Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-01-07
IpN ESDA IAN tJAsEES !. 1852:

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body, aud its cause, we All deplere, iptsosdnees
his resolutions for The purpose ofcoveFing all th'
subjects then before the Senate arising 0nt tn'
institutionl Of domestic slavery and on bis mo
tion. they were made the special the tai
for ihe 9th Of February. six on S tne Es
day, The senator from Kentucky addresses tns tns
Senate npoFi the subject tof his resoinhouss ant
continuedIthat address during the eneSt dag. oc
cnRying the 5th. and 6tbtsa The febale eo9sIa
ued on these resolutions, and on the lS1h 81 ep
| rtfary, the honorable senator IRON Mlsstsslpp
[Mr. Footel gave notice that he shoutd Al an en-
| iy day move sfon special commlttee 10 wnlet
the entire subiect-should be referred. On The
25tb. the debate still continuing on thuse reso.
Entiops the senator FROM Missi pPl moved THIS
lfreEefence. The debate then contlnnet npqn tlit
resoI1tfons Oft senator ftOth Kentdcky, and
lsnpon resolutions ;nf like character the
lsmean time by a5senalsr ifomll ennessee ~ = =
Bell. in come viii the matlon made ps tle M
Senator from, dississippi 10 IeieI ihetn.s s,s,s
Now as I'd HE fugitive slave bill, ! have SAID
Speeial lsusdefiof she day t9l
January 2ath, end tthatsit wasa debate by HE
senator from South Carolina on that day = ina.
the Senate did not again sit until the 2alls WneI
The debate was CONTINUED by myself On the
same day (the 28th) the senator from New OFk
,GMr. SewardE informed the Senate fbatyhe had
been requested by the senator from OHIO Mr;
AChase1 10 ask thai The further consideration OF
the bifj be POSTPONED. The reason assigned was
that the ssenatorHfronl Ohio desired to be heaFa
upon it, but tRarbe wasscafed from the city by
illness ia, his family. IL appears. however, that
a senator from New Jersey, no longer member
OF this body, [ATr. Dayton,l obtained The HooF'
but did not continue The debate. THUS IT was
that the law for 4the Teelamat ton m tugitiys
slaves, which had been introduced at an early
day-of the session, and promptly aud actively
carried on through its various stages, lay IN re-
pose after the 28th Of January, for reasons which
lam about 10 assign'lo the Senate. &,
- The senator from Mississippi says, ,according
10 his recollection or his construction, that there
was.a policy on the part Of the gealleneplMho
had charge Of the bill in thus keeping y back
Iathiuk have shown that up 10 January 2sttl,
whether there was ,p0Iicy0r nat, the bilt'was
not kept back, but was urged and pressed upon
The consideration of the Senate. have shown
that on the next day, (the 20th) the resolutions
OF The senator from Kentucky, were introduced,
and that the debate contfn aed upon then together
with the motionto refer, up totiie perlGa 10 which
/ am about 10 advert. On the 18th OF fAarch TIE
resolutions of the senator from heptucky ar. and OF
the senator from Tennessee, in connexton with
the mottOnsto referzto special COMMITTEE, being
still under debate, senator from Connections, no
longer member of This body, IFaT. BalfwIp,l
moved that all matter in the resolutions relating
10 the State of'CAlifofnia be excluded IRON That
reference. have no doubt thar many Senator's
who were present then, will recollect that there
part Of gentlemen opposed TO the reference, 10 ex'
cepts certain fav0rte measures of theirs from II:
This California bill WAS one offthem.D Upon the
proposition 10 exclude it; a senator from Massa.
chusetts, no longer amember Of this body, but at
the head of the Depa rtnerl Of State, expressed
himself strongly in favor ofkeeping il separate.
The senator trOm Mlchigan( Sir. Gass) expressed
himself favorable to the plan of Teferencei bat
said s.Ay hopes are nut strong ast tO'any itavdra
Bile results To grow ont OF this commttee:S he
chances have been m1olp diminished by the vote
ken veste rdav, If ithatSVote coutanedany indI,
catinpIofthe feelings sinsthis Chamber with re7
gard TO the ecOmmitteeSitself, andthe benettto re-
suit from it.'' The vote to- which the senator
from Michigan had references, WAS a vote taken
the day before onthe proposition, OF the senator
from Mississippi otake up the resolution, and
his motion 10 refer, which pEopositiopto take up
was carried by a imalerity of two votes only the
vote being "a yeas-to % nays. -From. this tile
senator drewia n favorebte augury as to any
benefit to result from the committee proposed to
be raised by the senator from Mississippi. The
senator from Michigan nlNwenti further and said ::
81 am soIry3to say that GeTy71it-
tie good from the proposition OF the senator from
Mississippi. For myself, am moi prepared to
.sav what nv views will be upon this whole mat
ter: ,they are not formed. j saymerey thatthis
course holds out some hope, and s, theteforet
worthy, Of adoption.'ns7 And he goes on TO say !:
q We have been. .three months here, and what
have we done 'Nbttiing: We have not pasted a:
single law wot.theleastmateriaitm We
have occppied the whole time by the disc usston
OF this question, and no practical Iespl has been
attained; and present appearances DO not !ndi-
cate thafsGcha result sis near. Bntsthough we
have done enothing, .eehaye asceflained frat some
things cannot be edone"-referrng to the fact that
nnnId in hs bell belle, ass see m9' Prey io sPP
AS part ofthe same debate, he went on TO say:
nsSwell,Sth Mf.a President, if these Things are