New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Emancipation Biii-scnding Slaves
out of the District-Dem0crats under
Conviction.
CoTs,poudeoce OF The n. Y. Tribune.
WANISGIo. April l2 Is


W.sHiscros, April l2, 1862.
TIE Senate having adjourned on Friday before the
passage 10y the House of the bill aboshng Slavery
in the District Of Columbia, it could not he signed By
the yice-Preeden,, who must afix his name iu open
session. and could not be sent to the President to-
day. Ii will reach him at an early honr On Mon
day. Although its slayeholdng opponents ironi
Kentucky MARYLAND, aud :he District have besieged
the White House, imploring Mr. Lincoln to veto tie
bill and even, 1t Is rumored, Threatening him. after n
Southern fashion much in vogue eighteen monthsago,
in case OF refusal, it is believed by these who shoul!
know that the bin will become law within two or
three days. How many slaves the Presiden''s sigma
ture will liberate s question upon which different
opinions obtain. On tue one hand II is asserted that
amos, all the valuable slaves have been carried out
Of the District by their masters most Of them under
cover Of darkness, aud that tie Commissioners ap'
pointed under the act OF emancipation Will find few
worth more than $l00 apiece. On the other
hand the military authorities, whose means of
knowing about the imports and exports Of
Washington are good, doubt if more than a
score or two have been sent away. Tho truth
p.obably s that a few masters have been 70
blind 10 their own interests to carry their slaves
from a place where the Government stands ready TO
give more !or tLem than they are worth TO Mary
sud, where there buyers. One slaveovncr
is known 20 have taken away fifteen out Of his ala
teen human chattes, leaving only one old woman
here. 4 number OF slaves are known To have been
taken from the premises of persons TO whom they
had been hired, aud number more barely escaped
the clutch OF the kidnappers. One slaye-wiic at
least was tom from the bed OF her free husband and
carried into Maryland before daybreak. But most
of the ri vehoders here perceive that the EmsDei-
patton act gives them the best opportunity TO se aud
take warning from the cases OF their Virginia and
Maryland brethren, the majority OF whom, loyal or
dsloya regard the expense and trouble of recaptnr'
ing runaways as greater than their value IN these
times, when recovered as some have told the fusi
tives 70 their faces, encountering them in Wash
ngton streets.
Judge Thomas Of Massachusetts, from the old
Adams District, after his speech yesterday against
tie conscaion Of the slaves OF Rebels, received the
congratulations Of Mr. vallandigham. j, must lie
gratifying TO the former constituents Of the "Old
Man Eloquent" 10 rec their present representative
maintaining principles which bring him INTO such
lollowshlp. Mr. Thomas bclongs TO that cniueuily
conservative, respectable school Of politics, tho
then pJOinnen, representatives Of which were laid
on the shef come years ago in Massachusetts.
The vote OF Messrs. Odell and Iisght OF New
York aud Brown OF K. l.. in the House, against the
rejection Of the District Emancipation bill, ia sig
uiicant indication Of the change which is taxing
place IN lhe sentiments Of the Democracy Of the
North concerning Slavery. While some Democrats,
Ike VaIlandieham, Cox, and voorhees,, are the same
bitter, uudfgused psrtsans Of Slavery ~ ever, now
hat il il in open rebellion, there are other, not Il
ew, who are conscious OF tie complete revolution
which has taken place in the Northern mind zee
Int slavery is doomed and that 1t has ceased to be
pow es in national politics. Doubtless Mr.. Odells
losition on the War Comnittee-on which his conrte
ias been uniformly patTioic-with the opportunities
which il hos furnished him Of seeing the secret
sorsingso OF the Shareholders rebellion, has had much
. 10 with his present
The Tax bill, containing $50 pages, was parsed on
fnefdsy evening. Mr.. Isaac Strohm Of Ohio and
Mr. James Parker OF New-York, Engrossing Clerks,
repaired it alone, and bad it ready, and it went over
o the Senate on Thursday afternoon. IL is the
argcst bill probably ever passed by Congress.