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an h. cnBisriw »• 'irima: • ( 'utitentt ^MAfriiatz kfflaj'^sagMiu'ii^MaaiBjssslv f T.M. LAMPKW & II. J. ADAMS rRonuexoBS AS&ruBusnEBa NEW SERIES—VOL- HI., NO. 38. ATHENS, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1850. UNIVERSITY Qr 'GEORGIA IIBRARI 0tlcctcN|3octr^ A Wlf* TO MIA HUSBAND, , . • Linfer notions'. H«o« la not home without tkee f-- Ita daarvst tokamdobut maka m« »WH Okl lat ha memory, lilca a chain alxtat tbca, Orally compel and batten thy retom. . - ' Linear notion*. TW crowd* diouli woo thy staving. Bethink thaa, can the tnfrth of fiamda, though dear, CamJSaUtothagrrfthy.o^delayioc Coata the food heart that light to have thee ham V Linger not long. How ehall I watch thy cooun?, A* areniox shadows stretch o er .noor and dell; When the wild hee bath ceased her boay hamming, And eikoen hang* rm all thing* like a epall! How shall I watch for thee, when fearsgitrw stronger, Aa night grown dark, and darker no the hill 1 How aball 1 weep, when I can watch uo War! Ah! art thou absent, art thooabeent still t. Yet I should griere not, tho’ the eye that »eeU» ms Gareth fliroogh tear* that make ita splendor dull; For oh 1 I sometime* fear when thou art with me. My cup of happiness u all Uphill Haste, haste thee home intn thy mountain dwelling. Haste, as a bird unto ita peaceful nest l Haste, aa a skiff, when tempest* wide art swelling, TOea to Ha haren of securest rest 1 Jogs! . Wbat a noise is this to make Ina gentleman’* boose ! u 7 It was the voice of our colonel! Here was .a predicament. I knew that the violent temper of the old man tfoufif Subject us lo severe punishment and as I had not been seen by him, the “ How shall 1 thank yotf ? n exclaim- ed I, pressing her hand in - mine, and detaining her a moment. *f*> • “For heaven’s sake be prudent,” said she, ** and be more careful in fu ture.*** - - * • * +?*• She tore away from tny grasp, and, thought struck me of escaping if I could.! ere I had lime to recover from the stu- Tbere was a dodr by my side; the • por in which 1 found myself, had van- Politics of.tlje Pail. SPEECH OF HR. BERRIEN, .'7 / *. OF GEORGIA, On ih, Clay’s. Proposed Compromise. . CONCLUDED. „ v t* . - . jjuf ii did not. dfeejafe, even if the Wes tern ptaiion was too great; I opened it fish.ed from my sight. I stood for some ; j can Congrcss had had the powerman and .entered. # j moments rooted to the spot, and then, ''emancipation jvbich they designed to This was, apparently, jumping from j with a deep-fetched sigh, followed her' ta j. 0 .effectedinstanti frera the passage the filing.pan into the fire, for in direction. * -f’’y ! of the act, since they prbvidedexprcss- >ihe room were two younggirls ju.«-t in i Dear Emily ! she is mioe now; ahd I|y f or payment to the owners, and for the act of undressing for the night.— as we sit in the chimney-corner together, t he ascertainment' of the value of the As I entered, they both jumped behind j with our sleeping infant- by our side, a screen that. stood at the other end of! we often speak of our first tneeiing. the room, which hid lheir ffoures. fmm ^ A* to my companions, they weto a!UThose provisions oFtlie iifct pool’d never though their pretty little Heads; pardoned by the. kind-hearted colonel, view w were still visiblo. The one seemed speechless with af- frigbj, while the other appeared on the they were taken. The colonel [point of screaming for assistance, when, ploring gesture and some fur- BORROWEO IMRORTAMCK, A mai stood of model chaste, With erery proper sign. To point to all the time ot day And tokl much better than the docks The proper time of day. . Vein of it* pow'r, it* face of bran Look'd boldly at the sun,' Hot thinking that the better part Was by its brightness done, Ita head was full of others lore, Which it beliered its own, And thought the world's full gratitude Was due to it akioc. A flower of tendril fairy fine Had climb’d around its base. Then creeping on by slow degrees, n its fore. or Ely""” creeping Reclined up< , - Begone, vile weed t” the dial cned, “ Base child of earth, away 1 Your puny shodo I lose toe time *• Oh, obi my friend." the