ak the younff lady's band in '
marriage, notvillisiatidin he knew those)
mum nigner in amnoriiy iuu eoucei me
same in fain.. , Mis Benton readily con
tented, sii (r as she was ronrerned, but'
iniimated lliM she hd s father who had
manifested aoiue d-ree of interest in her
welfare, and might want to be consulted
in the matter. She laid the M proposal"
before the old gentleman., lie objected
to the proposition in Into. II is daugh
ter, educated for a Prince, was not going
to marry Corporal" Fremont was for
bidden to enter hit domicil, and Mis
Denton was put under guard. M01d
Tom had over-acted the matter, lie
did not then know the young lieutenant.
His daughter, too, took that occasion to
ti show her Benlon, and n Old Tom"
had stuck to the ' Eipunging Kesolu
lions," she was bound to slick to her
young lover against the world. The next
the anxious father heard of his once de-
toted daughter, she had escaped her keep- J
era. and in a private parlor at icUby
Hotel, waa 'inteichanging vows before a.
magistrate with the young lieutenant
At first the old man raved, but soon
waa made acquainted with the metal of
hi s n in law, a reconciliation took
place, and in oil Tom, Fremont has not
only had a friend, but an hdniinr ever
since. ' ' ' '", , , , -:,
II is travels, researches, scientific explo
rations, and feats of valor and (tTering in
the Far West, are events known to the
world, and we may say are without a
parrallel. ,1
11 is collision with Kearny, in Califor
nia, brought him before the country in a
new light. He wa accused of disobey j
injv the command! of his superior, and
technically an convicted on trial, by a
court-martial demanded by himself. But
the country acquitted him, and although
repri-nanded by the President, he was ap
plauded by the people.' We were present
M the trial in Washington, and saw him
confront the witness fur the Govern
mHit. in the most frank and gallant style.
Old Tom sal by him ns counsel, and o
litary and alone" he encountered ihecr'aft
or Kearny and th contumely of a naval
and military court prejudiced against the
aspiring young Lieutenant then luxuriant
with the "rank of Colonel. Dismissed
from the army, he scorned to be teinstated,
but he recommenced his explorations on
lii own account He raised a company
(if men and started for California by a
new route, with Kit ('arson the famou
old guide at their head. ' Ten of his men
he lost in the mountains, by bwng inhed
ded in snow and literally starving and
freexing to death. W ith'lhe remnant he
reached San Francisco, ' and hqs been
spending the summer in the mine. In
the meantime a Commission reaches him
superceding' 'Col. Weller 'as Boundary
Commissioner under the late treaty with
Mexico. This he declines, and the next
we her of him, he is elected a United
Slates Senator from 'the new Stale of Ca
lifornia, and is now quietly awaiting the
admission of his State," to take his seat
"along the "grate and reverend" Sena
tors of the UiiionV- ? ' - ' ; " , J 7,!
's1 r Fremont will be lite Vounge'st'mem,
her f the Senate, his ace being less than
f'Mir; J V ith the exception of (Jen. Hous
ton, no one in that body can boast of so
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wtortuut a Hie, -
THE BEST ttCOMrEXDAlIOX.'
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! A yDg ma r few yrtrs siare-raw
to tbiriiy fj( aa Si!jcrnt ctmty,tetk
ing rm.ion4BU . It its his firtt,ttU
i re, bating ba reared by a pious itb r
wbo watnaUiraHy sdtere to ber son's
seeing tbe w!J od becusing scqtiaioied
with lis vices. .- ;:.'...;..,' , . v;
. But the soa grew op and longed Ar aa
opportunity ,t4 bectue leiraedaoJ exal
lJ-''. T I : , , ' ' .. ,
ilis father, willing to. gniify hiin, pro
cured lestijoouials (iota some. t il.e rst
aien in ibe taie.snd sent busoalwrtli to
seek his fortune, S4i7 - .
