North Carolina Newspapers

j a -4 1' i I Jim i T 1 saw 1 t, J fi i ' I - i ' t3 i.: ill' i. a I? .tinnt JDwUmiiao irtTndeptdence7'tIie Peo ple in iheir public minfcsdeclawl taet9be.: ch of Br4ion .was the cause of all." Before ojr lcktentar:l)ecUraiion, yiheekample ot B njiuii stimulated the I'euple ofNottb jCatblrw uiL wh-le hft - wrongs iweretdeeme'd cofScienl of niarrel with' F.nilabd 1 abd whenbe ' . patriots' A?eckHbrgi.' 'e20hif $tkf; 175, dbsolved the political bauds which con v. neci'd 'hem wiinrthe OKrtber country, when v they b8'-!Tci -tbf obrW f w" froml all allegiance I :V aIi British Cruwn.vhen.thejr declared them- 'selves a ire anrtjiiappenaeni reopie.-ina ipr -r live maiuiehance jf ,ihaljiidepndenci .solemnly - pU),d in eactToiher their lives, fortunes, and " most sacred' huhor, onei -powerful cause i which Derated opon I hem was,5 lhat the. blood f ofjtho v American patriots inLfXinglort bad beeriMF , manlv shed. by liritish soldiers. , One 'feeling v aiilmaicd the hole .Country one smpathetic chord bortrtd all the Coloutes together. ; ( I . ih estimable e'en ilman from 1Iiist"iv l.must refer tj another let let from a distmgoisbedlman in : Massachusetts, s Over ffhi lection has the Globe recently r-jMicJ ?h Who is recently elected tGovernor bf Mjmaci.njHis? f lfas the genileuia'ti fromjTerk ! of j,se heatd uf;the election of; Marcus MprtooV r? now Governor of - Massachuset ts ?;; vl" hatel rm i ; d7bi iin5 informajioriy tnakea genjtlisnjarj 5 ffoin"reimeseewrite ' iery Faai wriie oil, pif-7 ' vnhu let me-k timt' djea rthis jresah aiartnp 1 - . 10 hi? bisiia,?-1las not thti T genileajanj paij I iieipiied in the "delight which pervades his pr-' ; iv at the js(ti nes (hat Muasachnsetls hfc4 4 I v Vi Bureti Qit eroor ?Ob, w;dibt j ti J would imply ihe genllftnan yvas jiot a deea f ocrat. i A4:rf?wtto is Mareos MortoH ? Nk jfejlj I erah.ai. I suppose said lot, and I am tija . ) gtd hfaf iil.Jhej old CfMnmuriwealib will mt b stifely arilictef as T feared ; l'ur,1 of all v -hvbrid p.limuii! that ever cursed a Suie,a Jaci I f..).HPif, van Jiurtn TefJeralist ir the r',f riifrrel; noiiunff he, will hrstlate id do ;$; t I? . s. . 4 t 1 if IS If II .! ti 4 of to worst rittre'i ntHiiitiv he will hestlate to do whifc t'je, interest l Ins part vv rentwes. 1 hta i Mr MmUtfi sneaks of sbyery ,.fii"terina likethRe q9 J by her Irienw'a of Mr, Van . Bureo, ana fiber abtdnioiiiRtsatlifiRSHenry CUy v Iprj !e'Lt 1 a a 1 tb tV' tiihe 6f i h e ad mission pf M iH 5v "ri. iri 11 ne retnemDHreu mis is um same. Marcus .Nrijrtoh oyer whewe eoccess the Aiinirf ;Mi;,nti(if nnrty have raised such shouts of Iriumpn. ,1 r-ad io :theoeiitieman- from lenpessee tfus! leiier from one whom he" thinks ft good deit nnr . - , ' 0 v.i. -u- . Exirarta ff&hi a Utter from AJarcu Jllarton o I ,j ' 1 ? y r;7 fort hdrf iured J)prlhamploa?Sept. 'I .k "'f i93Tw; :--'.v:l'l-4-i j I . H. -deem slavery jto bethe greatest jebfise l . and; loe mtWt mrtnli)iix evil which a riahtertm I ' tJ iyj ever linfl cii'd uport a nation : and thai eve-- s-, r ,?ii-n,c'iiw!siein, wiwi moral uuiv ana ine I ? " Cortstitntkii and the" laws . uf the Union, outfit ij be mdetn rnnjai, and, if possible,' to jexflr- jwieit tnim our land. ,;. C4 J I - "lVaVj.Oiiflgress' has the control of the whole -suhjct within the Di$trici uf Columbia, I pan I inntertaiti na doubt.. I have seen two droveq of h.irnan beings, inanaol; and. chained t)geiheri 'driteo like caiile by' a drover, under the walls of L '. 1 - ' i n .1 ..r! laej vaptioi, m wnicn were assembled me itep rP3niaties 01 a frople pntaa : and : boastful iheir liberty. Can sgfth things be suffered q.iMiiiine wihprt.Vripong dawn upon br nation thej vengeance an offended Deity 7 Vy hat eir wisdom and j'titTce may do jo remove sacb a reproacb should be Jone'; ; - i j " In relation to the admission of new States ;i with the pwer 10 hold slaves, J need do no more ,than refer' yuo;.io.rhy recorded votes aganit ihe' adnjission of Missouri with this power. That opposition,' which it required some firsmessj to -.veTere'in, would.. doubtless have proved fitic-r-csiul but for the extraordinary influence knd r rxiraordinary erlaris f one uisn, (Henry Clay,) ..w!n, was snppused by some 10 have resorted to exiuordioary ineans to faeompiah his purpose. , -4 MARCUS AJORTON , Dors the genilemanlhear - ihis ? ,Vrite:pn, wrile on6nt your eonstriiients shall hear this yet; esthe South vk ill hear it, and yel l &e iruej to herself ; ahewill , yet thank this great man,, Henry Clay, for .those extraurdinary ef fort 4V by which he protected the frights cf 'the vSunthern people . nd tranqoilized a disiracjed vomtiry. Well might this Van Bnren aboliiiln- ! i-si unu lauu wjtn ineae :Xiraorairury powers, j Such s m?n as Henry day must always iise e l. iraurdioay. erTortsV) Nj.e"- has endowed him 1 1 with extraordinary gillsf and he has often ase I ."theth fi r.f He giod nt