Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-01-31

ION asserting that provisions ought to be made
y law, allowing to every male citizen of tha
Jh'Ied States who should settle upon. and chi.
Vlte the same Tor three years, a 1uartar soc-
on 81 public land. which, however, shouJd not
ilIenated by the settler, or converted evc.nt
dIvse by will. The resolution lies over.
ME- Davis of Mississippi submitted resolu.
,or. cal ing upon tue Pres dent FIR all orders or
snpoloehc" reIltve to the assenbIave and
rated a,n o. me Cuba expednionists cnnpre.
Mr. yMolnd lsIlnl last 81 inner. Adoofed
ot,ral I, ",'e lntrodncel bill Drovidin,, f,r,
a. ' "'i oI disabled N,va, Officers
, o VI motion o. Mr.. Fonte. tho ', Snaaso ,
II, ~. C"''Su ration Of the sp,cln ord = h.,
= NE resolution pnlar cop.,da.at;,.' o'usl' De
eted his remarks, ''' Do'r' RESUMED and com
. f., ,b ,1pessihg his obligations 10 the Son
= :, 'or tneIr torbearqncn dnrino a te,i'm oen
"'a' lent upon the subject under J,sc"ss a"u
,nnL ,h' a ana after he concluded NJ Rnt
H. d w n'"r' ana the iuGther consid. .rat'a.,
w. Wv "'So'u''on was postponed until to. r',""
I'm HOUSE.
SEW Message of the President ro.o,,
yotS .propfiation to fit opt ~ ,eco,hnend'
Mr., Slr John Franklin. wss SNp p't to
Means,9% Naval Alflrs. ''''red 10
.nl,iion from the Committee oc IT,
ev for CO. back the Senate resol, "5s anc
and %%'tlon Of the atnrnut NJ 'a'.a ~
Mr.. Vinton venue, with an aloend,nar.
referred 10 the n,,,
State of the UnN mat the amendment be
Mr. Stanton Of Of the Whole on the
| Committees, asked, ay-
consideration Of lle from the Naval
can Slave Trade, by 2"harged, from the
and that line Of stea suppress Afrl-
ply between this country A. y colonIziton.
On motion of NJ Bayy &%t,bllshed to
Committee Of the Whole onNEM Africa,
UnIon when he submitted a, &'ent into
uou,, referring to The proper 4 If The
several topics IN the Prsilen's ait 'snlu-
! Ar Chngman of North Caroh Me
ao"ngh dlsnnion and slavery speecS3e
cpnCSe Vt HIS remarEs he made the sE\
nonsenscal declaration:
BIT for The passage of tie Wilmot p,
ion lime to Tine in this House, suveho%
|nnId have gon" to California, to work \
(nnes, and make th,t Il slave State. The Nor
say that slavery i, degrading, but o higher state
OF cNI,lztlp0 never before prevailed at the
South than now. If the South give wav. what
Elil be the result? California, New Mexico,
Minnesota, Oregon aud Deseret will come into
he Union as free States. and the North will
awe entire control in the Senate and two mem
AIRS t" Gne OF the South in tins House. TWEEN
yeats would not pas, before they would alter
he constitution TO suit themselves, The state
NJ feeling at the south h IS become cousldera.
oy Weakened IN Consequence OF Northern az
T''7on. The South wuuid acqHeSce in any
thing like justice; but Hh"n they asked for any
hnr like THIS, hey wer" met with the insane
,ul ,rn>eless cry ut The Union"
Mr. ClnEnln has IA very limited idea of the
tate OF feeling among the emlgrHns to Calli0r-
nt. The great potion of them I'd gone from
tte Moth, where slavery is held as an abonna-
ton. others have gone on from slave States,
wrh savnrv prrndIceS. Both h ave agreed. how
ever that they VIII not work AT the mines with
Poems, slaves, or Kaimckas. ANY Snu,herner
" Northrrner who may have driven up gang
ri to work Tor then in the mines, VIII
1ive found til IN excluded enlreiy. by the unit
ed opinion ct all the workers VIII ther they come
from the North or the South Free labor will
never stand upon taG sum" ground with Save la.
bDr, and the men Of the South will be more rea.
iv to eniorc this principle than the men of the
Nonh.l
Mr. Howard of Texas followed Mr. Clinrman,
with an assertion If the extreme bounds of his
own state, and with the declaration III 1t the peo.
pie Of Eexas would never give up any Of it to
the purpose of free soil. Adjourned.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. %.
