nrH Pino Act ! US '- ir.: Vi 'S t'':' 1 .Mro nnn a ant onPPQ ?- j&$ca! writers supposed this disease 1ffHi those particular regions of tbe riT: tJlUiiaUv eeA hvioehoridria which U &lwfeiheiname hy pocbondriasis. 'we,f acl?d erociations, iyfamiTJiHftc pains, giddiness, dimness :7rrgfiar6nsVi4 often' arj utter inability '&tientioh lopon. any subject of im fSllnfaging in afiy thing .that de t &Uii&'htii courage. -Also I languid ness 'iilWll' irn4elfhoog;f!lfftlt despond-' th! . t V i I'M'i-.'t-'i. sliiatort amonmninisfl ailW I"1 ',";viilfrtinen't:of i the1 nervous system; iSmlciinss and peculiar train of ideas 1 !wi;inl&ef imasiriafion and ' overwhelm rr PEXDLETON- & iBUUNER. j EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. s I i o Dolls, ami Fifty CIS. ; fi - 32-VOLU3IE Ylil, WHOLE, JN0,-.3)V. ; - M r . JSt anly , Dfd the" gentleman t vr r tboIUioh votes: there ?... i hat a crrr;t Mr. U.;: Si ll s J. -"rf-i:-, Hiri$ f .caew fcre asopea to tbia affile tea ,fest.;-i:. CAtTSRS. e.(leritaf:le of any ' kind, jpspecially 6a i .ylJlrotf acted to a late hcior in.lhrnighti .ise We habit! ffrea excess ineating J J?urtdpe0pprisshOT of some ha-j SPEECH OF Mr. STANLY, ; . of north Carolina, 7 ONTHE SUBJECT OF ABOLIT ON 1 V " - 4V PETITIONS. . - s d i. . - . - -. i :- i -a HoiiiE orRErxiESETATivEslH wan, iu, i4u; St. 0 ;v,in4pontioaal erontion ;! relaxation .or ftP3L p' T r;tj, . E - . v, -i.f . t . ability pfl ffopr t -rv B " llii(li1l(iM .-II f ' Ujlp;aoluectslf treatment are; to re-i glil&tlcn.WsVretigthcn the body, and ? .j&hMeispirits, which may 6e. promoted 'Seeiy; hoars', yregalarV meals, and :t jjnrofiyersation: ' The. howels (if costive ) Lrit&BMiegd&letibj the joccastonal use estcglicfei thisjend than; Dr. William; FnsiAMieKf PUIi jbeing miid .andcertaini in tll opt'raiibn. ' - The bowels " bet ng -ooca cea3l;iiintiraable Camomile Pills,(whicli fti!iftfftjedand without1 f dispute ; have jroyei 'iatifessTngo the fiotner.oas public, j ' goinl pjsins havt recommended , a free f li. t St cWnttlrt nnl 'ho rocnrtl In u la fcasi it wiUIgreatly aggravate - the 2ip((mS aItIIM ETh REE Y EAKS STAND jy 4.MioHrt Mon roe, 5fch uy I fciH , afflieted witVtf p atVdistresisi65 malady ; Symptoms: -fif'eii latbir! flatulency, disturbed rest,' ner r hf dc gJi 6S?Ul tj 'of ;bre4ili i rigr ; tightness 8iictW across iue Dreasii!aizzipesss( ,ner tons imtabiitl Ind. resilessness! could noti lie sensation 01 heart stom- cdrowsiJessj-great debility and deficiency of tee aeryoii energy, mi it. , ijonrue juve up erfry IKIit Tecoverjy and:dire despair "sat ith'fcot!ertce.ot'e-ery. person interested in kisexistilcejoi napniness, tillliby accident he noticed in publie paper; some cures efleeted by DtAViAHSJ MEDICI in his coraT p!otti$h induced. htm tu purchase a' pack m of JhlJlfUIii which 'resolted in ; completely wfesiW ! symptom of his 'disease. He isiciPio'fey biWmotivft for thisr declarauon is. that ihcfeei fclHictetl jwith the sarrje or any.syropT. icmMf;lOihose fromr which he is happily restoff taa beiitfitrMl Icnniedtately; after Mr. Waiterson, 1-of Tennesseei hau ' concluded V ; 1 i Mr STANllYsaid : Mr,Speaker, iSrfad resolred cot to participate in this debaiej I ktew 1 was liable to excitement whenspelk- ipg.upoo this subject, and those; gentlemen who are disposed to censure Southern metn bers for intemperance jDf Fpeecli arjd fell ing upon this ;ruesttgrtwodld jpardonj tfa sir, if they could vtsitthe South, and be come acquainted with our siiuatioa and n stituttans. - 1 1 " - " .. . n ! . . ' .(,-- I had earnestly hoped, sir. that no pir- '4 . - - " -i t ty turn won id be giveo to tins debate ;Mt ought not to assorne a party cast; but it'll has, let the gentleman from Tennessee Olr ,v atterson j laKe 10 nirnseii tue creuit 01 it. I am aware the attempt has-been! made tot! i dentily a certain portion of thecoun T m m J I- ' ' M . ' . abolition, ana tq maKe tne I'eopie ry with of f tjie y ikewise Receive . jthe inestimable MimPFlC DOLOUEUX. H : Jtf Ji;IJbhnsoiit wife of Capt. Joseph Jobn9on,-OL La ftp, Mass. was: severely afflicted tjMeti3!lh Tie, pole'reupty iplent pain" 18 wf uea, an Tummaor, wnna ourninj neai iathidilnd unable to leave;-her, room. S!iecaiil f relief from the: advice of sev tril pysjlpT. from! uiedtcjries of any kind, jlil