bis etHintry ' I : may V nw FpeaK 01 nun wiinnaroeing suspected 0! tawp ing jr favor ; b has no patronage or nower Ito I confer : ilioujfh ha has nut always command d i fruccjess, he,has done ; no cnore. he ' has deaetf d i II I- J.;y P-niiMsioaoi ine cenueman i wish nere to. interpose a word in behalf of Governor M jrto 'i'hejgeutlem'an'has read his letter on ibe su jeci mi wiavery, on no noes not draw the desttnt- r uimeiwwn aou-siaverT and a"oiii:onism.r Uqe I is a mere opinnm a sentiment ; the other is .the I policy of a piriy who ate ready to carry jhelr I ineasures against the Constituiiun. -, Li-t 'me a I so state a,fict r 'VUti htginii : the : aiSoJilibnisy J in Massachusetts was ciposed to Moitotis etefe I liunj; it is therefore manifest thafahey,b4J hit! i pn0 leoce in hiu as an abolitionist. I wish the 1 rentietnan wiiulri dpfip. ahntit tiinivm mnra miii- 1-5 1 . -- .wiB 4. IUVI 0lllfk i i t It -t I i nli.; rJ .t 1 iJi 'set. now I e6s the re- ceipi of your letter fsthe2 1st in whictVyoaast whether! am tnpvorol the" immfdtate ab,: Litton vf slavery in 1 ibe District: of Columbia , ; M J wlietber 1 atipposed to themtsston of any new Stat? into ibe OniunwhoseConstlta lion Way lclerf te ;liery." ft ym-C y'X answr,iin regardp.h : firstftjnesuonjffaat Yny vote wodld depenf opori the ci teams la nces, terms, and cbdHonstinderJ : which isoch abtll should be presented id Congross. Sip 'Ao snswerytolbe scood proposition i may be found opon tM Jdnrfilsof 1 the. Twenty 'fourth Congress, arid to ihe iTotesf I then gave I now feferyonj- i-w'-Sv 1 -V-la regard 4o; that pait of yonr letter which al ludes to politicians obiitning power by anon com mit lal policy in the elncealpaent pf their opin iufis, I beg leiaye lb avail "myself ofVihe present occasion to state that I do not entertain opinions ( I which I wish io conceal opoti any aobject, espe- cuiiy upon inose concerning me juuui wo.. r 1 have been again brought- before the People (or, their suflttgesi no with ( any agency of my own, but ciraryjto my wishes, and reluctantly consented, after atrong and urgent solici la lions of my personatirieoda, lb be a fcandidale for Con gres. : t . .r. W:- . ";i - ; ' .v '- Tbe approach ing session will doabtlpss be one of deep intercjs to Ji he peon n try, and j should I be elected, I shajll devote my humble energies lo promote whatj I believe' to be for the permanent intetests of ihejwhole Peopls. I wish you, gen tlemen, and bvery other individual who has the right to cast A vole in this djitric, to believe lhat j shall not give, pledges of any kind whaisever to support particalar men otlmeasares those of my fellow citizens whehanor ,016 with their soffrages willj understand that I must be left to pursue that course of conduct io legislation which commends tiself Wrayrjudgmeot, and that the question of slavery, aod all bihers opt'tt which I may be called; to act, must be as open and free to me as the air we breathe. . ' 4 If my character is sufficient lo give me a ma. jority of ite votes Upon such conditions, I 6hall be reaoy to take my place in vongrebs,ano seno the Peonle tblthe best bf myl abilities. : I thank yoa jgertilemen, for ihe expressions of respect contained itkqur letter, while I remain yoortobedibnt servant, I ABBOT LLWVRfcNCE, To Francis Jacksonj: Charles Traeworth Hit -dreth, Thomas R: Sewallj EUis Gray Loring, Enquires, Boston. Vi ' ( It was needless, sir,5 for the auihor of ihis man ly t independent teller to say! he had no opinions he wished to cbnceali All who know, this gen tleman wi!l acknowledge ihb truih of this ; all who know hitn believe; he isjieady to devote his energies for the! permanent interests of the whole People. Youl do not see here any gross denun ciations of slavery.! Noatteinpt to excite the PeoDle.br callicidovn the anger of Heaven npon what abolUibmsls call ihis great evil. Such a man is worthy to represent that People, and to serve his county, j - J j I now pass jtb the Gibraltar of the Union little Rhode Island. ( do not speak of" her as the Gibraltar in reference to her si2e, bat because she so nobly jresisteo! fthe assaulis of Toryism last fall. The gentlemen who so ably. represent -heron this floor were pronounced abolitionisis, because they vojed Sgainst the dough faced, hum bug resolutions Who was brought out to oppose one of these wbigs byithis Administration ? A Mr, Dorr, a ihoroaffh abolitionist, a to-be-re- ied-onM abo!itiuoi one of the executive com roittee of an anlt slavery society. But the Peo ple of this gallant i little State, trusting to ibe tried integrity and ability of ber present Repre sentatives, sentihem back, and here they are; in spite of ihe.Vao Baren abolitionists. 