New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-27

ton % have nothing do with the slave trsde-be-
cause the introduction Of slaves into this country pre-
vented IT, settlement by free vhites ms then was
the opinion IN Virginia al that time ana u was me
opinion IN Georgia too. conyocsuon OIL men from
every COUNTY that state ass mo4cdas hiu Dy THIS
bOok-assemhled DaTien, and received me very same
thinrs giving the same reasons The II that gen
Grafton understood the work OF founding ne" coun
try They knew what was best Tor an infant people
lust struggling into ex-tcnce. u their opinions are
worth anythngf the opinions Of the veneer ated men
are TO be considered authoufy-l ask southern gen
temen what they when they ASA me 70 extend y
the distant shores Of the Pacific Ocean the slave uade
between Maryland and Virginia and that almost IN
known country am considering the propreiy oi %.
ing this thing # the question we're now ior lhe nfst
time presented to ask any Southern man II were
were not slave on this Continent would you seha
your ships 20 Africa and bring them mere suppose
Ibis Confederation OF ours had been formed before
slave existed in H. and suppose mere ID tne year OF
grace lsl- you had acquired California and new Mex
ito and YOU told that there existed modihed sys-
TEN slavery there and that they wanted aoOrers there
would a Senator rise 10 MS place and say we VIII au-
thOrze the African slave trade in order = introduce Ia
borers into our infant Colonies II you would not orhs
them from the shores OF Airica--Duyn5 tnem "IhfN
fes segnifpr rcnbW branded on them somewhere no"
can you prove 20 that Il would be night 10 transfer
them from Maryland If slavery we're curse 70 you IN
the beginning but struck IL roots 70 deep INTO your 90
al and municipal system was then said that 4 could
not be eradicated entirely how N IL that you call upon
me matter Of conscience and duty 10 transfer M
10 area Of square miles greatly exceeding nat
formed II il is so that IL Is evi-and 20 All your
Statesmen have pronounced H. and so all your eminent
men, with the pron OF few IA modern tines nave
regarded -hOw il Il that you call upOn me 20 eiehu
10 those vast domnion which you have recently &C
qured II il true that am obliged 10 receive INTO lny
family man with the smallpox or the eprosy' mat
they may be infected know you DO not consider u
in that light now But the gentleman from virginia mas
said that IL must be done Why Because II is com
passion 70 the slave. He cannot be nurtured IN Wy
gina your lands worn out Sir, that statement
sounded ominous in my ears II gave rise 70 some re-
hectionf Why are your lands worn out Are the
lands of Pennsylvania worn out Are those Of Con
nectcut worn out Is not Massachusetts, more produc
tive to-day than when the foot OF the white man was
first impressed upon her soil Your lands are worn
ont because the Slave mas turned pale the land wherev
er he has down his black foot u Is slave labor mat
mas done all this. And must we then extend 10 these
territories that which produces sterty Wherever IL i
found till bleak and barren desoetiOn shall cover the
whole landl If you can call upon me as matter OF
compassion 10 send the slave 10 California ana oregon
you call upon me by the same sacred oongston 10
receive him into Ohio as slave and would be JUST
AS much bound citizen OF Ohio 70 say tnat the Con
suon should be construed to admit slaves there
because they have made the land in Virginia barren
and they and their masters were perlshing ul ONO
had also become a bowling wilderness Ihat reason
will not do. Sensitive they may appear 20 the NOR
hid benevolence spoken of-with which have no sym
patty at sll-and tender-hesrted as | am, can see
through that-the citizens of Ohio cannot accept these
fnen upon such terms.
What is there in the way then, of my giving an in
telgent vote on this subject Nothing at all would
take this bill in moment If had faith IN the processes
through which that law is TO pass until becomes law
in the Chamber below. But have not that latin ana
will tell the gentleman why 1t is sad commentary
upon the perfection of human reason that with but very
few exceptions gentlemen coming from slave state
and think have one behind me who ought always 10
be before me Mr. BADGER with very few eHcep
tons all eminent lawyers this ioOr from that section
OF the country have argued that you have no right 70
prohibit the introduction of Slavery into oregon, Call
~ lilo fhan nth HAND
is not man in the Free States learned or unlearned
clerical lay who has any pretensons to legal KNOW.
