Newspapers / Western Carolinian. / March 7, 1839, edition 1 / Page 2
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i I I- fc ! f Ti.'J i;y w.'l i I i, i i J 'U,f;V, ' i f ' T " fV.'i ' t liv-T, 1 T" ' t ':.-! ! .VsVT of l Ik I M. t i- ., of wi.ita are jf-rn-i:: 'i n "t eDT tbeir eT ' nt ? ; fe . i , t I i) c.' i .-ltS if iiirf tztt " J C l L k (. K.! 1.; hi of t'lVtiry itUm !. I'...' t,i'ii (ofefc Jui'jh ly' incoj!S)iifr'e muu Hi if er)a tiac trwx to- a ; jms tt. Jt.'tt:f, twn i! lucres r " 'T- rts J"1 , "S 1 -f(ir , at tuy latere r -i r tf u . .1 wrm r tJJ(; u.iiv-a bf .mj --Vy Tu -t.fi Sf i , oswi -5ef"i;mv irm tbm e t..CMi,Nt 9J Wj&-f WM m , wamiti.iua dplsy tlw of an -lMt th.7 ppif VMiM tMj yj?m Vim i )HImX(y umlllffmc nj knowledge. For trf- j.Uow tott Jcr .yuatf iv.m k.. tIIIH? Ttu?tinttd tu iuke tbe. .ppcalu to our .t.m, f t te qiH& twrt IU a; lwne rf then P"n upid mind, they re- r t-bt to i!i: rfefe ub & ; uieteng their tyrtem uf wihia; To 'r,atf ,,'f rwvrt,M.fnw ()t th(r p,,WertfN,MUMion,ibee' now t,J? tbi- l.k.-f fn ihrtUutW tbiw'r tl ImIIuC bu ; tnd ' - .ail'KM ; i.fr fclf Jct ! Bte w. f ht mnfl( Wiml hjit pawinz before o. who doe. ' e-itW.d ttatm 4t tmhm. m , .t., thioitb!e tendency oP their pro. Viitnce tti.rrwnst.. pi, . i Mt MM inOiUii r.'Ja!!i kik-w;iii,I tLlBttHr; . Sr;tvWt.itiefi!iirr,mn!isU!reofthepro. jaimi uy be r4. j A ti mxitfr. M.i ; i,,, nltbiitk 1 Vuuld wriuia. Mr. !y pri(4 1: I - r"; t? wita e.m.fertm fl .untry ,leinn !rmb r.frK- whs ti. s.ant . J. , ....jv ta n)t nu,re. nn lM qr"" jtf WI?"y; '- r"P" w i. j- 1 be perTuriMiKir f tUi. tffrii Mr. 1 iPfiu.rmie eipcTwnrj. o 6 Win " liiWioa a V.ns &.tulw 1 3v ! tllU u, , .ppeaM to the ballot box. that 1 tu in wy Uvr, an!y Mtt rifltf rffi;,,, t!lw!ic.s-wn, u) ldre,ou. . - V - 4h nHig, ibr er,.i tfwmfs ,t9Af 7 trmnSirBSSriiT history of our., hfcrr,-H UnmoZ.y mU. , 4Wurf t which tbt kpint 'stbulitiAn deployed itaelf. It m .) kmwa H be Vr- CstW yU ww MnmniiaU.y .fter tWlion of the K , e fee that t4 lew n'' LT,, 1r"1'ru and di fiiiel , At that a-.d U have rf4 a-.i4 ti-a s a eua mut , m aamm lum socielie re foiled, com, J? Tr. frmlU am rritnm M WWy l&e Sty of Fiends, But many !-' V.flenHttr,--:-.ft Im a ftifrg.).4 own. Fttiooa wsreprentudtu.Bre-a, . U..t..kf . 4fmifM Crttf- c jrw m.;rfr rt a.r fi,r lhe' (b,lttMm of ,i4Tur.. They we re aortl OfWIf ar waHhww ffwftL.uit .Wi.. ,iti.. rifi,rred. and irtWirt.- ti,e prayi-r tbe p-utwawa. tt i jn y rthanawlaei bad excluaiw iiiriadiclaifi over tlie auhjrx!t. t.Ter ta tbe fcr.r Vooma,r, ; ana, ah": Teport j pprierifly acqiuewpd tn;"Hjd" wni1acr""' r a Mini expaiei.ee a Om mUjt -iiIHI M,j tnw.Ju. enid; lh abohtwa aoc.etica ,ipJm?UJ .rVpect the ' larfea twwJ ".fwiWHkBfewrftottiW uit)MH.)tf t.'t Tte wtHittinii a pom's. nt my rry.-n.- n,0rf Uwa, y- W all know tliat,-- U -wruvte t fWwsnaefL TiwrtBifIhPn Ihe ..tii-wl ,,f Kl.vPr.aivl .tin. l!i je . .l i . jf bAg aul (jiwiiwd nnrlxry eitttut take pisee without arrKma jafitr. I sVsr. attf, Cut the aSil.'Kjuwia bava tKatrnd a oeWrf'fcW aafvt f irce f'y bloauif wtibliie 4yrt ffct aasw h ' vie a -poSlatwitl and t-irj- t; Aw af i wms;' 1 nuttl an !kgntfTr.'4au. tf lie rlat.nf ..I ' know ft,!i-iLiai Ukt ra. e sjnMiH& t!ut B"ti.i:tff i rttjtulftr lU-.-wA.iM aB tit bv- it toe nrta ar . la arf esae a fc-euri- a!;jr t tm.iMl, ut bcrt ttie ta wctjtw eaHil bt ali:!y t pntprty prautd. $Cl2. ifl ax4 l ewiimi that Hii abolition. -1 bavr ed iMi tl sWt aif tt apJ ina'lf inj-irijua Rwi:aia .ja SBia.ia of a lir tvirltna it tiie ctmim'UiSf- T 21 I t"i..ii ii ht lu-e Urem aii4 If tie -.ntt lj'k I uv'.i , Lave Up- tl4atoir ttm pwiL And I dcaie nnw, klj. I'rriu.t. a airt W ame V,!,,r t'Jf.i t --! r-j.i; Sll J aiiu!l, 1 atn t-l.n ,-,t, H ;t Cli'l-Ht t.lf : ., !i. I am r-.n ,-", t r -ftH. sivvvrrrw saw cooiri wiia juaem aa ta ur wniaax.aa iuie..ii.irn-aw...t eorKWd, and baP)m.iw-y, peat rV-"-1 !! trre.-istibly wnpeM la waaMS- a aa ajy ww.. iocorhpetent aa I ki mvi-f uU.