New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-09
PROCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAY.

! Assembly,. Tae Judiciary Committee consists OF
MessIs. NOyor. DiyeI ard Lamont, Republicans, and
| Scot, ann Willard, Democrats.
! BIZ. Owen made & lengthy and elaborate report
sgainst the bill the ground that ts provisions we're
in violation OF the Constitution Of the United sts.s IN
| almost every section.
Mr.. John D. Willard also made q report IN which
Jtcge Scott united These leading hghts OF the Dem
/ Ocratlc sice IT the Senate c0ncuTred 10 senator
Owens report in the main, and lie conclusions,
though dissenting iTCm some Of tie positions tax o.
| M LANOSr made 10 written report, but verbally
! DESERTED from each Of ( Ose whose were presented
With the report o; Mr. Willard, lie disagreed 10 toto
lie also dissentet from the spirt OF that oil Mr. Owen
The bill before the Senste contained some Objection
able features, but they were lLCdeptai. The O9leo@
sought by The bill proper The night o.! toe writ
Of habeas corpus and tfdl by jury should be held D.
violate MI Lamont bed that the fde tive slave was
not the Cou-tltu On of the United States but was ~
many respects a viol5ton Of that instrument. The
true contraction o. tie clause Of the Constitution re-
| quUug that peJeOns owing service, &c, ana
] escaping from Stlte % another shall be
surreuctTet, IS tat eLuncated by Mr.. Webster IL
bis place III tie Senate VIZ: that they be delivered up
by STATE action and IL that veS 1t was eatlfey pro-
per 10 enact ana enforce such stSaes as shsll give
ample prOte ctlOn 20 AL persons claimed as tugtIyes
Mr.. lAaONT also objected 10 the position tsEeI m
Dir. DIVES report, that a Shareholder has rRht to
recaptuIe ms slave who may escape TO ffee state,
Independent OF any supposed night under the Corsttc-
tiCn. If this he correct the law q Slavery Is common
law arc the sisNehO per may follow MS escaped Al
Tel 10 any foreign county 70 which he may Hector
instance, CaUsda--aId Iccspture tm tnerc, aud
the Government would be bouni 20 sustain him ia
suob right The report paced great stress on the com
prCmses OF the Constitution IN regard 10 TINS SUBJECT
nf Slavery Mr.. LAMONT denied that Slavery vas one
Of the great compromises, and appealed 10 cotenpo-
rsne history, the debates IN the Convention which
iiamed the Federal Constitution SC, 20 prove that
Slavery wss not regarded OF the important
0ut sOus before the ConVeptlon--.uat IL excited but
very little discussion, end that the trainers OF the Con
st0ton careful that the word slave should no,
be inserted IN that nstiument Thee was not IN the
Constitution one clause or IDEA which regarded slavery
a. patOnGl institution deserving OF special protec-
ton He protested against the squirt of the report in
his own nsine and in that OF the Republican party.
Mr.. DIyEN said lis report was made on the bli
before the Senate lie had Lot discussed any Other
had he discussed the Fugitive Save bill nor the
bred Scott decision. He IN favor Of laS 60 pro-
tect the right Of ta by Jury and the Wi. Of ha5ess
corpus but he could not consent to such legislation a.
should conflict with the fundamental law Of the nat on
And be reminded MIR. Lamont that Mr. Webster
whom he had quoted as favor OF State action voted
for the Fugitive Slave law.
According to my recollection, Mr. Owen
is at fault tere believe the record viii show that at
the tine of tie pas age OF the Fugitive Slave DIT ar
Webster was acting rs Secretary Of S.ae nader Mr.
Fillmore, ard l believe the Secretary oil S.!'e does
not vote in the Senate at Washington though am
not very familiar with affairs a. the capital. Oar
Secretary OF State here in Albany Mr.. Tucker some
times comes into the SCnatci but he don't vote.
However the point is not important since II IS alto
eether probable that Mr. Webster would have voted
for the Fugitive bill if he had been Senator at the
hight time,
Mr. DnEN's report will be printed and Published in
Gay two, and viii speak for itself. have only Z"
say that il does meet with general favor by the
Republicans here, and that the Democracy are Juoi-
Lar and smiling over Il.
