The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-13

VIZ n addition to what Is contained in the said record Of
the Identity OF the person escaping he she shall be de,
liverd upro the claimant And the said court conimis.
s,one Judge other person apthorzedb this grant
certificates 10 claimants OF fgives, shalt upon the pro.
dncon Of the record and other evidences aforesaid gunt
70 81 claimant certificate Of his right TO take such
as Aforesaid, which certificate shall authorize such claim
or he Z ha s
ing herein contained shall be construed requiring the
prod ucton OF transcript Of such record evidence
aaresaid but in lis Absence the claim shall be heard and
determined upon other satisfactory proofs in law
The conduct OF Mr.. Seward s,irs the gall of the
friends Of the Union, well Of this District. The
Alexandria Gazette of yesterday thus indignantly ex-
presses its opposition TO the measure:
"rhat pestiier5us senator, Mr. Seward of New York,
backed b. his equally pesriierous cosdnor, Mr. Chase Of
Ohio has ttown subject OF excitement before the
naon IN tue proposition concerning slavery ia the District
OF Columbia We believe the people of hs District them
and reject The ofciou interference Of these senator's The
agtators wescored in the Senate Tuesday They
will take no hing and make nothing by the move"
Mr. Seward was scorched and scathed in the debate !;
and we were sorry to see Mr. Winthrop mingng in the
fray, and attempting to prove that South Carolina and
Louisiana had been guilty OF oppressive unconstitutional
acts in prohibiting free people Of color from visiting their
soil The senator from Massachusetts suffered severely
for his remarks. Messs. Batter, Foo,e, and Jefferson
Davis rebuked him in indignant terms and yesterday,
again. Messrs Soule and Downs defence Of the laws of
Louisiana, aud Mr. Beren, in commenting upon the law
OF Georgia. poured torrent Of facts and arguments
upon his head. All The ingenuity OF MIR, Winthrop, or
of his colleague, insufficient 10 protect him. We
trust it is the last time that shall hear that offensive
theme brought up in the Senate OF the United States
Mr. Sous brought forward array Of facts which
sufficient to overthrow any champion OF the people Of
color He showed that out Of the eighteen States
which had been formed since the days of the Old 1hr
teen out of the thirty States, twenty
four Of hem-had, by their constitution created marked
distinction between the rights Of the white citizens and
the relations OF the free people OF color He showed, in
mastery way, that the power Of Louisiana and South
Carolina to forbid coored sailors or other free negroes
from entering the territories OF their States strictly
constitutional, and that i, from the legitimate claim
of the sovereign States guard themselves By police
laws
Well do we recollect that when Judge Johnson. fed
era Judge in South Carolina first decided the law of
South Carolina be unconstitutional, in 1923, we took
the ground, another theatre, that he had decided
neously, and that the Legislation OF South Carolina was
proper emanation OF her power the police laws
OF the State
We were happy to see Judge Douglas mingling in the
debate OF yesterday stating that the constitution OF his
State nos) nterdcted free people OF color from going
into the State and challenging the senators OF Aassa-
chusets to try the issue with his State-one free State
against another free Slate-and carrying the question up
TO the Supreme Court. He contended that it was far
better TO try conclusions with Illinois than with any OF
the southern States, where preudces in regard 10
slavery might interfere with the Of judicial
decision What say our brethren OF Massachusetts,, 10
this manly propostion'
The of the senator from New York excites the
deepest indignation AT moment, too, when the coun-
try in hopes have returned state OF tranquility
looks like flying in the face Of the Union in order "a
revive the agitation. senator from free State ind
Gated that such the object, and that would be
better for the southern people TO pass il without
notice, and to Try the experiment whether the torch Of
dscord would not expire Of itself. We admit that il
is difficult TO exercise much patience, when we see
too from an article in the New York Globe, exposing
the desperate course Of the New York Evening Post
that the Free soil Van Buren, clique OF New York threaten
to keep up the agitation, and TO the repeal Of the
laws recently passed This policy outrageous in il,
designs is contrary 10 the genius OF the confederac,
and the preservation Of its harmony
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