Our telegraphic report O rnu .sl1y gave
brIef sketch OF the speech OF Mr.. Phelps in the
Senate, IN WEDNESDAY IN defence OF the Yer
lpnt resolutions. After some personal and gen
raj ,pnarks. he 81 I'd -
Suppose Congress should pass the Wnot
Provlsn-t e principle "t the ordinance of 81
in Territorial lIl, would the time yet have ar
tlved for he separate acton OF the States, in
resistance Of the action OF Congress?
Mr. Foute- lnerposlng usurpat!un
Mr. PheI ps-UuIl 1t usurpatlon or whatever
else they might, would the time have arrived
, for action BY the States, such as had been
II threatened? No! The Constitution hadcon1,
temphted such differences of opinion, snd haa
= provided tribunal to decide upon snth quJb'
), lions the Supreme CouIt-whch els GINA
u shed for the purpose of tying AID uee'r mr..
r. upon The validity of laws consder@oy All n the
ton Of the Union as unconStlloohiI' Id not
t. m,ston was referred to lr',hi IT,. va decis
d all parties, North and South, ''lu' y
y ion? H., sapator spoke
Mr. Yulee inquired whetr{tnL' t;lhngpess to
for the North, or declara fh aeo ,Iecision of the
submit this whole QneSt1 20 lnI moi doubt the
Supreme Court? lfs3' ne ao u'' them upon that
readiness Of the Sorh 10 "''
basis ,,,ce with the Senator
Mr. Butler couZ p ,br "Chyton Compronl-
from Florida 6,r The senate, the South ~o% ha
Use 6lIl was EasJ 10 ret their rights nnon 'ns
have been Fra, for one he could n"' no"
!, legal decls1, .nLmssiou of the nights o, '"'
consent t -, States to the decision OF tle gu
+ teen soy w Tht time had passed, hsao
r Wenp y p5s and that nothn which ha1 ue,
Mr. hrrcctsd what he had said whch ~','
u'g.&aae Gw Of Congress should prove ongn n,
= than ,,c yns tribunal watch h'u we P"o
|'p' dc whether Congress h'G eN'''ueu ~,
"r and that 1t would be aoohu""t ,eI'"" 's
P"'msntton of extraordinary ,e'"e"l -, ' had
,,es when all the Constitution 'eu'eui'' ''
been exhausted ,,,4od tho Dondinr mo-
ton +, priat the Vermont resolutions was '''
Oh the table. =, ,,.,a. tho hill relating to
,h., execution of The Constitution" PUN ,.tnn nm
tine rsc.pture Of fugitive sIaVca, WAS wv" after
ana made the special order lo' " "'o'''"
,h,ch the Senate adlonroen'
WIN" HOUSE.
- NJ seldom Of Richmond, Va,
In the House Mt ,ln was SsS ref rred to yesterday,
IN MS ,P@r nh at,acked with Son,hero and po
by r'eg apni he Mrssage of the President upon
cal Seyeilgot California, ana he asserted that
the Su'Slrs of the people haf the States we're
the red thereby. As WIS stated. motion was
D. exc that the document should b" referred to
le ,fe Committee of the Whole, aud ordered to pc
printed
SENATE.
In the Senate, on Thursday, in addition to
onr tolprraphic report of yesterday, the subject
ot the capture OF fugitive slaves came up and
NJ. Butler OF South Carolina, made it an otcu'
sion of an attack upon the North, in the course
Of which he brought in Mr. Chase Of Ohio, and
resolution connected herewith adopted at But
fao. Mr. Chase dl>caimed any connection with
j., the resolution, but defended the Liberty party.