The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-03

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receives necessary lie objected TO the amendment M
resolves they stand express the views o. the majority ~
the people Of Maine The views Embodied ia the Ansnds,
are the sentiments Of less number.
Mr.. Cushings amendment then losi-he alone yobn
in favor.
ON motion o. Mr.. Cushing il was voted 10 as, On a.
resolves separately. Mr. said the hFst resolve -.
trusui--t would 90 good, haru-and IL 1ar.S
IL he adopted and the motion agreed to- The "a 80
80 resolves were also passed
Nc Cashng moved 10 amend The 4t BY stFikiug a, 4
the first line the words "Ias, session Of and insert b
third SO as "a read the 33d Congress That CONG
surpassed any OF its predecessors 10 nfay aud h. ,
cd Il marked in history the "s3i Congress The Arss
ment Was adopted aud the resolve passed.
The question then the 9Th resolve, Mr. Cushis,
moved to amend by striking out the words thar Nan
ansqssraetiy dsctass aii RIGHT aies'ioa ialsgr.
eiiA fAs Hstisoa II siauery those Ssies HArs ar.A
erss Mr. G. said he did not dssctdt@ any such ntpu,or
aud hoped the senate did NOT After declaring as We AZ
in the frat resolve shat human slavery In All ia as
unqualified evil and wrong be hoped not eos,
discaim all intention interfere WITH aud attemp, y
remove, this unqualified evil and wrong The astaS.
ment agreed tolls to e-and the resolve amendoa
passed.
The question was then on passing the 9th ussoIve
Mr.. Willis moved 10 amend by striking ulhaReoaafs
tosol and" lie did believe the fngiye-slaye ari a
be Unconstitutional but did believe he soaon.
We find in the constitution authority for that law M
W. read the fugitive clause OF The United States cons,
lion. Many OF the frauaers of the constitution he
Congress Of 1898, which passed the first ngitvesashw
Of that year This Interpretation Of the conSlu
on By its trainers aud was entitled 70 heh consideration
The fugitive law Of 1850 is similar TO shat Of i7ea
Mr. Cushing did how the senator could after 70,
ting for the Sd resolution which declares the constitution
DC charter OF liberty refuse 10 declare the fugitive
slave law in conflict with that 'ohartcr of liberty The
proposition the other was wrong II the cons,u
ton Of the United States be charter OF hberts moi
law which dcprves Of his liberty for crime-te-
MES him the writ OF habeds corpus and tt by tfgup
constitutional or in other words, opposed tins chast
Of liberty p IL law which seizes who has A.
capped from bondage after sAts Of moral heroism aud ID
trepidty that challenge admiration and then reshaeks
his limbs aud sends him back into serytude without trial
by jury unconstitutional opposed this achar,es Of
liberty r" Will he that constitution which sanctions
and uphods such law isa cbarter of liberty n If there
fore the constitution be charter of liberty the fugitive
law is lilpably unconstitutional.
Mr. Willis admitted the force Of the reasoning so far A.
the character OF the law concerned He did mol say
the law just righteous He would go that
senator in denouncing and matchmaking the law Ne
honored the feeling which prompted the objection No
honored the fugitive who made his escape No Of his
should put him back into slavery, But law Is one
thing, and sympathy another and different thing The
question is oil fact aud OF right II Is whether M
constitution ashorizes the law Of 1880 The clause he had
read clearly does He repeated bis argument show
this from the fact that the Congress Of 1893 containing
many OF the trainers Of the constitution passed the g
ve-slave Of that year II had aso been pronounced
constitutional by the Supreme Court OF the United States
He could not say the law il unconstitutional for he did
not think il to be so. He treating Of the abstract
pleof the morality justice OF the matter be said
nothing.
Mr.. Gushing read from the constitution those clauses So
curing the right OF habens corpus and trial by jury and
asked if the gitive-save law which denies both bot
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Mr., Willis. The senator reads from the Maine cons,,a
ton The constitution OF the United States and the laws
enacted under il must control
Mr.. Cushing The United States constitution contains
similar proceedings.
Mr. Dunnel thought enough had heen said on this qnes.
tion
Mr. Jersey said that this the place the time
into u constitutional argument the fugitive
slave law The fact would be found to be that every law
yer of emnence who holds the law unconstitutional Is
anslavery and every OF eminence who regards
the law constitutional 10 pro-slavcry Here Is the
difference.
Mr. Willis was not prepared to admit this He had
respect for the opinion OF Chief Justice shaw He did moi
believe there proslavery in the free States
Mr.. Pease. What OF Frank Pierce
Mr.. Willis would make that exception.
The motion strike out unconstitutional LOST
Mr.. Willis alone voting in favor.
Mr.. Cushing moved TO amend by adding another rcse
luton, follows
ton of the first article of the constitution 81 the United
States should be amended by striking out the words (which
shall be determined by adding the whole number Of free
including those bound 70 service for term 81 years
including Indians taxed, three ths of all other
and adding in place thereof the words excepting m
dams not taxed and all deemed and held chasse
personal.
The question on adopting this amendment was taken By
yeas and nays, and decided In the attirmativeyeas IL
nays 9.
On the announcement of the above vote Mr. Gushing
marked That resolution 10 worth all the rest.
The remaining resolutions adopted IN
On motion Of Mr.. Gushing, the resolves were ftrha
amended by requesting the governor 10 forward TO TIE
Of the several States copy Of the resolution
with request to lay them before their respective legs
lures
The resolves thus amended then passed to BE-
engrossed without q dissenting voice.