The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-05-26

orable mover Of II well ~ otheswas simply 10 do
shis declare that The territorial legislatures should
have power neither 10 admit 10 exclude slavery That
was our purposeour sole purpose; and, IL theemend-
msnt does not accomplish tina. purpose voed e not BE-
settling these questions which, trust and hope. snmales
the senator from Louisiana well oiherswoud il
NOT have been more conornsble % thai spirit % have
missisn or exclusion Of sayeiy a these Territories. lsav
ing them free 70 establish any police regulations they
Ia which be has done as that CLAUSE contained some
new and dangerous principle 10 be guarded against and
a. i did not mbody the exact principle for which the
South has uniformly commended? N
Asan the honorable senator objects to the clause in
terdicng the ia the District of Columbia He
objects 10 on two grounds 10 the nrs place because
constitutional power IN Congress 10 pass upon the subject
OF slavery in this District Now, what is the opinion of
the senator and OF the Senate upon thus subect large
portion probably majority OF the Senate believes that
Congress has the power another portion believes that
Congress has no such power And how does the honor
able senator expect 10 arrive al compromise in which
one Of these opinions shall be made 10 triumph over the
other' How does he expect that those senators who
think that the power does exist in Congress TO abolish
slavery In the District OF Columbia 10 plunge their
hands into the nnost rscesses their souls and drag
that truth which lies there Ii he wants compromise
he must take il without asking senator's the side
or on the other to Iepudale their fixed and deliberate
opinions il he does not want compromise, then let him
insist that class OF shall surrender the opn-
ions which they hold to the other class Sir, thought
that the committee that subject happy they
could be. The report neither aifrms nor denies the
power Of Congress TO abolish slavery within the District
OF Columbia Il says that ought not be donc and
be who thinks il ought not to be done upon
grounds, ought 10 be satisfied and he who thinks may
be done conshtutonaly but who believes that ought
not 10 be done from Considerations OF expediency
kindness, or raternal regard towards other portions OF
the country ought also 10 be satisfied Thus, by neither
affirming nor denying the power but by asserting that
the power ought not to be exercised, say is COM
promise with which all ought, think to be perfectly sat
ise Does the honorable senator expect that my learned
friend IN my eye, Mr. WEBsrER,l who has no doubt
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expect that he will his deliberate, well consid
cred, and well formed opinions which he has entertained
for years Does the South expect 10 succeed IN such
demand as thats Will The senator IRON Louisiana de-
mand II! " he does, he demands that there shall be
compromise no settlement of the questions which are
But sir the honorable senator has msconceived the
bill for aboshing the slave trade which the committee
have reported This bill is mere adoption of the law of
Maryland win here mention fact which shows how
wrong il is to PREJUDICE thing An honorable friend of
mine my eye has suggested that the object be
from the senator from Louisiana whether he thinks at
ainable and acceptable in that way or nots The intro
ducticn Of slaves now into this District either for sale
for being placed depot for subsequent transportation
arises out OF TWO laws which passed by Congress
selfone in the year eighteen hundred and two. and the
o.osos ~ q &c 0
time ago. ".Mr Clay. you can accomplish your object
simply by repeating these two laws and by leaving
law the introduction OF slavery into this DISTINCT have
not examined the two acts Of Congress; but as know
and The laws Of Maryland, have no doubt ina, he Is
right Now it, instead of adopting the law of Maryland
which. in other words, is The bill proposed BY the COM
Of Congress- in virtue OF which alone slaves have been
introduced into the District for the purpose of being
ported to New Orleans and elsewhere. would LIE think il
wrong, would he think Il unconstitutional Would he
think was alarming TO the rights of the people Of the
South for Congress TO repeal its lawsi Sir where
and candid eve and to look al ali the interests Of al the
paris OF the country and all the opinions and all the pre-
JUDGES. if you will of our fellow-czens. shall be
much more likely to arrive at satisfactory and harmo-
nious result than by attaching ourselves to single posi-
ton, and viewing from that point everything and seek
ing 10 bring everything to The standard OF pecu
liar opinions. our own bed OF Procrusies
The senator is mistaken in saying that a resident Of
the District cannot 90 out Of the District and purchase
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has misunderstood | have merely stated that the
effect Of this section. il understand il WELL will be 10
preclude the Introduction into the District of any slave
Tor The purpose of being sod il were for the pu
pose Of supplying the necessities of those nhabing the
District; and know that the honorable senator will do
me the justice on looking at the section, to admit that
Mr.. CLAY Well, what is the inconvenience Of il ! A
slave cannot be brought within this place for SALE and be
here cold; but man who wants slave here may 20
the distance of I'VE mes and purchase one and bring him
hare. not for SALE but for his own the real
. @ says as D
stead Of the slave being brought here TO be sold There
nothing whatever in the bill which prohibits resident
purchasing slave for his own use. The only prohibi.
ton H. that slave be brought into the District or
into market for sale, merchandise, without for.
feitnre. But sir, repeat that by the repeal Of the
laws under which this done all difficulty might have
been obviated; and will probably be, II the bill be
allowed to take Its usual course.
No part OF this compromise seems 70 receive the
mendaion Of the from louisiana or to afford
him any solace satisfaction He says that il has been
commended by and by Others that the law of Mexico
abolished slavery and that does exist there by law
and 10 not likely to be introduced there in point OF fact
cannot renounce that opinion II is impossible in my
nature Tor me 10 do cannot disbeieve what be-
eve But the honorable senator has taken up the great
or portion Of the time in which ne has ably and elo-
quenty addressed to prove-whati That that opin.
ION OF mine is incorrect He has gone into an historical
account oil the abolition of slavery in Mexico; he has
gone into the negotiations which led to the conclusion OF
the treaty OF Hdaso; he has gone behind the negotia
hons into the instructions given with regard TO the prop
ositon Of the Mexican commissioners forbddng the in
PRODUCTION OF slavery into the coded Territories He has
come into the Senate, and traced what has been done
hs body IN order TO prove that here, BY the mega
i've Of proposition, moved, believe, by a senator
from Connectcu there was an implied purpose on the
part Of Congress TO allow slavery rather TO recog-
Mise II there Now, cannot the senator be satisfied
with his own viewi He thinks that slavery is not
abolished there. know that he IL much more emf
nent junst than ever aspire TO be- Why. then.
10 he not satisfied with his opinion, Will he not
in spirit OF liberal federation, allow an o. poste opin
ion 20 be enersnedi But the objection to The measure
-. that although this proposes be settlement Of all
the questions involved, yet there question which
10 left unseedhat Of the fr ioc in regard TO slavery
in these Ierrtorieswhich ought TO have been adjusted
Will he tell me how II could be settled Will he or any