New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-18
4 Rich senate scene.

Ssorrd HALE and Ctlos vs.. Pran htag and D'ck'a'oa
| Correspondence Of The Tribune
wuHlSGroS. Friday March 70.
Nlr SEWARD IN Senate. YESTERDAY offered Pet
tons from East Bloomfield and Hamilton. ny
praying that the night OF trial by jury may be Sc
cured to persons claimed as slaves when arrested
lid any other state than that ~ which they are
claimed as bondsmen. He moved 10 refer them 10
the Committee or District Of Columbia
Although the memorali,ts were white native
citizens Of New York Senator PRATT represent
| ne the slaveholGins u,eres, Of Maryland insulted
them By proposing 20 KICK oct these petitions II
slaves are So well used. how is it that those who
| keep them IA bondage are S. terrified lest they
| escape
Senator HALE hit PRATT in the neht spot II
did ne GOOD b. see t. There is not Slave in the
| Union said HALE, in which an individual alleging
dat he "a entitled 10 his freedom under the laws Of
the State n which he is held, IS not entitled 70 q
cra trial t. ascertain whether he be slave or not.
have been told hat IL certainly u the aw IA many,
If ns; most Of the slave States that a person thus
situated is entitled 20 n trial sud IN most states Ia
/ q tral b., Jury. il in Mary land for lrglnla where
-iaeev is recognised by law. iudiy duai has the
! .sht - such irai as the avs Of the Stste give
nm. u that : the rght oi Slave state is y a.
King great deal that irceuca a. the Free States
ui.l row before the senate 10 which NJ PRATT has
alluded anr man that wants victim, and that
can purchase an aiidayt-sni atidavlts can be
! purchased | suppose m the Slave as well a.
| N the Free States-under tbs bill lft become a
law may 20 into one ot the Free states lie may
20 Mr President, into Your house or INTO mine he
NAV seize Your wife or Your child, and upon bu 81
| o7Jfe affidavit taken behind our backs hundreds
and thousands OF miles 81. the wife Of your bosom
or the children Of your hove may he wrenched
.ron your protection and, upon the strength OF this
~ pat, affidavit hurried OIL
| Here General Butler interrupted tin " ex-
clsimne. Oniy BLACKS
nAnvbe4y. reoined tie undsuuted New Eng
| sndcr " and have seen some that are holden as
slaves thst It wodld bs very difficult 10 tel by them
! complexion what their parentaye was say thst
any body black or white upon the strength % az
rr NATE affidavit, taken behind their bscAs may be
hurried back TO a late compared with which the
| refuge Of the grave were relief And Is II to
much. Sir that we ash that when such clam IS
tins is made TRIAL by Jury. hGJcos corpus, and every
privilege dear 10 Ireemcn, may be exercised In
our own States
Here kING of Ala actually tried 70 choke of lie
bate so as 10 throw ont the petitions unreal and 70
prevent the representatives OF the memorlahsis
from stating reason for their reception bat Vice
President FIN MORE decided that that step ia tyr
amy could not set be taken aud CHACE ~ OHIO
showed that when American Coonists complained
70 tie British House Of Peers OF tyranny and OPP
preston. no klNG of Alabama had the hardlhoOd
10 attempt 10 choke of discussion--they voted the
American remonsirauce out after very iuii DE
bate
Mr. DIcKINsoN. StwARDs colleague the con.
;rast is useful tor the purposes OF hight and shade
and N that sense Free and Slave States point a
moral rose up and moved substantially % throw
out the memorials OF his own constituents without
a hearing He even turned up his nose al the
people OF West Bloomfield and Hamilton and ex
claimed u give his own words
| "NoTHNe EisE CAS- CONE o. Htf AsotfEuN. tNTtt
rHl WAY ATNosnGSt l. - FFrlo AsiN A. AsotirioN
MEETING
BY what freak OF fortune did being " ho could
thus insult the memory Of LAFAYETrE " AsHING
Ton and FRANKIIN. warm AboutiouiSts-aud
might add McLANT ot No grandfather. tor te
was one of the leaders Of them M Delaware. III
795. have ever obtained seat Ia the Senate % the
Union for the great State OF New York he ever
iectured the Senate ou It's course OF conduct atei
the fashion OF BENJAMIN F BUTLER. who exhortee
JEssT HoYT 10 repentance, ~ letter dated 81
! sandy Hi declared that the credit Of the Bans
Butler and BARRERs " ashiugion and W aren
was very low, but Lat they continued pawn.
daily IA a smsl. way urged JEssT u keep th,
sabbath holy quoted Sir MATTHEW HALE, and Al
lading Il the public. who were exccraiins him and
, BARKER tiumphsntly exclaimed. with the poet
"Of hncy, reason VIRTUE nought can ne berrsve'
said DICKINSON I'VE are now IN the middle %
IL, fourth month oi the Session and slavery directly
and colsieralN has engaged the entire attention
OF both branches OF Congress up 10 tins time
Every important measure-the Census Bill th'
} Financial Bll. the Appropriation Bill even, anC
4 the ordinary Reports from Committees are al Dc
hind because tins question must DC daily dis
cussed
And what D. the cause Messr. Dickinson
! MARCY. CRoswELL. BEN BUTLER NAN BUREN
WALNOKTE DIX, NIIEs and anta Of c0yvtou
creatures North, crngeG - Slavery f0r gam
voted talked, schsmed and bargNned-set Us q
war with a sisier Republic or lew territory, .
keep down. as the Charleston Corner tells Us. ~
NORTH and let sisv eholders rule tie Union through
. sham slave States. and thus 70 make the Senate
hospital Of incursbles as Chesterfield called th'
House ct Lords.
HALE answe cred hin ilas " ean uever consent
on any terms, cOndIluns OF ATOMS = sur
render that night Tor which the fathers Of the revc
lati0a Perlled everything they had Oh esrtb thA
Is the night Of tnA by Jury It Of tn
causes assigned IN tie Declarstlou q Independence
that 1stited our fathers IA going into the Rev-a
! E0nary Var thSf they had been Il msuy cases ce
, prved Of the right II rrisl BY Jury. And Il IL
: riEht q trial hy Jury was worth 4 seven years
bloody war IA l1't Il 5 certainly worth strggg
I On this fooT snd u VII not be surrendered by IN
! a. least 81 sly hazard o. Tor fear Of any c-Hss
gnences
II DicEIVsoN really wanted % save TIME WI.
ds1 he and The propsg snda tgy 70 prevent the r
b c-psion oi tie petition Rs