The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-06-05

zgsInsf the admission ar exclusions nI slz.
very in these irrriier,es. le=s.ng Them Zee
h establish any police regulations they
please. than so1ssse sfisekedt this measure
10 The manner in y hieh lie has dane. zs il
that clause ennis ned soaAr nrw and dan
geraps principle IN be gusr;sd srsinsl; and
a. 4 il did not embody The exact princi-
pie far xIiieh .he South has uniformly COZ.
iendsdi
Again. the honorable Senator objects 10
the clause in,erdicling The siase irsde in
ihe Dsuicl of Colu,shs-. He ehjrrss 70
il on swo grounds. In The 6rss place. br-
Cause The rommiilee dn not affirm ia their
rrpor that there 10 no constitutional pow.
er Ia Congress 10 pass upon the suhjecl
Of slavery in this llislrici. Nov. what
l. The opinion Of the Senator aud Of lhe
Sensle upon this subjer,l A large per-
lion. probably majoriy Of The Senate.
believes. iI,ai Congress has ihe power;
another poriion believes thai Congress has
no such power. And how does The he
norobIe senator expsci 10 arrive Al eon.
promise 10 which one of these Opinions
shall be made lo triumph over the. olheIf
How does he expsc, thai those Senators
WIN think that the power does exist in
Congress 10 abolish slavery ID ihe DlsIrici
&c Columbia, are 10 plunge their hands
inln the inmosl recesres oi their souls. and
drag out that truth which lies iherrl III
he wants ronpraInlsr, he must take Il
without asking Senators. on The one eide
or on the other. TO rrp.dlale their hxed and
deliberate opinions; il he dues moi want .
compromise. then le, him insist that one
class Of Senators shall surrender the opln.
Hons which they huId Ia The other class.
Sir. | thought that The ronmiilee we're on
lha, sunjec, ss happy as they could be.
The report neither sffirms nor denies the
power of CongIess To abolish slavery
within The District Of Columbia. Il says
that il ought moi to be done; and he who
thinks il ought not to be done upon con-
siiluIional grounds, ought 10 be satisfied;
aud he who thinks ], may be done con
slilulionally, but who believes thai IL ought
moi 10 be done, lrom considerations of sx.
pedency. or kindness, or iralernal regard
UPWARDS other portions oi The country,
ought also ,o be satisfied. Thur, by nellh
er affirming nor denying The power, bu,
by asserting that the power ought. no. m
be exercised, l say II is = c. mpSoinise
with which all ought | think 10 be per.
ircily satisfied. Hoes The honorable
Senator expect that my learned friend IN
my eye, (Mr. Webser,) who has no uoubl
abuul the power, wlIl give up iha. upinI"Dl
Does he expect tlia. he will renounce HE
deliberate, well considered, and we'll iorm-
ed oplni he, winch lie has entertained for
years! Does The Soulh expect 10 succeed
IA any such demand AS That! WI The
Senator from Louisiana demand M II he
does, be, demands thai ihrie shsIl be u"
coInpro.nlse, n. settlement oi The questions
which are now agi,aling HE country.
But. sn, the honorable Senator has
misconcelved The blll iur abollshlng the
slave trade which tie c0mnil.iee have Ie-
por,ed. THIS bill Is y mele a,i.paOn oi
the law oI Mary Land. viii here men.
iIOn iacl bIcli shows how wrong u 10
10 pnjo,igesa uing. An honorable iflend
Of mlne. IN my eye, has suggested Ina, the
object can be accomplished m = certain
mode; and ! should like To kn,w, IRON The
SensluI iron LouIsIana. hrliler lac lhlnks
il allalnabIe aud acceptable IN thai way
OF nnl! The introduction vi slaves now.
INTO thus District, elher ior sale or Ior be
ing placed IN depot lor subsequent trans
porlali0I, arises oul oi two laws which
were passed by C.ngress itself, one IN the
year eighteen hundred aud iwO, aud the
other some Years ai,er. permitting II 10 be
done. The Senator tu wien have re-
ierred obstry Ia me some time ago !.
:. Mr.. Clay. you can accomplish your
objecl SIMPLY BY repeating these Two laws.
anu BY leaving the siale 0i the law where
j, was before Congress allowed hy law the
introduction oi slavery into this Dislricl." !"
have not examined The two acls Of on.
gress; but. as / know The Senator to. be
familiar Win the laws Of Tins Dlslrlsl and
the laws Of Mar, land, have nn doub,
thai he is right. Now, II ms cad oi adopt-
ing the law ol Maryland. which. IN oiller
words. is the bill proposed by ,i'econ'nil.
tee. we had proposed simply orrpeal these
Two acts oi Congress. M ,ir,ue ot which
alone slaves have been Introduced into tl,s
District Tor The purpose OF beihg lranspor
ted To New Orleans and elsewhere. woul.
he think II wrong. would he think lluncaI,
slIiullonall Would he think u was alarm
ing 10 the right Of .lle people Of the Sonll
for Congress 10 repeal It's own laws! Sir
where there IL a d,sposi,ian 10 look al thing
with an impartial and a c,ndld eye, an,
10 look Al all the interests Of all the paris a
the country, and all The npinluns. and vi
the pIejudlces, if you will, Of our fellow
J ci.izens, we shalt be much more likel.
] TO arrive al . satisfactory aud harlnon'oa
, result, than by attaching ourselves TO
. single position. and viewing from tina
, point every thing, and seeking 10 brln'