- im IN6. lie (tm fi-tioamj U aratw wyria kaa iuot direful cefltieiOfa. i ' Pif mwntpi 7i,e J.iKrrrw.1 from the apdecaJed Britil experiment ,, f.r.. t - -'tuw aracueaaiiuy wiue auoinmn 01 aiavert in uieae l,tr; than it can be Hr ma. Bj. aiLUMt m I a.-tr am ta . w,n' " . , 1 . . nm 1 t a I-ra Hi : n uriiiMii rMrin iiitrnL irr uii. I , .'I'i-cxe -arc JiJrf .x-1 . a.a .nvti.it.tgsua,-. ,aaa1tlrt. fTmrrtBlaTWTvpmT3'irf elrnTie'fi tontly f.j.p,d. U the eaa .t . waol but in remote and feeble coloujus .1 ti,,! -""'" t i kmvmz ou voice in rrrma)ellt. The Wed lijdia slave-. e..'m:niorita t phiicfamn .arT. sre eAtwa-' WM reofveented nor reptweiiUtive in tmu:y criw to the xvw at aflaaeey. atf . t,14t p.w.a!Bcnf. An.j , h:..,t KH!t frwently wwu ate na U oitpoaod. at jc mm Ua-e. a. aa Jtm.tr.a ?!te mccesa to tta BntUh extx-riment c West beftherHeea-idtra-ileyalr I the j. ea-.ecTaUi.HV I eunfeae that I tiav fearful Rre. mffioirnt a tim fmmr, 4 Urt Suw ; f , gM,ariH termination of it. Whatever-it til IJouWerary. la tbwfia wwy w-W , ,hm j, mu8t .muj m,,, jf ,Jie BrtlWi '. :U,t pee'f!u1 a..J eettirW aarjf f rrw. mm:fj4amtni t!mU thff lmim is freemen. ' nf ah- t,:i '! i mitrnw m Www war ' ,fta thw WVst iimj frc.nn M ,!1VC. If, , to all it farms, tw! tbe riiat. fwae aa.1 ft4 1 tUeM! tUve. p,,,. b, a wU'e oc-an V.lllatmmr-it0iikh.a. Ti eit CW ClWjt ay- , .l. nr four milly.m nt Afri. iii rent aUiiitj.iiii-'t tiiat as. !.- m'Xts, J.cr.aJ..d tat Iber .t rf f-ti . Laa fceea fjaW ' lyuu113rtsM.co-ep.ra1- ai nrinuniH ir stut ?tj ae aw t iiiav,,,!, t.UMi rr trij.j t,,, areaend some analojy to that of our own' ' a I M.A thir4 eilaaa aaa h 1 Vi-vr W.I (V I2wr"nm BaVTT, ASM - ' soJreJ to -emrter. ia foe dflkr a. ali n .U UIC X. lAAt W aa it av x? w t-s ar- a -. v - u , Liiid,l wuJut te? 4 wtTJWRt - ew-eaJaiwiww hef saws-rsr wa-sw ; r - . . .f tr u. . . r. aujlimft? AfiLriftirT t Pl S..n n ::rAZ2 TriiizzzUm r '- - .. ? T7 Cti-ed and mcofltevaW-pewrfllif-seaartaw f iu3;ci r. a rt a. thro o a covwmaeU m wlnO. cwnwumt! to , (mdet hopt'i i.f the Cvtita-i . .1 At a.n-'le idVa ha Utta n -. 1 i E P r tV.pur- 1 w.k.ti aw swwiv, .. - . " "V llVw ""4 , -r " . ' prw,Jl oM of every thing which ! C"''"!' "3 "il.w ret,rthea the , side or weaken the ther. tition ,4 ibe r, mm Umwty -n rsv j f def-r, have been beed- .a l.mit. t'.a ? Prr a. tU kto UtUrf lb urewnt Priulm.t of r. .y w.-an ronJueicg e ft . ywt f O ; C(4 l(tft( he Wi thttsJitU feeing an abo. .kJoi.k at.a.ataaMl.B.JSa-aaa. v.U M 1 1MmJ ,. hi.Win. ...I W? , f aa akaa A laili.A f .'i J wl tit m i tHI 'la Sat'U y arrive. . ..-r r., Wiwj fJ II 1 1 lints 4" 1 v' a.ta s..' f fn w ! , j I! J . . ' . ' ! ii .."1.1 .i lnrse!y wurtaiied . ...... .'.;. - '--.. 1. JL-r -- 2 MM- r... WTP-W." Uonaloretiier rtul p;w.!.3-g "J Aafcrieti eotniiumtHW. as a!a to tHe-axewwee- w tlw f.lli'j.'f t O0 h !? , j- 1 r c tU t.---t, a i rw coiic-m !, al p 1 , - . ,1 . . . , . .. , , r .aL. la-. Ile of J c, eiSJ H1 ffi- aHo-retwr afi,-wra'.i r,a 1- twavca , t- ' I I...,. .. ,.l 1 1,. i on. , ml. l iirm C .fU'"! a itnctofO .r.T tl lk r.t the --C r.m-"' w,,; ly. t'iry are not t.i t A rf . Cl'TU i 3!Tr.llC o' if lt S irvrv ca eKif--r' .i lr J t 1 -r, V r l- d pri 1 t r s f i-'ir. v oi awV ;!!" ihll w. . .roi B. a. ,!-t W KM itart a, at a 1 v,.l f X t,ir- tie ar' i s.,.-.'.' .. (, I I.' !. f,.,v. ;i af fi'i i. j r .il' :u -1 im J b'.-i-a ; ,i i,f i!i( and l.-ifr-d t ;'..! 1 . r."'-t v i ';nu m lit" t.'nion. II, 11 a ,4 W'HT.Ii1 tV llll till' of civil- it'JMn.'s ot lh.il entire "ei'lion ' ' .', " i'r -:.i-iit,'r.j iy, thai wh.l.-t' f ri'Wi. ' i t t f wounded fi"fi(i!;rs of the MinWcr of ' i ' I : n at trie Court of St. Ja iifi much to i , ' '( wtM'ii his ft us jirnv oki'd to tuki of . . i . i . l' I i . t . I ,nc I rwT, i.r uiv n.'ij'i ;t- npm.nB, tie wimii nave oei ; ;.'t f)ivn.:wi the J ,rmy ofm stttion and of rr. cotriT- -ii Crr-ir ::r Luit will contempt mum silence. Ha ' xc!i'4e us from fcuropeiyi wcM-ty lie whohiui. J i"in m'x nhfn n a. ecroTmhsud a-irntvion, tnd i re- ' i I w r'i Kiinitni fprii!iied into it ( If ha Iw no in r !. -,rwm of unr inciity Jluo "are of hia, he iui r 1 muriM tutt t itnte f eivrn.A tiwi.intrcinr't(! wJl ei.nt k-'t vvi"i ba. Ytr, I think (he A ncricta Min r wr.t tS'Hitil. Lif bst iwrsiij"il the dirtnti" of true dw- Vf on.wbic (Ui third clwtvT ulirtbolK u , e, i, mif effi;e, ihlf ullm,t) cnd. t tlw r uwittm by-piufeaHnc to employ -rltMv mn m'spmjalinr to the b.iowmtr, if thecw ulil be tuund iiiHUUicient, to ir- .4 -ww-Wrt-m ner of tho bonet. S-i.n5lSfaW ttji tlut dre..IfuT j.racipica- ,iMA wflWfi Ute W(MJy burfi t jj bcue thaw . 