The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-04-04
REMARKs or HON. mEs CHASE.
or OHIO.


REMARKs OF MON. mR CHASE.
OF OHIO.
IN THE .. Q. sErATE, yEBRuARx q, 1851,
on shea Notion c1 mr.. CIgy, Of ,KentscAy,
% ssfoys fAss President'sa Messogs u
Relation 10 The Rescuc Of on alleged
Fugitive Slase. s's''.
TreRret exceedingly taat the Senate,
from Kentucky has though a. 10 bring
this affair Ia the notice ofthe Senate. -
For my own part, after the measures Of
the last session had boon adopted, ! was
quite content :hatthey should be fefeired
-of the Judgment Of the people, and 10
postpone forther discussion until that
judgment should be pronounced. or
posed them when they were pending
| opposed them because they did moi
meet the approval Of my judgment. J
voted for but one Of them, and that was
the bill for the suppression Of the Slave
Trade in this District. | voted for that,
and against the rost, But | repeat I was
quito willing tina, the public mind Of the
country should receive these measures,
judge them, and decide upon them. j
believed then, and | be lieve now, that
the Ultimate Judgment OF tho country will
be pronounced against them. l know
that this. opinion is not very general
one in this Chamber; bit believing, as
CO, that the messres wsre not such as
the public sentiment ~ the country de-
mandsd, j cannot dodla that, Upon a full
and thorough examination, they win
receive the public condemnation.
But especially reerst that we have
this subject Of slavery pressed npon us
At this time. For ten months during the
last, ycar, we had continual debate IN this
Chamber upon the slavery ques,ions.---
The whole public business Of the country
was postponed for the accommodation Of
the discussion. Hardly any grea, public
measu,e unconneeted with slavery recei.
ved the action Of Congress dnrinR the
whole session. We have again assemb.
led. Tho opponents OF the Compromise
have abstsined from inr ,ducing discus
sions Of these ofthese iap;cs, interfering
with the progress of business. We are
now in tho last days Of the session, and
what great public measure hes been maiu.
red for 6nal ac.ioni Sir, hardly, any
measure Of any considerable importance
has received the action Of this body al
oil. Twas bufa day or two since that,
fr the alleged reason Of want of,ime, we
postponed the discussion Of q very irnpor-
bill providing uniform regulation Of the
foes Of pubic officeis--a bill which, II
passed, would have saved many thousands
annually to tho treasury.
: We had before ds, when the matter
now in debate was introduced into the
Senate, q bill in which the people Of
the country take great int erest---tbe
bill for the reduction of posiages. We
had spent three days in its consideration, |
when the Introduction Of this business
arrested its progress. Two days Of the
nine which remained Of the session
have boon consumed in unnecessary de. |!
bate, and the discussion remains unfin !
ished. The whole Country is interested |
in tho ms asure which has been thus de.
ferred and haz,tded. Probably upon no
subject have we received SO many and
such urgent petitions from tho people Of
everv section. Then there is tire bill
for the improvement Of the rivers and |
harbnrs Of the county, and especially Of
Inc West. For many years this justice
has been denied 10 the section OF the
country which lin part represent. We
nave now a bill before us making some
,mends for this delay; but this brnefci
aw must also give place to this last par.i-
:ular sgitation. All the important appro-
priaiion bills, also, aud other matters oil
great pubic interest, arc vet To be acted
ipon; and the whole body Of private
:laims remains entirely neglected.
'eally hope that, in this state Of tho pub
ic business, the agitation Of no question
'clating 10 slavery would he renewed Al
he present session. ! wish, at a future
ime mean TO discuss all these ucsiions
reely; but I do not wish to see them
hrust: before the Senate TO the entire ex
lusion Of tho public business Of the
o6niry. s.
Sir, i seems 70 me somewhat remark
bic that the very Senator who has most
ehemenily denounced agitation and
giiators shou'd himself have furnished
he occasion nf almost everv debate on
lavery topics during the session. The
memorial relative to tho African slave
rsde was brought into tho Senate by the
senator from Kentucky, and referred 10
committee, with speech, and tha' led
Q discussion. The measure now under
lebate Received its introduction here
rom the same distinguished Senator,
md believe there has been but one
occasion upon which the subject Of slav.
'ry has been discussed in this chamber
|urine the present session, when the hon.
'rable Senator himself has not introdu.
ed the proposition which gave rise 10