The resolution i,T amendment of the Constitu-
ton to ABOLISH the property qualification for co2red
vOters, which mad previously passed the Assembly,
was cor cured in by the Senate today by the FOLLOW
ing vote:
gsttHS, Tuf-l Jog>st, Lshn, Laaaut L3ye.n5 No1oH,
Patterson, rrossr, Truman, wE1voRE, W A. Wheeler j. A.
TAIs-Msm.. B.and'et Brrsna', Doa-ts ~ Maae-'
f,at 80 o AN NOR SaH ySSs g sa D. y r,S
ana WIasms-2
Mr.. willard shot the pit 20 avoid voting. Mr.;
Williams e.. me 10 after the vote was announced, ana
asked una1mou consent 10 have MS vote recorded
for the resolu,io1s bat, objections being made, Il
could not be done.
The special Committee of the Assembly consisting
Of Messis {. s. Spencer, Hutchinson, Posel, p1Iyes
erd Morris have agreed upon amendments, ana VII,
l Understand, report the bill as follows:
Ac Prot the Rights ard Liberties Of the Citizens OF
The Tct Of he STATE Of N Yo, ,ep,,,nisd Senate asa
is't"ciy, eS enac. a. o4os.i /, .,.,3.r.5, =,
SECTION ]. No person "lhlu DIS stA'e 'hs DC
rpety or suh &c; such to sale purchase d. iSr nor
.bS any person Shin the hni. OF his stie az any tine De
orpiyeo losry OF pfotelty "iiac ass piots.' 1
go lssor 10 srr'ber person either pafty may clXu
corr1 al a. law twenty pereupt-Iy caseuses .n5 il a.
eon tk.I,t5 tb@ ete. challenges Feisou indicted in
trs STATE j. emitted
Src Eytiy person vho .hs deprive .,emr 70 deprive
tee per. u huo-y contrary 20 the provisions
Il The prct cious Of tbs act shall Ue deemed sHy o
No, ,y,s,Srr 90 ror les, Tim 100 ana by tlpsoa
IN the Stae Prise icr teI not eE'ee-ns teIiy ~.
nor yca provided thai 1i b. 'ao eIe eot
'eots s sPP TO or acct The night 10 arrest CT ~
$50 Nsi.ber decent, near or remote from African
,uch African may have been slave az ho noI
bei1s - bo ir ezen STATE dePrive SCH PER
Il me rights and PR ieges Thereof except as eiAa ~
SIC. Every person who tlsy have beer held s -
,h. hs brought CT IN this Sst- win tar con
So livery p,rsou wno Sal mold oE t.snP 20 70 n
tn. st..@ N sry Psso. " who sH,l Loia % t.srl
shoIt tie PRESENCE that sul prison j. o. h oseh
sea-, cgEyisoD thereof Be i1pTlsoned p .-e So
PIbon os ss than nye more tsn tNe-y
yesrs ICED ss thai thousand Do A. nor more
iasn icp t-cusEDc cclNs -
cesoh punishable 81 the preodns s-l.ons Of thus = ny
seton sd recover cAagss Therefor ST. any oo-i q
ST. 10 pefsf ~be bls,as ,ry ce Of hooo: tu'; or
eroiuEett UIecf tie avs oi hi' s,s 'n2i 10 anj P'J
i.sue any warrant other process rant sny Ger
under BY Nre - A. A. Q. to 1oIgreH o. -
Uptd stse,, approved Tie t~,s eay q F,hf1,Iy, a -
.@vsut-en dund &c ninety tSfee. emitted Ar FrsPe
1r '1f;iv.' ilstc" sId rsons sFns ION . ,f.s
Of .heI .al.''i, or uneeL AID y .iIs- OF :. 81 -
"a y., ire i-. oT SEQ. -.fT f. IN rsryic- o.
her master shall IN Ly o@P1city serve any SCI Naa
SEc Any VI alton the pro-, ion. Of section q this q,
thAn b. leea-d ,uelt CT IvruoyA frUG dice = @
Peaclnstt under The P-oN4iJus o. TIE C1l-iloa Of '
sTc L. isy Sheriff, D.rasy saes5 Jscor Coroner c0a
stable Oc-r q toi' state, 90 any Poll sn u sny CIV N
-Isf II he s,ia y mi. Sc ~ ss IL ,lea
capacity he, sf, inPsoD, detsn ~ Al ~
sbs reason la be i aimed OF ~ aassa e b
vice Abr han b. punished b line not lsss An one
ir1psor 81 The STATE roI tc zee i1sI ;Fo frtrs