The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-13
CITY OF WASHINGTON FRIDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER IS, 1850


be breach OF the constitution 10 do it. That on,
question al that time. Another was how far il
sound policy IN the United States 10 engage in an enter
prise ot this kind. We recoect gave rise 10 n gea
deal OF discussion and that il ended by placing all the
guards which could be placed around the acts, against
yolvng the United States in any liability whatsoever upon
4 the matter a#j
Now, sir all this comes upon us suddenly. Ii seems
to have got to-day about far to undertake To
make the URited States guardian for negro children
Africa That is about the distance have got day
In connexion with il is the proposition to establish
line OF steamboats, from the United States TO Africa All
this upon on sudden. have some old recol-
leclionsecollections not OF much account, thinkb
do really wish that this proposition should lie and
that should he considered ia conjunction with The prop
osiiion TO establish line OF steamboats, wish thai
there should be time for gentlemen. when they have eis
uTe 10 look back to The, original laws and the debate
upon which they were carried through Congress, that
they may see upon what terms we entered upon this
business in The beginning, and whether not
going far beyond anything which would have been toll
Grated al THAI tine should wish that this should lie
over, sir, that il may be consdered and considered
part and parcel OF system OF which the steamboat line
Mr s1'tHS UNpERwooD Think, sir, that The gentleman
from Missouri has been much engrossed with other
and perhaps more important Matters that he did not
hear exactly the statement OF the facts IN reference 10
this particular Ii he had, he certainly would not
have ven.ured the assertion that the United Staes by
anything that appears upon the face OF this bill, was
gagged in coonization and lar less could he have ven
nred the remark that have got to day. upon the part
OF the government, to the exercise Of guardianship
over negro children in Africa Why sir, tits the very
thing OF which they compain THAT instead OF your exer-
cisng guardianship negro children in Africa, you
have carried five six hundred children there, and
turned them upon their people TO exercise guardian
ship over them and IN that way, alter capturing Them
upon the high se,s you have endearorel TO relieve
yourselves from the expense and trouble, by throwing
the burden upon other people is OF this very thing OF
which the memorial complains that the government has
done precisely the OF what the gentleman from
Missouri supposes this bill does The government exer
cises Of guardianship there but the government
has thrown those persons, taken under the ansiaye-
\ trad la,p mn gun
ported at their expense; and the complaint is that the
government has acted in such to bring this ex-
pense upon that society, thus obsructng that beneyo
lence which should be applied TO other objects hope
The bill is sufficiently understood, and that my friend from
Missouri-it he will permit me TO call him so-wi not
insist upon postponng this fnrther because il i post
poned il is the last shall hear Of it. presume, for the
present session of Congress IL has been here two
three years. believe the first report is two or
three years old II postponed two or three years
may again pass and then shall have go these
facts again. The facts very simpie and easily COM
pretended | believe they have been fully presented
and the simple question 49, whether you Will relieve this
society from this expense incurred and which has been
incurred BY the direct act OF the government That the
whole question-whether the government viii relieve
them whether the government intends To capture
groes upon the high III slave ships and then take
the negroes To Liberia turning them loose upon the col
ony there 70 dereda,e steal pfer, and rob- or die un
less the colony, when they get there shall take charge OF
them, do something for them. Shall the government
act in that way, and require benevolent association for
other purposes TO bear these expenses when aney are
shall the government say that when they turned them
loose in Liberia they washed their hands OF them and
then had no further charge OF them ! hope not
MIR HUNTER | hope this bill win lie over do
profess understand il very well but 50 tar as un-
dersiand the from kentucky, this IS laying the
foundation OF very important system OF policy IL seems
that keep these squsdrons upon the coast to
recapture Africans and then 10 establish colonies
TO maintain them there. think, before we establish
such policy, ought TO what the consequence
will be- and whether have the power thus TO
tablsh, at the expense OF the government OF the United
States colonies upon the coast OF Africa and 10 maintain
them there. II may establish colony oil Africans
there aud them there then the question may be
raised whether may not establish colonies Of own
tree negroes there. and maintain them there see no
difference with regard 10 the power hope that time
will be given to look into this matter Il seems 10 me
the foundation Of system, and noi single case Will
that the bill be postponed indefinitely, but that
il be temporarily laid upon the table.
The question being then taken upon the motion to lay
the bill upon the table, il decided In the negative
a divsion--ayes Is, noes 80
Mr. BUTLER [ have not heard the remarks upon
this bill which to me, in any point OF view,
makes the United States organized government OF df
ferent Staes-an underwater for voluntary association
OF men; and il 10 dictate policy which perhaps
the government would have sanctioned. DO not
understand how can make ourselves underwriters ior
the losses OF society which may embark In schemes OF
this kind II looks to as such broad proposition that
N cannot sanction H.
Mr.. UNDERWOOD | will remark TO my friend who
has Just taken his seat that he certainly could not have
heard the facts stated These persons were taken upon
the high seas by the United States slaves about 10 be
brought To America, violation OF our anu save Uaue
laws They children and sent by our govern.
10 be dead loss upon the society Tor their support
I The government did this.
/ MI WHIrCONB | think there is msconcepiion
Upon the part OF gentlemen 10 this subject This
cannoi in any view, be tortured into assumption oil
power by the general government TO cUonze negroes IN
Afica They never were IN the United States. Iney
captured the high under the treaty for The
suppression OF the slave trade They were sent back 10
Africa II, however, the view OF the gentleman IRON
Virginia is correct that this indirectly for the United
States favor colonization would suggest TO bm that
the best way to remedy IL would be TO take steps TO sci
aside that treaty The question s will the govern
ment repair manifest wrong that they have done to indi.
the high seas. They have sent them TO the colony o
Liberia; and il is simply question Of the common claims
OF huaniywheiher these creatures should be suffered
to die there for want whether they should be carried
off The coloniss went forward and took care OF them
under the promptings OF humanity IL is simply
question whether the government will repair the wrong
they have done.
! Mr. BUTLER The facts stated by the senator from
Kentucky and confirmed by the senator from Indiana SC
far from inducing change the impression that had
been made upon my mind before, would seem to lead IN,
10 stronger opposition TO that bill The United States
suppose, OF humanity took charge oil thess
children, and matter Of humanity put them N charg'
lof their friends-resored them to their friends II
Il Liberia understand they placed under the protcc
ton OF the common law oil civilization that IS they place.
them upon the shore and left them 10 the civilization ant
charity OF Others who took charge OF them II Ger
tain number oil persons should be left upon the shore ~
\ this countryn Philadelphia, New York. or Charleston
the municipal government private individuals wou'
nav to support them. II may be the misfortune OF thu
society that they have not the appliances for dispensing