The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-07-13
THE NATIONAL ERA, WASHINGTON, d. c.
ional faith by the repeal of the Missouri re-

tional faith by the repeal of the Missouri re-
striction.
His colleague, in defending and supporting q
bill ayowedly to recognise the principle of pop
ulsr sovereignty, openly declared he would dis
sovereignty of his State. A more audacious
reputation of popular sovereignty he never
heard of than that displayed by his colleague
on that occasion.
Connecticut, in passing the law referred 10
by his colleague respecting the Fugitive Slave
Law, had done nothing more than what was
clearly her right and duty to do, to protect her
own free citizens from the kidnapper and slave
hunter. She had the same right to secure to
her people freedom, that South Carolina had
to doom a portion of her people to slavery.
That law he had submitted to several lawyers,
no one of whom had said it contravened any
act Of Congress.
He reioiced that Connecticut had acted as
she had done, in washing her hands from all
support or countenance of slavery. She asked
that the interpretations placed in the Constitu-
ton by shareholders, for their own selfish ends,
should be blotted out, and that it should be
restored to it's original purity. She asked to
be absolved from all support of slavery; she
desired to shake off the vampire.
He could not believe that the Constitution
could Justify such an act as the Fugitive Slave
Law which at one blow struck down the hG-
beGS corpus, the trial by jury and placed the
personal freedom and security of freeman be-
low the value of twenty dollars. Il was an
act conceived in sin, brought forth in iniquity,
and baptized in blood. He would not insult
the country by asking whether such Gorgon
of wrong was constitutional or not. He would
not stop to ask whether any citizen was bound
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slave hunter For one, he denied the obliga-
ton upon him to do any act of the kind.
He knew that Connecticut had been ibelled
by a tory renegade as the blue law State, but
none of his descendants, or any one else, should
ever fasten upon her the stigma of being the
black law State.
Mr. Toucey said the speech of his colleague
gave an illustration that he Mr.. IT, was right
in occupying the position he did.
The resolutions were then ordered to be
printed.
The bill to establish line of telegraph from
the Mississippi river to San Francisco was
further amended, and then postponed till Mon
day.
The vetoed INDECENT Insane Land bill was
again taken up.
Mr.. Williams defended the veto of the Pres
ident said few words on the Homestead, and
uel0nu6U MS COuIS0 On In0 lN0DTdSkd
Mr.. Badger followed, defending his speech
on this bill from some comments made upon it
by MIR. Cass. He showed that the latter gen.
tleman denied the right of Congress to appro-
pirate lands for the poor insane of the country,
and yet, in 1847, voted half million to send
provisions to the suffering poor in Ireland and
Scotland. There was no distinction in the
Constitution, as to voting away money or lands.
House of Representatives. July 6, 1854.
Mr. Thurston offered the following resoIu-
ton, to which objection was made, and which
was therefore not received:
ReSotUed, That there be ten thousand copies
Of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New
Mexico, California, &c., connected with the
Mexican Boundary Commission, by John r.
Bartlett, late United States Commissioner, pub
lished for the use of the House of Representa-
tives.
The House proceeded to consider, as the first
business in order, the amendments reported
yesterday by the Committee of the Whole, to
the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation bill.
The amendments were read, and those to
which objections were not made were adopted
en- maSSc. Those to which objections were Of
fered were reserved to be voted upon sepa-
rately.
The amendment appropristing money for
the construction of several custom houses was
agreed to-yeas 70, nays 20.
An amendment appropriating $4,000 to
the erection of customhouse at Richmond,
Va, was agreed to-yeas "a, nays 54.
An amendment appropriating $530,000 for
the purchase of tho grounds and edifces leased
for the Assay Office in the city of New York.
was agreed to without division.
Terrible .Accident on the SuSguehanna Rail
road-FOrty Killed and Serenity tcounded.
BALTIMORE, July 5.-A railroad accident
occurred yesterday, more destructive Of human
life than any that it has been our lot to record
since the Norwalk accident. 1t occurred on
the Susquehanna Railroad, nine miles from
Baltimore, near the Relay House. As the ex-
cursion train was returning from the American
celebration at Ryder's Grove, it came in COLI
sion with the regular passenger train from
Baltimore for York at 5 P M.
About two thousand persons were on the
excursion train of fourteen cars, going at full
speed when the accident occurred.
The effect of the collision was dreadful and
will cause much pain and sorrow among a
large circle of friends and relatives of the de-
ceased.
The following is list of the dead, already
recognised:
Henry Reynolds, limbs broken, and head
terribly crushed.
Henry Clay LETTERS, ten years old, son of
Madison LETTERS, who was wounded.
Benjamin Merryman, baggsge-master of
the train.
William Scott, head crushed.
Mrs. Robertson, widow lady.
A boy named Summers, twelve years of age
Martin Boyd, Charles Boyd, and James Boyd.
Lewis Corcoran, of Washington City.
Richard Mccormack, James Roy, Michael
McGrand, Rhoads, Frederick McDomas Geo.
Brigle, Charles Brigle Mrs. Grely.
Patrick Zimmerman, and Joseph Kruger.
One colored man, name unknown.
Several Of the dead bodies could not be rec
ognised.
The following is list of the wounded-as
far as known-some of whom are wounded to
such an extent, that in many cases recovery is
extremely doubtful
Michael Kneisa, leg broken.
Michael Cochran, badly crushed.
|. r. Bllups legs broken, and head cut.
!. Lewis Wampler, leg broken.
Henry Brigle, leg broken, and bruised.
Joseph t. Norris, leg cut.
Joseph Bell, arm broken, and scalded
James Reynolds, leg broken, and breast in
jured.
Patrick Fitzgerald, bruised severely.
Mr. Parsons, both legs broken. :
Thomas Lee, ankle sprained, and confusion
on head.
Michael Graham, badly wounded.
Thomas Horsev both leoa ssn ashad