jfiekl Mad commenced ujstng Dr Evans, ro?HicipeiHi XOP C h a t h a jen t reet and from Hhat lima tiijj tk amend r and feels salisfiied ; if .lilrej'. medicine a fey days longer, till bg pfeflefitl t eft red . Reference can be had iff to: Wvt&i t&mf t he abo ve, by jcalling-.at 'Airs U'tiaayughtei's Sttire,3S Grand street, South bel teve that jevery Whig north of VJf a son and Dixon's; line was an abolitionist. Until the appearance of a celebrated letter from a meroberj from Ohio, it was boldly de clared there was not a single Vain Burenfa- bohtionist. I ?atd something upon thauleu ter list year, ahjd shall not examine it 'ncfw but 1 trust the! gentleman from Tennessee will read" it, andjsee what his brother In political faith writes of the Southl Yes, jet him read that nfamous letter, arid if he hjas an honest . Southern heart, a Tennessee hearf, in his bosom, it will make his blood run cold. Lei him read that letter, anil fe member that he! who wrote it was in f ihe midnight cacus, check by. jowl, with he gentleman iromixew tiampsnire anc rpjn ers, who prepdrieUj what are called Athlr ton's resoluttoris.i Yes sir, the i gentlehlan irom vnio wno wroie mai letter was there 1 call upon those who were there to deny it. lhey cannot, and dare not he i was there. And lme appeal to Southern gen tlemen, does it become such as.hejto jpte- paro resolutions for "us of the South ?!! But the gentleman from Tennessee says he will not yield the onchundredtb part of an incii, iaunougn ne is prepareu toFOte for . the humbug Atherton resolutions!)5" Some of the Southern-members will oppose the reception of; abolition petitions1;; others will consent toi receive tnem, but rfiuselto w ..Mi -. . t ' reter tnem to a commmee ; otnersiwt! ceive and referi them under the belief .we shall have peratereport tal tern- 1 the ;.s- The gentleman: from Tennessee ; thinks this battle with abolition is to be fought in the North ; if so,""we haye'eyidenceffrom the bold and patriotic declarations i of the gentleman from New York, (Mr. Rrn'iroe,) that' there are Whigs, in the Norh who will stand by the South in resisting oppres sion from any quarter. - The honored name mai gentleman bears assures us 01 this; liut why does not some one of the self etyled democratic friends of the gentleman ! from' Tennessee from the non-slaveholding States declare his sentiments? Why cariadt j the gentleman from Kinderhook wbo has 'plac ed himself at their head--wby does riot he lefine his position r ' I J li ' ' ; I II e re 3 r. Vanderpoel, ros ajitl satd : If the: gentleman wants, to know jmy tSeloti ments on the obolition question, j let him look at a speech delivered by Ime in this Hmise in 1836. i I (V Mr. Stanly said : I ask the' gentleman if heiwill. vote to rejoct abolition petitions? jlr Vanderpoct said, no. J told sir, i 33 pOSSlr ennefS e ks of s the thijs Ad the gen does the ISijJM 115 Lewis Mlwiiiieiifiea Stanton and Houston sis afflic-- ww iea;easrwtin tne lonowing cisiressing rplji?I eructatiof,r aiiy spasmodic $f jPdr Aoss y t a ppetite .'palpitation of ififtMiiness arid dimness of S!ght,cou Id W HfiB!VMiSrinrht suIa - riitnrhifl TPSti ntlfif in- &gng::iiil''aby ;thin that demanded Wti:$w!iil sometimes a visionary idea of herdisiease. aiwhimsical aver- vloalrjatiirfat'. he'rsbns'and places, croundless J??ffep$ns s personal d ange r and;, pove rty , i'siorepJifss'jnd weariness of life.-disconten- 'on every slight aoccaston, .she 3ceite4 sV4 cobld neitherdie nor live;she wept, mmadeii. and rthottght she led ffiiri!lerlfenever was one so badi with '"iPf tlar-iaaf ! dfesi nations .1 t ' . i;' ! Mf Kenaj had the adviee of several eminent rfciaits, and had recourse to numerous medi- fliPurcoidifot obtain even temporary allevia .wlbdifetMssi'ncr tfli -till her husband ner- tf-H'S " rz ------- 1 --. n?r w raake trial of my modeot treatment isjiqaite relieved, arid finds hersejj rl'fwm of attending loher domestic af a'?IMtbit she eniovs as irood health at jSMat any period jof her existence. Wir.df .the I. aforesaid Anne nav?.n-f.t i Mr. Stanly said : There, sir 1; so the gentlwaan from Tennesee. Now I call on him to bring the. leader frbro iKin derkook 4tup,to the mark." ' Here, fir, is another old Federalist who will not vote to reject these abolition petitions ; yetbe