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THE SLAVE TRADE BILL.

The bill TO suppress the slave trade in the
District of Columbia, which passed the House on
the 18th inst, is as follows
Be IL enacted BIZ the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatipes of the United States Of -dmericd ~ Con-
gysss assembled, That from and after the - day
of - next, it shall not be lawful to bring into
the District of Columbia any slave whatever, for
the purpose of being sold, or for the purpose Of
being placed in depot, to be subsequently, trans
ferred to any other State or place to be sold as
merchandise. And il any slave shall be brought
into the said District by its owner, or by the au-
thority or consent Of its owner, contrary to the
provisions Of this act, such slave shall thereupon
become liberated and free.
SIC. 2. Aad be Il further enacted, That it shall
and may be lawful for each of the corporations
of the cities Of Washington and Georgetown,
from time to time, and as often as may be neces-
sary to abate, break up, and abolish any depot
or place Of confinement Of slaves brought into the
said District as merchandise, contrary to the pro-
visions Of this act, by such appropriate means as
may appear TO either Of the said corporations ex-
pedient and proper. And the same power is here
by vested in the levy court Of Washington coun-
ty. if any attempt shall be made within its jurs-
dictional limits to establish depot or place Of
confinement for slaves brought into the District
as merchandise for sale contrary to this act"
This bill does not touch the relation Of slavery
as it exists in the District--it does not prevent
the sale of slaves TO be transported out of the
District--it simply prohibits the importation Of
slaves as merchandise into our territory, and au.
thorires the corporations Of Washington and
Georgetown to break up depots Of slaves so i'm
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UNJUST.

The London Aati-Sldusry Reporter, commenting
on the Lopez expedition to Cuba, remarks:
"The fact is disguise it as We may, the Ameri-
cans, both North and South, with few exceptions,
would have hailed with satisfaction the capture
of Cuba and the authorities at Washington
would have speedily acknowledged its independ-
ence Of Spain, had Provisional Government been
formed The South covets the Queen of the An
titles, because it would be political counterpoise
to the free States, which are rapidly coming into
the Union; and because it would enable the older
slave States to get rid, at profitable market, OF
their redundant slave population, and prolong,
for an indefinite period, the system Of slavery
The North, commercially speaking, would be
greatly benefited, and the produce and the mar
ket they so much prize would be all their own
However great the stir at Washington, after the
sailing of Lopez, and however great the energy
displayed, since his return, we feel persuaded
that General Taylor, at heart, as much regrets
the issue of the expedition as Lopez himself"
This is unjust to the American People and to
their Government. The great majority of them
did not sympathize with the piratical expedition
of Lopez and as to General Taylor's Administra
ton its action was prompt energetic, efficient
fully vindicating its honor and good faith Our
English friends must not yield to their prejudices
80 far as to imagine that the American People,
with here and there an exception, are pirates.
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VOL. ~.

than were Messrs. Gilmore and Thompson in
ls4s; but the records Of the present Congress
show that all their pledges have been shamefuly
violated
We presume Mr.. Wentworth has not with.
drawn from the field in fear of the breakers p,
That the Cass politicians should denounce
Bingham, is not surprising He is a consistent
s'eadtast friend of Freedom and bis iirmness and
ndehty have made him any thing but acceptable
to their plable leader.
stand by those who have stood by the cause Of
free SOIL In the present Congress, whatever their
party denomination! Down with every man who
has betrayed it In every State, IIunkerism !,
untiripg in its efforts to break down the men bu,
for whom Freedom would have lost all in tho
struggle just closed.
Where the intended victim is Democrat III.
HunkerS get up candidate on their own account
aware that the Wings of course will have tha;,
nominee but preferring Wing to a Free Soil
triumph. Where Free Soil Wing il 70 10
sacrificed, IIunker Wings pursue u similar no,;cv
We hope there will be virtue and ssgacity epouoh
among the People to battle these base scheme
Men who have bravely defed Party for the sake
Of Principle should be sustained by all who Look
to Party as merely means of securing the estaL.
nshmenI OF frncple.
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propose an amendment, while these slavery bills
are under consideration.
"The Speaker raped to order.
I Ia af