flower cried, ■ 1 now pereeire the truth. That ail your boasted mightiness Is not your own, forsooth, That you are but a bit of brass, 4 With wisdom in your face, Hot worth a thought when yonder m Deserts your resting place.” ittisccllann. Town Quarter*. FROM THE GERMAN. When young men have been font long lime confined to the dull monotony of barrack life, with its never-ending labor of cleaning spotless trappings and accoutrements, its daily drills, and ihe mingling with men whose tastes, and habits are not congenial to their own, il it a relief to them if on march, they are allowed to spend a short time at a town where a division of quarters ab stracts them from the surveillance of C tlly officers, and. allows them a little rger liberty. - Thus we were happy to reach a provincial town early on an afternoon, where we were to remain until next morning; and it cannot be called a heinous wrong if we went to excesses pi merriment, which otherwise would have been avoided. No sooner were the horses stabled at our respective quarters, and our per sons cleaned from the dust of the road, than - a party of choice spirits met for an afternoon’s sport. First we meas ured the town in. all its dimensions, playing off many an innocent joke joh unsuspecting peasants on the way, and in the evening we adjourned, to my room, where the time was spent in mer ry-making. About nine o’clock issued forth, in the r merriest humor in the world, to take an evening walk. Unluckily, one of-the party suggest ed to us the acting of a joke, which w*e . carried into execution with considera ble effect. As the front doors of thp houses in town were mostly open 'we woiild en ter and walk up into the topmost story Hero we would begin to make a noise, and when anyone came to see'what was the matter, one of ihepany-would ask, meekly, - j . . . . ^ Hibeg : your pardon, bativthis the residence of a Mr. Miller ?” ^ The answer, of coarse, was always, j No; and then we would descend, drag ging our aebres after us and clinking, with our spurs on the stairs as noisily aa possible. by an __ ^ ^ ^ ther pantomimes, in which I endeav ored to explain my situation to them and invoke their silence, I somewhat allayed their fears. 1. fell embarrassed beyond descrip tion. Young, inexperienced, and pos sessed of exaggerated feares, 1 knew not .what to do. Two lovely girls, on whose privacy 1 had inadvertently broken in-an indelicate manner, on the band, and a very hot-headed supe- officer down stairs on the other! Was ever mortal so perplexed? While I was standing at the door, undecided bow to act, (and the young girls, no doubt, were in the pre dicament,) 1 heard the colonel swear terrifically down stairs, his first act having been that of sending for a ser geant and ten men to arrest the delin quents. The seryant who answered my question up stairs, declared that there had only been five. The colonel, however, knew too well what a young soldier’s assertion was worth in ter of this kind, and he ordered a to be made of every room in the house. This was done, and I beard one door after another open and shut and, last of qll, slews approaching the door of the young ladies’ chamber. "Tl was r of course suspected that I would be there; but the servant bad been, as extra precaution, sent to ask the ladies if they had seen anything of a man se creting himself about the house. This was a critical moment forme, and tny henrt beat violently as the servant ap proached the door. I had now been so long in the room that my first fluslration had passed over and, knowing that the very act of in truding upon the ladies’ sanctum would increase my punishment, it made me bolder in imploring the assistance of the ladies. When the servant pat them the ques tion at the door, they looked ai each other dubiously. - s *• •* What shall we say, Bertha ?” said the bolder of the two, a lovely blondine rly hair and the sweetest coun tenance that had ever set the heart of young trooper in a flutter. ••Do as you like, Emily,” replied the other. I looked 4tt the blondine inplonngly. and-she said—• most -perplexing thing; but after all it was only a joke of theirs, and hardly