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1 'r' . -"Hi?-" 1 " Resolved, Thatslavery ;Wn j an ' ?moral and political: evil, :r hos unienuce, J wherever it elistsri3ywdicated mainly job lte reuud - of necessity, shuIJ .be - circumsf ribed ' i hhin'ih !fm!i Af ihe -Stated Where it ha been already established., and thai no neWtate tshuuld be.hereaTter. admitted intoi the Union whose constitutiou of goveioment shall enaction !urs permit ihe existence i of domestic slavjry.'J v ll iiAVhethef ihoW who Toted for" these resuJiit kins (we're abolitiobistf or not, 1 Jeave ihe -Southern ; I me o iu J t ci J eu:. V ; 'r5L ur I'K,- (J port the passage of 1bese resolutions, 1 jenry Williams, with every it her .Van Boren Senator except one, tecurJed bUnarrie in the affirmative! :' -Ycu.will.faave perceived from the course, of iheadaiiDJstraton papers, thai the aitetopj will K. m tfp!uJsih Southern country iby-cry ing catjbat f the aboliiiuaistf hare defeated !be 'democrais in" Vermont ,! , . !-' - ! . No raao wf ordinary intefligeoce can any jlonj- er be deceived by ibi ridicdloua :ery. f Upl. If (there should ooe, I cao tery easily , satisfy him of hUetror. '.. v"..v V if ! l ,Thi are bat J wo administration members Sfrom Vermont in the present Congress, and; both of these are abolitionists They have beeq both i defeated, &nd now rfwe are told the . aboljiijmists .!have beaten these good democrats! a -J.- On the 16th day of January last, in ajspeecb iwbich I delivered in the House of Repreaenta jiives, I referred to the fact that many i of Mr. Van Daren's leading friends iri Vermont were abuliiionists.Mr.'K. D. Barber,' the Ljocofoco , Icandidate for the officeV Lieut. Governor;, was vlioentioned, anwng other. 1 1 had been emark ed.dunog the dtbate that Mr.'lade was a jWhig and aniabolitionisi.and ia reply to this, I jmade the foilowio j statement: ' j n ti in thA titrip.t fnr-sened DV idis I y a- ' . . - i ? . i , m m aa tk iiiu iiu r airaua in as uc w " a . - i I. i V IT ' W S.- ! ; " tbtl 0it Kill lt. JUhM lbB to ttaot and . : - ... r..t. ' . - . f . i ii i k. ilil in all with as mejcn cisnfncn a ;. - eaies hereafierJbefe nero testimony-1. ad mitted against a white man, he eaqmt Inierfere. This should be orjdelsiood. Jf Martin Van Bo ren Ure-efected Cfrf Hrbicb thank Heaven there is new oe danger, h will never inteifere iff set; ling aside the proceefJiogs i f Coortslartial, in which such testimony had been admitted 'And he expeele the tes af Southern States with this insoltie? declaration i mn from bia imiiinattottMa ifl? ibdecf nt oixrase n bomanny," i "P7 4 dm from his J-tter pqbjfehed stioniaftef Jiisjourner throogb Virinii; J Bat aiierwaras.-io io. Mr. PaaUJinw published a new. etinun oi wis work, and in this fdttion f 1833 and all tnat i have quoted Uadtrthj omUUd ! , I n jbe fd e- diiiuo the letter Jlta occopies mora than Ikir teen pages, hut ihthe ediiioooHlSSS (published aftef Mr. Vaa Buren becam a Northern man '"t f 'It ! mimhor, if to Van Buren abolUionists had $ coo- ivemion. and the secretary of the Ami Watery ltjycu.lv. K; D Barber, opposed his ( U .Jade'sJ nomination, I understand ibis.lv-u mfoer well known as a devoted ffiend of this ad.minisr nation, the editor of a paper, and an undisguised aboIiiiHoist. There artwo abolition . .. irtmbert from Vermontoit this floor, both of whonj ire ab olitionists. One of them was here at the last t:nrlr.R3. .Mr. Flfetcher ,) he is in fviHof ab- olishirf? siaVery ,in the District of Colombia, ihmks that Ctwpress oogbt to prevent fhe ouy inn And sellinfT of slates between theSUte?, and Ki rnrpsspj a willifiorness to enter into the tjustomary ioternational relations with Havii.". i -'.These remark. 1 repeat, were made In th Ilo'ise of Bepreseiitatives, in the hearingjof the Vermont members i they were 'pablisbedV nd have never been; and win not oe cenieo. j t In tha Vermont election which is recently heard from, the abolition candidate for the office of Governor, Mr- Dillingham, the abolition can--dfidate for the oflBceof Lieuterwnt Governor. AJr E. D Baiber, and the abulitionlsts, mith and Fletcher, were all beaten. V J' j Some weeks after the publication off he speech jeferred to, f received, through ; the jtnaij, two pamphlets from '-Mr. E D Barber ; one of tbem was Mr. Barber'a, Ortion, dehtered! before fhA iit.