Would it were so at the present day! The subject of slavery was agitated among them; many difficulties occurred, but they were all settled--and, they thought, effectually.

They agreed then, on the propriety of giving up runaway slaves, unanimously.

Mr.
Sherman, of Connecticut, "saw no more impropriety in the public seizing and surrendering a slave or servant than a horse!" (Madison's Papers.) This was then considered a compromise between the North and South.

Henry Clay and Daniel Webster--the mantle of their illustrious fathers descended to them from their own glorious times.

The slave-trade was discontinued after a while.