deserves to be so severely punished.” • - The other consented to this with a nod.' -- ••- . j - I cast a look of gratitude on the love ly Emily, and she smiled slightly/even through*her perplexity. The sergeant having arrived with bis escort, tny unfortunate" companions were brought to the Watch-house; the colonel who had been spending the evening here, returned to his own quar ters, and the-house was. quiet. ■* r - Meanwhile 1 still oceapted my posi tion at the door,"and became inore em barrassed than ever. The' front door was locked and bolted, and bow should I eScapeY' ' ' ‘ /VWiai/is lobe done?” said Emily, after a while, to.her companion;' .' /‘ You must dress, and lead him out emancipated negroes, upon appraise ment founded upon personal inspection. Those provisions of the iijtt could never . . ... . have been ^tarried .'into eflfeet, if'-the | through the intercession of Efnily’s un- emancipation had been immediate.— cle, the owner of the house in which What was'necessary, under.this act of the Mexican Congress—to allow it, for the purpose of the argument, its full force and utmost validity—was that the negroes to be emancipated should be Iwayi suspected me of having been one of the party, but he did not find out the truth till after we had both left the service. Tbe Wounded Monkey. The sports of the east , are upon a larger scale than ours, more daring, and consequently more exciting; they seem exalted to the very height of butchery, and yet demand our admiration a'l the display of courage in man and beast. relation of mine, always better satisfied at succeeding in his mm, than the result of his shot, brought down monkey, from a high tree. The poor creature, mortally wounded, was able to catch at the branches, as it fell, and having so readied the ground, J' ■ ■■ ■ was shocked lo see it as large as a child of three years. He put away bis gun and hastened to it. The monkey, placing its band on the wound, looked up into his face with an expression that seemed to imply, “ What have l ever done that, you should kill me?" He took it in .his arms and tried to stop the bleeding, while the creature, growing weaker, yielded itself to the comfort .that he gave— ' “ And the big round tears another down bis anguish'd fare, VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 50 ' 1 ' Chased om In piteous Still there was the expression of re proach, heightened by the misery of poor J ; , who at that moment would have given much for the recovery of his victim. He then took it gently to a pool', 10 put a period to its protracted sufferings of nearly an hour, and es erted his resolution by immersing it i the water. Holding it dnriog the brief lie, he turned from the sight; but when all was still he ventured to look, there were the monkey’s eyes wide open under the water, with the same sad, re proachful expression, and fixed upon From that day he never used his appraised, that the scrip should be is sued, and then i!hat the certificate of emancipation should be granted—Until this was done, the condition of the ne gro was not changed. He was stdl sub ject to the dominion of his owner, and to the inspection of the appraiser.— Otherwise the terms of the act would never have been' complied with. But it is said, Mr. President, that whether these laws. Wefc or were not regularly enacted, still the Tact was, that they were respected as laws by the Mexican people, and that upon the transferof these territo ries they must be so considered by us —that is to say,-it other terms, that we are to subject outselvcs to the laws of a foreign nation, whether, in point of fact, they were laws ot that nation hot. That is the* proposition. Mr. Webster; (in bis seat.) Whether were part of the actual Code under which, meu lived in Mexico at that time. Mr.Bcrrien. That is,in other words, nply whether il wa3 a law operative and binding upon the people of Mexico; which is the manner in which I liave treated it. Certainly, the strongest evi dence in favor oF. the existence and validity of this Mexican law is the state ment which I can neither affirm nor deny, that African slavery does not, in fact, exist there; and the presumption