Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-08-09

Of the master over his servant, ono incl
beyond tho territorial limits Of the powe,
that makes the law. | believe that slave
carried by his master into the territory
! about ~ hich VIC arc taking. IF Slavery be-
.tolis.ed ,ilere. will be FREQ from tho mo
mon, he enters the Territory, and any at
tempt to exercise power over him as {
slave will bc migratory. That is III,
Iud .ncn,. But | would guard nc,ins
any doubt on this subject. would so &C
thnt there should be nothing left undone or
nv part to prevent the admission Of slaves
for am free TO declare that if .you wore
TO acquire the country that lies under the
/ line, tho hottest country to be found on the
globe, where tho white man il supposed
not TO DO able TO work. would not allow
v". to 'ake slaves there. If Slavery did
no, exist there already. More than that
! l would abolish it If could. If it did ex-
list. These are my opinions. and they al
WAYS wcro the opinions Of Washington up
~ the hour Of his death, and they wore
the opinions Of Jefferson and Of others
who in the infancy Of tho institution, saw W.
dcplored its evils, md deprecated its con.
tinuance. and would have taxed thensolv.
cs to tho utmost to extorminate It them
| possess no opinion on tho subject that
have not derived from these SOURCES.
| have only to say, that those opinions
have always received tho concurrence OF
my own umdersta nd,ny upon the best in
vestig,tinn that have boon abo to give
to tho subject. find tho Institution ex-
i.tinc IN several States Of tho Union, I'M
der the guarantees Of tho Constitution.
s; find that as n legislator, am forbidden
to act upon tho subject by tho Cons,itu-
ton, which am sworn to support and be
thus forbidden. | would not interpose rs |
would upon every spo, on tho face Of the
earth whore nv law ! am not forbidden.
Sir. wha, has boon your practice on the
subject. If ut any tirne in the progress OF
the affairs Of this Government you have
acquired Territory whore Slavery existed;
what did YOU do with it. With tho fore
east Of n statesman you took upon your
selves the difficulties Of m,nngin. il.
When Louisiana was acquired such
was the tone Of public sen,imcnt-and
take upon myself to say that If II had
been in tho power of Congress to abolish
II thon they would have done so-if they
had not forscen the state OF things that
would have boon consequent upon such an
act, they would have abolished slavery in
! Louisiana. What did they do in regard
to tho n Northwest Territory in l787!-
These were tho mon who gavo direction to
public opinion. Would to God they had
something 10 do with public opinion now!
They abolished slavery in the North
west Territory. II is truo it Gid not OK
is there to any great extent. except III /"
few French settlements. compromising
Illinois and par Of " h i is now the Strife
of indiana. And why old they do it! Why
did the men who then exercised the pow
or Of the whole Confederacy-the men
who were the leading spirits who formed
the Constitution Of the United States
why did they. in 1877, abolish Slavery in
that territory! Did their opinions sudden
~ change ms To entertain such an alb
h"rrcncc of Slavery TINT they abolished j,
wherever they could, though sovereignty
cmdeavored to invade Tint land consecra
/ ted to FREQ institutions by TINT law! Thus
was the pa,rimony Of V'rg'nia transfer
red TO tho United States; mi thus did
they who offered that patrimony aud no
bly, gave it to the whole Union. forbid TINT
slavery SHOULD ever Potiute its soil. And
sir. is there any name on tho historic page
| Of Virginia moro iilustrious than that d
/ Jefferson,
! Why there is scarcely n Virgin'an who
,.ares to have an opinion contrary to the
! l,sh,est thought that he over Expressed
j And is it So, that VIC arc now to be re
1uired for the sake Of some ina ginary la
lance Of power to carry slavery into q
country where it does not now exist
That, Sir, is the question propounded by
thi. bill. Tho Senator from Vermont i
satisfied that slavery cannot be extended
to these Territories. | believe, il his con
fdence in tho judicial tribunals Of TIN
country were we'll founded, that Slavery
could not possibly 60 into these territories
provided the Senate is right both as 4
law and tho facts. | ask every membe
lot tho Senate-porhaps may be less in
| formed than any-whe,her Slavery doe
no, exist by Some Mexican law, at lhi
hour, in California!
/ Mr. HANNEGAN. lin his scnt.) II doe
exist. Peon Slavery exists tMr.
/ Mr.. CoRwlS.-I would thank the Sen
ator from Indiana if he will inform IN
what Peon Slavery is; and really ask III
question for the purpose OF obtaining "
formation. desire 10 know rs cond
tions9 Is it traDsmissIbIe by inheritance
Does the marvellous doctrine OF whic
the Hon. Senator from Virginia spoke o
being part and parcel ef the Law adop'e
in Virginia-Pdrfes sequifur rcnfrnm-
prevail! Is TIM, holy ordinance. that tn
offspring Of the womb Of her who is
J slave must necessarily DO slaves also thel
recognized.
D Nj. HASNEeAN.-As understand. sI'
very exists in California and Now Mex
I CO, as it doe. throughout the Republic I
e Mexico. and is termed Peon Slavery
i verv for debt, by which the creditor h
d a right to hold ;ne debtor through NIL tin
e in far moro absolute bondage than that
J. which any Southern planter holds b
slaves here.
u MFR. Co.w1S.-So it has been describ'
8 to me. ! have not seen the Mexican LAY
c upon the subject. but the statement u
, made agrees with that Of many gcntlem
j. vho profess to know something on q