-iicn Hmtniv Ami alaverv Socieiv. on the 4ih of July, 1836,; the other was ,4An O ration delivered before the Juemocruw ot vasn ioffton County, at Montpelier, on the 4t of Ju lyTl839,by E D. Barber." : j On -one of these pamphlets which jlhis impu- j dent Locofoco seat to . roe,' he wrote, f frpm the author," and informed me that what I hid been told as lo his opinions, was " true bejbnd all possible denial.? as I would perceive by Reading these oamohlets.. I think I eahibitedf these ' pamphlets, to yoq when they were resetted by the mail.; I have them now beiore me, anu mis Mr. Baiber, over whose defeat the jlccofocos are mouriring. writes on one of his orations, that be is a demticraty true lo his principles, as taught by Jeffei son, himself an abotflipnist ' I ijnote his own. word?. Aud this is brip of the fjnen, the secretary of an anti-slavery jsociety, and a devuted friend of Mr. Van . Buren's, who calls Jefferson an abolitionist This is the man whom the Van Boron party supported jas their caodidate for the office of L'eutenanti Governor in Vermont! and still we bhalLbe to d that the eholiiionists are all Whigs1, and havehe tten the Democrats in Vermont. - P ' , The Vhi2 victory in Matoe has overwhelm ed the lories here. They confess their astooUh jmeiit at the Itesulr' Judgirto from jWhat they jhave already said as to the Vermont (elections, I ihnuld not be much surpi:ed - if they boldly 'charge the Whig victory in Maine aa an abolition triumph. You may expect to hear thie next. Of vouise the Whig majorities In Kentucky all likewise PrpaMent merits the severest reDrehension." Ac cording to the inclinaiion of my nind at present, I should feel boand t oppose soch a Iav, and lor several reasons, in f the first place, I trost we shall never have i president again who whuW be gouty of sachlcondoet, and because I prefer to let the mattei rest where il.now does upon that, spirit of concession, by whSch, as General Harrison said our onion was effected, and with- oat which it could; nt be preserved. If we are to depend opon legislative action for the protec tion of all our rights! the Uoion had as well be dissolved. J-Ther ale obligations of a higher character than mere acts of Conjress. Besides, if Coosress can; nasi a law making negro testi mony illegal. Congress can pass a law making negro testimony; illegal. Congress can repeal that law Suppose a bill should be introduced in the House of 'Representatives, declaring that Con gress sbooli not, daring the next two years, s- boiish 6lavciy in pis District . Would any Southern man tote far it ? Sorely no! for tt concedes to Corigress the right to abidish slave ry in this District. Mr suppose a bill should be introduced, declaring that the people of Virgin ia 8honldnot bd molested in taking their slaves from that Stale to Alabama., What Southern man wouJ vote fr it ? ;Nne, because Virgin ia holds her right mijch more securely than if it was only protected by an act of Congress. The President, therefore J to my mind, does not re gard this question s a Patriot should his Southern principles" are not found in opera tion here. 1 he right or a whitw mm, in a slve holding State,! to object to the admission of the testimony ji of jjnegro servants, cannot be effected by an actor Longress. But let me illustrate the nnsonnduess of the President's argument further. The act of Con gress of 17947 which provides fur a naval arma ment. directs that there shall be employed on board each of the ships Of 44 suns, one Captain. four Lievtenavls, &ic. frc. I he act says noth ing of white uapiains or Lieutenants VV hat prevents the tfresrdent from appointing a negro Captain or Lieutenant ? This act of 1703, which establishes! tle department of the navy, in the first section provides as follows: Sec. I. Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates of America, iri Congress assembled, That ihere shall be. an Executive Department, under the department of the Davy, the chief officer, of wuii;ii sunn ctiiDti iuc uctjciaijr 01 iub iia vy, Stc, &c., 4-ek I The law does not say he shall be a while chief officer!.'?! According to the President s argument, hejwoold be authorized to appoint a negro Secretary of the fsavy ! Again, the act of 1809, which authorized and empowered the V resident oi the United atates " to appoint and cause to be engaged and employed as soon as may be, three hundred midshipmen, three thou Mfid six hundred able seamen, ordinary seamen and boys," fyt. ft Nothing said of white midshipmen, or xtliite able seamen. No one can doubt that orider this law many white midship men were employed; and many black sailors But according ;to:tre argument o( the President and his Secretary of the Navy , 'Uhere is no act of Congress whichr prohibits the admission of colored persons, af midshipmen in the navy. And I caenot see, according to the views of the irrestdeot, why be shooli not appoint a lew ne gro midshipmen tnHhe navy of the United Slates and 1 should be glad to Lear any supporter of his give any reason for his nut doing so that would not with f nasi force apply against their being admitted as witnesses against white psr mari will say sliief Presideiit had noihing- to -do with the, m oceed incs in llooes case, and also say that it had ieenj the wtiWpracftee to ad- mil negroes to tes'.ny againsi whho iuch ,, be vas