Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-02-28

had not th COURAGE b0dness to undertake III pe's
He state! that the passage OF THIS aw arms is'o
m hov knives INA! been placed in the hands o tile 'ree ne
gro, by lhc abotoi>s, that the law insht oc feeis
H. had stood in crowd of two thousand persons ana e
H. ~ eaier after speaker tell them 10 arm anu 10 Sh' U
KIN necessary ans who would attempt u ieeapu'e
.ti.itiy. slave. -,
Cs~S continued tie debate, maintaining that The II"
hal been ,yccG,t. and would b. executed
mr. i:EEE!i.N obtained the floor and after some CONVEX
slrion tn subject postponed ii. MONDAY ana mace liz
.ciaI ard,. ioc !Ht day. ..
Tie Senate ;I.ym ~ au:ned I'll Mendavi al IL Z COCA
NoynAy FEBRUARY Il, ISL.
SENATE
RESts- lScr TO TiI. LAW Is BOSTON.
The :, aa. rc.1td the consideration III the motion Ia re-
10 the COMMITTEE. Judiciary The message from me
President OF the United States IN relation 10 Tue ia'e ies''
lance - tie lass in Boston.
Mr. E&HRlES adie>>c! the Senate upon the outrageous
proceeding BOSTON, ard condemned il as no trivial matter
sudden a!ay bat the result Of combination ~ p!t"s
and whites The Law. lie alluded 10 The convention
held 10 Georgia and 10 the addresses and resolutions atoed
by thai body and he took the views expressed therein
upon the slavery agitation He referred 10 the aoo'h M
c.etics III the tree States these societies were orhe ' '
purpose operating on an Institution which hah no
VII III the free States. Slavery therefore no
seci ior action BY States, by bodies OF men III s'e
wacf did not exist. II was thcnan unwar:ant
cncc the part ii those societies NEEDLE with la7ttdt
IN otier Stats, interference strictly and positively 'FV
dem by The laws ot nations, anl ii committed 10y i i'f, ~
state would b. cause of complaint, and il persisted III "o
hc sufficient ground for hosiitics
Every Goycrnmcn; had laws prohibiting its citizen,
from interfering with disturbing The political relations ana
institutions OF uinef governments Gar 1oVchi'"'t ~ W
Proclamation ~ the time oi the revolution III taiid h,
The struggle IN cNas had carried that principle, b! me
President sun. his proclamation tohidin. any sucii IN
reference. Aa there persons IN tTi !of IN ~
legged .plipn oi that law, Ii IL wcre then cause suliieiei
To- produce hostics between foreign States, how nueil
stronger was The reason why j, should not be pcf'i oe
tween States which were united III tc bonds 81 coi.l''s
union Ic read from d message by the Governor oil New
York the Legislature oi that State in l7o IN vince u
recommended t.t ie State should hsi-lao "n M
States ,4isiIc and irc.ant ta,sc nn~@antbe
IN, rcs with southern, institutions. lie Ieoced that
tie Fugitive Sic as had hsa executed, except III E"-i"n
On the execution II tbs lax, and Oh tno cessation i'Sls
STATE legislation hostile interference with southern instl-
utions he considered rested the peace and harmony o 'e
MI DICKINSON believed it the duty Of The north
horn l. 4.;.e n aid 81 tie execution 81 TINS law
H. believed farther THAI il mas their duty punish stniinl
rly al hasc wo would attempt To resist rs execution
Nj. f;iErr 81 those who could not agree "ii
gentlemen who SAD this aw could be 'A"cue - MAJ y
could b. carried out manner - eiI;cacios ~ y hc
GUARANTY the Soa;. From te REMARKS OF The Senator
rom Georgia h. lid think that that Senate, hthe'e"
The aw could ever bc executed.
NJ. EEsitN bc9ge the Senator 10 drl" 10 Secll IN
ference from ylh.n. lie had said
VII. l;IlE!T lid not believe the law could DC executed
by al the force ana power =" the Government 10 en-
force il! ~ laws could H. executed unless there con
current fcrn! in the Law in The people among whom
enforced. II could be executed II those
States Where ;hcre may be majority IN favor OF S eAeci
i!on. wel-oranzcl minority could resist il successful
M Il caui b. cyadcG and d!srcgacd without; open resist
Gibbs and organized bodies could be formed 10 give
notice yc- escape give them the means oi escape
- t:oy obstacles in the way eSccun. the aw, 10 pat
tho greater than the value Of his slave. This
could b. done b" small minority III the people.
