St. Mary's beacon., 1862-04-17
The Abolition Of Slavery in the District
Of Colum bia.

VI GuAuIlbk0s
We pul.li.h the following extract from
tho speeches VI the Senators frsn, the bor-
der States to show the feeling on the sub
jcct The hill nb'.lishing slavery in the
District OF Columbia. being under discus
sion. On tho 24,L inst.
Mr.. Salisbury. Of Delaware, took tn.
floor. lie though. ,his the m"s' .cxtraor-
dinary resolution ever introduced into The
American Congress extraordinary an It's
charact T. aud especially in its origin. 1t
was not ouly extraordnary. but he doubt
ed ills pairiu,ism. Ii was n contradiction
OF The avo~ed purf o.e of the p.rty i" pow
cr-~a party which he thanked God, he
had never belonged to. and it was certain
that he II. ver woaLI. That party. how
cv.r. had declared that it had no inttsiion
to interfere with the rights If the States
Ut any sectiun Yet here was a measure,
ui unlnisial able Interference, in violation.
of that pledge pnposing action i'll regard
n domestic institution of the slave
States.
Have they asked your aid No. Thc,,
yaur proffcr 10 in'lclicate. to say the least
lie rslated that during the late s'ssion Of
che Legislature of Dcleware printed bill
had found its way to that body proposing
III. issue of $yVO 900 of bonds f"r eman-
oip.tion il d ware. Tho IN. ure was
th. re- secuted. This hill. h. had armed
had its origin in Washington lie thought
it At least we'll that C"gr'ss SHOULD wait
to hear fr"m the people Of the slave Stat, 8
Oh this subject brf"rc inauguraiing meas
ures--and coming as they do in this vol
unteer way. he could bu, regard them as
part Of the scheme for keeping alive. the
general anti-slascry agitation. and extend
It into the border States.
This Fall. in the election in Delaware,
the i>suc is s"ught to be uaIe Of clnancipa
tion on the prctence that the Guueral Gov
crnn.ent GENEROUSLY renders pecuniary
aid. Thus the question Of the abolition ol
slav, ry was 10 BE- intensified in the bur-
Ger lave State delaware was to he given
tn. inducen,c,t. Was not this IN inicrfcr-
cnce. not by direct but Indirect means =
On this idea. rupPosing the proposition to
lie sincere. the country would preset. the
spectacle of going into the Wholesale nc.
gro buriness.
The proposition had been rejected once
in his stare Tie could trace i; directly to
Federal authority. and yet here it va.
made to them second time He now,
in the name Of bis people. again rejected
it, When the pollc Of Delaware desired
10 liberate the balance Of the few slaves
they have, they viii do it in thrir own
way, in their own time. aud at th.ir own
cost. They would ask no aid Of the Gen
.ral Government or others. With this
proposition fairly before the people of Del
aware as the Republican p"liey. the loyal
men Of that State-supposing they will be
allowed the opportunity Of a fair election
will sweep it entirely out of their bor-
ders. The loyal men. he repeated would
DO tbis-thc Constitution loving men for
those Only. who support aud uphold the
Constitution as it is. are loyal Those
Who attack il in such measures violative
Of its provisions Us this. are no. loyal.
Mr.. s. cited the language Of the resolu-
ton. that the United States ought to
compensate. &C., ~ inde6nitc and not
binding, aud AS showing that the whole
thiag was intended as dclusioa, and that
the indemnity would never actually be
made. Ii it was honestly intended. why
should not the resolution declare. in ex-
press terms. that con.p,nsatiun will or
shall be made lie had 30 idea that it
ever would be. The purpose was general
emancipation.
With the immense burden of debt which
this war will pile up. the reople of the
free States will meyer consent to thc large
additional imposition for this scheme Of
emancipation. He didn't believe that
those who proposed il expected that they
vauld. As to the p'wrr Of Congress to
appropriaie money in such ease. the ju-
dietary committee who recommended tl.e
passage of the resolution. and who are sup
POSED to lie lrarned in the law. had not
enlightened them IN regard to it, and no
man of national reputation IN the country
bad ever declared that Congress had such