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A. C. wiLLfAMoGH, Uiron.
T. j. iiuLiuii'riliLI!m;i-
volume: i.
CHABLLOTTE, HXT C, JXJLTTu 1832.
I
HOLTON & WILLIAMSON,
Fkopkietous.
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in,tt V. J,,r ',111. Senelary,
W MUaiti II J Mtf", Til a-illir,
I't trin I! In ft. Atinrnry,
I'r Wtu. U. Mi Kte, Iwaininnig Pliyainan.
J- lleraman, i.eneral Aent.
All Ini,,,. . williiu UO day a alit r aalnlac
l"tv priiuria prearntrd.
II anka and l'aniilllrt, tho in? I lie plan nf npe
ri'i.tn ul tha tlonijiaiiv, nny lie hail un ai.pliealinna
'""'Ifflee, ur any of I lit. ApelitiM. All Icltemnri
t'liaine,, abuuld l,a addn and In
JAM KS V. JORDAN, .f'tnlary
Congressional
or tiic
Hon. Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky,
IM l.H'P.llEU IS Tll
lint n UratHEHTATIVM, MARCH 18, 1652.
Mr. Mah-iiail, of K -mucky, having ob-iHini-il
i tie ft Kir hi ihiee o'clock p. m., whs
h lifiil I" priTPpH, wren he wan interrupted by
M r. Jt'iisu?ia nf Arkansas, whonHid: I
wi-h In
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male istement, if ihe cnmrmiiee
in'1. The Deficiency lull haa nut
i liffii sp..keti in ui all, tin vet, I ask iho pnvi-
ge lo .iy I'' wnttls upon lhal bill thi
(.'. bh, .rf . :nowiiit on ,iP
1 1 n i All'.ui; mid lo inn kh a In n f n,;!n nul uni
in itjiirl In f.-tl t'niiiualea inatlu by I lie
(i .vHriiinptii, which hitve liren r'jfclprl tiy
i hi C T. tt it 1 1 t't nf S tt yn ami Mhiiiin. f hope
Ihm rniiiiniiipe will tienr inn ihm I'Vfimiti,
nod, liv iihoniiinmt rooscol, lhal my Irinnd
f i inn Kfrimrky may proceed with In upeeeli
.,,
ICnea of ' Agreed I" "Agreed !"
Mr. Mahmiau.. Surely, I ahoulJ have
no tilj ciio:i lu fuih a courae, if n were in
the c"iwi r of ihia ciniiiniilee lo aliow me lo
proceed to nioriow. Hut Iho llmiat! hat nr
tiered lf.i debnttt In c'oat) al four u'clnck lln
rveiniip. Can the CoininiUeo of llie Wlm'e
inakv anv arriiL'emeiil out of ihe acope ut
IlifiitoVr uf Ihe H.ili-e ?
'l'i '- ( iiaihmam. Ily ihe oriler S ihe
l. i Ini il. Iii If nun cl'iau al fnur o'ciock
ihii tjnt ami t( la aheitit jihbI lliiee,
Mr. Manhali,. W hi i) I am ihntikful
fur ihe di aiif ti i 'i It 1 1 1 ed In ln fell. it 'merrv
b in lo iiffn'l me a ll). ite pli'itrihl o.in luru
Iv in tliire It.e Ciiiiiiiiiliii', I lliuk il will
b mv rl ui y lo pn.eied al tiice. ll is un
p I'.ia.Uit to he compel ed lo I in Ihe piliini'e
t-f pi mI nit n, alreuiiv hi ailed bv Ihe pro
i in-led fii .if lo dav ; but, uniler l!ie or-
ilrr i.l ihe IfuUvt?, I Itall Icivu no f-lbei t.p
p. -r t mi it ; and a the puti ic buiHi-tia pit iih,
wiili He V'liiClti.ri iA I m C'hitir, I v.111 aubtiMt
imiiii uli.r r hjimux flow. W,alen r apoluyy
n.ny b" due In llie cnnimllue or I In; country
i i e t ii. .i ti,,! I lime. wnl be Inund in
li. ii'i iii, Hhi Ii bin. t.ei h .irpiiHeil upon
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iy ihe p ui fi.fiuiiia nf a fmnd and fa
v r le If b.vi riiiten t.f tit v rnl!ejiie, hrmighi
hint l.t'..ti.!, an he adid in lhal speech, (a
e. py of which he bt fi ie me ) " In undii ale
Ihe ae linn ol ihe Ketiiut kt h m"Ciaey, and,
ri.llaieral' v , 1n jmtifv ibfir rhmce."
i
1 In ilm diit hai pe of ihia aelf intpnteil duly,
bail the l,i,n,r jb.c mi inbrr Lent conleM in
pr, ttuee li.e (no ,! in !na pniitM.-aaiiin tu vindi
tale lirntHl ISiiiler Irum ihe rnp ioUnn nf
p iliiirs' duplirt'v , atni even to fubow up audi
v indit ' 1 1 ! t, t li t iei.1 t u ' t , j y ui na hit- and
i v c'" mi t,f e-tMyfi t,!ibi Ii ive atiafo I ,r a
rt-pU . Ii.it, n ? olifimy lo bia uit favor.
i:e ll.e 1tilMit..-i,f per, itiai aiid pnbliral Irteiid
iip, l.e rli.ii . iiotlt-r ihe rover t.( a compni
a in heiween M t . 1'iilnmte "lid (nierl lint
Irr lit eintiritce tMttttii lh" arnpt til IfijUtloua
cri'irtv'ii, il rtt.t t,f unmet iitd denunciation,
the eit'tie M,,utii"rti hi j pariy. If a mere
,,iL" mi ,ti bv Ihe meinlier Irum I'lnti.la
itntl the rui'lnig f'pmii.,4 ul tl'nttll I). Dul
'er nchio' lavt'iy t re lint knnti. and
her .(e hi tt ijtbt b ftUiioilel hv Inve.
Ii .'d.'ta ntnl I n- - t . r , umler a mfctmce,!
