The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-03
THIRTY.SIXTH CONGRESS,
FIRST SESSION.


Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 2, 1850.
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL
Mr.. HUNTER. (dem) Of Va, from the Finance Commit
tee, reported back the Indian Appropriation bill amend.
ments and gave notice that he would call mp 10
PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS
On motion Of Mr.. BENJAMIN the bill for the final adu
ment Of private land claims in Florida louisiana Arkan
sas and Missouri was taken up.
Mr. BENJAMIN, dem Of Ia, stated that the object Of
the bill to prevent the presentation to Congress-
at time, Of these private land caims The bill was
passed.
BOUNTY LAND wARRAyIs
The bill 70 authorize the location Of certain warrants
for bounty lands heretofore ssued on motion of Mr.
Hamin, was called up and passed.
TMsLAyERy oussroS-sPncH OF M SALISBURY.
Mr. Davis Territorial resolutions were called up
the occasion or his speaking on the state OF the
Union and discussing its integrity whether it mperled,
were He reSa1ded the Federal pon a. he ns.dSm
Of our liberty and would therefore, oppose the political
parties which threatened 1t. Some Gbbon would yet
write the fall Of the Union upees We timely pause and
wsely act eighty years ago since the Revo-
luton fought by those ON the North the South
the West, who achieved common liberty for themselves
and their postery After that the formation Of the
Federal Union, snd there we're conflicts then which
were not rrepressble. Our fathers differed widely,
They knew no capital and labor States, now so
called by political aspirantsJ did they
discuss The slavery question but they placed clause in
Justice from one State into another, which distinct
and positive recognition of rights Of property in slaves
recognized the constitutional right Of have
property in another man. against the Interference of
States He proceeded TO discuss the slavery question
Presented from the earliest tmes 70 the present and cited
the first Fugitive Slave law Of 1893 recognizing proper
~ In slaves and said he believed there blot
and blur on the history Of the country the Missouri
Compromise. He charged tho agitation Of the slavery
question the enemies of the democratic party hereto.
fore and now After cOndemning the hellish deed of Old
Brown he referred to the political events Of the day by
inquiry the Union was mperled. He believed that
one man than all others had brought the Union to
the very verge Of destruction by his teachings and advice
That man, now an aspiIant to the highest office OF
republican party, and the Same who recently delivered
speech in the Senate. The same man was once Cover
nor Of New York and refused to return Virginia three
men who escaped, charged with the crime OF stealing
slaves John Brown had carried all the slaves of Viz
ginia TO New York Dir. Seward would be fortunate CO.
vernon for him in such az event He quoted Mr.. Sew
ards Cleveland speech, sho wing that he In favor Of
aboshng slavery in the States and violating the Fugitive
Slave law He there said that slavery must be abolished
and you and must do it." He also quoted from his
letter to the coored citizens Of Albany that they had
right to complain OF the Union, did not give them
equal rights with Others when the republicans assem-
BILE around the council board at Chicago and call the roll
q Ss.SnsoS samssa sn s Mssou a sns
nominate a candidate TO rule over these subiected
that they hna right to impusn the mem p13s
OF these Fathers Of the country, perhaps the pa
,ient sons Of these Fathers win submit the yoke The
ness, and the party was bound TO nothing, and its
actions only determined by exigencies conclu
ion and will be the last to abandon it, and advocated the
harmony Of the democratic party tending destroy
the evils which threatened the Union.
sPRKCH OF Mr. TN EYCK.
Mr. TKs EYcK, (rep) Of N j., said New Jersey always
had been true to the Union and constitution under
stood by their trainers and the sateemen OF that day. The
question was not now slavery in the States, bu!
tension into territory now free. No one pretended
cept few enemies Of the constitution that Congress had
l,eh in fbo in INIT
the question to whether in the broad domain the
common property Of the Union it should suppant free
labor enterprise and industry in the mars Of commerce.
colleges schools and the golden harvess The different
systems Of labor slave and tree, could exist in different
ses osa the country but could rot in the
the introduction Of slavery into territory where
men are now free as the wild deer bounding the
prairie He regarded slavery az an evil. Now jersey
abolished early and then hoped others would but be-
cause they did not, 1t was no reason he should
here and vy and traduce members Of the latter state
Slavery would have been abolished many places taers
had not been unwarrantable interference with it, He
proceeded 10 speak OF the Fugitive Slave law and
and they had regarded it obligatory them They
had no doubt of its constituonaty In unreported
save because Of defect in the evidence, and had
expressed an opinion Of its unconsttutionaity,
but 1t had not obtained with them His people were in
favor Of executing the Fugitive Slave law, and he cited
where representative Of the State (Mr Sraton)
advocated it, and three slaves back to bondage In
before the court yet he Congress by
very large republican vote He commended that the prn
cples Of the republican party identified with those
Of Jefferson and the ordinance OF 1857 and said that New
traism and extravaganza, and beg the other Sases-by
the memories Of Monmouth, Trenton, Saratoga, Bunker
HILL New Orleans and Guford-s0 maintain the Union.
SPEECH OF MR. BROWN
Mr.. Brown, (dem) Of Miss, said it was we'll known
that he commended that Territorial Legislature could
abolish slavery by action and that he favored Con.
gressona protection Of property In the Territories For
this the charges had been brought against him that he
had departed from the usages Of the party and was in
charges for he had not attempted nterpoate in party
ussges anything not advocated by our Fathers. lie
would show that in 1922 Congress, by expires, law,
overthrow an set aside certain Laws OF Florida Territory
and went farther than that by eundng certain moneys
paid under the repealed law and substituted ndepen
Congress had The right to protect property in the Terri
tories He cited the case OF Law passed in 1884 where
Congress by direc. law protected slavery in Florida
which was voted for by Webster, Clay, Forsyth aud
Grundy, and many other lusious Of that Congress
and passed through both houses of Congress without
dissenting voice. and was approved by President Jack
Yet he (Mr Brown was denominated a hereto for
advocating now what those Luxurious men approved
He stood where they stood he advocated their ac
asked nothing new. Oh! Senator's how have fallen!
dc asked for no new theory, yet he had been
aemped by republicans and some democrats for
it What depth Of nfsmy was the South sink.
He then referred TO Mr. Ahertons resolutions of the hr
ty fifth Congress- declaring that Congress had right
make distinction in the property Of States going into
the Territories; and, concluding conended that this ques
ton denied until the doctrine Of squa,ter sove
sition, and allow petty neghborhood politician to
whistle him down.
SPEECH OF MR.. wIGFAII.
Mr WIGFA (den. of Texas said the fairness with which
the Senator from New Jersey (r Ten Eyck) had
his proposition, the apparent calmness and earnest
Of his convictions induced him to reply point
directly Issue; and II he removed his apprehensons he
was inclined to think he Mr Ten Eyck would yield and
in doing 50 o. make the greatest sacrifice n ever
seemed predicate this whole slavery agitation upon the
apprehension that the principles which he advocates