The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-12-22


SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF CoLUM-
B1A. The telegraphic report of the proceedings
in Congress on Monday, gave an abstract OF the
proceedings in the House, of which full report
Is given in the correspondence OF the New York
Tribune, as follows;
Mr. Giddings said that he had endeavored, in
drawing up his bill, to make every thing so plain
that every member could understand it. 1t was
simply question to be propounded to the people
of the District of Columbia, whether they, in
fact, desired the continuance OF the institution
slavery or not?
Mr.. Jacob Thompson said | desire to know
whether the people in this District have express
ed in any way desire that Congress should pass
such a law as is contemplated in this bill /?
Mr.. Giddings. | say they have. say that
number OF them, and the leading men among
them have made such a request, and it is in ac
cordance with that request that this bill has been
drawn.
Mr.. Tompkins said that he had probably not
distinctly heard the reading of the bill, but he
understood one OF its provisions to be, that every
male inhabitant in the District over twenty-one
years OF age should vote at the contemplated
Convention. Now he wished the gentlemen to
explain whether, in using that expression, it was
the intention that negroes bond and free, or ne
groes bond or free, were to take part in this ex-
preston ofpublic sentiment
Mr.. Giddings said that when he looked abroad
upon the family OF man, he knew no distinctions.
He knew OF no persons in this district that did
not come from the same creating hand that form
ed himself or the gentaman from Mississippi,
(Mr. Tompkins) and when he MIR Giddings)
spoke OF the people of this district, he meant pre-
cisely what he said. He meant every male in
habitant OF the District of Columbia over twenty
one years OF age. He did not draw any distinc-
tons. He would not suffer the man who held
his tellow-man in bondage TO say whether he
would do this thing or not, and then refuse to
put the question to him who was thus bound If
the gentleman from Mississippi chose to offer an
amendment excluding both the STAKEHOLDER and
the slave, he, (Mr. Giddings) would go with him:
but as the advocate of the eternal principle OF
Truth and Justice, he never would submit to give
one man the control OF another mans liberty
ANY such attempt struck at the very foundation
OF his principles. Every feeling OF his soul shrunk
with adherence from the proposition. He stood
here as the advocate of our common humanity ;
he stood here to uphold those rights and to de.
mand that the enduring principles OF Justice
should be meted out to evey individual in the
District OF Columbia. He did not come here the
advocate OF any peculiar rights-ot one man
claiming rights over another. He stood here on
sound Democratic principle.
The Speaker said the Chair must arrest the
gentlman from Ohio in his remarks. According
to the rule, If debate arose any proposition or
resolution, 1t must, except by general consent
go over one day. He stated the rule After
some conversation, Mr.. Jacob Thompson moved
that the bill be laid on the table, and asked the
| yeas and nays on that motion.
The yeas and nays were ordered And the
question "Shall this bill be laid on the table p
DC faiya nd 4ol
follows -
| YEAs-Adams, Atkinson, Barringer, Barrow
| Bayly, Beale, Bedinger, Bolts, Bowlin, Boyd
Boydon, Brady, Bridges, Brodhead, w. G. Brown
| G. Brown, A. G. Brown, Buckner, Burt, Cabell
Chapman, Chase, Clark, H. Cobb, W. r. Cobb,
Cooke, Crisfeld, Crozler, Duncan, Dunn, Eek
ert, Edwards, Evans, Faren, Ficklin, FIournoy,
French, Fulton, Games, Gayle, Gentry, Goggin,
Green, Hammons, HARRISON, Harmsnson, Harris,
H4ll, Holmes, Houston, Inge, C. j. lngersoll, j.
X. lngersoll, Iyerson, A. Johnson, R. W. John
son, G. W. Jones, j. W. Jones, Kennon, Jr.,
King, LaSere, Letter, Lyon, Lord, Lincoln,
Lumpkin, McClernand, Mcdowell, Mckay,
McLane, Mann, Meade, Miller, Morehead
| Norris Morse, Outlaw, Pendleton, Phelps, Pills
bury, Preston, Richardson, Richey, Robinson,
| Sheppard, Truman Smith, Con-; Stanton, Ste
vens, Strong, Taylor, Thibodeaux, Thomas, ia
cob Thompson Miss; r. w Thompson, Ind. ;;
=, d. thompson, NY; IL. a. thompson, va;
| Tompkins, Toombs Venable, Vinton, Wallace
Wick, Wiley, Williams, Woodward-1O5
NAys-Abbott, Ashmun, Bingham, Blackmar,
Blanchard, Candy, Cathcart, Clapp, Clark, Col
lamer, Conger, Cranston, Crowell, Dcky, Dixon,
Duncan, Embree, Evans, Farrelly, Freddy,
Fries, Giddings, Colt, Greedy, Greeley, Gregory,
Grinnell, Hale, Hall, Henley, Henry, Holmes,
Hubbard, Hudson, Hunt, jenkins, Johnson,
Kellogg, King, Lahm, W. T. Lawrence S. Law
renee, McClelland, McIlvaine, Mann, Marsh,
Marvin, Mullin, Nelson, Mes, Newell, Pafrey,
Peaslee, Peck, Petit, Pollock, Putnam, Rey-
nolds, Rockh, Rockwell, Mass Root, Rum.
sey, Jr., st. John, Sheriff., Sylvester, Singer.
land, Smart, Smith, Starkweather, Strohm, Tai.
madge, Thurston, Tuck, Turner, Van Dyke,
Warren, Wentworth, White, Wilmot, WILSON,
49,
Mr. Pa Trey gave notice OF billto extend to
the personal liberty Of American freemen, the
protection OF trial by jury.
REFERENCE OF THE TERRITORIAL BILL