The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-09-21
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Gom the Committee of Thirteen, and IL was
only when 10 appeared impossible a. pass 10 iH
o. original lArHi ihal be- offered hI5 amend
uirni. llc understood now that the L.ll could
br stripped OF fho amendment already made
and passcd a- iir.t introduced. Desiring ~
quito for that measure, and in tl' hops that
.Gt might pass, be- would, with tho consent of
iAr Senate, withdraw hiH amendment Tor tho
prsput,
M Daws0u-as The motion was only 10
withdraw temporarily objected
Alf GlaY argued in liym Of tle hlll against
some oi The objections Wasp. llr bad alwWa
c0utrmlrd that tuuHrs- bad unlimited puv-
~ oycr-ln,rry iu-ihe District, hur hatat lho
f1mr time held thnt while slavery 6AiHs in
Maryland 10 would Doc a gross hroach OF gupl
fiith tOWud tlnt state 10 cKcrriHc the Uu-
tllt~Bpd puwcr, hHt the question now was tho
abolition " The slave truc, and be- believed
chat if il..- 4.,izure should br la.-cd II would
give pcarc a. slavery in the District, until
| the Time which seemed 10 him when sla-
/ very will have worked itself out
| Mr. seward said that ia submitting ~ grave
/ q proposition aFonc for the aholishmcnt Of
slavery Ia the District Of Columbia IL might
not have been unreasonable on his part 10
] have askcd a brief opportunity of explaining
: Htt.l rt.,efiiHr the inrH-Hfr. IT, hHa irrurur
} however, from so doing because of the pros
[ unity Of The clu-r of tho session and the Cou-
scQuout value Ui tlc present time Of tie Sem
ate, Nud because upon lutmor occasions Doc
had iuly cunslrrrd an the questions and
principle involved iu the pending propUs-
lions, llc proceeded 10 state some oihi- rra-
sons and 20 answer objections
M l'6olu upolo9izcd fur having yesterday
addressed the senate upon the amendment
lie trlt deeply mortified ~ the fact, Tho
truth was, that ho was under q mistake ~ tho
Time ga to ia author, Had lee known thar it
was the Cmnnation of the senator from New
York, lac never would have noticed IL Ia
conclusion, lee urged Senators not Ia reply a.
Anything that the Senator might SAY,
Mr. Dickinson would vote against the ~
mcndmcnt because hc believed H. purpose
wrong now aud wrong hereafter aud against
the cutirc spirit OF the Constitution,
7 Mr. WWIhrop said Mr. Seward had first
pleaded guilty Ia the chnrgc of indscrotou,
and ihou went into ap argument "a prove his
Innocence. The senator from New York
was riskiug the substance in praapug a. the
shadow, suppose his amendment should
pass, and the people Of the District should
u vote against Emancipation, what would hc-
come of the Slave Trade
Tho discussion was continued a. consider
TtHbtc iongtii, aud Ihc laws OF South Carolina,
in relation 10 Colorcd Scamcn, were brought
under review incidentally.
M Winthrop, in the course Of his remarks,
u
Boston, in replying tp Statement made 10y
-'7frfirrT0n f1pyiy- ril5FvCfy-T,7w Iicc coIdr6d
men have hc-n imprisoned under the laws of
Surthrrrr st1try. tupt1iu R1ulrtt states
that net ifsg Hdu nrfire Lrudrsd have been
so Imprisoned, and declares that,hc was on
'-r--rvf -'t, rir-Tr- it''''-'41
and hi, colorcd cook aud hi. srwartii- came
acr'.s Charleston vessel which had been
ahludoncd,thcy went on hoard this vessel aud
carried il into Charleston, where his culorcd
men were, IN return for their services, seized
I'D impri soncd,sncc which time lac has heard
nothing from them, having been told when lac
lApplicd for their release, that he could have
them when his vessel was ready to sail, aud
that 1t would be- dangerous 10 release them
earlier. Having no vessel, Of coursc he could
not comply with the condition.
Mr. Davis nf Miss, commented with sever
ity upon Mr. Ninthrop's course, reading this
, letter.
Mr. Winthrop replied with equal tartncss.
Mr. Butler riliculcd Capt. Ranlctt and his
u lctt.EMnGl Tho Senate was conyulscd with
tirnghtrf, and Irr was hirugclt unable 10 pro
coed in consequence of merriment
| Mr. Dowucs submitted some remarks de
mandatory OF Mr. Winthrop, violent both in
- tmUUTGWl gcsticunIioh
Mr. Winthrop rctortcd.
Mr. pgsrcc thought matters had gone far
unough IN ihcwrong direction, and moved an
adjournment, which was agreed To.
Oh Thursday. Mr. Clay appealed 10 the
2 Senators to allow the vote 10 be taken with
3 out further debate
, Mr. Soule spoke at some length, 10 show
, that lllulcus letter, read Yesterday IN the
Senate 10y Mr. Winthrop, was totally false so
= far as II refers TO the laws of Louisiana in
B, relation To- free ncgrors-Scamcn
n Mr. Berricn followed with similar remarks
on behalf of Georgia.
Mr. Winthrop replied, and the debate was
enntifit'sI by Ajessts. Iicrricu, Butter, Win
throp and Douglas Alter which the qlioS-
Il ton upon MIR Stewards amendment was takcn
II aud it was rejected. Yeas, ); Nays, 45-as
follows;
y Yeas NIcssrs. Chase, Dodge of Wisconsin,
ffdiC, SCwa01 Cpham.
Navs-Alos-ls. Atkinson, Badger. Bald
win, Barnwcll, Bell Benton. Berrien, Bright,
Butler, Clay, Davis Of Mass, Davis Of Miss,
r DAYTON Dickinson, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas,
h Downs, Ewing, Fclch, Fremont Greene
n llamlin, Gwinn, Houston Hunter, Jones
p Mangum, Mason, Morton, Norris, Pierce
Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Shields, Smith, Soulc
Spruancc, Sturgeon, Turncy, Underwood
e Wales Whitcomh, Winthrop, Yulce
f The hill was then reported to the Senate.
r Mr. Clay expressed the hope that the n.
, mcndmcnts made by the Senate in Commit
u tcc,woud be rejected, and that The bill would
f Ice passed exactly as originally reported.
h feared that If the amendments werc persisted
a in the bill would not pass-whilc, if they
were rejected, the bill would receive the uni
," ted Northern,and a majority ofthc Southern
~ vote. e
20 On motion, 10y Mr. Dickinson the bill was
y temporarily laid upon the table
On Saturday the amendments made IN
! Committee were all rejected, and the bill, as
~ originality reported Oy the CounItJoc orfhi
teen ordered to be cngrosscd, 30 to 10.
lEAs-Messrs, Baldwin, Benton, Bright
Cass, Chase, Clark, Clay, Davis ofNiass., Day
al ton, Dickinson, Dodge ofWis., Dodge of to-
f wa. Ewing, Felch, Fremont, Green, Gwinn
Hale, Hamlin, Jones, Norris, Seward, Shields
j. smith Spriancc, Sturgeon, Underwood
g Wales, Walker, Mhitcomb, and Winthrop.
al NAYt-Mcssrs. Atchison. Badgcr. Barn