thence arising, that its abolition has been the result of acquiescence on the part of the people jn this law. Perhapi gun, and that hour 1 tered his life. experience embit- a visitation to some dozen of hdusesnr more, Bud entered now a splendid dan* the back way,’’ replied the other, j-'*1 How goo I?”, wbispcredjhe other; Emboldened by our silccess. we-paid : ?nd she cast a jurtive^glance at .some clqthing which reposed on a chair that was standing near me. 1 understood Why is a lady’s hair like a bee hive? It bolds the comb. What kind of a face should an auc tioneer have ? A face that is forbidding... General Society*.—W’hat is ordina rily called societj is a-thing made up- of deception and frivolity, in which the strong and earnest mind can discover nothing to rest upon, and therefore takes refuge in the bosom of malcriarnature/ where, amid rocks and mountains, storms and clouds, sunshine and show-’’ ers, he communes, as it were, with dur great mother, and finds consolation in :r. wisdom inaudibly delivered to binri Half Of the noblest passages in poet ry ate truisms; but these truisms are the grcat.truths of humanity; and he" is the true poet who draws , them from' their fountains in elemental purity, and gives us to drink. - ^ - There are two ways of gaining a reputation; to be praised by honest men, or abused by rogues, ..What is Love?—Au inexpressible thing; a volume.in'a word; an ocean in a tear; a whirlwind ioa sigh.- Hb who swallows up the substance of the poor, will, in. the end, find that- it contains.a bone .which will choke him... « Fm sitting on the style, Mary, n as the lover said when he' seated bira.self on a bonnet Of the latest Paris : fashion. wss the matter. PtpTs* I a foil stairs length^ denly, as l was entering on the second ^ Aioo in the heart of the (own. 1 Some the; difficulty and said» id as delicate a of os, and- I for one hfesiiated on tire manner as possible, - »- •. ' - a threshold; but then,™ Col. Von Thai- '* ladies, if .there M.'.anyihiog here berg, with hie tfnfl', bod lokon qoer* that yoo desire, allowme to hand it to ten near’lbg outskine of the town, J°“-’ , J oSflears were alloyed nod wBhnturred. They Washed,, hut did not reply; -As w* rsSeherf th« tdjr Ihsdihg.n; and tnk.ng .he.r-s.lence tor no afiro.- tervant met 03 and inquired romewhal auve. I. wnh my face half averied.lrnps- rodely what we warned. * V P»««? the chair to ;he s.de orthe screen, U being my turn to be .pokesiflah for and retoroed to my. pja.ee at the fqt- tbe parti,-I pot ihe usual qoery, and ibsrend ofjhe room, where I turned we* aorwered briefly to tbimegalive. •hyb«!*jBi!0oibem. - .your paraoed’ wul u -fear i .Aioougbhy jdj side, after a .while, el forward, march!" - ' censed ore toturo, and the lovely. JEm- to enact this law—none to prove, a compliance with its terms—nor the ex tent and motives of the alleged acquies cence ot the Mexican people; and that these are questions into which we have a right to inquire when this law is put forward in our tribunals as binding up on us. This right exists as to our own la ws.-arid must a fortiori in relation to the Iaws>fa foreign nation. If a territo rial legislature should pass a law pro hibiting slavery in *.hese Territories, we should have a right to inquire into their authority to 1 enact it; and surely we must have like right in regard to the laws of tire Mexican republic. It is next contended, ibat in receiving this territory we have'cntcred into an obli gation to respeet the laws pre-.existing there. Sir, I apprehend this is not true if> the Extent in which it is asserted. The principle contended for, is said to jiave been .sustained by the decisions of the Supreme* Court; and yet, when those decisions are called for, uniformly referred to a solitary case— that- of' American Insurance Company vs. Canter, reported by Cranch, in which the proposition is said to be laid down, that Upon-ihe .acquisition, either by conquest or cession - , of a foreign ter ritory, the laws of thanefrilory cotttiriue to exist until they pre changed or al tered by the laws of the conquering or acquiring .country. . Sqch ,is..ihe. statement, of it by gen