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A received and is now opening his
spring M'P'v ol
RICH FANCY AND STAPLE
Dry Hoods, Hals. Shoes,
On Mr. StanWs AMm to the People of the Third Concession-
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favor e inn 1t',,C?n,S s'eef h 10 s,1' "e wore) read" was omitted to
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Zth mVnT" , "?S'"n&0n a ,ctter 10 a N' C- Edito?. He suspects that this
Uiin p. t of proc.lraiumc J to the C0!,,ltry inability to understand English. Proba
rtrnrm J H f h0 suslects- Hc accu this gentleman of some falsehoods. He
lorms the editor it seems, that it was declared by one of these same Southern Whis
n f?nUl,(!!s werc rthern resolutions, when they were drawn up by Mr.
ll, ui o. i. lie even
suspects, that this gentleman attended the meeting which a-
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satisfaction as respects quality and price.
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t, , GEO. HOWARD.
7arW5 April Hth.
I; a"?:i e resolutions; and finishes the paragraph with his elegant rheto
urea of dough-faces, slavery-abhorring democratic.
He next makes an attack upon Francis R. Ri
" l i. . w ..iiu 1 C OVVIIIO IUV.IIUUilVU I
.aii.c iii a icucr to a Va. Editor; but with what object it is difficult to conceive. Mr.
uives says, I lie first four resolutions that were introduced by Mr. Atherton were ab
Mract in their character, but made to boar in their effect on the powers of Congress, so
as to exc ude the conclusion, that Congress could interfere in the relation between mas
ter arid slave. This was as much as Southern members could desire; and there was not
a Kepubhcan from the Southern States that did not hail them with Height a th w
bmger of peace and the security of the South." Mr. Rives then gives an account of
the tilth resolution, which he says is "practical in its effect;" and further, "that there
were filty-six members from the non-slaveholding States who voted for this resolution,
which was considered a test vote, and that of these fifty-six, you will not find one single
lyitg voting with u. Mr. Stanly then again hazards the assertion, that these resolu
tions admit the right of the people of New Hampshire to petition for the aboli
tion of slavery. This has been shown (satisfactorily I hope) to be untrue. It is
needless to pursue the subject farther.
Mr. Rives further stated, "of those who refused to vote, (namely, Wise, Stanly; Un
derwood, Jenifer, Biddle, Pope and Chambers,) I am glad to have it in my power to
say, none were Republicans." Hut saa Mr. SiahIv. I shnll nnt
S. - - J J 1 " V IV I W VI. U1UI
ilr. Uives does not consider me a Republican, but I must refer that question to my
constituents who arc Republicans, who having confidence in my republicanism, sent
tills iiLi I..
meaning?
Mark this passage, teilow citizens, mark it well. What is its imnort or
It cannot be mistaken. Mr. Rives knows him to be a Federalist alias
W hig, opposed to the Republican p rty, and thus is he known in Congress. He does
not say he is a Republican, but implies that his constituents believe him to be a Repub
lican, that they have confidence in his republicanism. His constituents then labor o
dcr deception, and he takes advantage of it. They believe him a Republican, while he
knows he is the political enemy of Republicans. He says they aie Republicans.. If
so, would they knowing him to be a Whig opposing their political interests in Con
gress instead of supporting them, would they 1 say cnoose him for their Representative?
This little sentence is a biting sarcastic insult, ulitred by Mr. S. to the very laces of his
Republican constituents. V hy did he not tell the truth to Mr. Rives as he believed it?
Why did he not tell him as he believed, that tne majority of his constituents were
IVhigs, not Republicans; or did he believe ii? Let him choose e.ther horn of the di
lemma. It is to be hoped that the scales have fallen from the eyes ol the people of the
third district, and that they will teach Mr. S. that he can no longer boast their confi
dence, and that they will repair the error under which they have labored at the next
election.
Mr. S. next makes some remarks on ' a motion maue by Mr. Cahoon of Kentucky to
suspend ihe rules, that he might afterwards offer a resolution on the subject of fugitive
slavesi to be reterred to the judiciary committee, itn lusuue ions to report a bill, &c.
