New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-24
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
Creat Debate ON slavery, Civil Rights
ind Mob-Law.
Corcladd 1
From 8ssnoa. of.eiai Eeyers
IL srxATK, Thursday, April Z

f'e"' "Ss'ees '@'e" WV"
Ceocladsal In srsATK Thursday, April 70.
Mr. MAsoUm 1T is now sbou. fourteen years,
believe STAGE tbs Senate very wisely by the eoneersnes
Of the ssess .ad mot distasuisb.a men on both sides
70 the resoulion " exclude alseesson upon the In
ainos topic Of ssvsrJ and ma whsn sootion pesons
saoalt BE- eotsftained-whieh motion 10 mol eseasesoe
ssd be vote taken upon IT, 70 Icy tie motion ot reception
sstabsheo steady and anform sdnerepee 70 A. but an
sorry perceive that there 10 lasry sdsposiioe msn
fssns itself to depart from the sassry RUE o. seuon
which the Senate wsey prescribed Tor itself Upon
THE qoest1oa " Slavery ve knos tnore are dlnefent
opinions entstsioed 10 dtert9t qaaTtsrs OF Toe Onn
ssnd here Representing 1tses 81 ooe portion Of hat
Uaon bot could III would, bring myself 20 state
ofexstsmeoG ard alarm Ia eouseq1encs Of msnsees
that nay be thro~n out stand apon the Constitutional
eonf toise snd ~hiis would not Invade the snts Of
Others. An very .a,: ss,, the ,suad H9.o1 Of the 'o
Sue this diseuson' IL II believed that 70 b.
s0sed out Of our shn Are ws to b rsasoned cot Of
our eoovetioos No, Sir Then why discuss the subject
WIZ stand upon rshts; upon Con,titOtonsi
oonPromisss' Why not stand thus perfectly psssonless
bat prepared def cd them when they shs be sssed
But sse they 10 b sss.iedl Sir nothing has oeeuneo
dafiss th session ths hss sfor5ed ss'issooD
.hss 70 hssr froo some fth. ard most
meo n this Uoion the declaration that while they op
posed 20 ersosion Of the Of slavery hey are not
dpossd to trs pie poo N. eorDprooss, oftbs Consu
TOE TOTE 10 oar stsosb I,: he found 10 ths ps,ri
ot'sm u hoss Who love the Installations OF Our country
better thsu party believe tbs great body OF the people
s prsos,d 70 stand opoa tins eoppronn.es the Cops
totioa IL 10 upon this sfoUno thst stand cootent sno
psssonlsss sud Itoow my'ef shsi continue TO 90 %
si DO sood e.nresult from this discussion lshs! vote
asainst reception Of the bill ct this time And Why
Bssuse thss that the ocesson whish selected for lie
iatrod ushsppy oGs seetos so grow out
Of the u "a onvsrrsntsbe rsspsu recently
soamtss upon ihs rshts 81 tho citizens Of this District
without seins directed 10 tho prevention Of sueh ssses
future bot The contrary, bsvpg for s OBJECT
the suppression q the manifestations Of tho f.linss Of
iGdigsstioo which such acts naturally C. cote We who
ooly egsstors for the Ds,de, Of COlUmps, are
sot ilf rned VI their waos and wishes regard 10 ez
islaop pom this the people Of this District
rsqars soy other laws than they sr,a3y h,ve for
pufIose Of Protse.iss their property ssaD' aoiawpi
voi.Dss, let .h,m indicate 70 U'ihsr wi's' snd 'h.
Be ready To lend ~log 60 their quest. and g. so
psssos such Ia~ a. 10 ny Judgment nsy be Decesy
fot hss po,seiion IL on tn. other hsnd ins eze9s Of
this District should require other and more pensi law,
for the of protecting their slave property sbs
be ss read, to vote for till for that psfpo,e bu' ,haI
never vote for the the ohsr, when h6d them
pressed forward BY gentlemen o. extreme opinoos-ssp-
:lsmsn from remote portions Of the Uoion svlns few
fssnsss 10 with the citizens Of the District Sir,
upoa thess bjee;s accustomed 70 look the silent
opss,ion Of the Law for The protection Of all our rshs
10 the state from ~heh came there sno enc t,msu' 10
regard ihsse sabscs ~ hnow anything Of the char
se,er Of h,t sesdy fixed and moderse State there
10 no STATS the Union which will hold her principles
and her rishn with himn than that State. But
~ pcs 20 the slent operation OF the law we know
boihisg Of mob law Of tyneh s~; We know nothing
be old " time 10 North Carolina, hsve
never soyibOg 10 that Stale sPpronimsiips even to
Asp nt Of popular iUmut
Mr. FooTE-Win the Hon Senator allow me
asa him ~hsrhsr 10 thu case OF eonspiIscy to excite
iosors0ioo among the slaves 1t would not 10 bis opinion
M Masoua my dear Sir in former
yssrs We had compsndiou' mode Of di'po'os Of 'Oeb
sss-s We have Dow mode equally cerso, though not
compendious Upoa matter Of that nature We take
ross ground But DO, driven hastily toto legislation
tba 10 proposed By gentlemen who ensftiin extreme
opions on either eide.
