New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-24
sIaveryin Congress.

slavery In congress.
The extraordinary debate IN the U. .. Senate
on the proposition OF Mr.. Hale to afford legal pro
lection TO property threatened with destruction
by mobs in the District Of Columbia fifty engrosses
al.rgo share Of oar columns 10 day. aud those who
read il will agree with US that we could have given
nothing Of more profound interest. even in this
ses,on of startling events and stupendous convul-
sions The cool. forbesring ntrepdi,y Of HALE,
the fierce invective Of CALHous, the windy malig
nifty Of FoorE the calm dignity Of MAScUa, the
chivalrc courtesy Of CRITTLsDEs, and the clear
discrimination and statesmsn.like justness of view
Of JoHs DAVIS Of Mass, are strikingy developed
10 this debate. We wish We had room for nearly
IS much that we have been compelled to omit, io-
Guiding the speeches Of BUTLER of s. C. Ia very
fair imitation Of CslhouB'sl, CAMERON, of Pa,
lcrsven end apologize and HASsEoAs Of lad.
lwho 10 among the most vehement champions OF
Liberty in Europe and of Slavery in America
Wehsve devoted every inch we could spare to this
debate. and though two thirds Of what we publish
was intended to favor Slavery, are confident
that the whole will sieDslly promote the cause Of
Universal Freedom. At all events, we shall see
the pro-slsvery journals through the Free States
very carefully RETAINING from giving it publicity.
There have been no portions of our countrymen
more yocierous 10 their rejocings over the rsc Mt
triumpbs Of Liberty in Europe than most OF those
Who in 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 N Freedom. The Democracy OF Washlog.
tor both in and out Of Congress huzzaed sang aunt
ed torches held mass meetings to exult ove- tile
liberation of the Frencb,-they virtually insisted
that this was all t.ir thunder. and that Wings had
no business to participate in their rejoicngs; but
when the liberation of Americans from much Sc
verer and more abect bondage came under consid-
Grafton they were and are erocious for the PUNISH
nenf by law or violence, not oithe ensavers but OF
the hbera,ors Instantly they are seized with
6reney reverence for the Constitution and laws
As # the French Revolution had not been effect
cd in defiance Of the constituted authorities-as II
the .erfs of Metternich and Esterhszy were not as
rightfully and truly theirs as those OF Calhoun
Hope Slater and Mrs. Madison. Who ever heard
Of their sticking for Constitutional rights unless 1t
were to shield and protect moral and political
wrongs
Just consider for one moment the pretexts Tor
this eifasion of slsveholding gall and vituperatlon
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 exertions, from
being torn in pieces by pro slavery mob in the
streets of the Federal Metropolis, although known
70 be in the grasp Of the law and certain to be sub
iscted 10 severe penal infections for an act OF lie
cal humanity. Next, the office of The New Era,
a anti slavery paper, is sssailed and injured, the
roperty being barely saved from destruction by
The most strenuous exertons on the part OF the Po'
Zee That Office is still in serious danger from mob
violence, although the paper has ever been per
kciy temperate, courteous, law abiding and there
snot a shadow of pretext for connecting 1t in any
way with the escape Of the recaptured slaves
It's conductors soemnly deny any concern In
sknowle ledge Of that affair. And now Senator
Of the United States, seeing the property OF citi'
Isus living under the immediate protection OF Con
srem in imminent peril of destruction. desires to
iuerpose for its safety the shield of Lsw-to enact
that the city which has taxed it and is bound in
equity and good faith to protect it, shall pay for 1t
H. through the nethciency Of its Police and the toll
Grated felony OF it's mob, that property Is destroyed
coald anything DO fsirer than this What pro
per connection has i, with the general subject OF
Slavery. or with the recent unsuccessful Hight oil
ssvssi And ye,we have Calhoun, Foote' Butler
etc ravipg like lunstics and the author OF the bill
threatened with butchery if he should be caught on
the spil treby disgrsced by the most inhuman STA
very by Wholesale Lynching, aud by the most
shameful Reputation Messr. Foo.e, Calhoun q
Co. this is butthe beginning Of the end The North
sii yet speak. and in terms that ensavers shall
remble 70 hear. We thank you for your unde-
signed aid in arousing her to a consciousness OF
her sbasement and her shame.