The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-20

and Will Withdraw my motion to strike out
The motion accordingly withdrawn
Mr.. HALE. | rise now to make a motion for
the special benefit of those of my friends that are
in favor Of aboIishing slavery IN the District Of
Columbia, bat who have been waiting for good
time and an appropriate measure ny which IL may
be done. do not propose to trust myself with
the details of such measure, but propose to
give those gentlemen fair chance of expressing
upon the record what their sentiments are, I'M
trammeled by any ~inekpedent" and indis-
Greet" details; and in order to give the largest
scope for discreon, move that the bill be COM
mitied TO the Committee on the District Of CO.
hmbla with instructions to amend it as to
abolish slavery in the District Of Columbia. On
that motion ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. CLAY. Then hope shall have them
without discussion.
Mr. HALE. hope SO too.
The yeas and nays were ordered, and being
taken resulted as follows;
YEAs-Messrs. Baldwin, Chase, Davis, of
Massachusetts,, Dodge, of Wisconsin. Ewing,
Hale, Hamlin, Seward, Winlhrop-9.
NAYs-Messrs. Atchson, Badger, BarnweIl,
Bell, Benton, Bright, Butler, Cass, Clay, Cooper,
Davis, of Mississippi, Dawson, Dayton, Dckin-
son, Dodge, of Iowa, Douglas, Downs, Felch,
Foote, Fremont, Gwin, Houston, Hunter, JONES'
King, Mason, Morton, Norris, Pratt, Rusk, Sc
bastian. Shields, Smith, Soue, Spruance, Stur-
geon, Turney, Underwood, Wales, Whitcomb,
Yuee--4l.
SO the proposition to commit the bill was re-
lected.
This vote is worthy of analysis, for it shows
that the strength of Abolition has greatly increas-
pacification,' and the consequent quit-claim title
given by Congress on the part Of the Senate to
the North in those territories.
The yeas were Mr. BALDwINeof Connecticut
an old line Wing, HAMLIN Of Maine and DODGE
of Wisconsin, Democrats; all of these gentle
men in full communion with their party, and of
weight and influence both in the party and their
respective States-Mr. DAVIS, of Massachusetts
and Mr.. WINTHROP, his colleague, both leading
Wings and in full communion with the great
State, the latter eS-Speaker of the House and
filling Mr.. WEBsTER's chair-Mr. EWING of
Ohio, ex-Miuistcr Of the Interior, one of the ac-
knowledged Wing leaders, and by no means anx-
ious to msrepresent the public sentiment of the
section that has just placed him in Mr. CoRwIN's
vacant seat. Add to these SEWARD, Free-soil
Wing; CHASE, Free-soil Democrat, and HALE,
Abolitionist, and the tale is complete Mr. Up
HAM absent or not voting
Mr. DAYTON it will be seen voted in the mega
tive, the good time he is waiting for having not
yetarrived, in his Judgment but in sentiment he
may be counted with them.
Thus we see the entire Massachusetts and
the entire Ohio delegation for the immediate
abolition New York divided, Maine do, Con-
necticut do, Wisconsin do, New Hampshire do,
with one from New Jersey and one from Yer
mont waiting as reserve in the back ground.
These already openly for this measure - how
many where waiting like Mr.. DAYTON nobody can
tell, but certain it is among the nays are many
whom everybody knows to be no friends to
slavery, but avowed friends of Free-soil, which
is one of the many aliases Of Abolition.
In view of this state of things-of the utter
failure of these so-called measures of "pacifica-
ton" to produce peace either in Congress the
rather giving renewed vigor to the
agitation, and leading to new alliances with the
Abolitionists by the leaders of both parties,
(both of which facts it sedulously suppresses,)
the ex-organ of the Democratic party in this
city, which now truly claims to be the organ of
no section, has the cool efrontery to stigmatize
as factious and sectional the presses that pub
fish, and the Southern politicians that proclaim
these truths in the face of day. Well may we in
charity suppose, that fatigued with the labors of
the Congressional campaign, the editor of the
Union is slumberng soundy!" in accordance
with the advice of lis Northwestern friend-or
absorbed in the discussions in the lower House
on n certain printing contract, has neglected to
inform the Southern readers of that print of
facts, in which they may feel some little interest,
if he does not. Sleep is blessed thing, but the
sentinel who slumbers on his post, or more
traitorous STILL cries "Als WE'LL" when he
knows the enemy is at the postern, may escape
his just doom by taking shelter under the hos
tile flag as deserter, but can neither expect
forgiveness nor demand a reward from those
whose confidence and trust he has thus betrayed
A gain then we warn the Southern people not to
be soothed into slumber by these false sentinels,
Of the Abolition agitators Into the very heart of
our citadel The breastworks they have already
storned-for Congress has assumed jurisdiction
over the subject, and by the slave-trade-sup-
preston bill in this District will exercise it
md now the next step--and a short one tools
Inc abolition of the institution here.
To the prophetic vision of CALHOUN the sealed
book of the future was opencd--and afar off in
he future he saw all this long years ago-but
neither he nor any other living man believed. a
lew short months ago, that his ashes would
scarcely be cold before his sad forebodings
would be realized, and Gordon of free States
DC drawn around his beloved South, as the lasso
IF the hunter binds the buffalo and with the
same fell purposc-that bound and helpless
t may fall an easy prey. The great champion
IF the South is in his grave--but should the
,ause he so sterny upheld against the menaces
If power and seductions such as few have
,ver been subjected to-be lost or betrayed
through the abject spirit of some of her sons,