The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-12-29

sentiments. He wanted to knowsby x 3
this House could resolve itself jQlo 4 4 NJ
Corpus, 10 investigate particlIaE ~
directly at war with The JidiStae}
was at variance With tie couTsf & \.
tive capacity, and not judicial !; an1 IT, n {es,
ton to legslate upon the defects {hIf 1l, N
did protest against acting judiQt9flE 11 9nlal
case. He agreed perfectly with his cdI1eagW ca
Sephens), il his Interpretation and ILLUSTRATION "a
law of Georgia upon tins subject; but this c14l&
different because the judicial tribunals Of thi Uis'
rict competent to grant relief in the premises,
without interrupting the legislation of the cQ1f%y
He would vote for amending the law, if da53estye,
but he utterly opposed to referring this pasiQar
! case to any committee whatever. frE
Mr.. STETSON, of New York, said he G6Sked
with his colleague (Mr. Davis) upon this subj In
toto, because he believed the rights Of the Entes
were the buwarks of this Union New York
had abolished slavery it was true, and he VA
CAD of it, but he would not interfere with B05e
belonging to other States. His colleague had
that if the South were to abolish slavery he would
be for dissolution Qfths Union. This is the strong
est sentiment he ever heard in his life and he was
sorry it escaped the lips of his colleague
Mr.. PAYNE called Mr.. SrErsoN to order for r.
relevancy; but withdrew his objection, having mis-
understood him.
Mr. DAVIS rose and said he was not anss boil
tonist and could not be one, for he believed X wse
against the interests OF the North 10 abolish siarety
He voted for the reception of this petition, not A an
Abotionist, but to release an American citizen.
| Mr.. STEFSON My colleague out Herods He
rod-he is not in favor Of abolishng slavery in tho
South, and should tie Southern States do II Of theii
own accord and to whom It properly belongs, hs
would be in favor of a dissolution Of the Union @
1 MIR. DAVIS. Yes, sir would.
4 Mr. STETSON said he could not concur in such a
sentiment, because he priced the Union too much
and he was opposed to referring this subject to sci
| lect committee. IN
Mr.. A. v. BROWN offered an amendment to 70!
fer the subject to the committee on the Judiciary,
wi instructions to report the defects in tis law
The previous question was here demanded and he
withdrew his amendment.
! MIR. ADAMS said, according to some gentlcmen's
views the blackncss Of mans face was considered
prin.a tacie evidence Of his being slave, until he
proves otherwise and Southern gentlemen seemed
to him to be very tenacious upon this subject To
satisfy them upon this subject, he would inform
them that MIR. White, of Louisiana, Southern man
and STAKEHOLDER, had introduced bill here, the
effect of which was to reach case similar to the
one under consideration except that his face happen
ed to be lohte and not black He then read from the
Journal the proceedings of the House, the number of
the BILL and the proceedings had thereon and held it
up as precedent to govern the House in the case now
before it. He said great deal had been said about
excitement; but nothing had taken place in this, to
compare with the last Congress and alluded to the
misunderstanding between MIR. Bolts and Mr.. Gid
dlngs, which caused him to resign his seat upon this
| floor.
He said the negro in Jail was as much citizen Of
the United States as any other man-Ee was citizen
Of Virginia, whose motto was the personi6cation of
| iberty-t was sic se,nper tyra,nis-and he was now
in Jail, advertised 10 be sold for his Jail fees and
are tod we have no right to interfere. Con-
gress has right to interfere Let the subject be
ferrcd to select committee, who would report upon
the facts, and then repeal the law and set the Ame-
rican citizen at liberty.
Mr.. PAYNE, of Alabama said he had studously
avoided becoming excited but he could not help be-
coming so when this subject was introduced here,
where it did not of right belong He went intoa logical
argument to show the i'll effects of the repeal of this
law upon the States of Maryland and Virginia, who
were deeply interested in this matter
Mr.. WELLER moved the previous question, but
Mr.. MCCONNELL to say few words, who was
very laconic and pointed in his remarks He warned
the Northern members to be cautious about what they
were doing.
Mr.. HENLEY rose to point Of order
| The CHAIR explained.
/ Mr.. MCDOWELL inquired Of the Chair if the law
would as it stands, sell the negro if he proved his
freedom?
The CHAIR said he had not examined the law.
Inc previous question was again renewed
/ Mr.. CAMPBELL rose to point of order.
The CHAIR explained.
| division was called for, when, upon count it
1 was seconded.
And the main question put and decided in the
affirmative.
| So the memorial Of the negro was referred
A:motion was made to adjourn; which as lost.
Mr.. SLIDELL presented preamble and resolu-
tons of the State of Louisiana in relation to refunding
the fine of General Jackson, who moved suspen-
sion of the rules TO allow the House 10 20 into Com
mittee of the Whole, and demanded the yeas and
nays, which resulted as follows: Yeas ll6 nays 40.
So the House resolved itself into Committee Of
the Whole, Mr.. j. w. Davis in the Chair.
MIR. SLlDELL moved to take up the bill refund
! Ing the fine OF Gen. Jackson
| Mr.. BARNARD rose to a point of order, and said
that the unfinished business was first in order
/ The unfinished business suspended, and tho
Committee took up the bill refunding the fine of Gen.
! Jackson.
Mr.. STEPHENS, of Georgia offered substitute,
which was rejected
Mr.. G. J. INGERSOLL said he would not con-
sumo the time Of the House, but he would inform
the honorable gentleman from Georgia. that the bill
drawn up by him did not cast upon the Judge
who imposed the fine upon Gen. Jackson.
MIR. STEPHENS spoke warmly against the bill
After be had concluded his remarks,
Mr.. SLlDhLL gave historical sketch Of the
whole affair it occurred, indicating the character
OF Gen. Jackson, in most happy and satisfactory
manner.
The Committee then rose, and the Chairman, Mr.
}. w. DAVIS. reported progress 10 the House, and
asked leave to sit again
MIR. WELLER then moved that when the House
adjourn it would adjourn until Tuesday next
80 the House adjourned until Tuesday next.
Mr. BELSER, of Alabama, yesterday intro
duccd petition, signed by sundry citizens of the
counties Of Macon and Pike in the State of Alabama,
asking for the establishment of mail route from
Tuskegec, to Troy, in the said State
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