tlemen .who have heretoloje relied on the obligation r nf-ibc Mexican. lavvs it the terrliorfcs of^ew Mexico and; Cali fornia. In answer to this, 1 bave,to say first, thauhis was a mer obiter dictum, certainly of very distinguished man ar municipal law ? and wbat is pub- 1 parlies who ceded the territory, and who that what is done under a contract, and : or political law ?, . . .. (could never have expected the abolition ; in conformity to it, must be done in yir- When we have ascertained that, and [of.slavery there while it existed with-; tue of thecontract itselLinterpreted ac- when gentlemen can show that this lat-; in their own limits. ter class of laws -is embraced jn the • The Senator from Kentucky dc proposition on which they ;ely, they will ’ ed upon that occasion against a have made .an advance in the discussion violation of good faith under the on this subject which .they , have never j ence of leelings which were t attained in any of its previous stages, i to him from his own personal abhc Chief Justice Marshall, in rendering the j of any violation of conscience, decree in the case which has been re-. > principle of good faith, and hor ferred to .expressed the opinion which obligation. £ entered fully in I have stated, as deduced from inter-' feelings which he expressed \ national law. So in tbe case of Hall vs.! being able to concur with him as Campbell, reported in Cowper, which J existence of the power. But I f< grew out of the conquest of. New Gren- the argument of my friend was ada by the British Government, a sitpi- | S\verable in its application to th< lar opinion is .expressed. That, also,; cise of the power we are consi \va.s an obiter dictum, not a question no- : From the rich store house of his cessary to the decision of the point in propose to draw the argurm issue, which was, whether the king of! which I shall now rely, and fr< England, by his sovereign power, un- j own ample armor to furnish mysi connected with the Parliameut, by the j the weapon which L will wield mere force of his prerogative could dp j ft iendly strife, certain acts. Bui all these authorities j Mr. President, I recognized make the distinction .which I have stat- i force which the Senator froi you between a public or politcal: lucky gave to the annunciation c law, and a civil or municipal law urg- j obligation imposed upon Congr ing the coutinued operation of the hit-1 the high and honorable motives ter, and the instant cessation of the for- 1 he urged, to abstain from the c er. Then, as I have said, our inquiry j of the power which he thought t what is the public or political law ?— | stilulion conferred upon us in Vattel gives us this answer : j to the District ol Columbia. I “ Laws are regulations established | with him as to the effect of that by public authority to be ohserved in j lion. He thought^ it proved Ih society. All these ought to relate to | pediency of exercising the pow the welfare of the citizens. The laws j me seemed to disprove its ex made directly with a view to the public 1 He applied it to the mode of < welfare are political laws, and in this j the contract into execution. I class those that concern the body itself, J it was part of the contract Use and the being of the society, the form i/fi? spirit, and intent of a contra of governroont, the manner in which | stitute its essence—and that th the public authority, is lo be exerted, j object of proof is the ascertain these, in a word, which together form these. I could not bring my * ~ ■ believe that Congress. could ^ power under the constitution 1 into a contract to do that wh contrary to conscience, to good honorable obligation and the i the parties to whose detriment operate. Mr.Clay,(interposing) Mr. P il my friend will allow me Mr. Berrien. Certainly, sir. Mr. Clay. I was aware per that inference which might be from the assertion of an itnpli arising out of the nature of the lion, which is that of ceding thi. lory by Maryland and Virgini sir, my frieud will recollect t implication of good faith, restra exercise of power in consequen being contrary lo what must hi expected and could not possil been foreseen and apprehendei