New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-17
XXXV1TH CONGRESS.
SENATE. .wAsHIsoroS, April Is, 1870.
FIRST SESSION.

of FIVE ssuu screw sloops DIVA adapt, to the AfTi
can COAST incressss the bounty from twenty-five
10 cre hundred dellass ofitrs a reward OF
one hundred dollars for delivery 70 the u Marsha
Ct any slave landed ia the couRtTyi makes the fitting
out or ownership Of bsss gagged in the slave trade
ksaey, SIC Punishes with iUprsobmee. ivi We. ;:s instead
OF death; makes Il criminal for a shin not
Registered &c dspay the American flag as BADGE Of
n&NcDal.y makes ii the duty Of the officers Of thp
before gong 70 The African coast to report TO the
nee States attorneys foe examination; aud provides
thai American vessels sold abroad shall return TO the
coast Of Africa
Mr.. MASON Dem, Va presented the return Of
United States Marshal johnson on the warrant for the
arrest Of John Brown jr in Ohio Toe return states
that 1t q impossible to arrest Brown, unless armed
force Is used for that purpose.
Dir: MASON also presented the return on the war
rant for the arrest Of +. Is. SaI born which recapu
lates the facts sisted ofOre and adds that
arrest esn be made owing to the judicial proceedings
o. the Ssste Of Massachusetts, Both warrants aud
farms We're referred TO the Committee the Judiciary
VIII Instructions to inquire and report if sny further
kroeeeongs are necessary vndicate the authority Of
me Senate nate and TO effect the arrest OF witness
al. o. MNEk tiep., Mass moved to refer the me
noIiA Of Mr.. Sanborn 70 the same COMMITTEES.
Mr.. MASON moved that it be rejected
Mr.. SUMNER sad he felt il to be his duty to pro-
test against such suggestion. 1t was related of one
of the Judge. of He'll That he punched fret and heard
sierwsId. The Senator from Virginia had taken that
as precedent.
BIF. MASON said thatths SENATOR had u,ed lauouaya
IN making opposition TO a motion which, far as his
intercourse with gentlemen went lac hsd never heard
used outside the Senste He could not take it as per
eonslly offensive Tne Senate the best Judge of
Whist wee due To its 6eoorum.
NAT. So ANER said the Senator from Virginia, in his
eeif-oonhdence, had undertaken TO lecture hum o.
manners. In reply, he would say that when any out
rage comes before the Senate he should speak OF as
II deserted, and If any precedent from bad place
should apply, he should not hesitate 70 use it.
Mr. MASON briefly replied, bat his remarks were
inaudbie.
Without disposing of she nstte- the special order
came up, being Mr.. Browne Territorial resolutions.
Mr. LATHAM Dem, Call said, it is now eighty
four yeaIssnce this country admitted into the IA
lily Of nations, during which time she had been favore
with Enbounded prosperity, and millions had focked
TO shores he thought thas in this time we had al
yaaced in political ethics 70 the extent that bad in
our material progress The Bank Tariff and, last and
not least the a-ahsorbng aud mischevons question Of
Slavery, had all become secular. In the later, the
widest scope had been given, and the most selfish pas
eions prevailed. He proceeded at length 10 show thai
there was noirepressble conflict between labor and cap
ital. There was no C4pita Ststs without its being
Labor State. Mr., Latham proceeded to show
the superiority Of the Caucasian Ta,s to the
negro fsce saving that the world were not
indebted to the latter for anything important
either in sciense literature art the South should
accept the theories Of the Senator from NewYork Mr.