1, A employ Hie irwtrumrii f,f r.,L1im nJ rut.,n h r ,r t;,f nnrn mtf, n, bl the ewomumiy at4rrf4a4 ra 1 imutap Ltii.4 UKidfnully wnflifxrlit intt notice and diacnv auiox w tlwt uo the otraoraU ; occasion uf the admia m.A of tbe State of ffluaiMiri into the Union. 'I'lia tfugftfTrs4teifran'TOMi. aiid fnarfl,. It in ti re-ci-tvl fa mnkir ta eeeexwary to do m wo thm merely au rt lit tr. anitif that it waa tin Wiy coimioawl by - Fiu af lit coHiprouije Lli'iractertie of mir TnHtitu- . tu. aiitl 1. wbiclt Umt tuitlilutioa lUelf (be tuoat W. .. . t 'i : 1 t I , m toirt la uwu m wuicu aow-auu euraeiv w irnw causes, JU. Preaident, fwve contributi-d to pro-Jiu-e tbieextatifl (Xcilewent on the eubjrct of abolition. Tk principal oue. tMrbitpa. i the example of Britiait . enaneipatHin of the aLieam the islawla adjacent to jr country, Such the aimilarity id lawa, io Ian fug, h tnatitutiona. ami in common origin, between (irwal Britaiwand the LroUd Htatea. that no great mee -Mtre uf oatHjmt policy can be aJoptd iq the one Cmin- . trp without 'nrlcinr TOrrsiderable degree of infla- - cneeia ttv Ur. Confimndiivtr tbe t tallv mtrerent ew m-tiw. of tbe wwer of the British rlUment e power of the British Parliament ami, tttuBw--wf-hwAVwyrew' W'tfieXTmYodTtWaViW: ..... 1-1. . l - Ylke Waeaiit tl aovereTtfil wmJ uide i... ... .... ..,n.,t... k .;,,. -ti;..- pjmm d( tl AmeT1a Congreaa. on. the ctrary, are fc,rwtlol, ilu)t4. acrupulouaty excIodiW all tliat krruUe,,, lmit 4 mji; f4lefuliy ,nj abaolute- ' f(eluaL.nrall power oaeflneesa.teiiceorcootinua.iee - - -- Tk. .t.u. .-. . ,1.1. I. 1 1 . V Hup.ii.H WW. Wl.ini js Waie. aud IreUnd, and th.iir ownera had ajniLers uf the Bri; uh Ia rfis ment-a raew4i iIZZ7ar .,. ... . 1 - akaaaat ua tual ibaat lltal aa aauiaattiW naiatak iwaa&aa - a at. .a a .'i t'jnTta.c:niairi with.aU 4Waktiril jaiJi"-"Ja W011'' tmjVUKis f ,,,m ril-(i k-.n..tt.w. kuin.!!. ihe m.uiers ' - - w . t r. . i .wtmn abeteauseaavt aoo.pired with the CrilU exW . , . .f ,, . wi,., ,.., J.T,UM K, ,i .,,1, .mtu,! .,wl. kui wiih no intention to 1... r. .i.k. ,k, .M vwf .win -tm rr t - t-tx t iun uri tt ua m air 1 1 1 .. tti 11 1111 ita aattu in. a 1, . . kv..& - . .r th I itw.n tkiii ! ta axaMtarlal la mmm R Will Vtirt9 Wf Utw vinwai a v whkhv iw i-1H ,... tiieuther. Ik iy the uuslorltinc iu "aa .i.iii'rf'i'i ;r,Ar ia r.i mnr imif?.a h wn in liomtratioa, 1 neither aliarre in oia- l the truth of tlie charge. He waa i in ofuce before the mine charge was- those who opposed bis' election. " : -- --.y. ' ' " " "V " " F a-k . - . . a 1 ' j a,a 1 - "'I . . , , nmnrr hn m J(:rrna mt mini al Dollom. . 1 atlOUId lf it were true.- I eit-mld Mmwler. tf K 1 AU.. .. ik.t -l-... l.v iVaA axlattittilM vl naaa atarkrtrri sTTW KaTa umt lUV Wlltri iu rv awwminy w v -v rVM -anyaWerth.a any wh,h dl hope. " " r-- . - twar Incahtrp. bv the accewioo or atwtractton of abo- . ,wwhhl i,! much li than t.! to wlkh I b-J la,ifcr,fUth.treww.rrnm heiugdis-, f K-mir .holiSionista.: r . .... 'Mr. rrideot, allow me to consider the , n, w. , aeaerai casei trt which tne auttiiffiiy w ongmss ia in- Vweo ry vueac a 0010 am iwnnwi-n r"i "v an 1 ' eW'-'w r -.-rv. Tne r.rH r.-ut. s to it at u rt.-i 111 7 a -! tf.-p -r;.:t cf CoUi i ib.a. ' The Cllown? ta the prvvi w . ,.f t' c t'i t-f'tha I'o-tid H'.ate! in n-ter- ts,.c.-r ci ! l!-('f-;-i' n! o; Tu 1. ' 1 - " l j l- ,t rr. . (if l!.e I'l l' ! S i'r- '. ' .' . t m ;: ::t i . 1. : t'j -re tie " a. The c'. ,-ct pf ! " nri'l Vir.' 1 '-" j li!i a n' 1 (iovrrnmfzl ' ' ; aM ( jK"'.i;,t:v; ihe it tit in the t-on'!ii'i'n fir t . . ... . . .... i . 