Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-05-25
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Now sir the honorable Senator raises great objection
his clause of prohibition He tells NC that no police regua
tons can be made Eher there slavery there there
not II there is slavery there then sesc is need of
ice regulations slavery there then the necessary
police regulations exist already. And imagine that they will
be found sufficient they have already been found IN ee
past; all from the present time until the time when
States shall formed Of these Territories. Now let him
escape from that dilemma if he Irepeat it. if there
slavery there there police regulacns II there no sa
very, then required
Sir the aim Of the committee, in the introduction of that
clauseI speak every member of it, and the honorable
Of well otherswas simply to do this to de-
clare that the Territorial Legislatures should have power
neither 10 admit exclude slavery That was our pnr
poseour sole purpose and if the amendment does not
compsh that purpose would it net be consistent with
spirit of amywh that desire OF settling these questions
which, trust and hope, animaes the Senator from Louisiana
well ohers-would it not have been more coniornabe
that have moved amendment simply providing
against the admission exclusion Of slavery in these terrific
es leaving them free establish any police regulations they
please than tohave attacked this in the manner In
which he has done that clause contained and
dangerous principle be guarded against and il 1t did
embody the principle for which the South
formly contendedi ......@..@
Again the honorable Senator objects to the clause inter
dieting the slave trade the District of Columbia. He OBJ
ects grounds. In the first place, because the
committee do affirm in their report that there is son
stutona power Congress pass the subject sa-
in this District Now, what is the opinion OF the Sena
and of the Senate upon this SUI ect "A large portion,
probably majority Of the Senate, believes that Congress has
the power another portion believes that Congress has no
such And how does the honorable Senator expect 10
compromise in which of these opinions shall
be made TO triumph the otherf How does he expect
that those Senators who think that the does exist In
Congress abolish slavery in the District OF Columbia,
10 plunge their hands into the Utmost recesses OF e souls
and drag that truth which lies there II he wants
PROMISE he must ta without asking Senator's on the one
side the other epudaie their 6xed and deliberate
opinions he does not want compromise then let him IN
shall surrender the opinions
which they hold the other class Sir thought that the
committee that subject happy they could be.
The neither ans denies the power OF congress
abolish slavery within the District of Columbia II says
that ought be done; and he who thinks ought not
to bedone upon constitutional grounds, ought to be satisfied
and he who thinks may be done constuonay, but who
believes that ought 10 be done, from considerations of
expedency Kindness atena regard towards other por
tons of the country, ought also TO be satisfied Thus, by
neither affirming denying the powe by asserting that
the power ought be exercised, is compromise
with which all ought think to be perfectly satisfied Does
The honoForab Senator expect that my learned friend in
eye, (Mr WEBSTER who has no doubt about the power,
will give up that opinion Does he expect that he will
his deliberate, we'll considered and well formed opin
IONS which he has entertained for years Does the South
expect to succeed in any such demand that Will the
Senator from Louisiana demand it If he does, he demands
that there shall be compromise settlement Of the ques
tons which are agtatng the country. -s.
But, sir the honorable Senator has misconcelved the bill
for aboshing the slave trade which the committee have
ported This bill is adoption of the law Of Maryland
will here mention fact which shows how wrong it to
preiudge thing. An honorable friend Of mne my eye,
has suggested that the object can be accomplished in certain
mode and should like know from the Senator from Lou
isiana whether he thinks atanabe and acceptable in that
ornot The introduction OF slaves now into this Dsrc
either for sale for being placed in depot for subsequent
transportation, arises out of two laws which passed by
Congress ITSELF the year eighteen hundred and two
and the other years after, permitting it be done.
The Senator to whom have referred observed some
time ago MI Clay, you accomplish your object
simply by repeating these two laws, and by leaving the
state Of the law where it before Congress allowed by
examined the Of Congress but know the
Senator be familiar with the laws of this District and the
laws Of Maryland, have doubt that he right Now if
instead of adopting the law of Maryland which, in other
wor3s, il the bill proposed by the committee, had proposed
simply repeal these acts of Congress virtue which
alone slaves have been introduced into the District for the Pur-
pose OF being transported to New Orleans and elsewhere
would he think wrong, would he think it unconstitutional
Would he think alarming to the rights of the people of
the South for Congress 10 repeal its own laws Sir where
there deposition to look things with impartial and
candid and to look at all the interests of all the parts of
the country, and all The opinions and all the prejudices il
will of fellow citizens, sha! be much likely
to arrive at satisfactory and harmonious result than by
taching ourselves to single posion and viewing from that
point every thing, and seeking bring every thing the
standard of peculiar opinions bed of Pro-
crustes. - .'.
The Senator mistaken in saying tha. resden, of the
District cannot go c the Ds.rc. and purchase slave
and bring him here for bis .:4' ..r
Mr. SOULE. feel assured that the honorable Senator
has misunderstood have merely stated that the effect
of this section, understand it WELL will be preclude
the introduction into the District Of any slave for the purpose
of being sold, it for the purpose OF supplying
necessities of those nhabting the District; ard know that
the honorable Senator will do the justice looking at
the section, to admit that such will be its legal effect
Mr. CLAY Well, what is the Inconvenience Of it
slave canno. be brought within this place for sale and here
sod but man who wants slave here may go the distance
OF ve miles and purchase one and bring him here, for
sale but for his The real Inconvenience
then, is that resident within the District will have to travel
five miles to purchase slave instead the slave being
brought here to be sod There nothing whatever in the
bill which prohibits resident within the District from going
opt OF the District and purchasing slave for his own use
The only prohibition is that slave be brought into
the Dsnc! or into market for sae merchandise without
forfeiture But sir repeat, that, by repeal of the
laws under which this done all difficulty might have been
obvaed and so it will probably be, the bill be allowed to
take its usual course.
No part of this compromise to receive the commen
datlon of the Senator from louisiana to aft rd him any
soace satisfaction. He says that has been conended
by and by Others that the law Of Mexico abolished slavery
and that does not exist there by law and not likely to
be introduced there, in point Of fact cannot renouace
that opinion II is impossible my for me to do So
cannot disbelieve what believe. But the honorable Se
nato has taken the greater portion Of the time which he
has ably and eoquenty addressed u.s. TO prove-what
That that opinion OF mine is incorrect. He has gone into
an historical account OF the abolition of slavery in Mexico
be has into the negotiations which led
of the treaty OF Hdago he has gone behind the negotia
tions into the instructions given with regard the PROPOSE
ton of the Mexican commissioners bddng the ntroduc
ton of slavery tito the ceded Territories. He has come into
the Senate and traced wha. has been done this body in
order prove that here, by the negative of PROPOSE
tion, moved believe, by Senator from Connecticut,
there implied purpose the part of Congress to al
low slavery rather there.