Sswarsi Il SN5Sld puzzle BIN TO point out practical
method by wlsch his theories could be carried out
There is universal law If nature existing throughout
the animal and vegetable world, thatGie nowhere eX
lists without the requisite conditions for Its support.
his eXis'enee wherever his labor will be profitable,
and wherever under the protection of his master, hs
N-in be free from that competition which will be his
death and his destruction, and he VIII 60 nowhere
else The Kansas question was lopg sincs practically
ksttled, and Slavery viii always work oat ITS own
destiny. The iTrepressble contiie. with which
IRE threatened is the creation Of Northern politicians
for their own ends. Ii really exists nowhere Atri-
can Slavery ha, existed in this country from the for
nation Of the Federal compact down 70 the present
period, and we have h0unshet with 1t. Tue Northern
If ira III
foI them But they have done little or nothing toward
improving tie condition Of the negroes IN their midst
Take the negro class Liberty has neither
his condition Tor his heart. The South has 100 large
ere 70 suiaton 10 be willing TO emancpate them, and
thus abandon them to idlepess and vice. The South
does not posssss the same facility with the North 70
replace black labor with white labor and as regards
the cotton plantations, It cannot be done az an Inc
South hss desire 10 force Slavery into the Nortn,
any than the manufacturer desires to force DIS
fabrics upon bad market. All the South asks 10 her
COZ stitutional rights, and to REFUSE 10 admit them
il an infringement on the sacred compact by
which we are bound together. TIE idea that
there il an an irreprsssi6le conflict between Free
Labor and Slave Labor Is nothing but an ABSTRACTION
He deprecated the mesns by which the Republican
marty rote into power and denied that the negro had
ever advanced in intelligence for centuries. Inc ire
rrsssble conflict q Northern abstraction, used as
lever by sectional men Tor scattering fanalcsm ana
riding on it into political power II was dqe ths
South that the Nogh should let Slavery alone lie did
not believe in TIE sincerity OF the Republicans who
declared they hsd no intention TO ioterfere with Say,
ery in the States IL was inc0mpdiOe WIN sectiootl
psrty II the Union TO be preserved the repressl-
be conflict must be abandoned. TIE people coveted
no coDhot-they wanted rome. They went on ID the
even terOr Of their way knowing iau well taat they
possessed power to put down all politicians Cahtor-
Ma wanted no slave CODE she desired 10 MAINTAIN her
vested rights to have the Constitution as Il is AID TO
remain IL gal to the UIi0n. California wanted TO De
neither the ally Of Northern COrfsderscy or OF a
Southern Confederacyi and he was surprised when
his colleague stated reported 10 the press OF has
own State that she would 90 with the South In case Of
Oscillation.
MI GWIN Dem, Cal said he had never said Sc.
Mr. LATHAM was glad 70 near IL, and pleased ID
have given him opportunity to deny 1t. Hls col
league knew that Calforna's interests were N the
Iniop and that she hadAIesouIces Uoequaled III any
other Sgste. He believed THAT II the judiciary and
Executive failed 10 afford ample projection to property
in the Territories 1t the duty otCoDgress 70 AFFORD
such protection, but he wac utterly opposed TO anIci,
mating sueh au event He had faith n TIE people, ana
n one ection Of the Union desired redress be trusted
tbat thew would find it within the Constitution aud
Union. All had the right 20 take their property ilto
the Territories which were purchased by the common
blood and treasure Of all He agreed with the speech
Of Mr. Douglas made in the House ia oi1, on report
inc tie bills for the admission Of FloT 20 aud Iowa He
wanted interpOlattn u, new interpretations, nor
fairspHttng theories. Ia conclusion, he spoke OF the
perpetpity Of the Union tie affection for which was
toe deeply seated in the hearts Of the people to be Grad
Mr. BROWN Dem, NJ ST. said he wanted a vote
now on these resolutions.
Mr. BIGLER Dem, Pa moved to postpone the re
solutions and take up the Patent La" bill.
Mr.. HALE rep, n. H. said he hoped the resolu-
tons would not be postponed There should 20 HSs
on them before the Charleston Convention. The
fisrds Of the party now in the city were wai0ag ior
gentlemen 70 show their hands ~
The resolutions were postpOned-1ess, Y; NayS, %