. Ilerame her io'sU hi srrdaney and
if th beauty of purity, lie entered ae
uia. eouming pwn and inquired if they
wanted a Trkrk, and tuU they dti
... ... ,-"
I ran git jou good rerflinmenda-ti-n,"
said he, and turning his papers
from his bag to find hu letters, a large
book rolled upon tli fl'r, ,,,, .-
Whst book is thaC the tatf
rntBU', ..-!, :'
. The boy caught it up and kissed it, arid
preM-mipg it, said, it is tiie Bible." ,
4 singular book to bring Willi yon
from tit country," said th merchant,
hereto New Yik;an yrmtto what
you intend to do with it her?'; ; , ,
, Th by looked serUuly into th met
ro ant's fate, as if to discover, whether h
meant to reproach him. The tears fuss
ed into his e e as be replied, - ;
, Jpromued my Mothtr that I mould
rtatl it every day, and I $haU do it." .
The merchant was satisfied, and irnruedi
atelv engaged hi" services. - ? ,
Years ha passed, hut the lad ha kept
his pmm'ic. He has read his mothers
gift daily, ,;, ; , . ,
, Perseveranee. industry, snd a diligent
improvement of his time, have made him
a partner in the firm, while charity and
christian puiity hav rendered him an ob
ject of general admiration. -i .- .
, As h now wun uie young wiie, pe
ruses daily the page of thsl Bible, h
sometimes relates. to her th incident thai
made thai hook ihe recommendation that
brought upon him her father's favor. .
The Rop Dancer. It ieirirsehom-
bier classes of society, thai the most beau
tiful spark often shine. A fire broke out
in a house at Alencnn, the flames of which
made rapid progress, and produced dread
ful ravages. An entire family was saved
by an unknown man, who scaled the walls
with a wonderful agility, treading with dex
terity the burning beams, and who, from
an abyss ol fire, ex'ricated victim after
victim, in the midst of acclamation from
the spectators. This man was Joseph
Plege. who exercised the humble profes
sion of a rone dancer; and it was the agilitv
and dexterity developed by his occupation,
that enabled him to save a whole family,
hy venturing on narrow and moving sur
faces to snatch ibent from the flames.
The company to which the worthy Plege
belonged, were preparing in quit Alencnn,
but their departure wa delayed, U give
him a benefit. The theatre was crowded
in eeerv paH. and ihnnders of applause !
greeted the courageous rope dancer, who,
covered with burns and bruises, endeavor
ed to merit the enthusiasm hy whic h he was
overwhelmed. When the receipts, wh'rch
weie considerable, were handed to him,
Joseph Plea? presented the whole amount
toil. Im.il v he had saved. -I hese noon
people." said he, " arc mined what good j
shall I have done to have saved them from
the flames, if I leave them to the horror j
of starvation !" '
I The authorities gave a medal of honor
to the brave man wIm had displayed so
much humanity, devotion, and virtue.
. . . .
Farmer M. was an infidel. One Spring
he thought he would sow a ceilain large
field in English turnip. The seed were
sown and the crop came tip in due time
and looked very promising. Not long al
ter.' Deacon K. looked over Mr. Al.
fence and remarked : ,
.! Your field looks very well indeed.
Wish the ble-sing of God vou will have
a fine emp o nirnjps, Mr. M." j
1 shall have my turnips, lod or no
Gk1!" replied ti e infidel.
- Very well, we shall see," returned
Deacon K.. and passed on.
The crop grew beyond all expectation,
and when th time for harvesting arrived,
Deacon K. again looked over into Mr.
M.'a field and aid. '
- Well. Mr. M. God or no God. I see
that your turaipt have all turned out to be
mustard." v
Soil waO-Mr. M. hy mistake, had
sown mustard eed. and, God or no God,
he did'nt have a turnip. Never rrow be
fore day. ' Oice Branch.
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Overland Californians. I he St. Iouis
Daily Drgan says that the number of Ca
lifornia-boiind persons now at St.-Joseph
is about 25 000. "Thev are all'livine in
tents, which extend for a long distance up
and down the fiver. There is considera
ble djsheartenment , among emigrant at
that- place, ana many are wishing they
had .nevee stalled- on the journey. The
number returning, ho wever.i not over five
per cent, or one ui twenty.
- Speech of Mr. ChyH
; f Jrrecir.,.j , ;
On Mm Fenii Umvttg cf Cospro-
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IN SEXATE My tij IIM. b .
