Location of the national capital a slaveholding triumph. — Early petitions
for the abolition of slavery in the District. Unsuccessful. - Mr. Wil-
son's resolution.-Committee. His bills for the abolition of slavery and
the repeal of the slave laws. — Debate. — New departure. Purpose sim-
ple and immediate, and not ulterior. — Speeches of Wilmot, Wilkinson,
Sumner, Fessenden, and Wilson in favor. — Opposed in violent speeches
by Davis, Saulsbury, Powell, and Bayard. Factious amendments. -
Coupled with colonization. — Insisted on by Davis and Saulsbury. - Able
speech from Mr. Hale. — Constitutionality defended by Mr. Fessenden. —
Passed. Opposed in the House by Crittenden, Wickliffe, and Vallan-
digham, and defended by Bingham, Fessenden, Van Horn, Ashley, Hutch-
ins, Blake, and Rollins. Amendments proposed and lost.
and approved. - President's objections. Met by a new bill.
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