New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-26

Mr. CORwIN-Ho, Sir. He usders!ood thu eArtle
man 10 ask hin ~hesher n q m .,tsr tank hs - AZ
voluntarily from Kentucky to Ohio that then he woud
be Ne much dave as pe'ore Sut isct ~ toe
Law ofrebdition 10 tia, cass he ans Tersd no. When
be tpole OK ire ssee as property, be meant qualified
property, as detciihed IN the Constitutiona man who
owed service and labor 70 another. lie hela that Ssv.
cry was the creature OF local lay. He kue tina. tue
Ipbt OF white man TO work a black man ap6
hold The deseeodsnrs OF that MAJ as slaves was the
freaiUre Of local law, or laws Of locI us,gs.
The trainers OF the Constitution knew very we'll that
these blsck fellows wouli run awsy Whenever they
GOT the chance, aud they provided metns whereof I
be could he recovered. The Constituencies rot pro-
vide for the recovery Of ronawsy horses IN Ohio be-
caDse the Law which regulated this description OF
property was well understood everywhere, aud was
decidedly the common law everywhere. II II could
be supposed that the negro property every where,
snd that heeDuld be seizsd every where ii woult be
perfect nonsense 10 provide law for his recovery,
prtvOiOg that the master can follow him and sake
hi back.
Mr. CARTER asked whether Il was 10 consequsnc
Of the negro being property that the master coui take
him back whether it was merely ia consequence Of
him violating the sovereign law Of the State from
which he had fed
Mr. CORWIN thought that on this poiut none could
misunderstood him. Ii negro s property Ia VUg MA
and be awsy fro the labor and services owes
bis master the Constitution his master follow
him INTO Ohio whittier he has fed and take him back
hut II the master brings hin voluntarily into Ono,
he exJ lained BEFORE then the mao had not escaped
Rad violated any law In that way and he was Free
Mr. ELIOT explained that what he said was that
Independent Of the peculiar provision OF 1885, which,
in bs Judgment, made that act not hit for Christian
legislation and not fit for Christian people, be could
fI q In his examination OF the Constitution no power
that authorized Congress 10 pass such law. The
gentleman from OaiO dIssentcd FROM that proposition
ard rested the legislation of 1893, and upon the
judicial construction which ha, been put upon
that legislation from that time to the present.
That was all well enough. Nous objected to
il. But that did not touch the question. The Con-
stitutJon was written 20 rave Us from DOUBT,
and in it the po Of Congress were clearly defined,
and amODg them not tins Pc Mr. eliot quoted
from speech of Daniel Webster to the effect that the
States themselves were required by the Constitution
to leesla,e for the rendition Of slaves and not Con-
oTee He took Webster for his standard; but did not
think il Deceesary TO pufy the laws of Congress,
the heretofore given to the Constitution
He INQUIRED whether Mr.. Cor win agreed with Daniel
Webster on that point
MIR. CORW In said he hsd his doubts upon it.
MIR. EI.IOT-Hsve they been removed
Mr. CORWIN-They are.
Mr. ELIOT-Very well. The gentleman, then, has
Eaht " bich Daniel Webster had not. Bat nobody de-
sired be believed 90 behiad the legislation of 1898.
Mr.. CORWIN-He had not misunderstood the gen
tsnap and be do not think the en'lsman msun fer
stood him. They were not widely separated upon
this point but with this difference, that the gentleman
ouid speak upon topics which he avoided. AS 20 the
i'm ereIepee of the Government be replied that all the
departments of the Government had Recognized the
of Congress to psss law to recsptare fugitive
slaves They must regard that the true reading OF
that instrument, otherwise they would Sc alt the
benefit TO be derived from written iostead Of ira
oitiopal constitution. The Law of 1898 was jlst as
ciua as that of 1885, without the constitutional OBJ
iectoDF.
wessrs. CARTER rep. N. ", ELIOT, and
DAWES rep, Mts.l con reverted the positions of
mir. Corwip who, in his further remarks, KEEP. the
Committee in remarkably good humor. When his
hour PRED there was general aequescsnce that he
thould coptipue his speech.
Mr.. CURTIS wished 10 know how much time he
wanted.
ar. CORWIN thought he would get through before
the Chicago Convention. Laughter.l He msde some
GOOD -natnred hits at the South which We're all re-
ceyed In similar spirit. He said among other things
that some woold dissolve the Union tomorrow be-
cause their negroes fest they cannot catch them
but they ought TO ecoect that the negroes have to
run through Slave States before they get to hs Free
Why not kill the negroes South beca0se they don't
catch the fugitive lLaughtorl John Brown got
up fehene in Chatham to operate IN virg MIA con-
tiaYy TO our LAVE Why mol cali on tie British Gov
eminent 10 deliver up those engaged in the tTaasec
ton II there WIGS other reason Why THE was not
done IL wss because Great Britain wants our cotton
aid we don't desire to go TO war with her, Laugnte
II would rot be long before h sslchusetts, follow
in 70 The example Of Indiana, would pass la y pre-.
venting free negIoes coming thither; AID 40 1t wou
be with other free States when they fopnt that they
we're going TO have negro pauper population. The
Republican party not opposed 10 the resoVery OF
fugitive negroes. There vas not one IN hundred
thousand who would undertake to repea the present
Law and substi ute state legislation. Everybody
kpows that We would not be in our present position
If Il rad not been for the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise.
The Committee rose, and the House adjourned.