not able to produce a single ibsiiucc., . ! This letter baslalreadf extended much farther than I expectedj bui before; I conclude, let me ap n,; ,m. ,r cnma'iwfii.p nMiiem ctible designs of the Locofocos. t- I have seen i two letters from' gentlemen of character anc imeiMKeoce,- vmuiuiuuiv..s :-x fact, tbao the Vaa Buren Party intending short ly before the Presid'antial flection to issue hand bills, and start reports of intended insurrections in the South. I have no jdoobt that some such plan is in coLtemplatioa. ,W e know that many nf ihemara wicked! enough to do any thing. They are not only! struggling for bread, and Jihey. fear the investigation which is to come. . Let our friends, therefore, be prepared for these vil lainous tricks; bt let it be understood mai when the nsujreetioo take p'aee. uenjaraiu Tanpan lias prpr4Bed to dollars, to buv nowder and and he ia a wood Vlo Buren democrat Our friends;eviy whete, are -full of confi dence, and feel assured of victory. No man can doubt any longer Jhal lien. Harrison will oe e- .i i-i f ..! .: lected ' electee spue or iae persecuuonj wi principled office holders, and tne lurions assaults furnish five hundred ebot for the negroes, am itfu adopt the cpioiun ct Gal Harrison, as exoressed in his letter to. Judge Beirien,ol G.r "P ated SOtb iif September, lS56,inhe fol r - I do hot think that Congiess row i i i: u ,ir in ihW District of Columbia, iifcont the const ni, ok u o w- - . 'VZ'' IVl-i.- .-'V f Keif "tie - . that disunciiww, decide op W;5!-V;ri,:atrhf: whether jaai'y admit are r have'obtained rould not have been p.PfMa " t.-tito . rnnded id him ne ,w;n of iv- nrnnoanded tome.- m a"-;,. "hiween osuld ;yoi ouU.aye oe- Ser6decidebowcas. ed their ejib jear. wnue a Zut v, -..0Ahw the iJreaior.iDafcmii u - "Vnntd die before the lapse l I vearsvl AuW.well -imagine Jbat vou e io -;JT - and lconU mt be U , preserve on r liberty hinxi.hpufbUlwn nsent or his lead you to propourM, -,B""iV t take no concern as to the op oions and. viewri WiJ , ... - :fion(c so plainly ex- of tbe person S ain th; Presidential Chair-. other to bet placed un xuo - - - . F". , i neither aspire to jn;Me lutuie, or - - . ; l- iiaa snnn innuauu i iau u -r. r . j ... . - - . : expec to "deVolve on mi in; acyot uer. way-n aAPm to be the merest ; woik f saperero: would ever be asea wr e'r3r'7v: from that whictv was i s u . -v l --- o Sei asa fieecoTored population, in the midst ? ibeir slave popnlatiori.of the same description. -ri believe ihat Congress could deprive the People of the District f Columbia of thr pro ner?T without ilieir conDUilt .wQjiW. be to re Ef'?..!: -Li rln of the Tories of. Great Bnt- anlnIat,otMl,en .lalaforeltbetteotirjrAVe .-T-?- 1 ..... .. .t - n.;l sdraiiL-ed bv IjOIu inai iiUl I Hill IQ IUC uitunj'"'" ' '. , Barcn " lsurfecM has gone for.hrand sta,i,n wh.c ihThil tnacitizenhasaitaiped bis67th'year; expect to de now excites apprehensions wnn you wuivu bete. Io1932 Gen;I Jwl of the Globe abdllthe aiplilion papers, which continue' to denounce him. most violently. I Knn. in thia n6st? iimoortant struffsle, V irjjima, - . heiand of Washington, jjiauisoo, wou.jr, au Marshall, win be found as she was in tne revo lution, among I he) first, in resisting, strenuously, ihe encroach mentsof power, I trost she will, not onlv. in! i defence cf i he character of her own distinguished 8on, but for the sake of the whnlA rnnnlrt xnrei her ODPOSItlon io toe ... , rr . . i. . man who has, byj wretched experiments, nrougni a prosperous cnunify almost to ruin, who has by pitiful eoni vocation's, caused every patriot to feel ashamed of hi country and who has sanctioned the admission of negro testimony against one of her own soos, and declared he must continue to do so. ;f I : I- '. C - - I have travelled through the State of New York and of course, paw luaany of the people of that State, and many from New-England; 1 saw them in private social intercourse, and saw them in public meetings, iconsistmgof ten thou sand yoo versed the Mbolitionisti, and expressed surprise that any southern man could imagine the majority of the people were infected with that villainous here sy, i nis l speaK or my own Knowieoge. 1 believe nearly 'nine out of the ten of the cot- throat abolitionists! tbe Duncan and I appan ab olitionists, are tea) " bar burning" Loco fbcos. 