New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-12

nothing half So severe as that. And Mr Randolph,
IA moving the Inquiry, pronounced THIS trade
'heiuous and soominable, and declared his inicn.
ton personally, If need were, 20 ferret out Of
their holes and corners the yiaias rho carried %
on The Preamble before "a IS very tame COM
pared 70 this And the trade ia slaves was per
/ iectly legal al the time-snd as sacred and Pc
culsf IS i now IS.
And this language Of Mr Randolph brings 70
nj I'D another argument for the correctness Of this
Preamble-namely thstthe Slave trader isspurned
and des pisedIby staunchest champions OF slave
~ The Northern man who talks Of Slavery with
Southern friend is almost slu avs told by the lat
ter that he never separates ismiies-thst he never
sells servant except FOR some erevous ianit' or
| else 20 place him with a family one Of whose ser
wants ne has married. Even In Ne~-Orieans IT.
SELF the very metropolis Of American slavery, the
slave-trsder is losthed and avoided. The slave
holder trades with hin, uses nlm, but does not as
sociate with him. Can we doubt the meaning o.
| this
l have before me Memorial from the citizens
| " this District, presented % this House in 20,
/ signed by over one thousand citizens, smong whom
/ recognize the names Of several most respectable
citizens, iscluding the present District Judge
! lCrsnch and an eminent Mayor an Ness now
deceased, which Memorial prays Congress 70 aDol-
ish this trait in such terms as the following;
ave the uno gne8 citizen. Of The District Of Columbia
beg The attention " your honorable BODY 10 an
EVIL Of appalling magnitude which greatly mpsrs me pros
p-rty and happiness u It's Dsincl and s1f ne rroac1
NJ iacgssisfeaey H2H ne PEE affnoHf "hDfNa among
While ine isw. Of The q States aeuouncs the Foreign
Slsve-Irace - Pre- and punish Will dean hose Who
fOuud engaged ls preparation there exists IN IBIS
District the sest Of The National Government domestic
SsveTrade soqroet less diacfia a. olarqcf' ard ef1
For his }. Do lke he former CARED agsinsl bar
barous na IL veins reared up the People
q his country educated 80 the prsceps Of The sane re
gion and irn6ued WITH similar domestic sinehnents
These people ln0 their consent torn from her
homes husband end wife lfeq1elhy separated tuo SOD
l1io distant parls children are sten rom their parents
without regard 10 The ties Of Nature ard LIE mot encesf
Ing bonds Of Affection are broken for ever
. Nor is rsfhc confined 10 those who are legally
slaves for hfe Sons who are entitled 70 freedom, and
many who have limited time 10 sod ino IN
conditional slavery ard, owing TO tue Of our
lsw, they generally carried out u our Dsinci before
the Necessary seps can be taken for ihe.r release
The Memorial goes % set forth that colored
persons OF whom nothing is known are here ap-
pretended on suspicion OF beng Slaves, and are
cast into prison where II nobody offers 60 claim
them within duo time. and they are destitute OF
means or powerful friends, they are sold as slaves
10 Dau me erDense Oftteir Incarceration And
fragrant instance OF this sale OF a freeman 70 a
STAKEHOLDER is set forth by them. But ] cannot
farther follow this revolving narration Bear ia
mind that this Is an appeal from the People OF TINS
Slaveholding District TO Congress, and that 1t
characterizes this traffic IA terms OF opprobu1m |
much stronger than those Of the Preamble now |
before us.