ceding Stales, was limited. II ample, the only ceding Slates isiing should consent, and. moi the people of the District tho sent, and compensation wer then there would be no itpplic; suiting Irom the implied fa; therefore, it is not of an inherer of the power ; it is a thing tc in its existence lusting only wh clause in the constitution which relates j ry lasts in Maryland, and ter Iq the surrender of fugitive slaves, and I when consent is given. It is 1 remind them that it is recognised, as) in its nature, not an inherent ; we have seen by that clause, not only j intrinsic portion of the powe within the limits of the Slate in which a j general restraining of the e: siave owner, dwells, but beyond it ;J^h© power, in consideration o the constitution of the Stale, are the fundamental laws. The civil laws are those which regulate the rights and conduct of the citizens among them selves.”— Vattel, p. 8, see. 29. In pursuing this inquiry, we have then to ascertain whether these laws, on which slavery in the United States depends, are of the one character or the other in order to determine the va lidity and efficacy of the correspond ing laws of the Mexican republic, and their power to control the rights of the American citizen going to those Terri tories with bis slave property. It is necessary, therefore, to inquire what is the relation in which slavery stands to the constitution of the United Slates, this may be explained by the fact, that; 1 ie , , c , 11 , , - . , African slavery did not e*ist ,n many ! and lhe an ! we . r secms 10 be > lavcs nr Hie Mexican States, and where it did are re<3 * nl « d a . 3 ,P ro P e «y by that to wns easily substituted by the system of j s,r " ,a =", l . ; ,hat ‘ l “> r ecogn,zed 10 the peonage. Wbat I mean 10 say is, lfl J consmoupo of the Dotted Stales aa a we bSve no evidence before us to ^ | b.o*w ° r represoqtMtoo ; that .1 « re- the authority or the Mexican Congress cogetsed to the same tnstrument, and - . ? - ° has been constantly acted upon by Congress, in the exercise of the taxing power, as a subject of taxation, If it be said that this recognition is limited lo the States in which it exists, the an swer is, that even then jt was universal at the dale of the constitution. But, beyond this, I point gentlemen to that give me time, it is just the same thing- as il Igave-yoij rteney.” y* .r*:.- - r A ch!apel exists ip Ited T«ionSquare, London, in wkjch thrice cn every Sun-r day the.service of tfie Church of Eng land is performed, and sermons preacb- edl/y signs, |br the deaf and da mb. C&nddrt ’ ,-r ^ r -• 5* Time is moneyl” -said a debtor to ^ bis creditor, “and therefore,' if you wil) "buLnot the decisionof the,court- upon nay, that it is recognized witltin the limits of Slates which forbid il; and that being thus recognised in States which allow it, aud in those which pro hibit it, in the free as well as the slave States, its recognition is universal in every State in tbe Union. Then, the inquiry is, whether a property thus re cognised by the fundamental law as a basis ofrepresentaii'on, as a subject of taxation—one which enters into all the operations of the Government; which appears here in your executive de partment, in your supreme judicial tri bunal ; which pervades your whole in stitution—the inquiry is, whether these cpnstitutionai provisions make part of the civil laics of the Uuited States, in tended merely to regulate the conduct of man and man, the transactions be tween citizen and citizen; for, unless thisis so, then the laws of the United. States, whether organic or secondary, which relate to slavery, are public and political laws; and then, unquestioi culiar circumstances of iheced at the time when the cession w This is the view l intended to Mr. Berrien. Mr. Preside statement just made, the honor alor from Kentucky (Mr. C not impute tome any missta his argument. He offers an against the inference which I h from it. 4 5 Sir, the proposition- is thii power to abolish slavery in ll of. Columbia exists, but that t) stances under which' the, ce: made; urged and implied c not to exercise it without the • Maryland and Virginia heret< .since the