1 congratulate you opon the glorious prospect before us, that our. country will soon be free from the dominion of the plunderers, who have so Jong neslected and crushed her best interests. Vefy truly, yours, 1 EDWARD STANLY. Hon. John MiBottsL Richmond, Va. ' I.. . J. -I . . J ika Pr. ti.an ;n hia KSih vear. was re-eiecieu sidency wiihoot .any of the forebodings of his demise, which are.now sai4 to exist as to Gen I Harrison;--and 1 am yet to learn -may .ne w either more robosl or acitveftnat ueB ;niB now is. ; f ' - I . - ' Hoping to be pardoned for the freedom of any suggest iobs, w bich the st y le and manner of your letier have given rise to, 1 now proceed with as much b-evity as 1 can td answer year nnmer- ous enquiries. t ... I. To your first enqatry I answer that it is not onTyHTEe fight but the! duty of the peo ple, or 'any portion of them, to make them selves acquainted with the opinions and sentt ments of those who eilher represent them, or ara nandidaies for their suffrages, " oa to the charade of the government, the powers it may constitutionally exert, and the meas&es and pot " .n. mora than Voa have, cause io oouoi the course of uen. namsoii, uuuoi 5. In reply to the firvbranchf yoo r enquiry, I quote and adopt the lbgoageof General Har u.h delivered at DailpD :. vl here is noi. io the Constitutionny express granl of power Wany such pGipose,;and;U could never be constirotional to exercise thai power, save in thA evnitne Dowers granted to Congress could . Jr;ai imn' efTect i wiihoot resorting lo enh an inatitnilon UThe latter branch of your enquiry is fully answered by my answer lo tbe first part.. The Constitution confers oh Congress, am do we is wmvu id ujvoo in nxhresa terms. sary and proper " to carry into effecrthe grant ed powers; Now, ill ' the; powers granted," could not be carried jnio effect wiihout incorpor aiina a Bank. then it becomes "necessary and Rm r mnst with enoa nrnnur and of course expedienta. conclusion J e . 5 . - - ' i. . m m..nU rf.nanhll fUCI r I 1-J n Kin rr rr.t, w . candor declare to you, that it any portion oi i wnicn.i presnme ounB.wHw.,-r-".' V.VIMS". . i- ) real Ipurpose of obtaining ed to see tbe existence oi ine uunmucu. y- i j-oor enquiries, I f UOiptions of r.-fr quote I yCar been clajeJ Uhlel Lxeeuuvu l. because he re r he country as err.: advantage of the pt-. tttCar advantage ( f that spirit, utterly i!. pari oi the l-fsu!f fice one who is i,c ful to the Ccnsniuii. another, vhoc chsd be found in his tci: rqus demagogue as. ! would carry with I.' . -1 lion tne prmcin es ; interfering in the t!, a close attention ta i ihe active partizari! where exhibited I . by his principle?, s urge upon Con;rt ; measures as will i,!:, the custody of t!.o ; hands ihan the Pr to separate the Vc: cause he is in fate, lie expenditures, i wasteful course cf c caused the nulli.- . in ten years, from of the payment tf : $47,000,000 anr.:: sworn enemy io c of virtue -becau; his example, will I ed that greatest which, the effort ct viz : ihe limiting, Presidential tern ( of four years ar ! man, a Republic; .: riot in practice. I sons in ihe his tc r devoted to the sen ' a ia 1 nave tuny arm. ; r. - 0 r1a frnm tin :nfntinn h..t artnadlbv the-ioZe deairruf Uarved. and kept Beneficially 4 in operation. nr.iitiMlrtiial fnr hia ad versa tvUthev Whether 1 would or yould not exert the veto; uiani "6: - - . , s -v . a j 1 L I t him tin matter I it will he enough for me to say. when J am eitn- CTMV r wnvtu iv ww.w.w6 ...... i ..... ... c , - w - . t, ,rW rDMs ne iai d J shall propound ques-1 er a candidate for, or an ex vfi nt of the fresh lions taa caodidate for ofUce; they aregoilty of dential iffiee-neitherUf which I expect ever to M...,tin tka tmo nhipct f pnnnirv. and that h. If vour Question had been so varied . as to in such a case the candidate is at liberty to an- have enquired of mewbatcoursel would porsne if seem best. It is a elevated to the Vice liresiflency, ana j fnouia oe m in public meetings, iconsistingoi ten inou Fa u ry d and twenty thousand persons, and 1 assure swer to the second part ;of yi , every decentWan I inet. with whom I con- the obligation of the Represen sed upoo the subject, noke with contempt of wishes of his constituents, 1 swer or not as to him may game of trap which is designed by-the interrog ators, and it is for him loj decide whether they shall play it successfully or not. 2 To your second enquiry, I answer that the right and duty of the people to propound inter rogatories necessarily implies an obligation on the part of the candidate to answer. And tor an to the second part or your enquiry, as io tativetoobey tbe refer yon for my I am, gentler. c Your rr ToTillmen E. J , W, Dtckinst n, Rust, U. II. B : eeph Blunt, Ju! called unnn to vote open a bill for the incorpora tion of a Bank, you should have bad a direct and y, , inswer. As it is, I have only to rfer j vy i emnhatic answi voa to my speech delivered in the House of Re presentatives of theJlJnited States ini819, on the question of issuing a scire facias against Ihe Hank, and my vote, given in me oenuie oi ine U.S. in 1832, on the question of re-chartering the late Bank. i; This City h:: ' ter since yesicru publication of a: ing Whigs, of th concerned in; fiv illegal voters Jinto inuendoy tbeir I same thins now, 6. That Congress has a right to impose duties opinion lo my votes given in the House of Del I on merchandise imporjied, none can deny. 