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ri KtwFRi sot iriEt!TrTo m t!iin iniu rt -vrrrrTT, soa raoatarTin t IT tothi mn. irsttYBO to. the mm itsrearrnT, oa to th Mor lk. 4 tevJiarf Comtitution, Article X.
Surato ot V omc XXI.
SALISBURY, N. Cn SEPTEMBER 11, 1840.
?. rem. Commencement,. 1,055.
nut or THI ,
rjysHEl WEEKtA'.r.nc::CHAS. F. FISHER,
' itfl-TT " irnjrririur.
tj Wswta Cani.ri h publihd every FrieVjr
t e mt annum. advance, of i G, if o paid ia
a . i .i .. -t i .i w
unfit m m.a urr unwn wmi iuwig. y .u
sabscnlwr worth. the w inscription; aadtbefaii-
mil autity k" Eauiuir w mwa n auEOfiuoua,a irvn
th aetora we taa roe ynr suwenoes kit.
a ewmiered ew engagement.
. . ff 1 III - - Y, I.u. '
(nal tyix) ( the Brrt inTtioo, nd r-nt
er rb osetme'iner. Court and Jrtdieitl adverti.
35 er cent, higher- thin the ibwt rttr. A d-
ctxMof X( pT cank fniai tiis regular prices will !
festd to yw'f eusenisers, g-; flaiermmtmi
nt,ia S polilieation, mutt be marked with the aom-j
fcr V wwtrtioM denred, or they wilt b commaeC till
t-hrl nd eh1 accord injly. J
Ad a rtii '
Jills PtrrpU f tht mtattkotdinf SMu,lj tt
Qrwaerat Ktpblica Memorrt of wngre$
fnmliott Statt. v
Lt- ntKetiint Democratic RennbUem So-
mon rni Representative ( lie Tely rth
Cre fra the'vtvMdin 8ates, held in l he
Ctpi nl the Lulled Siaie im the 20tb (T J-4y,
WO, ttie II - " "f tfe Siiwrte m
tailed in Ui chair,. nd the thm. Jee A. Bnoi
it) Uiiom of KeprentstivMi, eppwoted Socrer
hrf- Tlwr'iixi, th Committee of we meiober
mwzh-ot-b4t-
U tte irpMe, thrutiIt Mr. UUv of Alabann(
"f the hiding Stin rai Tefrnmeetni whicH,
tf'icf cnoih'il'on, Che loiluwinz reluiioa wmi
umi4iiwHU.lv eiTiptetl J
rwVr. TUt one member rroin each oTue ifie-
ke instruttea to figa ! tuiluli Uie
i WM. R. K.ING, Chirmn.
IgVB A. Cisc, Sec rt-tary.
tilt it armetnherif kplHad fettyHat-we
me ad'res yoi. A cris4 has arriwd in the af
hif thia citrv, which, With S-wt hern men.
aakef the iTilerosfen-of pnrty.importnnt as they are,
43tt rnoajderatwrt -1 hewirrew of ever
a ShI h-!ini''J to the point where it etiist be de?
in it ehetlier I he country shall be tovern-
wtiwir'tin ' t-r the principle f the FfJera! or
Dsnmrratie errwl, tai wneuier, in a iarg ponaun
4 the CitKHi, nv.Hy shn eit mt alt, in its present
arTMil.i'i"0
-frv an ewati!i'h','r ytweip'e wih -the -w hair be
ano. EiipiIv, tli it tvi 4i K-tHiort, or society, cannot
jtoli mierfVnt atih anc-the'r, in rfMrence lo the
nsajnrfiiwa-J-tee.whiei vt Jnwei lohe aaetett,
Bid, timt, m tw. jnrtK-l.tf, eh i aweretgn and
iaVpKmieiil. Mu-"h h are one ciety, or the
sWuuiimis nl win society, respHiwble to H'svm
rEdrth fut ttte justice or etpedteecy of the iwrtt
tmimiv nf aiiuiVr. In Eunipe the oght of li.reign
,ti!r?'iiti.in has b en fi venrs the dividing que
.lea bi-teohtt the. friends iif free.Jm and tlie advo-
cateil'berediarv Smut, ami alwdote power. To
jBswtwa.tlrdA.aU'k
.(tics- wmmi.' heretrrrarT dcumwian, -ieder. U
auas ii! ifinllllif'V w the IMftd ohjcCtDf. !Uc
ta the nxple any rijthte which were not obtaioed
eaHnnWWtrffT'
fl sitnun of tlie treat mass i society, wHh a
ee'hi m-ntifv the Governiwiil in conformity with
me general will. Tlte friend id Ireedom, on tle
eW la,a,t.,-riiewtained that tba pertfda of. each a. :
tte hare a riht to change their institution at
lbt one ha no right, in that respect, to in
trrtert with anotlajr; and that aa abedute inde
Wavere, w such aatioi, of all roreign interpnai
byanat eontnil, is tUe only safeguard of liberty
etankind. Twice did the Holy AlUance
tapaaaleKitinmte ewnareh oo F ranee ; but, after
tiuwmig the dev.ition id her people during the
Dm gkwfieadaysot tcey aarea not atteeipi
t leneat theaaser fmeut. -
B the Kevulutem t ti.o, tacne ia vrnwo
acquired a riirhl tt wparate a no ansnraie ra
a jrootnee as a naiwie, ana a rijtai io uwuiu ua m
t!aw aceordimr te the Will w tie ewa people.