The Senate having tinder ceisideitioa
N Jer, Uuig lbs bal to aJorn'
CaliiuiBta as a Suae mio th Uwioa, to
esubbh 'Tern tot il (joe rnuaeuis Jot
Uuh sod New Mexieo, sad making pro
ptwals to Texas for tie etubhsbifirBt of
hfr wettrrn sud aar 1 ri buu ndat ies a d
Mr. Soul having alerssed rl Senart
' Mr. tisi said: 4i Pretideiit, lite dV
baut has been cvuduetd i thi rate with
great irregularity. A s;-le prepaihwa
was belur the Set.at. nd, that of an
amenduteitt to a particular section, i re
isuoa to th pruliibiuoa is to legislation
by th territorial Covrrnmenis ou the sub
ject ol Alricaa alavery. And aliliuogh litis
was tti sole question ptuding belor the
Senate, Senators hsv launched out 110011
lie, bruad cceao, and embrat-e, in Ui '
couise of their arguoienta, the entire sub
ject Sir, I feel cousirstned, in vindicaiion
of the acts of th eouiiuute o' which 1
was an humbl member, to meet some of
th argument of the honorable Seniors;
and 1 will begin wi b th last, who has
jul sat down. The Senator from Lout
ana find himself unable to concur in th
iclieme of coiupromU which ha been
proposed. Vt ill that Seusur eoudesceud
10 preseut a toutre projet of his own, for
th atislaction and reconciliation of ih
people ofitus country? .Will he tell us
what he wanis! Sir, ihis'findiiig-ol lault,
and, with the aid o m waguUrinf glass,
diacuvering delects, descr) log Ui litd
aiiiuulculas which umv upon the surlac
of lustier, aud which aie indisce-imbl
to th naked uaiural eye, is an easy
task, and may be practised without suy
practical benefit or piufiuble result, t It
is the duty of th Senator who has
juil addressed us it . is , the duly, of
all who assail this compromise, to give
us their own and a better prujetj to uli
us how they would reconcile tho interests
ol this country and harmonize its distract
ed parts Aud 1 venture to say that, upon
every subject of which ihe teamed Sena
tor has treated, he has done great injustice
to Ui act of tin committee.. 1 do uot
mean to follow him throughout th who!
course of hi remarks, but 1 wil. lake a
rapid notice of his objection to the various
features of this icporu
, iir, he began, if I am not mistaken,
with that which relates to ihe recovery
and restitution of fugitive slaves; aud he
said, with an air ol great dissatisfaction,
if not of derision, that ihe committee had
brought back thai bill with certain eiubar-
ra-smeul instead of improvements, c-ir,
I big you lo tccolleci that the greatest ob-j
jectioos made to Ihe amendment relating
to fugitive slave come from Stale which .
are uot suffering uud-r the evil of having
to recover fugitive slaves. ,1 staled here :
the other la, what 1 repeat again now,
thai my own bute 1 perhaps the Mate .
UVniig most Iroui this cause, while the
S ate id Louisiana is among those State
which suffer from it the least. And yet
the honorable Senator from Louisiana,
when we are satisfied with these piovis
ions, sees in them objections which are
insurmountable. Ami what are llie'eui-
barrassuient of which hecomplaina! Why
h the slave owner, in the pursuit of '
propeny, lias 10 carry won
wordt That instead of ca-rying
wh him. in pursit of his slave, at grat
f"We and expense, witnesses and loose
affidavits, he is fortified by an authentic ;
record I That, I say, ia an advantage and j us know the lull extent of your demands,
a protection to the slaveholder a gi eat and then we shall be able to pass judg
advantage: for that record will command 1 ment upon them, approving them if we
respect in the free State, and will give ' can; and do not restrict youielvee,inihis
him an advantage which oral testimony i iinstatesmaiiiike manner, to the rneie Sud
or loose affidavits taken before a justice of, ing of fault wiih what is already propoe
the peace could never confer. The record, ed, without offering a solitary substitute
moreover, is a cumulative, not an exclusive
remedy, leaving him free to employ the
provisions of ihe art ol 1793
With respect lo the other portion of the
report which relate to this subject that
ol trial by jury where is the inconveni-
ence of such a trial tnkinir place in the
Slate from which the fugitive has fled! In
imm which the fugitive has fleiii in
of fact it will be no disadvantage,
point of fact it will be no disadvantage, '! the necessary police regulations exist al-; woids, is the bi.l proposed by ihei-oiuum-for
thero will not be one instance in already. And I imagine that ihey. will be tee. we had proposed simply io repeal these
thousand where the Joud to allow a trial .found sufficient as ihev have already been two acts ol Congress, m irtue ol which
bv iurv at hnm will incommode the slave
ome will incommode the slave , round in lime past; at all events irom tne aione naves nave oeen inirwiuceu mio tue
