Weekly national intelligencer., 1864-03-24

form in Wbloh ID ornught before shs Senate be VA
constraiDed 10 i h vo'e T. ts sconmtt i u the
mmittre. ins o'j nAu 70 III Amendment "A MIR. WILL
s,R was, that u ~uuli hi .aii "a aud Distressing
Bcnltrs ~ the Satea ~ lhnse slaves reside He
nird ihHt H. marri"gb r''" among the slaves
eognlsed Vugnit aud he believed the was tho
May aGd Under tha amendmen', in it's present
crude Sar cuhct ond arise with h State and
much cab!usion IL !o this that he de-
sired that som means sh ,ud be devised establish the
identity of the persons freed by the BILL that he voted for
lis recommtta Another was that the COnsttu-
on contained clause which rbds the taking of private
property for public uses without just compensation He
considered that tha bill ltse founded upon the fun
damenhl principle that there property in slaves He
would like 10 this for cOmpsn-
saon Incorporated 10 the b though he would rest
content while the wives and children Of the fighting
our country's battles were held in bondage. Y" t''
Mr. WILEY then spoke ia opposition TO tho bill or Mr.
SUMNER to repeal the fugitive slave act. He said it
seemed singular that after the repeated decisions Of the
supreme tribunals VI the land during three quarters If
century WAS urged that this clause Of the Const
tuition did not aud apply the rendition
of ugyes II the honorable Senator from Massachu.o
setts had introduced bill to supply the place Of the pre-
sent law DO would have voted for it but under the oath
he had taken it his solemn duty that the plain
provisions of the Constitution carried into effect
Mr.. WILEY, at great length, defended his course on
the slavery question: quoting from Patrick Henry Chief
Justice Marshall Jefferson Madison and others TO show
the gradual progress Of antslavery ideas his State
Whatever might be theoretical notnns the subject
the Constitution must be preserved Slavery an evil
but broken, demolished Constitution far greater one
In HIS opinion, this most eectua way of accomplishing
the downfall OF slavery by vigorous prosecution of
the war In sayng this he did not mean Say that eman-
9 patton was the motive Of the war He certain the
Administration was not conducting il upon that idea We
should defend and maintain the dignity of the Consultation
and preserve the Union and equality Of the States while
we hight its enemies and if in this righteous struggle
slavery should go under all good would rejoice One
thing was certain the rapid advance of armies into
the nsurgent States would Obliterae every vestge Of
slavery lie referred to his state as an example,
and also to Missouri Arkansas had crossed the Rubicon
and Louisiana waiting the shore while Tennessee
aud North Carolina beginning to feel the
that enlightened public sentiment this suhjsct which
demands its extinction in Mary Hand. Delaware would
soon follow in her wake Every great victory obtained in
the field is of value than hundreds of emancipation
procamations aud volumes Of confscaton acts We
engaged in the stern reality of war; and ia proportion az
we prosecuted 1t vigorously will slavery be put down.
de approved Of the amendments to the Constitution new
before the Sense to promote this though he would
haye the subject postponed until the next Congress- be-
cause no believed that many If the States rebellion
would then be represented in Congress by loyal men, who
would gladly vote for these amendments at any tme be-
eving they were demanded by every consideration Of
sce by the history of he past and the hopes OF the
uurs by the blood OF the san by the genius of American
liberty by the hatred of tyranny and love of Freedom and
by the voice of the people.
The Senate went into Executive session. and shortly
afterwards adjourned. - al .gta-.