New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-13

.o,,;oryof slavery m tho District Of 90.
oaln tpe ~ The thnes 10 be done forth With,
urnolt ~ ~ot hut look at the introduction Of this
be Gu Gu 8, ,his time az extremely indscreet and
n t The streng7h Of his position lay IN
the fact Inst sthouah THE bill he'd now been doc
,oye6 With such nussvory amendments that no
rould re. vote Tor it Airnself as ls now ssands yes
h, arol without hopes thst the House OF Repre-
sontstives rrxy strike out the Standardization
for exatolls az making the aidi1g o Save 70
e,csne q nen;tentiary offense which It not ana
bo,ievey been ia this Distrch-and sehd IL pach
to the 8epste in such q shape That he co1lo gwen
his snrnort Mr. SEWARD s0b3nt0se docs h9s
,r,rora N. immediate and absolute Abolition Oh
Isve,v in the District at all eVents bat tnat 5-go'
non b. annyopriated to pay TIE value OF tbs Saves
~ the masters, ard then a vote be taken, 10: OF
aa.inst rho abolition. by tho iDhabFaatA o. cue DIS
t,ic,;f Yea then The act TO go INTO ehsct 0'nef'
80 n remain void and OF no effect @r 3 AID
49, yyi,h Considerable show Of reason objected
il st chance Of getting this nil psss
"a shane that freedom vii gain real adyan
..,, - bnt tbst by the defeat Of Mr. SEWARD SILL
nv ne vote of the people the whole would be loss
9th slavery and the slave trade remaining unim'
paired n. ..1o..,,.
urT the handle" There had been Nc time during
the last tw enty five years when he would not have
resdy and grstiGed to vote for the abolition OF
the slave trade in the District OF Columbia, but
now the cup was filed to overlooking IL Tas
obvious tina Che demands OF fanaticlsm would
never be appeased, end for enc ne would make no
more attempts 70 concleie IT, he should change
hin tack and would vote against ii in any shape,
contrary to what he had all along intended He
was s"fnad az March hare he got himself
called 10 order for unmsaoerly language, euch as
might come from too much patriotism or peach
brandy and bad to back down
AlA Ha tArr
GREETED exceedingly THAI Mr. SEWARD had, with
out consulting anybody which seemed to be the
,,rngGuen of the ofausc, thrown all the nice ar
renge ments FOR harmony Throughout the country
into ri he did rot think proposition for the abo-
,op Of glaveYy in the District Of Columbia ahoald
be made or introduced nor. 1t was not proper
time The public rpind has been too much e1cltsd
and Is not yet quieted &c go &c
Mr.. DAWSON was In an agony OF patriotic phil
lipics sgainst political demagogism. aud could only
attribute the origin Of such propositions to the hope
esrress OF attaining to fame With tho low cast Of
talents possegsed by certain individuals otherwise
thsn by forming some new party and getting up q
ferment He too grow Unm8nuerly as he pro.
ceeded got himsef called to order AID had to oaos
down.
Mr. szw4Rn, wbo raised tie alaan, was then
forgotten, in the melee He ast demQrely by, az
if he enjoy ed the fun. But BALDWIN and DAYTON
each caught whipping. PRATT basted BALD.
wiz, ATCHINsoN beiabored DAYT0E i was ob.
voue hat he waa az reh4y as he oehers 10 DO Sh'S
great wrong, but he only wished 70 wat more
appropriate occasion, whsl tho 8oath Sh0Qd be
ie,e On the alert than now He (Mr, ATCHlEs0N)
wished .he South 30 to understand it The -Four
teen Southern States did not thank Mr., DAYToN
fcI hs foIbe0rance, not they. Mr, DAYro6 did not
however, ask the Fourteen Southern States to
Thank him, Be spoke for himself, and the question
.ay between himself and biz commitments.
Nr MASON hated the Whole matter ss the devil
ha.ca holy water. He had ne leave swallow joliop
SIS take The bill in any nhaps. The abolition of the
Slave Trsdo would De mere iiFs. etaP, &c &
Mr CHASE acknowledged the corn This bill,
# adopted in its original shape would be butt
mtre first step, single inotrument. Gentlemen
would deceive themselves il obey thought other.
visc. There would be peace while shred OF
Slavery remained within tho constitutional! rs&Oh
Of tho General Government. Slavery was not
tnd must not be treated ID National af&ir--
1t was a domestic State inbtltuGion, and rnust
he kept at home Every attn mpt to mako the
General Government cover II or indotge il, wac 80
much provoCstion 20 its overthrow. AS Tor the Ia
timstion that little had 10 look to tho forma
tlOn o. nav pSrties for chance To rise to distin-
gu,hed positions in political iis he never should
have ihOnghtit, by looking round him on eOhersde
o. the Senate Chamber, ior while his acknowledged
tho presence Of distinguished ability 10 the ranGs
Of I'll parties, there those present aeo, OF al
psrties who would prove suiciently TO the satis.
fucton of all observers ths' ills perfectly safe
that score TO remain either Whig or Demo-
orat. His speech vas shofi, powerful, and edeo
Sive.
Mr. Foorr exoelled himself The p-oposition
before the Senate was nothing more nor less shan
a straight forward proposition to dissolve the
Un;on He tore 4 passion to tatt6rs and sat down.
z MIR WINTHROP repled--l he voted against the
proposition of MIR. SEWARD it woQld not 90 because
the Union is endangered by il, An fact, the FREQ
dom Of ak hundred slaves would be tao insight.
cant. AS principle the right to abolish slsvery in
the DAtrict is uuqoes tjonable To establish this
point he picked up and read regular bref" 90
the whole subject, asserting At the time, chat
he was entirely ignorant Of the intention of MIR
SKwARD to introduce bis motion.
What thjuA you now tho policy of SEWARD in
shis particular BY many it Will be condemned
and probably by none moro severely than by many
Of hin Wits friends. For my own part, regard it
ap not only correct but an important aud
WeLtimed movement for the position which he
holds 1t is ia the nature OF bill Of exceptions at
the bar Itreserves tue question 1t gives notice
that tho dissentients from the recent co npromise
are not to lie regarded as priveE, nor as bound by
the Judgment, but that they will deem theuAeyea
at liberty at any time to rip up the whole affair.
think il is 4 wiser act than other the enemies or
The friends OF SEWARD will be likely to admit at
this day. The people will never be satisfied while
there ia alsye on the national domain; and with
out this movement every future attempt in that
Ei,ecticn would bave been met by the charge Of 4
breach Of compromise. SEWARD and CHASE will
probably vote alone, HALE being se8entj but as q
mere political position, would rather ss&ud with
them, looking to the future than with the over
whelming msiority against them. SRA
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