The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-18

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Ms nnppiikAD presented petition 81 citi-
tene Of Philadelphia, nus efously signed, praying
for restoration Of che lac authorizing corporrai
raa.-hmra q sad - 10 the navy for INSIDE
mssnors.
wss smsEsi thai such petition a. this tholding
msrl should Ne sent IN here. tie would not have
hslie,rd that - large number Of persons could
he found % sign such prttson, Although he ac-
kaowissig.t ihsrighi Of psiLlon, und ~as willing
that the SENATE might h Ike such action on this
memorial ss Il saw a.. stn Ne would take this &C
cas,on 20 sBnouocs that Ne intended 20 light q
ffom the start.
nsronrs rrea ooNmrrsnf.
Mr. BRADBURY, from commitsse 10 whom
they referred, reported the following eh ;,
which passed stages ball Tor the relief of y. A
Mcca~, Of New York. and William y. Green
a bill to establish a port of sntry al Little Rock,
ia the State 81 Arkansas.
MIR. HUN TER reported a bill for the relief Of
certain officers, which ~as read and passed TO be
engrossei.
SoslsrrassSrioS.
MIR. WALKER, Of Wisconsin, by leave intro
dueed series Of resolutions declaring that The
government viii adhere 10 is policy OF non inter
yeniion IN the affairs Of ether nations, which were
read and laid over under the rule.
Gan. woRru,
On motion of MIR. BoslsSn, the ball for the re-
lief Of the widow Of the late Gen. Worth was con-
Adered.
Mr. HALE raised an inquiry, why this bi
should be reported and considered bsfofe similar
one in favor OF the widow OF the late Gen. Mcneil
Mr.. BoRLAND SAID that ball would probably
he speedily reported, and he intended TO give y hts
support.
oflhe bill. lie was opposed TO taking the widows
Of distinguished and legisaiiag for them
specially and without any general law.
Mr.. SEWARD said he dcspaired Of procuring
any general legislation this subject. II was
only by taking up these cases, and specially leg
islating upon them according TO their respective
Mr.. UNDERWOOD called for the yeas and
nays on the question. He said he wished TO
certain whether senators were disposed 10 grant
individual grntuitIes aud introduce a bad Prece-
dent in this matter. IL SO, we shall have widows
enough to egisate for TO bankrupt the treasury.
Mr.. BORI.AND believed that the principle was
not new one. IL had been adopted in the case
of Commodore Decaiurs widow.
The bill was passed TO be engrossed
MIR. roorE's cosrRoa,sE RESOLUTION.
The Senate proceeded to consider the special
order, being Mr.. FooTE's resolution, recognizing
the Compromise measures OF the last Congress
a final settlement Of slavery agitation, &c.
Mr. HUNrEl, proceeded To speak in opposition
to the resolution, believing II 10 be unnecessary
lie reviewed at some length the proceedings Of
the Senate upon the Compounds measures, at the
last session.
Mr. FOOTE took the floor, bat gave wayio
MIR. BRODHEAD, who desired 10 correct
error which the senator from South Carolina,
(Mr BurLvR) had fallen into, in relation TO the
operaton Of the Fugitive slave law in Pennsylva-
MIA. He had said that It could not be executed
and that il persons convicted under u IN the
courts, they would he pardoned by the executive.
Mr.. BUTLER. only gave that ms my opinion
MIR. BRODHEAD said tina, he considered such
an opinion imputatIon on the common
wealth which he represented. No State had been
more loyal To the Constitution or more devoted To
the laws than Pennsylvania. In regard to the re-
suit Of the late Christiana trial, any other Of
riot i'm that State may well be cited Ia proyethat
the laws cannot Ice executed a. that. Does the
senator mean to say that the Judge in that case
has not laid down the law IN relation To treason
correctly' MIR. b. reviewed the result OF the late
election in Pennsylvania, and considered It TO be
an indication Of the people there to stand by the
Constitution and laws.
Mr.. RHETT, in replying, said that il had been
made party test--that there only FIVE or six
thousand majority one way out OF one hundred
thousand votes.
Mr. HALE opposed the resolution, and after
some conversation with Mr. FooTE in relation to
the division Of California, went on To argue that
the North had gained nothing by the compromise.
In the course Of his remarks, he spoke OF the
Judges of the Supreme Court. abiding 10 their de-
cisions in relation TO subjects where the slavery
question was embraced as biased. That body
was the citadel where slavery always has and al
was will be protected
He did not wish to hear corruption imputed to the
Supreme Court Judges.
The PRESIDENT said, the point OF order was
one for the Senate to consider.
Mr.. FOOTE said that he would not claim the
floor at this time, as he wished to reply to the
marks of senator's entertaining extr me Northern
and Southern views at length, hereafter.
Mr.. BUTLER desired to reply to the iniims
ton of the senator from New Hampshire, (Mr.
HME,) that the judges OF the Supreme Court
have acted dishonesty in giving their decisions
The assertion bold one He defed him Mr..
H. to show a case where the judges had not
been rather Indifferent towards the South than
otherwise. He (Mr. BIZ had never been able TO
trace any bias in their opinions. IL was unfair
to attempt to impeach their motives in this body,
where they cannot have hearing. The case was
not like that Of the President, of the United States,
who has partizans here to defend him when at
tackled.
Mr.. HALE would repeat what he had said
that the Supreme Court was a citadel where
slavery has always been protected, and always
will be- majority Of Northern lawyers had
never been trusted on its bench. He had not al
luded to the Judges of that but of another court,
az giving dishonest decisions, as the senator from
New Jersey (Mr. STocKroN) had attributed The
Judges Of the Supreme Court, however, were no
thing but men, and he (Mr. H. had seen as good
specimens elsewhere. They were just as likely
TO be biased as other men; and he had spoken OF
them thus, in view of majority always being
from the South
Mr. UNDERWOOD replied, and asked IL Il
was right for the senator to indulge IN such gen
eral denunciation Of the Supreme Court Judges