The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-04-25

AN p~rss y ~. x p 49, - sossestco. ~. :,
Ms SALhNN. y would greatly prefer to meet Inc
Ax- WES1CUTI haze 40 Objection to thai. and
hA1 nken tn snoehes mode OF attaining that object IN
sss ms sss5ssoa OF me h S,o a. o.ser senator's
r~pss~<nsaax the South to speak on ms haM, ~,
state reason eny ~hy could not DO SO reou'a 10.
sss g, e~a 'sas, w., ~. s nuA sl there has been
MO- ,w,,ar-sA -.a ,.olsncs In his Distract There has
hr~a M as~asf a~Hsc. axess on ING Inn " ~ ~ asn
-, ii s~~~,s haze cans THIS pisIet 'or the pur-
- - ss~s'ims slave owner- 10 the peaceable enjoy
-, "a ,heg yrss~F,s s~esss 10 them by the eonstitu
nee whirh ss have all s~cfn 70 supc't Insfe mas
~s, rss.r aassaca sssnsse~tsd BY m ass<mba$e Of
, - h, have s~sn tha. wronxsd. but has there been
,xe y.ss-ses az yet i~snY destruction OF property |!
No II was be wondered that there has not been
"a shsa The seusiof from New Hampshire pro-
elssuss fAst their ss danger oi shis. call upon HIM
ts hss tevsaeons 40 tssiou no this mAsr Where does
he "a 'hr esssss ihs shy portion Of ihs property Of
citizen. oi the H~trsl w hs burned down or destroy
ed wss pse~sss ias nlxh, as spectator, al large
a.~sntlAx~ ~ easens Ut fhs. Distract heard law OH
csss oi ts District and other gentlemen speak on The oe-
czson. bu, heard sch nx By aay means 80 inesndaIy
as have heard since the honorase senator from New
Hampshire took has seat sron shis noos u - tfue M
daxasssoa sArssr.sa bal leading eii'zens OF this
Usirsr ana s.sssho4es declared that brJ wee A.erse
to any act IL overt violence Indeed tnis assemhage,
which has been ea!sv1 taruisuous mob. peac<ably A.
Ionted eosnmiiiee OF Gy cxen. To wat ON the ed1of
and request him hat they supposed To he Nh
ineendsary publeaon which had provoked this excite
snrms have oay to say. ss, THAT readily cid to the
suggestion d tbs honorable senator iron South Csrol'na
Mr. DAVIS. al Mississippi The senator from South
Carolina has remarked that h~ expected that younger
members oil this boAs would notice the notion OF the
senator from New Hampshire to Inlfoiuee ball. the pui
t,se OF which Is The protection OF ne~ndafies and KID
naprsrs have only TO ~,y that - irom no want OF
accordance IA feeling With that honorable senator. but
from dsierense To HIN, who has long and. 80 noby
stood forward IN the defence Of the institutions OF the
Sos,h that remain silent II rather that wish TO
follow hn than that did not ieei tbs indignation which
he has so well expressed The time has come when. II
~. - Al fAMea
Congress should in,cpose the legislation necessary for
The punishmen, OF those who within our Jur's-
dlcon acting in fact and in morale as incendiares
coming here to steal posos OF thai property which -
recognized "a such by the constitution The United
States. WHY is il thai in this body looked 10 a.
The conservative branch Of the governneni-once look ed
IN IA so dune that IL stood above the power o faction
that we Rad the subjec, OF this insulting to
the Nouth--so insulting always when IL is agi,atedn-
roducsd on such an shis debaieable ground
MOI II l. ground upon which the people OF this Union
NAV shed blood and that is the final result II il be
dressed any farther and IL this Senate to be made the
theatre Of that contest lie, comehe sooner the better
we who repreeent the southern States are not here be
nspted IN account of this institution which We inherit
And Il civil dscor is 10 be thrown from this chamber
upon the land let il terminate here. and ready. for
one Ia meet il with any incendary Who dead every
feeling OF PATRIOTISM attempts here to introduce il.
Mr. FO0TE On the 4ih OF March. 1857. the Ameri-
can people OF all parties assembled a, this Capitol for the
purpose of witnessing the Inauguration OF President Of
The United States. That President northern man:
had the honor Of listening his inaugural speech and
in he wisely and pairiOtcaly asserted principle oil
which approved at The time. which still admire and
which has close affinity the question suddenly
presented to this body Martin Van Buren, dared to de-
clare in his inaugural speech, that though il was his
OpinOn-and il certainly il not mne-thai Congress has
the power to abolish slavery the District Of Columbia
set he conceived the could not be done without
the most odous and objectionable breach Of faith towards
the slave States of the coafedeacy and especially Mary
land and Virginia This declaration not altogether
pected gave temporary quiet and satisfaction TO the
South / had thought, until recently, that there were
very few the republic, claiming anything like
prominent standing among their fellow -cnzens, who
entertained different opinion from that thus expressed
or who, il entertaining it, would undertake to express
the national councils OF this republic But the abo
desired il TO be; and now we see plain indications that
individuas-tor cannot consclennousy call them gen.
tlemen themselves to be champions OF free
DOM have resolved to carry into execution scheme
attempt to remove, BY any means whatever, all the
slaves now within tins Dstnc - that those VINO nave
been in the habit OF retaining elases in their possession
will be discouraged from bringing others here and thai
citizens who may hereafter settle here WILL OF course on
the principle OF obvious pecuniary policy, decline bring
ing such properly with them and that thus, IN this CO.
vert and nsdious manner the abolition OF slavery IN the
District Of Columbia may be accomplished
The attempt to eyislatc directly upon ths SUBJECT IN
the national councils - at war with me consiiuon re-
all sentiments OF PATRIOTISM WITH whomsoever u orr
gnaes this movement made directly or indirectly WITHIN
Congress out OF it, which has been 40 justly dcnounced
by my colleague, is simply neIarions attempt 10 com
nit grand larceny upon The owners OF slaves in this DIS
trict undertake to say that there IS not man who has
given his counienance to this transaction IN any shape
who is not capable Of committing grand arceny or il
he happened TO be hero, las such men are no Of perpe
;rating highway robbery any OF the roads of this
Union. He Is not gentleman. he would not be coun