The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-03-19
THIRTY.FIRsT CON0REsS.
PIRsT SESSION.
sY noRsx's MAGNETIC rELEoRAPH.
Senate.

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Senate.
wAsHISoror, March 1s, 1850.
number Of petitions prs'suted and referred.
the wINNEsAoo Iso,Ass.
A bill authorisipg the payment Of twelve thousand
dollars to The winssbago Isdians wss reported from
che Judiciary Committee, considered and passed.
Aftsr the transaction Of routine business. Of no
general interest the Senate rsumed the consideration
.of
Me- CLAWS REVOLUTIONS OF Compromise.
Mr.. BADoHa having the floor, addressed the Senate
He IVES not surprised that subject OF muoh interest
s that involved the resolutions should have given
srise to . warm and animated discussion, sod much
exoitsment- he did not design to add to that excite
mont. He designed to consider the subject In that
spirit OF concilistion and grod feeling In which the
Union wss formed. 1bs subject one of great iu-
portsncs ss great as that OF the pr~s-rvston
Union itsef, which seemed invnvsd. aud shonld be
considered with modrr.tion sra'. d.nn.rson' , Jn,
those who had said that there could BE- no peacefu
separation Of the Union: Such ga iupcr-ieie from
the nature Of the casethe chsra ter OF In ntitu
tions and conntry-from the ps'ur- 81 our form OF
government itsslt But even If there could b. such
ibe States might separate wouii sp.ediy and To-
-evitably be endsd and war NUT foiio~ which
would have termination In s-ttlsi peace uotil
the superiority Of one section the othr. bad
yelled sssps nsiop of hostilit,es until trev naushed
should have had opportunity :" % % "a !, s1s
Badger proceeded at come tng'n Co oons, !er the
vslus Of the Union aud the evis ~ 'epsrstion be-
furs considsring tho question ~he her there q
possibility Of any action by Congress ~a,ch coid lead
TO disunion. There such p'~s'O'hs,. Was there
q probability Of such state of tn,bs-' He
alarmist; but looking TO the uLi asa cd 60 be
guarded sgainst eyery thing which tnr-ste6sd its per-
prscs: dipss here and the copvu, n throusnout the
country. could doubt the pronab b,irv trst alton
might follow certain courss of si.stinn Tois being
the case there Just much for careful
edeIation, ccpcitis,iop aud osr- In so loo here ss
though the certainty of tbs d sdutoo Of tn nion -
4kn <( In plain .lsnKS
was presented; and then. In reply 10 Mr. Ssssrd,
he went into an argument d-duoed fr-a the Scrip.
evil 10 NO ain. He defended North ar los from the
charge OF having passed laws d,rcriniusns
between whites and blacks In os-os II tosurreotton.
Proceeding to the confederation OF the merits the
question under consideration be ssa shst toe S)u.h
hsd right In the nrst place, e. IN Asequs,e
for the arrest AID 1T their fugise
slaves-that must lie st the bs'is ~ pAotncson
Without 1t, any settlen ent soaid oe tss house it
without any foundation THIS sns matter of risot.
guaranteed by the constitution. there sss any enc
thing clear and undoubted IN the o-ttution ives
this right Of the sisvehodiog States to have their
fugitive slaves restored Tn,s provision A. bud
ipg that whieh provided tor the arrest OF tugtvee
from justice An innocent man, a-.ios from
just prosecution morally fug,tive from jas
toe and yet, under the cou.tituasn u charged With
crime, matter how f4tsey he l. rucn fasuvs, aud
must be delivered up, to be returned 10 the plscs
where the change IL made. there to ,udc.t hn elf
So with the fugitive from labor. cn,axn ne may
deny The assertion that be is q sisve. be must,
under the constitutional provition. Ne delivered
mp and returned to the place IRON ~hi,h he has
-qusstion, whether be is . s'sse or free is re.
viewed at some length the VI. IS -xpr----d BY Mr..
Seward, and said, II the sept'm-nt- expressed by
him were those OF the North-rn o-ople generally,
the Union was scarcely worth preserving He o,d
believe, hov-ver, that the sena'or represented hs
views Of the North generally nor II any Ssts in hat
quarter The pcsitton assumed bs '-r Seward would
render the execution Of any aud all Uncertain 40
cordiug TO it, the Judge upon Toe n'n ught refuse to
pass the sentence under because be did not be-
lsve the p< nalty TO BE- just Mr. g. about TO dis
ouss the Wiimot provso, sbeu hs gave wsy motion
that the Ssuate postpone the furtner Of
the subject until TO morro~ which "a. sste-d -.
Mr.. KINo to sxpisusu q IL re'sti IN 20 re-
mark made 10 the Senate l.st SEEK oy dr. Hale 60
the that James BocbsBap s.id the democracy OF
the North the na'aai ally OF ssv.ry He called
upon Mr. Hale TO say when and where he used such
language.
MIR HALx said he had not expected this mater to
come up day ana MT pr pared ~ish the docu
ments; but he would at future tms be ready to sn-
svsr tho question.
Mr. Kise replied that the statement could not be sub
stantiated The fsrtb~st that ur Buchsuso bad ever
gone TO ssy that the democracy OF the North vas
in favor CT protecting South In the epjoymsnt u
their con stitutiopal rights ..
Nr H.IE had no desire TO do MIR Buchanan injds
tiee Int would undertake, at sno her ttme. 10 snov
that he bad great fur her than Nr htog cd
mittsd He vas not positive To the pr~s.e phrase
ology 10 which the ptimebt he bad Imputed 20 hin
Was clothed bat In elect IL VAS suon n be hsd de-
scribed it.
SIR. DAVIS Of Mississippi aud Mr.. Cass s'.o denied
che sccurscy of the statement made by Mr Hale
The Senate then went into Executive session. and
ubse queDtly sdjouInsd.