The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-24


to the printing He would not consent to insult his
State Sy voting for the melton.
Mr. JEFFEa.oN DAVIS would respect the sovereieny
Of the States in all where they respected them
selves but when the Senate WAS to be made the IN
strume for the circulation Of abolition documents
he opposed to Il. He contended that the assump-
ton in he resolutions that there slave msrts In
this District false and that hence the resolutions
were false in themselvee. =,
slave mart this city within an arrow shot OF the
Smith oman Institution aud Mr. Williams the ow uer
OF raid mart pursues lawful business in buying slaves
and keeping them ct this rendezvous till he get
&c cd price for them IL is Q nice establishment and
we'll secured against the escape Of the negroes
Mr. FiTzPATEIcK, Of Alabama, eoncurred with the
Sc from Mississipp and would consent to
give circulation TO such assaults upon the institutions
Of hi State He agreed with him that state
MIR NiLEs-I think the Senator from Florida has
told us that the Union wss tottering to it's fall
Mr. luLEE-TotteIiDg on its base
Mr.. NILEs-TotterinsIo n its base? Well, sir II it Is
totsring on its base, II 10 likely to fall Now should
like to know from that remark to understand
that there any combination on foot whore object
Ii to dissolve the Union?
Mr.. YuLEE- Yes there .re such combinations; aud
believe that the Union tottering its base These
eombn atoms are in the North; and when their pur
pose 10 to drive the Southern States to degradation
and to the condition Of Provinces there must bs dan
ger to tho Union Does the Senator from Connecticut
think that the Union exist outside of the oonst
tuition? The Senator from New York has said that
there sre fifteen States which require ueh .c's ~ ~"
open the South to Unlimited aggression and in ustioe
and does not this indicate that there danger to
Union? Ivalue the Union; but value 1t only to that
degree in which 1t 10 securing the H.
berties Of the people and in carrying out the great
principles of equality of the constitution There 10
danger; and when, at such crisis, there Is super
added IRON a sovereign State, the Language of con-
tumtly and insult to other States, the danger is ten
fold increased.
have 70 to prove myre without regard to
personal consequences; and II really thought that
the printing Of there resolutions would dissolve the
Union. would vote againt the printing.
MIR. DoUGLAss said that State resolutions were al.
ways printed He did not reoolect instance to the
contrary, or In which the printing objected
to- Fwerefuse to receive these resolutions to-day We
may be placed In an awkward predioament to morrow
MIR. YuLrE.-The resolutions received. l am
only opposed to the printing.
Mr. DOUGLASS said that We had been frequently re-
ceivDg tuch revolutions from Rhode Island and Mas.
within the last four Ave years and that
tney had aiwayt been printed
Mr.. YULEE.-This is the frat time in which such
resolutions have conveyed the language Of direct in
suit.
Mr.. DOUGLASS thought there was NO material differ.
ence between them and other State resolutions re-
eeved within the ast four or five years On the other
hand some OF the Southern States had passed resou
lions recommending the Missouri compromise, which
he had had the proposing at the last session,
and which be would be glad to adopted The Ques.
light OF printing State resolutions was plain The
tion was reciprocal each State acting for itself
! here was NO danger to the Union The Union
too strong The mere question Of the exclusion of
slavery was OF NO practical Importance. He believed
that the people in the territories had their made
up, do the South demand the extension slavery
into territories now. He was not aware that single
member on ttis floor demanded It. All that he I'M
them to claim that the question shall be
it, at the proper time for them Trhis granted to
the people will resist encroachmsnts upon them,
from the North or from the South This wa. not the
6rst series Of resolutions presented here which
ain ed heresies and Il Of hcts but
this and in all Gases Whatsoever he would respect
he resolutions of Q State
Mr.. Downs sorry he could not concur with the
lder and more experienced members Of the Senate
pom this subject. He objected to the printing the
ma In ho of forlh
n them, would 60 out to the country aud mis-
lad the people. He argued that undue and unautho-
'ew Mexico, and he did not wish in any way to adopt
bat petition part Of the history Of the oouutry
Or even the Senator from Missouri, lMr Benton) who
ered it, did not seem TO have very clear idea about
= There were only fourteen names to 1t, and only
wo Of those were Americans. As the Senator from
Texas had intimated, 1t was doubtless manufactured
order and sent out and returned for political pur.
