The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-01-12

Strike out all alter the WORT "re5o ved and insert
'rha tho Committee for the District OF Columbia be IN
structed to prepare aud report this House bill author
zing and requiring tho corporate authorizes Oh NC ~
City, Tor the purpose of merchandise and TO sup
psess such trade within their corporate limits ana autnoI
ze and require the corporate authores OF the cry OF
Washington e1sci.e the same power throughout the re
Mr. LINCOLN also read from his seat Tor the lnforms
lion of the House. the following amendment or subs-
tute for the resolution OF the gentleman IRON New York
IMr Gorr,l which he designed moving at the proper
Strike out all after the word resolved and insert the
following
That the Committee for the District Of Columbia be in
.truoted to report bill in substance as follows;
.'Sxc BE 1t enacted by the Ss~a a~d House Of Repre-
."tay'. e the U.d Sta" q AtrseI ~ Cors e" a.,
lumba owned by person or persons now resi-
a as %n aSery %ps sad p
''SEo g. That person now within said District, or
nov s or " born IT, shall ever be
slavery WITHOUT the limits OF said District; Propidd That
gems slavehoding States coming into said District
on public business and remaining only so long be
Snd ou, o said District and while ;hsre by the
of themselves and their families without their
right hold such servants in service being thereby m
.ssn s. Tha, all children born of slave mothers
within said District, after the first day Of Jan
Say, IN tho Dr. G. .f our Lord ono thousand eight
sonaby supported and educated by the respective own
ers of their mothers, by their hoirs represen
owners, heirs and until they respectively
arrive at the age Of years. when they shall be entirely
GEORGETOWN within respective jurisctiona limits
hereby and required make all suitable ed
necessary provisions for enforcing obedisnce this
on the part Of both masters and apprentices
SIC That Al persons now within sid DsI,c. law
resident within said District shall! such at the
sen,ave.: ProDidsd That any such owner or his legal
representatives may AT any he receive rom me treasury
class this section mentioned; upon which such slave shalt
be forthwith and ofeye Tree dnd yopdta further That
Secretary OF the Treasury, shall be board for de-
terminng the value OF such slaves a. their owners may do
shall be hold session for the purpose the first Mon
and on sasae.ory evidence in eacn case that the
presented for valuation is slave, and Of the class in this
section mentioned and owned by tho applicant, shall
value such his her full cash value. and give
the applicant order the treasury for the amount and
also to such slave certificate Of freedom.
'SEo 6. That the municipal authorities of Washington
and Georgetown within their respective iarisdc Inn
and efficient means deliver up their
all fugitive slaves escaping into .ad District
Columbia are hereby empowered and required to open
polls At all the usual places Of holding elections on the first
white male citizen above the age OF twenty years, hav
preceding the time Of such voting for against
this proceed in taking said votes in all respects not
and with as little delay possible transmit oorrec,
mens of the votes 50 cast the President OF the United
to be for act forthwith ii. prociamaon giving
eiec, aud after the day such Proclamation.
sKc That involuntary seryde for the punishment Of
crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted
shall in nowise be prohibited by this act
SEC 8 That for all the purposes OF th: act the nr,
dic!iona limits OF lsiDKon extended 10 all parts OF
the District OF Columbia not now included within the
present limits of Georgetown"
most prominent citizens OF Washington to whom his
substitute had been read. approved OF it heartily, and
desired that Congress will enact some such law; Mr. L.
dsclamed the purpose of generating the idea that these
gentlemen would at the polls in favor of the abolish
ment of slavery in this District his substitute pro-
posed They simply in favor of taking vote OF its
free white male citizens upon the subject.
Mr. WENTWORTH again rose TO renew his PROPOSE
ton
gentleman from Illinois Mr.. WENTWORTH if he would
not waive bis motion, SO as to give opportunity to
gentlemen from Maryland. on both sides, to say few
words before the final vote taken. 1t the gen.
sral request of the delegation from Maryland. both
sides, tina, such opportunity should be afforded.
The question on laying the motion to reconsider on the
table then taken by yeas and nays, and il was LOST
yeas 50, nays 100, as follows:
YEAs--Me,.rs Abbott Belcher, Bingham. Blackmar.
b"sT Esls Edwa1d Nathan Evans. Faran F,hs
Henry Elias & Holmes. Hubbard, Hudson Hunt. Jenkins,
Iil" ssx
Mann, Marsh Maryn, Morris, Main. Nelson Mes. Newell
hill julius Rock WE'LL Rose, Root Runsey, St John, Sher.
r, Sylvester. Robert Smith, sa,kwsa,asr sohm wv Wn
Wilmot, and Wllson-sO
NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Atkinson, Barringer, Barrow,
Beae, Bedinger, Blrdsall, Bocock Bos Boyd Boydon,
Brady, Bridges, Brodhead, William g. Brown Charles
franklin Clark Beverly L.. Clarke Clngman, Howell Cobb
Williamson r.. w. Cobb, Cooke Crsfed, Crozie Daniel
Donnell Dunn, Embee, Alexander Evans, Farely, Flick
ln Flournoy, French Fulton, Gaines, Gayle Gentry, Cog
Harris Haskell, Hill billiard Georges Houston, John w
Houston Inge, Charles j. nserso Joseph Il. Ingersol,
Irwin, Iverson, Jameson. Andrew Johnson, George w.
Jones, John W. Jones Kauln,an, Ksnnon, Thomas Butler
Ks La ss hsva LSen LnsG lord idS
Meade Miller Morehead MORSE. Murphy. Nico Outlaw,
Tendeton Phelps Pisbu. Pollock Preston, Rhet Rich
ard.on Kchey John A. Rockwell Roman, Sawyer Shop
perd, Simpson, Smart, Caleb b Smith, Truman Smith,
Stanton, Stephens, Charles f. Stuart, strong, Taylor,
Thomas Jacob Thompson, Richard W Thompson. John
b. mpson, Robert A. Thompson, Tom pkins, Toornbs.
Van Dyke, venabe, Vinton Wallace, Wick, Wiley, VIII
liams and Woodward-l2O. .,..-. a3ftrys
SO the motion to reconsider was not laid upon the ia
BILE. r~H
And the question then recurring on the motion to re-
consider the by which the said resolution had been
adopted .rt
Mr. McLANE said that he desired to submit a few
words to the House inducement to the reconsdea-
ton OF this vote. He hoped that would be reeonsd
cred and he hoped in view of the intrinsic merits Of
the abstract proposition involved the resolution as
well of these still higher considerations hch entered
into the questions, and which gentlemen on all sides of
the House knew to be vital to the peace and harmony OF
this federal government.
SO far the District of Columbia referred to a,
part OF the State of Mary the foreign slave trade las
1t was terned) had already been abolished. Gentlemen
from the North could give the people of Maryland no
light upon the principles of morality or humanity
One OF the earliest enactmens Of that State was law
prohibiting the slave trade The original and steady mol.