propose an amendment, while these slavery bills
are under consideration.
"The Speaker raped to order.
"Mr. King make that protest.
The question on referring was decided in the
negative The amendment of Mr.. Brown was
rejected by vote of los to 6s. The only men,
bers from the free States who voted for it was
Mr. McCLERSAND of Illinois. w. J. Bows Of
Indiana, whose name stands near the head Of the
roll of members, voted Mt first for the amendment
but after the roll had been completed, changed
his vote Netherlands name was not backing
enough No Southern man voted for the amend
ment The usual motion to lay the bill on the
table was made, and lOst-yeas SO, nays 1919.
The bill was read a third time, and on its passage
the vote stood--yeas 1914, nays 47-as follows
YEAS Messrs Albertson, Alexander, An
drews, Ashmun, Beale, Bingham, Bissell, Booth,
Briggs, Brooks, W. J. Brown, Buell. Burrows,
Chester Butler, T. b. Butler, Cable, Calvin,
Campbell Carter, Casey, Chandler, Clark, Cleve-
land, Cole, Corwin, Crowell, Dickey, Dimmick,
Disney, Dixon, Doty, Duer, Duncan, Durham,
Durkee Eliot, Nathan Evans, Fitch, Fowler,
Freddy, Fuller, Gentry, Gerry, Gilbert, Gill
more, German, Gott Gould, Grinnell, Hall, Hal
oway, Hampton, Harlan, T. L. Harris, Hay, Hay
mond, Hebard, Henry, Hubbard, Hoagland, Howe
Hunter, w. Il. Jackson, Julian, G. g. King, j..
n R;-~ J Zinc Rcastnn kim. LETTER. Le-
vim Little6eld, Horace Mann, oh Mann, Mat
tesoD McClernand. Mcdonald, McGaughey, Me
y. rssn, S>uA.a,,sn8,a, s,,aSn..,, S,,,r,~,, o
Morris, Nelson, Ogle, Otis, Peaslee, Phoenix, Pit
man, Potter, Putnam, Reed, Richardson, Risley,
Robbins, Robinson, Rose, Ross, Rumsey, Sack
EFT, Sawtelle, Schenck, Schermerhorn, School
craft, Sylvester, Spaulding, Sprague, Thaddeus
Stevens, Stetson, Strong, Taylor, James Thomp-
son. Thurman, Tuck, Underhill, Vinton, Wal
den, Waldo Wentworth, White, Whittlesey,
Wiidrick, Wood, and Young-l24.
NAYs-Messrs. Aston, Anderson, Ashe, Av-
erett Bayly. Bowdon, Bowie, A. G. Brown, Burt,
Cabell, G. A. CALDWELL j P. Caldwell Cling
man, w. RW Cobb, Colcock, Deberry, Edmund
son, Alexander Evans, Ewing, Featherston, Green,
Hamilton, HARRISON, l. G. Harris, s. w. Harris,
Holladay Howard, Hubbard, Inge, J. w. Jack
son, Andrew Johnson, Jones' Kaufman, Kerr, La
Sere, Marshall, Mcdowell, r. M. McLane, Nc
Mullen, Mcqueen, Millson Morse, Orr, Outlaw,
Parker, Phelps, Powell Savage, Seldom, F. P.
Stanton, r. H. Stanton A. H. Stephens, Thomas,
Jacob Thompson, Venable, Wallace, Watkins,
Williams and Woodward-47.
I" Mr. Stanly did not vote, having paired of
with Mr.. Holmes, who was against, while he was
in favor of the bill
e " Sc the bill passed.
The passage of the bill amidst struggle in
which the power of Congress to interfere in any
way tAihe q,itst,on ii siaverytls' hasiy aeniei
by the South, is worthy Of remark as involving a
practical affirmation of the opposite doctrine. 1t
is an assertion by Congress of its power to regu-
late or abolish slavery wherever it exists within
its jurisdiction.
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HhmvAl v1m5SaAoY N INDIANA.

