Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-01-31

Resolpcd, That Congress ought TO exercise Jus acr
knowledged power, in the immedllte suppression Oh
slavery and the slave trade IN the District oil eolu-
bia.
And whereas, by the Constitution oil The United
States Congress has power to regulate commerce.
.;tb Cregn nations and between the several states
NJ The Union in the exercise of which power Con-
gress in the wear 1905 abolished the toreign slave
trade; and whereas, domestic slave uaue' "s u''-
Unsuitable IN principle as the African slave uaue'
and scarcely less cruel and lnhuman IN pracuce' is
now carried ON between the several States: There
fore,
Resolved, That the domestic slave trade ought TO
be abolished BY Congress, without delay.
Resolaed. That no new State ought to be admitted
inio the Union, whose Constitution shall tolerate do
mestlc slavery.
R.,,lred That our Senators in Congress be in
s,,uctpd. and our representatives requested 10 use
their utmost efforts to give effect TO the foregoing re-
solves.
And the Governor was directed to send the res
olutions to Senators, &c.
The report with which the resolutions were IN
troduced, was signed by MIR Davis, and there
fore conclude, was written by him, Tor take 1t
he is not in the habit OF signing reports which he
! does not write.
In that same year, 1910, bill was introduced
into the Senate of Massachusetts, making change
! in what is sometimes called the black cede, the
! legislation eguating the rights of negroes l hat
change was repeal Of the pre.exlsting law,
| which forbade the lntermarrIage Oh whites win
muattoes aud negroes. And that reform was
brought about by The instrumenlaty of my col
League, from The sixth district, daughter, as he
was chairu an of the committee that reported the
bill providing for the change That bill became
a law; and ] think | do no more than justice TO
the eloquence and talents of my learned and able
coleage, when | say, that in all human probable
! ity the Young white men Of Massachusetts would
have been denied the privileges OF connecting
themselves with mulattoes and blacks, Gin that
interesting relation which the gentleman from the
SIKH district has opened to lhem,) down TO this
day fit had not been for the disinteresttd exer-
tons of my colleague from the sixth district
IGreat laughter.
On the 9th day of October, 1888, meeting OF
the Anti -Slavery Society Of Franklin county, was
held, and George t. Davis was reelected Trea-
surer of that Society If there was corruption at
that time, the fund was in his keeping, and he
may therefore have rad better opportunities Of
understanding this question Of corruption than
most of his colleagues who have not had the for
| tune TO be treasurers of abolition societies. Mr.
George r. Davis was reelected treasurer of the
Anti Slavery Society Of Franklin county; and
among the resolutions passed, are some which
contain some rather severe remarks upon the hon
oral,e Daniel w ebster, whose posluon then was
not SO far from that of this treasurer ofthe Adolf
tionists as it has been since; as it is now, when
the treasurer thinks proper to form coalition
with him.
Now, down 10 1910, / have traced this history.
Down to 1850, has no change come over the spirit
of the dream Of my colleague from the sixth dis
trict! No, sir! No, Srl Judging from all public
| T Iod tos hat ~,
timents of my colleague from the sixth district, re-
NAMED, down to yesterday, just the same as re-
presented in the series of resolutions have just
read. If there be any public address, in any pub
lie meeting in Massachusetts, avowlng change
of sentiment, have not seen it, or read it, OF
heard fit. If there Is any communication In any
newspaper, magazine, or elsewhere If there be
ses who aect ne he R6S9ps 81 bMafsf 6
ing them that he did not entertain, when he wa.
last elected, the same sentiments entertained pre-
liousy by him, from 1885 down, | have never
heard a rumor of them. There may be such;
his part Of the State is somewhat distant from
my home, and do hot pretend to read all that
comes out IN the newspapers. | say never
heard rumor, or an indication of any change
OF sentiment on this class Of subjects, upon the
part ofmy colleague.
But the convention that nominated nv colleague
Tor election 10 this place, ought certainly to know
the truth in reference to the opinions of their can
dldale. They voted for him upon the suppositon
that his opinions conceded with their own, and
they especially knew that they were voting for a
gentleman so high minded and chivalrous that
he abhors all coalitions. Ofcourse he would not
receive the votes OF those who differed from him.
He would spurn them with pure Indignation.
1t must, then, be taken for granted that his party
comedies with him In his sentiments The infer
ence is stronger in his case, than in that of any
other man; and if find out what were the senti-
ments of the party who sent him to Congress at
the time when they sent him, shall find what
his views were presumed to be at the time he was
sent here, and that, too, by presumption which
he at least is estopped from denying.
Here the hammer fell.
The Chairman. The hour which the House
had resolved to close the debate in the Committee
of the Whole on the state of the Union on The bill
had arrived.
Cries, addressed to Mr. Rantoul, of eco on,'
SEQ on!''
The Chairman. The committee even by unar-
imous consent, cannot, in the opinion of the Chair,
disregard the order of the House.
Mr. Rantoul. Cannot proceed if there is no
obJection?
The Chairman In the opinion or the Chair,
you cannot, even by unanimous consent proceed.
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.