3 .1 . . . . t - n-lutmn in the rrt .f tbe c.k. Ii ! Ill l!ie KjTl IH lilr iiP't- T " " ; uiii'n"i; j. i!?e tjf tti clan tlie IVi?i,ti.- Oaf i.urtial ntsft mrt 'atrt-tU-t ct-J'-d tj the Oewsra) io-fai 1 JrirJed witbt toe lar. cormtitutief tlie" U -"rt 4 C&n ii.., jKi,. kim Wj l Siatt 1 hi niaki.i2tbecftt.J.e!.?.. M.aeu at,pi...i, a.Hi an(.iM ), w rf?." " " ' Itiioirftitiiiit Cittliuli 1 Wtf . ' 'M, sk a nwitlo, slavery ext-rd' in fwft tK Cwra? aiirfln the cedvl trrttirr, ai it rww cwwt w ta etmrf 1if all fif tlipm. NeillKf Marvlarid C'S"' bve attUcijat t'.at uh.t-J The w!t9t.'a,rw' a itliin their respective Jiintla iW. '-t-.m arr tempted by Conrewi aitboot tlc cfawee. !Ni-r. of Them would proUbly bate e aa eoew? :riI cemwn. II tliey could lia;r aaiarte4 xi 'rw.!t.", , Frota the nature of the proviUoo a tle Cri .?. and the a vowed objl of tlie aoriitrt M'a of ik lirraory, two duties ariar on tbe f"f CoaifTe . Tbe tut at, to render tlie jWrict availabW, MfcruVe, jmk. venient, as a aeat of Covewment IJe wane 1'bu; the other i, to govern the people iijbw t ;rscto -a . L. ..a it.. .. "iniBta) Tllrt '-i,'a' Tbiwe ojcia are totally daKinct ja tbeir a!ar arj, in interpreting and exereisinf the f rat of p-ai j ex cluaive. legWaimmUiat du4inctka douid m enauotly borne in mind, )a it aeteiavy, ia ord-f t ttniex this eomfortkble eeatdf Ibe Ueval GaWtasieftt. to aJadish tJaverj! iihm it limit! Xaaaecaaca- wi3 advance aucb a propition. Tbe Colntiil ita rev mained bere near tortr years without t wK,gUrtt ia convenience fr the preefiiirfAjaie aiacery. I it peceasary to the welUbeiny of tbe piAt -a ir & trict that slavery alnald be aboliabeid froaa amoegat them t T(ey ont only neither a- aaar ieare, bat are alinast onaatnKKi!(fy-ipied U rt. It exrfs bere ia tine uiildent and tnost mitirateo fjrm. la a o!!ini oi 99.81 there wre, at U?ttrveTni-t w of .he pne. lation of thiS United Stalea,y 6.119 The number has not probably nuich iy ivaumi tatsw. Tbey are dinperaed over the tea BiiVa nqoare, ened ia the quiet pursuita ot' hut-landrj, or w neo;al of5oe im domeatie life. If .t were weanr ta tbe t iEfie-aey l Oiurt)iace"as a wat cf the Gmeral Guveraaat at t aaH iah slavery, which lautUtlydeeiWitbeabalnacaiafaootJ llie confined to tbe nfcefMtf wlttHi yi" r" " to the liimtet tbe-eity-ta VVaainj1va rtwit ftrrJtai (hUuit Stlo have no Bce 10 Aa ith mbiU tfliils the Dh-trTt lUta lU-y lure th tin- iinbabt tantvof the adjecent eoontip of i!r)iod ipi Vir- Tc abolirb lf.-rf wilbia Uj Dai'rict of Cteoai whil.it it rt-niiiM 111 Vtrf rot and Vrj1ai4, KtUe,ik that District w, witbin tli vwy twirt i tfccae Sbie, would - fx pi we tbi'io to frt frrtkl inwofifii and annovaiH. The lMrn t moui4 twwooae. a .pUce irifflib.iiJmataDitinimrrcclBji aneH be iWrJ aad encouraged in the two Ftatea. Suppo'e.aa aa atoee time urHler consideration, peeenjltasja bad fnateti too mile notiare wittno n limit it the eun U a apatof the Gental finerntwent : could Guojresa. with out a vviiation ot pooa taiui, nave mime-act and e?rB 'hshed"idi,vTrf within ttieUi:B 0aTt!aiaicifiaaTtli, in Mia. ceded territory, aflerabe bad a (Waked it a!u po a. the year 1("U! let tbe lacneteaiexace tp 1'enmiylv.inia in ihe cane wfiwf. wnoM hare aeea much lena, than Uiat tu Virf iu j and .Marjaoa ia tie case we ardargutngA It was upon this view of the suljct that the Seoul at lis ftw wduTJbe rvioiaijimof ia plied (atih, rmiliins frwa the transttclion f ,lhe cen, la abiTusj aiarery within the District. id" (xJuiiJua. AoJ ouU it not be ! l v -iu:pUt'4 faiia ia tneaxal llut a Leo a grani is fBKle fr otie'wvoad aTd declared par poae known to Ibe parlirtbe praal ahoaSJ not be perverted to another rmrp.a uaavoaeJ ana jtcJe clared, and injurious to the grantor.- The grant, in the case we are core briii, of the territofy of Columbia, waa for a rat if Gverttnaeot. W hat ever power is necessary to accotnpUb that !r?cl is carried alons by the grant. Bt tSeabJitioaiof ,i,ver " V we i ! il-.ITll.. .JljewMajfaaafctirt irtWw!m:-r.'