s the fugitive will be found to! present time until th time when States District lor the purpose ol being transpor
for it as a mere pretext; and, shall be formed out of these Territories, ted to New Orleans and elsewhere, would
is back to' his own State he i Now, let him escape from that dilemma he ihink it wrong, would he think ituncon-
owner, since
have asked
when be trel
will, beyond all question, abandon that
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pretext. Sir, I put it to the honorable
Senator whethei he does not believe that
this will he tlm ease; and this, you .will
recollect, is proposed as a substitute and
b aaiifihtrtimi tii the North of lhat trial bv
jury which Vhey contend fot at a distance
from home, and which I have already in-
sisted would amount lo a virtual suiiender IMatures should nave power netiner to
of the constitutional provision. Moreover,' admit iiom exclude slavery. That wa
it is eranting to the slave only the right four purpose our sole purpose: and, if the,
hich he now indisputably possesses. In
all ihe sUveholding Stales, of resorting u
their tribunals of justice b establish his
claim lo his freedom, if he ha one; r -,V
, Mr. President, I find myself in pe
culiar and painful position, in reapeel lo
the ?ef r.ee of this, report. I find myself
assuied by extremists every akerr; by
under csrttftUj by iboa ia high's -veil
st ih' in aw authority; but, l!stiig,
ta 1 do, that t!ii measure, and this mea
sure only,' will pass, if asy does ps,
luring present session of Crgrt s, 1
shall stated up 10 it. Slid la this rrport
against sllobjeetions, springing frosq tt bsV
ever qnsrtee the my. , "r ' 't't
bir. it wss but ihe other day thai 1 found
myself rej roachrd at tti Worth for con
veying as allrgrd Talornoy of Uieir in
stitutioos by sty ing that the trial by jury,
in this particular dekcriptioH of ease, could
aot be relied ct-on ss remedy' o th
master who had lost his slave; as if 1 had
made any such charge on Not ihej-n judges
and juries, in ordinary eases, in the way
of lepiokcu, or had not applauded the
dtnimstrsiion of justice bth jn otir 8ite
and our Federal courts generally. t Bui I
urged thai, if, in MastachusHts, you re
quire a Kenturkiau, going in pursuit of
his lav there, to retort tu a trial by jury
on the question of fieedom or slavery of
a riigiine, it would be requisite, in conse
quence of such an assertion of privilege
00 Ute part of the fugitive, that th parties
should produce testimony from the State
of Kentucky; that you wilt have la delay
di trial from time m time; that there must
be a power to grant a new trial, and that
a supervisory power would be nre-ssary
when you corns to a final trial; that dis
tant and foreign courts would be called on
10 administer the unknown laws of a re
mote commonwealth; and thai, when you
sum up the expense and charge at the
end of ihe case, although the owner may
evf nlunlly recover hi property, the mu
test lo regain it would have coot hiiu more
than it is worth; thai, in short, he jiiigtu
be largely out of pocket, and that he would
find he had better never have moved at
all in the matter. That was the argument
which 1 used; and yet al the North, lam
accused of casting unmerited opprobrium
upon the right of trial by jury and the
adininistialion of justice; while at the
South, in another and th last extreme.
from which 1 thould have expected any
thing of the kind, I find that this amen i
ment is objected to as creating embarrass
ments to the owners of fugitive slaves. Sir,
this is something like ihe old song
" I do not like tbes, Doctor Felt, :
The rsaana why I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full weS,
I dj not like tbes, Doctor Fell'
Snch.Mr. President, are their objections
to this measure. ,., ' . i
, Now, let us follow the honorable Sena
tor from Louisiana a little further. One
of hit great objections was to the clause
which prohibits the I erritnrial Leginla
turea from passing any law in respect t
Afiican slavery within the Territories,
l I I aSarv. I
jsiu uie iionoranie senior Know ine ni
tory of thai clause?. Did he know thai
that clau-e was moved in the coirtmiiiee
of thirteen by his own colleaguef Did he
know that that clause whs voted for by
e ery Southern member on that commits
except inself. if am so to be donomina-
ted, contrary to v. hat is uiyusii.l h ibitof
ueiioiniiiaiiiig myseii r.very aoutuern
man on ih-aicouiiniiiee voted for the clause
which is the theme of the Senator's crri
cisin to-day, airaiiul my opinion, and that
ol all the Northern iiiembeis of thai com
niiitee, with 1 believe one solitary excep
tion? And jet, the moment it presents
itself, although it comes nder Southern
auspices, it is objected to I -
Again, I ask ihe honorable Senator
from Louisiana, if this is to he rejeced.
