The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-26

tor 10 tell me " slavery does exist ~ inherited from
Mexico, in California and New Mexico. 1t has been
ssid that slavery is there.
Mr. HArrKosr-It does exist there. rson slavery |
exists there.
Mr. BENroN-Hal ha. hal
AVooE-Takc care. Hannegan.
It, csimed for the South by the Senator from Vir
gnia (ar. Nason) hereditary slavery slavery par
tus seq it rent.m, does it descend to the children
in the womb! What sort Of slavery Isl
Mr.. HANrEcAS-it Is peon savery-slavery for debt.
You may FELL the peon and his postery for the pay
ment of debit is more absolute bondage than the
Mr. CopwIr-I have heard SO. and will take it to be
the fact But Who then the authors Of this INFER
nal law, Let take it as it is There is large pro-
perty these territories of mixed races Suppose the
question of the validity CT this species OF slavery
brought before the Supreme Court how will they de-
eide upon this slavery parius seguit rentrem! The
Supreme Court will decide that slavery was there,
spread the whole territory and what becomes OF
the argument OF the Senator from Vermont!
MIR. PHELPS said his remarks applied to American
slavery.
MIR. CoRwlN-very we'll But with this extraordina-
ry here is there not for the excitement
which pervades all the NORTH In California we have
10000 people and i've sixths of them are liable to be
sold fer debt 1t is than the Hebrew law, when
nded only to the fourth generaton but nere Tor
q debt of Eve dollars, may drag out his life In
Do % SnS To her.. that this law
shall not be abolished-that it shall exist there
one how' Shall we make It pretrxt fer super
negro slavery? You went there and made your sword
red in the blood of these people You told them that
point judges but make no law upon this question of
slavery! Twas hypocritical pIetence, and saw It,
saw that while you preached liberty to the captive
your cuckoo note would be changed-that the cooling
of the dove would turn to the roar Of the lion Ana
now upon pcon slavery you propose to plant the iron
heel Of negro slavery What is the appeal The ter
ritory was conquered by the common blood OF the
Union and VIC Of the South claim the right to CON-
mon enjoyment Of the SOIL and to carry our slaves
quest, then ! say the territory is yours If you
OF the North assent to it that the land is ours,
vxxx&h llnrfu ~tchf 80 u;~a and
DIR, then, say, ought to be governed by that max
i'm Of honesty among thieves and that we must
5000 Mexcans to Conquer i $50 ooO then you have
them as slaves to-day. The Senator from Virginia
supposes that some magic hand has stamped upon the
negro the terrible Porius sequitr renrem" running
to all his posteiity. MIR. Ccrwin said this
than the Roman law-the serpus" of the Romans, by
which prisoners in battle made slaves He knew
no case Of voluntary slavery for perpetual bondage,
No man, ofeven my complexion-Laughter. MIR. Cor
win is off dark brunette COLOR the Crca sian race
soil to conquer it. If you have not said so-if
you did not say so then, you dare not say SO
to the revolutions going. on in the old world
for political freedom, aud dwelt with enthusiasm
the popular uprsngs in Europe advertipg also to our
congrat ulations in these movements Even in Tunis
slavery had been abolished that pratca power which
has heretofore made slaves of its prisoners Of all ma:
free and that too south of this universal line of the
Senator from South Carolina this line of SO 3d. ia
ha, hal All over the round world, the ,hout goes up
that man is free-that he made free But II such
the rejoicings In change from political servitude
to good government, what must BIO the standard Of
peated the changes of the partus seqtifur penrem"
OF tie Senator from Virginia He turned to the
ipgton: and on that field the right Of the King to
Sown o.s she ss ,b went
Of opinion Of the counties Of Virginia, and Of other
States, against slavery and against its extension as
the true policy to be pursued The Senator from
Virginia mir Mason had said they could not abolish
because their ont hat mas
worn their Ian DIS QUIT Why not the lands ut
imp nnsylvania and in Massachusetts,! tits slavery
that has out your ands-it is the of slave
ry which turns the land pale and spreads wherever it
goes its blight and its desoaton And yet you propose
shores of the Pacific and an larger than the
thirteen States Of the Revolution. No, sir, have
faith in this bno confidence in this transfer your
Supreme Court Like ourselves the ablest Ju ges have
their opinions fixed by geographical line North and
Southof the brains ofa man changed his views Of
the constitution the sentiments of the section to
which he belongs Yet you arrive at a decision, you
upon whom the duty lies, and you advise entlemen of
the North to go into California take your negroes
there, get into litigation bring up to the Supreme
Court and they will tell you what the constitution is
John Marshall and the Supreme Court declared the
democratic friends turned up their at the deci
zion Of the Supreme Court! MIR. Corwn next consi-
this question of slavery in California. A gentleman
leaves Baltimore with twelve negro slaves with this
partus seqmitur renfrem " written all them, and
stamped in their very souls. He takes them 1000
miles to California Has he the right to hold them
The Senate did not know; the two or three hum
dred members Of the House, selected from among
the best lawyers in the Union, did not know;
but he will be referred to the opinions Of the
a South S Carolina and they say he vas
the yeople and to the rights Of propertyto the Sena
tor from Mississippi r Davisj who holds this insti
to the Senator from vrgnia with his pars seqnitur
rentem, he will have all the authorities his support
New Hampshire (Sir. HALEY will perhaps 90 out as
missionary to release him. He will cali together
old fashioned prayer meeting such as call men
The negro will be called in. He will tell brother
Cuee that he free But wh' poor Cufe gets there
President Polk will perhaps appoint his own A1 men
as judges and the speech of the Senator Georgia.
(Mr. Johnson) in the Extra Globe will be cited as
proof that Cuffee is property; Cufee will make ap
peal, and bring here two thousand miles from WASH
ngton and prosecute it for ten years. and then
the decision Of court and the boy goes back his
master. But where are the means to the slave for
raising the of double his value of 900 or $4,000
question Of slave property, Mr. Corwn said that while
no man denied the power of the municipal au-
thorities to exclude 2 caravan Of lions, tigers,
the introduction Of slaves. If man with a MONKEY
goes there he may be excluded, and he will have to
come back with h g monkey under his arm and the
owner Of the lions and tigers will have to retrace his
Journey but your negro who said to be half brother
to monkey, cannot be excluded by any power in the
territory, in Congress or in the constitution Where s
the ground for this distinction in propery-is it in the
parus sequint penrem of the Senator from irginia!
Wnat dle the opinions OF men upon this subject!
In old time said that slavery was curse, and we
would get RI of it. if possible. When in California
and Oregon the power govern the people is acquired
by copquerng army he felt it to be his duty when
appealed to to make laws for them and the supreme
judicial tribunals Say that he has the power to avert
that curse, to establish for them that government
wherein no man shall say Of another he is
my property he would enact the sixth arti-
Gle Of the ordinance of 's9, If his vote would
do it. He did not believe the South would Sc
parate from this republic If slavery should be pro-
hibited there. When the Constitution was mace
South Carolina and Georgia refused to come into
the Union unless the slave trade should be continued
Tor twenty years and the North, for what reason
history does not reveal to vote to for
twenty years that which is punishable as piracy and
murder. He was not blaming South Carolina and
Georgia for this than the free States for agreeing
to it. II any man should come into this hall with
proposition Of this kind in the middle of the
pale with horror. They had power to prohibit
IL, but they failed to- do So at the command
of States liz