The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-04-03

a Reported for the Baltimore SIM
331st. COnsrcss---First Session
WASHINGTON, March %, 1850.
4 SENATE.
q MIR. Seward presented a petition .sroTa
acltlzenstot Albany, New York, praying that
a'n any bill which may pass as 10 fn.t,tigc
ssiavcs. clause be inserted from Deulcro-
Fanomy Thou shalt not deliver lescryaut
lawho cscapcili TO thee, but keep him in ,hy
atcnts," &c. AZ "
a Mr.. Webster made an explanation as to
4tlie hand bill circulated here, purporting to
gbc an attempt to show that his (Air. Web
s9stcr's) views were different in 1878 from
s3wllat they were in 1850. Tie author, he
Showed, was either ignorant or uncanditi.
! Alr. liaic remarked that lie considered
Isthat there was an inconsistency between
elMr. Webster's present and former views,
Sands therefore, The honorable Senator was
gconplimcnted by the Union.
petitions were presented 4
q Mr. Rouglass, from the Committee on
j JTerriorieS: reported a bill to establish the
aTerritorcs d, Utah and New Mexico, and
areduce the boundaries of Texas. Ordered
ito be printed. stf ~ ~ ts
The Senate then psocecded 10 The con-
Ssderation of the motie.Ttn refer the Presi-
ldents message ana the accompanying copy
/ Of the Constitus,sn of California, tothe
lConnnittce on Territories; with instruc=
J stions TO reporl9&kl! for her admission in
Ito the Uuon. SO.
I Mr.. Hunter said that, lihe others who
ahad preceded him, he MsSuid, upon this sub
aJcct, discuss, all the quest;oiSass involved lin
3disputc between the North apd SSoutl. He
athoughtit should be thus; Ench shoiiM!
know what the pcsitieanf The etier ssas,
land al sljGa,a NOW of,k Nil difficulties
full in tho face, that tifsy syT,sr;shts knew IL
spnssibls what was To be dome To remedy 6
lIhe eFii, and il no such result was likaly.
THAT each might prepare Tor seii prp,eeliap
tis tSSi
jagitn,aoIl Thc bonds OF tia ItsE,i, "a, /, q
ttherohy be wesker.d constantly. Ill; ~
5inst They would art altogether. Tbn.{e
sshoa!H be permanent scttlcment& ahAte
"aa party in the country and in fsoiiissas,.
i"ho were disposed 10 interfere with GI.. n.
gsu. uttons o! slavery i'll the States.
\ In the midst OF the kind feelings S,wbch
spervaded The hearts Of al, after llhds fav6in
ationary struggle, the ordnance5of i757Hf
Aadopted. rrt in the great Missouri. x,rSg-
&g'c the contest ON the slavery ques.iaa
8commenced, and has continued ever since.
y At that time the admission OF slave States
awas resisted. Mr. Rufus King then took
athe ground that slavery was not recognized
5aoy the Constitution; that Congress had the
apower 10 abolish slavery in forts and dock
Isyards, thereby converting those places,
Sthough they might be in the heart of the
Ssiave States, into hot beds Of abolition.
s He then gave the history OF the great
aincrease Of agitation on this subject by
sCongress, in admitting Abolition petitions,
(which now were received in both houses -
aWcre not these petitions he asked, more
3dangeaons Ia the Union thaa petitions for
!athe dissolution of the Union The first
Iawcre received and referred; the latter were
Aderided and rejected, as the eilusions of
Il Slmadmen. In the House resolution was
Nat ono time nearly passed, which provided
ifor the abolition OF the slave trade in the
81 District OF Columbia, which, If passed,
S3would have abolished slavery here altoaetf,
sger. Another resolution, which received
Sathe votes Of nearly all tho representatives,
:sof the free States, provided that in this
q aDistrici the slave should have the right to
s. vote on the question Of his own freedom
aFrom all this he lcduccd that the Son,h
chad much to fear from those who for tie i,t.
%turc were 10 rule the de3iinies of,ic ma.
saton.
81 As another evidence that the South had
ISno security. in the history OF the past for
unconstitutional protection, when the North
s. shall have supreme contro! of Congress.
SShc repeated the history of the legislation
IS and action of the free States TO defeat the
sseSecution OF the provision OF the Consti,u-
#tion relative to the recapture Of fugitive
Mslaves.
& lie alluded to the fact that the southern
HsSta,cs might be driven to the levyng OF
Is Faxes upon the ships and manufactures Of
RI The Northern States. nss
III lie stated the circumstances attending
III The loss of the slave property on board the
HCreoie, which was run into one Of the
% British West India Islands, and became
Ewhoily .ost unto the owners: and 10 The
Mproccedmgs attending the case OF the A'Ri-
Estad, and the total failure on the part OF the
Eun.ted States, 10 assert and maintain the
Hrigtis Of slave property, all as showing
n that slave property had become the object
@of the most unrclentIg ard dctermiued
Hhostllty 10 the northern States. What had
Ei,hey to expect in the future, when the free
EStatcs shall stand two to one in tho Ma
Htional Legislature r,fatn
iE Tie maintained the ground OF The equali-
rRiy OF the States, and that every State being
Mequal as a member OF the Confedcracy, was
,Aentitlcd TO All equal participation in the
Uncommon Territory ofthe Union. But j
-ksihe power be in Congress toexclnde any o
ssihe States, bow direct was the iatmatior
sesand ei.ec, such exclusion, Every MAJ
lAknows thatif the States were indeFerdsn'
Esnaunns, and con(edeSatcd for the war, ilia
Eeacl, would have ain equal rightin the con-
@qnests. But being denied this right beeaGs9
Ealhey were in The Union, how fnrcibie WA
.Es,he fact that il they were not ttile Unio!
'ssthoir rIehtewouldnot ba lFyadoi. q
iE iiesEead from sofesssl i.,dicia{ {docis;oa
ssto show that the ritsh, ot The people to car
ETg 'heis property IS the ,orfssery Of tho un