Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-14

The proceedings OF Monday, as reported in the
New York papers, are of considerable interest
We copy as follows:
PHILADELPHIA, June III, 1855.
Ex-President Barker took occasion this morn
ing to deny having taken contract for the 'sLivs
Oak" candidate, has been intimated in the
papers on the authority of ID. Ullman and others
The committee on resolutions reported TO the
council this afternoon the following resolutions
on slavery:
Resolved, That the American party, having
arisen upon the ruins and in spite Of the opposi-
ton Of the Wing and Democratic parties, cannot
be held in any manner responsible for the obnox-
ious acts violated pledges Of either; that the
systematic agitation of the slavery question by
those parties has elevated sectional hostility into
a positive element Of political power, and brought
our institutions into peril. 1t has therefore be-
come the imperative duty of the American party
to interpose, for the purpose Of giving peace to
tho country and perpetuity to the Union. That
experience has shown il is impossible TO recon-
Gle opinions SO extreme as those which separate
the disputants, and there can be no dishonor
in submitting to the laws, the National Council
has deemed it the best guarantee of common
justice and Of future peace to abide by and main
tain the existing laws upon the subject of slavery,
as a final and conclusive settlement Of that SUBJ
ject in spirit and in substance.
Resolved, That regarding it the highest duty to
avow these opinions upon subject SO important,
in distinct and unequivocal terms, it is hereby
declared as the sense of this National Council,
that Congress possesses no power under the Con-
stitution to legisate upon the subject Of slavery
in the States, to exclude any State from admis-
sion into the Union because her constitution does
or does not recognize the institutions of slavery
a part of her social system; and expressly pre-
permitting any expressions Of opinion upon the
power of Congress to establish prohibit slavery
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Council that Congress ought not to legislate upon
the subject Of slavery within the territories of the
United States, and that any interference of Con-
gress with slavery it exists in the District Of
Columbia would be violation of the spirit and
intention Of the compact by which the State Of
Maryland ceded the District to the United States
and breach of the national faith.
The majority report having been read, mi
nority report was submitted, which was signed by
the following members Of the committee: VIM.
F. Johnston, Pa; A. ID. Sperry, Conn; Thomas
III. Ford, Ohio; Anthony Colby, N. H.; Jno. S.
Sayward, Maine; John w. Foster, Mass; Ma
thaniel Green, r. l.; JOS. II. Bartlett, VT;
Schiller Colfax, Ind. d. E. Wood, Wis; J.
Cogshall, Mich; w. J. Phelps, ILL.,; twelve in
all; also, by Rd. Clement, Del; and C. d. Desh-
Ter, NJ, as to the first clause. New York alone
of the ifee States went for the majority report.
Iowa was not represented Minnesota Territory
went with New York, as also the District Of Co
lumbia; and these with the united South carried
the majority report in committee.
The minority resolution is as follows:
Resolped, That the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise was an infraction of the plghted faith of
the nation, and that it should be restored, and if
efforts to that end shall fail Congress should
fuse to admit any State tolerating slavery, which
shall be formed out of any portion of the territory
from which that institution was excluded by that
Compromise.
In the council Mr.. Mallory, of New York,
thought no discussion was needed He asked in
sultingly if any man there would moi succumb to
the will of the majority Governor Gardner, of
Massachusetts,, took up the gauntlet, and declared
that neither he nor his State, majority of
the free States would abide by the resolutions
first reported The party could not carry vii
lage in Massachusetts, upon them. lie charged
the New York delegation with deserving the
North, and of even going so far in doughfaceism
as to complain to the South that they were con-
ceding too much to the North.
Governor Gardner made bold earnest speech,
protesting against the resolutions of the ma
lority.
The council adjourned to eight O'Clock this
evening, when the debate will be resumed. A
long and violent discussion is anticipated. The
resolutions of the majority will undoubtedly pass.
l0k o'clock, p. m.-The council is still in SEES
sion. A dull discussion is going on on resolutions
other than those relating to slavery. These are
unobjectionable, and meet no very serious opposi-
ton. Slavery will be up again and more directly
tomorrow. The South show indications of wa
vering. They never found the North SO deter
mined and bold before
The above we copy from the Tribune. The
Hsrdid says the following will be added to the
first resolution Of the majority report
"Subject to the decision of the proper courts
having judicial cognizance thereof, and such
amendments as shall be needed to fully carry out
their spirit and more fully give to the inhabitants
of the Territories the entire power of local sover
eighty, as the same is possessed by the people of
the State" To the second will be added
clause declaring (" that the people oftbe Terrific
ries Of the United States should possess as full
and actual sovereignty within the same as the
people of the States do" And also the fol-
lowing:
Whereas, the Constitution of the United
States contains the provision following, being the
third clause Of the second section of article four
thereof viz: No person held TO service or labor
in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping
into another, shall, in consequence Of any law
or regulation therein, BIO discharged from such
service or labor, but shall be delivered up on
claim Of the party to whom such service or labor
may be due
" Resolved That this National Council recog-
nizc the full and binding obligation of this pro-
vision Of the Constitution upon the States Of this
to the Constitution and to the good faith in one
State towards another that the proper laws should
exist to fully, fairly, and honestly carry out
the said provision in letter and spirit and that
all the courts Of this Union and Of the States
should fully, honestly, and with alacrity enforce
all laws made in pursuance OF said provision of
the Constitution, and render at all times, and in
all places the said provision operative and effec
tive, for the keeping of good faith of one Sta te
with another, and for the rendering of justice,
and the protection Of property; and this Nationa |
Council pledges itself TO all just and proper
measures to secure that this provision of the Con-
stitution, and the laws made in pursuance thereof
shall be duly enforced, and that faith shall be
kept and justice done in its regard"
The same paper says:
" The platform as sent was adopted in the com
mittee Of thrty-one on that subject by seventeen
to fourteen. The abolitionists all standing in OPP
position ON the one side, and the national men in
support on the other. Its adoption was an over
throw to them--they will now strive in the CON
vention TO carry their views, and falling in that
will bolt"
n5~ The Tolland County Gazette, published at
Rockville, Connecticut, says there is sold to the
paper makers of that city the rubbish from the