The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-03-13

son may be unhwuly seized and he left without means
OF redress pray TO have regard TO what they
have done, not to embaass the proceeding or the action
OF the Senate by majority sufficiently decisive to com
mand the respect of the other House. We have sem
them bill providing government oT these teiito'es
Let us wait Tor the action OF the other House t Us
not embarrass this provision by renewed actioh Nha'
ever be the motive in offering it, cannot nave any otneI
effect Let say sir, feeling strongly IN my BOSOM lhls
conviction feel bound to express H. ! d3 nos pelese
these continued agations expressive OF the ieeng
of the great body of intelligent men IN The community
in which we live speak OF the great community OF
the Union believe speak il with proper resPect-sen-
aiors would discharge the duty they to Their
stuens, and which they owe to us who nhablt dIf-
eren portion of the Union, they would better discharge
that duty by abandoning all these repeated agalions
which are calculated to disturb the peace and harmony
of the Union. We have already passed amendment
connected with the civil and diplomatic appropriation
bill, which involves the agltaung question which has
disturbed long; and the effect of this amendment
is to embarrass that amendment in its progress in the
other House have said before that do not mean TO
scutnze the motives OF senators; but this Is the effect
whether he knew II or not
Mr. HALE Mr.. President rise for little norma-
ton upon the subject Il seems to me that we present
II remember Alright the history of the last session upon
this subject those gentlemen who represent that interest
terribly afraid of agitation, found, with one or
two exceptions, at the last term advocating bill In this
body, and trying to pass 1t into law, the principal
feature of which that the government OF the terri
tories then established should take action at all upon
this question: but that it should be left open for the
judiciary; and the very mode OF presenting It TO the
Judiciary by this very habeas corpus which has now
been magnihed into such an abolition hobgobln.
Mr.. PHELPS believe the ha5cas corpus was not IN
that bill
Mr.. HALE. | believe the senator from Maryland
Mr. JoHNsoN] did introduce that amendment to the bill
and it was adopted, think sir, by unanimous consent
and adopted upon the express assertion that was
sary to give full effect to the provisions of that bill, and
everybody irrespective of complexion color or condi-
oT hpiOu hxy NJ
English and of American liberty Sir, do not know
how much OF the caution and advice OF the honorable
gentleman nv was meant TO 60 of aey towards this
spec also, and may be permitted to say here strand
will say plainly do not very often introduce this sub
ec into the discussion of the Senate, and do not mean
to- for II is the very last place upon the ootstoo of God
where ought to be argued believe ought to be ar
gued in the place which General Scott much
hid the The the
sentatives Of the North do not speak the sentiments
Of the great body of the people think he be-
lieves the truththe plain, naked, and most humll-
ating truth and why do not they speak it, sir' Be-
cause they do not speak out and out the heart burning
convictions o: their constituency They are ever dumb
when is introduced, the impulses which the hearts
and impel the actions OF their constituents do not find
expression in the voice, and the face and the action Of
their representatives upon this floor In that respect the
assertion is true, that they do not speak the language
of their constituents upon this subject If they hat
spoken it. and spoken years ago. we should not have
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been in the condition in which we now find ourselves
IT, when the fathers of the constitution laid down the
immortal principles which they have laid down in the con
stution and the ordinance of l7S7l say if the fathers
OF those institutions could have known that their
would not be degenerate TO their inheritance and the
ancestry and if we had not permitted this institution to
grow with the growth and spread with the progress
OF the country, making constant and continual adj
vance, we, sir should long ago have avoided this issue
which is now forced upon us, and abou which we have
such abundance of caution. Sir, put it to south
ern gentlemen, how is it that they have 80 changed
their position upon this great principle OF hdbeas corpus
How is it, sir, when the hqbeas corpus twelve months
ago, the great safetyvave that to all the
fanaticism OF the land, and PROSTATE faction and soothe
all that was dlscorant in public discusslon-how is 1t
that has been altered and trasmogred, that to-
day it is instrument of abolition child of fanati
csm-and calculated now to produce that very disturb
ance, and commotion,and agitation that twelve months
ago-no, sir SIX months ago. and hardly hat-it was to
allay -
Mr.. FOOTE (interposing) Mr. President do not un-
dertake to for other gentlemen either upon the point
Immediately under discussion, upon any other point
whatsoever have, upon my own responsibility, I'M
dertaken to specify the motives and objects of the honor
able gentleman from Connecticut in bringing forward his
amendment. My statement has not been denied either
by that gentleman or his friends. nor can it be- The
language of the amendment itself affords proof conclu-
sive OF the justice of my accusation But let not the
ser that am opposed to the extension of habeas corpus
to California and New Mexico. Il is what have been
steadily and zeaousy contendng for and what has been
as zealousy and steadily opposed by the gentleman from
Connecticut and his allies in this chamber up to the pres
ent moment when opportunity is supposed to be pre-
sented of extending the glories of emancipation by CO.
vert and nsdious legislation.
Mr.. HALE. understood the honorable senator last
to say that this proposition to amend covered abo
ton movement WE'LL sir, understood it to be nothing
more than the provision of habeas corpus 1t that
that understood the senator. A word more and
have DONE We are called upon to be quiet now. Fac
ton prostrate down, and called upon now, sir
to be quiet Why! Because the Senate have passed a
bill which they think potent to this great evil.
WE'LL sir, there sixty OF us all told and have for
gotten that at the other end of the Capitol there body
Of two hundred and thirty forty, and they have had
medicine from that which have been advised to take
1t remains 10 be seen which prescription the patient will
take know that the history of past legislation has
been, that the House, when the division has come be-
tween them and the Senate have pretty uniformly backed
out AT the last session. sir, there different appi-
cation OF the rule and the backing the other
end OF the Capitol. do hope, sir, that the issue will
be again presented, and it will be ascertaned and
known who are the true representatives of the public
will and of the Countryside two hundred and thirty or
forty representatives. chosen by the people, and sent here
by the people themselves speak their sentiments and
give efficiency to their will the sixty in this chamber
representatives of those States so muck talked about
hope, sir, that may and probably shall before
the 4th OF March comes upon u.s. have that question
further presented TO u.s. and them sir if it should turn
out that prescription should not be the potent one and
when they have settled not to be the BEST if they do moi
choose to yield to our great exhortaon may have
different application Of the prescription fro that which is
intended II is difficult to tell sir in popular govern
ments, which is the faction The which succeeds is
the great body and the which fails is the faction
this body II the reports in the public papers, and the
reports which the Clerk of the House of Representatives
hAoh r<Nurxh to fHa.rL L.