The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-08
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wasmvopv, Sep, 10Th, 1850.

/ Il Congress, yet there is no peace tor ianat-
ism is sill stalking abroad. seeking whom
+ . may devour" Since | last wrote. the
| ,ill to i>h the slave trade in the District
has become a law durrg the discussion Of
The bill, Mr. Pnrt of Maryland, offered an
amendment making au offence puni liable
n the peniten,iary lor ult ess than Two nor
morr thnu twenty years, 90 run of or at.
tempt to run oil a slave from this District,
but the amendment was lost The necessi-
~ for this Amendment or some such provs-
ion will be apparent when it is known that
the Circuit Court of this District have de-
cded III the celebrated case Of the United
States rs dayton, that it is not n larceny
Nt comm,n law to a.porate OF carry of
slave hat he m1y have his freedom, there
being the want of the iuc7 cauSa, or inten-
ton to oopproprae the property TO the takers
use, the olleucc can on be punished by line
not exceeding two hundred dollars and im-
pri-onment IA The lai, which experience has
shown not To be sufficiently severe 10 protect
the owner in his slave property. Mr. Pratt
introduced a bill to provide for this defect in
the law ON yesterday, when Mr.. Hale moved y
TO commit it, with instruction TO amend it /.
SO as to provide for abo ishng slavery in this
District. After some debate, this motion
was ost-yeas ., nays Has follows:
YoaS BALDWIN. Chase, Davis, of Mass,
J Dodge OF Wis, Ewing, Hale, ilamIin,
, Seward, Wmlhrop-9.
! Nw-Atchisor, Badger, Parwell, Bell,
Benton, Bright, Butter Cass, Cay, Cooper.
| Davis of Miss, Dawson, Dayton, Dickinson,
| Dodge, OF Iowa, Dougias, Downs, tech,
Foote, Fremont, Gwin, Houston, Hunter, :.
Jones' King Morton, Norris, Rusk S'ebas.
tian Shields, Smith Soulc Spruance, Stur.
geon, Turney, Underwood, WaIes, Whit
comb, lu'ee-ll.
This vote ought to be kept before the peo.
pie, for it shows plainly who will, when OPP
portunity offers, vote to deprive citizens of
this District of their vested rights; who
will vote to take private properly for other
than pubic uses, aud this wihom compen-
I
any conclusion upon the bill, it was post
poned IN order to take up "more pressing
matters Il. e) appropriation bills. These
: bills are Of the utmost importance, especial
when the pay Or mileage OF honorable
ncmbers are dependant upon their passage,
IA at such times legislation requires reius
I taher than spurs.
| Another great feature in This dcparmentof
egisatlon Is, that it Is not thonght of sutii-
lreut Importance Ia rec0W the yea aud aays
n these latter class OF amendments. The
wisdom Of this course must be apparent 10
every one---it avoids responsibility. But
when any appropriation Is made for The dear
poop e. gentlemen are then patriotic enough
to denanl the yeas and nays.
These remarks are Illustrated by the nc
ton Of The Srnae j.day upon an appfoprl-
alton of $40 600 Tor the ANN Bpy, the first
representative from Turkey. General Cass
who is we'll vcrsed III diplomacy. made
very sensible speech in favor OF the appropri-
alton. lie took a wise aud cn i1ltcned
view ofthe matter; he regarded The sum as
nothing in comparison TO the advantages to
be derived from Commercial intercourse with
/
! Sultan of Turkey, aud secure by means of
| this small appropriation friend y intercourse
'between The two powers, we shall be amply
reimbursed for the ont ny Of ten times the
amount now asked lie also urged ON the
ground that it i the custom OF oriental na-
lions to maintain representatives from other
nations This was done IN Paris VIII Gen.
Ca-s was ia France, and he stated that the
/ French Government furnished house, or
rather pa ace, tor the fnrki-h VI u,ter--the
rent of which coud not have been less than
81 900 per annnnL The same course was
adopted by the British Government. The
appropriation was advocated aso by Mr.
Fo)le aud oppo.ed by NIe-srs Underwood
aul rurnny NJ. Pratt, by way OF Joke,
inquired il it was the object OF the amend
/ ment 10 enabe Amin Bey IN eAitrge his d.
/ meSttc arrangements. After good dea of
I small talk. the amendment was passed by
| vote OF 3j yeas to ~ na--.
! Our city is kept alive by the presence of
! Wal street brokers patriDllcaliy Offering TO
take the lnstaiment payable to Mexico, un.
1 der the lreaty Of Hlda.go, anl disinterested
gentlemen from Pennsylvania and else.
/ where, urging the necessity of change in
! The tanH III order to give the operator work
! ull bread. Under these circumstances, it
viii not be long before the zion aud the
dmb lies down together.
There has been great strife in the whig
arty for some months past, Oh account of
he animation of WIN. d. Lewis as Col,ec-
Jr Of Phlade phia Peter Schere Smith
nl Others who would have served their
; country in that capacity have been playing
'econd fiddle to, and daucing attendance on
senators in the hopes that such conFpet