Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-22
TiG.A1prlt o. FHs YudtltEa lLAyl Law.


The hilnfs u ths passage Of SINNERS
bill 70 reRsaI the fagitiSs Slave lREs sttst
the adoption Of Shermants amendment, in
The. Senate, seemed to take It's author. as
Uell.as any one else, by surpriSe. JustafE
1t had passed third reading and seemed
TO have been fully yentil4ted, and had been
pat upon its passage, Foster desired TO
speak, but MeDongali moved an adjourn.
msnts aud the passage Of the bill was de-
tesied. Ia q
oUfbIH1 aoT.zRHH DHBATEFo N7 TEE BEPBAE.s
Mr.. Sumner. Of Massschnsetts,( Union,)
called mp the bill 20 repeal all acts for the
rendition of persons 10 service or labor.
The bill pa1sed TO . third reading With
out debate. The yeas and nays1Were CALI
ed for on its passage.
MI. Sumner said he did not intend to
say word about the bill ItWas as plain
as the multiplication table, dlary OF the
Ten lCommaudments. laughter 81
Nj. Hendricks. OF Indiana, Dem. } did
not think that there should be such an
amendment TO the Constitution as this. II
might be IS plain RS the multiplication
table, butitW was doubtful to him whether
the high morality of the Ten Commend.
ments would sanction its passage Il was
decided in 1898, and again In 1850, TO be
lawful and expedient. The Fugitive Slave
Law had been decided to be conatitntioasl
had been reaf1rmed by the people. Now,
while the Constitution remained uuchanz !.
ed with all fts provisions obligatory upon
Ne as members Of Congress, it Was pro.
posed 70 repeal it. While be was not a
member from a slave State, he would vote
egAtnst the bill go long q The oath he he'd
taken TO support the Constitution was upou
! his conscience.
Mr., Sherman, Of Ohio IUniou,) always
thought the law of 1850 was uncons,itn-
ttonal, and had no objection 20 its repeal
now. He'doubted the proprfety of going
| back AZ far as fF93. Ha would give the
loyal people ofthe South all their rights,
Mr. Sumner wanted to make a clean
sweep while We are at It, aud wipe out the
barbRtous code from our statutes.
MT. Sherman would not vote against the
bill, because he did not wish to extend the
repeal back to the Law of 1903. The
i States 70 great extent, in which the Ia "
o:slIy5 was operative, we're for themselye.
rapidly pehecting measures of entire eman.
cipstion. He moved To amend The bill by
inserting "except the act, approved Feb
IL, 1898. for the rendition of persons from
service or labor"
Mr.. Sherman's amendment was then
adopted by a4yote OF a. yeas agaiust ii
nays, as follows:
A1Es-Messrs. BuckaleW, Carlile, Col.
lsmsr, COWau, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle
Foster, Henderson, Hendricks, Howe, John.
aon, Lane, Of Indiana McDougal, Nesmtth
Powell, Riddle, Salisbury, Sherman, Ten
Eyok, Trumbull, Van Winkls, Willey-24
\ NAYs-Messrs. Anthony. Brown. CLARK
connsss, Fessenden, Grimes, Hale, How,
ard, Lane. of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill,
P9meroy, Ramsay, sprague, Sumner, vii.
ktnson. Wilsou-l7.
Nj, oonusss said he could not vote fol
the bill as amended, and, as he could no
explain his views now, he moved 10 lar
the bill on the table,
His motion IVES rsjected-sl yeas, {
A motion of Sir. Davis to adjourn wes
lost, ~ TO IL.
Ar, Foster desired TO discuss the bill
and was willing TO do so this evening.
For few moments be gave way, on a
motion of Nj. McDougai to adjourn, which
was carried ~ .,s.-..