The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-06-19
WEDNESDAY. JUNE u, 1850.
The same subject being under consideration


WEDNESDAY, JUNE ~. 1850.
The same subject being under consideration
Mr.. DAYTON said: Mr.. President yes Yesterday con.
cluded what had 10 say reference to The e q texas
TO any part Of New Mexico. ! will add lew wof os
more in reference to the amount OF indemnify poPossu
10 bs paid before leave this part Of the subject The
claim 81 Texas Isl as believe dam, and not
ts II the amount proposed 70 be given be N me neigh
1orhood q ten millions, ID is, IN my Judgment entirely
dsnoooonsle % the actual value OF the property selt
and much more i disproporionale 10 he value OF ne
claim WHY this sum should be fixed uponin preference
~ any oiher sum. do not know. tt
M KING Will the senator inform us where he gets
he information that that sum was liked upon
Nj DAYTON have already sad thal l A. this
Bile senator from Texas, in the course OF some remarks
here day two since say that the sum spoken OF was
ten Or twelve millions Inc senator from hen'ucsX
discuss that question al this time; but have repeated
y said that an speaking Of i upon hypothesis say
e 70 % sn bs ss Ss.s
arbitrary sum, approxmang to nothing connected with
the subject except the amount OF the State debt Of Tex
az ns aggregate ., whcn would h presus, cGss
for The United States to pay these ten mions' You will
observe that we are now embarking IN new business
The United = no. nav Iuyu s
aries; she is not extending her jurisdiction This terri
tory IN dispute lies within the bounds OF New Mexico or
within the bounds Of Texas So far as the jurisdiction
Of the United States concerned il covers il equally in
the one aspect and in the other BY the purchase you
obtain nothing except the worthless public lands Of tins
department New Mexico, and to the east and north OF
IL which will ultimately be appropriated probably to the
xas ndians Our jurisdiction jurisdiction coexten-
ave with this territory whether within the bounds Of one
State the other ask them what Inducements there
to pay this price Il is not the value OF the public lands
to Be found there, Why. in the State Of Texas now,
you may buy rich and valuable lands as the sun shines
upon for fifty cents and you may pay for them
in the State debt of Texas, which is selling, believe at
thirty thirty five cents to the dollar That would make
the price Of her lands perhaps at about sixteen cents
Go Tar fhara In bo ant hqua
derived from the public lands Of New Mexico it amounts
in my Judgment to little or nothing The sole induce
ent Is the settlement Of some question connected with
slavery. Now if understand the senator from Ken
tucky-and think Idothsarrangement does not affect
in his judgment, that question way or the other II
the laws and constitution Of Texas are now
ment you will not alter those awsa transfer OF coun
try not changing the laws which it, You will leave
the question q slavery that senator s9 coaiends
correct ask again. with all respect TO that senator, what
possible nducemen is there for this country to pay this
amount Of ten millions Of money Why i looks e me
to be little else than gatuy upon grand scale to keep
clear of complaint and dissatisfaction between one OF the
States and the central government or in It's best aspect
Il ii the recognition OF kind of latent equity to pay the
Texan debt have already said. approach that subject
plainly and distinctly, and if such equity exists,
(which do not mean now to adm recognise II direct
" and act accordingly thus pass from this part Of he
subject and proceed to another question connected with
this grand scheme of compromise.
The question TO which refer is not in this bill but
il part OF the acheme connected with it. and one OF the
Inducements Holden out for its passage speakcf the
bill and the amendments reported by the Committee Of
Thirteen % as sps and ne Sst S s
number Of slaves WHO escape may have been everest.
mated Ifso many. can scarcely see what becomes Of
them. But fortunately we will have IN the course OF
the current year. the means OF correcting these concu
sions If wrong The census bill just passed has col
umn In which to be inserted the number of slaves
caping from the several States But be the evil great
nall. Is correction is one Of those ingredients which
have entered into this grand scheme Of compromise
This subject OF the escape OF fugitive slaves has for
tSs border States But i has now, i seems got to be
imposing affair is represented as one oil the dis
turbng elements between the two sections OF the con-
gaping wounds out OF which the lfe's blood Of the
country Is oozng Sir, il so, why should il not have
been discovered before These complaints have been
rife from the time OF the administration OF John Quincy
Adams TO James X Polk, both inclusive. They have
been made. ileied and reiterated through all that time
But when ask was II before thought necessary or
proper that the Executive of the land should advise in
his message to the proper mode of catching runaway
negroi Why not done either OF the last two
administrations both of them subsequent TO- the date oi
the decision OF the Supreme Court in Is42 Why, more
especially 1t not done by the last administration,
when its attention called 10 the question by this very
bill for the recaptue OF fugitive sayes2 This fugitive
bill has, think, been in the Senate for at least the three
past years, and the subject here much longer But sir
Just now, under warm impulse and the fervid glow oil
ready soqaence the escape q these fugitive negroes has
The life OF the conederacy will be gone II this be
wound il IL one of those which verify the old supers
ton: il bleeds only when touched by special hand II
needs the tongue of ervd eloquence 10 make show s
bloody drops II has before risen into the position
Of important OF leading question though conceds
il has long been, along the border States. vexatous,
ating. and annoying Blu, let us proceed TO the bill
, itself.
The constitution. MIR. President, prescribe that
No person held 70 service labor any State under the
laws thereof escaping into another. shall IN consequence
any law regulation therein, be released from suoh
vice or labor but shall be delivered up claim Of the par
~ % whom such service or labor may be due
The right TO these fugitive slaves is, therefore, cea
constitutional right Nobody can gainsay or deny IL
Upon that provision Of the constitution the act OF i79
was passed. and that provides, in the third section
follows:
due his agent attorney, hereby Empowered - SEIZE
such fugitive from labor, and 70 ake him her be
fore Judge OF the circuit district courts oil the Unifet
States residing being within the State, or before an,
such seizure shall he made and proof 10 ~
ssffacfto~ such judgs magsras either by oral test
mony o. AFFIDAVIT taken before and certified by magis
uao OF any such State Territory that the person &c
seized or arrested DOTH under the laws Of The state Of Ter
risoy which he she cd service labor
person claiming him her. shall be the duty OF sucl
judge magistrate give certificate thereof sucl
claimant his agent attorney, which shall he suicien
warrant for removing the said fugitive from labor tn,
State or Territory from which he OF she Is fed.
There stood the constitution. and here followed IN,
act, requiring that proof 10 the saiadicn Of Me mogis
fyus or Judge before tchom the adue should BE- taken
should Be given before the slave should be delivered up
Both the constitution and the act OF 1923 left this matte
10 the judgment Of the jurisdiction which was TO delive
up The slave and the practice under H. from that tim
forward will be seen b. the case IN 10 Peters, and a
all gentlemen who have had anything to do with thi
krr adj md fhc ala