Ex-SPeaker Brown, who lately obtained the
control Of the Indiana State Sentinel is doomed
to little more trouble than he anticipated in the
honorable work of bringing back the Democracy
Of Indiana TO their allegiance to the Slave Power
Mr.. Ellis, former editor of the Goshen Dem
Ocrat, now auditor of State, and MIR. Spann, late
of the firm of Chapman and Spann, of the Sac
Saaiuel have started liberal Democratic journal,
at indianapolis, designed, We presume, to oppose
the servile teachings of the Browns. Such paper
is greatly needed in Indiana. How the Demo
cratic party in that State can tolerate as their
leading editor, man who, last winter in Con-
gress disgraced himself, by an attempt to secure
the Speakers chair ON the strength of written
pledges to the Free-SOilers and verbal pledges to
the Slavery Propagandists, we cannot understand.
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THE COMPROMISE BOUNDARY AND PEARCES
BOUNDARY.


The Ne'o York Tribune, laboring to heap odium
OF tbA opponents of the Compromise bill Of
Clay, talks patheticaiiy of the amount Of terrio.
ry which the Compromise bill concerning Texas
would have secured, and what Pearce's bill yield
ed.
Independent" the Jealous Wing correspond
ent of the Philadelphia NOuh An,srican, avows
his preference for Pearces bin to that of MIR Clay
on the following grounds
First, because it secured nearly 6,000 square
miles more territory mean available terrific
ry-to New Mexico than the other; second, be-
cause the Southern starting point on the Rio
Grande was twenty miles below that proposed by
Mr.. Clay third, because it preserved to New
Mexico four Spanish towns on the east side Of
the river fourth, because it saved the eastern
valleys Of the Rio Grsnde to New Mexico, and
did not sever the headwaters of Texan rivers
and lastly, because it was better and more nat
ural boundary in every respect than that of the
Compromise. These facts have been studiOusy
concealed by those who talk of surrender of
$4,000 square miles Of territory to Texas II is
perfectly true that Texas obtains more territory
by Pearces bill than by the other but so does
New Mexico also, and 10 the extent have named
The territory acquired by Texas is a parched
desert, where neither slavery nor freedom --spaak
ing with reference to the distinction between
races-can exist, If the most reliable informatiN
may be trustedn
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THE CHAPLIN CASE.

