Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-12
buchanan in fn.or OF the Abolition OF SLAYER,
in tn. District OF toIunbin.


important extract from Niles Regisier,by which it
appears that us long ago MS 500 Mr.. buchanan
a leading ogi,ator. aud voted for the abo-
ton of slavery in the District Of Columbia
We ask the rcnder's attention to what follows
Wonder whnt Mrs. Grundy will say to this ok.
pose.
On the 10Th day Of January, 1899 Mr.. Buoh.
nnan in Congress votod-the question being made
u test--to proceed 10 the consideration of the
most outrageous abolition proposition ever voted
an in Cougress-one which shows him 10 hive
been "nigger worshpper" Of more enlarged
proportion than even Seward, Gddngs. Hale, or
any If that ilk BY reference to Niles Registtr
vol. II p. BY will find that Mr.. Minor moved
the following preamble and resolutions aud TINT
james Buchanan voted to proceed To COM ider the
eypedi"ncy of abolishing slavery in the District
If Columbia:
Whereas, the constitution has given to Con
ercss, within the District Of Columbia the pow
~ of exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoey
er, aud whereas, tho laws in respect to slavery
IN the District Of Columbia have been wholly
neglected.
From which neglect. for nearly thirty yenrs,
have grown numerous and gross corruptions:
Slave dealers. gaining confidence from imppn-
ty. have made the seat of the federal govern
ment their headquarters for carrying on the do
nestle slave trade;
Tho public prisons have been extensively used
perverted form tho purposes for which they were
crected for carrying on the domestic slave trade;
Officers of the federal government have been
employed aud derived e,nolument from carrying
I ON the domestic slave trnde;
Private aud secret prisons exist in the Dis
iriot for carrying on this traffic in human beings;
The trade is not confined to those who nre
slaves for life, but persons having limited time
! To serve are brought by the slave dealers aud
sent whore redress Is hopeless,
Others are kidnapped aud carried AWAY before
! they can be rescued:
Instances of death from anguish and despair
| exhibited in tho District mark the cruelty Of this
traffic.
| Instances of manning aud suicide. executed or
attempted hive been exhibited growing out of
traffic within the District,
Free persons Of color coming into the District
nre liable TO arrest, imprisonment, and sold into
slavery for life, for Jail fees. if unable. from IL
norsnce, misfortune fraud TO prove their free.
dom;
Advertisements beginning. 1--WE will give cash
for one hundred likely young negroes, of both sen
es, from eight 10 twenty five years old" contain
ed in the public prints of the city, under the no
tioe of Congrcssndcate the opennesa aud extent
of tho traffic;
Scenes of human beings exposed at public ven
due are exhibited here, permitted by tho laws of
the general governments woman having been
advertised to be sold at l4oyd's tavern. near the
Central Market house. during the month of De
/ ccmber:
A grand jury of the District has presented the
slave trade as II grievance:
A writer IN public PRINT IN the District has
/ set forth That. To those who have never seen II
spectacle of the kind exhibited by the slave trade)
/ no description can give an adequate idea of its
/ hurrors;
To such extent had this been carried in lSl6
that memoir of Congress from Virginia intro
duced resolution into the House, THAT com
mttce he appointed to examine into the existence
Of an nhuman and Illegal traffic in slaves, carried
on in and through the District of Columbia, aud
report whether any, and what measures are nee.
essary for the putting stop to the same;'
The House of Representatives of Pennsylva-
MIA, at their last session, by an almost uaani
nous vote, expressed the opinion tina, slavery
within the District of Columbia ought to be abol-
ished:
Numerous petitions from various parts of tho
Union. have been presented to Congress. pray
ing for the revision of the laws in respect to
slavery, aud the gradual abolition of slavery
! within the District of Columbia;
\ petition was presented to the last session
/ of Congress signed by more than one thousand
| inhabitants of the District, praying for the grad
ual abolition of slavery therein;
And whereas, the ten miles square, contded
/ to the exclusive legislation Of Congress, ought,
] Tor inc nonor Ga tnlS ftpubHcdh government, unu
/ the interest of the District, to exhibit spec-
men of pure and just laws
BE il resolved That the Committee for the
| District of Columbia be instructed to take into
consideration the laws within the District. i'll re
spect TO slavery; that they inquire into tho slave
trade 1t exists in. and is carried on through tho
! District and that they report TO the House such
amendments to the existing laws as shall seem
to them to be just.
Resolved, That the Committee be further in
structed TO inquire into the expectancy of pr"yi-
ding by law, for the gradual abolition of slavery
| within the District, in such manner that the in
forest of no individual shall be injured thereby.
When the above abolition preamble aud
buttons were read, Mr.. Weems of MARYLAND, mo-
we'd the question of consideration. on which ques-
ton Mr., Mnor demanded the yeas and nays, and
they were ordered by the House. So.ihe question
being on the consideration, il was decided in the
afiirmative-yeas l0i, nays 20. Among the yeas
you Will Ind the names of all the democrats in the
Pennsylvania delegation James Buchanan, Hen
ry A. Muhlenburg, George Wolf. Cambrelenc.
Coulter, M'Kean Southerland and others The
vote wash the main, sectional one-tbe meas
ure being regarded as radical abolition aggres-
sion upon the rights and institutions of the South
! A SIMPLE RULE.--To ascertain the length of
the day and night, any time Of the year, double
the time of the suns rising which gives the
length of the night and double the time of set