1 ' . '.ft - 1 suppose inei comprepenaive gentleman wi Tennessee could not condescend lolook upon such small spots as .Massachusetts' or Rhode Island. Well, sir, tbegenileraao proceeded to discuss the state of abolition in OhioJ Does he know. sir, whom ine Van liuren party ot unto nave sent to the Senate of the Uuited Stales ? Does he know Jtr.j Tappari, brother to the i notorious kboliiionisi of that name t 1 But. Mr. Speaker, before ! SDeak farther of Ohio, let me ball the attention of the gentleman from Tennessee to some other votes in ihe jour rials of the last session of Congress. 1 wish to am forced to dts tnmary ibteniationai frttaiions with the Repub libf Ilayit Thefrecepiioo of this petiiion 'rae objected t by b friend from Virginia SU. Wise) not becibse" b wa)destrbus ib jhruw any r" fXm m'WWwv, having expl nded aUalb concocted resolutions under the advice and assist- an('if -those who woaldt not have assisted; the peo joice thai I resoliiiiorii ifHieifJlTO w danger f bayingtirTtbroi re did ntteny reject and despise jnese j 1 1 was dd lit would ruin tne that VVbiss Of the Soutb, irtwiacies in idb wy he regarded thislpetitjionj as having frus ijecij an abolition of ajUdisfinctibns on acco.nt of col-I brs. and; upon examination H appealed thauhese; peiiiiops were :jWIhJerdJ"atjd he same paper which -.r--..j r.Z lie 1a ''enter inlii iht- fH'tiniaTV .-risnnr r alibni with Havti" also contain- sent me here. k- knewahej had confidence, in a i.-rt.ir.iJil.al Cbn?reW should abolish sla-M nV. I. halfjconfidence itheir intetligeticeTTOr very in the Distlt btClnmbialantf prevent thel I Was riot Jd sappoibted, Jhey i would notliave een me .oxaies., ; n wis, iiner- wti p , ; .u ."",5i4tB: my omstitoepts:otjfd op understand my con d oct I iii i$iti$-m fi I wbold " dowberi 1 ?BbfsirJ I knew the people who reac slave trade oeiw fire, essentially an anoiiuon " These facts; were made movement known to the House. A rote was taken byf yeas and nays upon this question : Shall the petition bejeceiyed ? The vote was - Yeisi )59 1 nay s 32. Vhe thirty -o were called Vlhedi finaiics Nd Northern man of either Mrty vh'ed against the , reception of this petition! j;A few! of us (t wo gentlemen ftm Maryland, Messrs. f4olinpon and JeolferWn Pone, of Kentucky, fArl Wise andlmyselQ voy ted avainst ihe reception for this we were de- nouncbd as "fanatics,f1 while those of oa who did would notibave understood my condaci.; I went thrbagh my. ;whule district, and denounced the abolition restilutioris; as Jt dtd in thetast Con- press, asl do now,.as hyocritical aod delusive. Pita- tLih.'-.-., -sr.! . f-;-;.c'Ttfe Wwd;oP'orise'ib'olf.earV;, :" ' 3 Boll break it!: to our hope.- 5 t They ' wef not itenld-!--:jt wj, not desired by the caucus Jhatl prepared themihar;they should allay an uflhvly eieisemeni:': They were hot designed; to secure the South, but were pre power to abolish slavery, in ibis m 4 A a f t-v' t L a a m 99 if? W a n n t m nJ not vote for the omi?g solations were called: fornUhin- excusb for n unholy coalition. ! abo)iuohist8;N urie. Buren man from fhe told ly.coka08oti;.theidfd oot .ewirMwfto- low a black minisier tb come here opon termsf off equalitywllh uj j Ioi one of those wbom the csntleman fromTennessee.in his overflowing su- perabonJant grautude,, so Ktnoiy inansea, wouiu vote against sbbh la j proposition ! Really, sir, when we think If.tVis vote, and of thefatb of Mr P1hnnr'o rpRiiIhiiAn Idat! referred to. we most allow that the gentlefnan from Tennessee is ex 1 against ibd true epiril arid L meaning of the Con District, or jnr ibeiTerrttories.i One of, these iciOiuuyo is asiouows. I quote pan Of 11; -1 j i : " The agitation of the subject of slavery in the District bf Colombia or tbe Territories, as a ineans and with a vino b disttixling or, over" throwing that in$titutioninthe several-States, is ceedingly anxiona to feel grautude, and is vtrry thankful for very attim i4vots. v -', ., , The gentleman frcnbTnnessee has not gone far enough into he journals, or, like the old Fed enlist from Kinkerpo,(Mr. Vaodefpoel,) he is not firing off hi ownjaramuniUoo. I call back Bgain upon ibe geritleman to "stand by his in tegrity." I ask him to call on his Soathern lov ing friend from NW tompsbiteto"siaodby his toltakeiip integrity uponithis sob- Will he vote for a law to punish those who would aid slates lb escape ? W ill he vole to enter into the customary international relatioos wilh Hayti ? Or willf he likemany others of his party are irt the hbjl M domg upon this sub- integrity," or ject his party are io hjs habjl jeet,-dodge the -question:? Now, sir, I wish to s Ohio abolition. jThe Wr sty a word relative to genileman referred to the Droceedtngs bf the Ohio Legislature. Does be know. sir. whai Mr. Morris, a thorough devo ted friend of Mr. Van Bui en, said on the floor of the Senate ? I am informed he said there, that, if he had been 10 the Legislature of Obio when the Kentucky delagaJtes came there, he woold have tried to have them imprisoned. And if the gentleman frorajifi'ennessee thinks the South ern people onghtl lo thank Ohio for passing an act to enable