The Republic furnishes the following intell
gence respecting Mr.. Chaplin
"A writ of habeas corpus was on "Wednesday
issued by his honor Judge Cranch, Chief Justice
of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia,
on the application Of the counsel Of this person,
and he was yesterday morning brought before
Judge c., who required bail in the amount OF
$4,000 for his appearance at the fall term of the
Criminal Court The counsel retained by the
accused we understood to be ]. III. Bradley; Dan
lei Radcliffe and Walter Jones, Esqs.; but only
Messrs. Bradley and Rstcliffe appeared for him
on this occasion The United States was repre-
scented by the District Attorney, P. X. Fendail,
Esq. Asa Chlds, Esq, Of the city Of New fork
who is understood to have come to washington
at the instance of certain friends Of the prisoner
was also present bond for the requisite
amount of bail being entered into jointly and sew
orally, by General Chaplin, David A. Hall, Ss'oy
Parker, and William Blanchard, the hrst nsnet
was discharged from the custody Of the Jiilor Oh
Washington county, but held upon warran. ID
sued by virtue Of the requistion OF the rove'S.
or of Maryland, in compliance with which nc
WAS in the afternoon conveyed TO hocKV''e ~
officers Goddard and Handy"
GAS we stated yesterday, Mr.. Chaplin was
conveyed to Rockville on Thursday evening soon
after his arrival there, he was taken be,ors
Squires Adamson, Spstes, and Braddock' ,isr'
d. Radcliffe, J. Brewer, and Asa ChiiaS IIs
appeared in his defence and the iion. N, :. DOW
lie and J. ii. Tuck, Esq's, for the Proseou',oa
The number Of persons Assembled =" INC ooui'
house was unusually large a,.,,.o,hi.
aMr Bowie remarked that ne haa tenaered MS
res;onation Of the Office Of Attorney Tor the Com
,nonxsslth. but that it had not been accepted
and he felt Il TO be his duty to comply with the
csII made upon him to attend in the present case
q NJ Tuck stated that he was not volunteer
h,t had been engaged by citizens OF Montgomery
70 snnear for the prosecution. lie declaimed al
soms length spon the enormity Of the offence at
TAINTED BY the accused. In the midst OF his
sneech he was vehemently appiauded. Mr. Bow,
ie rebuked this applause. Mr. Tuck espresso
h;s regret for it, The magistrates COMMANDED
silence and ordered the arrest Of any person OF
Tending in this wise The applause was however,
ruhsea uently repeated We mention this
showing the excited feelings Of the people
There was some argument between the coan0 no;
relative to the power Of magistrates TO accept pA
for the prisoners appearance 1t being con'ena .s
by the prosecution that q court OF RECORD A'''
was competent
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"TowANDA, Settembey 5, 1850.
"GENrLEMEN Your note of yesterday stating
the instructions received by you from the late
Democratic Convention of Susquehsnna county,
in regard TO the selection Of a candidate for
Congress from this district, is this moment re-
ceived.
"In reply, permit me candidly and briefly to
say-that concur entirely in the views expressed
by your Convention in relation to the extension
Of slavery and of those expressed in the resolu-
tions passed by the late Democratic Convention
Of Tioga county. Should l. honored by your nom-
ination, be 30 fortunate as to be elected by the
Democracy of the district, | shall take pride and
pleasure in faithfully sustaining as far as my hum
BILE abilities will permit, the doctrines and meas
ures to which your instructions refer; and also
in promoting at all times the great principles and
established usages Of the party to which we in
common belong.
81 have the honor to be your obedient servant,
j. LowREY.
"To c. L. Bromn, and C. W. Gere,
Esqrs, Coafereesp
Mr.. Wimot has been tried, and nobody doubts
his fidelity to Free Sell Principles, or his ability
to maintain them Mr. Lowrey is known abroad
only by his hostility to Mr. Wilmot In ls4s, he
was one Of dozen managers who ran Judge
Brewster in opposition to Wilmot and upon the
Brewster banner, says the Tioga Banner, lin
glowing colors stood out-'the South has right
to transport her slaves to an equal share OF the
territory acquired from MeXico'n A pretty can
didste for ADti-Slsvery men, is Mr.. Lowrsy IN
1880. We know something Of the value Oh
pledges in the eyes Of bunker Democrats IN rem
sylvania.
Mr. Loxrey is not more solemnly pledged now
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Ah 4nas OF excitement And we me- S,-
oe. a. ~ sincere and earnest pray, Of
SnDt wsre BlloSed them from the IN the
tneir%es' III baen personally engageu ~ - VIZ
many ~ 10 that expelled them 'oi
illinols =. asserts that the wretched e i
me n;snre for preparation for their long
hnu .I,air journey" &c. The hrst cnupa' ~,
;,'s them closed with an agreement WIN 40
ny, tbev would leave the State as soon 10 ~" ~
oTc, of the next spring would peTwM;
soon as the grass grew +" anu sll',n "nace /,
SON v.s left ON the ground, to secure peace U
~ rarties But the spring came, ana inc sum
49, was passing, and their agreement was no
HIeuaJ. and If SQUARE miles of ripeneu gran
,gere Abandoned il was when the lnhao''au's :
tbe county believed they did not ln'enu !" ~"
at all. e . commi
81 thair own responsible men, TO dispose az
real estate they had been forced 10 aoahand
tbot committee should deem most proPen Of
thew remained months after the Elk
their people. Tho, % Al, igment
Of a candid public, whether they nv of "the
81 styla in the words Of our frbulsiOn in
,ao5erD Israel > and whether theords again.
;ts moral bearings. would, in h as cruel and
G contain the record Of n persecGe Huguenots
remoraelvss a. Sn5t %siGs -
from France" that as lnhah't-
Us jsJeAd freokly slgs Of ttb cir ,p2jcV tbus
ants of the Territory " Seoj SIo6stgS nna>
far has been 10 blink me SUwill not be likelyto
again: Federation Of slaheir claim as Saints
facilitate the recognitiohe may well question
of the Latter Day" been the policy Of the
whether such would Pfhose best acquainted
prosecuted Huguenteople, would not expect,
with the MormOns or morals and the Union
in them. decisive from that Territory, unless
NAV well fear tro.nsit from Illinois to Utah,
aAl-.annism in rated. Had our friend only
mas become rra5!e opinions OF that people,
expressed inside on the fair name Of an in
ana thrown led community, the foregoing de-
Jured and have been needed but doubtless
renee woulice to all and fair investigation
ne deslrey of that people would correct many
vi the hjf them, and Of others.
i"ise w for truth and justice, w.
County, Illinois, Augua 81, 1850.
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Southern OF SIdpehOlding &aes.
Majority

