The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-09

there many very many, in Eastern Virginia who had
ills Of wSo Eaa lahs turn hsm loose and
leave them behind,.whe they should seek happier
clme--a land alike stranger 10 slaves and slavery
/ MIR. Marshall, OF Fauquier, said
The latitude of debate had already been tolerated.
and no injury could from temperate express
az q ssay q On s he @ ms
practical evil He objected to slavery not because Il Inn
plies moral tpitude, because II sin 10 be the owner
Of slave II be SIM let 1t fail those who intro
duced ahe cyl and have transmitted 1t to their offspring
ruinous the whites, reiards Improvement roots Out an
population banshes tho yeomanry Of the coun
maker the carpenter Of employment and support Our
towns are stationary villages almost evsywhere decn-
Off wastefu idle. reckless population who have no in,
terest In the soil and not how much i is impoyer-
| Mr.. Chandler of Norfolk:
Norfolk county would rejoce could they 10 the vista
q time see some scheme for the gradual removal Of this
the committee declaring the slave population an ey and
aaopon as as Psfns % adanes ING
| Mr.. Berry, of Jefferson:
| Sir, believe that the physical body
was certain steady and fatal in its progress
than this political body OF the State Vir.
gnia admit that be blamed for the origin
q this ey among usi we are no. @ be blamed for its ex
we do take possible II.
| Mr.. Faulkner, Of Berkeley:
Sir, there point In which do sincerely agree
with those who anayed against in this discussion
importance Tie reyousion which asi.asd
this Commonwealth fifty years ago, great and important
relations with the mother country This should
prove It must sooner o. later no in
dvldua In this house reasonably d0ubtmust in
vove in its consequences moral physical and political
In this S.atea revolution which will be benz
and By every sasshodng State upon u % hisscon,inens
s ss a~s
oluon 50 grand and patriotic in It's results The idea Of
is coevai with the declaration OF your In
dependence Of the British yoke It sprang into existence
10 tie ioma,on Of your republican government Il was
proPer there was fitness OF things in the fact that 80 be-
slavery in this State should have been the twin Offspring Of
that mind which birth to the bill Of rights and TO the
spirit humanity that 50 worthy q the genius
and expanded philanthropy Of those with whom it orig
cherished Slavery ii is admitted an evil Il is an In
sttuon which heavily against the best interests Of
State Being thus injurious. have not right TO de-
demand its exierminatonl :
| Mr.. Mcdowell, OF Rockbridge
We know that the blessings position and SOIL and
climate are connleryaied by the apathy Of our public
labor Our interests and senses proclaim The progress Of
general declines conscience and experience attest that
gnia Justly when we regard her as meagre and
with sas upon ns hs
away under the improvdence and the inactivity which
ishes, cherhes, too mother who viii hazard her
fife rather part with the offspring
bate, and from the concessions on ali hands expressed
not man In this body not one perhaps that even
tens that have gone before IT, acting public men,
they had brought this bondage close who would
ssS sa s hs
mistaken kindness has devoved upon In this nvest-
differed upon he power and The iasses q ,oaohng dis
E sy and ss%
from The rery commencement Of this debate by ts most de
cidd eneis Of aboitiow temseve tceu by others,
ihaf this properly is an spa that aua dangerous prop
0ty
have shown, Mr. President, at the hazard OF making
myself tedious 10 the Senate that the agitation OF the
subject OF slavery with view TO effect its abolition
commenced in the South three OF century ago,
and that southern statesmen were the agtators And
have also shown that no further back than 1892, the
ables men in Virginia did not hesitate TO declare that
property in slaves was an evil, that il was dangerous
property, and that was blghtng whitening curse upon
The land Now, Mr.. President, il these views in regard
TO slavery expressed 10 the legislature Of Virginia. sbe
conect-and allow me to say that they regarded
by the almost entire Norh-how southern senaiou
rise in their places and seriously urge to aid them In
introducing into California and New Mexico this evil,
this dangerous species OF property, this bighng with
srng curse 60 upon sss land % ~ These TERRITORIES SIR are
bounden duty. while they under exclusive uris
dicon, to TO il, that element OF weakness or OF
danger is introduced into themi Most certainly il is
Entertaining, then, the opinions have expressed, OF
the North have but to pursue and that is to
protect the Territories, II we can, from the intrusion OF
slavery.
pass Mr. President, to the second branch OF my first
thatthe agitation OF the slave ques
ton forced upon the people Of the North by the az
gressions OF the slave power upon their rights South
Carolina has been in the habit since 1884, under State
law OF taking from northern vessels colored seamen,
citizens OF northern States, and mprsonng them while
the vessel remains in port, and selling them into slavery
TO pay the jail fees unless they paid by the owner or
consgnee Of the vessel. | have the law under which
these enormites have been committed before me, and
the opinion ol the Attorney General, Mr. Writ declaring
II unconstitutional The law reads as follows:
sKc II any vessel shall into any port or harbor
oil this Stale, from other State foreign port
on board any free negroes, or persons OF color
Stewards mariners, or in any other employment board
OF said vessel such Tree negroes or persons Of color shall
be liable TO be seized and confined In jail until said vessel
shall clear and depart from this State and that when
said vessel ready SAIL the captain OF said shall
color and to pay the expenses OF his deienon and In se
OF his neglect refusal TO do he shall bc liable in
dcied, and, conviction thereof shall be ned le
than i00V aud imprisoned not less thsn months and
absolute slaves, and sold in conformity the pro-
visions OF the passed December 20, 1870.
Yes sir, our free citizens il found on board OF any
vessel, in any port or habor OF South Carolina guiess
Of crime the color OF their skin. "shal" says the
law, be deemed and taken absolute slaves and sold
IN conformity 70 the provisions OF the act passed Decem
Der 20, 1890 Shortly after the passage OF this law Mr.
Justice johnson, native OF South Carolina, and then
distinguished Judge OF the Supreme Court OF The United
States, in the of British coored seaman who had
been seized and imprisoned under the law sad sin re-
gard TO It's unconsuti0naly il Is not much 10 say
Il will not bear an argument; and feel myself justified
in using this strong language from considering the
The proceedings Of South Carolina not only irra
ting, but exceedingly 10 the North he