Kentucky to recover her fugitive slaves, what doe; he fay for his friends on this floor who refused; to yyte for Mr. Calhou's reso lution before referred to ? ; Not one Van Buren man tromunio yoieo jior mat resolution ; mree wnigs trom unio voiea ror 11, aoa eigni irtenas of Mr. Van Buria frJra Ohio (Messrs. Cheney , uuncan, namer, xiunier, xieaaoeiier, onepior, bweanageo, and; Webster) T(cd against it. Yel these gentlemen will be; called democrats and friends of the Sooth by the gemleman from Ten- stiintion, an j infringemebt ol the rights . of the states affected, and: a breach pf the public faith on wnico iney enterea ioiotnisueniejiaey My constitoents a?reed with me, that adopt ing such a resolution would.be abandoning the ground we had hitherto occonied : it was calcu- L J . ."iri... ' . ... . taiea 10 encourage aouiutonisis 10 seno tneir pe titions to Congress, and fay they wished slave ry abolished in thia Distiict and in the; Terntb- iies, without the view is uistuibing- or overthrow ing thai institution in tie several Stiles. And this was bot prohibited by the Atherton resolo lions. Tbe resotniionsdid not forbid the abolt lion of slavery in this District or in the Terri lories, if ihe ! abolitionists would state thev did not wish to Interfere wiib slavery in tbe States. And these are the miserable resolutions - for which the j gentleman 1 from .Tennessee ten ders his heartfelt thanks! I am prond in re membenng hat If told my constituents, if I should be defeated for rffbsing to vote those Tes lotions, that! I should glory in such a defeat, j proclaimed imu 1 old noi wish the support o any man -who disapproved of . my condoct opon those resolutions. ; After these repealed declara tions,! bave returned, sir, ready to devote al my energies to the idvaocement of the welfare and tbe protection of the interests, not of the t? l 1 1 hi..:. . . '! 1 ' - ouuiu aiune, pui or mywnoie country. Let me fippe&l againto Southern gentlemen. Does it become them to make this subject a mere political; play thin? If they are sincerely oesirous 10 secure irom danger their institutions, and the. rights; and property of their constituents, coes 11 necome mem to? attempt to delude r . 1 j.j : !. V . he ' Argns and Spectator. If f am wrong in sopposins the gentleman from New Hampshire to be he person to whom I have alluded. I hope he will fay so; Does he deny it? Mr. Burke, yt Newt: Hampshire, observed that the gentleman from North Carolina had read an extract only ; he wished him to lead the. whole of the aritcle.J ' - M r.. Stanly . Read the whole ! I might read bntil midnight, if I read, the whole of the arti cles in which I have referred. I ask ihe gentle man if -he denies it ? ,"' i? XI r. Burke reqaesled Mr.. Stanly to re peat the qoeslion.J .1 ' - flir.Man y askea iti mere were not many abolifionists in New Hampshire who sup ported lhefVan Burerinp3riy and if be was . 'r ., J .-j-2 t.;il L-J not me enitor 01 xne paper irom wnicu we nau jnst rea'il a n extract I Dpes the gent lema n de ny jt ? Yes.siii l was told frequently that all the: abolitionist in ;Newr Harapshire; were Whigs But here is the editor of the" Argns and Spectatorohjlie same ticket with the gentleman who introduced tbe h nrnbug res olutions, addressing the .democratic aboli tionists of New Hampshire. . ".'I' - I give a lew extracts : .. .' But we would cacttoh snph democrats as may favor anti-slavery principles to be ware, arid not get entrapped jn : the toils of federalisrowhtle they imagine they are advancing their own peculiar iJoctrlnes' 2 " Wefiod no i fault pith theirdissftnting from slavery, and desiring its removal," 4c I have heard tbe names of some; ot the tleadi hg abol it ionists tv New H am psh i re, one of them is Peter P Woodbury (brother of Levi; Woodbury.) TTThei Secretary on the Treasury has one brother in. Massachusetts an auouuoDisi, ana nere, sir, is anniner irom bis own State, j In one of the abolition pa pers of New Hampshire I found an article signed" a A Uniform Democrat," in which the writer S8ys: "The high character of New England would be degiaded by ma King trie impression at the South, or or elsewhere, that our democratic citizens are the miserable apologists or advocates of the unholy cause of slavery .".These "dem ocratic citizens", are, of course, supporters of tbe present Administration. They very modestly appropriate ihe name of Demo crats, while they are ultra Federal in pnnci pie and practice! I will no longer fatigue the House with these details. I have exhibited abundant proof that the charge agaiost the Whigs of being identified with the abolitionists is ri diculous and untrue. J . f In Indiana, I am informed, the ; Legisla ture passed strong resolutions against the abolition movements, and the only man who voted against the lesolutions was a Van Bu. ren man. .. j -'u ;;;.;. After the gpntleman from Tennessee, m I J i a ' .1 the R People by passing resole lions wiiAoiiimearuagiiiad finished with abolition, he commenced and un'inf otlifrililo P u.f .j.tw . J- j : A gentleman from South Carolina fMr. Piek- nessee! !li I H fiens) maintains lhat abolition petitions were nnt Well, sir, the' Senator from Ohso, (Mr. Jlor-1 received under tbe Atberton resolutions. There i I '.i f- 1 . 