New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-15

whenever question has arisen whcn reeu4.eo t'Ie
strong OF th- l4w 70 suppress Outrage eho ''o
lence, have been found as rracy TO ieha my aIG
and feeble voice TO promote ihat lesut es ehs Que
here. He certainly will not conttoTefi "nat seE
Now how l. this anti Rent question connected YIN
Convention That there Is ar esli r--eiQhg nom
rhes- icnures. II Is idle 10 conceal II haS crs IN
and however clearly We may SEE ie s'li' SIN NC
law rIust b- sustained II | Knew OF any way IN
which the rights both OF the andioTf anu tenants
could be protected and preserved and me evllS
arsIng from these unlimited tennreS, De relieved,
should be glad BuI when ne talks ot tn- ass'e-
cation III i4lllble material, does ne not Know ihai
he could not pick up boy 10 the street out VIVA,
could tell him that the Constitution OF the Ini'eo
States overrides anv alteration We nay make IN
our own Constitution Il We nave any !-5is!atIVe
power, hope the select committee on tnat suojeci
will report something which, whlie II WI! protect
all the rights OF all. Will iend 20 relieve at eds from
future evils and quiet the asta,on now existing
But, however that may BE-, tell the o'hrT gentle
man from Oneida (Air Coms'ock) that do not 60
with h!m IN branding outlaws eli me Farmers oil
Rensselaer, Of Columbia, o SchohaTle, oi Deia-
ware, and a portion OF the farmers oil One!da. "ho
are asking for relief against grievances VIII GO
with him for the suppression OF rebellion ana not
but | wlll Hot unite with hlm IN proclaimlns thai
these farmers who want a law 10 remedy me evils
which all concede TO exist, are outlaws Seize your
Indians, and punish them 10 the utmost; but ! do
not go with YOU 10 punishns every man VINO nap
pens 10 live upon these lands These farmers have
nothing 10 hope but by sustaining The laws and pre-
serving their improvements. and thus Is all they ask
But he also fears the Abnl!uonlsts. do not ex-
acty understand the POSITION OF mat gentleman,
and do not know but what he may call me an
Abohtlonls | never heard that there was any ap-
pTeheh:lon OF danger from the enlargement OF sui
irage. Neither do know any reason why the CO.
lor OF the skin should determine the night OF man
10 vote, nor how far that principle should De applied
10 the Anglo Saxon race. and now little tInge there
must be ia the skin before man IL allowed 70
vote. II this is the Abc;onsm which he fears,
frankly tell him that do not fear 1t. II We open
wide the doors TO adopted citizens, why shall We
not embrace in the same benevolent object these
VINO only happen 10 differ somewhat from Us IN CO.
Tor? What else AboltIonlsm has 10 do with our
Constitution, leave To the ingenuity OF the gentle
man 10 settle. On the broad question ot The night
of the colored man to vote, Can only say that II
he denies IT, differ from hlm. On the question OF
human slavery, regret 10 know that We have no
power to act. Ii we could secure IN practice what
we profess III the charter OF our liberties. that all
aen are free and equal would go the iull length.
and VINE awav the stain OF human slavery. And
am confident that he would go the same length, and
that, hand in hand we should strive together 10 en-
large the area of freedom-not by the purchase oi
Taxas but by knocking oil the shackles OF the en-
-ldvad Then indeed would our country be what
II professes 10 be-a land al liberty.
One more consideration and ilyisid the floor
The gentleman said he was in favor OF retaining
this instrument in It's present form. because IL hdu
sustained for sixteen wears, with the exception OF
two administrations, the party 10 which he be-
longs am not in favor of any constitution because
IL tends To sustain any particular party organization,
and which looks 10 party iar protection, ana can
not believe that he is in Us favor tor such reason
VIII he say again, that because the democratic
,artv as he calls 1t. though ! do not acknowledge
IL To be such has sustained set ior sixteen ytats'
thai is The reason why he would not alter the Con-
.rurIon H,sit come 10 this J That statesman.
learned. intelligent. distinguished, familiar with
Questions of constitutional law, IN open day, moi
only acs from such motives, but tears oil The mask
and tells the world that we are 10 make consttl-
tien in reference 10 party advantages tie surely
cannot mean this Let him ask the hard-workns
and intelligent mechanic, what Is thr purpose ot
constitution, will he reply that such is lis eoject
| Ask the farmer-the hone and snew ol the coun-
frv-as in the soft twilight OF summer, he sees the
lambs skipping on the green lawn, II II s Tor party
| nurnoses that he wants = constitution Or IN the
| aurumn when his granares a.e full and he offers
thank sgivings and what will be his answer? will
send the gentleman to his farmer colleague from
Oneida. (M- NJ Brooks) TO my friend here IRON
Madison. (Mr Walrath 10 the former from Jet
frrson, (alr Danforlh,) and TO every farmer ln
this House. To ask them ii they are IN favor ol
constitution because il protects their party! hnd
vet. in the bosom of that gentleman there breathe
the most generous emotions Those hands have
been stretched OUT for the relief OF human suffering
Ii is not the man. il is the party madness OF The day,
that es he s stSw not Wider
nd deeper as it flows on 10 the grrat of the
future feel that their blood there flows send HIM
there to ask, if they would frame constitution 10
favor party They will respond, we would frame
constitutions for ourselves. and for our children