IT, coniend. that by accepting this aw tor ne recovery
III Might've slaves the South ad given up better and srcE
reac!y b. found in The constitution itself liz read the
$50 clauses in the constitution: one requiring ius'Ss from
justice 10 be Delivered NJ IN demand oi TIE governor "i the
whence he lied; the other that T. rs bound Ia ser
vice AMI labor escaping Ne, shall be d rd mp On cilu
b. ,e master. These clauses lie considered made il the
tf,, il, th Tho
qualification OF The clauses III the constitution Con
4re las. powers except those expressly granted by tn
- Congress II MI rrr with the control oi ms SUBJECT
Mo could dcani that the act ot 1898 and the ac
If $50 were both unconstitutional! Had Congress
never nirfur,d with tic subject but tell entirely alt
exclusively lc States whose duty the constitution npt
.;i.cy declared - be - deliver up the fugitive, II wou
lh.. be,n .uuy. Nii those States they could iar dom
- vas rng vita Great Britain who, during two
a,a ni:lu,r VI negroes oil. By ticaiy II WAS stl
ps;. ih.i ;!e negroes should he returned Great Eii'alr
should ,ty ,r value. Great Britain paid 9r theta Thy
had agreed vita the Tree States that these ingves should -
ia.vo.ri mp and they not delivered up they won'
'an,.d icr vaec. H. read he acts o l19j, relative "
, deliver. d. u..tscs from justice and from lah"
,.!irtanti they were ba. unconstitutional for Constes
..I i3i!.iny Whatever T. do with the subject
tie read otn lie decisions OF the Supreme Cont dec''n
that the acl 49, CONSTITUTIONAL and replied Ia tn
ARGUMENTS aai reasoning OF the Court lie concndod tina
M argument Of ha Court pure consolidation doctrine
til had no ca III any Inspirations that msnt he throw
upon llc had upon entering pubic HE sa'e: inni
sf . puhlic ilsi bear sIch things wi; calmhe>s
H. mrht b. charged with being closely connected with IN
abo!itpn!si; h!s charge he would also disregard.
lie thought the atoltons;s would rejoice the army an
navy and the militia should be sent To l'o",n :" enforce
,w upou the people and 10 crush sos'felshy, ne "5al
n on nSis,It affairs a. IN, ..sl ~ M a. If h m
session. ~ which tire South had been i"noujuou.ly .iru,
al snare in the acquisitions which were Obtain I'd IN
common She had been excluded from all arci,a
ton IL those rich lands She had been excluded while the,
wtr io2n open II foreigners of every tongue aud ever
- the oonyct= from otany Ely; while the Souhon people
the campects ii the North, were denied
liz s j: the s.sa" ' Of the last session the TnrS
slave Law aud the proposition 10 clpthc the President with
the powers suggested, all tending a consoda
ton 81 the BOW eF5 % ihc Government.
lie also alluded u The grca; change which had taken place
IN tao Democratic paf;y and regretted lis departure from tho
/ I'D republican Platform.
Mr.. CLAY said that wien the message OF tho President
wa, received ami when H. express his qualification
=, til contents of that uessagea qualification which
would be shared by the whole country with the exception
ii the nj raS II tic North and Soutl-hc had anticipa-
ton the debate would takc The wide range it had The S..
uator South Carolina hal told the Senate thar Con-
had M powers except those granted by the Con>l-
ton. During The trir Of before The Supreme Court
"A counsel commenced his argument by al.
dicn the time of the food fundamental princi.
;c, when the aaiahlc and bland chief justice ntcrupt.,
him by SAYING, Mr. Counsel the Court, it be pre-
sune. know something. So with the Senate; the Senator
should presume ia the Senate Know something. Bat the
question was, what the granted powers! The school of
the lag down what ,hey b. those rant
"a powers an! all who do not with them in their
opinion :lcy tenorce consoidationistS Fclcrsts
Ni2srho are rushing the country IL ruin. In the
hc Senator with the exception VI the Senator
rom Ohio stands alone. His colleague and hc Senator
tom r.ina iitr from him. The issue bc made IN
The from South Carolina, and the Senator from
Ohio Al. Chase The Supreme Court tho Congress
.95 and every member ut the present Congress uon
the powers ol Congress over this subject.
They constantly told that Do was To-
stretch the Constitution; hui what stretching Nh,
mortal! weak. erin, man. would dare stand up and !ecifc
the Constitution this that, AMI that every
who onicrain- Inherent opinion j. wrong! Ihe Senator
from south Carolina poke II being States roht ,aan-
Whcacyer H. heard these gentlemen say this he felt ~ Jam
J. dll Whenever he sass scociman s;nt Laughter.
lr. CLAY incn, tor than hour arei,cd show .e
con,tttuny iaat.ye Ia.c acts; and reply Scna
tors who Ind rece'c! him III debate.
Mr. DAVIS oi Massachusetts replied to The Senator from
Georgia, (lr. FrE!Es ,nG The SenJtor from North Car
lima. ll EAnorR) ia,n the nature vi the mob Boston
Mr.. DAVIS # Mississippi followed denying that tha lass
!.he: t. b. fully and fairly executed and iuyna that
the Compromise acts had restored peace and harmony
tho country.
Ar. DOWNS replied.
Mr.. DAVIS; rcloined
And tho question ii.2n taken The motion ci,r
the message ana IL agreed to-yeas H. nay,
follows:
leAs-MessrS. Baldwin, T. n, i:'rand, Bradbury, CIlkc
Clay. Davis 81 Massachusetts, Davis .. Mississippi Daw
son. Dickinson. Dodge oi Iowa. douglas, Downs Fech
Lccnc t;uin Hunter. jones KIM, Mason Miller Nolris
u. Phi