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gentlemen from Illinois. VIII he permit another
mepdment to ts read?

anne ment to tie read?
kr w.SrwoKrH replied In the Affirmative.
Mr. LIScols-Bv the courtssy Of my colleague
propose say that shall make effort. II the vote to
HE read his anne nd ment. long one to the effect
that the Committee for the District Of Columbia be In
s tho
by making free those born after the 1880 aud al
loving reasonable compensation for adult negroes
The vote 81 the free white male citizens to be taken
the first Monday In April to determine whether such
bill shall become q law. etc
ing citizens Of the District Of Columbia to whom this
proposih has been submitted there Is net who
to be misunderstood / do not kpov whether or not
they would vote for such bill the hrst Monday u
April but these fifteen persons desired measure like
Mr. McLAsr ito Mr.. wentwortb) -win the gentle
nap give way!
Mr. wRrrwoRrH-For whst purpose!
MI McLANE-l wish to say few words before
Mr. PETrIr-Givs Maryland chance to be heard.
Mr. McLAvr--Tt Is the general desire of the Mary
land aelep alton on both sides of the House,
Mr. WnsrwoRrH-Nr. Speaker, how much time have
Iremsinipg'
The SpEAKER--It Is not parliamentary courtesy to
yield for tpe sch but for explain alton
the gentlemen from Illinois gives way for speech
from the gentleman from Maryland, he must give way
Mr. WENTWORTH am satisfied. from the various
propositions made her. this morning that the House
propositions Therefore, insist on my motion to lay
Mr. Evans, Of MaryIand-I hope that tho gentleman
viii withdraw the motion ['vote 1t down." "vots 1t
The yeas and nays were taken, and the result was
yeas, 10 nays, l22 60 the House refused to lay
the fable the motion to reconsider the vote by which
Mr. SPEAKER said that the motion to reconsider tho
motion before the House, when
the resolution would be recon.idered So far As the
Dstrict was ~ part Of the State Of Mary
land the .v: n trad, deb has been scoshsd Gsnt.nsn
pies or morals The general and steady policy Of Mary
land has been that which loekedto the ultimate eman
Lutte cpation Of the black who Is introduced from
another State for the purpose Of being sold He has
| to the chambers the petition of q negro woman and
under ths Law, procured her freedom The Law has
tinspt intermeddng Of such persons - the gentle
man from Ohio Mo GadDs not to depart from
WIZ. iSa sss
do at home, he must hope to do here. or in any
other Ststs He was ready now and always had been,
that which is involved in state ~ property ia
State chooses to receive slaves and protect them he
tai. slave, it was matter which concerned himself
Did gentlemen suppose that whom Maryland oedsd
miles square, she ceded the people! She did no such
thing and we do not understand that the people Who
land eeded the territory gave Congress- exclusive
Jurisdiction, but net unlimited Congress must
hne Itself to its expires. powers He would not,
the slave trade In the district because that would be
tsntamount to the abolition Of slavery II the slave
essson the best could do to hold to the exist.
ing law He wished this subject to go to either the
Committee for the District Of Coumbs to the Com.
mittee On the Judiciary, - both Of them possess intel
hgenes and patriotism He desired the committee to
slave trade can be prohibited in the District. He
would cheerfuly vote to preserve tho existing law
but would rot vote for any sot which touches slavery
The above se mere notice Of what was said by the
| NJ Tud halle
trade In the district of Columbia was Q great evil and
demanded . remedy; and he willing q any one
people. He did not desire to enter upon legislation to
produce what is called agitation he did not wish to
political party, and God forbid that political parties
should ever be made to turn subject Of this cha.
the tr.c in here in violation Of law; but he
did not knew what laws were In force In the district
country be desired that an iny.sts.tion should be
made by Committee. that they may report what laws
in force and what necessary to cor.
rect the evil. He believed that large majority were
desirous to see what mode Of legislation should be
adopted, without preamble Of the character pre-.
south more than the people Of tho North Whatever
his opinions and he had attempted to CON
ceal them he had been accustomed to argue that
slavery local institution where It exists While the
gentleman from Ohio Mr. GiddingO says that have
ieIs With the institution II We have no light to sss
late in these States, why pass . preamble and hold
them up to the reprob.tion Of the vorld He did mot
Opinion. at ssssh hs would 60 before ii. eonsssa
s.y He did not believe that there could be good re-
suits from discussing the abstract question here.
he inten ds to charge with improper arguments!
Mr. SMITB.- / made NO charges.
proper agitation, AK whether no charges me With
interfering with that over which We have not juris
| MIR. SMITH, have heard him say that We have
NO power to interfere With slavery in the States
Mr. Glpp,sos Il want to know whether the gentle
man himself goes for sustaining the slave trade in this
District! desire direct answer.
Mr. SMIrH.-My own opinions are known to the
septed for to act with regard to slavery in tho bis
trict viii do so. can tell him, however, that
o. Il: ss " ,; : ~ es
Columbis. lHa hs "GoodrD ! desire to see the
slave trade abolished, and believe that the members
from slave States viii concur with In the proprety
ments Of the gentleman from Msry.nd. Maryland,
brought there for sale; and have heard southern
members say that in their States the people would
trict. appeal to these gentlemen, and ask whether
they will reuse to adopt for this District what they re
! gard az right In their own States
Mr. MEADE, Of Virginia, for the purpose Of say.
Ing that he was not aware Of any slave State which
| prevented the sale Of negroes.
Mr. MANN, ofMassschusetts wished to ask Mr.. Meade
nhe was not aware, that In Delaware there IL law
which prohibits any owner Of slavs from selling the
Mr. MEADE replied that he had not the State of Dels
ware In his mind, a. he did not regard 1t Of the
slave States proper.
MIR sNIrH.-l understood the introduction of slaves
| with . view to be sold
| Mr.: CRrsrIELp here produe,d the law OF Maryland
about negroes, which was read by permission Of Mr.
| Smith.
! a.. Dicxrr desired to ask question, but
MIR. SMIrH refused to yield the door, and pro-
I ceeded A few days ago, somebody sent him
paper the organ Of the free soil party In Cnoinnat
| in which abuse was hesped on him, because In the
Committee on Territories, he had refused to vote In
favor Of giving to free negroes In California the right
Of suffrage. good deal Of talk had been INDUCED In
about reporters Of the proceedings Of Congress- but he
not before that there reporter for the
committees lie desired to see the principle OF free soil
carried into the territories When he introduced the
bill for government in California, would gentlemen
have desired him to load 1t down, by placing negroes
| on an equality with the whites! What hope would
there have been for the Oregon BILL IL 1t had been
framed! We had ns|sr seen negro vote In Indiana,
or In Ohio nor did he believe they did vote In any
state without restriction, except In Massachusetts,.