New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-17

schsne Objectionable, bat, 1n the c2n'f2lY' ~ :.
rora acceptable 10 all persons in every sec''oh o.
our country; Though, no douot she company T!"''
u-eftr 20 be without restriction II ms PAS'
Nor are the citizeus OF New dreams
tn The Great national considerations ln7oi7eu la 80
,ubitcS-ihe creation of An stHeans steam n@'y -
res:rye the abolition CT Tie Save trade by inc cor
ci1st;cn If the African coast and the dIiiusoa Oh
Cbristsnity srd civilization over that concIseas
THCRAs DURANP, Of NeT-of'9an'
sb,,r,;on NJ ths Slave Trade IN the District 81
CoIpmba-BHl Ordered 10 DO Ensro'sed.
an the AneHdm ep1s Rejecred-ffen'on1 =. .
r,,4foy,'c Indian BiIl-PrpceedluSs IN Enc
senate on saturday.
Correspondence OF She Tribune
WAsnNeroS, Saturday sept IA
TIE Senate has been beally engaged t'-oay IL
working over the bill for she abolition OF fns save
trade in the District Of Columbia. It has been qu'e
working cay, though the result OF all was tins 70
iectien If All that had been done for several days
r1tt ard the passage to its engrossmens and third
resdrq of the original bill as tctme from the com
ni,,ee, having no otker features than the simple
.belitson of the slave trade. It was evident this
mo1piEg that the Senate WAS entirety Uyr' I've s@n
DAYS fury, caused by the introduction OF Mr 8ew'
ards amendment, ard that they had come together
With the determination to do or die"
Tvo amendments had been fixed on tie bill in
Committee ofthe Whole one providing for punish.
ing the abduction ofslayes or the en5cing or per
,nsdipe or 90 the technically Of" The Black Code'
il, .cnveieling Slave to escape from his master
whether The offen7e was actually contaminated by
the escsue or not, With thu Pentontiary for term
uot excetding ten and not less than tio0 years u
Let it be observed az e curious TACT, shss sucn
provision Of law actually did paas tho ordeal OF the
| votes OF the American Senate.
| TIE other amendment stiil moro atr0oious, con-
ferred upon the Corporate Authorities CT the Dis
| trict of Columbia power 10 drive out the ten ehou-
ard coored population ofthe District, By stringent
ordinances OF bsnishment, for no ofenae except the
crime OF being in existence ard TO lmprRon them
at hard lator, continuously on Il they refused to 60
| This, 700, had passed in Committee.
The bill being reported to the House, the cues,
ton wag shall the amendments ba coLcurred IN or
| struck out and az it was getting pretty obvious
that the bill would not pass with the amend,
r.ents az they were, serious attempt WAS
made by q series Of notifications and notifications
TO render the amendments lesg ofenav6 1t Was
uoon these that the day was consumed,
! Mr.. CLAY opposed the conjunction OF those
| mesaureR from the commencement, and conslnu'
| odsy on while be avowed that he had no obJec'
| ticn to the principle OF either amendment ne
| was wiling to pass q law augmenslng tae Pehal'y
|
| Of foeitives, which by the say is nov, ana hss
| been Tor fifty years, only pecualary mulct Oh S2VV
! and he yss willing to give the authority to the
City to expatriate her coored population bus ne
| did net " sh those measures conlolned WIN 'alS
| lapt blank of the Omnibus bill, de would vose ot
| something like the amendments thoughhe thought
their features too harsh in the Details 10 separate
| bills and on approprat: occasions, but he totally
objected combining nem with the bill before the
| S. nate and believed that to do so would be to de
1 1fIpotn r aNncE yah
| himsef az scarey Rboat entering a new omnibus
| 40 if be had had high fall from vehicle OF that
! .ort at come time recently while the great Als.
| sourian laug he'd heartily 10 see how "tire5one
he had become.
that il would make it criminal oilense, to be
punished with ten years imprisonnehf In the pen'
tertiary, to read the Declaration Of independence
in the District Of Columbia.
BADGER admitted shat it would be, 10 read
Il IN the presence Of a SLAVE with the intention OF
Inducing him to seek for LIBERTY, tina: is 10 aaoh
woy az to give the impression that II means any
By seriea of surgical operations, lasting nearly
eba whole day, there amendments were pared
down to something less absoutely outrageous in
detail. but none the less so in principle The
penitentiary term was reduced 70 "sny time not
| exceeding five years, and other corporation
| poTers 70 & ane of $780, or imprisonment not to
exceed six months. Even those ameliora!iona
forced Jefferson Davis to excsim 10 his agony tnat
| the whole Senate, north and Eouth were running
away with sympathy for negro thieves. In pon!
| Of met aouthem members did bshaye with more
moderation on the occasion than ia their habit
When everything WAS ompleted and the que5.
.on REQUIRED on adopting the amendments az
amended, mir CLAY made another appeal TO the
seDsta to cast of everything but the original bill
and pass III at and upon the final vote MA amend
merts With ell the numbering heap OF amendments
utor amendment, went by the board and tae