'ft 1- y. an io ris,) an avowed Van Buren abolitionist, was sent borne. Aod whom did the. Van Buren Legisla ture of Ohio send;; here in his ptac6 ? Does the gentleman from Tennessee know? Mr.' Tappan from Ohio ? Is be acquainted with bis kind feelings tor tbe South r fJur. Weller, of 'Ohio,! rose to explain: If the genlleman from! North Carolina intends to charge the new Senator from Ohio with being an abolitionist, be will find himself greatly mis taken. No man can be more opposed to modern abolition than wr. lappan. Jur. Speaker, l am glad to hear the gentle man's explanation v;bat, sir, what a disgraceful system of bnmbuggery the V an Boren aboluion ists wish to practise oo me ouin ; vvnat does the genlleman say ? Tiiat .1r. Tappan is op posea 10 aooniion(r ;no, sir; ou; ue is. opposed to modern abolition ; aod, air, what is that ? Here, sir, is another distinction. Now we have m it a 5 1 t . . I . a Ho ihis while I think ifU: I am forced to d is loe oid-iasnioneo aoo uion, men comes anil aia- f "r"""?r " .. I ..ii.!..,u..j.. i:.: i ihl.. this queiiion rathefdiscdrsively, as noihing boouuoh, auu iaioueru aoomiou; v nai further from my thoughts than lo make a wretched foolery! Let roe, sir, give a speci speech on this suSiectl hM- men 01 tne teenngs or a; van uuren iriend of the will see thai on the 13ih day of December, 1838, a gentleman from Kpntun.kv If Mr. Calhoun, a gentleman of superior abilities and maoy excel- ampton insuriectjob, f'whai do you hear from ieni irausni cnaranier i tinouia exceeain?iv re i &" gret his absence' were not his place so weK fillet!) teX (I understa he! is a; very pol oiroduced the fullowinglresolutton. to - which I puee, -wnai me aevu is mai io et last V Mr. Stanly. Wht is your' definition of i Mr. Parntenter said, ii is ihe.oroiecl of a mrl ty disposed lo carry abolithniia the District of loiihhia without reference to ihe welfare of the nai ton . a nd without rega rd loathe Constitution. Mr." Stanly askeV! hfm; are yob an abohtioaist AIp Parmentep - No.1 - v V :cii . !Mr.Unly;Yry jweJl'VThe gentleman ejsM.rta is an ami slavery man. but not an a tihnis is tiis colleaooe. 1 arns wlnise etter I huve read, au anil slaverv'man dtr " i.a if. e. !.'-' . . an-ao-Miiiontst f L.isien. Mr speaker, andiv'oo. aoyocaipsiii the-humbug resoluiioes; to ibe; Ian guajre i.f these ' anti-slaveryH men. Hear 'hfse words from one w ho UsaidT not to be ammponist. Itead for yourselves the letters! ItJ Williams, W. Parmcnter. an.t M ton, alt true Van Bureo innr and tell me what If ; oji think-;.f this disiinction. These ami slave ryjmen, ho lixik upon slavery as the greatest 'ch a righeous' Go-i ever inflicted lupin a nation ; who think it is ihvtmperative duty oi; Congress lo adopt immediate measures for its abolition in (he District .f Columbia ; these .-Ter, we ar to bf fold, are not aioIitionisU ! llrallf , sir, ihe gentleman will he famous for the self aniens of his t1s'iocbos. He will deserye "j nave u saia oi mm - He could distinguish and divide A hair, 'iwixt sooth and southwest side $vil send thse definitions lo my constituents, tr Jet them jodje of their sincerity, v; i t . ft sum genlleman litTered to mnye an ad- 1' --i" i'.il rn nM.fi 11 i nn I a. ill nnt iM inln 1I1J pi ilxy ; ihe Glooe oold publish roe, an get iririet 'oo, !o prove it, as having cobsbmed jfekj and rail at my' spending . ihe public V oy eonsumption .i tunei ' ! t:iid, fir, I Hart a loiter 8;gneo:7AtDol Mr- which I will now read to Ihe 9 this tetter enmid oeictia peg leave to call the alieniion of the gentleman ir m 1 I . . i I. it m rom jennessee. 11 ;. 1 On the 77th page of i fie journals of the eession, it will be seen that ,. . . 4 " Mr Calhoun, bf Kentucky, moved that: the roles be suspended to enable him to move4 the ollowtng resolution : J I 1 I". Resolved, Thai the Committee on the Judi ciary be instructed to rejport a bill making it tn- lawrui lor any person 10; am luguive staves in scaping from their ;bw ners and pi oviding for he punishment in; tbe! Courts of tbe united States, of all persona who may be' guilty of such pnence." . ; 1 - . - - , X" " And that thev be further! instructed to re nor I , -1 - - J : ; T s a bill making it unlawful for any 'persoa in. the non-slave holding ti'a of ihis Union lb tose a- py means ia induce staves from their owners, knd providing for the'punishment, in the Courts Of the United States, of all persons who may be LmIIiA r.nh AAliMAai Z.. A . y ''' (k : J-1 j Upon this motion there were jeas 90;nays 107. Only one Soothern'man voted amMig the nays. genlleman