gen tlefnan from Tennessee would, according to his' argument, prove all who voted to receive these petitions were desirous to- bring the torch of ihe incendiary and the knife of the assassin among us. 4 j The gentleman from Tennessee ta a voiacK nag," ana ne tninKS tnat banner only of the opponents dfj ministration in the North ; butwjl tletnan tell me what sort of a flag centieman irom iew tjamosmre raise r is it the white flag of peace ? Is it the gfori ous star:spangled banner, under tvhicli he would have us assemble to deliberate free frojm party excitement, for the promotion of Ihe good of the whole country?! INosir ; noi If it is not a black flag, it s wrse ; it 9 ringed, streaked, 6j?eckled, and white washed, looking fair in tho distance but, upon examination, dark, unsatisfactory; no two can agree what color it bears a prop er flag for thoso who concocted! tbe insin cere, hypocritical resolutions of th!e last ses sion.- Thank Heaven I can now! .speak of . ! . 1 . . . . !.;T - ;!5 . inose resolutions as j wished to sneak at th last session ; the opportunity was lint formly denied me then, when your prde cessor was in the chair. He never hesita ted to do whatever his party required. A more complete slave never served a deVpot. I Can nrw denounce these pitiful ifsolutions onf this floor as I denounced Uhehi at home, wjthont being told by the toil pflai caucus tojtake ray seat. : H . The! gentleman from Tennrssele tfjlls us that the Lieut. Governor of NeW York is an abolitionis'. If he is, hp ran nearly two thousand votes behind his ticket in the! city oil New York. In that city, wb!ich:f gives nearly forty thousand votes, the ;abohtion- sts themselves claim but fifteen hu here. - There is no disguise, no double-dealing, no non-committal. When fie; was ques tioned by the. abolitionists as tojthe power of Congress over slavery in this District he told them 'be deemed any interference with the subject of ; slavery in the District of Co lumbia Jnexpedtent and anwarrantable'Re abhorred and spurns?! the idea t of turning this subject to politicltl,account.i Yet sir, after tins manly declaration, he j received a majority greater by fifteen v hundred Totes than he first had when he wasj a candidate. And yet this gentleman is a Whig Abolition ist! His competitor did not answer the in- j quiries aaaresseo to pirn non-commiuai cfr?course.' Mr. Speaksr, I wisl, as nearl vble, to follow the gentleman ftotn in his course of argument. After leaving Pennsylvania, he jumped to Vermont. Well sir, how stands jhe case there j? I There 11 one member from Velmont on thts floor, an' open and notorious abolitionist, (51 r.Slade ) So well known is he ps an abolitionist that some persons belonging to thjVan Buren party have heretofore barged with being an abolitionist, because I voted jwitb htm on a motion to adjourn, or on somequestionlof ordei ! i From such evidence as this, Extra Globes and thousands of Van Buren papers were distributed in ny district Ho prove I was an abolitionist ! But. sir, in the district represented by this mmber the; Van Buren abolitionists had a contention, and the Sec retary of the Anti-Sfavery Society, Ei t. liaroer, opposed bis flair, blade's) nomina- 3 t, jj. barber is well iend of this Adminis- a paper, and an undis. Thero are two Ad from Vermont on this lion. 1 understand tb known as a devoted fi tration, the editor of guised abolitionists. ministration members floor, both of whoro,Uro abolitionists. One of them was here at tie last Congress, (IVff . t letcner u nc is in tavor 01 aboiisning slav ery in Uie District of Columbia! thinks that Congress ought to prevent theCbuying and. selling Slaves betwee the Statesj and has expressed a willingness to enter into the customary international relations with Hayti. Does the gentleman from Tennessee expect these mends of histo come up to the mark with him ? The gent has overlooked the S eman frotn Tennessee ate of Maiiie entitely one of th9 most devoted States in its at- a calm, dignified, and refusing the prayer o petitioners, but! evincing their respect: ffor the right of j petition. What does the! n- tleman from; Tennessee mean by nolyjejd ing an inch ?"!DofS he mean those peiilifms and memorials Ihould not be received!! 