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REMARKS OF MR. STANLY.
On the motion for an inquiry into the
late defalcations nf Public Officers.
Tuesday, January 17, 1S39.
Immediately afer Mr. Duncan (of 0
Ino) concluded his remarks, Mr. Petriken
moved the Punvrous Quesi-iox, but upon
Mr. Stanly's solicitation withdrew it up
on Mr. Stanly', promising to renew it be
fore he sat. down.
Mr. STAXLY then rose and said ho
was not. about to detain tho House as long
as the Representative from 0;.io had done?
It is now 20 minutes past 4 o'clock,
(sai 1 he.) We have been consuming time
by listening to remarks upon all sorts of
subjects. We have had much upon extrav
agance and economy a most extravagini
oration upon matters and things in general,
from the battles of Caesar and Pompey
down to the recent democratic disturbance
in Pennsylvania. Yesterday the House
adjourned for the gratification of the Repre-,
sentative who has just finished his oration
against "Henry Clay," "corporations,"
associated wealth," and what in his ele
gant language he talis "whigery." The
House has listened to all this with com
mendable patience, to the abuse of Whigs,
and to the high praises upon the new Sen
ator from Ohio, (Mr. Tappan,) Mr. Van
Buren, and Mr. Woodbury. 1 claim the
r ight for a few minutes to reply to part of
the speech just delivered. In the remarks
I shall make, I will not attempt to answer
the .'arguments of this defender of the Ad
ministration upon all the matters he refer
red to; I should consume too much time,
and could not avail myself of the same
helps. He is so great a favorite at the
Treasury Department, he can call on his
"Dear Sir," Mr. Woodbury and get a';l the
information he wishes. If a Whig should
apply, as one did last session, he would
meet with a refusal.
Sir, he has had the utmost liberty, the
most unlimited indulgence, yesterday and
to-day. I cannot, in courtesy or justice,
be denied the right to say a few words up
on one subject to which he has alluded; 1
mean abolition. I shall not discuss this sub
ject, but I wish to call attention to some
part of the gentleman s language in refer
ence to this, and the celebrated letter writ
ten by him when he was a candidate a few
months ao.
It will be recollected, Mr. Speaker, that
when I called the gentleman to order for
irrelevancy when he was reading letters
from his "deak" Amos and his "dear"
Levi, showing how many Whigs and how
many Democrats were in office in the De
partments, the Chair decided (Mr. Conner,
of North Carolina, was occupying the chair,
at the time) that the gentleman was in order.
1 submitted most cheerfully to this; and I
look the liberty cf interrupting the gentle
man, and asking hiin how many abolition
ists there were among the democrats in of
fice
To which he it-plicd, with a pompous
elevation of tone, and with a confidence
which evidently defied contradiction, that
they (abolitionists) did not "belong to that
family." They were all among the "Fed
eral Whigs," as he calls them. Well, sir,
I was glad Jo hear the assertion made on
the floor, and I witnessed with a smile the
self-satisfactory whimpering of some slave
holding democrats at this declaration from
the Sampson of locolbcoism.
But I have the evidence in my possession
to drive away this pleasing delusion. This
declaration but affords additional evidence
of tlie attempt which the Administration
party are making to impose upon the South
ern People.
But, sir, as far as I can, I vvill awaken the
attention of the people of my district and my
State to the doings of their self-constituted
democratic friends.
But to the letter, the letter.
1 hold in my hand, Mr. Speaker, a let
ter dated at Montgomery, Hamilton coun
ty, Ohio, signed "A. Duncan," in which
the writer gives his views of slavery. I
wish to road some extracts to the House,
and respectfully solicit the attention of the
slaveholding democrats of the caucus resolution-making
democrats to the opinions
of their trusty well-beloved brother in de
mocracy upon the subject of slavery. I
want to show them what a democrat in
Ohio, who is no abolitionist, thinks of their
count ry and their constituents. Towards
the latter part of the letter the writer says:
"There is no man living, perhaps, who
is more deadly hostile to slavery than 1
am. My feelings, my education, the cir
cumstances that have surrounded me
through life together" with my principle of
what I believe to constitute the natural and
political rights of man all conspire to make
me abhor it as one of the greatest evils that
exists on the face of the earth."
Mr. Duncan here rose and asked to ex-
Pl Of" course, Mr. Speaker, I will hear him
explain, said Mr. S.
