The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-15


and spoke Of the loss OF time and destruction OF officers and
seamen and the inability OF the vessels stationed upon the
coast OF Africa 10 prevent this trac from being carried
on. s&
Mr.. DAVIS, OF Massachusetts,. | saw, not many days
ago. statement in paper, oi a, vessel sen IN oy me
sqaaafqn wh the name o. New YorF panied upon Ie
senator from Massachusetts. who understands this sub
ect better than do, what the Committee Foreign
Relations have 10 do in regulating regislers That mat
ter should 20 10 the Committee on the Judiciary
Mr.. DAVIS Of Massachusetts. According to what
my friend from New Jersey said this should go 70 me
one and that OF the honorable senator from New Jersey
another.
Mr. KING I refer. however. TO the matter Of register
and therefore say does not apperain TO the COMMITTEE
on Foreign Relations Ii would be another thing u the
treaty made and sent to the COMMITTEES. But Il is not
nigh, to send to the COMMITTEE on Foreign prop
oson that relates to the registers OF vessels But with
treaties have nothing TO do; that belongs to the other
end OF the avenue They can institute negotiation they
can make treaties and then submit them for APP
probation or rejection When submitted, they go to
The Committee on Foreign Relations.
will not the time OF the Senate now Icon
clude by Offering proposition, by way oil motion, that
the petition be referred to the Committee Commerce
MIR. HALE. do not wish to minge IN this discus
sion; but rise to remark made by the honoa-
BILE senator from New Jersey, relating TO the petition
which has been said TO from body OF Friends.
the honorable senator and the Senate that in pre-
senting the petition. said nothing about s coming from
Friends The petition said nohngthe letter enclosing
il said nothing about it. Still he comes here on behalf
Of the Quaker Friends, and disclams what they con-
time enough to come from Philadelphia New Jersey
to dscaI my asng 1r them when ae%p, ITO
paper ITSELF purporing to come from the Friends There
was no such thing in the etter--nothng said by me
when the letter was sent 70 the table TO be read The
letter. i j. rue was woded in language usually used y
Mr. STURGEoN said that i did not come from Them de-
nouncng il as a forgery The honorable senator from
New Jersey has discaimed Its coming from the Friends
though he says purports to from them. But in
the letter that sent me, there nothing said
about il coming from Friends. II seems 70 me, after
had discaimed it, little ungenerous that the assertions
should be repeated. deny any such thing There was
no such thing said or written.
| Mr.; DAYTON. i is very immaterial to me. Mr.
President whether this memorial goes to the Committee
on Foreign Relations or the Committee on Commerce
II is very mmaterial to the memoriass. ! suppose,
and also to the committee But sir the subjectmaiter of
the memorial itself is OF that nature which, according to
the practice Of the body requires that it should go TO the
Committee Foreign Relations; because. whether right
ty.makng power. Now. my friend has gone into ar.
gumeHt showing that they have nothing to do with and
canno, act upon the subject ! suppose The Senate can
but am not disposed to argue that question at all That
is the subject matter OF the Petition the prayer OF the
petitioners and it is therefore the proper directions and
for the committee to consider when il before
them and not in advance, whether il is in the legitimate
scope Of their power not tits mmateral to me which
committee 1t goes TO.
And now word IN reply to remark that has fallen
from the senator from New Hampshire. Sir, did not
repeat alter he had denied it, that he had said anything
L
denied He had denied that there anything in the
petition itself 10 indicate that it from Friends,
that he said anything himself TO indicate that never
said there anything upon the petition OF that he said
anything 10 indicate that il came from Friends. But
said this, sir that according to my memory, letter was
to the table and read not only in the plain language
OF Friends, but which shows that the names were OBJ
tanned quarterly meeting OF Friends and know
il treated in this chamber as coming from them and
n BY ana a be
The senator from North Carolina, my left, Mr. MAN
GUM just put into my hand paper in which the re-
porter says .the Quaker petition finally rejected by
vote of 10 90" have treated the matter as it was
treated by the Senate.
As 10 the memorial, hope my friend from Alabama
Mr. kSc] will allow II to go to the Committee on For
The question being then taken, the memorial was re-
ferred TO the Committee on Foreign Relations.
INTERNAL SLAVE TRADE-sLAvsRy.
Mr. HALE presented the memorial OF the Association
OF Friends OF the city of Philadelphia for promoting the
abolition of slavery and improving the condition OF Tree
people OF color and asking the passage OF law prohibit
log the expectation FROM importation into, any port oil
the United States, OF slaves and also that Congress
would all the in its power 10 procure the abo.
ton OF slavery throughout the land Signed IN behalf
Of the association, by Jacob NJ Ellis and Lydia Ging
ham, clerks.
Also, petition, signed BY 81 individuals Of Penn
sylvania and Delaware, asking such change oil the
constitution as shall abolish slavery throughout The
Union in manner consistent with justice ard the rights
and interests OF ALL
Also petition, signed by 90 inhabitants OF Pennsyva-
MIA and Delaware. for the abolition OF slavery and the
slave trade in the District Of Columbia
Also petition, signed by 140 women oil Weathershed,
in the Stale OF New York. asking Congress prevent the
further extension of slavery; to withdraw the protection
OF the American flag from the slave trade and TO suppress
il efeclually where Congress has jurisdiction.
Also six petitions, signed by inhabitants OF Pennsyva.
MA for the abolition Of slavery and the slave trade in the
District OF Columbia
Also five petitions nunerously signed by citizens Of
Pennsylvania asking that Congress, by change OF the
constitution in other way, would devise plan for
the abolition OF slavery throughout the United Sates or
relieve the people of Pennsy from all respons by
of aiding in It's support
Also, a petition, signed by ATS women OF Dover, New
Hampshire, for the abolition OF slavery and the slave
trade the District OF Columbia and the slave trade be-
tween the States.
| On motion by Mr., BADGER. the motion to receive
these petitions ordered TO lie on the table
Mr. DAVIS, OF Massachusetts, said he had petition
to present, pretty numerousy signed, which be would
send to the Chair and have read il would better ex
plain itself than he could do II read follows:
10 The Senate and House Of Representatives Congress
ssmblsd:
The undersigned, citizens Of the United States, respect.
fully petition Congress pass law by which the speeches
and reports Of both houss shall be printed In PnoSorYrY
legbe aud accurate stem OF printing by soend Which,
afhr prolonged examination, has received the unnni
approval OF committee Of the American Academy
Of Arts and Sciences, and by Of which tho m
lion OF white persons In this country five OF
unable read WRITE learn TO 10 both in one-fteenh
Of the usual time.
| The memorial having been read
DIR. d said that he knew Of no better direction TO give
that petition than that IT 20 to the Committee on Print
ing.
Mr.. BORLAND hoped tina, the motion would not be
agreed to, unless interpreter ordered TO assist the
COMMITTEE They had had one such petition before them