It, n ol llieir rvci leimr vtna ttonioieiil prti
Vxriitton in ii.tStice mv ei.llt'amie in enter up
on ''ihe viuili, aiin ol the Kenlurkv Dcmuc
r.icv , and, collaterally , nl iht ir ch nce ;" with
It iw mm h in re ri an will a reiU i:n tie
rit)iuifil t,l tt, me Vhie; tLi-inLvr lii,m Ken
'it'hi , ,i f't ' t f fit I lit- u;i ,i or i Ii! m Cut lu lulls
!.!' I , (1 , 1 1 in 1 1 e ,i-aii'l i ! mj Col f i;ue
up. in ih.it niriii who ih (be cbn;ce ol liie Kein
i in k V V Litis, it t-i i a up, ii i thi eolidut t of
t I he tinle "iit erti Mii" p it I '
I ah.ill nut ptrin ipi hi I ti c r ,t,le! winch
ha h.i tt cm i no1 on in Ihe presence of Ihm
H, ue lur the pasi ti'nl,i.. (ienllemiti of
ho oilier aido ihia Ctianibcr are entirely
j com pi n nt lo ti n acjiit-i mi nt of their own
I, iii, , j im. 'I houli ti. ni'ial Duller i my
, c-'inlituetii, an. I, Ihert lote, rn illeil lo tny at-
teuiion upon proper oecaHinna, I recnn.ae
the fuel that hi 11,'Mtin am in hnnda mure
compcitnt than tttitip 10 du thetii jutlice be
fore ihe tribunal of Ih-mncrahc opinion. 1
w il
icmark. however, ilml a loiif aciiuain-
i lunce with W il.iam (, Holler enables me lo
"f ' iin Btnl it allnrda me p enaute lliua
rnhliciv lo tav I never have en let lamed tba
idea fur a mi ir.ent tin! he would be it lunie
n nil tpnel Ilml in Ihe hand tit any e! o! men.
I h.tie never heard diiaimii'aliou a'lrtbu'ed
in bim by pulmcal foi or peraonal enemiei.
I bflievu him tube a man'y , al i nijih lorward
and honorable characrr, cunsipicuoua fur the
purity t f h $ private life, and hit fulf ill) to
evet y observance of a perttinnl honor, which
a in. I unit tin! ii med hv renroitrb. but above
1 I muil aay, thai I do not be leva any nftice
j could pteaent a prize atiflicienlly precioua and
j templing In cttmpeiiinta NYilliamO- Butler
i lo alonp lo ili-'ibern! ilrceil. I waa not aur
1 ptiNt d to a, e lua letter ; lor I calculated upon
' anmel hinj; 1 1 1,111 hit pen which utiuld alale
tua irtin poaiiittii. I thmk, however, Ihut
even mv bnmir.ible colli', inne dota not ih line
rli nilv bia pret nl vilw, und lhat the ie-
"otikal sluiM make wt I briojf the coimintlce
in 1 hi: aiimc cmiclininn.
My collenijurt (Mr. lltetkenritlije) thounht
fit to compare the voles rf Mr. I'lllinoro and
(teneral liutler, upon (omc poinlt connected
wiih the power of Congrcsa over thu mailer
of lnvery in torn of Ha uspecla. I observe
ibnt the cnnlraat ncleclcd by iny collenguc is
a anting nne. I hn point ol view presents
(ienrtral llutler ml Mr. I'lllaioio 111 direct
aniiigoniatii In eaeli ntber upon a gravo qut's
11,111 tit consilium nl law. Tut) lime and
ipieaiion for each being the tame, I admit
Unit the frienda of either may fuuly inatnute
the coinpaii-nii. My Collcaguu speciliea a
g.iihat Mr. Fillmore llius :
" Al ihe commencement of the twenty
ixth Congresa. Mr. H'ie, of Virginia, sub
mitted a resolution lhat all petitions, memo
riala, and resolutions, for Ihe abolition of
slavery or the alave trade, in the Statea, Ter-
1 tiinries, or Districts, of ihia Union, should be
1 coiiRidered ns objected lo, and the question
of reception laid upon the table without de
I bate. Thereupon, instaiilly, Mr. F.Hmure,
J of New Ymk, sliited lhal if it was necessary
I lu ohjeel lo Ihe resolution, he objected. Up
1 on a motion to suspend Ihe rule for its in
troduction, I find ihe name of W illinui ().
Umler lecorded in Iho HfTirniiiiive ; an,: Ihe
name uf Messre. Adama, ffiiidtng", Fillmore,
&c., in Ihe negntive."
1 Now, air, the direct inference fiorn these
remaiks i. that uiv Colieanuo ttiii.c.itlea jiita
thn view of Mr. Wise, at presented by his
resolution. That view denies to ihe citizen
iho r 1 14 1 1 1 to petition for any legislation by
Conjjri'.a respecting slavery or the slavn
trade, because it is not in the nurpe'etuy of
( niinirss to act upon the qiesiion in unv
aspi ct.
It is clear lhal where Cong. is po sses
1 the power 10 act, Ihe constituent has a riyht
I lo petition for action. The free etetcise of
that right is consistent w ith the ilirrf In, 11
vested ill Congress, to determine ihe ep t),
ency nf granting or refusing ih j . . n'
the peii'ion ; for the dit nun f In-
leeti ih right In p' tituui si.tl Ii ,t i n of
cnticerimg the request if lb' pt.Hi 1 -r.
Mr. ise'e resolutinn, to winch ri-feri-nf,e
is m-de, was based on H e idea that C ingru a,
having no right of action in any t,f the par
ticular specified in ihut rftii.liHK.fi, s'i, ol,)
not enierla n, even by lerepti, n, a pi-litnm
for li-gislai mil u. iiii sny nf them, (ii n. lint
ler voted w.th Mi. vVi.-b ihnuglmu'; ai.i,',
1 must pre -nun , 1 Hlci tali,C'J the s iinu t,piu
, n, Mr. Fi, In), ire, believing that 'ot.gie1.
did piuneas llio power to legislate upon S'lni"
uf lha sul jecis suggested bv the realu'iin,
vo'ed aiiinsi its psnaget, in onler lo pio
s. rve the cone alive rigid of the pei pV !,,
pflitioii h r act'on wherever Cor great had
the cower.
