New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-17
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The bill establishing bulk heads and pier lincs 10
Newfork was passed
The House concuncd in the Senate's amendments
TO the bills relating to the Steam Tow boat Company;
the NewYork Excelsior College; amending the Char
ter Of Buffalo and for the regulation Of the govern
ment Of the Central Park.
An attempt to take up the Trinity Church bill
faileG. u,,
The House then went into Committee Of the Whole
on the bill to Freedom to all persons "i''n ''
State. n
MI JONES moved TO amend the second section oil
the bill by adding that that section shsl I, nj ~
deemed 10 discharge from service any person nei ~
Slavery in any State under the laws Thereon VINO sa
escape into this State, apply to any person wnile
passing through this State, who shai nav osou "a"
fully decided to owe labor or SerNico ~ on .
State under the laws thereOi' III coHO'' VIVA ''''
NJ In%rs lid this would deprive the section of
any annearance of interfering viii the Fugitive Slave
law W. OF F0OT F1e opposed the amendment.
The amendment was lost. ~
Mr. WOOSTER offered substitute for the bill,
which when amended by Mr. HOGEBOOM, provided
in substance that all persons in the State should be
free aud nuied the operation OF the Fugitive Slave
Messrs. WOOSTER, H. BAKER, and VAN VAL
KENBERG spoke ON the question.
The SPEAKER took the floor and in an eloquent
and impressive speech urged the adoption Of the bill.
He boldly took the ground that New York should take
the first step in the great and bloodless revolution OF
public opinion By declaring that no person claimed as
a slave under the pretense that human servitude could
ghtfully exist should be delivered up by this State
lie took that ground and yet stood upon the Constitu
ton He did not preach treason, but he held that no
laws could make a slave Of human being. 80
Mr.. VARNUM replied in equally warm terms. He
declared that the Speaker did preach treason-tha
here on the floor of the Assembly of the State OF New
York he set at naught the Constitution and the laws
and preached notification and treason.
During Mr.. Vamums speech there was I0ud ap-
pause from the galleries which were densey
crowded.
MIR. LEWIS said that he did not fear declaring that
he set at naught the provisions of the fugive oa'e
law. The people of Herkimer had set 1t aside long
AGO. If that was treason, make the most of it.
Mr. IRVING denounced the reasonable conduct OF
members on the floor, who had declared themselves
nulifers and disunioniss. He had supposed the he.
publican party to be the FreeSo party, but ne found
they had been led into the ambush of Abolitionsm.
If this was Republicanism, he did not believe the
people would indOrse it. r
in no way inconsistent with the Constitution. he
deemed the occasion calling for strong express
sion of the sentiment the part OF the present Re
publican Legislature.
Mr.. KIVLIN spoke against the BILL and, after re-
marks from several other members, the Committee
rose.
In the House, Mr.. JONES renewed his motion to
add constitutional provso to the bill, and called tor
the Yeas and Nays.
The original bill a. reported by the Committee, was
then ordered to a third reading.
The bill providing for the keeping OF the records IN
the Executive Department and fixing the salaries IN
the Department, was ordered to a third reading.
The attempt to take up the resolution for the tnal
adjournment failed Adjourned.