New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-14

ths limited States and OF the tree STATES, ny uo
addition of these conditions, the oi'i oas zee"
ver1ed from law meiorRuog oiaVssy n.oan,;Ae
Diatrct into ar to fortfy Slavery ana proso'Ioo
fearnen Wien that was done my LAST nope ny
l.st nnrnose nv last thought OF suppot'hs 'u1 ou
vas gone And yet this IL the OH V,l,cu s.e
orable Senator from Massachusetts AR " ln9n,np
onIains that am puttlog 10 Jeoperay' rms
thine other or different from this ls the
-. yrbicb he saws is just within our grssp and
,nS,ch have struck down to the earth Sir, Vhen
NV amendment sbal have been rejected this ollt
vii sill remain. want to see whether he vlll
embrace it. and take it 10 his bosom. shall not
believe it. 1t would sting me TO death
30 much Sir, for the csBion. And now Tor the
indi, creton, 30 far asst depends upon time and
circumstances think il wrong TO bold men IN
bondage at any time ard under any crc1 nstaocss'
think it light aud Just, therefore, to abolish slavery
wherever we have the power at any t'me' az AL
times, under any circumstances NOW, on SO ar
as the objection rests upon the time Wnen tois
measure IL proposed, | beg leave 20 say that II
the present is not the right time, then there must
be or must have been some other time, when 1t
vould be or would have been right. That ether
time must be time that is already passed, or
time yet to come. Well, Cir, Slavery has existed
here under the sanction of Congress, for SO yeara
az disturbed The right time then has not passed.
1t must therefore, be future time. Will gentle
men oblige me and the country by telling as how
far down in the Future the right time lea When
will it come Will it be the next year, or at the
end Of the next half century, or OF the next hun
dred years When Wilt be discreet to brag be,
fore Congress and the people the abolition OF
Slavery in the District of Columbia Sir let not
Senators deude themselves. | had the honor to
submit TO the Senate some weeks ago & PROPOSE
ton to admit New. Mexico as q State. 1t was re-
iected then by vote unanimous, except my own
those whowere in favor OF the measure voting with
ita opponents because It was lot the right time
They said the Constitution had not been officially
received. 1t was not fit occasion. The measure
was offered az an amendment to the bill. Sir, the
Constitution officially received yesterday, and
the Senators Of the State were 10 waiting. Bat
New-Mex in the meantime had bseD organized
as a Territory, and her State Constitution is not
even honored with reference. There Ia no right
time for New Mexico to enter the Union as Free
State &c. Sir 1t will be with the abolition OF sla-
very in the Diatrict OF Columbia The right time,
lift be rot now, will never come. Sir, each sena
tor must Judge for himself Judging for myself, |
am sure the right time has come. Past the mid
die age of life, it has happened TO me nov, Tor
the frat time TO be legislator for Slaves | be-
lieve it to be my duty to reUtore them TO Free
dom. For the performance ofsuch duty THE tirat
time and the frat occasion which Offers s the right
time. The people who sent me here knew my
opinions and my principles on that subject. II
waived this time and this occasion, such ls the
uncertainty OF humanlife aud of human events that
no OSDer may ever ObSI sol'oS W AO0N'N
not return to the People who sent me here, nor
could go before my Maker, having been here
without having humby but firmly endeavored to
discharge that grea, obligation
Sir, l can spare one word Of reply, not to the
! wreiched impusstion that seek by this measure
to dissolve the Union OF these States, but to the
argument that the measure itself tends to 30 dis
astrous contamination. This Union is the feebleat
and weakest national power that exists on EARTH IT
! with twenty million Of freemen 1t cannot bear cue
shock of adding Hix hundred TO their nun Der The
Union stands, as l have demonstrated at large on
former OCCASIONS not upon a majority of voices in
either or both Houses of Congress upon any meas,
ure whatever, but upon enduring physical, social
and political necessities, which will survive all the
questions Of this day, and will survive after the ez
tinc,ion of Slavery, not only in the District of Co
lumba, but throughout the world. Others may try
toseve it by concessions to Slavery, from imagin-
airy perils shall still seek to perpetuate 1t by
rendering ita power beneficent to all classes aud
conditions of mankind