The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-05-16

10 slisbt one. assure hm-to differ from him. Now.
how Is this difference existing bsiwsenus TO Sc settled
Why sr BY that very judicial authority 70 which The
other senators were 80 ready 10 refer n am right in
regard to The provisions Of thai law them when the
question =. comes before the Supreme Court Of the
ned. the right to carry slaves TO the Territories win
be decided. IL on the contrary, the senator from
Mississippi right sisas, in surprising tia. ihs soas,
the country, and authorized the introduction OF slaves
that the laws Of Texas stretched over the country and
authorized the introduction Of slaves--in either OF
these contingencies, the senator will then attain the OBJ
iec he proposes that is TO say, the right and authority OF
the owners OF slaves 10 carry them into the Territories
think with these two chances 10 one against me, the
honorable senator ought TO be satisfied that Is TO say
the constitution OF the United States bearing under It's
authority this right which he contends for and the laws
o. Iexas-whereas go upon the ground that the laws
OF Mexico do not stretch that territory and likewise
that the laws Of Texas do not cover because although
may be sad for the sake OF argument that Texas had
good title, yet she had not possession de facto And
hsnson Of The distinction between government ds aeto
and government dejure There numbers OF instan
ces in point in history. During all the reigns OF the
Stuarts, when they were cofending for the Common
weallhwhen thrones were vacated and Charles was be-
headed, and his poserity in fact Eng
land was under Cromwell who supposed that BY the
restoration Of the authority OF the Crown, aad the re-
placement Of the monarch upon the throne the laws
passed during the reign Of Cromwell had no torcc be-
cause they had government de Jaeo and not Jurel
however,
time consider; and the single question before the
Senate is, whether shall adopt the amendment OF the
senator from Mississippi And shall feel myself con-
strained e vote against j. with great difference 70 me sen
own construction OF his own amendment yet VIII take
his amendment as he intends IL and shall vote against
i upon the supposon that the sense which he intends It
should conveys, in fact conveyed by the section as ii
now stands Then what is that proposition The prop.
oson is. that by express legislative authority you will
recognise the right OF the owner Of slaves carry them
mfr al nj nj
there BY the authority OF Congress- that they may be
transported there By the authority OF the amendment
which the senator offers Now can only repeat what
to stand asde and make no legislative enactment one
way the otherwhile am willing, the one hand.
Win Ss which. ' Understand WE are threatened and on
the other. without attempting 70 introduced clause to
enforce authorize the introduction of slaves into the
the oher and am contensed that the law as it exists shall
prevail and, if there be diversity Of opinion, that it
shall be settled by the highest tribunals. While am
ognsing the right to cary slaves there And allow me
to say to myfriend from Mssissppiapplying the ex-
precision with the most ferven sincery-that he is not
only my own friend, but the friend OF who is no
more Allow to ask him and the other senators who
thought and acted with the late senator from South Caro-
lima. IT. with their views Of what ought to be done upon
this subject they can hnk right thai Gongss y an
Does not that power, in virtue OF which you would
pressy provide for the introduction OF slavery, imply the
n gIopSson and The right e pass law to
nate enough to understand the doctrine OF southern gen.
tlemen. is Of perfect and entire abstinence upon
amendment in the sense in which understand it. il Is
the design OF the senator from Mississippi that should
recognise BY irresistible Indications the power OF Con-
gfess to prohibit as well as 10 establish slavery.
Now Mr. President. allow me here upon this occasion,
with the great objects that animate all, with the great
which is prevalent throughout the country to ter
inmate these questions, and to settle them BY some
accommodation which will give peace and tranquility 10
the couny-alow me TO inquire, is il worth while for
us TO dispute about-what The right to carry slaves
to carry slaves north Of the line densaied in the bill ior
the adjustment Of the territorial question with Texas
The right to carry them where they cannot gowhere
they could not be held. and where labor at this moment
as we learn from the authority 10 which referred the
other day, may be obtained at the rate OF three four
dollars per month Let not be divided upon this unm
poant question: but dispose OF il IN manner to consum-
mate the great objects we have in view.
Mr.. DAVIS, OF Mississippi. MIR. President, | will
make very brief reply to the remarks OF the senator
from Kentucky and will address myself first TO his last
position. am not one of those who hold that it is a
settled fact that slaves will not 60 into these Territories
Little 10 known of the interior OF this couniryvery
bsss s PS Of . " sn1s Sssda i he
signs which TO be mistaken by the geogapber
BY the character OF the lower part Of the Colorado river
that u must dram an extensive valley, and that must
run through an alluval soil; and have, from the
counts Of hunters and others reason to believe that there
are widespread and fruitful valleys in that country
VIII say more, aitnougn IL Is perhaps hkely 10 IN
crease the opposition to my amendment. say, in a
spirit OF candor, that | believe that the valley oil
the Gia s rich in gold, and that slaves will prob
ably be taken there for the same purpose for which
they would have been taken to California, il they
had not been excluded by the failure TO protect and
the threats TO prohibit that species OF property by Con-
gress But sir. whether slaves 60 there moi, con-
siuuona nights are above the matter oil interest
voyed in the question. II is said that our revolution
grew out OF preamble and hope we have something
oil the same character as the hardy OF the revolution
who hrd commenced the war with the mother country
something OF the spirit OF that bold Yankee who said he
had right TO 70 TO Concord, whether he had any bust.
ness there or not and that 60 ne would and who in the
maintenance Of that right met his Death at the hands OF
BRUSH sentinel Now, sir II the right to carry slaves
into these Territories be constitutional right, II is our
hrst duty 10 maintain H.
But. SIR, not Intending now TO make any extended re-
marks, will briefly notice the answer OF the honorable
senator from Kentucky He CONSTITUTES again and again
as asking for law 10 provide for Transporting and secu
nng the introduction OF slaves into the Territory. Now,
sir, what s the amendment IL is 10 prevent the le
fere with the right OF property in slaves. II is not
asking Congress to pass law providing for the intro
duction oil slaves into the Territory. bat il is asking
Congress- while they confeng the powers OF legs
laon upon the inhabitants, 10 restrict them from legsa
ting against rights In slaveso restrict them that
they shall not interfere with those rights OF property
which grow out OF the institution of African slavery.
egsate for the introduction OF African slavery into the
Territory do not ask Congress for The admission
or the recognition OF the legal constitutional right
rest that upon the constitution and when that right is
denied, our reply has been will il before the con-
sttuiional umpire-the Supreme Court Of the United
oiates claim that territorial legislation shall not in
s a WIN ino.e night. Of property which we have un,