'I he elates of this State in the session: of 1812-t5, 1 rate of duties, you are well aware, Is called a to my speech delivered in the House of Repre tariff of duties The power to lay duties is . . . : . iU. AiM nr I U I (i in k.ik. I 'ncl Vl inn in arnmcc lorma I ha I i r Stijiauics in ne ocesiuii ui iuiu i , , wm ms i uitcii jj iuc uuimtmiiwu in ..ivwvMu.i i 0Y 4Qe LtOCOiUCl fJompensation Law, ana lomy letter to tne uen i right to select tne anicies oi impori . on - wiucn I earnestness as ift erai Assemoiy oi v ugmia, upon iuy iesimn io levy mw uunes, i " J I nuted nractice c f mn sotl in tha K&natn nf ihp ITnitpr! StatPS. tin I A, it imnrxspd. nneratPft inra tailla as a hnlinlV I Pukcu 1 - ,L ' Aft iha Exniine-intr Resolutions. a nroceedincr al- Inn the ncoduction of the same article at home. I an uyt"g UP -- - o r, , ' i s together too recent and too prominent' for you to have foigotteu. ' - Ijooisiana and North Carolina, will Tjtucnpuid to abolition influence. - As to Maine, it may be as well to refresh the t, memories of those who have forgotten the cir--.. cumsiaoces. Mr. Albert Smith, of Maine, who sons. " M a I . And if a President should appoint a nerrn as his Secretary pf thip Navy, f should like to see a bouihern Senator Who would confirm the oomi nation, and tbeo; return to his constitnents and tell them "there; was no law forbidding it," and he might say so with as much truth and proprie ty as the President has said in the case of Lieu tenant Hooe. A President who" disregards the moral sense of tbe whole Southern countrv, who pays no respect ta: their prejudices, except so far as the laws of Congress compel him, is unfit to preside ovet the destinies of these United States, was recently deteated, save satisfactory an- wnicu couiu never nave oeen united without awera 16 the abolitionists before his I election.' concession, and which will be disunited when tit havR hppn ivritlan with Hon. JOHN TYLER'S LETTER. ii j 1 - WltUAMSBURG, Oct, I6tb, 1840. U j i ' i Gentlemen fVoui letter bearing date the 3rd October, whi the full uinia. jt - a ui ifterf.cir men! injfflitertJroar intention to publish it, I have no: up;to this moment seen the news I.V'aIa was aoaeni irom v ir . . j i r l c v iioi ii a lew nours from a protracted ab- its date, and termina- t has been published ,as s been, from the state- paper which contains it. plain to you the' reason been answered:. J I This will readily ex- thal it has not earlier Mr. Smith said in his letter, " No man cin be more decidedly ' opposed In slavery- in the ab stract, or more deeply desire the freedom of the whole human family than myself, ' was also, opposed to the admission o io favor of.ihe right of petition. . Mr. ir airfield, the Governor of Mr Smith Texas, and Maine, who Mr. Cal er, 1839 htch, I co- on the .In bill making ll hasust been defeated, was a .member of the last : Congress. lie, also, wrote a letter; to' the aboli tionists, in which be assured them! that he re garded slavery as a moral and political evil,! to - which he is, and has ever been, boib Tin princi ple and feeling, utterly df posed, and thai its en Jire abolition could afford to no one more sincere pleasure than himself. Bat he is boW regarded as one whim ihe abolitionists have defeated Mr, t airfield was in Conrress Mi hen hoon, of Keolucky.on the l3ih December, t839, introduced tbe tollowing resolution, w py from the Joarnalabefore me : lV Resolved, That the Coraraittlee uicirrv oe minrucieu io report a qui matin" it on law ful for any person to aid fjgitive slaves in escaping from iheir owners and providing for the punishment in the courts of the U. States of all persons who may be guilty of such offence. "And that they be further instructed to re port a bill making it unlawful for any person in ihe non-slavehulding States of this Union to use ny means to induce slaves from their owners, and providing for the runishtnenlj iu the courts of the United Slates of all persons who may be guilty of such offence." j j ' , Now surely no can friendly to the righls of the South, no good democrat could object to the passage of such a resolution j but ias to the en tire abolition of slavery could afford ho one more , sincere pleasure than to bim. he was found vot- ing against Air. Calboon'a motion. J The names of H.J. Anderson, Thomas Daree. John Fair fiId, and Virgil D. Paris, Lochfocos from Maine, will be found in ihe journal, with the names of -Alexander D.ioean. Isaac Fletcher, William Parmenter, and William Slade, all op pising ibis reasonable, just and honest proposi tion. ... i : ' j Before I conclude, I wish to examine a lion of the President's letter 4 aubieiftie and prevarication, the . which filled me with sbame at the por- etter full