retrocession of Ales Maryland alone. I have s this obligation, dictated by < and necessary to the observan faith, could be implied from tl stances, under which the cot entered into, and was enjoir spirit and intent of the partie . any question .atyissue; secondly*- that it was affirmed only of a. particular class,of the laws of a conquered or ce ded country ; and thirdly,; that jt did not require ihe specific and • seperate repeal, ; ,esrgm cbf these jlaws. - rJ-.wiU trouble the Senate with a brief, remark on . this subject. .Chief Justice Mar shall did not affirm .that all the laws UVyoO ijUost TDC,^ sairt she, j Will lead yon out; butlor heaven’s sak€ make no noise, for every rtjptn vnsT** 3 |Lg ^ ^ v \ on! iQittldok the light and fed TOO' d bly, Mexican laws on tbe same subject, j ed a part of the contract itself, and did with wbateyer authority they may have j.not merely control the manner in which becn.Cnacted while California and New j the rights acquired under it should be Mexico were a part of tbe Mexican Re- j. exercised. Now, the Senator from Ken- public, ceased instantly upon ihetrituCky desires to qualify his argument transfer tor ihe United Slates to have f byustatiog^ that the obligation of which anv operation or.effect. - - > •>he spoke' was temporary in its nature, Mr. President, t invite the attentifflii that it has ceased as to Virginia, and 0 t Senators-to the consideration of an- i ouly operates now to’ restrain the exer- othet ohestion-r If Congress had power ki«e id the power without the consent * K j_ X—._u. -* '•n;. ihe proposition to do what it is proposed to do, would it be—I do nOt say expedfent, buWake higher ground, and -ask;^ would it be right, proper and consistent with good faith, -to exercise- that power? In the discussion of -tfi'eTesolutioU particularly applicable To the District of'Columbia* I was struck tbe other day wirii the very otw-Mary laud, . T his now-/ . ' ./«. ' Mri Clay*(inhisseat.) And that was the, proposition the titber day. • * •* , Mr. Berrieu^ Jt is now sought to ; quah'fy ihe uthnission of an implied ob- ligatioh.-not to exercis© the power but with tbe assent of ihe cetling States, by Mister, wftefe af^yqu'goitig'Wiib^of a cedtfcUcbnituy'remain ia ^rce «n ; that horseP* cried a gentleman to a sus- til tHe^ are repealed by tbe acquinng picious-looking pefsotry whom he iftelicooritry^bqt simply/thaLthe civil and on horseback^-^NVelkl ant agoing no- tnuntcipaTlaws, those wbjch relate to jjO j. iWiKWreulk^lwdlwS -J,rf u onother^dais' of 1 froa»e«uid»»b.^^e!«4of fte d..i, may. by re^sserupg. Ural it oidjrre- oyftwd imym• sakL shu. ‘Hxpcritffcofal phjipsopby ,1a Satd'to ^ recognised by the learned judge, [of Congress to abstain from tbe aboli- j strained the mode ol exercising the M^xisirg sjriffir.spis the imeraalic [T-.CommitTiog .suicide gMd faitV^exurtjtroversy belween os, which is ; wbelher ______ lif’hr'ShtilidaKw of the ceded council,: »tat Ufr-okesci*^ x#a» ferbidden'ty; itos.-IqipUod oWigattoq-resBUreg-fiwni I bearfl „ vo icg. b s low— .. “Go straight on,” said she }._“*en .?» even lake.* paper reore than ten ‘ - „Tiring imer- j ceasary lo the fulfilment orthe purpose ; whether it merely afiecied the mode i ' ' -Wrweuer! wbat turn to tbe right, where yon w.U findlyeats w. hou paynga. <*&**&!*? U J V in | 0 d! for which the power was conferred, and l which the power derived from.it was to is civ- Uva, iox»nsi.te«/of»* the.iiitre.tirf' die be cxercsed. Mow i ihave sn. -itulcc,; of Congress to abstain irom the aboii-< strained tne mooc ot exercising me ‘every tion of slavery in the District of Co-1 power, a restraint, which the assent ol writer hndn the international law whoi lombia. While ho asserted the power,; Maryland would now rempverbol Ibis nestion,- and -ihat Is j he still asserted that Congress could - a ^J ad 8™ al - Qaas aa ‘ its spirit and intent—which the essence of the contract— the competency of Maryland o a particular mode of exer- roves nothing, because if, as it was a part of the contract as equally competent to Ma- release any right acquired un- \uaqua,Tnque via data, therefore % ii» implied obligation o pc rat os nih'ilation