tell us what you want; put it down in black
and while; put down your project; coin-
. . irs 1
par- il with that of the committee, and let
lor uie measure you oppose.
Now, air, the lion rahle Senator raises!
great ubjei-lion to this clause of prohibition. 1
He tells us that no police regulations ran 1
be made. Either there is slavery there.:
j or there is not. If there is no slavery!
there, then there ia no need of any police
regulations, il mere ee slavery mere, men
! the necesskry police regulations exist al-j
regulations. If there be slavery there, then
! found in time nasi: at all events from the
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II h can. 1 repeat It, II mere is slavery
there, there are police regulations; if there
is no slaveiy, ihen none 'are required.
Sir. the aim of the committee, in the
introduction of that clause 1 speak for
every member ol it. and trie itonoiaoie
mover of it as well a otherswas simply
to do this : to declare that , the Territorial
amenuineni ooe not accoiupiisn mat pur-
pose, would it not oe more consistent wun
a spirit of amity with lhat desire of set-
tling these question which, I trust and;
hope, animates the Senator from Louisiana
as well as oihr would it not hav been;
mora rwdWmiM I that spirit to have
noted an a mend sheet, 'simply providing
against the ?rtiitna mt eicluMMt of sla
very in ihes terri i., lea v irig them fiee
ts establish sny polife reguladwns they
please, than toiiaie attacked this mea-ure
ia ihe matiner a which le has done, as if
that clause eonta ned sou.e rrw an. dan-
f erou prnciple to be gmr ' 1 sgsinst; and
as If it did not embody the exact princi
ple for hich the ouih his nmfoiady Coo-
Again, the honorable Kern tor objects to
the Haute interdicting the Jat irade ia
the Dsstncl of ColumKi,. , lie object lo
it on two grounds. . In the first place, be-
cose Uie committee d" not afSrnt in their
report that there i no constitutional pow
er in Cot-gress tt pas uooo the subject ,
of slavery in ibis )ilrici. Now, what
is the opinion of the Senator and- of the
Senate upon this subject? A larg por
tion, probably majority of tle Senate,
believes, that Congress hssjhe power;
another portion believes tlul Corigres has
no such power. And how doe ihe h
noroble r-enttor expct to arrive at a com
promise in which on of tiiese opioioos
shall he made to triumph over ihe.oiheif
How does he expect thai those Senate
who think that ihe power does exst in
Congress lo abolish slavery in the District
of Columbia, are to plunge their hands
into the inmost rereads ol their soul, snd
drag mil that truth which lies there? . If
he wants a compromise, he rno-t take ti
w ithout asking Senators, on the one side
or on the other, to repudiate Uieir fixed and
dehbeiate opinions; if he des not want a
compromise, then lei him insist that on
elass of Sen a tors shall surrender the opin
ions which ihey hold to Ihe other class.
Sir, I thought that the committee were on
that suoject aa happy aa they rould be.
The icport neither atfirins nor denies the
power of Congies to abolish slavery
within the District of Columbia. It says
that it ought no to be done; and he who
think it ought not lo be dona upon con
stitutional grounds, ought to be satisfied;
and he who thinks it may c don turn
stitutionally.but who believes that it ought
not lo be done, I mm considerations of ex
pedeney, o kiudne.s, or fraternal regard
uiwards olhr portions ol Hie country
ought also to be satUfied. Thus, by neith
er affirming nor denying th ixiwer, but
by asserting that the power ought not to
be exercised, I say it is a e. inptomi
wih which all ought 1 think tu be per
fectly satii-fied.' Does ' ihe honorable
Senator expect that uiy learned I'neud in
my eve, (Mr. Website.) who has nououbi
atiout the power, will give up ihai opiinon?