of reading cf phoovbt that its auiuor was rresioent oi me uniiea oiaies The President says, There ii no act of Con- gress which prohibits the admission ,of colored percunaaa witnesses iq CotirtaMairtial." Again, thai patriotic apirjjt of concession shall depart rom among us. it The President. understands his?ame with the rVbolitionistsj They may quarrel with him for his promised; vetqV but then, as in the case of W illiam liegsetl who boasied he wa3 an aboli- tionift, he (can send a few of their leaders abroad as foreign ministers. The abolitionists alreadv praise him: fur his conduct in thecase of Lieut. Hooe, and (he Emancipator remarks,' unless ihe Presideat has given some very foolish rea son's, fwhich is not unlikelv) his CiinrJnft in - m " this case will redound as much to his hunor.and afford him as much satisfaction, in a futiire'dav. ' oiij uuo uionuie ui ins auaiioisirSilOO. F As io Mr. beerelary Paulding, his feelings have always been of a very unlriendly charac ter towards trie puuih. 5oise years ago Mr. Paulding wrote a book called " Letters from ihe the South." in which he endeavors lo make the people of Virginia contemptible in the eyes of her sister i States. In the first volume of this book, in Letter the Ifth.Mr. Paulding gies the following account, which 1 copy from ihe book before me :I " Jog?tng along from the house where we left the cauiff, whofwill one day I fear brio down some giet calainity on the country of his birth, ii was our late to meet wuh another exainple of the tricks men play " before high Heaen," when i not only custom but the laws sanction op pression.! Thej-snn was skining o:ii very hot, and in turniiig an ar.gle of the road we encoun lered.thft following rroup: firsi a Utile cart drawn by one horse, in which five or six half naked black children were lumbUc like pigs to gether. The cart had no covering arid they seemed f.o have been actually broiled to sleep. Behindtj the cart marched three black women, with their bead, neck, and breast uncovered, anJ without shs or stockings; next came three men bare beaded, half naked, and chained tooc lher with an ojjr. chain. Last of all came" a white man a white man! Frank, on horse back, carryingpisiols in his belt, and who, hs we passed, himl; had the impudence :a look us in the face wiihout blush ing. J should like to have seen hira hunted with blood hoonc's. : At a house where we stopped, a little further on, we learned! that b( had bought these miserable be injs in Maryland, and was marching thern In this manner tcsome one of the more Soul hern States.) Shame on tbe Slate of Marthnd! I say, and shame on ihe Suit of Virginia ! and Judging from ihe references which you have been pleased lb make to fa speech dplitered by me before the Tippecanoe Club of Washington 3ilv. on mi laleiiinarnpv ta Ohio. I am toil tn suppose that I should not have been honored by 1 al Harrison, from the early age of nineteen. The your correspondence if m that address I had not nisiuiy oi me norm v est is nis nisiory, ana 3. This enquiry, yoa must permit me to say, is somewhat a singular one. Ii neither has re lation I to my opinions of the character of the Government, the powers it may constitutionally exert or the measures and policy it ought to pur sue. It requires roe to enter into a review of the conduct of another, and to tell you whether the same has, among other things, been compatible wi:b good manners. Now, that is a task which I moat decline for I would not be willingly set up as Jari exclusive judge of what is or is not good mariners, which you are awaie is altogether a matter of taste, and Je gustibus non est dispu landum is an axiom entirely too old to be shaken, muchless overthrown, by any opinion of mine. If you had desired me to make good my decla ration, that " through jail the changes of his public life," General Harrison had followed the precepts of General Washington,! would prompt ly have done so. One cf the leading preeepis of that great man a precept evermore enforced by his example was, that it was the doty of a good citizen to devote all his energies of mind and body to his country! and to peril bis life, if needs be; in her cause ; and history fally attests ihat such has been the uniform couise of Gener- on the production of the same article at, home, and it has been considered a wise policy on 1 he nail of all Administrations so lo impose the duties as to advance the production of such arii cles as were of national importance. 1 certainly do not doubt the policy or expediency of such a course. The duties however, should be . laid with reference, to revenue, except where' lbey are laid to counteract the policy of a foreign Gov eminent, and with ai view to the regulation of trade. 