1 If so.idoes he betiieve his erreat friends ! Irom NewN Hampshire will stand by &ndv5)te DPes the gentleman fear their pOwerl lOue witn mm ? jjq not neueve 11, sir; nenn ing is further from their thoughts or wish- es. J neir oniy ooject is toueep up an ex citement uponabolition, as a politial hobby for Mr. Van Buren, and to Keep Van I Bu- of the leading abolitionists in New York is a man by the name of Smith. Sirii?e the present session of the New York Legisla ture, one of the friends of Mr. Van . Buren ren men in the position.' !Th Sffiiihday of December, -mMM.-':-3 . ... i: 1 vK.EYt Uom. of Deeds. MmMmi i if .; - - fuiAtlM, with an Affection of the rl-M4reit I under the treatment nf ntnr mm& lOO Ch MfHhjamin,S-J iixonn irom "penning tneir ere is no danger of this hith those whose position is to have no posi tion. .Whenever the question of reception has been raised!, some friend of trie gentle man from New Hampshire has ' mo veil! to 'lay it on the 1j ble." We had aq instance of this the otljer day, A gentleman;. from Massachusetts! riicsented an bolition petition a gentleman (rom the South, (Mr. Drpm goole,) well knpwn as a skilful Itaciician, sprung upon hil feet, with holy; hasten and with great earnestness of manner raised the . 'r'..:jt-l . rtf 11 ! i i ..i' question 01 reception. ven,sir, 1 approv ed of this. But what was done;. could they not! vote upon this-direct (Slr.L. S. Chat field) offered the substitute to a bill to elect a Senator ijri C) on following j: SfTOPS o'.n;aUendfd by relief. ?es5.mr)pfns w e It e a Iso a 1 1 e ii d ed ' w i t h ujuwuity 01 breathing, with a7 'hat ham street, Js'ew- .WJOXXJ.-i afflietfu for. tour years with r?ff ifsfrffl bvs joints, which were always 'SftnhelBJightest ; mopon, the tongue ?'itT6i'i WtffWiitwhTinPs si loss of 'anctAtit. head, lYif. bowels commouly !ve Ji!9Meorioe higb- coUured, and often Ihea- consid- f sense 01 -ifPf f trpss the chest, likewise a gTeat want Kfrjtln'e neryous'sjstem.-v?r.-7 iy,removeo, m iiivans. JARYIS. beioij dulv'swornr doth de- ! 7 9 .r . ; the a- in all gress: . "uerntt cumin is nerebylappointFU a Senator in Congress 'for the State dfNew Yjork for six years from the 4th: of March, '1839.". This Gerrett Smith is notorious ftjr the violence of hishatred tbj!lpe jSfeulh, and for the bitterness of. his attacks jiipon her "institutions. Yet he is noniinared for the Senate, from Mr. Van Buren!sJ fwn State, by one of his own friends J l(l had time, .1 could give the gentleman numerous ojiher specimens of Van Buren abolitionists in New 1 ork. i'he editor of the leading paper of the party in the city (the Evening hv P4sl) 13 an avowed abolitionist.; I J rK - .1 ...i.i .1... u,U r- inn llSha h nolilinn h raoo vod I' . I f liur u i m. oh hot i a Ilia wyus au tL Aio.imn in tWto ? ! T iKi --uo veriio ni t n er. 1 believe i.i iiai w ao tuu uiiv.iiuu tu una i; 11 wt mai I I - i L 1 it was a loss of Uime the Drevious ioties- "ave no defence tor him ; bulattrje IftStses lion could have! been moved-deliate could ston-pf Congress I received several newspa have easily been prevented ; buJ no, lhat persfrom Pennsylvania.and from bhe;of them. would not inswer. And as sobh aslthe H!coPo an exiraci, wimcii 1 i i reio ia TPnilpman fronV Virainia had nerf. rmed- his hc gentleman from Tennessee!. U, it is B: - n -i o J ' il ? . I :il .T, f. -..ili-T.U ' t.. part of the play, a contrenent friertd behind m"uc, Kc!a'f wy him moved tin lay the quetiorTof Ireceplion Ifennsylvania to couecl me. Iti lhatapir on the table !j JWhy was this done ! Be cause the supporters of the "Atherton reso lutions" could jhen go home and tell their constituents inline worm mat tney nadtiev . 7 1 :! . . . . . i ..s - , er voted only voted lonist was- 1 H,rvus yftere.. enure : : T4l5Scte eaecied bvUr W laiij a.aris it is stated, that General Porter, a i re gotai suppporter of Mr. Van Buren, is!" isn open and undisguised abolitionist ;"i.;asdj when a member of the Legislature, he! Voted to to reject abolition petitions but ; instrnct the Senators in Congress fdjvote .,1 ,A 1.. tUr. nnodinn r LJisiirtn affainst the admission of anv Territbrv into on the table Mor the presfnC'-ithat itfwas J tbw Unun, -unless said Territory phould tachment to the present President. On which side are the abohtiomsts there ? One of the regular suppo rters of all