asked Ur Tappan (the VanrB.pren Senator from Uhip; about the lime of the South JVr Tappan with customary cour ite man) re- iherof us?" The genlleman replied tq him, h felt deep in teresiin the late 01 ibe whites in Virginia, and thought it might he necessary to march to their assistance. " Mr. Tappan replied, in substance. "lhat if his son should oboy a summons and dare to march to Virginia 0.1 such an errand, he would disinherit iimjanjri man he added, who held a fellow-creature in ,bfndage ought to have his damned throat cut 1' Sir, I cannot find language strong-bnoogh lo convey my detesta tion for such a creatuie. s; Mr. Webstejl sacked, 1 What is your.abthori- iv fnr ftnr.h a Rlftlpnfipnt ?I -f x- ; 7rr,7T rr- 4 lr. Manly. iVhenfypu bring y out Senator :s not one Northern Administration man who will agree with hint in jhi$ opinion of these res olutions. I Wrote a letter to Speaker Polk, and after he had given roe half a dozen answers. which he did oot intend I ishould understandnd I which meant nothing, he at last lold me none Ilk. m. I mm doi sopnisi 1 wooid say mat tnese petitions were not received. : Bol, sir. a gentleman from Mas sachusetts (Mr. Cashing); put the direct ques tion 10 the Speaker & he said the petitions were received. Andjtbe gentleman from New Hamn- shire who crTevd the j resolutions said in his speech : At: any rate, may be nardoned for saying of tHat constituency, fhisown.l that thev . :-4-)i:. . 1 j 1 i.: 1 ,.. . ,t . aio iuu iiiiciiigciii iq oe mieiea uy me tae aria utterly unfounded pretence hi ihe adoption of such a resolution is a denial of any right of pe tition! And, after thisf, it was expected that these resolutions Would receive the support of Southern getillemeii ! I ' After this: declaration, it was humiliating to see Southern men driven, like so many oxen, to support resblutions which j. admitted the recep tion of abolition petitions--r esol u lions which ad milled that Congress hid 'power to abolish sla vcry in the Distiict of Columbia and in the Ter ritories 1 j call again often the genlleman from Tennessee sto stand by his integrity, to bring his iriends from Let him try an acquisition sgainst Jndge Burnet, by call ing him" a Fedefalistr I learn, that; Judge Burnet was a Federalist, and he was once' opposed to Gen.! Harrmon, because he was a Jeffersonian Republican. But if it be a charge against Harrison that any of his friends were once Federalists,; let rhe ; sk the gentleman from Tennessee if he is riot aware his argnment will work,-hoth - ways. Are there no Federalists in the Van Buren ranks ? Let the gentleman go to the Senate, nd look at Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, who said, if be thought ne had one drop of democratic blortt in his body, he would let it nut. Let him look at Jersey, who snid during the last Congress. Mr Wall, of-New Federalist and nev. colleague on this the North ;to reject these petitions. lit, sir: hei roav ret a few i thev might offend their constitoents ; but they may please the jparty. I shllj vote, sir, to reject these petitions, and, at a proper time, I shall offer a leeolotion to reject them. WThile I do ihi. 1 I! . . z Hi.. - ' sir, 1 nave no hesitation lin saying. that I believe-l mo iuiious opposiuon Which was made some yearsfsince gainst these petitions has increased the flame of! labolnion. 1 believe, if ihey had been received, and no farther bofice takerr of them. we should nbt have beerj troubled how. By an opposition we nave given consequence to fanat ics, who have raised the cry, that ihe riht bf petition is trimpled 0006.' j This is the watch word which has added rjnrnbers 10 ihe petition ers. Weiooght. iniihelfl . a a in the oenaie, no was a er dented it. I ; have 1 floor, a staunch Van Buren man, (Mr; Mc Kay,) who wss an old Federalist. Can it then be a grave charge' tgairst Gen.'Harn son, that some of his friends are Federalists? Is not the Senator from Ohio, who is op posed to modern iaboliiion, a Federalist too? 1 ask the gentleman from Ohio; who speaks for his Senator, if he was not a Federalists ? I have before rob. a speech of a friend of Gen- Harrison, in 1836 that this charge against founded falsehood." I suppott the rr.lir ists of the Iurf... ;j Really, sir, t' serres a renrtd i actually found 1 , of supertcr t not only dizztv known for mr r: has found cat Mr. Clay had r: eral party !" I pubic life rp; great leader tf i the last war : II he had rendcre ! part? !" Is ii what amazing c. plays. Henry C aboltlionism since reviled 1;:: , abolitionist, r.u . admit that he r tion ! Sir, v;c VI call open t come forth wit!. : an abolitionist, or acknolet'co ; without proof, been pronounce . slander, and I !.; evidence to surt A highly Tcsi . from Indiana in t remarkble for l Cumberland rc . such altempts r. flulterinus of . this is the H : d6ath struggle f . numbered. Ti v ? What ni!S ! say to this ? C loaders during 1! pledged then.: I . the nominee c: they dare to ao Harrison ? If t in Tennessee ' .... als guard. .'VI am, sir, v HOT. What will tl.j to this?" They is not true. Yen 1 Clay is no abolit ago you told U3 ! oelieve ?7 - "Will they d?.r : yor of Harrison V letter-writer dot s be a Whig. 