Two-thirds of the Southern members voted
against the admission. Had the State been a
slavehoding one, they would have voted for it.
Their opposition therefore, rested upon the fact
that il was free State OF course, they can
not complain if Northern Members of Congress-
hereafter should oppose the admission of any more
slave States
We hope the Democrats Of the free States will
not overlook another aspect Of this vote. Seven
teen Southern Wings voted for the admission Of
the free State of California-only ten against it
while forty-six Southern Democrats voted
against il and only ten for 1t! Indeed in the votes
on the former bills, there was a similar difference
in favor Of the liberality of the Southern Wings.
And yet, the Washington Uaion claims the
settlement of this territorial question as the
work of the National Democracy The truth is,
with some honorable exceptions in the House and
Senate, the Democratic members from the South
have throughout the session displayed most in
tolerant sectional spirit.
Union Mr.. Clingman announced that the game
of obstruction would be resorted TO against her.
The southern Press laughed at the idea Of admit
ting her-such an act would overthrow the Union.
What comment upon all this, is the peaceful
admission of the new State, with an unmutilated
boundary, by vote of two to one-only ten men
having been found in the House silly enough to
attempt the game 80 solemnly threatened by MIR.
| Clingman
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TUESDAY In CONGRESS-.

The House gave another expression of opinion
last Tuesday, adverse to any alteration of the
existing tariff.
Several bills containing grants of land, &C.
we're thereupon rejected.
The Senate passed the Mexican Indemnity bill
from the House, and then proceeded to consider
the bill granting permits in the gold mines Of
California
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third reading. MIR Hdmes of South Carolina
moved an adjournuent, and asked the yeas and
rovs--only too voted for them, and the House
rsfnsed to adsurn. The bill was then ordered
70 n third jeading-yeas 1877, nays 81. The
rrevious oestion was demanded on the passage
Of the hill MIR. Featherston of Mississippi moved
20 Law upon the table, and called for the yeas
.rd =, $, but they were not ordered and his mo-
ion rs rejected Under the operation Of the
,,ous question the bill was then passed-yeo'
!, nays Sc.
An analysis presents the following results:
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stow upon 1t.

To The EdIor of tie National Era:
SIR In your account of the proceedings of the
House upon the Texan boundary bill, you have
my name recorded as voting in the negative, on
the motion of MIR. Wentworth to commit the BILL
with instructions TO insert clause restricting
slavery in New Mexico The recording of my
name in the negative, on that vote, was a mistake
which was corrected on the reading of the Jour
nal next morning l hare mrer uoted against tte
Wilmot PrOUiSo, bm on all SnRGJie opportunities h0w
po,ed ~ aror Off, JoHN Freddy.
House of Representatives. September %, 1880.
We saw the vote, but not the correction. We
thank Mr.. Freddy for calling our attention to
the matter Ed Era.
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TIE NATIONAL ERA.
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER %, 1850

WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 90, 1850
" "A BARNBuRNFR shall be heard next
week
-. PubliA-s .sSS hage sent as books &c,
will excuse us this week Next week their fayors
shall be noticed
~ " SRErcuEe OF OUR VrLLAGE,' by Martha
RUSSELL are attracting deseryedy much notice
We are glad to hear that they will probably he
published in n more permanent form.
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A CORRECTION.

Il will he recollected that last week. in explain
ing the votes on the Texas Boundary Bill and
amendments, we showed that their opponents
we're in favor of committing to the Committee
of the Whole on the state Of the Union, while
their friends were anxious to put them through
at once by the power of the previous question,
which gags debate and cuts off all amendments
In stating cd column, Sd page Of last weeks Era,)
the second vote on committing, we said
"Let us see who were in favor of this gag poll
cy those who voted for it WERE" &c. Then fol-
low the names of those who were in favor Of COM
hitting and of course against the gag policy.
The Introductory sentence therefore should have
been" Let us see who were in favor of commit
ting, and against this policy those who were in
favor Of committing, were," &c.
The majority of our readers doubtless so un-
derstood it, but some may have misapprehended
it. The article was very long, required very
laboriOus analysis and comparison of votes, and
was prepared amidst great pressure Of business
80 that occasionally il was more Obscure than il
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