&AMm 1 uwlarwu wef tlie Uiatutt. wa owtle to ewretke if.aaX4dvaArtWiifl-ibe Grneraf ivermiteiir toft i16eftlH lajrr aasaaaatl aiaUaijaaf . Ja&r jitvivlii sla ai ihe insuroiQUnt overnroent.and to promote the well U-in,K.V uhetaciVs, which lie b tbe way of the accom. wiw..xuiuiM!anj.t.iuiejfr .1 1 . a -l - -.- - avaa granted ought to lie interprvf.d aod eiercHrd ie- ly to tbe end for which it was r ranted. The tao- tuage of the grant waa necencanly broad, coo. pre- he'imive, and exclusive, l-c ue all the eiigecarirs .11 1 t . - the Gene ral Gowrnrui-ot could cot bate been fre- ueif and protided fir. "Tb language may vrnM - bly be auiru ieully conprel,.-usiv toaarliidea pnw.toiof the several Slates. It is well known that er of abolition, but it wld n it at all !-r-e fUS-w mat tne power cuuia uc rtniuiiy cxercw 1 te case may lie resemtTed la taat re a pVtiteetnry invested w,t&,a plcpary power. Uat wfxt, at lk(r harawwy and patriotisnkV According 10 that" same tun?, lias positive i'truc)nrei froa his Go. rerntwnt as to the kind of treaty wSich be K to. tietotiate and C(K-IuJ-i. If be TJ.l-s thoe ta- - structious, ana conciuoesaidieret4 ttrvy, t Oo veriimCnt is not bound by 'it. And if tbe (weigw Government is aware of lb trauUt, at acta saWethe Wrfutioa of aiarery was retain bad fculwOr, it aay betlrtted braawalrr hr tte ts be exercised by l (IrawB from private life. 1 aea jn eoA-r I - m . s ii u in u.nnni"w inn auir aoy-Her use 4 roy aaw;Mea w panasew. - it if.m-wad oT applying it ta tbe ttfeaied purpH, I.J ..1.. .1.1 J'V1 ri.. J.II..I nn m r v, .i.i wmt i rctei vi sued a power be assumed or usurped, my reponiililny for linn, be cenmtta brwich U t But it way be cooterided by tlieae ultra-abolition-trust, and a violation of the gvud faith iepird iaitiS)at thrir object is not to stimulate the action the who!6 tramaxcthin, . ' ; - a" tie lenenl Gofcpr.inent. but lo operate utmfl But, Mr. PrestJ?tit, iflliis reaaxiing were as er - nitii'tiui us 1 beitrtg n to U'fimi'n i&Ji r.ki i the afTiir of the liberation of ait iVsmsi! oexro j wky are these abolition aicietiea ami movements slaves in this Diatrtct. diconnocied wtib tW iKree';a.l ofiied to the free States . M'hy are the iiiillioo of alave its tlie "Tmird Stae,e aoGc-fit lavw Stale-t wanrnoly and me!!y e?tilel t 1 Why! magnitude lo agl'ate, distrac', a&d caaUtier tHidw the aWJi-en preaaes teem with pubticationa great Confederacy ! -. " . jteajdiaj toetcite hatred and animosity on. the part Xbe. Bf Jtaaati alii KiW paaiiiiaaerti li Wk exercise of the piaerrt lrtre'atrstaaie- iUtttealav State T by isConsreas petitioned t ry in the Territory of I'tomta. ' fTfce free States Imve no more pwer or right, lo Florida is the extreo e S .'herw pxt'i-xi cf tie istrrfere with inat.tutioo io the slave State, con United' Statist It i boimdod raall i!s bad vW r!ni to the etclusive jurisdiction of those States by slave States, and 11 several hundred aniles fiom tta they would have ta interfere with institutions thfl nearest free State. It lm!! ex'eods witbia exUtinj ia any foreign counfry. What Would be the tropica, and tbe nearM imp4'abt tvlaej to ! ihnob: ' of the (urrnation of soriclies in ; Great on lies water side is Cube, a tav t4ee. TbwlrtatB, the issne of numerous inflmrrmioyy pjlll. simple statement id its cfrsh"a!paWi"d cat, and ihs sending out of. lecturers thrmieh of itself iWiile tlie""q lestma,- hew, by ire tr-w- ! the Li' lim,'detoiir)cin and aiming at the de. ly of ISllf ith "pein, it arts coJfJ Ii the Veit ! atnactioa of aav of the itMitutions of France. Stiites, slavery existed wit'u . iV ' Ef l'e teraw ol tliat treaty, me ttjct ana prny ti ie r at fun.1 neiirho,rlv.J I . Or whaj Willoe thought tanta are secured ta themsm! tVy are aZe4'1.sT the f .nnation jf ancteiieji' in 'the slave Slates, rrotw and take thrm am.ay. if f y tbi.k f-r-pcr i tie i-ue of io(,.j.t ami intlamatory tracts, and the to 'do a without limit at in as to tieaw. If tt a re j dp:t?iin uf mivionarie, pouring oitt impaston. expedient, llrerefoie, la aVVb Uery a if,' it.;d cWjnrutiorM'against t'Ktitutioiw under the ex--eould not beidon coi4stei'y w i1 teea'y. 