oses Then as 10 the horrors Of the slave prisons
his District was 1t likely that Legislature three or
han we do who are upon the spot. The Senator from
Connecticut has asked If there any combinations
xistng to dissolve the Union Whether there are or
lot there are strong indications that the Union
, not long to last. And would give the reasons,
ut the story would be long ono. The clause Of the
constitution providing for the restoration Of fugitive
the clause upon which the adoption of the
titution depended. To that cauee we are indebted
etter perfect nuty, through the force Of mobs and
pob law Of the North. Unfortunately this 10 not all
The blows have been thickening upon the South, and
ne Of the severest was the epeech of the Senator
rom New York (Mr Dix) this morning. The South
as always been acting the defensive 1t has never
sked any thing that was not in the constitution.
We do not ask the extension Of slavery, we do not
'sh to extend-we only ask that our rights may be
.nd rs S,u sns . hs%
sricius blows upon Of the South shall be arrested
There proceedings in the North followed up, will be
4 our ports sgaipst her commerce. With such .
litter sectional dice is existing in force
he time Of Its consideration the constitution
would have been adopted How could II have been
dopted with this institution ef the South denounced
one BALI tho extent that 1t is denounced as i'm.
moral iinful and disgracefu by brethren Of the
Worth! It only needs to conform this spirit Of hos.
ility between the North and South to deadly hate,
'hen the spirit Of the constitution will to exist
nd the Mon will be 1T end Establish that feel
ng Of luminosity which the dsspotism Of the mother
ouBtry excited In the colonies, and which exists to
n cay s.tsSli; 3; such feeling between the North
tropg as steel, 6rm adsmaut; they would be
a. easily asa rope Of sand Place sixteen States
18th their resolutions the side and fourteen on
he other, and let them stand in that attitude and
he Union il dissolved.
Mr. BApcER suggested that II the subject were to BE-
Drther discussed, 1t be laid aside for the day with
view to proceeding to the regular business Of the
enate.
roceeding TO speak of the petition.
Mr.. WEsTcoTT-It IL q series of resolutions of the
tate OF New York, instructing their Senators upon
ertain questions 1t is not petition to Congress.
Mir. FooIE thought they Ill timed; but without
egsrd to the merits Of the he should
or the printing St ne prepared to GO as far as
ne who should the farhest in dsfs ndng the nSttu
lions Of the South.
Mr BUTLER took up the broad question Of slavery
"a recognized In the ompromises OF the constitution
proceeded to pituate rome Of the many gre-
which the south bad borne in the aRgressons
Of the h-segressions made upon the South in
open defiance Of the constitution. He dwelt partcu-
sry upon the acts Of State legislatures and judicial
authorities Of New York and Pennsylvania f.voring
The escape Of runaway slaves, and placing penalties
prohibitions against their restoration required
by the constitution.
MIR. DIX and Mr. DIcKiSooN replied in vinaicstion
Of New York not having, either by the acts Of her
Legislature nor In the decisions Of her courts tran
,cended the limits Of the constitution.
Mr.. CAMERON replied In defence Of Psnnsylvania.
Mr. BuTLER insisted that the effect Of the acts Of
he Northern legislatures and Northern courts,
10 re nder nulity the clause Ia the constitution which
requires the restoration Of fugitive slaves lie took the
state of Michigan, also to task, and referred
cent care in which q Kentuekisn had pursued his
lave to Michigan and recsptsred him. and had him
aken away again by mob and again recovered
i'm Mir. Butler aeked IL the State Of Michigan had
topped in and indemni6ed the for the loss OF