AiMrniii w alt that it scqih red," trginia did wet
"pin) t nta to dictate a Corwtrmttoit or laws ro
"CeclHat8,aorMaechuietts to Virginia. The
Sandal V
te Rwtituthioa of Massechusetia, eoc the people c
aiwctt.rtt lor ihoHC of Virginia, tech was a
h areuired k riht 10 eiwtrot tneir wwa ni
iHnoa, and brcame aUe responaibte lor their jus
(tee audeinedMftut. . ... . n r
J. -.--r . - , -
ise i he Slates abolished fiaverr.ana maen
LI .j Fru. tkia eimimstance arosa obe rdi
ee!veai.ie in bumaa society which pervade
te earth. Whether this diversity was to great as
t Lrtud a rjM.lnHc or BUT Sift of L'niOO
Ma id Slates, was a question which the patri
ii n lait sin i mi hud sail daewtsu- i tas e
"errs that. SMteithntandiiic this and other diverai
theie wer trther great pointa epoe which the
"a had a common sympathy alio loierau an
to minest m ut est H tog f between eeb
-nepriteieie eyaiest tweK eggreeaoe ; w
a ot enmmerce aiming thenvielves ; in ttie to
f tahiHte f omtrect ; in aa eoiform rurreeey;
! eresemtMa sf the public fatth. and ia ether
r"l ineaaurrti and prtnciptee conducive te the
rVriit and bappineae el man in all societies
M todrr alt cimimstaoces. T refurt to vnite
twh their hrathrew. ander a beeian ewtborityl'ew-
t"l only these points ef comrnon interest, lea J
H 'e ahwihitelv to tlie aeverat watea, ap-r-K
In the men of that day.es Wish astere
"' the gnverniDeut ef their great Creator, be-
d Mnhracea the tyrsnt and his victim, the
"Taa tad the slave, nations where half society
biiniUy, as well "as natima e-W all re
riJkaigui as to hide from the ligM oTthe
- H rrject The giiiat ritn, became they- eV
lii apaa the evd asrl the cond,"oa lie tm
W "vH as the just. Nor did they corcive
!y i.ierui tuto a Conftxlenry with liiirtI
r"'", t'ity nude th-ir si'x-rril m ?m', cr the
V "tH; reonsiV.e It the ir.-ii!utiKj and
las of ether ne, f ourt ef itr rewrved
rights and powers, say re tbaa they ar tespoa-
-aihto for Iho WiUiMaM al U of lie aaUoos of
Europe, Asia, Afrsna, a arftnea iVv vt a
M by the rs f lleate a-d tie hwt f aatajos,
if rot by trelirt of cmsaerre e aaUatce.
, ' The power t iwrslat er aV4 th wxttMtion
of slavery ra tl States arh tepfsasat. am
rewrwd be thnai aWatelr arfce they eoteredino
the rdral camjnn. The other afrm, and the
iwnpfe tjern, bawj a aanra rgM hnmift with
ti thaa tWy Wave amh tke saa aibeiiw a rbe
natrons r4 Africa or Aata. Nr, aaore ; tbey aavav
- nc intrrfre atihh t n Wt njiitaat their attml
tuth asabdtalaraaarXvftneaaaa
ettant, cftahns aw eat ptmyiis.
