New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-15
PROM WARRINGTON.
The Rmsneinasisn Din.


FIsm An Occasional Correspondent
WA.HIsGToS, April IL, 1862.
The frs, act Of record Of this Government aimee the
prohibition Of the slave-trsde wac yesterday made
distinctly in the interests Of Freedom. At last we
begun the career which IL not TO end until the un-
broken line Of precedents established during half 3
century in favor Of Slavery, has been reversed, and
the Government brought back 70 its original purpose.
While looking al the scene on the floor Of the
house, | thanked God even for this war with its
present and prospective misery and suffering II
AFTER the event of the lsst year, Representatives
from the Republicans too--are found %
cripge before the now impo,ent Save-powcr in the
halls Of legislation what earthly possibility 10 there
thai any sction favorable 10 Freedom could have
been initiated in tho face Of this power, inso'ent.
defiant. fushed with the successes Of half y cen.
tury, and having the prestige Of ongcontinusd rule.
Hard NJ our present experiences may seem, terrible
as are the aggregate Of present suffering and fright
fnl as are the burdens must bequea,h to our chill
dren, the glorious triumphs Of right-of which the
noisy procession of events is the only
no, bave been purchased q, less cost. Less wouo
DO. suffice for the agriculture Of God. Upon :
nigh, Of earthquakes he builds thousand years o.
pleasant hatita,ions for Less than these heire
plouQhshsres would DO, have ,tirred the stubborn
soil" ..,
The bearing Of The kepubtoAs menbcrs-witb
certain individual exesp,icps-wns admirable
Good.pstured, ~ conscious strength awsysw bni
free from levity from any touch OF the insoienct
Of the "planta.ion maDner' 10 which, while o
minority they were oftsu treated. But there VA
profound esrDes,ne,s, and decisivensss lighted "
with occasional flashes Of humor, and with peIvnd
ING cbeerfulnets IS Of rejoicing in The assured
ruccess Of Cherished policy.
Slavery died a bard death on the floor Of the
House, ~ exhibited in the vindic,ive hostility Of
wsdsworth OF Ksnta,ky, the sepiie weakness Of
Cri,tenden, tbe loud mou'hsd blstsncy OF Vallsn-
digham, and the harmless venom Of Cox.
There were little pssssges which needed to be
seen 20 be spprecisisd. Mr.. Vallsndigbarn improved
tie opportunity 10 make point for possible future
use a.inst The Republicans, and ~ the name time to
exali bic own character "a = seer, charging that thin
" ~ the frs, of series Of measures deliberately
conceived, for the crushing out Of Slavery, and de-
claring bs bad prophesied i; rwo years ago but that
tho prophesy denounced ns a "Loco-Foco lie. I"
Dunn Of Indiana in reply made one Of tboee cringbg
exhibitions OF servility Of which l have spoken.
Wright Of Pennsylvania wanted the bill submitted TO
the people Of the District upon which tho glorious
old Commoner, TLaddeus Stevens replied that he
hsd read somewhere that all sinners should be
damned and that TIM proposition to submit this bill
10 the traitors Of the District wss much - though
tho sinners should be allowed TO put it 70 vote
whether the sentence should be carried out.
Mr. Critxnden urged thst the passsge Of the bill
would irTi,ate the Rebes-S though 1t were time
to talk Of avoiding measures which would irritate
men who have AL army Of more than half million
Of men on foot, and who display sendish nagni,y
never psrallel,d among civilized mon or savsges,
nutilstng the bodies Of our brothsr and sons, and
sending their bones to their wives and sisten 81
precious keepsskes!
Mr. Wadsworth denounced tie Republicans ~
about to steal the property q which the inhabitants
Of the District had toed for upon which Mr. Love.
Joy related this incident of which he had the proofs
in bis band. A free colored man in the District
married woman who wss a slave and by her had
child. He entered into an agreement with the
master to pay him 81 100 for their freedom which,
after years Of toll, he accomplished. But tho COL
ored MA, by the laws of Slavery, was not compe
tent witness 10 prove the contracts, and the wretch
who "owned' bis wife repudia.ed it, aiIor he had
received the stipulated sum. When the success OF
the Emancipation bill became apparent, this woman
and her cbild-this wife and mother redeemed but
still enthraed--~ere sent TO Maryland and are now
actually in a slave-pen in Baltimore, awaiting pur
chaser. "What,' sald Mr.. Lovejoy, "what docs
the gentleman from Kentucky call this Is thin
stealing or what IL ii r.
The gentleman from Kentucky made no reply.
The free d,cussion and ventilation Of this snbject
may say here, have brought TO light mutiludes
Of instances Of enormity great " that Involved 10
the circumstance related with ~ much elect by Mr.
Lovsjoy. could I'll pages with rinlIar Instances
with which have become acquainted. Doubtless
they are Of similar frequency all over The South.
Southern men have often accused ~ Of lhe Norm
Of o1aggeratiDg tho evils and niseries connected
with Slavery. Bot from tho Developments ~ the