'ml-'i. eliHiaa cmtrt.l nf the free Flalea f Is their pur- out (ranting to ne nucirwt ithatant a i&tj-a.. poss t tfpe-.il to cur "Understandings, and to acttt We tune to renwre their .Ut. Rat fsrt'. '. jai- our rin,it t Ar.d do the wxnort ti aeemw. i e cotnpromise which took '.c a t.'s pte:f!.-H ti.it forriW hv " inl.!ing its tip to the scorn. the act for the wdno-i-sx f Mi.?ri t Union, in the xear l-'iO, it sstvrj . .i ., ,,. ,rv-; " i i it-: a t. 1 e (..: i'i ttf. N.t?'" j c.nJi'J I y the tn-tity f o-d Kooih ot' it 1 ifv' i-!iive ,f tt i'n'rS'iitiM. I'.ut J'lori- ..- ; !;.- an''-" . ! 1!,., t; .rib J I H -o' ; i t . i' lo it liil', mi iu,.t i-f the uii ', cnii.-vq'if'ti!iy, acror i.Titaiiiliti w ti if la pre- li'd to. aliould lx a (slave jU:e. Ii ma a ,bf tru tlwVth roinpromiRC iea W4 m tvrriHf embTicB FJri5a,aidllwt it i not ob- iifJ birrou' ariJolh-;itory ; but ail fumlnl ! . rte tral it ti'.ti r.oi 10 is most weighty cons'ulera- . it - 1 .1 : . I I l.u n.lir. fi I m rlnrn. , ICKMfWil QotUMi CUUIU w iiii f" .1 bMdl(Iff wourMl4 which t -..:.- ;...ui ..! iSeaiVil h that comnro- "fit mihi. 71- . . . . , . awe, t lofkU rs iii xuy reiiiHiuiog mmoj 4ein.ied.iutd1l' Vtwm with the institution .f ifomeHie alavery, while W inrnnsiiii and Iowa are ecarfy ripe admi-wion without it. ' -"Tbe next instance in wbklr tbe exereise of tlie -powerbf CongrfM w olicited ta Umt of prohibiting mi w dttKiihitm'eil by' the pefitioticra the slave tratk tietset-D tlie Slates, or, as it t described, in aiWioo petition, the truCic in human beings be. raeeo the Statea. -Thia exercise jf the power of CWgrca ia claimed under tl a'f clause vt the Con atiMtioa'wbkh inaesta it wjth'authurity to regulate eoruinerce with foreijrn naAona, and among the . , 1 'V.... :... in wrFta;iz-i&rwiW power l regulate eomroerce among the several States, like other powers in the Uonajituliwi, has Lithcrto remained dormant iu renpect to the inte- ' rior trade pj tarid tetween tbe Statca. It waa a " power frabted, like all other powers of the Gener al Goaernment, to secure peace and harmony ananas State.' Ilitberto it has oof been qeeeav,, ry to exetctse it. All the cases in which, during , tbe progress of time, it may become exneJieot to . exert the general autnorityto regulate cbmnierce between the Sutea, cannot lie conceived. "We may easily iniagne, however, contingencies "whjch, if tbej were to happen, ntiaht require the interpoei Itfjonf the common authoritv. If, for example, the State of Oht were, by jaw, to prohibit any vessel entering the port of Cincinnati, from, the port of Louisville ta Kentucky, if that case be not already provided for by the laws which regulute wr ctoaating trade, it would be competent 19 the oa-ui; from State autlirity. Or, if the State of , Kentucky were to prohibit the introduction, within its Itm t, of any article of trade, the production of . the induatry of the inhabitants of the State of Ohio, the General Government might, by its authority, wipersedethe State enactment. 0ut I deny ihut the Gcoeral GuvenjajitbaAan ever, fronlthe (JoturtituUon, 10 aboliah what 1 called tlie slave trade, or, in other "words, to prohibit the removal of slaves front one slave State to another Tbe efattt in the; Constitution" is of a , power of rrfitiiint,aod not pnhibition. It is conservative, out e!erortive. Regulation tt rt termini implies tbe continued exigence or prusecution of the thing related Prohibition implies total discontinuance or aeatibtfation. The regulation intended Was'de- stgnetl to facilitate ami accommodate, not to. ot - ' 1 ' v. J- .1 .... J nacx aoa incomnioue uie commerce 10 ue regu lated. Can it be pretended that, under (his pow er to reguhte commerce among the Sutet, Con- grews hM Ihe- power to prohibit the transportation uf lite stork which, iq countless numbers, are dai fy pawjng firom the Western end inferior States to the Suethera, Southwestern, and Atlantic States? The moment the incontestable fact is 'admitted, that wegrw slave are property, ths law of niovea hie property, irreseitibly aafcsitelf to them,- and rure ihe right tf carrying thern from one to an other State, where they are recognised as proper j, witnt any hindrance whatever from Congress. But, Mr. President, 1 will Doit detain the Senate ky)er oat the subjects of slavery within the district aod m Fiortda, and of the right of congress to pro hibit the reraoaal of slaves from one State to anoth er. These, as 1 have already intimated, with uU tra-abnlittooists are but so many masked batteries, . 