The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-20
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Of the resolutions from the Committee Of Ways and
Mn COBB. Of Alabama. inquired what effect agreeing
20 that motion would have the right Of the gentleman
from North OH Carolina Mr. VENABIEl % the door
10 make n Commune - ,hs Who ~. os n q he
Union, like speeches upon both questions
Mr1 MeLANE concurred with the gentleman from
ONO Mr GtDDINGsl In the desire consider The Cali
forna message At the earliest moment bui would
suggest tna ne would withdraw the motion to postpone
the n.s business in order at least until the gentleman
IRON North Carolina Mr. yEsABLEl had addressed the
committees as that gentleman, he understood proposed
10 speak only 70 the questions treated m the annual mes
sage
Mr. VENABLE, being entitled 10 the floor, Went on 70
address the committee in an hours speech
Mr.. CAMPBELL. having next obtained me noor, sad
that he had determined to participate IN inns discussion
from sense OF duty his constituents, as well az on
account Of the peculiar relation he held to the President
In The e ssd lie e
on to repudiae the action OF his party When an i'm
portant principle is at stake, he repudated party tram
nes Yet there were doctrines OF the message which
Mr. G. here went on TO name the distinct wing recon-
mendatons OF the message, and 70 declare his adhesion
to them He held that the President intended 10 include
the three millions OF slaves in the South among the crest
Of mankind" mentioned in that paper, and cordially en-
dorsed the propriety Of that view. While willing 70 ac
cord patriotic intentions TO the President he could not
the consistency Of the Recommendation give law
California and none 10 New Mexico The delay in Civ.
ing governments to the Territories would continue. and
which was directly against received wing doctrine.
You find the South lsad hey making as determined op
position to the admission Of California the PROPOSE
zion 70 make government for New Mexico embracing
the Provso He for action and thought the Calf
fornA question should be determined
The South. in the election Of Speaker, complained Of
Mr. c. here named the acquisitions Of territory under
this government, saying which had become slavehodng
and which not The South, he held, were now striving
IN ftuf rhu md Ifstnn tn
should be prevented The South had made aggfessons
northern labor II not northern properly, northern
capital invested in the strong right arms Of northern
laborers.
The oil dsunon years ago raised against protec
ton; and the NORTH being anxious TO prevent the shedding
q S " sa - n, aSSG a Css %
OF all the slaves Of the South Next the South to effect
her purpose Of strengthening herself politically brought
cared BY distinguished southern senator; that
bad announced the annexation to be for the purpose OF
paving the way for dissolution. With Texas came the
Mexican war; and then The North refused to have acqu
sions OF territory as the result OF that war, unless II
was free. The North sent petitions here. which the
South scorned and tramped under foot Was there no
aggression in all thisi A member from Ohio Mr. GID.
DMGs] years ago turned from the Hall Tor presenting
petitions in favor OF Tevoutionzing this government
Nov we hear i talked q everywhere around the House
Hampshire should utter the sentmentsof his constituents
upon Mississippi soil. he would be hanged.
He (Mr. CO. desired 10 know whether there no
spirit OF aggression beahed In such declarations The
South were in the habit OF banding together to carry
southern questions, over or around party IN which ONO
recognised spirit of agg resson The North.
Mr. G. next defender the North from the charge of ag-
grcssion the matter oil not returning fugitive slaves II
not the business OF the North to turn sayecaichers
and. refusing do that compromise Of the consti
tuition was violated Il is said that the enaclpen OF
Proviso government for New Mexico is aggression
This MIR c. denied. II he could believe that the doc
trines of Messrs BRowN (of Mississippi and vENABLE
true he should oppose the Proyso and advocate the
extension OF slavery Why had NOT those gentlemen, i
they believed the truth OF their positions, brought in bill
to encourage the introduction OF slaves from Africa
They say slavery is great bessng but the gentleman
from Alabama (Atr HiLLIARDl held that the moral of
the thing has nothing to do with the question He Mr.
CO. Of opinion that the laws intended 10 protect
morals and further that this institution of slavery
great moral wrong. The gentleman from Alabama had
M billiard. Qnierrupiing Mr. c. said nothing
relative the morality Of slavery but spoke Of the right
OF the government TO legislate on moral questions
MI. CAMPBELL Does the gentleman conceive sla-
Mr.. billiard saw nothing immoral in the present
relation between master and slave in this country.
Mr.. CAMPBELL (coniinuiug) next made an afgu-
ment to show that The present slave States OF the old
confedeacy originally opposed to slavery quoting
the proceedings Of Virginia convention to elect dele
gates the FIRST Continental Congress- and Jeersons let
ter TO that convention, as endorsing that view
Mr.. c. referred also 10 the proceedings OF the Cont
mental Congress IN September, 774 TO sustain his view
that the savehoding States were originally opposed to
the introduction OF slavery into this country.
Mr. STEPHENS, OF Georgia, lsaid Mr.. y had invoked
the spirit OF Washington TO guide the North this con-
Ioversy. He had laid great stress on the value OF
Washngton's autograph, as being likely, when looked
on, 10 aid in bringing the Father OF his Couniry's
spirit 10 bear the North in this matter. He
(Mr. CO. would call the attention OF that gentle
who. in the Continental Congress, had pro-
tested against the increase OF slavery, and would invoke
the South this matter 10 be guided by their spirit
Georgia, North Carolina, and indeed every other slave
province well Virginia, had evnced earnest dis
poeon in those days get rid OF slavery and now, be-
cause the North only asks that slavery shall be ex-
tendednot 10 interfere with II in the Staes-you OF the
South threaten TO dissolve the Union In all this Mr. c.
could perceive neither propriety nor consistency He
against the extension Of slavery, that question having
bcenseled BY precedent too strong TO be upset by cav
The gentleman from North Carolina lMr vrxABLrl
held (said Mr. CO. that the slaves were the happiesi
people Of the world. The people OF the North measure
human happiness by different standard They look TO
intellectual and moral Improvement the proper stand
ard Tor the progress OF people in attaining happiness
The relative difference in the condition OF education in the
saveholdng and non savehodng States proved that by
the northern standard, human happiness progressing
much faster North than South. The county OF Bun-
combe, in North Carolina, and his (Mr Cal district
when compared in this particular, proved the fact This
held good rs to all North Carolina and Ohio az Mr.. c.
wento TO show by quoting educational statistics Of the
two States.
Mi. ASHE linierupng the speaker) remarked that
OHIO received donations from the general for
educational purposes and that North Carolina did not
remarkable difference in the amount OF crime in the two
States
MI CAMPBELL. That is because we punish crmi-
ualo ard you do not