The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-08-07

that IL q slave be brought herr for sale
then he person who brings him hers
for that purpose shall be liable to ths
p<nalty provided for in the law. B~l
1 pass from this subject. ] mean e
eon6ne myself, while / address the Sc.
nate. 10 the three pending measures.
Mr.. HuSrrR. WIN the Senator from
Kentucky allow me to explaini ! dc
not wish to prevent him, because | was
called to order, from going into the
subject as fully as he may choose. l
hope he will be permitted to do 90. II
he has any srch desire. In relation to
that provision Of the act prohibiting the
slave trade in the District Of Columbia.
he viii find. IL he win refer to that re-
solution. that II contains prohibition
Of IN introduction Of slaves here for the
purpose Of being transported elsewhere.
IL that prohibition to transport them
elsewhere would not cover che case Of
q man who has arrested a fugitive, and
brought him and deposited him here
while on his way home. or that Of the
man who should be accompanied by his
slaves while emig1tiRg TO another
country, / do not know what language
could be framed that would do so. ]
have not the resolutions by me. or l
would read the provision. 'a'sa.
Mr.. Clay. I am pretty sure that the
honorable Senator is mistaken, and that
1t will be found so upon looking at the
bill. He speaks Of resolutions. pu,
it to the candor Of the Senate, why the
honorable Senator should 60 back to the
resolutions offered by me in the begin.
ming Of the session. The question is
not with regard to them. or whether
they be compatible or not with the mea-
sures reported by the committee, but in
respect to the bill, which differs in Sc.
veral important particulars from my re.
solutions. The committee presented
such measures as were agreeable Il
them and with respect to the abolition
of the slave trade in the District Of Co
llumbia. it was their intention simply Il
revive the law Of Maryland, and to pro
vide for the case Of the introduction o
slaves into the District as merchan
ldise.
/ Mr.. HuNTER. The Senator will par
don me. When used the word " re
solutions" l meant the bill, and l find
lon examination. that the bill is a.
have stated
Mr.. Clay. Very we'll. With the in
tention, that is asI have stated. If th,
language does not effect that intention
we should all be very willing to give j
a form acceptable to the Senator fron
Virginia. The language was only de
signed to prohibit that slave trade whic
consists of purchasing and bringinI
slaves into the District of Columbia
and putting them into depots here 70
the purpose of being transported to fs
reign and distant markets. As to al
idea which has been mentioned her,
upon former occasion, / have already
said that if a person residing 10 the Dis
trict chooses to 60 out Of the Distric
five or ten miles and purchase slave
for himself, the law would not preyen
him from doing so. But l am taking
up more time on this subject than ] in
tended. When the proper time arrive
for ITS discussion the bill will be vindi
Gated from the errors into which, still
think, the honorable Senator from ,Vir
ginia has fallen. | have stated that j
was my intention to con6ne my obser
lyations to the three measures unde
consideration-the admission of Cali
fornia as State, Territorial Govern
ments for the two Territories, and tn
establishment Of the boundary betweel
Texas and New Mexico.
/ 1t is most remarkable circumstanc
connected withthe debate upon and tn
progress of this measure, that that fea
ture Of the bill which was supposed t
| be least likely to encounter objectio
that measure which it has been as
serted would draw after it, by the fore
of its own attraction, the other mea
. sures contemplated in the bill--it
truly remarkable that the measure q
the admission of California has encoun
, tered the most of the difficulties whic
have been developed in the progress Z
the bill. The Senator from Louisiana
! (Mr. Soule,) the Senator from Georgis
, (Mr. Berrien,) and yourself, sir, Mi
, King, have all directed your attentio
|, mainly to the subject Of the boundarie
, of California, and to the representation
proposed for California by the measur
under consideration. i believe, wit
very slight, If any further modification
, all three of the Senators to whom l hay
The bill referred to was reported to the 8
E nate by Mt. Clay on the 9Th Of May, entitled .
bill to suppress the slave trade in the District
Columbia" and provides 40 follows:
Be il enacted, Tint from end after the -
!. day Of - next, il shall not Be lawfulto brir
into the District Of Columbia any slave whstsvs
: for the purpose Of being cold, or for the purpo
q Of being placed in depot, to Be subsequent
!. srsnasrrsd to any other State or place. And il
any slave shall Be brought into the ssid Distri