Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-01-03

Date Oh tltS odf kuluSu ~ toSiFasty ~ 49,
same. question:
Tuesd7u, December %.
i 4 The latter parlo the hrst section oi.ne
bill lnalcls the punishment OF DEAN on inc
imposter.]
Mr. Early. The provision OF suffering
Ieath was inserted, because wished by some
& members of The committee. For my own
part, tank j, nugatory, and Impractical
be. TORY the sense of the house, !
nsoyc to strike ont thas part, tor the puf-
pose of inserting imprisonment IN LIS
s;ead.
Mr.. Smile. The crime, in It's own ma
ture, deserves death. It we cannot ina .s
ii, we ougatto lameat that our morals are
NOT what they should be-.
Mr.. Holland. II is a high cr'me, but
shall we crea.e new. offence, and punish
with death Those who framed the consti-
tu;ion did not consider this crime worthy
of death The forfeiture was not death
butsio dollars per head, if congress should
chuse to tax them.
Mr.. Bidwell. The question IS not,whe-
Their We have a right TO udlct sals punisn.
mens, not whesher those wna comsns shis
crime deserve death; but whether this DE
the mos, Efficient way of stopping this trail
fic.
For striking our 60
Against i II
The third section having been read,
Mr.. Bidwell. This section says, "the
vessel together with her cargo, tackle and
apparel, shall be fosfri.ed'' The cargo
mus, be the negroes IN part or IN whole. |
am therefore opposed 10 il; to the sorfei.
turc. These unhappy beings are forced a.
way from their parsnts. their. children,
their husbands, their wives; put on board
one of these ships; and those ofshem who
do not commit suicide: nor fa! by disease;
nor by i'll treatment, are brought here; and
here, beseecb, that they may be free.
Shall we punish the man-s,ealer, and ba.
come ourselves the receivers of his stolen
goods When he has risked his lie, aacri.
feed his character aud bis conscience, shall
we step into his shoes, take the properrv
and pus the proceeds of il 10 The public cof-
fers Shall oar laws be such? | hope or,
statute books will never be dsgraced with
such a provision. would rather no act
should be passed, than thus to saaciionshis
CRIME thus give the sanction OF Inc ma
,ional legislature.
Mr. Biawell here moved to strike out.
after the words 8. and such ship or vessel"
the following, "if brought into any port or
place, the constitution aud laws of which
permit slavery, shah. together with her
cargo, tackle, apparel ana furniture" be
forfeited; and TO insert in their stead. and
such ship or vessel "shall. together with
her cargo, except persons, her tackle, ap-s
parel aud furniture, be forfeised.o
Mr. Early. No practical plan has been
offered the committee before or now, other
than the forfeiture of the slave. There
will be no difficulty 10 stopping this traffic,
so far as rela,es TO the direct trade between
this country aud Africa, batto prevent the
circuitous aud indirect trade, this is the
only plan. St. Mays and the Mobile
willbecome whasCharlestoni is now. Slaves
will be broughs from the Spanish terrific
ries: they will come in Spanish, in Daaish
vessels: you cauuot seize them under the
Danish flag. IF you do DOT forfeit them,
YOU will NOT lessen the trade it would be
only weaving cage of cobwebs TO hold 4
lion.
Alter some further debate the commit
tee rose.
MONDAY, December 2ss
Mr.. Findley spoke 10 favor of striking
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