Tat Palilia afi the
the lattd Sib
icwwwa tb imrfttw. aa-i i f?. ( Waited Statts, be laid upon the table with
mmi rW M?fe taetaof t pr. Afb",eJ. prmt,4 or r.r..rre,l, and thU
binds st!l Uh iSuiet
tect st, so the ssjac aaaaaarr a User ara
preset every acber nstaaTMi vjrihveli rnm andcr
the fexhisMie aedkorvif eftbe Suee Cmmraawiitaw
lit tiackie te iaMSitaMoa ef sisveryr iat Assa ar
Africa, the f-f is of vm I at ted Statnt vranM be
Vr i "J i-fce b tbej
r . .tl
as u eusaa, m aT tame easte Means, taey
ant ). eatif rs-Jy t a eeearraetible iarerft( ,
reoee, km oweaarta pilsbSe brenc of their phxbted f
una- aw varas anacs w sawa aaeee wmm re-1 nesuhrttoea waa tiaroducea ta retoreece to mis suo
oeated with a r"J a&l arrannam vrusfhe of al ike mm! ftnllv inMMl he similar narf ntis.
hntcrcaane- Vl hxe heea Wrsv-d, j i
eiiefniiiij ever sw puatMaael the I oauo, aad
havwr r4wiectM im fonigm cwtoirv-t. fcW the!
avowed jvry. atUrkief the bateetaiat ef;
tlaeery, snt pi ihe Stales ehere tite Jsenciatioas !
tit. bet sa whrt Sate va b.e tucu attiirs aad ;
tostitetrxiM they bete " amwwt or eoocerav
tfHiritfftanrlrY
ne? aed m anee, aanl ceetral a csenvderable
.-bee af piea.w s,; srbic re saaiona iat dfamasiaetetf
thr d-ctneea aed strenhfsaej tbctr erpat-
..XUlAO.
The duy of all freal of the n jn of the States,
at well as the leeea of the Sate, im rctatioe to
this fanattctt sect, is tee etwiwsa ao be auiirakee.
1 1 tJf lo t a ve" Wcaawitt.ai ' rt V ' theom, ba tiajf re
rerewce to the adatcnrenii sf the GdevYasaeet ;
but to Iravw tbeei e badly tetbeewelvee. 8-parsted
( fi the ifai pamtsienhdnvde the reentry, and
-ti wi'Vot CiPtntr.tiaace at..t3aOaMiigraatBAiroo.
either, thir era?aace seal the an es li eft
their priwtipiea wwwld rbecA thmr iaKfease aed
obviate all daeger from their awaahs epue Sueth
era aoody aed the prinopW af the- CeeaSriitiiwi
' ref.irteM.tely, thri ccejrsF be av4 beeei pmued.
Oa the cetdrtry, their aid baa bew aoneht and
their sepport seoeRai ie the party sttejfWsf the
times; they have W-ee cserted, eoeoeraed. aad
by tbees aneaaa nifi'j theetd. seti! th?y asture to
11 the kih kw if tee Geeeref liu t ajeaal aad
Jr4Wca l datatat Jacks watld its paw sr. -
It rt tracer of the hifVst tsapurfeaace le the
si a-h. ' tate te tkaave aad sserk the party
aud the laiuwbaU ae
ewtfe,;ia
hir-, rv.heeiar. the htadt, aJ
to the sMira ef the AboUtae. It heheoee
our ieniee. as ther eabja thnr aroeertr. their
liberty, and their here, to leek wt thaa matter way
infl Kwd- be pam remJamtwwe, eater miaed aeiy
la know l' lest a. ewl 4a their defy te the isaehea.
X what imrortaece is it te these whether we have
a NatMwl tUaAe awl; a Prectie Tenfe eat;
luteroal J irnreetkeot not ; afj Cacttae shall oh
-Tim i ctmroShngmi I m tte tllnsW waatlf
rhaH- eeh-them ef- their
I Mi. aVtitr.:t!wra
fiimiliet ! This ehf ' traaeceaab Beat aaMedet
all others; end the 6r evresm a So here
ae.ee. when ha .as- swatae tweitec aaaasea-f
to aey party, or wee lor aey caethdele, as, wia at,
in any way, eaceiirage the hnfea. er iecreasa the
rencth nf the Abehtaoessta? We rseeeat each
one of yoe, te whatever penv teat may hate
Tofore"&jSto
kft sWMamwaal wWF WaW
which
truth shall site te H.