1 1 . 1.: . . : . r . 1 'i'i . cmrf f itting mc crninatepoipipr.gnacaj:.-,xiiaij lirmTrn'rmerT -r-tt-r.' I'lis.iiii.ffl. j..i-.vat; ,1 cinto an these gfares. It rs to liberate three fiiBHini - rfafatestietd1n bonuaee wllhTn1hei'n." 1 a . . , . . t this end, and it aome nt the consequen. jrei whscB wcU er Th first impediment is. the utter and absolute want oTaJl piwer 00 the part of the General Go.. , rernment htefttct the purpose. . The .Constitution . at - . . " ... ... comprising comparatively fA w powers, and leaving jthe resttfaary mt of political povfcr'io the poaaesx slavery' interposed one uf the greatt. ,est w the formation of the Constitution. It was happily compromised and adjusted in a emrit cosrproBtwe, 00 power whatever was granted to the General Government, in reanectv'to domestic 1. . . ...".' 7. : terr, but that abicb relates to taxation and repre- sp&raf in, and the power to restore fugitive slaves ta ikeir lawful owners. All other power in reirard ledexcluatve them several- ! ly, aeroracg to their respective views of their own , - ew rr ieterest.Tbe Coosrimiioll it lliff United-Z, 1 "Mt, sever uU,iiv Ueu WraieJ upoq. the pru., fctpte at tovesnrtg me xenerai iiovemmem witn afNmf TTo IMiW'tfii 'ttiatltution f Tts plnanure. (t aier rati be continued tir a siiutleBuy if the ' l ? " , ("be Srita themselves tu which, tbe institutkm f 'i.njfj.lc sUvtrv eviit. It that Im? their uljecl, l-tAabiMvt of -thv? free Stttrey anfriH TTitMier " j ouldj they be regarded as proceertings warranted ri Wta lj' I eT:t.-u:pt,and deictati,n of ttr people of ihe ,-.is"V-r-ff ostites and the wh.de civillred world f .The t.i.i 1 i )' 1-.. v 1 '1 c out I In) world. Why CO!liiHiil ('(Ml illtO'lotl f liot li'Ui. u a ,,, ,.' f cut p c imntrv ), s In. !... ,.' r tie (li'iilt Willi, u'lih-r tli i, ' . x : ns Ix-st we iii;iy or can 1 The next olwtuclc in the way of abi . 1 1 . (nit ot tlie uct oi the presence t the n;,lvr, c of tinea millions of hLivch.- They are t! peried througliout the land, part ami arc( , f HOtlIllitt-iUi TIll'V WfifH hminrht. int.. .1 ' 5 . T i , " """ ie cm originally under tho authority of the mrpnI ( riime.iii wiitui we were colonics, and their tation was coin iiiuiiii in spite ot an the ri in . 1 . 1 - : . i t. rl0. ces 01 our ancestors, h tne quetion Wer . original question, whether, there beitiT within the country, we should introduce tl m , , incorporate them into our society, tlmt wouij'J"" totally difHireiit queetion. Few, if aiiyl 0f ii',:' izensof the United States' would be found tn' r. heir introduction. No man in it woillii, upon that sup08ition, their admission with 'p letcrmineu resolution and conscientious repu ;m hair I should. But that is not the quegtmn iimn iiv 11cm 1 iiu I'lnuucni nc imme lor tlitir ..I...,.,. ... l,... . .:. .1 1 1. " i u. iiiaif movat or separation from us has been yet deUj or proposed ; aud the true inquiry is, what ii In to be done with them. In human afliirg e ltt nlten constrained, by the force of circuinnatirto nuu me nciiuti aiaie 01 iiimga, 10 uo wnat we Wruy not do if that atate of things did, not exist. Ti slaves are here, and hers must remain, in ,w condition ' and, 1 repeat, how are they io be t.. governed t 'What is best to be done for their W piiieas and our own tin Ihe slave Slates the i'llL.,. native is, that the white man must cove ,i.. black, or the block govern the white.. Iosevrnl of those Suites, the number of the alaves grtat er than that of jhe white popuTTonT Ao iimm, dime abolition of slavery in them, as these u!!r,r abolitionists propone, would be followed bv a iU. perin slrugle for immediate ascendancy of tin black race oveFihe white. race, or rather it wot,M he fojlowed by instantaneous collisions between tht IwoJaccp, which wouIdJ)rcak out ioIq j.eiyj w. that would end ..in tho extermination or aubjutiaj of the one race, of the other. In such an atttrta. tive, who can hesitate ? Is it not better Cn y parties that tlm uamting stato-nfthirigniteTJb pfesexycdjjnstead ble strifes and contests which would inevitably it. tend an immediate abolition 1 This is our true ground of defence for the continued cxistenrs a slavery in Our country. It is that which our rtto. lutinnary ancestor assumwl. - It ts that which, a my opinion, forms our justification io the tyei a all Cbriat4Khinv's?vi'f ' T U ceeeluo'ed aerl tree 4. J - V - - THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Thvrsdat EvBittW, March t, 1S331. - Conm. Dilt Monday" being 'the liroit ffxel by law for the Sessiorj of Congresa this year.thtf body has of course adjourned. - We have had w account as vet of the final busincM transacted. , The bill providing for the jufe keeping of pub lic tnoiM-y, introduced by Mr. -Wright, passed tot Senate ; but owing to the late period of the Seioa, is not expected to meet an action in the Houte. . The bill to prevent the interference of omce holi ' ,tt iii etecoOiv nee Hrelre n -the benate.- nif wieci..con)muiee on Ifie flulalcaliotif Swartwout andothers, nas made a report, wbici ia coneeqoence of its g reat.leugth, waa. out jbsaW but laid 04 the labia and ordered to be printed. i . . - . . a . ,i i , . I, w I. i. . 'i . Anlmportdnr'D'ucorierjf camucU& vili J?ai- Roads.- Thu London Observer 'gives an accoti of a newj and important discovery for an improve rnent to rail-road cars. Under tlnTTftew plan, the -Engine and treio cannot possibly run oS the track or upset 4 they can ascend and descend all reamna ble acclivities with speed and convenience, iDitat save much of the great expense of excavations embankments, now incurred in const ructmc rot k . : A getitletnun by the name of Kolhrran, ftt'or-, bly known to the scientific world, is the discow or inventor of these improvements. If the re shall equal the expectations of the London puMtt who seem to be greatly taken with the plan, it t:3 be of immense value ami importance totbewor'i and especially lo the United States where the ara kn mnnv rnnili In male and an little rspilsl al , VT . . - - " JMinv mn ....... " command. Perhhpthcrt7 NoMh Carolina -ewy- f.iiW"1r iTn fn-ilMtiirt.-H.,t tf.sit timretofijrS it. tmcllnTprwementa.-4" V. MtstS9trrl.--The LegMulure oflhis State ht. recently passed a law to prevent the retail ol p ous liquor id jsmall quaniities. ; We haveseeo letter from a gentlemen in Jackson I be aays,"'! tippling hill, an fallfij, has paaaed thfi Ur ""-- It prohibits the sale of- ardent spirits in less tities than a gallon under penally of fine l,Vm nnsonment. Oen. roote who Introoucea mi was bung in elligy on tho night After its thisjj bowevef is .. tw ; 'an eyij)oncet lne public aentimeot oh. thia auhject ; fur gencrallj'i il4 . people approve the law" We find in a lat fvH an abstract of the bill ; it repeals all the lavvathaj exist, allowing . inn-ketpers or -others to re'ai spirituous liquors in small quanli lies, and prohibit', all persons from selling in less quiinlities than ' Callon ; requires that liquor shall not be drawn ihe houses tahere it is purchased ; prohihis its '' lo negroes, and Indians in any quantities. .-T1 " 7i.: I . .1.,.. .ti .armiiii ronv:C!!'J of a violation of Ihe law, shall, for tho first I ft imprisoned, at the discretion of tlto court, rt" than one, nor more thnn ten days. F' " " lion of Ihn .ofiVnce, a fine cd not less thso f ll and imprisonment, not less than twt'tfe)", off n1" i than three months. It requires all imt-h'-ej f ivitn liiiinl and vcirrrtv io I he neuul su m ot SKV'-- " , ' ' . Ilhuttliev will not retail intoxicating liq'M ' that a'.l Majitratps aud Constiibles there" te.l, ahull fako on oath t) p'V i''!""''"1 t rx"x-p.trw:?.t"iicis tmr uir, not
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