Weekly national intelligencer., 1852-05-29
WEDNESDAY, May 26, 1852.
IN SLNATE.

Mr. SUMNER presented the memorial Of the represen-
tatves Of the religious Society Of Friends in New Eng
land in which they ask for the repeal Of the fugitive
slave law. The memorial proceeds:
1--WE therefore respectfully but earnestly and sincerely in
you repeal the law Of the last Congress respecting
gtive slaves h and principally because Of it's injustice
wards long sorey oppressed and deeply injured people
ID in order that we together with other
may be exoneraed from the penalties which il imposes
all Who in faithfuness to their Divine Master and in dis
charge Of their obligations TO their distressed
bound regulate their conduct under the heaviest
naltes which inct for doing by the divine in
junction, M things whatsoever you would men should do
to YOU do ye unto them and by the other command
men thon shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart
and thy neighbor . myself
We erveny desire that He who has declared through his
servant that u righteousness which exalteh nation but
that SIN rproaeh 70 people may replensh your
with WISDOM ana enable you 70 do justice and Judgment speed
y that 80 he blessings Of such ready perish may
upon and the peace welfare Of o believed
country may be promoted and established upon
basis for the work Of righteousness shall be and the
effect Of righteousness quetness and assurance
Mr.. SUMNER took occasion to say that the memorial
commended by the character of the association from
which 1T enanated and that at some future time he should
feel it duty to deliver his views length on the snb;ect
Of which the document treated Justice required that
both sides should be heard and he trusted Il woud not
be asking too much to bespeak the candid attention Of
the Senate while he would set forth convictions deepy
cherished in his State, though dsregarded elsewhere and
TO which he was bound by every sentiment Of his heart
by every fibre Of his being by all his devotion to his
country all his love to God and man. When he did nm.
be regarded sectional unless the Constitution and the
sentiments Of its fathers sectional He hoped to be
able to show that freedom and slavery was national
while slavery and not freedom sectional He moved
to refer the memorial to the Committee on the Judiciary
Mr.. MANGUM paid compliment to the Society o.
Friends law-abiding people, and willing that the
petition should be received he believed had been the
practice from the days Of Washington
Ine CHAIR informed Mr.. NJ that the petition was al.
ready received.
Mr. MANGUM then moved to lay the motion of refer
ence the table
Mr. MASGuM withdrew his motion at the suggestion Of
some Senators.
Mr. DAWSON desired to know If il was the intention Of
gentlemen to reopen this agating question? From the
very solemn and impressive and the overflow Of
Christian feeling manifested by the Senator he hoped he
would have no concealments, make any attempt to
hide his views in dust and clouds He (r. d. was ready
to the question, and desired that there might be
bold and manly openness evnced by the other side II
gentlemen again desired to throw rebrands into the ma
tiona councils let them do So and take the responsibility
Now the time, now the hour, and TO tell them
Of what was to be done future occasions He was
averse to hypocrisy well in politics in religion and
ready then to meet the question in all its phases
having not the slightest disposition to evade IT, He
wished TO let the country the men and measures around