Mr. Duncan then said, that when he was
iaske 1 the nuesiinn. vvlmtl-iof il
j 1 wwiav IHV.1U t-tv-
(abolition democrats, he meant to say, they
urn not belong to the Dsmocratic party,
particularly in his district and State. The
letter was in answer to interrogatories put
to him before the election. I can road it,
siid he. (Cries of No! no!) 1 will then
briefly state the contents.
Here Mr. Stanly said; Mr. Speaker, I
cannot consent to yield the floor to allow
he gentlem in to "state the contents." 1
will do that for him, sir. 1 only gave way for
explanation. The short extract I have read,
s:r, ought not to make the gentleman un
easy. It is mild, complied with what fol
lows. But listen attentively, ye exclusive
guardians of the South, ye only good dem
ocrats, to the declaration, that slavery is
one of the greatest evils on the face of the
earth, and that this democrat is "deadly
hostile" to slavery. The gentleman's un
easiness, I presume, is on account of his
Southern friends. They, in North Caroli
na, as I was told by one of them, denied
the authenticity of this letter: yes, sir, they
pronounced it a forgery ! The People had
been taught to believe that Mr. Van Buren
had no abolition friends no friends oppo
sed to slavery. 15 at here, sir, we have, from
the pen of the Representative from Hamil-
o:t county, O hi-O, the outpourings of
more abuse, more hellish slander, delibcr-j
itely concocied on slave owners, than it has
ever been my lot to hear from any avowed
abolitionist.
Yet, sir, this same abhorrer of slavery, so
"deadly hostile" to it is, of all other dem
ocrats, the chosen advocate of the Globe
the chosen champion of this Southern-loving
Administration. Another extract.
1 want to give my constituents some infor
mation of the opinions of this personal and
political friend of Martin Van liuren. The
letter says in continuation:
"Yes, greater in its moral effects and cor
rupting tendencies than all other human
evils put together. It is not only a moral
and political evil within itself, or intrinsi-
caltrso ol the darkest nnit m net !
character, but in all its bearings and effects
calcuiatcd to produce the most fatal effects
on both the moral and the political institu
tions of our country"
Here Mr. Duncan asked leave to ex
plain again. Mr. Stanly yielded for ex
planation; and Mr. Duncan said he was
"not an abolitionist; and any individual
or newspaper that floats on the breeze, that
said he was an abolitionist, was a vile calum
niator." Here Mr. Thompson, of South Caroli
na, rose, and called on the Speaker to en
force the rules, and sec that a gentleman
who was occupying the floor should not be
thus frequently interrupted.
Mr. Stanly continued. I have yielded
the floor with pleasure to hear any explana
tions, but not to hear speeches of defence.
I must insist upon my right to the floor,
and will not again be interrupted for
speeches of this character.
Sir, I am not acquainted with the kind
of newspjpers to which the gentleman re-
IVtv I linvn npvpr rpn nnv lint fl.ntoil
tj b that charired him with bein-
an abolitionist. Sir, it would better be
o o
come the assumed gallantry of the distin
guished democrat from Hamilton county,
0-h-i-O, who carries a rifle for personal
defence, to wait until he is charged with
being an abolitionist, before he throws out
such bold denunciations. I have not char
ged him, and do not now charge him, with
being an abolitionist. 1 am willing to ad
mit that he and his newly elected Senator
(Mr. Tappan) whom he has bepraised "as
sound a democrat, and as pure a patriot, as
ever honored the name, and, withal, of the
first order of talents, and of the most unex
ceptionable deportment!" are neither of
them abolitionists. I am willing to admit
that they are both as good friends of the
South as any Van Buren caucus democrats,
who voted on the resolutions of the 12thof
December last.
I will take this letter as proof of their
affection for the South; or, if he pleases, I
will take the reputed declaration of the
"democrat and patriot," (Mr. Tappan,)
about the time of the Southampton insur
rection, as proof of his "sound democracy
and pure patriotism."
I am willing, I say, sir, to believe they
are not abolitionists. I do not know what
signification they attach to the words de
mocrat and abolitionist. But, sir, 1 charge
him with being the author of this letter,
and he cannot deny that. I charge it in
presence and hearing of my democratic or
Van Buren colleagues, and wish them no
longer to consider this a forgery.