'I'; like the Whigs el becomes a man ; : none. I phoulj prophet if he I.: charges against 1! ' Let me ask, v;i nessee say to th Tappan ? ''Whsi Would visit. their I trines ? They Ftituents would, the creek,' for m you bear, whctLrr ern abolition cr bomioable opmic you jmder ihe I ' For the bencf.t Tennessee, (Mr. been here long c: accurately of tdo in which he slates larnson is an' un ear what lie says : 'A more unfounded falsehood was'never invented. My personal genlleman deny it? ! Ohio has a strong band here of Administration; men ; I call upon them 10 deny ir. ; Nota man; ir, will venture to do so. This is the man; who is opposed to mod ern abolition !' Bis bblifijon is old fashioned-, to abolish slavery yjeut0pg: j throats seems to suit his fancy i l l ant informed, sir, by a gentle man near me that! these facts were proved be- only one opposed so reaspuabl a resbloiiob. Up fore the Senate When Mr J Tappan was nomi- iaalfr cnrnttH A KSnt .1 r 9 'fure, of Uo-on,; wh 'Iiiu l am willin 1 wasted with those from the same' Slate I have Kz. I. . - ... !.-- . t I jufi reau on ihis the whole South was united. Among the yo who voted with tbe boutn, there were j!3 members from n'on-slavc-holding States, sev en of whom were Whigs, and six were Van Bu ren men. Only six of those who profess to be devoted friends of the I South J only six of these patriotic gentlemen vpted fur this resolution! Aiui.sir, not one of them came from New Hamp phire ! Not even the gentleman whose name in ray pari of the world is synonymous witb- hum bug noi even he who introduced these decep tive resolutions, which the gentleman from Ten oessee commends so highly, is lo be found vo ting wilh " us of the Sou lb..'' ; 't'his resoloilon, I know, meets with the ap probation of thegeniieminfromTennessee, But why did the friend of ihe genlleman from Ten nessee thegallanl gentleman from New Hamp shire, fMr. AifierionJ be advocate-general of the Secretary of t h e Treasu ry w hy did not he then step forward in defeore of-ihe South ? Oh, no. He was metaporphosad into a State rtghts man in a rainpieranged nnder ibe black banner. I hope the gentleman from Tennessee wilHook a little forihet into; the journal before he charges all the Whilrs withbeir'ff abolition- is's, and thanks so cordially' aU.tbe'-Van Boien men ui me iuun ortmeir snppori:ot tooumern rigtns. ! j 'f;4.?MMX' , I must goa htile further on in the jooroal to esibit these hmbugrr jo their jproper light. On ihe I7ib December, a pettticn . was offered ptay'mz thaijConoreasahoold reccfirnisei to the esual form and manner; and taiar into i the cas as a di'sirict judge, ?and be was rejected ount bf itlilTbef VantBuren party from nated on account of it.; Ki be y an Buren party from Ohio have sent here a man! who would disinherit hia'son for. assisiitg the South at such an hour. To say he deserved to be: hanged on a gallows higher than Hamun.'s woold be a compliment to him ! He opposed 10 'modttn abolition ln I dare say he is, because modern abolitionists en deavor to anile tlYe.rn selves to religious socities. His abolition has jrothingjtlo do with religion. Is not that the reason the new Senator from Ohio is opposed to?? modern abolition ?' What uuren inenasnjp tor iet;sir, lbe South -often and again that noble specimen of Van a Hnrh tr hVA herM i the Sooth We have here ern people have been told alt the Whits of'tfji Norji are abolittoriists, be cause they voted 1 against ithe AiherlonTesoIo- tions, and all Van,! Buren men were friends of ibe Sooth. If anv little ' Jim Crow politician who professed to be a Nyhig, land was anxious to chane slden. thai It mioht he in the mai.iriiv .. .. . -.:!,-'. a .. - aj. . .... -j . . : r , 2 . 1. a niiiiiiiiivi ri tifin I . . - sides, and loraed round so; fast that his clothes! l.heT .t,i long to ihje Whuisi tibdeny ii, I araf ready to prove it. Does the fK!1 lheiinterferencwjth indifference. But i,-vuaugru. u ne aominisirauon par ty wish lo alarm the Sobih with ihe ridiculous cry of danger. I think, therefore, the question, ought tobepot at rest 1 think theJpeople of the non slaveholding Siaies'have no constitu tional right to petition ijpob this subject. It is a grie7ance to ihem. If slavery is a grievance, it is a grievance to the white people of the South. If slavery i? an evil, ills ins evil to the whites tiiat it is a blessing o ihe negroes, in . their present condition, rio man acquainted with the Southern country can den yJ ; If yoa will not Iej4t these petitions, let as see what you will do: am ready for action, so are -my coostnents. I jam sick the country is disgusted irVjth the disgraceful coalitions