Does he expert that he will reuouuee his
i.eliherate, well considered, and well form
ed opiui ns, w Inch he has entertained for
years? Does ihe South expect to succeed
in any such demand as lliai? V n the
Senator from LouisiaiiH demand it? II he
does, hedemaods thai ttieie shall be II
couiprooie, n seiilenieul ol ihe queMiuiis
which are now fcnaiuig Ihe country. .
, But, fit, the honorable Senator ha
inii-coiiceived ihe bill hr ahdihiug the
tbjve trade whtt-li ti e ruiiiiiutiee liae iv-
poricd,. This bill is a iiitiv uo-p.ioii ol
Ute law ol Alar) tud. 1 will hcie men
nun a lavl w Inch shows how w rung il u
to prejudge, loiiig. Au hoiiorblt lneml
of mine, in my eye, has Miggeied inal the
object rail be accomplished in a certain
iuoie; and I should like to know, Iroiu liiv
c-eualoi froiu Louisiana, u heUierhe Hunks
it attainable and aoceptable in that way
01 uot? . The iiitroducuoii of slaves now-
into this iJiMrin, either lor sale or lor he
lug placed in depot lor sutiaetienl Uatts-
portatioii, arises out ol iwo Uws which
were passed by Congress itselt, oite in ihe
year eij-liteen liunilied aud two, and the
other some years jiiier, peruiiituig it to be
done. . The Seuator to when I have re
ferred ' ohsr rved . to me some lime iio ;
"Air. Clay, you can aiTomplodt your
object simply by reiiealiugiht se two laws,
and by leading the lale ol the law. wbere
it wa belore Congress allowed t.y law the
introduction ol slavery jmu this District'.'
1 have not examined the two acts of t on-
gress; but, as f know the Senator to- be
laminar wun tue laws ol tins wisirmi ami
ihe laws of Man laud, 1 have "uo. doubi
that he is right. Aow, il ins eau oi auopi
mg tne taw oi viarj lanu. wnicn. n
woids, is the bi.l proposed by ihe.n
log the law oi Maryland, which, m other
alone idavea have been introduced into the
muionii uuiu ne iiiiok u wasaiarur
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i' g lothe right-of the people of the South
I for Congress to repeal its own laws! Kir,
where there is a disposition to look at thing
with an impartial aud a e-udid eye, and
to iook at an ine lutereats oi ail ine pans oi
the country, and all the opinions, snd all
the piejudices, if you will, of our fellow.
citizens, we snail oe roucn more ucij
lo arrive at a satisfactory and harmonious
result, than by attaching ourselves to a
smgio iuiiiwu, um Mtn
point every, tiling, anu sceamK "'r
every ihing to the tandard of our owu
peculiar opinions, our own bed of Pro;
crustes. ; i - .,:
. The Senator U mutakea in ssying thai
a resident of if. Ditricl rsr-eot go out U
tbeDts rirt an I pirrhae a slave ac J Irr
him tvere f-f b'uj own use, m r.
, Mr. Sorts. ItWt assure thtt ilse hw
norable Senator ha auisuaderstood aw I
have rnenly sta ed thai tb effect of li
seetion. if I undeiiand it well, will be ta
preclude the laUitoWiioR into the Distrwt
of any slate f rtke fmryo f being soW.
evea if it were it Ihi perptMe of supply-
mf ute nrressiiies rl I tittle uthstMliiig UM
Dts rivru and f know thai the honorable
Senator will do me ihe juntice, on, look
ing at ih seeii- n, to admit that tth wiSl
b iisjegal effect i S i ; . f , .4
Mr. Cray. Well, what is the incon
venience of 11? A slat ran not be hrourl.t
within this place for sale and be here sold.
but a man who wants a slave h re may ro
to the distance ui five mile and porchasr
one. ami oro-g iiua nere, mi lot sale, but
lo lit ow m-n. ' I be real amount rf ni-
eoavenienc Uien.ia, thai a resident wi hin
tU UistrKl ill hat to travel fit mile
lo pon-lme a slate, instead of th slave
b. uig brought I ere to be sold. 1 he re is
ooihinif whatever in the biil which prrn
nniv a resiueni w iiuia tiie ilistriet Iroin
guing out of ihe District and purchasing a
suve lor in own use. 1 he s n!y prohi
bition is that no slave can be brought into
the District or ink market for sale, as
merchandise, without Ibrfeiture Bur;
sir. I irpeat, that by the repeal of the law
under which this is done; all difficulty
might hav been obviaud: snd so it will
probably be, if the bill be allowed to take
its u-ual course, : ,tf-'t
No part ol this c--mptnni.se seem iri
receive the commendation .f the Senator .