But to the letter. The gentleman told
us that he dealt in figures, and from this
letter I can prove that he does deal as
largely in figures of imagination as any
member on this floor. Hear a little more
from this patent democrat, this herald of
Mr. Tappan said, if a man was such a
fool as to keep a fellow-being in bondage,
the slave has an undoubted right to cut the
throat of his d d master. And if his son
should go into Virginia, to assist the whites
1 in such a contest, he would disinherit him!
anti-abolition, of Tappan democracy. Hear!
a little more of what lie says about slavery:
It IS an evil thnt Ins. ilnos now. rmil
will in all time to come while it exists,
involve in if, as well iu its present posses
sion as in its future onerations. crime.
fraud, th"ft, robbery, murder, and death.
r or me truth ot what 1 say, as to its
present effects upon the institutions of our
country, I have only to refer you to a
view ot the slave States in our Union, and I
a comparison between the relative condi-j
tion of the improvements of them and the;
free States. You see the free States happy
and .flourishing, to the admiration and as-
tonishmcnt of all who see them. Public!
improvements and private prosperity arc;
swilt and head and he id in the race; while,
on the other hand, poverty, lean and hun
gry sterility, and squalid wretchedness,
seem to cover ttie lace ot the larul in many
parts where slave institutions have a resi
dence."
Would to God, sir, that those who en
tertain such opinions could go into my dis
trict, or into yours! How different would
be their opinions could they visit the wes
tern part of our own North Carolina one
of the most beautiful and prosperous, tho'
almost unknown, parts of the world; "that
good land, a land of brooks, of water, of
fountains and depths, that spring out of
valleysand hills;'' a land whose stones arc
iron, and out of "whose hills thou mayest
dig brass." Would to God, sir, that some
reasonable creature, if any such there be,
who entertains such sentiments, could vis
it my district! Instead of "lean and hun
gry sterility and squalid wretchedness,"
which this democrat says "covers the face
of the land," he would find a happy, inde
pendent, and intelligent people; he would
pray heaven to make the laboring classes
in other parts of the world as free from
want, as contented as our slaves. Instead
of barren deserts, perplexed with thorns, he
would see countless thousands of acres in
a high state of successful cultivation. He
would see fields of beautiful green, in
SP0,S which, a few years since, were un-
trodden save by the wild beasts of the for
est, who roamed in undisputed sway. He
could find cultivated fields on the borders
of lakes, in my district, yielding as abun
dant crops as the choicest land on the
mighty Father cf rivers, and vieing in
beauty with the most enchanting scenery
on the island of Calypso. And all this,
too, was brought about by slave labor.
Yes, sir, there he would sec, in our negroes,
the happiest population on the earth well
fed, well clothed, and well treated. "Con
tent, and careless of to-morrow's fare,"
they perform their labor with cheerfulness
labor
"Made the pledge
Of cheeiful days, and nights without a groan."
Instead of finding a country upon which the
"anger of God and the vengeance of Heav
en seem to rest," as this democrat says is
the case where "slave institutions have a
residence;" instead of seeing men who are
cruel "murderers, robbers and pirates,"
(as abolitionists sometimes cull slavehold
ers,) he would find (in the language of the
sacred volume I have just quoted) "a land of
wheat and barley, and pomegranates; a
land in which we eat bread without scarce
ness," inhabited by men remarkable for
hospitality, plain, unassuming habits, and
indomitable attachment to republican in
stitutions. But, sir, remember, I beseech you, this
slander comes from a democrat, who is no
abolitionist! Yes, sir, from one of the
friends of those who go into a midnight cau
cus, and prepare Janus-faced resolutions for
the protection of the South; this comes
from a v an Buren protector of the South
a whole hog Van Buren democrat. A lit
tle more of this democratic letter.
Here Mr. Gallup, of New York, rose to
a point of order, but the Speaker decided
that Mr. Stanly was not out of order.
Mr. Stanly continued. Mr. Speaker, I
regret that I am inflicting pain upon any
member of the party, but the gentleman
from New York must bear it. Sir, he can
not save his friend from Ohio from having
this shameful iettcr published to the world.
I am rejoiced, sir, that the rules of order
this time are construed as liberally for me as
for the representative from Hamilton coun
to, Ohio rules, sir, which, like the incep
tions on the sabres of Vathck i hold another
language to-day from that they yesterday
held, and, like those sabres, can only be de
cyphered by one man the usual occupant
of that chair.
Another extract, sir, from this letter:
"Cross the line that separates the free
from the slave State, or stand upon it and
look across the former; you will sec com
paratively all life, all happiness, all pros
perity, both public and private; but turn
your eyes upon the latter and survey it; ev
ery thing material, (except a few of the
wealthy proprietors,) bears the impress of
poverty and dilapidation; all look as if pes
tilence and famine had been making their
sad innovation."
Now, sir, all this is from one of your pa
tent democrats, one of Levi Woodbury's
"dear sirs," one of the select friends of
Martin Van Buren, and one of the friends
of the South! and no abolitionist! Sir, let
ule ask the gentleman how he can be other
than an abolitionist with these sentiments?