between ihe pretenders to chivarfy and (he anti.slavery resolutroo makers Theie political iaaalers ha ,p reiieo meir nour opon he stare woild not follow him, he had sufficient excuse insaying 'all the jWhigs are abolitionists the Van Buren men ,ra;r the. only friends of the Sonlh.' I was accbsed of favoring abolition be cause I eporned these' hambug resolutions. I am prttod that I didbbll lejqicethat I ireated them as thej deserved; ot be treated, with scorn and contempt! A parcel lof Sbmbern gentlemen, in company wilh anil slavery Vau Buten men from tne norm, afvmoi,is m ine back room of some lavern, 01 in some dsik hele in this Capitoland let as have no mora of their farcical performances. If we had ptitions hlere lfrom the Southern cooniry praying Congress to abolish the bankino system. lbe: railroads, or the,moofactorior es tablishrnents of the Nof th, I should say, reject them. If banks anrj minafactoriritr establish ments are grievances, thjey are so to" hose Stales in whose borders Ihey ekist4 f I remember, sir, at ike last session of Con gress, I inquired if there were any abolitionists 10 ISew Hamoshire trim innnnrl . answered, no ; It was a long acquaintance with time before I coald nrocare in benighted regron, but at! last! I did fgther some tacis, which I wili give) Although I was lold tint there were no Van Buren abolttionisis in New! Hampsi4rer4 had afcidentallyjseen n pap.r from thTre, edited by Edmund Btiike. the s4me gentleman now a member froba that Stale. This paper, lo my surprise, detained an appeal to democratic ab oliiionists.VheseechiDg ihem not to be entrapped in tbe tui!s;bf Federalism. This paper is called 1. him commenced in 179(5, under the admin istration of Washington The intimacy be tween us W8s'great, and, our intercourse was constant, and from that lime, till he left Cincinnati, I was in the habit of arguing and disputing with him on political suljects. I was a Federalist- honestly so, from 'prin ciple, and adheied to the party till it dis solved, and its elements mingled with ether parties formed on different principles. I can, therefore speak on this point with abso lute certainty, arid I affirm most solemnly that, nnder the administration of Washing ton and the administration of the elder Adams, William Henry Harrison was a firm, consistent unyielding Republican of the Jefferson school.1! He advocated the elec tion of Mr. Jefferson, and warmly main tained his claims against Sir. Adams." Thus, sir, 13 this charge nailed to the counter. j In a late number of the Globe I find a letter published,) which 1 will read to the HatHe : 1 ; We have just received news from the Federal National Convention, now in . ses sion at Harrisburg, for the purpose of nom inating candidates for President and Vice President of the United States in .opposition to the Republican candidates. The infor mation is, that General Harrison, of Ohio" . .' ' . 1 . ... ...... nas. been nominated. It is said that the Convention preferred Mr. Claj, for his su perior, tatents and past set vices to the Fed- eral parly ; btit, as he was opposed to mod- cm coomtonwm.iDecause of its feyblution- ary tendency to divide tho States and dis solve the Union, he could not, in their opin ion, onite the Federal' party in the North ern States, and, as GeheraP Harrison was himsef an aholiliomstind In fivor of tax-' ing the; People for the?ptrpose of" purchas ing the slaves of he South an.i setting them free -and entertaining,' in common with the' Federal party", throughout the Union, the the principles practised upon in tbs admin istrations of the'elder and the younger 'Ad ams, thev determined to sacrifice their first choice. fMr. Clay;) and nominate General I in 11822. The Ihrriton, because' he would bring to his Oct20, I8kJ2, z abolitionist?, I v?U Emahcipilcr of V pnper is well kn? nity and filselioc ' Indulges toward -am happy to spc r Harrison. Sot;, place will be fort this dirty work c f Hear the En,anci General Ha: posed that it nn,"' ecntive Commiti Harrison, now t' candidate Ihe Pr pect of election t respect to the r! where is the ujh ? the rejection of II a slaveholder, sr. ' Gen. Harrison, -. der; Neither 13 one thinks it nr c Van Buren. Wl pies are known to dancy of the Sl.v of Gen Harmon man of his party, the absoluteness t nominating a glav. oted devotee of ;! with Gen, Harm nu'lifving slavoh' ' Virginia, for Spc :,' But we submit, . son's principle zr his deeds, of wi s summary in the iU In December, 1 Indiana Territnrj, convention of the held at Vincennf?, gress a memona ing that the E'xlh of '87 " which ; night be smpcr: ! pers, 1803 ; Hi a sJae State were ; he was Governor fn IS 19, Feb. 1 as a member of t' tivee, against a c! ther introdtjctinn and against a cl: npation (at 25) c ,f Stale. Two rJijs' a clause proln r slavery into Ar" the futme crinr.r: Arkansas.; r So basely did 1 " Ohio was shofkc mocted at the r.r' j C1 w ! I if -.1 r