edge but believes in his conscience that you have night
TO prohibit Slavery Is not that curious commentary
upon that wonderful thing called human reason
Mr. UYDERwooD-It is regulated by line
Mr.. CoRwIN-Yes, by 80 80, and what is black
on one side of the line is white the other turning to
Jet black again when restored TO its original locality HOW
Is that Can have confidence in the supreme Court
Of the United States when my confidence lais IN Seha
tors around me herei Do expect that the members
of that body will be less careful than the Senators from
Georgia and South Carolina to form their opinions with
ont any regard to selfish considerations Can suppose
that either of these gentlemen or the gentleman from
Georgia ON the other side OF the Chamber, Mr.. JoHN
SOM or the learned Senator from mississippi lNH
DAylsl who thought it exceedingly infamous that we
should attempt to restrain the Almighty In the execution
OF His purposes revealed to us by Moses-can sup
pose that these Senators, with all the terrible respons
biities which press upon us when engaged IN esisat
ing for whole Empire came 70 ther conclusions wiz,
out the most anxious deibersuonl And yet on one
aide of the line in the slave states, the Constitution
reads yea-whe the other after the exercise OF an
equal degree OF intelligence, ealmnes and deoeiSuon
the Constitution found 10 read nay.
admire the Supreme Court OF the United states As
tribunal / admire the yisdom which contrivedlL Ire
ioce in the good consequences which come 70 THIS ne
public from the exercise of its functions also revere
the Senate of the United States but here is the most a'
gust body ia the world they say composed Oh men VINO
have wasted the midnight oil IRON year 70 yeaI-me
who in closters in courts in legislative halls have been
DVTfn
suddenly their mighty inelects able 10 scan every
thing however minute and comprehend everything
however grand utterly fail them and they kneel ao"h
in dumb insignihcance and mplore the supreme Ooui
70 read the Constitution for them think the senator
from south Carolina must have had some new ight
upon the subject within the last lew years and ns e
efs of my Democratic friends ell sides OF the Cham
Der must have been smen with new love LOT tne pow"
or of the Supreme Court Do you remember the case
adverted TO by the Senator rom NewJersey to-day =
recollect very well when did not stop TO inquire
how the Supreme Court had decided or ordained II
had decided with JOIN MARSHALL at its head-a man
whose highest conjecture upon the subject OF Consu
tutional law has always had with me az mucn weight
AS the weconsdered opinion OF almost any othef man
that Congress had power to establish just such bak
as you had but with what infinite scorn did Democrahc
standardization Democrats as they chose 10 De
calsdcur their lips and turn up their noses Mheh re-
erred to that decision OF the supreme Court Ihsh 'he
cry was We arr judges for ourselves we make no
law unless we have the power 10 enact It. Now, now
ever the doctrine is that here Is tribunal competent 10
put the question at rest forever. Thank God though an
should fail there Is an infallibe depository OF truth,
and il lives once year for three months IN mite
Chamber below US We 90 there. Now under
stand my duty here be 10 ascertain what Consutu
tional power We have and when we have ascertAned
that without reference what the Supreme Court may
do-for they have yet furnished guide on this sub
ect-we are 10 take for granted that they Will concur
with US II the Court does not concur Win u.s. agree
with gentlemen who have been 50 lavish OF their encomi
ms upon that Court that their decision. whether gnt
or wrong controls our action But have not miner
10 endeavored 10 ascertain what the supreme Court
would do. wish then 10 ascertain in whst mode thls
wonderful response is 10 be obtaned-not from that
Dephic Oracle but from that iniabe divinity the -u
preme Court How is il TO be done A gentleman
starts from Baltimore in Maryland, with dozen black
men who have seen parties seqlfp retrHm burned INTO
their skins and souls all he takes them to Caior-
MIA three thousand miles of. Now don't know now
il NAV be in other parts of the world but know that IN
the State of Ohio Is ordained that the law IS carried 10
every mans door. What then Is the admirable con
trivance in this bill by which get at the meaning
Of the Constitution We pray for II we agonize Tor H.
we make law for IT, and that may speedily known
tor If not speedily known 1t may well never De known
that If Slavery goes there and remains there Tor one
year. according 10 all experience tits eternay Let but
plant its there and the next thing you viii hear oil
will be earnest appeals shout the rights OF property II
will be said The Senate did say we had no right 70
come here. The House OF Representatives, body Of
gentlemen elected from all parts Of the country on ac
count of their sagacity and legal attanments did not
urohbit US from coming here. thought had light