Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-06-08

Chase Clarke, Cooper Corwin, Davis of Massashusett.
Feleh. Greene Hale Hamlin, Miller, Norris Seward
Shields, Smith, Underwood, Upham Walker Whitcomb-97
\ So the amendment adopted.
Mr. HALE. propose to amend the section by adding al
ter the word prohibiting" +" the words or allowing
The question taken on the amendment of Mr. HALE
and resulted as follows: q
YEAs-Messrs Baldwin, Bradbury, Chase, Clarke. Cor
win Davis, of Massachusetts, Dayton Dodge of Wisconsin
Douglas, Felch, Greene, Hale, Hamlin Miller Norris Sc
ward, Shields, Smith, Upham, Walker, Whitcomb-2i.
NAYsaMssSs Atehi,on, Badger, Bell. Benton, Berrien
Borand Bright Butler, Cass Clay, Clemens Cooper Davis
of Mississippi Dawson Dickinson, Dodge of Iowa. Downs
Foote, Houston, Hunter Jones' King, Mangum Mason, Nor
geon, Turney, Underwood Webster, Yulee-S6
So the amendment rejected.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question now re-
the melton strike out the words establishing
nor prohibiting African slavery"
The question then taken the motion Of Mr.. DoUs-
LAS to strike out the words establishing nor prohibit
ing African slavery !" and it resulted as follows
YEAS-Messrs. Bradbury, Cass, Chase, Clarke, Clay.
Cooper Gorwin Diekinson Dodge Of Iowa, Douglas Feeh.
Sturgeon Underwood, Upham-21
NAYS-Messrs Atchison, Badger, Baldwin, Bell Benton,
sspp Dawson Dodge Of Wisconsin, Downs, Foote Hale
Houston Hunter King Mangum, Mason Morton, Pearce,
. r5s Kus1 Sebastian nd sSus Turney Walker
| Mr.. WALKER. believe my amendment will. now be
in order. amend the bill in the tenth section
by adding after the word slavery" the following words
And that peon slavery forever abolished and prohibited"
Mr.. HALE. move to amend that amendment by striking
out the word Spoon" [Laughter.]
Mr. WALKER. We have just voted on proposition in
regard to African slavery and has been rejected There
is species Of slavery there which think ought to be abo
defamation than the honorable Senator from Louisiana. It
is regard this species Of slavery that propose my amend
ment, and hope it will be adopted
Mr. BENTON. The amendment is well founded and
affon tha Al.
showing this will read from an ordinance passed at Monte
rey in relation to peonage M-
That no whatever shall from henceforth hire or
take into his service any Indian without certificate from the
former employer Of that Indian stating the said empoyer
has no claims on the services of that Indian wages ad
vanced."
It is still stronger in the Spanish, the amo which is
translated "empoye" corresponding with words mas
ter owner, proprietor" The ordinance in another clause
thea goes on TO say:
"Any person taking into his employment any Indian with
out such and advancing property
the said lndan shall forfeit any money property advance
eds and if should be proved that Indian has been entice
from the service Of his MASTER the convicted Of
having so entced him shall be liable fine exceeding
twenty dollars nor less than five dollars"
This ordinance issued at Monterey the lth Of
January ls47 The word slavery which is in the amend
ment offered BY the Senator from Wisconsin, do think
technically correct would suggest that the word serv
tude' would be more technically correct.
Mr.. WALKER. accept the suggestion of the Senator
from Missouri.
have ne legislative power to interfere with this subject.
Slavery either exists there does not This peonape to
which the amendment of the Senator from Wisconsin was in
tended to apply servude existing by virtue Of the
tract OF the individuals Here, them is this servtude exist
ing BY the recognised law of that country Now what right
has Congress interfere with the vested rights Of these peo
pie, and say that those rights shall which are
tied by the treaty between this country and Mexico
But sir il this amendment is passed, if slavery serv-
ude, either in the peon the negro, abolished there
must include the obligation the part of this Government to
pay the debt for which that sevtude pledged the
ue of the African slave that species Of slavery is to be
abolished. do, therefore, hope that this disposition to offer
amendment after amendment for the purpose of testing the
same question again and again, will be resisted by the Se
nate, and that they will be voted down.
Mr. DAYTON. feel the full force of the remarks which
have just fallen from my friend from Maryland and it seems
to me that they should the attention of the Senate It
appears to me that we proposing to interfere with vested
rights SO far as have any knowledge of this system of
peonage Now sir think that whatever we may do as to
the FUTURE should let the present stand If it is in order
now to move to amend the amendment of the Senator from
Wisconsin, will move to amend it by adding after the words
Peon slavery" the words growing out Of connected
with any future contract" propose that an amendment
and it should be agreed to- the whole amendment be
voted down, if it be deemed necessary
Mr.. WALKER. do not know what the Senator from
Maryland intended to imply by Senators moving the
question again and again, but him that my
tive was not to reach the question of African slavery under
this gue assure the Senator and the country that had
no such intention whatever
One other observation As understand peon service is
kind OF modified form Of Imprisonment for debt Now,
we know that the Congress of the United States has heretofore
abolished the system Of imprisonment for debt In the
Of these poems they obliged work for certain MASTER
to whom they confined and imprisonment for debt only
being confined to certain limits Congress has already ex
ercsed jurisdiction in aboishng imprisonment for debt and
as we are egisla,ing for Territory under doctrine
which has already been decided, think may clearly
ercss this power. However, willing to defer to the
opinions of those who enlightened on this subject
than am. s
On motion of Mr. CLEMENS, the Senate then adjourned