of the power, or tw to control j^s exercise, the equally subsrrv.es my pur- herc the question is, whetltcr ise of a power to prohibit the Territories would bo con- th tho pledge, mutually given /ed by our lathers, of equali- L in the actual possessions and quiescence of the United [-bidding a distinction (in tlm of Vattel) to the disadvan- ny . portion of the community. have the power, if you will dge and conform to the.obU- conscience and good faith bids itsexcrcise. e, then, to propound the ques- h that argument affords: If it c contrary to conscience, to 1, and to the implied obligation suiting, to abolish slavery in ict of Columbia, without the of the State of Maryland, ,1110 lining one of the ceding States, at does that obligation rest?—» srtuinly, upon tbe assumption nuld be in violation ot the spi- tlent of the parties at the time : cession was made. Now, sjr, the period when ibis consult!- > entered into, when thirteen uted Stales loosely connected mutually grasping hands, , ore closely the bond of union ; tell me, do you believe, does believe, that it consists with i and intention of the framers nslrument, with tho feelings of >ment, that you should circutn- slavcry within limits within in process of time, it could no ;xist? That were to deny to. rtvilege of exercising the rights ich we came into the conl’edera- e manner in which we had exer- 1 were exercising them when tho ion was formed. It would be to say lo us, we will allow you slaves, if you will keep them our own limits; but in the fu- [uisition which wc make ofTer- even of such as are fitted to n peculiar kind of labor, hands ery shall never be extended r consent; tho banner of this tublic shall never wave over slave State, whether tl were, y free or slave. If this propo- ad been made to our fathers in, vention, what, think yoo, would' Sen their answer? *1 will hot pself to express it. Do you be at this constitution would havo ' ined under such circumstanced? it is; and if you interpret it Adi pose, do you not do so witb’ihe 1 nviction that you are giving on’-; •tation to it which is contrary To-> nt and spirit of its framers ?*— 1 you believe that it is consistent J u principles of good faith? Do' ieve that it is consistent with the f les of eternal justice? ;lfyot|: force of tlic obligations which ipose in relation to this portion of ritory included within the'ten’ quare—if rather than do itjjurjjri' estate of Murylanrl by the aboli» tbe institution which she ou will, with noble maiffmess of - cr> fulfil the obiilgalions which 1 on you, and carry out that c«>n-' i its spirit and intent,are y«o4t»- e lo the tar biglier and more sol- ' »ligations which bfmlyou to deal same spirit with that great char- - ’ *• our liberties on which : lhe DmotiE^ Is—to abstain from il» flagrant ntinued violation, which may re* 4 hether delil>erately or desperate- ‘ ■ending that Union asunder, and r brother against brother in civil-’ To avoid exciting the apjire- hension? of the respectable people-of Maryland, you will abstain from anqct which may be injurious to their inter ests—to an institution which she cbei- ishe^; and - vvhcu you eotbe to act on a larger add more extended theatre, to deal with the opinions, the feelings, and the interests of twenty.million* of peo ple, will you not exercise a similar for bearance? Will you not feel that thft implied obligation which conscience joins and good faith requires you lodul- v fib will be at least equally asvi.mpera- tivcas.you fe r t. it to be when abstaining, ■from the exercise of your power over. -* .these ten miles square- > 5?.^* '<x Mr. President, l have ofien inttB- course of my life'been struck by observe ing the different estimate wbicbrmen?; make of question* .of right or wrottg when acting personally or respectively —dndividuaUy.or id combinalioni U&fcs I subject -was forcibly brought to. my - mind by a very eloquent ^aod pfacticBt discourse which i heard tvvtidoyx sgo: , in another wing of this capiloL fils ject was to show thc failacy df all id«t entertained by many ol tho guilt and lessened responsibility, fort—* tions whieh were committed/in - supposed nation—of the belief, ^c 1 -f