Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-02-08


States who expressed opinion OF the justice Of he demand
in relation TO which this resolution offered do not mean
TO say that the claim efouuded claim; am rather in
cned think otherwise but have no hxed ana determined
opinion ON the question think Ight to make the invest
CATION and is no hsn respectful TO the high source
whence the has emanated to pass The
luton, and investigate the justice OF the claim
But Mr. President have risen chiefly to notice the So
citude with which certain members Of this body to the
and seize hold Of every thing they can TO resg
tate the country in reference that subject Why does not
this whole Senate know that during the progress OF that
promise through this body at the last session the very member
who last addressed us and others who concur with him, in
their general opinions declared that if they wanted subject
Of agitation continued increased exaggerated agtation they
would desire the passage of those compromises measures
That was their prediction. And what was the prediction
made by myself and the other friends OF tnat
That il the measures passed they would bring tranquility and
peace to this entire country, they would settle agitation
they would silence the agato And they silenced, for
they do attempt boach the subject Of domestic slavery
ALL but whenever the foreign African slave trade is brought
up they seize with desperate grasp to ind they can
not make out of that some cause Of agitation.
Sir the honorable Senator tells that, although these
agiaors the bottom, where trust In Godthey wiong
remain, they may emerge Never never, during the life
time that Senator of any Senator 10 this body believe
upon the subject Of domestic slavery. Wefound the
Senator the other day voting in small minority against
inquiry in relation the OF the foreign slave trade
That and that only be the theme Of agitation, if be the
desire proong agitation Has mot the prediction Of the
friends of the compromise been fulfilled Has
peace and tranquility been brought to the country There
is 10 be sure here and there, 10 certain localities little
desperate hopeless effort made to excite and continue the
sgaton but dying away like the expiring echoes which
proceed from the discharge Of cannon any other noise
all dying away, and the gentleman will find i utterly
impossible again 70 ss ths souny thst such state Of
things was exhibited e me last sssion de-
sirsbe and be will find the people, the whole people,
in bis section Of the country, and believe he will find
great portion Of the party Of which he leader
ultimately acquiesce in what has been done, and will be
pomp, to rebuke the reneua Of any efforts whatever to re-
vive agitation. tlA t3 ns
Mr.. HALE. sm somewhat sstonished, c,nfess, that
the attempt to agitation should be charged upon me,
and those who act with had thought that had been
quiet this session upon oil these subjects have
introduced nothing Of this st did introduce the sub
jec of the foreign slave trade did introduce this popo
sion put hands into the public treasury and take
money to pay these slave traders. ~ #4ei 58
But the Senator from Kentucky take this occasion
to read sort of personal lecture the position which he
thinks occupy. He thinks Inow occupy and he wishes
me to occupy for good whe position at the bottom lido
not think that there is any body in the country better qualified
give advice those who at the bottom than the Sena
Tor himself If there to be commoon, ground SWELL
do not know which of us will up first, which will be
found to have the heaviest anchor around the neck with
such agitation have been guilty Of others, with such
means Of quietng it the friends of the compromise
sures have adopted. But will venture prediction now
not claiming to be prophet and speak with great regret
going to make my remarks general, and applicable
any body in particular and probably they will not hut any
body; but, if they did, should regret til make the prec
ton that he, be he who he may, from where he
may who puts himself forward candidate for public favor
before the people any State in this Unon and claims their
upon the ground Of being the author supporter Of what
is called the great quescent compromise, will find himself
like the in the Greek fable, who, when there ship
wreck and all seized upon something whereby 70 save them
selves unfortunately seized the anchor and the bot
tom with it. long for that day to come long to the
day when there will he bold enough 10 step the
ard proclaim himself the champion Of the compromise
aud claim his need Of appreciation and commendaton from
the public sentiment Of the country upon the ground Of his
services in that campaign. a 4A3g.a ah#
Mr. MASON. presume the honorable Senator from |
New Hampshire and the honorable Senator from Ohio, by
calling the attention Of their respective constituencies the
fact that they vgant every question which may come
before the Senate Of the United States recognising properly
in slaves have accomplished their object and having attained
that object they may allow the resolution pass The
resolution, said tue nouurupe senator
is based upon recommendation Of the ae President Polk in
his Of December ls47, in VIII CT he called the
tenton OF Congress-frs TO the c this claim, and
secondly to the duty paying under treaty obligations
TO the Government Of Spain. Twill dslain the for
instant by reading that paragraph Of bis message in which
he makes this emphatic recommendation:
81 Congress that an appropriation be made
to be paid to the Spanish Government for the purpose of dis
tribution among the claimants in the Amisad case
terrain the conviction that this is due Spain under the trea
y OF the Goth of October, 1895 and, moreover, that from
the earnest in which the claim be urged
so long as it shall remain unsettled it will be source Of
taton and dlscord between the countries, which
prove highly preudca to the interests of the United States
Good policy less faithful compliance with our trea-
y obligations requires that the nconsderabe appropriation
demanded should be made"
That part of the message was, the same session. upon
the motion of the chairman Of the Committee Foreign Re-
aons referred 10 that committee and during the
sion, on the 5th Of August S4s. that gentleman moved an
amendment to appropriation bill appropriang fifty thou
sand dollars for the payment Of the claim That proposition
passed the Senate on the yeas and nays it however,
jected by the House. - .4I
The resolution simply proposes inquiry into the pro-
pie,y Of paying this claim and should take for granted
whatever epnions gentlemen might entertain to the JUS
ce Of the cl,m they would not obsruct the inquiry
hope the resolution will be adopted.
MI. HALE | move to lay the resolution the table.
The question then taken with the following result
YEAS-Messrs. Baldwin, Chase, Hale, Hamlin, Upham,
Walker-6
NAYS-Messrs Badger, Bell, Benton, Berrien Borland
Bradbury Bright Butler Clay, Clemens Davis of Massa
chusets Davis, OF Mississippi, Dawson, Daytoa Dickinson
Fooe, Gwin Houston Hunters King Mason, Miller, Nor
ton, Norris Pearce, Phelps Pratt Rhett Rusk Shields
Smith, Soule, Spruance Sturgeon, Turney, Underwood,
Whtcomb, Winthrop, Yulee--43 ai.fG .l.~ l
So the motion lay the resolution on the table was not
sgreed to. Y. .'ta '1a aa
The resolution was then agreed 70. ia 0N4.1a ''
~ s#reg MAIL ROUTES IN ARKANSAS. . "A
The following resolution submitted YESTERDAY by the Sem
ator from Arkansas r. BoRLAsp, taken up for con-
sderalon and agreed to se I'm .ft ~ 4atra
Resolved That the Committee the Post Office and Post
Roads be instructed to inquire into the proprey
fishing the following mail routes
ist. From Camden, via Woodawn, Leake's Store and
Fi,z Is Store, to Lewisvlle Arkansas. ~ a
I'd. From Camden to Clinton Arkansas. AsM
Sd From Pine Bluff via White Oak Bluff, Saline river
to Charlottesville, via Calh county, Arkansas.
Il @ae l2Eg BILLS INTRODUCED.