The various prnpoMnons pre?eiited In Iip
twenty nth Congrea for the di-pusilion of
abulitiun peiiluiiis exh hiteil, bv their ilifT"r 1
et.ee from each ruber, the abides of opinion
entertained by member of lhat body. I re
member a resolution, 1 IT. ted by Juf'ge Chttin, !
id Louisiand, winch proposed lo receive the
1 ' 1 1, an I iiniti"i!ia e v ref-Ti'. with-
on I.l 11 tit: I 1 mi th,, ai-o, Mr. Fil inoie
in 1 tii 11. Ii iiler were t.p i si-il tu 1 ech ottier,
Ihe I'.tnivr v, 11 g in the hflirumt V". .This
lesti'iili-n, taken lit cmue nun with Wise'
resolutmn, in senli-d very tli-tincllv the qui
tinns t, Ctni.'f niurinl power and 'be right
t,f aitit'.iti 4 and ll.ai anta w ara rweiMttirij
do prove Gi-n. Iitiiler In have be-nnge-d at
that dav, to Ihe cUsa of glatesmen win in
n ed the power of Congress up n ail the
point and nil p-cls aogjii.nfd hv the rean'u
ttoi , and dn pn.ve Mr. Fillmore in have ad.
united the power nl Cnngfem nvtr me of
Iheae sol j -els, at least ; but, al the r:iine time,
to hate been disposed to pa-s such as be
longed In Congress, f er a re.ppctfu' recep
lit ii, lu the quiet nf lha committee room.
'I he istie heinj thu dialinctly formed up ,
on the conaiiiuiiofial power of Congiesa, may t
we not asaisi our judgment upon Ihe correct-
nes of Ihe reappiise conclut-ions of those
gentlemen, by relerence to other passages of
pulmcal history 1 j
In the record of Ihe thirlv firt Congress,
mntig thai enea of meusures known as "Ihe
Compiomtae mi'asutes," 1 an act " to sup
ptess Iho lme tud" in the Hitttict of Co. ;
luiubta." It exhibit ihe actual exercite by
Congress nf the identical power which n
disiuied between Mr. Fillmore ad General
liu ler, and the eicrcise nf that power, tun,
over one of Ihe subject actually embraced
by the lerma nf Mr. ise's res , lotion. Heie,
then, t a stronger case for jj lnment ih.iu
that aelectt tl bv my colleague, ll is tin pre
limiiiary slep for ihe pai ii.nientsry disposi
tion ejf a question, but an ncttial law- a b-g-i;aitve
acl upon the tubject-inatter as to '
h ch hn case would on'y raise a qunitinn.
And inure : lhat act derives ut vilalilv from
thn approving sanction of this samo M til: d
Fillmore, agunst whosn vole 10 receive ihe
petition uf iho people my colleague so elu
qiienily Inveighr.
I demand nl tny colleague, doe Gen. Pul
ler regard Ihe passage ol (h 't law as hevnnd
the constitutional power ol Cultures 1 Dues
I my colleague so regard it 1 Should hi n
! er be in the negatite, how Can he condemn
the reptesentalivc, Fillmore, b.i bemi; wil
I ling to hear a petition fur legislat upm a
subject, when he approve i',e ta i.-i .i.n ul
, friaitlcnl Fnltnore to Ihe Inn nutwering the
: demands of such pelmou ? Shnu'd he antwt-r
in the allirmative, then I dt nitnd to know
why ihe "Ain'ii" he and Gen. Bu;b i alike
. cry to Iho Compro:mo ineasuie does not
: suck ;n thetr throats ? Me think I could nt
say "A men" to any fortes of Icgis'ative meas
ure when una of that series violated the
Ctinslilur;on nf my country. Mv colleague
Citnnut consider the, act lo which I refer lo
be in unconstitutional ait, or he wnu'J not '
embrae the ernes to wh eh ll belongs utf n
: jetilciiienl of the questions involved, fur he i
1 would not dhitln a aettiement which involved ,
a viulntmn of the Constitulion. What re-j
1 mama of the issue ? Nolhing, as F ihtnk, but
. the duty of my coileagui to confess that the '
' action ofCorgresa upoti the very question he '
j has (elected lor cxamiualron ihe approving '
I (auction of the American people lo that rx j
lercise nf power ihe resolution of the Ken.
(lucky Ilemocracy acquiescing therein, and i
i the direct apprubaiiou thereof by Genetal :
i liutler himsell, ull prove that, since thu era
til the twenty sixth Congress, "a chim-i- bus
I been lining; on 111 llio public mind," 111 Gen.
eral liutier's, oa well aa others, and all viiuli
cale the vote of Mr. Filltnure, which ha I
been produced by my colleague fur li.s co;i- 1
demnaiion. j
Mr. Hki 1 hKMtimsE. If my colleague will
allow me 10 iniertupl him for a moment, I ,
will bo brief. Probably some of the resnlu
j lions, and especially that of Mr. Vjo, had
; refeience, among other things, to the lave
liiide in tin I) strict. But thn greater part
! of the incinorial presented to Congress ilur
; tng ihe period in which Messrs. Fillmore and
1 liutler served together in Congress, had re
In rr nee to the abolition of slavery in the
Slate And in the District of Columbia, and
I of Iho a'ave trade between the S:te. Aa
far a I have examined the records, I assert i
ll.-. lit. I'.llrw.n.. b,.ll..l f...)le.a a.ant; f'
ni ,,ll. I lifllllllB ,u-, u iv, jitiu icl, jinoil ui
jlhem. The latter placed trill vole properly
.upon Ihe ground lhat Conuncsa bad no con-
i ii can uirin inna, iiiii uciicihi iiunci ngniuai
i .... . .: 11...1-.
' -i . .......... I . i .Iw.li.l. .1......
States, or in the Diairict of p.ilumbia, or lo
aholiah ih tlilta Iralla bntwtWil thn Sl.lna.
J Mr. Ma-hali.. I commend my collengue
ilo Ihe books egain. He ins chosen lo ar-
j raign Mr. Fillmore' vote to Wine's reiolu-
j linn, and lo contrast lhal vate with General
I Ruilei's on the same proposition. I inMt
i that wc shall slick lo the psint. and lhat w e
; shall not wander t ff lo another until we have
i concluded thi'. I say l!ial r,' collengue will
jnol find, I Ihink, any resol.niiii offered by
ircnllcmen pf llie South Ma'iermd lefer-
ted to, which did not, in te,m; embface tne
slave ttade in ihia District a among the
powers denied lo Congres. It certainly is
embraced atnmiiig ihe powers prohibited,
according to M itfc' rnsulurian.
Mr. Brkcxemhuuk. I will not interrupt
ihe geiiti, iiii.ii any mine, lut 1 want to be
clear upttti thn point. I'undtratand bim now
I. i take the puition lhat al those pennons,
memorial, anl renjlininn iip.in the sultjet.l
olalvHerv, while f,ey t-mlr ce lh subject
' in te Sine- .love trade be.
meen i r :? itiei, and shin rti lu t his I),si iici ,
,,u" pmbr'-ed it qiiesiiutt o" the slave Irade
in 'hi liiric; aid he juslifiji Mr. Fillmore,
in v ling fur then leception.ppon the ground
I hit one uf the t ems confined in ihe peli-
In nt and iiieuioriii was oiii about which
Cot grtss had Ihu ower to legislate. 1
Mr. Makshu.l. 1 tit) not pretend to say
w but mis in ihe miiioiials .'r pe'iiions. You
might as well la I. of cniuiimg the nands on ,
II. c sh.,re, or the eaves ;n the furest, as lo
' !'u',v iiuiriy p-Uli..ns cunnc'ed with slive-
ry have been presented, apl for what pur-
'- ' spoke of rso!i;ti'n ave, lest.lu-
lu ns embodying pnncipl s cd especially I
api.ke o: lhat rf-oiuiiiiii t ffced by Mr. Wi,e,
if Virginia, which the p-nlleinan himself
had selected fur Fxmi.in4i.il'. I spoke of
Mr. I illmore'a vote on hal resolution, be.
cause it was lhal vote ihejlnlleman selected ly. I mean to send the antidote wuh the Methinks I cr, now beholil the conclusion of lost by any seclion, anil eveiy Ibing should
lo condemn dim upon. I nive looked to the poison. I mean to examine the principle nf lhat memo', u scene. Mr. Vanderpool, A bo saved by all. Hi it fljence was imme.
principle nf that resoluliui ; and I insist lhal. this vote, anJ of whniever o'.htr u les gen- New Ym k, was the spokesman t.f the North-; diaicly nnd wde'v fell, nol only in the Cor
ufter arraigning ihe Preident upon a ener-, llemen produce. ern Democracy. He uitered in their behalf, gress, but tlirrunlu ui llie country ; and it
a! charge with spec fifllio'is, my colleague i No to ihe econd specification. The wiih solemn emphasis, this memorable pledge wa exened wi'h a boldness which b ft nn
hall stand still loeg eougi lo hear ihe an- twenty-first rule did t o moie than present U it'll we become wretches, and whol'v in room lodouht the s'nceriiy of bis rnnviriiotiF,
swer to Ihe charge ail spec fictions filed, Iho principle of llie Wise resoludon. Mr. sensible to Ihe obligations of covenant and, "nil the patriotism cf In purposes. His at
befoto he alieinp I amend by artduiunal Wise's resoludon raised the ouesiion of re- du!v, we wi'l fat'hfiiliy fulfil the compact." litudo was j ntimu : i rid, w ln cimlempln ed
and new spocihcal inn, which w ill serve to
shiti us irom iii gr. uti we now occupy. '
Mr. ilKECKKXRibti. I hve nul amend,
e' l!-
Mr. Marshall. lay 'hut, in Mr. Wise'
resolution, there wei term, or subject mat-
ler envered hv tlni-eerm", which justify and
indicate Mr. Filienre's vote, if his act, as
Pieanlent of ihe f.iled Sla'et. can be vtndi.
cated by hi signuire to the hi I to suppress
(he 'ae trade in e District, which pissed
in th Lot gression series. Mr. liutler vo
ted wrh a class of nieinen w h t denied ihe
power in i' brca?st terms 1 tidmil hi
o'e are consistei thrnunhout. I have a
right lo rest ihe vine itton of M r. Fillmore's
rote against that rmlution upon this point :
ihat the ter ms of tb resolution expressly de. ;
med a power to Corress, and a right to Ihe
people, which he belved ihem, each, to pos-
ess, and which Gieral Butler, and even
my colleague, will n confess Ihe Congress
dues possess, and with Congress has exert
ed, with the sppronion cf ihe Kentuck..
Democracy, and wide j of ihe Amrncan peo-
p e.
Mr. liiENrxRinoE'iirerruat'in.' 1 I wil
interrupt my eolleact for a single moment,
lie cannot Ura me tm a eontn.versy on the
Compromise. I apprve H ; anc I approve
Mr. Fillmore's coursi so far aa he sustains
ii. My remarks growiiu of ihe comparison
instituted by Ihe goilemaii fr..m F'londi,
(Mr. Cabell) belweer ihe pi: course nf j
General Butler and Ir. I'll'rjfre on the
slavery question. I ws forcH to examine 1
lhat comnarisoti. in d tig I shnwed thai '
General Bmler had aUys r'ri against the
eeeption of petitions o aLolsh slavery in :
th St.t. .1.:.- ii ...i .v.. .1.... -
..... ,,, in, i, I'lrtll, ion tttcaiilTC
trade between the Stalo whi'eMr. Fillmore '
had voted lor ihem ily coleague seizes
upon the single matter f ihe ilave trade in 1
this District, and avoidsha orer and more
important questions. 1 o notcer.y ihe pow-1
er uf Ciingress to p:i ih C' nirointse mea.
sures ; and, upon the isoltiet questir n of the
slsve trade in this Disiiiti, Im ke no issue. '
But will mv colleague pttntl n thi! Dies
h e,, n-n!er lti.il r..n.n..h,a e. or ! .1,,I.
ish either ,iae. v ... l!. frW. the slave
tride heiwern ihe Slate.,., slavery in lh,s
D.slt.ei! And if he doej.nl. would he en- !
Ierl:lilt P. .,.., i,. Ti,. ll.nl . n.na l,n 1 1 D ., i ..
Congress pn-.esed no po-ir lo grant those ;
peinions7 If he would bt enteitain such
petiti.-n. would ho vinihcal whatever vole
Mr. Fillmore has cssi fo-ihe reception of
P'l iiou! nf thai charact;'? That is the
point. I
Mr. MvnsiiAt.i.. My d'eag-c. i! must
h? arlmiiten. has corns lole point a lorn
distance off from the place here be thought
he had first made it. Iliasks me what I
would co, instead of exsSming what Mr.
Fillmore ha done. H" prfse 15 catechise
me, instead of Mr. FiUnvi'. I answSr my
colleague briefly : I du tiif-cek to draw mv
cnlfeagae tntn n Cnntroverj ppon y point.
The Compromise measurelhe standi by.
That is right. He mnkrjno issue on the
power to suppress the slattrade in the Dis
trie! of Columbia. Thai limit the propri-
ely of Mr. Fillmore' vuKfui Wie' leso'u
lion and on (he twenty first tile; because lhat
power was expressly ileiti) m bu h. Mv
colleague talk of petitioii(ind int'imriK -- Pressed in Ihu contest lor power, und weighed , f public men for evidence uf iiieir pn-bablf j 'r. MaRSIIAIL- 1 h iva heard trom the
I speiik uf resoluiioiis. II inaii-im a volt- down by the thousand evidences of Van Hu- course when invest. tl with (Bcial in-vver. gen'leuuu upon thii auhjicl be. fore J bul I
upon a resolution, and priose lo try the
Ptesiilent upon w hal mav hve been rontained
in a iiieinoi lal. 1 1 i like (e old justice who
issued a search warrant ft the saddle, and
tried lo convict under itopnii suspicion ol
stealing a lui key . hei-iha vote on a me-
ntorial I produced, and see what (he me- j
mortal proposes, it will b lime to reply to i
that new specification. As to Ihe other
point, I am surprised at Us character. I
cannot presume be thmki cither Mr. Fill, i
- I .1, .. -
tunic, or i, or any one eif in mis nail, he-
heves Congress to posses the power, under '
ihe Constitution, lo aboKh slavery in iho !
Slates. The worst Abollonist who has sp. ;
pcared in Congress has it prelttidej to in-
vest it wiih such power. Tho power lo a
I li.l. .1... ,1..... . l .1... C.... 1
; iitineii hid .lai. IIOUO uciaccu IIIU Clfltl. IIUI
.. : i j ... . j : . c .u.
, iv rti uetlieu to UH'riets tty n oectsiuil Ul
j Supremo Court of "the United Slate, and
suppose no statesman contend for it as
1 .:...,. i li.t;.... ......i...1.,..;,,!...,,.. ,.f tl.- ...Mi,.ii,,,.l rinbia
from Ohio (Mr. Gitldiiig') does not. Cer
lt.ii.lu M. P,ll il,... .l
Mr. Iiaxe kk.miioi:):. Mr. Fillmore once
held it.
Mr. Marshal-.. I despair nf getting
through with a speech. My colleague pro
pose again a new topic of discussion before
hi queatit'iis are answered. I desired lo
follow his ipecificaiiuna agninst Ihe I'resider.l,
and lo run out ihe parallel between Mr. Fill
more arid General lint ler a loathe slavery
quesiioii. But I we that ihe gentleman tires '. been o dislinctlv developed, anil less respeti
drtliat, n wmiia eirrryn.W rxamniation . ' for llie popular' intelligrnce. Ti e people,
to my own political opinion. These are ! sir, taw through Mr.. Vai'i liuren befote the
well known. Thev have been expressed fre- ' politicians did. I will do the Snuihei n De -
quenlly, and are seen in rny legislative course, j mncrals of 1 84U ihe justice to sny lhat they
I be cannot ihrow light upon the pinallel were pa r'icti'ar, al Ica-t in the arran; rmeni
belwi en Gen. 15 jilei and Mr. Fillmore j and of the terms upon hich they hrrxight the
I will proceed, therrfure, lo look lo ihe next ' abolition question within Ihe range ol parti-
specification made by my colleague BgaiiM ' snn politics. Turr were not cnnieni as
ihe President, lie says: wnp of the D.mr,crats tf lo.Hay wuh
" After w aula, sir, al the tame session, (he ' w ha'ever plallorm a National Convention
famous t wci.ly first rule w aa utlop:ed, i-ioiy ' might choose lo adopt. Tlll.V were not
excluding abolition peinuns, whether they j willinj to refer sueh vital questu.n ton
referred lo the Stales, Territories, or ihe mixid Brbitriimei t nf M issnr l.uselts Coitli-
District of Columbia. Here, aiiain, Ihe ' lionisls, New York Free Sci'ers, and South -
name cf Gen. liutler was recorded in the ern Secessionists. Thev required at the be-
efii'malivc j and Adams, Giddinga, Fil'inore, ginning, a legislative exposition, and applied
and others, and, I regret lo add, luttie Scuth- to ihe northern wirg of the parly the severe
ern WbiV ), in the rj' gatjve." : test vt ri'ch the twenty fiisl rule proposed.
Now, sir, this collocation of names is r ut Thai lesl seemed to cfler the chance uf ma-
expected to do Mr. Fillmore iijury here a- king elecitoncciing ccpttal cut the si .very
mong polilician and slalesmcn, but in (be 'question, and, at Ihe same time, to secure Ihe
f.irm houses and cabins uf Kentucky and ihe fs'obiish merit of a f rinelp e w Inch would ex-
South. There, as is well known, tho name j elude from the fulure consideration uf Con
of ihe member from Ohio (Mr. Giddipgs) is ' gress all pel it ions relating to slavery and the
not popular. Hi principles do not sun us, slave trace in the S'aies, Territones, or Dis
and his aentimen! ate not accordit'f? to I be ' I rict nf Columbia. Thev committed a fata!
le' lings of our pei p'e. Il may be supposed
lhat ihe association r f Mr. Fiilmere's name
wiih lhat of .Mr. Glib
nf Ohio, may pro.
duce a prejudice against Mr. Filinore, and
operate upon his political prospects injurious -
ceplton on the giound lhat there was no pnw. ;
ei in Cong-ess lo entertain the subject. The
iwenlv-first rule absolutely excluded ihe f.e '
dlion, ins'ead of making the disposition of it
on the question of reception. The mullipli
cation of examples, therefore, un this point
has no furiher force than to indicate tho ms-
lured and tueu conclusions aimed at in
Messrs. Fulmme and I'ullcr. resuectivelv.
upon the principle of the rule. But, sir, this
llusiration is equa'ly uuforlunatc lor mj Co
lesgue as the other.
The twenty first rule was right or wrorg.
If Ihe House did rent to adopt it, the House
did wron" to rcneal it : because il asserted a
principle and contained an exposition of a
limitation upon tho constitutional power rf
Congress. Adopted by Iho twenly-six'h
Congreaa, it was repealed by lh? twenty-
eigh h Congress. Adopted by a House con-
(atning a Ddmocralic majority, il w.s repeal- '
ed by a House w ith a ) et larger Democrat-
ic majoriiy ; and ihe latter dt ciston was con-
firmed at the opening of the twenly ninlh
Congress by another overwhelming Demo
cratic majority. Who did right ? II is pa rt v
has acnuiesced in the last decision, as that
of" iis sober second thought." I must pie-
sume, from Ihe approbation ol M r, 1 tllmore a
sanction to the bill to suppress the siavo Inde
in this District, which General But'er has
given in his letter, thai he, too, wocJd now
vote against tho adoption of the twenty first
rule ; fur if he is not now w ii h M r. Fillmore
upon the principle of the rule, then are his
words empty and unmeaning. Ifsuchatule
should exist, where have been the Demo
cral since ihe twontv-ninth Congress, lhat
'hey have not atlempled lo revive it ! Where
a... i... .u r -.it. - .
on. 1110 eut.a ui nil luitciuc . .-i .
Breckenridaei diirinir this whole Concress.
w hila questions i.pu.1 the subj- cl of the Fug:
live Slave law. and slavery in a variety of
forms, have been pouring through this House,
that ho has no' alumptd to revive it? In
assailing Mr. Fillmore's ote for the adnpiion
of t at rule, be w ill sec thai he arraigns the
vote of his own party in repealing it ; und the
action nf thai party in repealing the rule !
nresnnt In the rnunlrv aa n vindit ill ion of thn
President for the vote selected for hi con-
demnaiion. .
The course of (he Democrat-, r.ir'v in
Anni.ow.nn ,
nn with thn I w enl v . firm role t lirtra an
inslructive lesson, by which the people of this :
, country may well study and better appreciate
' the philosophy of passing events. I hat rule
was adopted at the session of Congress im-
nvdiatc'y preceding the Prcstdcn:;l clefticn
'of 140." The competitors for the Chief
'Magistracy were Hairison and Van Buicn,
thai " noi'lhorn man w nh ruin her n pr iiie
pies," whom the Deir,oc-acy so delighted lo
honor. The agitation of the slavery q-.ies-
j lions, the presentation of abolition petitions
; and memorials concerning slavery, bad gon-
ded the southern people to a degree of ex-
' citemcnt which rendered Ihem an easy prey
! to whaterer fettmn might choose artfully to
play upor Iheir sensinveness in regard lo
" ihe peculiar institution. " Tho discussion
of Thompson's resolution, which immediate-
' ly succeeded Ihe rejection of Wise's propn
! snion tlTred the opportunity to drag the
whole ul jel of s'avery, as it exisis in the
Son h, into ihe arena rf party pnlinrs.
ten's ma I sdmnistialinn, which v. ere being
developed to popular observaiinn, the Dmo-
craey, in their desperation, seircd the slave-'
ry question, with Ihe intent lo manufacture
therefrom eleciiimeeripg capital Pr Ihe oc-
canon. A S-.iuthern Deinrcral now r.
mme opened the war upon the bigs cf
the country, by ihe general aectrsa'ion lhat
thky were allied lo the Abolitionists. Cum-
paring, with elaboration and apparent occu-:
racv. the vote of parlies, he deduced, from
I ... ,tt-1 . .. . -1- ... .. 1
aei'cieu ..isiatucu, suiutitiii iiiairi ia a m nu-
thonze, in his opinion, a general conclusion I
which his party adopted that Hariison ,
was an Abolitionist ; that hi supporter
ere llm a'lies uf the Abo'itirros's , that ,
- ; Martin Van Duren was tho man "wi h sou'h
.. . I . . . I .. . U . . U . . m (1,0 ,,,,11, m ! , , 1 1 I
Clll lllill.l,lt., ti ll nuui u
ur ikoii .lill uiiiiftiinii'i" i.iii,iiurii.,r.i,,.
i,.-.. .. :. u ...t . c i.... D,.,i iilt.i
I I ihe Van Burrii Peniocraey nf Ihe Nonb
a alone could be relied upon for Ihe protection
- uf the S. inli. Sir, I do not mean tu recur
i In I ho ii.ri rli.ril . nf I l,n I r n t n sa. 9ntne ihcie
' are heie who imagine lhat the people w ere
! misled by the cry of " leg cabins, bard cider,
! and coon-skins." Thi is a sad mis ake.
The regret with which the Drmncrat still
1 look hack to Van Bureti's defeat, and the in
' snfiiciencv of ihe causes to which they a"ri -
bule it, atgue lil lie apprrc uiion of the difii
cutty we escaped by avoiding rne whose
' views of ihe slavery quealion have since
error in consenting lo bring I he constitution
al rights and peculiar institution of Ihe South
' into Ihe range of fartv cot fiici upon AM
lerma. But, sir, their test was applied, and
: ihe Van liuren Democrats "took the p'edge."
The compact referred to was the c, imparl
to accept the southern interpretation of ihe
Conttilution, In wil :" To itcngiuso slaves
,8s property ; lo continue them as an-elemenl
of representation on this iioor ; Bnd, fi.ially.
not to cn'eitain, by Congress, any petitn
touching alavi-ry or the s ave tmc'.e
a , n.,...., n
the
called ihe previous q-esiion, atiu upon ine
vote the tw enty first tu'e was adopied, I ad
mil, bv the accession uf the Van Buren Dd
mocracv ol" the Norih to the mnsi of Ihe
voles of both parties from slavehulding States.
I his is !rue, sir ; but a further n llcvon is
is also sunnesled in this connexion. The
w as no sincerity in that dt clanuinn it was
a cluak worn for the cccasion, and the pltVge
was immedia'cly repudiated by ihe mas-ts at
iho Nor h w hum those ob'igors represented,
This u history.
Mr. John (ju ncy Adflms at the next Con-
gress moved lo rescind the rule and even
then every Democrat but two from thu Siale
of New Yntk voted fur the repeal. The
election had pass-d' ry, and tho continuance
of the rule cou'd no longer answer the pur
nose ol a political mm i uvte
In the twenty-seventh Cur.grrss there wis
a v pig maj inly. I he ru e was not repeal-
ed by lhat Congtcss. Cut at the commence-
menl cf the twenty eighth Congress the re-
scission fai'ed by only four votes. There;
was in ihe Iwenty-eighlh Congress a la'ge
Ii......., e-..;,.,.it. it th- crrnnd an.
sion of lhat Cnr-ees's it was repealed by a 1K rniNCil'Ll-: seit'ed hy this Compro.
sole of one hundred and eigh( to eighty. mise to be this : lhat oy I FiutlTon? here
Mr. Chanman. of Alabama." at (e billed In re- "fr eppUu g. At' ANV KtTl Kf. TIME, lor ad-
vise the rule al the commencement or the
twenty. ninth Congress, but failed by a very
m,;nr,-l- Th tiiatntvnfiliP twen.
" - - "j " - 'j
tv first rule is. then, a story of political i.n-
eonsistency. When my ceileague arraigns ,
Ihe vote of Mr. Fillmore against i s adop-
I'on, he brings at ihe same moment into
e'rona light that grave delinquency of ibe
Van Buren Democracy, which assumed a
principle of action without intending to pur-
sue it, or abandoned it without an h"!iest and
open confession of a chmge of sentiment.
Mr. Chairman. Wiih these llflh'S of Ihe pnst
shining full on hit path, my colleague ven-
lures to say, lhat agun the Sou'h should bn-
its reliance upon ihe Democratic party of He
- North. II the lessors 0! thai past, ami es-
. . . . m , s
pecially the actions of that Demoemcy upon
the rule relerrerl to, nave neeii lost upon my
C'.lleague. ihe foica of political affiliation
must confuse bis generally accurate percep-'
Hons. I have a good deal to say and I must
hurry over ihese niBl'ei j. :
Mr. lintCKesllii'OK. Thero is another
spec fication w hich 1 wuu'd be g'ad my col-
league would notice.
Mr. Marsh .. I suppose my col!e,ig-ie:
refers t.i the Kite lo'ler. I no not hnow
what e'e. tf be does, I u'lders and Mr.
Fillmore's sir w upon lhat suljocl to been-
pressed succinctly in hi. reply to Governor
Gayle. I telVr toy colleague lo that letter. ;
I was surpiiaed lhat mv en league, in ihe,
conclusion nf bis tompnnsnn beiween the
resident nmlGiner.il Butler, should iid'tcl
tu doubt Ihe soundness of llie Preside! upon ,
great qusstion lhal may attse for Ct-ngies-,
sional action touching the institution of s ave
refer lo ihe wn tugs and vote .
They are accepted a gu de to our raicu'a-
(ion of their conduct upon unsettled ques-
imns through nn uiu'crtain future. It was
upon such trust the Democratic party ac
rrpted M r. Van Bui en, though his su!"f queii'
development of seiidmei l exhibited the fa!
Ucv uf iheir hope and the insecurity of their
relianec. Hi avowals were foftunately not
mit to anv severe lesl durinu his adinini
iraiion. B it in Mr. Fillmore's case there !
remain mi room for toecu'ation : there is I
. e .. I I. II '
no apology lor ine pretence oi a oi uui. iiei
has been tested officially, thoroughly, entire j
ly. II. U v are known from hi fli.-ia!
action a Presiddnt nf the rimed Siatts.
s deiermna'ton ha wen exi rcss; J ;n te '
4-ird lo tho fulure by hit act !hrni;g!i iho
t , . I . .1... t . rt. t ,fl 111 R(.l.
, t i p
I as!, Ot.U uy SUUSiqueill Ii" to
- r ,
piuieii i-ipii M e miners ioiciiiii i
made tinder ail Ihe light of lie paat.
the Aliunde to the Pic fi: h'8 n.wng
been lead, ant his tiivriCiiUnlis to Ilia tuuntrv.
men heeded-lo n gaid tlm aeries t.f meii-
'. SlirC. kdOWn as "iht! A lUSt llielll, ath9
final sclllemenl, in prii op e and subs-tance,
, of Ihe distracting quesiinti they embrace,
! Ho has been tried through a fiery nroeal.
, We, who were members uf the thir y first
, Cm gresa, cannot fail to remember the extra,
; ordinary circumstances which ousted at tin
, onimeni i f Mr. Fillmore recession to piw-
tr. Thi ie was a gulf opemrg between ti n
, Nuilli ni.d S tith, which nifjmciitnri y wueii.
j eel. I he Itgamrnl binning me teem tia u
'hi Confedeivcy in union were strained, and
' p' li"g by degrees. A question rf political
' rifht ihrenlened lo assume ihe dt gma'.isni t f
a religirui If nr I. The passiupa tf ircl'.nii.
