New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-31


upop slas,Iy however, is not likely 10 bs much
affected by 'lirrats like ibis.
The attacks upon the President for makng.pro-
vision for the support and educ ,ton of the Afri.
cara thus far cane from Democrats "f the extfeme
south. At this po'ut, Democrat of tue slave
trading and slave selling State of MarylaqJ, Mr..
stewart rose 20 defend the President. The
"hsrmonious south Of which We bear 50 much,
ia divided on this qacstion uf the slavc-trade, IN
accordance with the diversity of t1 interests in
negroes. Those who Ta'se negroes {" Sell do not
want competition from Africa. Those who want
10 buy negroes, aturaly ~ant to buy them cheap,
and de- not care whether t1cy come from the Alri-
can OF the American slave coast
Mr. Moore of Alabama followed, and denounced
the Colonization Society aud that rotten con-
cern," the Republic OF Liberia, which he described
"a fast reIs psInx into Ignorance, idOlatry, AMI
bsrbsrism MIR. Moore evidently kDO~og about
a, much Of Liberia ~ that illnstrious and eoRht-
eped stakeholder, the King OF DahOmey, knows of
the internal politics of Alabama.
Mr. Milson OF Virginia, representing slavehod-
i6p Stste bcb does not waut Its market spoiled by
cteap importatioDs from Africa to ~ press h's
ouipion that :" to condemn the African slivc-traje
''is not to reproach Slavery. nothing cao be- more
"urlkc, nothing more an'sg0bistic. To uphold
"the slave-trade is to surrender the defense Of
Slavery IL is to abandon all th"s- arguments by
''which the justification Of the system OF Slavery
" now existing in the Southern states becomes a
: 4" deu,onstrati, n" Logical Mr. MillSon, TO tear
the Christian, civilized, and comfortable Degr0 OF
Virginia from his home, bis friends ond family from
the mild and he,thy climate IL which he was
born, AID To which he is accustomed, aud carry him
to The hot and unhealthy rice swamps AMI cane
fields of the extreme >onrh, aud sell him to strange
ana rigorous ta,k-masters, is AL Iight-the argu.
n ent for it IL demonstration. But - bring the
benghted nbd starving and miscrdbe barb ri ,ns OF
Africa to The samc regions where, at least. tn-y
will have some chance of acquiring civilization and
Christianity, ia avery different thing. Its crime
deserving Oestb.
Mr. Case of Indiana here kindly came to the
cue Of the assalanis Of the President by suggesting
that it ,oas inconsistent FOR the President to expend
the public money for the instruction OF negroes
abroad. while "ot home it Is III many Instances
criminal for Africans to learn, aud for white men
" to teach them. If these home laws are right,
why should we have different policy abroad ~
Mr.. Keiit rose 60 protest against this Govern
"ment, full mounted upon the Autl-Slavery senti-
urbt. riding against ard riding over and riding
dawn the restrictions Of law. What authority
.shad the President for receiving the negroes, cap
"tured on board the Echo, aud sending then t.
Africa 2" Talk "f humanity and c'VllIztt
Said Mr. Keiit: "SlS humanity and ciylllZathin
are iudissOubly intertwinej, and their init nj
" pobt il in Slavery, the ordinance OF God which
/" commands that our bread shall be eaten 10 the
" sweat of our brow"
Ofall the droll interpretations Of Scripture when
baye been made, this may rank with the drollest.
We are commanded To eat our bread III the sweat
of our brow, aud therefore we may make negroes
work and sweat fpr us !
"ph,,icol civiiZatlon," continues the philOsO-
pbc Reitt, must preccde mental, and the iorncr
''csD only be achieved through labor and toni. IL
isa pjiy. Mr. K.itt could not bc pat {" work 10 a
cornfeld He is evidently much III need OF mental
cultivation, and iC that can only be obtained
through physical civsstion achieved by LABOR
aud tod, little wholesome discipline with The
hoe and the shovel mi1 1ht deye his reaso mug fac
ultes to the extent Of pereeving the difference oe-
tween ihe sweat of ones own bro" ana thc
yicarous sweat If negro slave.
The philusophic Keitt went on: " In the mean
" time, | wnulo sweep from the siatute-oJ"k evey
Interference with Slavery; | would repeal tue
law declaring the rlsve-trade piracy; / would
WITHDRAW our slave squadron frou the coast OF
" Africa; al ] would leave Slavery unIutef'ened
" against wherever the p"aer oi The country
"streiches" Mr. keiit 1t will be remembered
is a conspicuous leader ot the Democratic parry.
The GoycrDmeut organ, The U",on, has during the
past we, k warml, praised his tpeech upon Cuba
MFR. Seward of Georgis, another burning aud
shining light Of Democracy, though formerly
Whip ROW moved the following pfoVso; ,
"Thst Ali Laws heretofore passed pr"hio'one Tue
slave tr r.de be- and the sane are hereby, rePetea'
ana that the p,lcy of restJici the f"reigo slave
Il ode be left each OF the states as huecoe tueii
own lo0sl policy =
This provIso was decided to be out oi order
Mr.. Seward, however, got the floor ny oierCs
sham amendment and sald q hook upon the law
for the suppression of the slrye-trnde ~ mls-
chic yous and wrong l thlDk It wrong and d
"yiolation of the Constitution. | want al! Tue
States to have the right, without the interference
- of Congress to carry on the slave-trlde II thry
% wish"
Mir. Barksdale of Mississippi said: '' 1 indorse
"the speech Just made by the gentlemnn iroH
Georgia"
MIR. Burnett of kentucky sol,muly protested
apainst the discussion ol tho sla'e-ltad'. III VA
prcmature; in other WORDS, hthe'chs Is hot !e
rpe for Ieoprning the African sav,-tradt.
MIR. Singleton of Mississippi got the floor, aus
said there was no need 10 prJvide Tor feeding lh'
Africans because they were caDni6als- they coui'
eat each other. Which is about rs true and N
reasonable as most OF the stun tbe slaveb"lder
are in n habit If uteriug about Degroes. Ii Goa
alterations OF humanity prevailed, the negroes, h
sad should never have been sent back, hut s1"ult
have been given into the hands OF some goO'
master.
MIR. John Cochrane of New-Yorh, said the de
bate was more exciting than instructive; it w'uI,
not esd them to any ae hsrbOr. He thought tan
war not the out ston upon which TO meet the ISSUE
Of rtOpeDmg the slavetrade
Nlr Grocsteck of Ono, another Democrat wa
ready Ia meet the issue at any tlEie lie sPoS'
with much excitem, nt, and Warmly deSoded th'
President against the attacks of the SoutherI
Democrats.
Mr. Hughes of Indiana again got the fcor sn'
agreed win Mr.. Grusebeck. SIR he said, -.
profess To be an humble member of the Demo
" cratic party; and It has been my pride, upon al
''occasiOns, 10 assert that II Is not secti"la
"perty, and that 1t never would become sc
{" uonal party. | am one Of those WAC have eve