Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-08-29

Smith and the Northern Wings voted in
he negative.
Mr.. Smith then modified his resolution,
as follows:
That the Committee on the District ofi
Columbia be instructed to report, as soon
as practic able. bill so amending the pre- /,
sent law in this District. as effeciually TO I
prevent the bringing of slaves into the
District either for sale here. or TO be sold
and carried to any place beyond the Dis
trct.
For these proceedings, see Congress
sional Globe, pages gil and GIG.
Before any vote was taken the House
adjourned, and the resolution did not
again come up.
We know that it has been charged that
further action was prevented by Mr..
Steuart's motion TO reconsider, and that.
had it not been made the committee would
have reported bill. This is not true as
the subsequent action of the committee
proposed 10 be instructed, most conclu-
"''''y P'c'to.
On the 3lst Of January, Mr.. Edwards,
from that committee reported "a bill 10
prohibit the introduction Of slaves into
the District Of Columbia for sale or hre!"
which bill was twice read. See Congress
sional Globe page 4l5.
Mr.. GREELEY, proposed that by unani-
nous consent the bill! be printed, which
proposition was adopted.
! The bill was all that the Cot resolution
proposed to accomplish, heEce it is evil
dent that the fate Of that resolution, in
consequence Of the i'll advised and inn
proper preamble, did not prevent the ac-
ton Of the committee, nor did it rctard
Legislation on the subject.
A careful and candid examination of
these facts, as established from the record
ed proceedings Of Congress, will compel
the mos! embittered partzan TO confess
that Mr. SMITH has not, in any particular,
compromised his principles, in relation TO
slavery; and, that he has, throughout.
taken ust such course as an honest and
sincere opponent of slavery would take,
to prevent its extension. and to confine it
within its constitutional limits.
The SLAVE TRADE.-The Liverpool
Times of the 9TH July contains report
Of the Select Committee appointed by the
House of Commons, being in continual
ton Of the inquiry TO consider the best
means which Great Britain can adopt for
the final extinction of the slave trade
The result Of the inquiry is, that long
and large experience of attempts 10 sup
press the slave trade by naval force
leads to the conclusion that to put down
that trade by such means is impractical
ble;' and the report recommends that
Great Britain should be released from
those treaty engagements in respect To
this trade, which place the question of
maintaining a blockadng squadron be-
vond the free and exclusive control of the
British authorities The committee en-
terrain the hope that suppression may
be effected by pacific means-the inn
provement and civilization Of the natives.
MAJ. INTEL
Two GovERNoRs.-Mostp people cons-
der one Governor quite as much as they
can get along with. but Florida it seems
has the good or bad luck at this time to
have two. 1t appears that Governor
Mosclcy. the old Democratic Executive,
still holds on to his Office. and intends do
ing so till Octobcrnext. Governor Thomas
Brown. Whig]. who was elected last fall.
has been installed and is the proper Of
ticer. So that Florida is blessed with
duplicates. If therefore the laws are not
faithfully executed, it surely will not be
for lack Of rulers. This difficulty as TO
the length of the present gubernatorial
term. we believe, had its origin in late
change of the organic law Of the State
Gin ALIAS