The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-14


subject and the admission Of the State with such re-
stncton, there could be doubt lie took occasion to
say mat no man was further from desire to disturb any
n'ae IN ne possession Of It's slave property than himself
ne would let them regulate their own concerns They
Whe States) were sovereign IN that sphere But
the question, and what the result Here rested the
soveregnty oyer all the territory they might jointly own
Witno'il tne limits OF the States.
yir KhEII desired to ask the gentleman ii he meant
10 be understood that the sovereignty in that House
or in Congress
MIR PETIT replied, that he meant TO say that the SOW
eregnty was IN the United States government contra
distinguished from the municipal authority OF the States,
limits Of the States which the United States might Jointly
own The provisions OF the constitution was this "fhat
Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all
needful rules and regulations respecting the territory
other property belonging to the United Siates The ter
ntory then, included in thus property" Ii
distinctly asserted in the constitution He asserted that
the sovereignty in any territory without the limits
OF the States, Jointly owned, the United States be-
il their property; and where the property was
there the sovereignty II rested in the United States
till she surrendered If.
Mr. RHETr asked ii he was to understand the gentle
saying that wherever the United States govern
ment owned property, the power OF sovereignty
necessary incident? h,
Mr.. PETIT replied that he had said wherever the
government owned the soil, and had not surrendered it
or qualified that sovereignty, that it had exclusive sove
ieignty
Mr. RHETT then inquired il the government did not
now own property in Indiana;
Mr. PETIT replied, that il the gentleman had listen
prehenson. But he would repeat what he had said
Wherever the United States government had not surren-
dered the sovereignty, existed over the property which
it owned The government had surrendered the sove-
regnty to those States by admitting them free and in
dependent States He could not be mistaken, surely, on
these points They had just much right to prohibit
savery-nay, they were compelled to do it. They had
not right to create slave and, Of course right to
create slavery. Public considerations should weigh on
the minds OF all. No nation could act wholly without
the influences that pressed from other and surround
ing nations II due that mutual respect should pre-
vail amongst nations Would excessive cruelty be allow
ed in any Of the governments of Europe without the in
terposion of ohersi 1t might be said they count
ing chickens before they Matched There was now
some gloom in the southern horizon But their gallant
soldiers would dispe that gloom But no nation nova
days could conquer free territory, and there plant the
manacled slave. [The honorable gentleman here paused
moment, and dozen eager aspirants for the floor
started to their feet Boy bring some water" said the
Loud laughter He was not willing to give slaves So
cial Or political rights
My y0 SE What T TSs do With Sshd hem
concern OF the States. agree with him entirely, Keep
them in your States, and do what you like with them
He Mr p believed i was blessing h to the slaves i
shaved in this country. lie had, therefore, no sickly
sympathy for them. Though there We're some instances
q cruelty yet they Were better It off than t free YET
seem TO be hard that should control another,
and hold him his slave. But they might touch the
torpedo and not hurt it, but benumb their own arm 1t
recorded in the song
'I}u the wonder to light,
That showed the rogues had lied
The dog recovered OF the bite,
The man it was that died"
Ca Taught Slavery, in Rome, had been the precursor OF
civilization Their own slaves had already started back;
Through the philanthropy OF enlightened men, they had
been carried back to some extent and were carrying civil
zaon to their native land. II was true, he believed
the Africans to be more animal and less mental than the
white races. But he would vote TO incorporate
rood OF slave territory. Not because he believed the
slaves to be injured but because he believed slavery to
be blighting curse AS to the talk about separation
repulsed her with harsh and bitter uphradlngs:
.'W,ile yet we live,
Between two let there he peace botll Joining
As Joined in injuries, in ennty
Against y foe by doom express assigned MS !"
Ii majority should be opposed 10 him, he would
separate He would hang By the Union long there
was cord to hold them together. Why, then, should
the gentlemen Of the south defy the malority' Who
would rue the separation frs' They talked OF danger
| come in the south. He would say OF it
Though that cloud lac tlun,,er's worst,
And bound 10 ar,,sh him. let it bnfst!'
Was that Union, cemened by the blood Of their fathers
to be discovered for handful of negros wool IA
Taught No. The south could not dissolve the Union
and they would not if they could for this miserable thing
He alluded to the course, on that floor, OF the minister tc
privilege OF suffering petitions to come INTO that House
Mr. Wise then said that Virginia had fallen, and the
whole south was dwarfed. IA taught How me!an.
choly that truth There must be some cause for that
qured whether she had advanced No. There Mr.
Wise was right There must be moral, political, OIL
physical cause for all that 1t was not physical or nat
| ural cause.
Mr. LEAKE said that as the gentleman was contrast
ing the condition of the two States he begged TO inquire
whether Indiana had paid her debts
| Mr. PETIT would cheerfully answer the astute in
curry of the gentleman from virginia He begged TO re-
fer the gentleman 10 the newspapers (aughte although
it said that in of the districts of that State they
didn't take any newspaper, [renewed laugher] But was
it physical cause that had produced the fall OF Vig
mar Why, where did the zephyrs blow more sweetly-
the rivers run more clearlythe little birds sing more
cheerilyi GLaugher1 1t was not physical cause. II
was moral and political which enervaed the peo
pie and crampcd their energies The touch of the torpedo
had benumbed the great mass OF the population. The
honorable gentleman concluded hy earnest appeal tc
the people OF Virginia 10 got rid Of what he characterized
this incubus of slavery
! On motion of Mr. LEAKE the committee rose and re
| ported, and
| The House adjourned !.
| Died, Tuesday morning. 9Th instant, mt Burlington
FANNIE MARIA, the wife of Gen. GARRET d. WALL, late
senator of the United States Mrs WALL though native
OF Scotland had identified herself with the interests
reputation of the city of her adopon during her residence
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