There is q Memorial on your files from Grand |
Jury Of this City, which believe IS equally pun
gent aud thorough on this subject. Bat Consr, SIS,
thus appealed 70 by slavchOldiDg communities and
even Nv slave holding Member, has thus far done
nothing. Is it not high time that 1t should act
ava informed that the Corporation Of this City has
endeavored 10 tax the Slave-Iradc proper out oil
us border. bat the L. ). Courts interpOsec and |
decided that it had authority 70 do 50 until
directly empowered By Congress. Here rests the
power end the responsibility
4 lafi.4 q Nflr nHfrT
Shareholders the most pointed condemnation OF
this traffic, but prefer 10 call your attention 70
recent and authoritative decision OF the great Doc
tors of Tbeolsgy at Teheran, the capital OF Persia,
slaveholding and slavesellng country since long
before the dawn of civilization Ia Europe, To- say
nothing Of America. These Cardinals OF the Per
sian State Church were recently required, on the
application Of British Envoy for the Suppression
of the Slave Trade, TO give the King an authOrl-
tatve opinion on the lawiulness OF that traffic and
also Of its suppression, and they gave separate
answers, concurring generally IN this
Decree In the name Of the Great God trading In and
buying and selling slaves Is not unawei D. u an aoo'a'
.aioa as Is stated 10 The radinea ne worst OF en Is
the seller % men, which is attributable 10 is baseness
Sealed by Moolsh All Kennel
O that our Doctors OF Divinity were all so hu-
namely honest OF like import IS the recent re-
script of the Sultan OF Turkey, himself an extern
sive Shareholder and the head Of race which has
been siaveholding ever since II became known TO
the NlNl4lLcu NOrlQ. nave ~ AOb btlSic me- NuA
j, declares that " For the honor Of Human Nature,
and that men may be regarded above tie brute
creation, the Slave Trade Ia that empire is hereby
abolished.
Thus, Mr.. Speaker, Slave States, SHAREHOLDERS
Slave Empires, abolish this traffic in human beings
as abhouent add abominable, and state the true
and manly reasons tor it we alone are forbidden
10 give uttersnce to our convictions peril OF Ma
tionsl dissolution. The year Just closed has wit
messed the abolition OF Slavery in the DANISH and
the French West Indies Persia and Turkey
abolish the Save-Trsde we alone cherish both
Slavery aud the S.sve-Irade where they exist
and debate the policy OF extending them TO vast
regions whence they were long since extrpated.
Ought We TO rest satisfied with the contrast
H. But this Preamble sfrms that Slavery is
also opposed 10 the fundamental principles OF our
Political institutions.
Can there be any need OF arguing this point -
Is not the bare statement sufficient Liberty and
Equality on one side Slavery aud mau-sclliIC on
the other, who does not feel thai they are ire
concileshe Who does not remember the inge-
nuity displayed last Winter In the other wing OF
this capitol by the great champion OF Slavery 70
prove the basis OF the Declaration OF independence
a fallaoy-thst men were not born free and
equal Indeed, that men were not born at ali
Ga this branch OF the argument, il cannot be he
cessary to exPssiste.
Ill. But this traffic is also affirmed to be re
proech t. our country throughout Chistendom
OF the day does not know this Recall the caus
tic correspondence between our former Embasss
dor 10 London Mr. Stevenson| and tae Irish Pat
riot q Council Remember what has been our most
singing because true reproach by al our Brit
Ish revilers from Ashe aud Moore - Dickens and
Hamilton. | shall not quote irom this class OF
writers but rather asa your attention % bglei ex-
tracts from our two most able and eloquent eu.o-
sists. And hrst Of the large minded, apprecsting
DE rocQUEvILlE, who exhibits al the difficulties
oi the slave Question, aud through avery thorough
discussion leans almost every where 10 the views
,i the perpetrators az Slavery. Yet o. this point
li Slave-seliius he SAYS.
81 hAppened 10 with old msn who had had sew
sra chlerrn ty one 81 be slaves, when csl cren
o. course slaves also he had indeed rtQ1-rty
hc4ght % oeg1sslhug hen A. c1ss ierir liberty luI
ear. had elapsed without his as1g Sa- 10 sllo- ne
ess Obstacles thslr sncpAlCn All IN NJ reelan-
Is OIL age wss come, and h- sbc1 70 Gle. tie PIC
urei TO hrsei. aus drs geo from make 70 mArk-
rAssng lte Suthcfiy u pareet 10 ne roo q
snEer until thrsc horri1 s3crsous wrcug a. nis bran
alto frenzy. When him, he vas prey 10 a. ne
xush OF despair Apd he made fee bow swia he
% SStaFe upOn those WIN have oryksa her
sws''-Ds Iocsusrils, lct II
Toe other extract, 70 which viii ask your at
enIioa, is from the intelligent and sGsacioas NoN
liAUNER who says: