The national Republican., 1862-03-26
TnRTY.sEvEN1H CONGRESS-
SECOND SHUeION.
IN SENATE,
TsURsDAY, March 25, 1867.
MEMORIALS.

FIom C't1vnb VI Aount molly, N0W Jefeoy,
for the abolition Of slavery and for the com.
plstion Of the work Of freedom begun BY the
revolution.
From the stockholders Of the Bank Of the
State Of Missouri, and Of The Franklin Savinqs
Bank, asktng tho Government 10 protect the
draie Of Russell, Majors 4 Waddell, knox as
the Floyd aoceptanocs ..''..'
REPORTS or COMMITTEES
Mr.. HARLAN, from the Committee on Pub.
lic Lande, to which was referred the bill TO
secure free homesteads TO actual settlers, re.
ported back the same with an amendment.
Mr.. SUMNER, from the Committee on For
eign Relations, to which was referred the bill
requiring American citizens resident 10 foreign
countries 10 take the oath Of allegiance, report
ed the sams without amendment, and recon-
mended its passage.
Mr.. GRIMES, from the Committee on The
District Of Columbia, reported without amend
nent the bill to alter and amend the charter of
the city Of Warrington.
Also, from the same committee, an act 10
amend an act TO provide for the care and pre-
servatlon Of the Potomac water works, with a
recommendation for its passage.
Also, the bill to provide for primary schools
10 the District Of Columbia, without the limits
Of the city Of Washington, without amend
meut.
TRANSFER OF II strERlNTENDENCE OF CAPITOL Ex.
TENSION.
Mr.. FOOT called up the joint resolution 10
transfer the superintendence oi The work upon
The Capitol extension from the Department OF
War to that Of the Treasury. lie explained
that The cost Of the Capitol had been between
six and seven millions Of dollars, or more than
four and half millions more than the original
estimate, through the desire OF Jefferson Davis
10 gratify his personal pride and the audacious
rapacity Of Floyd. The Capitol would in ten
years cost more for repairs than II would now
cost TO complete II.
Mr. FESSENDEN opposed the resolution.
Mr.. HALE favored it at come length.
Mr.. SHERMAN moved to amend 10 limit the
expenditure 10 the appropriation already made.
The amendment was agreed to, and the rcso
luton was passed.
ABOLITION OR SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT or CO.
LUhBIA.
Mr.. WILSON (or Mass.) having the floor up
on the special order, referred TO the history OF
the contest OF 1859, for the location Of the Cap.
iial, which ended in settling the rival claims cf
the Susquehapna, the Delaware, and the Poto.
mac, in favor Of the latter, through the tact and
persistence OF Southern statesmen.
He then brought up 10 review the laws of The
District, derived from Maryland, which were
abhorrent 10 every impulse Of the heart, every
sentiment Of the soul, by which color Ia pre-.
sumed TO be evidence OF slavery, and free
blacks consigned 10 prison, whipped, beaten,
sold into slavery, and which offered an induce
ment for kidnapping, or for false and cruel
Imprisonment through the baser instincts Of
humanity. Numerous instances of outrages
upon free blacks were given, some of them Of
great cruelty. In several cases they were sold
Into slavery. One had been confined in jail
do N orio C,, 70
at liberty because no one could be found 10
buy him.
By these cruel Laws The lives Of twelve thou
sees. are put In peril now. Free persons In the
employ Of the Government, while returning
from their regular duties after ten o'clock al
night, had, since he had become Senator,
been arrested and imprisoned. Christian men
Of New England and the West must remember
tha. a Christian man or woman could be dped
i've dollars for worshipping God 10 public al.
ter ten o'clock at nigh.
He stated that the bl,cks had here twelve
churches and eight. schools, and hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars In property; and amopg
them were men Of Intelligence and great apti.
tude for businee' There was a mortgage deed
recorded here for $4,000, in favor Of col.
ored man, and II was signed by two United
~
Of this body.
This bill, ne thought, dealt justly and gen.
erously by their masters and that In the
present condition of The country, the compen
sation was ample. The Senator from Ken.
lucky had no right 10 apply 10 them the terms
paupers, criminals, and ragamunins. II was
unjust and untrue. He would tell the Senator
from Kentucky, that the time has parsed when
mem could be frightered from their duty by
threats Of what shareholders would do Itwss
not true, he asserted, that wars of races had
resulted from emanci patton. He cited instances
Of emancipation 10 prove II, and referred to the
fact that one sixth OF the population of Della.
ware and ope-eighth of that OF Maryland was
composed Of free blacks, and yet there was no
war Of determination.
Mr.. KENNEDY followed, quoting largely
from the record Of Congressional committee
| report against emancipation iu this District
without the consent Of Maryland. He gave
statistics of the former trade:and msuutsciure,
Of Maryland. the ruin caused by secession
and expressed The fear, II such meas,lret a,
this should cause further excitement and con.
fusion, that grass would Jet grow In the streets
of Baltimore.
Mr.. SALISBURY offered on amendment, Il
distribute the freed slaves prO rata OF popnla-
tion among The free States. On the smendmen,
the yeas we're 2, nays 81. The yeas were Messrs
salisbury and Kennedy. No quorum The
absentees were called.
Mr. SALISBURY made all appeal 10 aboli
| tiouists TO fraternise with the negroes, and
charged the "mitsionaries to South Carolina
with embracing the negroes and calling them
brothers.
Mr.. HARLAN replied that he could rscite
iacts, II he would, that would cause the blush
Of shame 10 mantle the cheek Of some gentle
men upon the other side Of the chamber, facts
that would prove the tendency 10 social equal
ty, aud to smslgsmstion 10 exist in the South
10 q for greater extent than In the North. He
| could reier the Senator Of Kentucky to q citi
zen Of his own State, who, enjoying the honor
Of the second Office In the gift OF the people O
the United States, had lived openly with ne
gress, and raised family Of children by her
And he could direct the attention OF the Sen
ator from Delaware to a recent associate upor
bis side Of the Senate Chamber, who was now
educating bis children, bis own mulatto chill
dren, in Ohio. Such things were common II
slave communities In which white and blscl
children we're accustomed to eat, sleep, play
and fight together, regardless Of color or sex
He gave further evidence in proof OF the Ten
dency to bleaching Of negroes In the slav'
States, and fully exposed the condition Of South
ern society in this regard, showing that the as
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