The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-26
Congressional Proceedings,
ZxxvIIth OONGRRss---senate.
First Session.

I Jaw. before mat tfe pan OF hlt lllhlllk
/ .' risd'u and civilized one, but IL vas .terward
| chang, and the present map made. Many place. |
800 vac ra's -aove have been leA " 20 70 pieces
ai.l t'y are gong n pieces while Itaisn artists
10" s'HIuy ed ~ eIt~av CANT p-iCes way down IN
''u.nt y decorate avail two or three stories
| Nj Fout s,i there was an urven, necessity that
| tic NOIk should be completed ia order ~ save
u. The work never abru'd have been transferred
from the civil 70 the War Department aud never
would have teen. but T. satisfy the amt on Of Da-
vssn' TIE rspacity Of Floyd. lie v,utursd n as
| s.tt tAst such ususfsr had cost 10 Government
shree four riI..lll. e dollars The original es-
| Innate was tw, Inl.4.ous and tie Iii las already
| cost SIX mi .uus
NJ. Sherman ,aered a. Amendment, that the
money arpror lated DO only expended In proper
ilo resolui.on Nas uhen sdorted by yeas, "a;
nays 3.
Ndys-Messrs. Tcreuien, Grimes, aud Lane, Of
Tie bin for tho abolition ofslas,., was taken UP.
| M. Wilson tM 40 rJcee'icd a. speak 10 favor
~ the BILL Is referred g. tie controversy la Com
lross In IT, T. tie permanent seat II Govern
/ iucut Amer a long struggle, the south IN men
| trumphed, and Tie Capital was fixed on tie banks
- the Potomac In 1901, Congress natird that tie
| DsrOsrUua, luhuWan, indecent and yI.sr colonial
| slave laws ~ Maryland AMI Virginia shouid become
! tie Avs Of the American R.pullc i,r the govern
| MONT of The Capital, and iur two generations the
! Guv,umout recognized tic wicked dogma tlAt
color Is an cvl, nee 4 s'svcrv. In 1921, law Was
enact IN tie District tlAt colored persons at large,
| without an owner, should I've considered as slaves
| and committed B. Jail such lcgis alton brought ,tq
own fruit OF injustice, dishonor and shame Co color
| FL men and women, who were taken to jail ami
| many sid into perpetual seryItudc, leeluso though
free they could not ply tie jsu fees THUS human
beings were sold into bondage In the capital ol the
'ro,-t country Ia thcw.rid. Justice 10 tho wroug,d
and oppressed demanded that q ls corrupt and cote
| rupt|us dH.'ri'n ~ .u.d hy ropudiatad aud cOu-
| lCuuvd by t.g Government % tie United - ties.
TIE black men fought dc tysile viii the whtemcn
bon Sire lttlps Of tlr revolution, and mon q tbs hsC
uusIt o. hasten 60 atluo Tor the great wrongs per-
| rc'tHt on the lack race, and make manhood
Iresumpt.ye evidence o.! freedom. H. i,Ui Congress
| Continued In force the black code q Maryland,
among the provisions or which was that every slave
| shb struck a white person should have liz ears
| pr.urvd. H. 1880 the Corporation of washington
ria. t,i that every free cuurci person must exhibit
g. tie Mayor satisfactory evidence 81 his site 10 free
| j no, and give bonds for lis good behavior. That
corporation also passed another at Tat no meet
inas - culurcd persons should be held after ten
| o'clock, md made little duty ~ the police to dis
| lctse such meetings. BY another ordinance they
| icrHiycd traffic Ia slaves for he sum ~ SilO
slave broke n street lamp he was g. be whipped ou
the bare back. II he injured trees Or houses DO
~ bo whipped Wore ever such dcgral-
ing, iuhumon .nws on tho statute books " any
uatout slavery was TIE prolific mother NJ those
laws. Drive slavery from tho D'trict AMI thov
| would di4aI pear. set uNtoltuttYudug these 0I-
| ureasi us tic free negroes had increased iu tie
| District from 4,OO0 to $1,000, aud have property,
olurcl - and schools. They have twelve churches
costing $4,000, and eight schools, besides helping
g. SUPPORT schools tr white cmIiun. lfanyN'ty
| hny tie curiosity G. look, th"y Will 1ud IN tie o..
r.ri mortgage, dated ls6S, In favor Of hhed Lee
| ry'NrrI man ~ this CITY, for $1,000 by tNu
United state .hatufH g. secure loan for $4,000
one Of q Sc Senator'S rs now IN tie Senate
aud TIC Other sleeps Boo bis grave tn MCh-7r. This
iI' deals justly with the mater n Cungr,ss
should -t.kc tp bonds 90, tie slave IN e.. D,stri D.
without any Wp,nsat' 20, la 81. 1t repair 70. CO.,
| WRONGS and leeds Il cruelty p,rp"tratrd ~ be
Capta, il would stand Just fed IN tie forum o.
nations ~, tn- r--,-... from k'utgcky raised his
warming voice against tie measure, and says n
"c negroes are liberated thry viii become crimlu-
ais and "a hinder o. -ooirty. The Senator had no
rlht g. speak iur a., people Of the District. The
fH,t- ~ pruv~l are just contrary. The Senator
| nom KcutlyAy all, talks about tie resistance 81
. | rv south g. any measure Of emancipation, and
| kutlrAy would become Ia rcldus IN defence of
I Ter ritlt'. H. would toll TIT senator that tie
| 81. G'r threat and mrnac's from the champions
b OF slavery hal passed hoy Ia tie mate aud uuu.o
| 90 X representatives,. il''meu were not cow
% | .laly enough g. shrink from the per-
frmmce ad1ty by do-matc syowals Of VIVA,
. | JtNeru men and ~. mon would dp.
Nj kennedy tHIy sold he cout,ndcd hat Tic
faith u' il' Government we r.r. -rd g. Maryland
| Hl N.rHuit MOTTO Interfere with slavery In H.
1. | I.-'IHt u was his julimcut lat slavery wa.
| Adorned institution ln o. state Of Maryland, and
, Il dos mot need any stimulus W accelerate TIC de.
rrcua', and any such attempt would he attended by
| q, most d's0struus consequences. Tho war had
| l.r,tlN cut y am the resources Of Maryland, and
Size pass. ED OF this measure would utterly i'urgau.
1"tH, agricultural condition. cause the emigration
- 9th, best population, aud tend L tls utter ruin
| . to STATE. Tat little state Lad expended
- HHwVrla of sixty millions iu the la-l thirty
years. rni what cod wa" going O. result 70 IN,
70 N.ItN u.W hem. Ni lgu would result Ia the run
.l % a .t.r -tat'1 H. tie $3.50 of emancipation, w,
must have colonization, 'r C'so scenes = hood and
ya.rr. vi IIugs, fHr the two races cannot Dis,
tr.,tnrr lir 'Dnr. from d r character ~ H., lrg
.-.uu'l prop 4.d, i.s .ast hop" 'Hr restoration p
tine lut.n. vOH't uv destroyed. The people o
| Maryland It', been loyal o. tnt Union, aud trusted
. g. tho good faith aud pledges of the Presi nj and
t.gr,- 90 preserve the rights of all the states but
II ac 'rrd r.lcutnss sectional policy would destroy
tll faith and trust
b. NJ gul.Iury fDeIl } said he had An amcudmtui