Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-28

10 had heen anxious, in the commlltee, 10 NJ
s,,oa snch course. as would enable congress a.
the nresent session to make clear anu eAp ,.o,a
d.c,s ration ON this subject. he wlsneu W .9 r
w, RIO Il he could do so conscenciousiy -dnu -
~. lied his sou,hern brethren, he saw no feaso',
why he should MOI tall in win 'heui. IL 49,"
therefore keep himself open 10 cohyie'1n :, ,yi.
er he might now he opposed 10 SUMO y -
| sions. o,,io-oant nj the
,,ns,;on had better be left to the national w.t.
~ ~ dressed in the National Legislature, than
IN the intcrposition of any veto which II was es'
pected TO provide tor oy Inc eiec''o' -
ern or Southern President. A..
Mr.. Butler followed. Until yesterday tne us
crss;on had been conducted with calmness, anu
he honed with prospect of an amicaoie ADJUST
ment But from the feeling yesterday eAhioi1-
od hv ,Le Senator from Ohio MIR. Corwln,) ne
had abandoned The hope-it had become aPPa,,
rent that the controversy was 10 be conducteu
in The spirit Of aggressive hostility toward the
South. He replied, with considerable seve N.Y.
10 portions of MIR. Corwin's remarks, and &c
MED the superiority of Northern over southern
patriotism and legislation.
He had come to the conclusion that IL was
the duty of the South TO resist these assaults oil
the North upon the rights and interests oil the
South; that the question ought now TO DC SET
tied and not left to the veto Of General Cass or
General Taylor.
He was opposed also TO leaving i to the Ter.
ritorial Legislatures Indians, Spaniards, Ste
| yenson's regiment and others. If so ieit, he
knew the decision must be against them. Leave
them with a Government such as proposed ny
the Senator from Kentucky, (AIr Underwood, }
and they would have laws and feelings me anu.
podes Of these on the Atlantic coast.
The proposition Of The Senator from vernon,
ina, Congress have the same plenliuds OF power
| over The ;crilorie. as The States have over The
legislation OF The States, ne denies, though ne paia
a very high compliment 10 The argument oil alf.
| phelns Yesterday on all the constitutional qnes.
tions involved.
He con,euded that The power OF Congress was
the power OF nustee-lhal lie public domain
was held for the benefit OF all the people, and that
| Congress had mol lhe power il leg Stale away
their community of interest, or 10 pass laws IN
reference thereto Tor The benefit OF one section 10
The injury OF another section OF the Union. There
4 was no power in Congress 10 make any such ois-
elimination.
| Nor was il for the North 10 endeayor 10 deprive
! the South of that for which they had pad ihem
The full value. The political morality OF The
! Norlh-and OF New York in pafticular-Was ike
that OF The missionary, VINO, aller ne had blessed
The venisun without knowing that Peacod had
killed il on Sunday, concluded tina. they might
then eat it, but gave Peacod thirty nine lashes Tor
| breaking the Sabbath. The North, who bad
reaped all the advantages the slave trade, were
| now disposed 10 turn round and give "Feaco1'
| thirty mine ashes. .
| Mr. Foote next obtained the floor. dc should
| not have addressed the Senate on the bill, had
| it not been for his peculiar attitude here, DE-
tween two fires He had recently found him
self violently assailed by the organ OF the Sena-
tor from South Carolina-(he knew without
any fundamentally of either OF the Distinguish
| ed Senators from that States worse ttan sn
abolilonist, and worthy associate OF tho Sena
tor from New Hampshire, whilst from the North
il was we'll known that the denunclations had
not been less loud or deep. de, therefore, ielt
called upon to define his position on the cues
| lions involved in thus bill.
In regard TO the Slave trade, be thought that
with all its evils it had not been without Its be
nelils-that the 100000 Of Christian blacks
now in this country, bull for the Slave trade,
would now have been roaming throughout the
wilds OF Africa, pagans and sayages-that the
christian and republican colony of Liberia
would not have been founded but for the Slave
trade and tina, The Slave trade had therefore
done something towards Fastening the mile
nium-for an approximation towards that day
ioretold III Scripture.
He was in favor Of "compromse' OF the
| question OF slavery now agitating the country
he was in favor of it. because he was in favor of
| the preservation of this Union-he was in favor
Of il, because the experiment had once been
tried, and the Union had been saved by ICON
promise.n He compared certain doctrines of
| the speeches delivered on the Oregon bill by the
Senator from South Carolina, (Mr. Calhoun
aud the Senator from Massachusetts, (Mr.
DAVIS, TO show wonderful similarity Of views
between those gentlemen, and TO point out The
Inconsistencies and unsoundness of EACH
The speech Of the Senator from South Caro-
! lima, Mr. F. SAID, contained iii its worst form
the Wlmot Proviso, and he had for this reason
elt great alarm when he saw it committed 10
print for general circulation. His present 90
| Zee. was 10 relieve the ) nth from the dilemma
in which she had thus been placed. Ills views
as 10 the "Compromise," which should be
adopted, appeared TO coincide with those ex
pressed TO day BY Mr.. Underwood.
Slavery, he commended, could not exist in Ca.
lifornia and New Mexico, without legislative
protection.
Mr. Foote then referred TO the remarks yes.
terday of MIR. Corwin, as the belowngs which
i
The God MoIoch, and disgraceful to any one
who has the least respect for the institutions of
his country -equalled only in enoriniiy by his
speech on the Mexican Wara speech which
had received llle condemnation Of his cons!itu
ents and the people OF the whole United States.
The inference 10 be drawn from the remarks
of Mr.. Foote, which were extended 10 great
length, and Of very discursiye character was
that he would vote for The present bill. though
not such compromise" as he would have pro
posed.
| Mr. Wesico,t followed MIR. Fooe, on The DOW
ers OF Congress 10 lesislate tor the territories Ia
king views somewhat different from those enter.
| tanned by Mr.. Calhoun and expressed in his late
speech on the Oregon Territorial Bill.
| Mir. Weslcoil spoke until halt past six o'clock.
Alter he had concluded various explanations
were made by Messrs Baldwin and Berrien.--.
Mr.. Johnston OF Maryland, followed, and offered
two amendments the frs, OF which provides that
appeals IN slave cases may be made 10 he Su-
aremc Court, vi hout regard 10 Inc amour, in
voIved, and The second prohibits legislation in re-
| gard 10 the admission or exclusion o. African
slavery only. Without action, he Senate al
journed a. quarter past seven o'clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The amendment Of The Senate 10 the Naval
Appropriation Bill was taken up and the House
agreed % part, disagreed 10 part, and amended
other paris.
The committee Of Conference on The Indian
Appropriation Bill, made report [similar to
that nade in The Senat, and the report was con
CURED in. And SO the sill stands passed
The committees were called for Reports, and
q number, generally unimporianl, were made.
A JOINT resolution was reported, in reference 10
the tobacco trade with Europe read twice and
referred 10 The committee OF the Whole.
The select committee on Rules reported 10 IA.
vor Of abolisbing the five minutes" rule, and
the repori was laid on The labIe-lO7 10 e.
The same commilee reported also new joint
rule, providing for the taking up OF the uufinish
ed business al the second session Of any Con-
| gress, in The order in which il was left al The
hfst session OF such Congress. Adopted
The House then, in committee Of Inc Whole
took up The bill reported some time since from
The House committee on Territories, 10 'icsta-