On this motion to suspend, the vote was Yeas 90, Na) 107. So the rules were not
suspended. His purpose is to prove that thu liliy-six iS on hern Republicans who voted
for Atiicrlon's resolutions, voted ail but six ag iinst the su.pension, and that he and all
his other friends except ILddle who refused to vote for Aiherton's resolutions, being
six voted for it. Ho inMuuati s lii.it the Republicans would notvoie for such a law, but
his insinuation is not woith one farthing. What dots it prove.'' nothing more than
that the House would not suspend its business i lieu oelote ii; but it does not prove
that the resolution would not have been enteitaineu at a proper lime and occasion
Mr. S. must excuse me if I cannot enter inioail the minutiae ol the vote on theNan
tuckei petition praying Congiess to recognize u.lei national relations with the Republic
ol ilayti. His purpose is evident y recrimination, and 1 do not perceive that the dis
cussion of this peiition has" any hearuig upon the object of his address which he professes
to be, 'Mo give some reasons lor ihc couisehe has pursued." L am willing to allow, that
what he has said about the Marquis of Quashipompo, the fancied minister plenipotenti
ary from me black Republic of ilayti, is ail very imaginative and clever; and 1 abandon
to him all tne advantage, be can make of ihesu two paragraphs.
1 have enaractei ised this address as an extraordinary production. Is it not without
parallel or precedent? Who would have believed that a member of Congress from the
South would have addressed his cjusiituenis exclusively Upon the subject of abolition,
without scarcely adverting to the history of the many interesting transactions of the
whole session? What information has he really gi ven to his constituents? None, lite
rally none. Has he shown any prospective practical use or advantage to their inter
ests, to be derived from this abolition address? What inducements then could have go
verned him? It must be presumed, that he was conscious of the reprehensible course
he has pursued in Congress, that he hid opposed the known wishes and interests of his
constituents, that he had merited their indiguation and contempt, for associating in the
labors of Ah jiiiionisis, f jr aiding their cause, and for having become theii apologist in
the face of the whole American people. Fearing their displeasure and its consequen
ces, lie has ventured to cnicr on his defence, before the people of the third Congression
al district. It is this defence which 1 have attempted to review. It shall now be dis
patched with all possible brevity.
The few remaining pages oi his ifiboliliand are devoted to objects of little interest or
variety. On the eternal subject of abolition he discovers and displays an all-absorbing
sensitiveness. He manifests a deep concern, to show Fust. That all the Abolitiou
i?ts are not Whigs. Secondly, that the Whigs are not Abolitionists. Thirdly', that
some of the Northern Democratic Republicans are Abolitionists. And fourthly, that
there is uo danger from Abolitionism. He tells us that he deems it necessary to pub
lish some facts that he has collected. One of his own colleagues (says he) has travelled
to the North, and associated with all classes of the people He asserts that there is dan
ger from these fanatics. In Massachusetts both parties court them. In Maine and
New Hampshire they are opposed to the Democrats. In New York the Whigs have
elected a true blue Abolitionist for their Lieutenant Governor and in Pennsylvania
the Whig candidate for Governor was an avowed Abolitionist. But Mr. S. says his
information is very different, arid that he derives it from persons of intelligence and
from newtp ipers. He ransacks the States of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, hhode Island, and New York, in order to draw from the ranks
of Democracy and even from the ranks of the clergy, a list of Abolitionists friendly to
Mr. Van Duren. If I were to admit every thing that Mr. S. states upon the subject,
he would gain little by the admission. It is mere recrimination and neither justifies,
nor defends him. But 1 will not admit what I believe to be untrue. In the charges at
issue Mr. S.'s evidence, his naked assertions cannot be admitted, and yet perhaps, they
are more worthy ot confidence than the other sources, whence his information is den v
ed the Albany Evening Journal, the infamous Courier and Enquirer, the Emancipator,
and perhaps an hundred other affiliated papers of the same polluted cast; and after , all
his researches among these receptacles of filth and abomination, how small and insigni
ficant are the numbers of Abolition Democrats favorable to Mr. Van Buren has he exhi
bited even if we were disposed to admit all his assertions compared with the host of
thousands and hundreds ot thousands of true blue murderous fanatics, who have bound
themselves to the political interests of the Whigs, and the Grand Lama of whiggery
Mr Clay at the head of them. But it must have been remarked, that the especial ha
tred of Mr. S. is reserved for and directed upon the heads of those he denominates Ab
stract AbolitionistSj.against the true blues you never hear a syllable of reproach It
may be useful therefore todefinean Abstract Abolitionist, a term by the by, which is a
solecism, as there are none such in existence. There are certainly men who hold the
flU3,1JU pnion that sla.eryisan evil in itself, and these men are true Republicans, who
are opposed to any overt act to hasten the abolition of slavery, believing that, the South
is the bc3t judge of the time and mode of accomplishing,' what thev would be glad to see,
the emancipation of all slaves. They are thefriends& defenders of Southern "rights, and
pronounce all interference with Southern institutions a violation of moral and constitu
tional law. Such is an abstract Abolitionist in reality, if such indeed exist. Would to
heaven we had none other. Then might we lay our heads in safety on our pillows at
night, fearless of the stealthy approach of the midnight assassin, instigated by those fan
atics (who Mr. S. says mean no offence to the South) and into whose hands they are
exerting every effort to thrust the torch and the sword.
