The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-23
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blipg about u kidnapping. both secretly and by va
made of The purpose, could he by auy Tevcned
~ Allea, the mex grea'rs bles g you could besow ani
otiabie vessels across he Atanlic Though hey might
pepfLsl bandsmen, sill they would emerge irom DARK
ness nto ight-rom bafatisn 20 ovltzatioiirom ldola
Wy t"Shsuaniy-~in short, from death 10 ight"
That Is the view Of this enlightened statesman. who
mas hVed among The institutions and known the operation
Oh .ne legislation OF Great Britain and The United states
upon hat The greatest blessing that could be conferred
upon me United States would be the repeal OF these laws
ana lei the slaves come in comfortable vessels,
when they would be freed from the extraordinary suer-
lngs 70 winch they are now subjected Thus you Will
see mat Tins all said 10 be in consequence of the
penal enactments which made against the trade or
the only elect was 10 Increase It's horrors Tor the Object
was 10 take the greatest number OF slaves in the least
possible ROOM to be transported to the porls 10 winch
they were destined
| The governor does not leave us without his views
upon the institution ITSELF with which this matter is SO
| Intimately connected He says;
think, then, may safely conclude, and firmly be-
neVe, that American slavery is not only sin, but
especa,y commanded by God, through Moses, and APP
proved by Christ through his Apostles And here might
hes should surely command the respect and liberation Of
| man" f -N
There may be weak place in this argument, but
MOI see y u to transport savages and cannibals from
Of God ordained and CHRIST sancied instilutionif
that be IT, as the governor says, ask where is the hui
maniy and the philanthropy tina, expanding itself in
legislation The only practical tendency OF which TO
crease the horrors OF trade which itself increasing
think It is time for to consider well what we are
about and see if the authority which have read has
| upon mistake. .r.. s. .,s...-ra .T. '.,. :
The honorable senator from Kentucky, LMr. CLAY,l
II understood him Alright, remar ked, the occasion OF
presenting petition from the elite of Rhode Island the
other day. that in his judgment the only eectua way
put stop to the African slave trade to coonze the
shores OF Africa with free blacks. and chrs,ianize
them there Now, strikes me that there be much
more ehectua way than that. You may send the fleets
OF The world hereyou send the blacks of the world
there-yon may send the armies of the world there-but
80 long as there is foreign market that will pay the
risks Tor these slaves JHs long they will be trans
ported, and the only efectua way which the slave
trade can be rooted out and destroyed is destroy the
market When there IS no longer any for slaves, the
slave trade vii die OF itself Then and not ill then
may we expect to termination or decrease of the
| trade. HIT.
Now let me say word in regard to these petitions
Tor restricting the horrors of the African slave trade
nave noticed that every time that the North has been
pushed 10 the wall upon this question Of sayeyevery
time they have yielded until concession exhausted
then, and not till then some pous and worthy gentleman
oil The North has been seized anew with spasmodc ho
rors Of the slave trade and that philanthropy finds vent
against the foreign slave trade altogether. think that
u IS litlle strange, and little singular, that these gen
temen have lam still so long, and have seen and felt,
and appreciated little all the horrors of the slave
trade until everything which slavery asked of the North
had been conceded in the last of Congress |
wlll confess that, Tor one while will not depreciae
the motives OF anybody, here elsewhere, | have
ule sympathy and little respect for that phan-
hropy and that humanity which seek no occasion of
manifestation unit, such time when the battle has been
comparatively lost and then, instead of mourning over
the defeat which the friends of freedom have suffered
their philanthropy and humanity find vent against
that which is safe for everybody 10 cursehat is, the
foreign slave trade hope that we will take such
measures. tell the honorable sena,or-I tell the Sen.
atethat this will agitation j, cannot but be So
confess that for one, | am not willing, humble
member of this Senate, sit here while denunciations
are poured out upon everybody who undertakes to
tate this subjectto that everybody that enter
ialns opinions different from mine may agltae much
rolf afnn tha ala trad and
everything ese and when anybody else speaks who do
not come within the puview of those who have signed
this denunciaton, then il is agitation.
Sir, the Senate knows, and the country knows, that
there those who have different views upon this sub
ect know, and you know very well, that this subject
OF colonizing Africa by free blacks has been, at one
time and by one set OF men, held up substitute for
aboion-as a something TO put end 10 slavery
and at other times by other in other places. il has
been held out as the great safety by which slavery
is TO be perpetua,ed. Now, | want TO know if these
measures 10 be introduced and the government is 10
take measures IN this way, what the government looks
at Is it in favor OF colonization And If So do they
look al il remedy for slavery, something
tam IT, e extend and to perpeuate H. and render II
more safe and slave property more valuable is iact
capable OF demonstration here that this famous
scheme OF coonzng Africa with the free blacks OF this
country has been presented to the county in both Of these
aspects. The agents Of this society, when they come
North, are as pious and meek men you ever saw,
and constantly hold this out the great remedy for
slavery and by helping this institution you giving
the most eectual aid you give TO the emancipation
have read the addresses that made the other end
OF the Union, and ! find it held up there the great
conservative element OF slavery-somehlng to free them
from their free blacks nuisance TO the saves-and in
that way render the most efficient aid to the OF
slavery. Now ii the government 10 start at this
tme when agitation is dangerous, and the denunca-
tons are so heavy want 10 know which kind OF colonl.
cation is TO be had in the Senate Are 10 have thai
kind which is TO operate fayorably TO emancipation, 81
TO have that KIND which ~ TO be the great
servatlve element OF slavery itselfl
| The PRESIDENT The senator il aware that the
colonization question is not under discussion at ALL
| Mr. HALE. | ask pardon OF the Chair | did no,
neced with the subject under discussion That subject
relates 10 the suppression of the slave trade, and
the means by which that 10 be accomplished
suggested the other day by the senator from Kentucky
10 be colonization. However | will leave the subject
| as have nothing more 10 say.
Mr.. CLAY. will ask The Secretary 10 read the reso
tuition more.
| rbe resolution was accordingly read
Mr. CLAY. The perusa OF that resolution is the bes
answer thai | can give To the speech which has been
made by the senator from New Hampshire, and in the
delivery oil which cannot really comprehend any pur-
pose, unless II be Tor display. The resolution known
to the Senate TO be founded upon public document,
municaled to this body It's request relation to
the prosecution OF the slave trade upon the coast OF Bra
z All public agents in that country for years past
MIR Wise, Mr. Tod, &c.-have all made representations
10 this government to the extent TO which that trade
Carried on IN American vessels, and occasionally by
American seamen. They have all recommended that
stringent measures should be adopted in order
TO put stop to and the object of this resolution is to
inquire into the expedency oil adopting these measures
One OF hem-whch they have all united IN recommend
ng-is this As have stated upon former OCCASION the
mode in which American vessels are employed IL this
They are built perhaps, in the first instance in The Uni
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