If he believes that "slavery isan evil that
has, does now, and will in all time to
come, while it exists, involve in it, as well
in its present possession as in its future ope
rations, crime, fraud, theft, robbery, mur
der, and death!" I ask him how, with a
clear conscience, and as an honest man. who
feels for what he calls 'violated humanity.'
he can be other than an abolitionist? If,
sir he is "so deadly hostile to slavery," if
he "abhors it as one of the greatest evils
that exists on the face of the earth," if he
thinks that the "aner of God and the ven
geancc of Heaven seem to rest" upon the
slave States, if he believes that slavery has
such "corrupting and corroding effects," if.
sir, 1 ask, he is sincere in savin", "but the
curse be on the head of those who sustain
such an institution," how can he be ether
than an abolitionist? Is it because, as he
says in the latter part of his letter, "the ef
fects would be more fatal to the unhappy
and unfortunate African than even slavery
useitr Urcanit be that he wishes the
"anger of God and the vengeance of Hea
ven, and the frowns and disapprobation of
avenging justice," still to rest upon the
Southern country? Now, sir, this demo
crat is in daily social intercourse with the
Southern men who support Mr. Tan Bureiij
and it is all right and proper; he goes no
doubt, into caucus with them, strongly ad
vocates the sub-Treasury, and they are, Or
would be, the exclusive friendsof the South;
while I, sir, am accused of acting with abo
litionists if I vote with any of them on a
motion to adjourn !
- The representative from Hamilton coun
ty, Ohio, said there were no abolitionists in
the democratic family. Has he ever seen
ihe letter of the democratic sub-Treasury
candidate for governor in Massachusetts,
in which he says, "I deem slavery to be
the greatest curse and the most portentous
evil which a righteous God ever inflicted
upon a nation!" and, like this good demo
crat, he is opposed to the admission of any
new State whose Constitution tolerates sla
very; for he says:
"In relation to the admission of new States
with the power to hold slaves, I need do no
more than to refer you to my recorded
votes against the admission of Missouri with
this power.' That opposition, which requi
red some firmness to persevere in, would
doubtless hav e proved successful but for the
extraordinary efforts of one man, (Henry
Clay,) who was supposed by some to have
resorted to extraordinary means to accom
plish his purpose."
It is amusing to see how well these abo
litionists agree with the gentleman from
Ohio in abusing all slaveholders, and the
distinguished statesman (H. Clay,) to whose
extraordinary efforts, we are told we are
indebted for the admission of Missouri.
The Southern People, Sir, will heed these
things; they shall know how the abolition
democrats, all the anti-abolition abhorrers
of slaveholders such as this democrat from
Hamilton county, Ohio, abuse this great
man. Sir, I have no compliments to be
stow, no culogium to pronounce upon his
(II. Clay's) character; He needs none.
The whole country appreciates his merits.
I am not skilled "to paint the lily." I frhall
not attempt "to add another hue unto the
rainbow." I will not enter into competi
tion with the Representative from Ohio
cither in plastering the characters of those
I admire with fulsome eulogy, or in vilify
ing those with whom I differ in opinion.
Sir, he is a well-selected instrument to be
spatter with praise Mr. Van Buren; his
newly elected Senator, the pure patriot and
good democrat, (Mr. Tappan) Mr. Kendall
and his dear sir at the head of the Treasu
ry Department, and to vilify the favorites
of the South.
(Remainder in our next.)
More "IVhig" Abolition. The elec
tions in New Hampshire took place on
yesterday. On this event the Emancipa
tor remarks:
"Our abolition friends are preparing for
"the struggle, and we hope will give a
"good account of themselves. The candi
dates have been faithfully and seasonably
"interrogated. Of the candidates for go v
"ernor only one, Gen. Wilson, Whig, has
"seen fit to answer at all, and his answer is
"so manly &. honorable, that we presume all
'the abolition voles will be cast for him!"
Mark! Citizens of North Carolina! All
the abolition votes in New Hampshire are
lo be cast for the "whig" candidate for
governor in that State. And yet the Fed
eral "whig" presses of this State will tell
you that there is no alliacc between ihe
higs' and the abolitionists. We won
der what device vvill be resorted to by the
federalists in this case, to deceive the peo
ple. They are, however, never at a loss
they will say any thing to promote a po
litical object. Raleigh Standard.
23Wc learn that the average receipts
of the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road
Co., at this time, are S 1000 per day. ib.