Let us now turn to the next subject to which Mr. S. directs our attention, and which1
seems to afford him unalloyed gratification and delight. This is the abiise and vitupera
tion of Mr. Van Buren. He revives the exploded insinuation that the President is ari
Abolitionist, and presents as a proof of it, that he has not noticed the subject in his mes
sage. This charge most of the Whig party, and xMr. Clay at their head has renounced,
and is a proof at least of good seiise as well as good taste.. This last gentleman on the
Hoor of the Senate said, that he did not believe that Mr. Van lWen ever was or is an
Abolitionist, and Mr. Clay is the Magnus Apollo of our Representative. But Mr. 5.
thought he could impose the stale fabrication upon his simple-minded and forbearing
constituents, knowing it to be untrue. He then continues to utier his flippant nothings
against the President, with all the rancor and inventive of which he is master. To all
this my reply is, that Mr. Van Buren's patriotism, his virtue, his sound Republicanism,
his unquestionable excellence as a statesman, as an accomplished gentleman and Chris
tian, require not the aid of an ephemeral broduction like this, for" his defence. The un
warrantable assertions, the foul and slanderous aspersions of Mr. S. directed against hint
"will fall like pointless arrows shot from broken bows."
We have now arrived at the last move which Mr. S. makes tipon, the chess-board
with a view and with the hope of checkmating the Administration of the people's choice;
and I have no doubt you will be struck, fellow citizens with the same convietion as my
self, that it is precisely because he knows.that it is the Administration ofthe people's choice
that he hates & reviles it. This last move is nothingmore than a hurried annunciationof the
defalcation of the Collector of New York, and the fact of his having absconded and gone
to England, with a large sum of money belonging to the people. Of course he ascribes
all the blame to the government. It was certainly the most high'-handed and villainous
robbery ever perpetrated on the treasury. Would this have happened, if the indepen
dent treasury bill, opposed and defeated by Mr. S.'s party,- had been in operation? cer
tainly not. But it is admitted that Swartwout was a coadjutor of the Whigs; a Cbnser
so called! ito cringing vassal of the Administration. As a proof of this, Swartwout
was nominated for the Vice Presidency in Western New York: Mr. S. tells Us, that
the House would not trust the Speaker- as usual, to appoint a committee to examine
into this defalcation; but takes care not to give the history of its appointment. A propo
sition was made to elect this committee by a viva voce vote, but was voted down by the
united votes of Whigs, Abolitionists and Conservatives. ..They then by ballot, packed
a committee of seven Whigs and Conservatives, and two Republicans. .This committee
proceeded to Ne w York, entered upon their duties with closed doors, iri their own pure
way & manner like the Spanish Inquisition teturned and reported just in time to pre
vent anyr action on the report by the House, with a view of using thisexparte evidence
without the means of receiving the expo'sdre and contradiction which itmeritsj for elec
tioneering purposes, to turn the tide of the State elections, jvhich the Whigs know; is
setting powerfully against them" iri every Quarter: '
I had almost forgotten to mention, that Mr. Wise of Virginia, a Whig of the first wa
ter was placed at the head of this respectable committee. It is certainly known to many
of you, that this Mr. Wise is one of the most violent opponents of the Administration,
and the mest turbulent, reckless and refractory member of the House of Representatives
who is notorious for having introduced more confusion and disorder in the House, and
done more to annihilate all claim to order and dignity by that body, than ever John
Quincy Adams, with all his septuagenary petulance and rude Obstinacy, or any other
man. This Mr. Wise I believe is generally considered vain, presumptuous and arro
gant, with talents scarcely above mediocrity; but values himself not alittle utponhis rhe
torical powers. It is believed that he apes the manner of the late John Randolph of Ro
anoke, who was a most eccentric character, a perfect gentleman, a finished scholar and
mostaccomplishcd orator. Perhaps in his peculiar manner and style of eloquence, he
was perfectly unique, and without a rival in the United States. Whether Mr. Wise iri
imagination, conceives, that he feels the well-earned laurels of Mr. Randblph incircling
his brow, or whether he believes that, according to the Pythagorean system; the soul
of the departed orator now animates his body; and that his delightful and fascinating el-
oo. 1 will not be so illiberal as to suspect that he has been indebted
for the most of the beautiful conceptions of hi i address, especially the
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ghtful and fascinating
oquence flows from his tongue, it is universally admitted .that his Imitations are so infel
icitous as to excite pity rather than admiration, nauseous disgust; arid cool contempt.
