New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-25
NEW-YORk TRIBUNE.
slavery in Congress.

slavery in Congress.
The extraordinary debate ia the u. 5. Senate
on the proposition Of Mr. HALE TO afford legal pro
lection to property threatened with destruction
by rnobs in the District Of Columbia fifty engrosses
large share Of our columns TO day. and those who
resa IL will agree with US that we could have given
nothing Of more profound interest, even in this
season Of startling events and s,upendous convul-
sions The cool, iorbearng intrepdity Of HALE
the fierce invective Of CALHoUs. the windy malig
nifty Of Foorg, the calm dignity Of MAsGUN, the
chvslric courtesy Of CRIrrEsDEs. and the clear
determination snd ststesmanike j1stness of view
q JoHs DAVIS Of Mass, are strikingly developed
10 this debate. We wish we had room for nearly
as much that we have been compelled TO omit, in
GLIDING the speeches Of BUTLER OF S. C.. IA very
fair imitation Of Cslhoun's, CAMERON. of Pa,
craven and apologetic) and HAssEGaS Of Ind.
who is among the most vehement champions Of
Liberty in Europe and Of Slavery 10 America J
Wehave devoted every inch we could spare 10 this
debate and though two thirds Of what we publish
was intended to favor Slavery, we are confident
ths, the whole will sgnally promote the cause Of
UDiversal Freedom. At all events, we shall see
the proslsvery journals through the Free States
very carefully RETAINING from giving it publicity
There have been no portions OF our countrymen
more vociferous in their reoicipgs over the recent
,riumpbs Of Liberty in Europe than most OF those
who ia the streets Of Washington were ravenous
for tearing in pieces the three white men who aid
cd seventy Africans in their attempted escape from
Slavery TO Freedom. The Democracy of w ashiDg'
top both in and out of Congress zaedssng faunt
ed torches held mass meetings 10 exult over the
Liberation Of the French,-they virtually insisted
that this was all their thunder. and that Wings had
no business to participate In their rejoicings bat
when the liberation of americans from much Sc
verer and more ebject bondage came under consid'
Grafton they were and ferocious for the punish
raet by law or violence, not ofthe ensavers bot OF
the hberaiors Instantly they are seized with
frenew reverence for the Constitution and laws
as If the French Revolution had not been effect
ed ia defiance Of the constituted authOrites-as If
the serfs Of Metiernich and Esterhszy were not as
riehtfully and truly theirs as those OF Calhoun,
Hone Slater and Mrs. Madison. Who ever heard
of their sticking for Constitutional rights unless It
were to shield and protect moral and political
wrongsl
Jast consider for one moment the pretexts for
this efiason OF slaveholdng gall and vituperstion
number of slaves escaped from Washington IN
wood schooner. were pursued, captured and taken
back. The white captain and crew OF the schooner
were barely preserved, by great exertoos from
being torn in pieces by pro slavery mob IN the
streets of the Federal Metropolis, although known
TO be ia the grasp of the law and certain to be sub
iected TO severe penal infections for an act of ilc
gal humanity. Next, the office of The New Era
an anti slavery paper, is assaied and injured, the
property being barely saved from destruction By
the most strenuous exertions on the part of the Po
Ice That office is still in serious danger from mob
violence, although the paper has ever been per
fecty temperate, courteous law abiding, and there
il not shadow OF pretext for connecting it in any
way with the escape of the recaptured slaves
Its conductors solemnly deny any concern In
or knowledge of that affair. And now Senator
OF the United States seeing the property OF citi
1ens living under the immediate protection OF Con
gress in imminent peril OF destruction, desires to
ia,erpose for its safety the shield of Law-to enact
that the city which has taxed it and is bound in
equity and good faith to protect IT, shall pay for II
II through the netiicency Of its Police and the toll
Grated felony Of its mob, that property is destroyed
Could anything pc iairer than this What pro-
per connection ha, it with the general subject OF
Slavery, or with the recent unsuccessful flight OF
slaves And ye,we have Calhoun, Foote, Butler
etc rsvng like lunatics, and the author of the bill
threatened with hatchery if he should be caught on
the soil trebly disgrsced by the most inhuman SIs-
vsry. BY wholesale LyDchiDg and by the most
shameful Reputation Messrs. Foote' Calhoun
Co this j, bu, the beginning Of the end The North
will We, speak and in terms that ensavers SHAH
reuble TO hear We thank you for your unde-
signed aid in arousing her TO consciousness OF
Der abatement and her shame.