1 have no hesitation in saying that 1 re- -j .t . : l ' ..li:.. :t gard the enropromisa law as ohlioaiory. on ihe . , . . r tne - prouiise tu the cift of the I Ministeis dov n a produced the ai ' what another ma . a . . 1 such a man cs ."' r la 1 1 vp in f!nnrr-, f orablc reputation calumny to taw.t. is good until anc ;. tors had it d tl however, the ta!.!. in the morning Glenlwoith. the ; ventared lo predict with some degree of confi dence, (a confidence which recent events have not been calculated to! impair,) thai William Henry Harrison! was desiired to supplant Mar tin Van Buren in the Presidential office. -4kt to whatever cause I may have been indebted for the honors I amithankful to yon for the assur ance which yoQ give roe, that you addressme from no desire lo break in opon my halcyon repose, or in any way to disquiet or annoy me." I beg lo assure you that you have done neither the one or the other. My fear, however, is, that I havetJbeeniguilty otla similar offence towards yoo by myjspefeh at Washington for althongh I had remained at home dunog the whole year up to a late date in September, within a short distanceof;jyoir:ewn residence; and althoogb, from your admitted intelligence, yoo must have weighed the f possible " contingency of my succession i lb the! Presidency, for the reasons which you assign,' earlier than the day on which yonr leuer oears.oaie, yet yoo had not deemed ihe declaration made by Mr. Madison, that " no man had rendered more irapoYtant services to his countiy, and had; been so illy rewarded," is fully sustained by facts which cannot deceive i - . 1 ' . ' .. But you say that General Harrison refused, in the first instance, to answer enqoities, and then that he answeied ibein to connections and par tisans only. You da not deny, but that since and in due tiue for all men properly to have judged of his pretensions, he has answered. The utmost extent of his offence, then, accord ing io yonr own view of it, has been, ihat be has not answ ered as promptly as you eould have "de sired, out justs soon as he himself has thought it was necessary, and folly in time to place you and jhis countrymen in possession of all his views, in order that yu might decide on his fitness for ihe Presidential omcei But my information is eyery way different from yours. A know that his opinions on every subject on which he has been interrogated, of any importance, have been it necessary! id ooestioo me on anv noint whatev I given-long before the present canvass cummenc er Be that as it may, I doubt not thai it will ed j Hi$ address to ihe Peoplejof the Cincin be a source of ! infinite gratification to yoo to be 1 na' District, in 1822; disclosed fully his opiu- informed, andjj I! give yoo the information on 'on " as to the character of the Government, knowledge joblafried by myself during my xe- d the powers it might constitutionally exerl," cent visit to Ohio, that General HarrisonvW while his Yiacennesj speech, anT his letter to is npw in his jSSth yeajr, enjoys a robust and vig- Jga Berrien, published four years ago, are full orous constitution that he has visited the molt a"d explicit on the subject of Abolition. What of the State in which he resides daring tbe last j nolfe coold any enquirer after truth have desired lew monihs, jtraveiimg by -night and by dar, nan a ntrect reierenee to these vxpiessions of and delivering speeches to large assemblages of hia fellowjcitpjn ihat his health is perfect, and that - Oije Jprospect tf a continuanee of his life tor four y?ar8 to Come, is as great as that "iiitii ijipriiaii s iu me ur yourselves. I SOail 1 a u vv priiunfru i uib f ou, mat you are mis taken in supposing that his political views are reluctantly oi jf ei,or are confined "to bis relations or partisans."! 0n ihe contrary, many come to hear hia addresses wi jih opinions unfavorable to hira and go away his warm & decided supporters. He l andiUly! and frankly eives otieiarice lo his opinions ; sand in proof nf this I lake leave to tefr r you, ilh some emphasis, to hia speech es at C lambst j'ort jMeigs, Carthage and Day lon YoOiwijl find thjeni in any -Whig news paper; although ' do riot remember to have seen ihm in any aldministutioh print. , J Before I ppcieed :i answer yooi enquiry, I shall be pardqped: for Sayinw ihat I am so far anl inloTmed of -trie namej nf the gentleman whom hit .u.i.MiiMrMico pany ana me ?uih propose to lestatri fori he f fcsWeocy io rjpposition to my. opinion ? But this did not content his ooDonenia They deemed it of importanco io their party to appear hot to be satisfied, and therefore the charge of bis being in the bands of a Commit lee;" and ihe "cased candidate." H.,w nn-r ly unfounded this charge was,- has been fully de- 4 l bavecar.se to thank you for ascribing ib .oe kina ireung toards IheJPeopIe of iheOis mivi oi oinmaia, althongh you do me too much honor m suppiising it tone parental. I cerUinly do take an interest in their