Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-05-25

this clause of prohibition He tells us that police regua
ons be made Eher there slavery there or there
If there slavery there then there Is no need OF any
lice regulations there be slavery here then the necessary
police regulations exist already. And imagine that they wall
be fund sufficient they have already been found In te
pas all from the present time until the time when
States shall be formed out of these Territories Now let him
escape from that dilemma if he repeat it, if there s
slavery there there police reguascns II there Is no sla
very, then none are required.
Sir the aim Of the committee in the introduction Of that
cause- speak fer every member Of it, and the honorable
of it we'll others-wss simply to do this: TO de-
clare that the Territorial Legislatures should have power
neither TO admit to exclude slavery That was our pur
poseou sole purposes and the amendment does not ac
compsh purpose would be consistent with
spirit Of amiiy-with that desire Of settling these questions
which, and hope, anmates the Senator from Louisiana
well oher-woud it not have been more conormabe
that spirit have moved amendment simply providing
against the admission exclusion Of slavery in these terrific
res leaving them free establish any police regulations they
please than tohave attacked this in the manner in
which he has done that clause contained some and
dangerous principle TO be guarded against and as II u dld
embody the principle for which the South has En
formy conendsdf
Again. the honorable Senator objects the clause inter
dieting the slave trade in the District of Columbia. He OBJ
jecs grounds. In the first place. because the
committee do affirm in their report that there
suona power in Congress upon the subject OF sa
very this District Now what the opinion OF the Sena-
tor and of the Senate upon this SUBJECT large portion
probably majority the Senate, believes that Congress has
the power another portion believes that Congress has
such And how does the honorable Senator expect to
arrive at compromise in which of these opinions shall
be made to triumph the otheri How does he expect
that those Senators who think that the power does exist in
Congress abolish slavery in the District OF Columbia,
10 plunge their hands into the nmost OF their souls
and drag that truth which lies here' If he wants COM
promise, he a without asking Senators, on the one
side the other repudale their fxed and deliberate
opnions he does want compromise then let him in
that class of Senators shall surrender the opinions
which they hold The other clas Sir thought that the
that thpv
The report neither arns denies the OF Congress
to sbosh slavery within the District of Columbia Il
that ought be done and he who thinks ought not
bedone upon constitutional grounds ought be satisfied
and he who thinks may be done constuiionay but who
believes that ought not 10 be done from considerations OF
expedency Kindness, aterna regard towards other por
tons OF the county ought also TO be satisfied Thus by
neither affirming denying the but by asserting hat
the power ought not to be exercised say is compromise
with which all ought think to be perfectly satisfied Does
The honororabeSenator expect that learned friend in
eye, (Mr WEBSTER who has doubt about the power,
will give up that opinion Does he expect that he will
nonnce his deliberate well considered, and well formed opin
ons which he has entertained for years Does the South
expect to succeed in any such demand that Will the
Senator from Lousiana demand If he does he demands
hat there shall be compromise settlement Of the Ques
ions which agiating the country
But sir the honorable Senator has misconceived the bill
aboshing the slave trade which the committee have
orted This bill is mere adoption of the law of Maryland
will here mention fact which shows how wrong it to
reudge thing. An honorable friend of mne in my eye
suggested that the object be accomplished in certain
node and should like toknow, from the Senator from Lou
ana, whether he hisks attanabe anI acceptable in that
orno The introduction of slaves into this Dsrc
rher for sale or for being placed in depot for subsequent
ranportaon, out of two laws which passed by
congress ITSELF in the year eighteen hundred and two
nd the other some years after, permitting it TO be done
The Senator to whom have referred observed some
lme ago Mr.. Clay, you can accomplish your object
imply by repeating these two laws, and by leaving the
tate of the law where it before Congress allowed BY
of ela vjptnt have
lot examined the two acts Of Congress but know the
Senator to be familiar with the laws of this District and the
avs OF Maryland, have doubt that he is right Now, if
instead of adopting the law of Maryland, which, in other
Sords Is the bill proposed by the committee had proposed
simply to repeal these two Of Congress, in virtue of which
alone slaves have been introduced the District Pur-
pose of being transported New Orleans and elsewhere
would he think wrong, would he think it unconstitutional
Would he think alarming to the rights Of the people of
be South for Congress TO repeal its own laws Sir where
here is deposition to look things with partia and
candid eye and to look all the interests of all the parts
the country and all The opinions and all the peiudices If
you will of our fellow Citizens we shall be much more hkely
TO arrive at satisfactory and harmonious result than by at
achng ourselves to single position, and viewing from that
point every thing, and seeking to bring evey thing the
standard OF our peculiar opinions, bed of Pro-
cruses. NJ:
The Senator IS mistaken in saying that resden, of the
District cannot go Of the District and purchase slave
and bring him here for his use.
Mr. SOULE. feel assured that the honorable Senator
has misunderstood have merely stated that the effect
'i this sectlon if understand it WELL will be preclude
ne introduction into the District Of any slave for the purpose
of being soj even for the purpose OF supplying the
necessities OF those nhabiting the District ard know that
ne homo able Senator will do the Justice looking at
The section, to admit that such will be its legal effect
Ml. CLAi Wen, what is the inconvenience Of it I! A
slave cannot be brought within this place for sale and be here
sd but man who slave here may go TO the distance
OF hVe miles and purchase one and bring him here not for
sae but ior his own The real amount of
then H that resident within the District will have TO travel
hve miles to purchase slave instead of the slave being
brought here to be sold There nothing whatever in the
Dill which prohibits resident within the District from going
on OF the District and purchasing slave for his own use
The only prohibition is, that slave can be broupht into
he Distinct or into market for sale, merchandise without
forfeiture But, sir, repeat, that by the repeal of the
laws under which this is done, all difficulty might have been
obvated and so will probably be, if the bill be allowed to
take its usual course.
NO part OF this compromise to receive the commen
daon of the Senator from Louisiana or to at rd him anv
solace or satisfaction He that has been
by me and by Others that the law Mexico abolished slavery
ana That does not exist there by law, and not key to
be introduced there, in point Of fact cannot rpnonoce
that opinion. is impossible in my nature for me to do So
cannot dsbeieve what believe. But the honorable Sc
naor has taken up the greater portion the time in which he
has so ably and eoquenty addressed u.s. 10 prove-what
That that opinion or mine is incorrect He has gone into
historical account OF the abolition slavery in Me,co
he has into the negotiations which led the conclusion
OF the treaty OF Hdago he has gone behind the negota-
tons into the instructions given with regard TO the prpos
ton OF the Mexican commissioners, forbddng the ntroduc
ton of slavery ito the ceded Territories He has come into
the Senate and traced what has been done in this BODY in
order TO prove that here by the negative of PROPOSE
tor, moved, l believe, by Senator from Connecticut
there was an implied purpose the part of Congress to al
low slavery or rather to recognise it there Now, cannot