ibe measures of this Administrations (Mr. Davee) always votes against the Sou h upon these questions. Another a Mr. Smith, (I do not know that it is the gentleman! who is a nev member from atne on the other side, Mr. Albert Smith ; some geallejman said, t was tbe same,) eaid in answer to tho abolitionists, "no man can be mire decidedly opposed to slavery in the abstract, or more deeply desire the freedom of the whole human family, than myself. J (I have! never yet, rfir, been able to understand or to; ascertain what abolitionists mean by slavery i)ithe abstract,) This same Mr Smith was;op posed to the admission of Teias, and in favor of the right off petition. I ! ' One rjiore case frm Maine, j Thre jis a certain gentleman bf the name fof Fairfield, a member of th last Congressf how Oov ernor of Maine. Ill says slavery! is a moral and political evil, to which he is and iver has been, both in principle and. feeling, ut terly opposed, and that its entire abolition Could afford to no ne more sincere pleas ure than to himself.? He snys, further, If the power of the General Government on the subject of slavefv in the District of Co lumbia were beyondpall questibn!, it would Observe, sir, the ski ful Van Boren phrase ology-it is "inezy edient at this time u abolish it." He does not, like a patriot anxious'to calm a fdangerousl excitement tell them thev are Holatingithe rishts of the Southern people! You hear from 'him no reproof of; their Ifligilious ; designs but in language becomitig one who Attended the humbug caucus, he pays: JSj ! ;-ti - 4 And this, jso fir from .momotinsr the emancioation of - slaves ceneratlyi would probably tend to rivdt their chams more per manently, andTggravate the severity of jtheir bondage. Besides,! there is Jnp , reason to believe that this, measure would liberate a single slave in the District of Colombia, as they'would unquestionably beremoved inf to the slave-holdingiStates.'Ml I 1 r ir; this District, as they would unquestiona bly be all removed -into the slayeholding Sfates ! JJerersiiTis afforded an exhibition of Van Buren pitriotism and regard foe the SpUth. " ; . j fThis Mr. -Fairfield expressed his high regard for tbe right of petition. Hear him uion this : ':-i-V"?-'.-:,r"!' ';:.'- 44 When the question of receiving peti tions was raised, the right was manifestly involved in the question, and upon this ques tion 1 always voted against the South, ; and ii favor of reception. After they were re ceived the action of Congrats upon " them I'iiaeYqoestion! expediency meteltt and beheyingfor one that the object of the petitioners couiu not then be granted, as a matter of course, I voted to lay them on the No principle at Btakenosuggestiort that the rights of the South might be sacrificed by the action of Congress but it Was a mere question of expediency. Yes,' sir, miserable, unprincipled; selfish expediency, which influenced his conduct. The object of the petitioners could: not then be granted, bbt hereafter . may be expedient to gratify the wishes of his constituents! j if Here, sir, we have the recorded opinions of a prominent member of the party to which tbe gentleman from Tennessee belongs Tl.is gentleman of expedieocy voted Ifor the Atherton resolutions with us of the South. I? put it to the candor of the gentleman from Tennessee, will he trust tho rights of hi constituents to such . bands ! Could the friendship of such a man be relied upon in an hour of trial ?. , ? T ; j if I come noirvshvto Massachusetts. The courteous gentleman from Tennessee re ferred to the venerable gentleman from AJas3achu setts as 'deranged Hebasilnot yet read, 1 presume, the letters written by that gentleman, published in tha National htelligencer, on the subject of abolition. If he can find such patriotic derangement in any supporter of this Administration, I shall be happy to see it. The gentleman from Tennessee will find out, before tbe end of the session, that be is mistaken in his bpin- on oi mis aerangemeni. . . ': But. sir, I shall not bestow any panegyr ics upon the gentleman from MtfsachuBetts, Once before, from tbe impulse of feclinT, I was induced to do so. and I was accused of favoring abolition. The abolitionists in that gentleman'a district are not 'deranged" too, 1 presume. They nominated a Van uren man to oppose him, and had a meet- irig on the Fourth of July, and requested him to resign. But be does not carry tho liloctrines of instruction to that 'extent. I the people in bis district voted f r worth. Dr. Farwell endertex k to votes to the Wbig candidate as a n;. tiomst. .;. . - ' . 