New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-15
Appeal for Freedom The kquiii-
brinm Webster on the Pledge Anne xstion
BsnG-men Basis OF Voting It pshur
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SLwAHD seems enthusiastic n hrs love q tie
Union. AID IN h.. conceptions as 10 the noble des
tiny which may be the lot Of iis people. He sees
that Slavery, a. imperfect civilization iov state
Of public and prigate morals and thence internal
discussions are tho great obstacles u rs perpeiH
ity, AID wo9ld efnspcipate where he ooa.d. and
pass avs 70 bring Tie trembling slave within the
pale Of the Consultation, and substitute mddness
% the ebony conred sdmirer o. personal freedom
or tho strpcs and terrors Of the bloody code oi
Draoo which tho South yet clIngl 10 az her saliva
ton.
lSEwARD speech was. as whole infinitely 50
ptrur o. WEBsTERs and although he did not get
the applause OF the galleries. ~ slsveioldmg cty
buiit between two Slaycllo.1iug. states and whose
population chiefly depend upon the location 81 pro
slavery government IN their midst For subsistence
or prosperity although WEBSTER monDpohzec
tie stamping aud cheering OF the Shareholders and
piaccnen vet the very absence Oi these tokens %
spprobatiou when SEWARD spoke, IS powerful
evidence B bis favor
HIS quotation Of Burke against compromising
liberty aud Justice with the tyrsnt and oppressOr
was truly approprate and be gave CALHOUN t. ~
d.rstand that DO new avs to cOerce lUgltiyes were
r. ,u.red and and that there should be no success
ful notification on that account IA the year oi grace
1850 UNDERwo0D lost not a word Of what was
said, aud | wish could have ascer,sined his opin
ion. but he never opened his lips
The recent meeting Oi services ~ Caste Garden
would have skunk of, Justly ashamed o. their mora
cowarlice could they bat have witnessed the sceneo
Yesterday When DAwsON asked # SEWARD spoke
for the North, the reply was, O. speak what be
levc 10 be the prevailing convictions of the PEG
pie Of the Free states
He showed the absurdiiy OF the equilibrium,
and the catchwords Southern and Northern States
IL 4 L til EIo-fn - col L
southern State, no matter where located II 1t
does not it is Northern. The States were - To
for Slavery in i7S9 they arc now but 10 % ID.
CALHOUN was evidently astonishcd. Never before.
this Session, have seen him stop TIL between tour
and five but SEWARD, speaking rs he did, BY
commission from three millions oil free constituents
had the attraction OF q magnet Gen. BAYtY stop
ped short time. The theme assuredy did not
suit him "Old Virginia never tires was not .
tune that could be played on the occasion OF Sen
ate speech for the Immediate removal OF slavery
and its horrid traffic across the Potomac and be-
north %. Bladensburg.
/ thought SEWARD would bat WEBSTER hard ior
his servty in the offer 10 vote $4,000 TO enable
the Shareholders 10 transport the free, unofenfiDe
cnlorcd people 70 some distant colony. That he
beat CAS- hollow, and WEBSTER seems really
ambitious Of taking CAss', position now that the
veteran coulter OF Michigan inds it all bat untcn
abe The Free Lands for whites aud more Slave
states won't do.
WlBsrzR's quibbe about the solemn pledge OF
Congress to carve four Stare States out Of Texas
delighted the dealers ia that species n live stock
aud the spectators in politics, for It united the
IDEAS of political power 10 be preserved as cor
ruptye fund, aud OF better price b be obtained
for NEGROES in these parts. The Constitution OF
Texas wars with hJerty now and iprc'e 40"
can free men settle there They arc not denied
Their, and would not b. allowed. The tyrani and
his slave arc alOno contemplated as III ]" cAlst ~
that vast moral waste.
SEWARD told WEBSTER that there was no war
rant in the United States Constitution for political
ia the annexation of foreign nations b.
i0.nt resolution of Congress, and therefore no au
ih0riiy for the pledge to turn Texas into supply
oi eight Pro slavery Senators 10 outvote the iDpo
lpus Free States. WEBSTER, as a lawyer, Affirm
cd in effect, that any Congress might, 10y inini
resolution. annex any foreign country whether
Mexico, Caina, Great Britain ar Turkey thai a.
though a treaty for trading, for postal intercourse
for delivery OF criminals &c. &c. requires two
third vote. yet that mere resolution ct Congress
can supplant the treaty power AID, without any
submisslnn ol the question to the people, change
,hc character OF the Union and annoS Tor cause T.
be annexed to any nation whatever THIS doc
tunc suits the South. for 1; longs alter CUBA and
Slavery there. Chihuahua aud Slavery there aud
with tie patronage ct the Executive, WEB>tEh
sad in 1878, that much might DC done az Con-
gtcsN :
SEWARD he hard tho Polylso that gives tine
owner ui hvc slaves the equivalent ct three votes
Tor a member of Congress on their behalf. and whom
reverthless they dare not petition IL is indeed
lueer aud curious Proviso 10 keep millions o men
Il bondage and ignorance, IN perPetuliy, degrade
them as chattels on level with the pigs snd
then increase the popular representation IN 'oh
.rcss in three hlths ratio as compared T. tnt
number of three bondsmen In the North tht
I,t 10, t.If and
IS dcccnty veilcd. In the slave states
il Is openly avowcd and even the appearance o'
liberty secuted ss phantom
Old JUDGE UrSnUR whom WgRSrER made wa.
for In the State Department as Il would not nave
looked decent in Massachusetts, man TO 90 io'
IsraS, II with Slavery, had black servant nance
DAVID RICH to whom by his will, he gave his Tree
iom He speaks in said viii OF the sincere and
,toady friendship which | tr,sUk bear nm
nd vet had not the Prinoctous big gun blown L =
>utk into eternity at short notice, DAVID hlCh
his owners steady friendship, hac
rtmaiucd bond slave at this day
Listen 10 the character of DAVID RlcH, the bach
man by his owner OrsHUR the wnitc Sccrctai!
ol State for the United States
"Ie hss been my slave for twen1 four years curing
h,ch time been trusted to every extent and 10 c'
srert Nh conhdeuce Ia him Las teen uEbOundcd. HE
,rgcrce IA OF hirh order his integrity above Oh susp
con and OF night and ptopresy correct AM re
lined know who has fewer faults OF more eA'e'
send CIlNGsAN The IribuHc-hid him also pc
ruse UPSHUR'S will Vet. IN order 20 secure luA
urious living ior themselves. the Chngmans Ae
G. alhouns the Reverend billiards, ami the ireVer
oi,d IS. would seemingly conyulse tins Union
10 assure to themselves more extensive markets
lor the sale OF coored men OF high order OF IN
tenicence, all integrity above suspicion, and sense
OF ricbt the most correct and refined. Have the
oppressors of such race any integrity or sense oi
uratf Read SEWARD speech and you soon sec
the answer
I'm tired of Southern gbberish about RIGHTS
FoorE in the course OF his ImpUlsivo rhapsody
talked of the Roman matron who, when asked Tor
her iewes. pointed to her children Her ohlldren
N was well for her that she lived out Of our South.
and had no seventh cousin whose great grand
father. Ike the sire Of UrSHURS Rich had been
Kidnapped IN Aries, OF else the chivsiry would
hsve sod her children % be sugar swamp slaves IN
Louisiana, or else 70 augment the race Of heredf
tAry serfs destined 70 count as three fths Of man
eSch. in the effort blessed by WEssrER o. getting
sight slAveholdine votes IN Senate out OF Texas
~ ROGER SHERMAN.
California knockins-Where's TeNas-Weod-
hAm nj.