from Louisiana, or lo afford him any .
lace or satisfaciion. ' H say that it has
been contended hy me snd by others, lhat
me taw 01 Mexico aooiisneu slavery; ana
mat 11 uoee not exist inert by law, and
i not likely to be introduced there, in
point of fact I cannot renounce that opin
ion. It is i in possible m my nature for me
to do so. I cannot disbelieve what I b
lieve. But the honorable Senator has
taken up the greater portion of ihe time in
which he ha so ably and eloquently ad
dressed ue, lo provewhat? That that
opinion of mine is incorrect lie has gone
into an historical account of ihe abolition
of slavery in Mexico; he has gone into ihe
negotiation whii h led 10 the conclusion
of ihe treaty ol Hidalgo; he has gone behind
the negotiation into the ins ru ti.'n given1
with regard to the prnpo-itiou oi iheMexi
e n commissioners, (rhuldii'g the liiiiodue
lion of slavery inm the chIhI Territories.
He has coins into the Senate, and traced'
what h.ts been done in ibis body, in order to
pro that even here, bv ihe negative of a
proposition, moved, I believe, by a Sennior
front Cotim-rti-'Ui, there wa an implied
ptirposeoniheporiofCongrea.io allow sla-
very; or rather to recognise it there. Now, '
cannot the Senator be satisfied with hi 1
own view ! 1 lie thinks thai slavery is not ;
abolished theie. I know that he is much :
more eminent as a jurist than I ever at'
pire lo be. Why, then, is he not entisfi-
ed with his own opinion? Will he not, '
in a spirit of liberal toleration, allow an
o poite opinion lo be entertained? Bui '
he objeciion lo 'the measure is, that, al-
though this propose lo be a settlement of
all the questions invoed,yei there is one
quest-on which is left unsettled, that uflha '
lex loie in regard 10 slavery in these les-
r 1 tones, which ought lo have been adjust
ed. . Will he tell me bow it could be set-
ih-d? Will l.e or any body , else tell ine
how it ckii be settled, oiherw ie than by
the Svpreme Coil t of the UuM'd Mates,
w hether the law of Mexico did or did not
alxdish slavery within the limits of those
Te rnories? That is what the commute
proposes in doi lliey have recommend-.
ed this plan 10 the consideration of ihe
Senate, and of ihe cotiniiv. as a measure
of general compromise, whi h would et-.
le all H-e qinons thai wete ptactieabte
or possible for legidalioii to settle. Th
question winch Ihe St na or eupHises is
left unsettled, can only he settled by the.
Supreme Court of the United Stales, and
there it is left . 1
Now, sir, it is a lilile remarkable that
he Senator argued with such great inge
nuity, ami gieat earnest ues, lhal, accord
ing 10 Hie local law Mexico, slavery
was mil aholitdild ; that, acconUnif to lb
local law ol Mexico, there was a rihl on.
ihe part of the slaveholder to carry hi
slaves iheref lhat, according to ihi local
law, and the coiiiiution of the United
Stales, dial rtgtl exisia. If il does, ought
not the Senator io be satisfied? Why,
should stippiK-e lhal il was all that he
wanted, lie - s that the right to carry
slaves there nxiK ami tha. Congress has
no powrr 10 h-gilale on the subject of
slavery one way or the other. What
more then, does he want? He says that
the Its loci admits the existence oi' slave
ry. Then has not the honorable Senator
got precisely what he want? ? ;J
. Mr. Sovts.. The , honorable Senator
doe me injustice, I expressly .admitted
that slavery was abolii-hed by the Mexi
can law. ., ltiever- raised a doubt upon
that question. Slavery has leen abolish
ed within the limits ol Mexico by the con
stitutional power of Mexico - So far a
lhal goes, therefore, there cannot be the
hadovr. of dqubt, iath mind of any
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