1 Mr. , Stanly asked if some cf tha ab ' did not; vote for Mr. Vcc 'bury.brui:.:: Secretary of the Treasury ? i Mr. Parmenter stid 4. jvs." j, Yea, ir,I iemembrit tb last r paper wnieti is ed4tert by one whon t!. mart from South Carolina called a - ' . corpse,, denied that Mr. Jas. 1 V( ' . . an abolitionist: I proted it then. End ' admitted. . Mr Wovdbury,brniher to t! - ed Lev ias my friend frum Virginia f Mr ' calls him;-brother to Mr. Yn Bur-nv tary j qftbjBTreasury, a rpguhi Eb ' One more exiract from the letter of t! i ; of the South, as tbe gentleman fico 'l regards him i - i ; . j 1 am aot in favor of the admls?! n new-Suie, whose Const itation try slavery, aod: in this sentiment I beliex pie of this section f. the cunniry a In: ; rnously coincide. ..Respect fully and tin' . r-i--. A " WILLIAM PAR.MC:w This Iet:er;signed 44 Will. Parr: ' from one whom the gentleaan from i regaids as a good friend of, the Sooth, s : ! genuine Demiicratr -iTorn; to his vou-5 hombog resolutions, and this sitae several time9-voUd ; with the South. 1 the vote before me in this gentlemaa' v . C ruJKs. y nig v ! or ; 1:l!T' v;Farwell,'!(:Whig abolitionist,) -J5 t-Woodboty, (VrBuren do. Is" I yTl Farnsworih; ";" do.T do. .151 C V Here, sir, a f majority cf . the -'aboliticn were given to the, Van Buren '' candidates, the gentleman from Tennessee send tl. ; and these facts to; hi constituents ? J I will givellhe "gentleman another ?.'-. democratic ;Van Bureo democratic fii. This is uniformly foco abolitionists. "inerneiliiYiiV .t tht f imf hat thPtr rnioht I ursv -siiuuiatv auu afiicc iuai oiutcij bjiuu be able oonefto transact the public $usi- be abolished, and that all the negro; chil ness.. Thev 1 will ipII their rftrktitnents. oren born in the Territory should bet free." unsettled Nw I ask the gentleman irohxfrenn!essee what he thinks of Gen. Porter's the South. supporting I I. UmWl following vAgenis.ym tbS&PP0 Salisbury, A-. C. 1 ?T?G- Columbia, $ C; II -"illrl r .'riv f -.' ':. ' f : mm r. - hs! : tf . r ' .- t -i v s : - j the Maine boundary was still an and troublesorne subject, calculated iolpro duce war it; not; attended to thiv tvill tell them thaVtbe Seminole in Flbridk arelstill Before I quit Pennsylvania, ! leMre to busy with the tomahawk and scalping knife notice the course pursued by the! gentleman in their unrelenting warfare vp! ihW; will who delivered so eloquent and patriotic a tell their- constituents thai the icirrenev of speech uponthis snbject to darj (Mri Bid the country was in disorder, and the finan- die.) That speech, sir, so replete with no cc is all in cbfsionthat thesublrieasary tie sentiments, and ; spirit-stirring,? burning bill was awaiting the action of Congress : t eloquence, will show the country! what a thatl all - these! ufgentmattersdernanded I Whic abolitionist is. These feelings do their attention he'gentemanifrdm Ten! credit to that gentleman's head! and; heart, nessee. will never get bis friends from New i and well become his high character, jl thank Hampshire to yote against the reception of I the gentleman for that speech,1 'and WH abolition petitions let him bring ! his gal-1 thank the gentleman from Tennessee if be iani irtenus ud io: tnai marie I - a a ' ' ' : I :. a " -: ' -' stano oy mm, men I will give j rreuit ot beings willing to do so tne sonufc! he course of these loco Here, at tbe command of the party, they tote to lay? petitions on the table ; but, at hpme, lhey our out theif abuse upon Southern people, and excite the storm of prejudice jagainst us and our in stitutions Who informed this Governor of Maine that our slaves wore chains ? They wear chains jfhen they commit crime, and this is the casl every where; but he would have bis people believe, able usase with usf And, sir does be assign for pot wishing to abolish sUvery in this District ? Is it because the people of this District have not requested it? Is it becausefit would ibe unjust to Maryland anL Virginia ? Does he say it would weaken the