Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-01-07


Mr. Sehenck fn,err sd. rsplsiaae what hs seiion
had i-sn un Mr. 6nt's f.slaiiin. lis csil"sVne had
chsrre, him Nj # bulduess IN iarIng the ruth.
His r acue we'll knew that he npi sifaid 10 aV"w
bis ornians IN r.iaiion 10 slavery The slave trade IN
the Disirct Of Columbia, H.. MIR - dared H. enter
tain apinnns upon these suhecis which his colleague
thought were very unpopular at the Nafih.
Mr. Glidings claimed the 1Dr.
Mr. Scheuck inquired whether his colleague would not
give him the opportunity safe his opinufs.
Mr. Giddings sad he I'D hing his frma'lst t. .
clpse Immediately. When last Interrupted he was fe-
lering IN the eci thai gentlemen wefc s'mohes sns-
ppried ~ eude eorinq by vntes 10 This hall In rf'ptHe
Executive favur H. would say that gentleman "
ted The referred Ia fr TINT purpose. bat Il
certain that gentlemen " ho tlen voted against
asnH thn mnin 10 reconsider an lie iahr. thet' bY
sustaining the traffic SPECIES. had received ~
f offer al "a; ia the Executive Cebps but deeln d II
Another IS ho Inns voted pr sid over the NayY
Department AID was a The Presidents constitution
al advisers Another, Nhn had not voted ellhtt way
at tn head Of The Pas Office pepalnfuli another
Munster at Nladrid; ,dher represented tbs
uaiion The Cnnr OF the Gfn sultan uf Turkey;
other Commissioner Mex can elainlsi another had
teen appointed Marshall Of tho Western District oi Penn
fVaba: Bueihef inspector al sptaa 10 the INT d
States; and the s1n-n law o auuihe chir clerk II
! the Hpne Department. IL could not say that hcse
rewards given conpensafons for suslanlng the
crimes connected with The slave adei but l. m extra
ordinary aet hat. far as lis knowledge eNtepded. no
uan Who lien Etd against luis slave Iade au fGthlNeu
81 much : smile from The President
iot be tod that obligation rested nn Inn 10
vntr TT the gentleman from Massachusetts because lie
belonged Ia Ibis parry. lie said that mmes had h lie
weight with hn. lie would bo willing In yete for a
Dcmucfat who projected tho slave ade ns a hig
who rium ted he deeds. lie would vo'e lor II
man VITO TINS sustained a course whieh humanity
foyults He would refer 10 acf Thai ifarspi ell the
week un which Of The memtcrs reached This cts.
Il VAS the week beiore The present session commenced
M'sid The cid members would ecfllee arolareI man
who Iasl yer waited ~ The reechfy below u. liz
fearing that he was 10 b. snl unde tour law. attempt
ed to make II, escape land ii freedom. lie vas NJ
rested, aud knowing hs doom, he drew kuia ifn hs
pocket, and IA tn ptesonee al his capnrs, cut lbs own
htaat, and appealed Ia the God al Justice against the
law Winch has been sustained IN his Dsrtc The last
fly Yeas Bu such suicides common among the
wet ans / h g tnllie. lie ptaled that III whu dral
IN eavs hrfc r guilty lhan llU-c whr hollow
thc Aliraa slyc trlde. Their victims ae mulo Ell
iilAlrued, aud to1sf n,re.
And une fact WAS c0fttin; this eavr trade ha1. been
sn'tao,d IN The last two wears BY the Wing parry Il lts
House. Thr recpd, Of ihr nation showed this ilc, and
sill mlemoh urged that H. Was biuud sust im n
man In Speaker terau-c be hinged /, ahlt parry e.
lie denied any such Obj ealio. He wonlI BE- willing
toy down IN the ST. " Pen IN the conner 81 ft street
and Alaglad Avenue, and rake the dralsr in hum1n
f"-h VIM ffo~d ovet thai plmtea establishment t.
olieta us SPEAKER IT his House, he wtul1 ya'e IT
any man, call hun Whit ar Drnacai. Who'll nd. hi, IN
flueece Ia project AID shed ttal Xfeiablo lrlir.
H., leapte anil Tie ., nfltman fen NJ ssaclusett.
ID sad tlpt mll TIE Last session IA a.. sh lht
sa ttade h,ro had been rtft daccd ~ tie C.mutee
an dis Dsiuci hon'lcmtn need uul nis present rc
eofded i7cis There Was IN surh tIil IN r#dus.d -
hat committee had Introduced b1i a. pfahis Ihr
bringing Of slaves fou MARYLAND and kfslu, Ia tin.
city tf sale; bat il made n3ahls.u the neilic clritd
an WlIhlr the Ds lct. Tie utsd pc,tpi, tcfe ,ef,
I'm 30 NIL The horrors and crimes OF TINT commerce.
/ In slave pens leic wce not forbidden. The slave
merchants hofe. had that bill passed would have cpruu-
ued topufchas' mcn, thobt1n women and collect
a sill greater nunhrr OF children, Dt the Southern
matket Your slave auctions III this city would have
gone on H. declared It aud upon the public to r,-
pesent that bill as contemplating the abolition ihe
slave trade
For years il has been he prace in dis House when
Speaker WAS elected saio arrange he commit . us
suppress all petitions sem /, Them paving the abolition
81 lhiS tmfi aud lhnse committees thus uph Id trade
nj which nll Tho feelings Of unture revolt. Mrm-
hrfs here viii tolhcr constituents that lhrsn petit
tlpos referred but lhe committee made M report -
ny n1i Bcransethey placed there fnr lhr pur
pose 1t snPtfsSlng those re- tons Look said hc 10
The asl tw' ,rar-; have not these committees suppless-
me tsnaan's 81 ptuus sent 10 tht MI Certainty They
have. Nj one has been report d On. WHY mott
Does not the yoce o lie nation reply that they wee so
arranged As 70 suppress those pcuns} And who ar
Hanged lhfmi The very man who the " hgs say he
ought In have voted Tn 10 lhr office Of Speaker! HEY
lns'i hat he VAS bound 10 b,come pary the supcn-
dens fraud.
lie believed that governments are constituted among
men 10 sercre the people IN he cpaymrot, their mali
roahe f9hls HE" rudyng truths were Reclaimed
ny on athefs aud placed record They. SIT. wru
nal afiad II ashamed 10 av1w them. lie most 50,
lemnly, III ST deyoltdlS cher Shed AID sustained hrm
Nor would he Al ony Time sustain any or The oilic,
Speaker 81 his huuSe Nto dshecvs in these lunla
e mental dot rn,s Nor would lie vet, kr any one Mh,
1 ducsnrt avaw them.
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