Certainly in comparison- with his model, he is a pigmy to a giant,, and we may be per
mitted to exclaim lookingon this picture and on that in the classic language of the im
mortal bard, Hyperionto a Satyr." Well it has been thought that our Representative
has manifested a taste so exquisitely ridiculous; as to take Mr. Wise for his model and
indeed when we consider, the violence," the petulance; the readiness of invective and
illiberal imputation which have marked his speeches & writings since His acquaintance
witli this gentleman: there is reason to fear that he has not been able to resist the conta
gion from associati
to this gentleman,
rneioncai Deauues, or loivir. ziuams ornis iriena ivir. iade or Abolition memory,
mbst of the information or delicate morceaus of his Moliiiana but still, as the Dutch
man says, nottihg is impossible riiit Got,1 a man may pite his own nose off. But whether
this be so or not, or whether Mr. S. derived his information froni the Abolition and
Whig papers, of all calibres, and characters, I should humbly deem them, the worst
sources, to which a Southern man could resort. .
But it is neither impossible nor improbable thai a key miy be found to the other
wise inexplicable conduct of our Representative in the suggestion now pretty general,
that the Federal alias Whig party in this State, though for the present keeping dark on
the subject, are insidiously endeavoring to terriper public opinion to receive and support
Henry Clay's nomination to the Presidency. . Yes! fellow citizens, Henry Clay to be
supported for President of the United States! For it is certain, that one of three peri
sons will be nominated in opposition to M. V. Buren, either the Abolitionist Harrison
of Ohio, the Abolitionist V ebster of Massachusetts, or the Grand Lama of the Whig,
party Henry Clay, who has been 'every thing but nothing ldng"the Abolitionist of
forty years standing, the Anti-abolitionist of yesterday,' who notwithstanding is to re
ceive the combined votes of Whigs and Abolitionists throughout the country.. Does'
this explain the course of our Representative? Does it afford the true reason why Mr:
S. insults Republicans and keeps the fair side of the Abolitionists? I Will not say that,
a treaty of alliance has beeri sealed and ratified between the high contracting parties of
Whigs and Abolitionists, but it is certain, that the alliance effectually exists between
them, that the concert is perfect. Can you doubt the readiness of Mr. S. to co-operate
in the grand design, to organize public opinion, to pUtdown Mr. Van Buren, to elevate
Henry Clay? Let us hastily sketch the character of this great Whig, and examine his!
pretensions to this high office. Mr. Clay it is generally believed started in life without
the advantages of education. Possessing an ardent disposition and aspiring mind, he
disdained the dull pursuits of private life, selected the profession of law, and after pre
paration, commenced the practice iri Kentucky. While yet a young man he advoca
ted the abolition of slavery with all the ardor for which he is remarkable, or else his bi
ographer has played him false. I hope he was one of Mr. S.'s Abolitionists in the ab
stract, but that he was an Abolitionist is undeniable. He soon emerged from private to
public life, and took his station in the great council of our country. Then it was his
boast to be a Republican, perhaps you will enquire whether one of Mr: S.'s abstracts.
He was both abstract and practical, and what Mr. S. would call a self-styled Democrat.
With intuitive discernment the forms of legislation soon were rendered familiar to him.
A ready and able debater, he Very soon attracted public attention and rendered himself
conspicuoas as one of the leaders on the Republican side. He was called to preside
over the deliberations of the House of Representatives, and for a number of years dis
charged the duties of the office with dignity and ability. The honors of his country fell
upon him in such profusion, as ought to have satisfied a man of ordinary ambition; but
to him they seemed to creep with lagging pace. But an adept in intrigUej he was toq
impatient to win his way to the highest honors, by slow, certain and prudent stepsv
Incapable of self control, too eager to wait their ripening, he rcsolyed to clutch those