fronds of otir Union, and turn thethousfhts of the Southern people to the dreadful necessity of a : dissolution of I . i -. - I til . i -s ." t our glorious Union L fio, sir ; no, sir. i Nothins so worthy a iust and enlightened 4 patriot is heard trom him. But , lorgeiung. elieve. The gentleman from Tennessee entirely forgot Massachusetts, save to apply a disrespecttul epitnet to a venerable man, whose age, at least, would have protected hira from such indecorous language. ; Ibe 4he gentleman from Tennessee to turn his attention this way ; here is, not far from .bim, one whom he no doubt regards as a good democrata vregular corporation-ha ving democrat. : Mri Speaker, I must beg he .gentleman from Ten n ease e not to read that paper so diligently. I wish bim to see this good democratic abolitionist. MrParmenter here rose to explain. I do not know what the gentleman means by the word abolitionist. 1 should like bim to urn to any vote of mine by which he C3n prove me to be one, unless it be my vote to refer abolition memorials to a commit lee. : . . Mr. Stanley said : Ia?k the gentleman What is bis definition of an abolitionist ? In the Southern cojuntry, all who present, 'or jrote to receive or refer petitions relating to the abolition of slavery are abolitionists.- AH who voted against or would not vote for therton's rpso!uttons were called abolition stsi;I call the gentleman an abolitionist, and here is his letter. 1 will read a little Kxlract rtf a letter frm Wm. Parmester to pr. Amos Parks worth, dated ' East : Cam iridge, October 16, 1 853. I ''ThaMhe existence of slavery it an evil of great magnitude is not disputed, excepting by a very small portion of inc. citizens of the union. fn my opinion, -the powers pce-ed by Con- re3 sliouldbe exercised to prohibit inter-State fylave trade and to abolish slavery in the Dis trict of Columbia, whenever such measures can ;be adopted consistently with the safety of the nation ; and I deem it ihe duty of Congress to 8 regard the requirements of justice and homaniij tl .1 . I i I : . i . pas wen as meoiner oonaiions ot me uor.swiu tftion ofUhe United States.1' mr;lheiSootb.."":tiTt .;.: '-:. . . - Here' is a letter signed ,4H. Wiillan : sits near the gentleman from Tennessee ; bave no doubt he regards him as enh his political Opinions, as : he 13 a sub Tr man and . a supporter of this . Adm iris t n . : will read him an extract from this letti r : Extract Ifrom d letter ' H. fVitliatr.s ( Pi Crandalt, Fall Uiver, dated ., t 1, 1838. - - 1 V .. ; 1 Dear Sir : I have. this diy receiT ! letter of the ',31st. 'nlU prop i winding to ra i rogatories in beha'f of the Bristol County . Slavery Society, and for answer refr-r ymi : course in the "Massachusetts Senile, ar;,! letter written b lAndrew Ulobeson, 1 j. one year since, and published in the ne n : ; of that tirae.2That letter oon'taios cj.-! r bad long: entertained and often exprr have since seen rio. reason to change i! still believe slavery to be contrary to tic ' God and the best interests of man ; tliat it not to be extended by the admission cf uev : Into thtr Union with Constitutions tdcic '' jgrtat an evit ; and that it is the impcri 'i ty of . Congress, to adopt immediate for its abolition in the Jbistrict of Col j ": ' ; . il willia:; ' I ' Does ihe industrious gentleman from 'IV see near, roe. ne may nave reaa c iiy Globe heretofore ; be may bave believt J t were no democratic abolitionists on tlm The gentleman would, have his constitir r: jueve that all, the Whigs of the North ara : tiomsts ; he thinks all those who wou I J r. l for the Atherton resolutions who wouM r led op like so many beasts to thssta!l ar litionists. What does he say to thi3! i' Hi3 friend ( Mr. Williams) thinks it t! perasive diity of Congress to abolish si t', the Dist ricl of Colambia " immediate ly, c ; friend of bis wht vote asfntnst the admi : : Florida on account of her slave popo"atkn. sir, I bive no doubt -this gentleman voted for Atherton's resolorton?. I have i an extract from 'the Globe cf "V ber C3d, 1838, (aiqnoted in the V'j!o:av ! me.). Tbe corresponded t of the Glebe fr.- : ton says : - . .- ' ' ' The records of popular electicn3 di n ! sent a greater triumph of stem, ififl;xi ili pie than we have jest witnessed in Williams the successor of " Mr. Uordcv., young man, of sterling worih.inflexibltv i' ' ;ry, and true to principles as a divinity." ! 