altsm had been thor. rg.h!y arcUfcd. 1 bn
counsels nf palriolitm M-mird tnJiavobst
lhe;r control of the public mind. They who
bad excited the zeal uf far.ataciem for se'fith
purposes, unable now to gniJe tho storm,
w ere impelled by Us force, and became lha
f xponenl at or-re rif Us direclirn ir,d it? fu-
'' Tte ship of Slate, freighted wiih thn
noblest imrs and proui.'i.'tl bnpet r.f man, wat
nlrendy in the breakers. There was no pi'ot
( the I, elm. The nif'( experienced had
jieldtdnfr' m t'cpiir. To s.ive, il a
essential to charge h r crurse. This "at
necrssari'y the t-peratit-n uf a n'r-met.l, but
required the cute nf a hero, at d the skill
"f coiuii mule, master. Ii was c fft-ceii
proiiioily, tit ci-ivt lv, ai d f uccr ssful y. M l
bud Fdimnie brought to the grt-al task the
tb ci.-u u of a smu smn, mid ihe seriiinien s
of a patriot Hit adhfi ree id Ihe prnpc,.
dona then pending lur ll,e tuju-.' rnciit t,f tho
difiicubu-i bctwti-n the S ate. ii iti.tatiHv
antioui ci "I as ti i.' pro cip e t f his Adinis ra
tion. Discarding nil secln tial corisideia
lions, he embrnecd in one view the rig!-.:
iniere s il the who
plumed bis position h here n
whole country, iin.i
thinir should h
by ihe future bitloitriii ot lhat greul crr-is.
will be pri nounced ihu muiules alion of an
'Xiicd far seen g, and subuine love ul ciun
Irv. 1 he enactment 'I tho series ol mea
sures kun n as "the Ailjusimcnl," waa tin
ordinary experiment uf legislation. It was
opposed by no ntiiinety combination of foes.
w hn: her coiis.ijt red In: ei er' V ( r penius. A
man t-; i r i 'it cuinaviti
qn u i d before ,l,isi pposuiun ; 0 manof faciio
rtisp'isr.ions wnunl n,.ve adapted his course to
meet the wishes uf his o wi powciful secimo
of the crutitry. The Picaident its rained
bv tm Var f reisein'.i jo, animated by no
wi-h for puwer to be jjiii'iicrcd by Ihertppres-
si, n nf ihe we.ik, nnu ii-t3iiicd bv tho luica
t f the strtrg !oal lo the cut h be bud In-
ken, and due In his ('uiy, nl once nit n! in il
hiinsili' wiih ibc.se measures i-fCt-mptn.
niise, and declared lha' hia A dmiuiat i al uti
should s'iiik! or fall Willi ihi m.
Mr. Iliifi ki:m:ioi;k. Will mv Ci I'eng ie
allow me lo ask nun a single question, be.
cause I sincerely desire lo have an answer
which will teiieve mv mind,ar.d ihe mitiiisof
othsts, up n '.his subject! The geritiemnn
mu be assured thai, if 1 find I have been in
etior, I reauny ackin w r
te it. I hav-j
ncer besiia'cd to give Mr. Fillmore ereihi
for what I catnsidcied good acl, in relerenm
lu the Compromise measures. This is ihe
point, however, thai I want to ascertain, c
the pentlemin appears lo be speaking by tu.
ihoruv. llie iveniucty nemi crais unaer-
mission into mis L; nmn us a o aie, is to oe
!n.mev with or without s.aveiv, a ihe pen-
ol me i erruorv mav cnoose. noes mv
. . a.
luct d um.cn-. ml Itval 10 be .;Ir.
P""'"'""
M r. fli
AlisiiAtt.. Most certainly.
Mr. Bp.Kt Ki.Miimii:. If be d.es, ail', he
be kind cnnuaii to exfilaiti why it was that
Mr. t'bsler, the it-sen; Sycretary of Slat-,
when he was traversing the Slate ef Ntw
York Ins! summer, in company wuh Mr.
I'll more, declaim! hi opinion and those- of
the r.csiuti.t were identical ui on Ihu sua.
jeet, and declared at Ihe same I, me, that hv
"ebsiet) vvas iri:v..'abi v il-rcsm,
''Ml.e an,,,:-.-i,,n t f ai y :n..,e,aie lernt.iry f
Il.tllr Va. )..(f.. .Lin tu'.arnnrii.nuOi
...-.w ...- ' p.-tin
'"". orn.y colleague cet.ain lhat ho un-
- -i
Mr. Mahsihi.i.. I taw all of thi in the
speech of the gentleman from Florid, en lha
interrogatory cf my colleague. hv is it
re pea ten !
Mr. Breckesbhicb. Because I did not
get a salislactuiy answer then. I want ine
now.
M r- Mar-iiau.. I don't know how fur Mr.
Fillmore can ho hi nl resiionsiblo by this
couiury for Mr. Webster's speeches. I cer-
tamiv tin not kuuw under whatcucuu.. lances
Mr. Weoater' speeches vrre inaiio. I uu-
tlcrsiaiiu thu l'resiucnt to be ft'.puit.ibltt lor
;he 'CI of the Secreiary it tiaie; but not
for l r. ibster's dinner tpcucht. i lua
'nu'roed speeches, or any other nmlter not
rnacted in hi lac ml cpactiv.
Mr. Liu tKL.Miu.ut. .Mi. 'Wbsler said
,l,u A.i.i.ii.iut.i n w is a uml upon that
sul )'''
suppose t ve-y geiillem.in in ti e lliiily hist
Congress w ill umierstH..d .its iitcii ; becaust ,
il Ihey do nut understand it. ibev do iiol i,:i
ileisund ihe import of the Iii ';lisli I ii guaga
il.al li e Stales which aic U be catved eut
ol ihe Tcri.liKie Wiil n ine in',.) this t tinni
as S ates, w ith or w.thout alavery , a iiiu
people loniting the Sl.Ue isr.j choose.
Ttio gt'Otlcunii asks li.e if Mr. Frltnnrr
i in lavor ol that 1 " I
niiuated in the b.un!."
sir, 'hat la " no.
I ; is ihe point, dis-
i,...t Iv bii.I .mnli ili.nlit .wmv i,tt,,-r
" i ...j
'engw (Mr. Ii yd, w Im sat j-it be, ore Mr.
Marshall. will . r-l" which ui the
South entitled. 'I' iiiI a Tin: entisiileraMon
received. That killed "the Wilnim