welfare, althongh I heyer aspired lobe regarded by them in the Iibt of a pareot and if I did not tell them ' wheTb er 1 would laierpose to save them from ih f. attempted invasion j0f the fanatical Abolition it. a was because I had good reason to be eeihat ihey kne full well my sentimemaon that subject. My recorded rotes in the fj S. naie and my opinions spread before the coon - iry ibrimgfehe dium oi ibe public presi. apart from ttw.fr bnnai..i..n..r.i.. T', . i. r - - . . .ovgu 1,1 iu HCl mat j was i i gave Ihemstive 3 worse-used In :. I ho ''searching c , ihey have 1 e n f c testimony rf Mr ( Ihero, as I l.e-r 1 their own wiiriL; country, and that 1 am resolved, so far as it de pends 00 myself, lo carry out its provisions in orood faith. 7. This question is a mere abstraction in ihe present condition of) the Treasury, for' there is no mouey there to carry out any system of In- tprnal ImnrovementaL IMv vntna arn rpnpa tolir I tied SaV-SO this C .-- 7 r -j 1 j 1 recorded on ihe journals of Congress against the I beg you to anno power o. congress over tnis suojeci, in an us what sort oi trie phases and and aspects, as well in regard to rads Ieadino- friends and canals, as to harbors and rivers, i he first. viz : appropriations to roads and canals, have well nigh entirely ceased, .while annual appro priations, 10 a large amount, have been made to harbors and rivers, with the sanction and appro- vai ot ine f resident ot the u. states. 8. What Gen. Harrison may have said, writ ten or done upon the subject of tbe Proclamation or rorce Bill, and whether he approved of Mr. .nA.aA hi Websier's speech anon those snbjects, is as well L. 1.. 1 known lo vonrsnlved aa mi I hv UA nn .n I l,Bc utc" bwJ versalton with him bpon such sobiects.nor have aga,I, t"tui. I ever received any communication from him in relation to them. I have before me his speech DEPOSITIOr a 1 a J . a . m ' . 1 delivered at Uaytori. in which I find this em- r-L . . . ... .. . . 1 - - - 1 pnatic senience: ,l t the Augean Mable is to be cleansed, it will he necessary to go back lo me principles 01 Jenerson "and at an earlier part of the same speech, ihe following: I have been charged withJbeing a Federalist. "J deny that 1 ever belonged to that class of nolhiciana How could I belono- to thai Dartv ? f was e.l ocaled in ihe school of A nil-Federal ism." 5e- O. Tl . 1 . ..... ' . uese senumeojs are lecidediy at variance who ine cocinnes ol the Proclamation, and are but lecentlyiexpressed AIL therefore, that I can say to you. i, that I do not doubt ihat if n . .:tl . l . , ' M in appiy mm lor inlormationiupon the subjects referred 19 in vour Question, he will promply rive it; and I lake leave lo recommend mat you nar&ne a simitar ! r,mrc iAB,l. i. - j - - - : ww w v. mi W9 - IiJ J . van uuren: 9. Whether Gdn. Ha rrisnn would vein a charter for a Baoi of jthe U. States, I have geth no other knowledge than that given by w, Dim 10 me publid inTlns letter to Sherrod Williams, and io his Dayton speech. That be denies to ihe Government the right to abolish slavery lit lhe ,Dis!rict of Columbia wiihout ihe consent ofthe Slates of Virgin- ia anu iuaryianoi anu the 1'eople of the listric v is sumc ently proven bv his let ter to Judge Berrfe!i; aIreadrqputedrvTbat he denies to Congress all power over sla ve ry in the District, is proven bv the same etier, and many epeeches of his in print. Ihat while he believe the power to exist in Congress loconstrucrroads, and canals, yet that he no longer believes it prudent or expedient to exercise it, he has repeatedly declared and his determination iio adhere to the principlea of the compromise ac', he has also declared. j t ' ' -x v 10. I unhesitatingly declare it fa my firm conviction, jthm i William Henry Harri son is qualified to guard and promote the iinerties aud happiness of his country .he- of the CUy cf 1 saith that v.'ith::. ferent times an J Yoik, he h3s L D. Stevenson. ' States Distrift A lector, and J. ' statements that . Seward and tl; ernor in New Y rountcnanccd (; York City in il That a few c! ed by saw! Sto the said B F. L Mr Edmonds i ier to the f. Inch we c nt? r home. Frti Butltr. For ai" when Mr. FJ; ter go to bus;. - Thereupnu r ' son had rctr: tires to him utl if deponent v. the necessary f low. from it f! by take a hi; been denou::c foco, and had ; parly, but 1.3 ! the other pirlv. the lasting gr. t own part, a-r last cent, or Tiercipcn J same. And dc; Stevenson ; -t tetidtnuitixtn of -ai. 3ti. J t " 7", ' . V1 ngms, anu uie uncoa ! 14-- ;yTWhUU: oising opponent ofthe bold antf darin t anse he IS the Bl(rn anil nnflinrhino iitrn. I il.i if ho v. ..w.ss "VBM 1 4lllt II' cate ol popular rights, and the uncompro-1 ihe, Whigs, t! istiatioo piirtvj It at.
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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