Mr. DouoLAs-I have listened to this debate
win sood deal u Interest Bot while have seen
siderable excitement exhibited on the part Of few gen
uemsn srouud me- confess that have not been abb. 10
worn myself ioo spybios like a passion. tb1k thti
probably he Senator New H4mpsh bssdone much
to soeompnsh hts object HIS PHI 10 vs,y hsfme''
thos 10 Itself bat b, brought forward at this sn6
ssosf hs present suces, It hs erea'ed sooa
deal Of eSsitement among gentlemen on ih'sd Of the
Mr.. CALHOUN, i'm his seat Mot the b-the
oecenesee.
Nc DoUoIAs-On this occurrence desire TO say
word Ia tbs first pisc-, must congratulate tbs Sena
tor ffOm New Hampshire the great triumph he ha,
achieved lie stand. very pomneutly bsf're the Amer
tionsI nomination for the Pfe.dsnoy firmly believe
that nis floor to-day by the aid OF the Senator from
south C.roIns aud The Senators from be has
tbso doubled hs At tho P.ssid,ns Election,
and every p.n Ia ths Chamber from Free ate snows
iti lo,<ed on with <sinsnt fo Tune to see whsth
there could b bst~e-n the Senator
fou New smpshr- aud his southern friends calculated
10 ave hirn announcement stTenslh ard power In the
ecntest, But know that tboso distinguished Senators
from the South, to whom have referred Incapable o.
such 81 undertaking YET tell Them u they had gone late
esueas WITH tue Senator from New Hampshire, and after
. rishrs study and delberstiOn had devised the besi
meas 10 msasfscut- sboiionn and abolition votes r
the Nogh, they wOu have fallen precisely the same
kisd Of procedure which they have adopted to-day
fe~ such excupg scenes sufeed TO sehd that Senator
Y,
with hs with ii, principles, hs could never
have Represented free etste OF this Uoon this floor
but Tor the aid OF Southern eeches IL ishospeoches
Southern men, representing slave States going
Irene breathing fsnsteism as Wild and az reckless ~
thu OF the oo.a.Si from Ner "hioh creates
Asolitiooism in the North The eAueme' meet IL isno
other than southern Senators sctug concert aud yet
~iih0ut design, tbat produces abolition.
Mr.. CALHoUs-Does the gentle nan pretend to
cay that iyssn and souhera sentlemsu who oct with
upon this occasion. fsnsicsi Hsve done any
thing thsn defend rights encroeched upon a.
Abolition votes By defending eur rishtst fso thant
him for The Information and DO bot how many such
votes male.
Mr.. DoUeLAs-Well, | will say to the Senator
ffom South Csrons and every other Senator from the
South that far be IL fIom entertain the thought that
they dssisa to create Aooloo.s In the North or else
where Far be Il fom me 10 imputo soy sach design
Yet ert that such IL the only Inevitable effect of their
eondaet
Mr.. CALHOUN lin his seatl.-We are only de.
Tending ourselves
Me. DouoLAs-No. they are not defending them.
sssesThey suffer themselves TO become excited upon
THE assson-to diseus. t with degree Of heat aud ave
en- iu tane-, which msAes 1t heard snd fet through
Ny fisSd from Missssippi tMr Foors 10 HI. seal sns
sxetsmsnt tbs poIbins made remak IN the ievitston
which bs extended to ihs senator from New Hampshire
% Wait Mssispg which worth ten thousand voice to
the senator, and confident that that senator would
not sow iend rsuset that smark for ten thousand
yotss!
Me- FoorE-Wnl you allow mel
Mr. DoueLAs.--Certsinly.
Mr. FoorE.-lf the effect of that remark will be
20 stvs TO thai senator ell the Abolition votes fairly
entitled 20 them Had the SeustsT from Illinois lived
where have resided-hsd he seen insurreetion exh Bit
Ing lite DEFY front In the nidst Of the men, woman and
ehidrsa OF the oommunity he hsd belev.
thai the msohlpory Of ibsuusctiVn such
readiness for pafposes Of the deadly character
voivins life. and that desrer than e every Ssuhero
novsmsnts ihe that Of the mornipg were % TO
spsssdsr fesInes out Of which hre blood
sed sssolaior. the destruction hosy OF The South be
would regard himself traitor TO tbs best ssntmen
Of the humsa heart II he did speak The
- manly deepaeistion. | osn other lxpspase l
caoaot but repeat sonvie,op that ho
20 utter saeh sentiments hose OF the Seusor from
Hampshire and attempts 10 act them suy where In
the ssnsy South, will meet death upon the seat. and
dessNesnt
Mr.. DouoLts-I Unjust az ain con era,ulste the Sen.
sfof from Hampshire the accession ~ Eve thousand
votes Sif. do not blame the Senator from Misssp
fof bstne indsnsnt N from sny portion Of the
Untoe, who ~osd produce 40 tncencisry exctement-
Who would kindle tbs nsne OF sivii ho would
cite negro insarseroR hssading the life Of any man 10
10 feel deeply this subject But am not altogether
unseeaaatsa ~ih the peculiar ereumssocss Of the sec
uoas VI tbs eoany 90 which hs has slVded have lived
eoo1 porSien Of my lie upon the I'm borders Of
Save Stsfe have seen The operation 81 sueh excite
sn,s - hose which he spsaks upon both sc of the
Hoe i cen welt spprecias the sxcited feeling with
whch sestemen Ia the Soath Tssasd any ssitstUa
movement TO SET up Instructions among their negro
vsniA
Mr.. DAVIS Of Mssssippi-I do not wish to be |
eopsidsrsd - ps,uepsos In he feelcs to which the
oenaiof aadcs have NO fear OF tnsareoton no NOR,
than have Of my ssss DO deed sues inosod