The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-11-19

any expression of opinion o,do..a
De InG special order Tomorrow morpjr, lie and
clock. by Mr.: Hall, for Com. On rs at Il
IN favor OF the bill re,niti:g II e ro,, nancs,
reading ''1efed to thd
Mr.. Jnd"vins had heard 50 much IS =,
stitutloi that he did not think he cnn, l'e Con-
any more, and therefore moved thai "'D s'anl
., tor the prevention of kidnappnr ' 6a bill
nitely postponed, aud called lor the rs, ,'dtf
nays. yeas and
-; MIR. Powers remarked that the m,,..
come to think for themselves on thes %' nad
constitutional questions, and will te ;,1 vpSe
ed in this while longer at LEAFS. ,, 'luu!s
FULLY sensible what an array of eyay ,.,.n. was
ranged against the Personal Liberty Ia" Wa
he knew that not all Of them were a, n""' YET
therefore he did not deem it 50 nrssnv v'u and
for HIM to state his opinion. IIt r s""p'u"As
how Granville Sharp took ten wears r. ', oa
LORD Mansfield OF an error, and took con.,
to combat restrictions Worse than the l."'s;,
Draco. lie believed in the doctrine tim. ,"S c.
tives who owed service could not by the Inv, "si
any place 10 which they had fed. be r 30" VI
from that service and there was NOTHING Nv '
of our laws to c0ntravene this cons.'3n,'y
measure. He thought though the first o"''
ton to be settled was, is any service DUE and ','
whom lie asked, how are we we IN ba.
about this service without Il fair nysstj,,,n,
and how can We get an invcst alton wifIn.. !,
habeas corpus writ? lie anmadyertedo On tha..
ton OF the Committee for leaving certain srct;",
of the act which were quite as uuconst,mt;nn"I
as those proposed to be amended. lie tbouebt ,i'
object seemed to be to cater to the basins ~:
the people of Georgia and South Carolju, a,f
at this day we were to get on our knees Ia th.,
intolerance. Tic expected the army of the Pa.
tomac to administer to their prejudice BY and
by, but not the action of our Legislature II.
only desired to put these matters into the hand,
of reconstructed Supreme Court, and abide nv
their decision, and till then he wanted ,bn1,
acts to remain in force. lie expected .ometns
to see the bred Scott decision torn neck and
heels, and the days OF onr Jetfries ended Ike
their prototype, in ignominy, and even now We
Il have no unbroken line Of precedents to guide
our course. One solitary, arbitrary mandate
stands impudently out and cndeavors to thwan
the free impulses of the North. lie objected !.
the lone authority conferred on commissions
could haul a man into the bondage of liE
time.
Mr. Edmunds replied at some length to Mr.
Powers, laying special stress on the assertion
! that he yielded to no one in his sympathy with
fugitiyes from service. lie contended that tia
was simply a strife letween Jurisdictions; h,
bad nothing in this case to do with this Or ta,t
" colored individual, :" but with the preservation
of constitutional law and order.
The debate WAS continued by Messrs. Wheeler
and Powers, when the Senate refused to post
pone hy the following vote: Yeas 8, nays IT,
Mr.. Willard moved to lay the bill on the Ia
bic; disagreed to, 8 to II.
Upon the question Of amending as proposed
by MIR. Willard, the yeas and nays Were as fl.
lows-Yeas O. nays Is.
The bill was then ordered to a third reading
by the following votc-Yeas II, nays 8.
On motion of Mr.. Edmunds the Senate adj.
HOUSE The Judiciary Com. reported a jJnt
resolution, that the commissioners Tor revision
OF the laws of this State, appointed under an act
approved Nov. 2G, 1860, be requested to examine
the laws relating 10 attachment, and !ep0rta
bill that shall provide for the equal distribution
of the eife.ts Of the debtor among ali his crej.
tors, and for the relief Of the debtors modii.
cation of the existing laws, upon the Sntjccd
attachment and trustee process.
Mr.. Noyes hoped the reso ution woul. not he
adopted. In his view the bill just refused
third reading, was one of the mos: important.
introduced during the present session. lie
wished no action should be taken in relation to
the matter, if the question could net be iaily
met. lie believed That before three years shoali
roll around the people would take this into their
owa hands and such a law would be passed
Mr.. Cushman of Rochester, hoped the res'
luton would not be adopted. lie thoHshi he
bill was not introduced because OF any demand
OF the people, but by another party.
Mr.. Hal!ock was opposed to the adoption d
the resolution, but on very diEtreat grolni'
from those advanced by the gentleman from
Rochester. The people had in some places lil
'his matter under consideration. lie REGARDED
THIS bill as Important as any five Others lnlFe
duced during the session.
Mr.. Smith OF St. Adams, stated the reasons
that bad Influenced the Gem. in making then
report. Tney did not think The State was ready
to pass IA voluntary or involuntary blokrlp
law; but that some action should be taken oY
which the debtor upon application to the couF'
eou!d b: freed from such debts as be gave hh
entire property to pay They bclloyel tn c'l,
missioner could perhaps 50 r-visc the laws as "
meet the end desired
| MIR. Nichols of Rutland, hoped the resolution
woald not be adopted. He believed the Pe0g,'
OF Vermont felt growing interest IN this nat "
ter. lie thought the attachment laws "'u.I
not long be endured by the people, bat wo0'i
have tho insolvency law sooner or later
Mr.. Habhell supported the resolution al
length. The House refused to adop, the f''V
luton.
lhe House concurred in the Senates WO'
posed amendment OF the House bill to lneo'p''
ate tho Derby Aqueduct Co. -
On motion OF MIR. Start of Bakersfield 'nr
report of Com on Mileage and Debcnturt' o.
the present session was tax n up and Ieaa