44 Williams may be relied on," ; f YeSjftirVhe may be relied on. Can the tteman from Tennessee rely on his frier I liams? Is he under the 4 black flaj" t! tleman spoke of ? ; I have mi doubt, sir, I : and hisoIIe3gae fMr. Parmenter) can I r on by the Administration, either to abolish ? ; ry in this District, to vole against the a oi r loriaa, or io pass me oao i reasury c n Will the gentleman again attempt n i ! the Whigs : with theabolitionlsts ?. !).? s oppose Ihe People of the South can o:. ! be deluded by such nonsense ? When th - r ilemah e?ndsh's i speech homs to tlsis ( en Is, will he forget to notice such facts a- tb Mr;"Sieaker,I loe the People ot Ten r I feef morp attached Io her now than ever, accidental majority in; her LegisSatfire, w I wanton disregard. oftlhe wishesf tha IN the State, ha ve ostracised her. favorite, t p erated Hugh LfAVhite a man whose culy 13 that he is too honest for the tiroes. Influenced by ihe.vrndictiveness of party : ing, the minfons of power hare ruthks;!y f d a manwhose example has shed a I-,: , influence over the councils cf his ccun r . has served that coonfry;with oaasami:; i ly, who has never iieen moved by splfis1 c -M'in9, and who is respeeted and be! nv the honest of all parties or thsirreprjacb ; tpffrity of his public life and th uopx: ? ray of his private character. Sir, not c r!v oes", but the nation, is pr9ud of soch a And I will venture to pro; hesy .that the rntleman from Tennessee (Mr. W The orentleraan deems it a dctv of Congress ho ahofish slaTrt in this District w hpniw.r it I son retorns home, he "will there see a . can be done consistently-wiih the safety of the j fl which will strike dismay to hi3 frifr.J-, Ination.and he thinks it the duty of Congress to is. more to be dreaded than any black flag u rezard the requirements ot jostice and huraaoity i can oe creaiej oy a aisierapereu 1013310.) at well as the other obligations of the Cmsittn- i Btion. What this gentleman's opinions are ot the M requirements of justice and humanity," no one can'doubt. Bat why does not the safe tv of! it was mvari- what reason ! . 1 speaks to his constituents at homo as" he dots measure would noV liberate ! I- i t r . t- -f single i- ; the nation now admit Congress to abolish what t.he gentleman call this evil of great magni tude ?" Why not now regard the dictates ct hi incline snrl linmanilir ? Ok ' eir. it " in- 1: . . .1, ; K 1 I expeoieni z inn nm , oext ioemuei vie; must eleet a President ot the United States. Mr. Parmenter again rose to explain. In Massachusetts tbe essential point with the abo litionists ist hat Confess immediately take meas ares to abolbhr ilaVer y in the District of Cotum- I bia. All the "people of Massachusetts are under the impression tha) slavery is an evil, and would abolish it if U'were' consistent with the Consti tution and with ihe safety of the nation; but they are for maintain tog- cor compact with the 9outb., AU 1 Trnean except tbe abolitionists And here let. me add that mv answer, to which the gentleman has alluded, did oot satisfy the aboliiionfsts. On. the contrary, lhey opposed me , . .. . . . . - sut Q inanoay. . mr. rpeBKer, t nom iu xnjr nauu a if hi ed AbbJt Lawience from Boston, s;r. I in hear this word Boston. " It imparts to t. ) the rao3' oratefnl feelings. It fiilscae vr.::. rnnsst orlortous recollections. Though I yield.io none in devoted sitr.c to my own State, I am not of 1 hose ) gate to themselvea the 'V exclusive gusr J! of Soathern interests.! cannot always r the exnberance of feeling when speaLir. . native land. - Attachment to car natirc ! a feeling common to horaanity ; it b :: the heart of ihe Seminole in Florida ; will find it in the inhabitant of the co'.i r beiond the St. Lawence ; it lives cu r; the heart of the patriotic New Erglar ii comes from He! ven, it inspires "fas all. I Aoirican patriot most love the namerf. 1 Asa Nrth Carolinian ; it is especially i ' to me. X love to refer to the period when Carolina first declared her Indepen. Great Britain. Those acquainted wnh t! volationary history of the good vi Ncnh will remember that for twb years fctie ; if

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