That Nonhere men. rewerallT, ewterf am
adverse re slavery, Bai regard tl an n great moral
evil, any he admitted. Many ef hth the greet
! Jit teat partves snv agree in eeatrael
the snhiec ef stttere . hot there i ae ws, a
importaot dift re ce ia ather leuss its. The Dtav
cratswf the North, es n parry, are d te way
rtnt spue the mri by the General Goveramewt,
whatever stay be I heir abstract spatiias; white
the Whir hi tNet sectw ef the Cass, as
a waxte. are ahawa aerversaSy the aUy ef
the Abiatiijreats ia their acute aaeewjiea, aeex-
hiUted nwthe 0-?veea ef the I" sated Statt,aed
ie the Stale LegiUatarea. Ie tefeett ef taa ae
sertiow, we call ywr eertaw atteetKie te the Wow-
mg (ecu: - - - v. ' .
AEOLmOX CS CtXNCKSL
WlewisHt Rearfafteaa S&e4 he Mrt tMckerj eft
South Caroluaa were adopted hy the Huwee afj
Krpresewietitea, era t - -
L" Thai Csaiiitaa
iaal s-Aorat la atasivira at set way weh Iheststa-
tatam ef ektcry as aey ef the aaa ef the) Ceev
iaMV ' :
4. ifeilfed. That Ceertvet M a. leieterfere
ie asv war with alarery aa the Ixatnrt ef teateie.
3. Tint si eW. aiemora!, fro-
. .- "
ta an extewt whttevrr, is the ejet trttert. a!
TJirZTJZZr! ahaiL witwmt hem either!
i ir.nl k. kal esse the maie, aed that ant
LtWamna whstrver tsail md lrteaa. r -
'The nam twel twete W ! "a eme-ne ea
. r a
i eccersle cUsataeauaa as
vm"
. Nme eeiy e-eed g"t the nt aUsoloXioa-.
aa Niwthetej Whig. "
Ftm tw ssrwaie atwmrTVot. - Aeararrrr. -
KnrthMW fanaccrata. 67 Sorths-re lanwecrets.
Nortbera V aire. . 4
Soethere IVsaeeata,
&wibera Wirt. ,
Xormere V - 51
'' i-wawa, w
a-f w
Vet 131 1 Av : ' . ''.
Foe rna reus atoxrTioa.:- . Aevrvr it.. , .
KrtWa ft-faamla. CJ NTTW Dt-woctalS,
:
N.1her Vl i
S.'ere IVwrn'A
t
irSe z
Sm-era W!s.g
T!w ' ' v: -f
?5 , I've iv.v.' tea k l
lion wte gre.T!-.? "
tjnn techm--t"y " ' "-'
th, te wUe ;'-' -' :
1 1 it r,e t.--i j- j
. -n ki i i psIi
- - -- - -,--
hit it u Dot kmiwn or otu-Te that a single
Northern ) jfuTtrrxsj bj that eooidenHii.
At th Bexi tesrtwo f t'wvgtrtu, a Reaution,
iauhr to tlte above, aikpted by a similar vote.
At the acastviw of IS37-8, a direct proposition
vrts aut.1e by Mr. S&ule, a' trading Whig from
Vennoot, to refer an Ablitiuo pen turn to a Select
CoMattre, " wiirr irunrutrtevs to report a bill
MIintt or the Ablitiin of sluve.j in the Di
tnct of CotumUa." Much exciiemeat ensued, and
the D im finwlty adopted the lollowing Resolution
prepared by a meetta of Southern roe tubers and
reported by Mr. Patton,vm:-
Rtmtmtd. That all setitkos,memririaKaDd papers.
toocbuiir the AajJitioa of slaTerr.or buyiiir, aelline, or
tnfeiTiif slave id sot Ktnte, Dial net, or Teitv
The party vote oo this ResoSutkm was as W
loam, Via : :' , .,;
Foa ts atmcmox. -Aoumtit,
Xorthera Uemocrata, 51 Worthe-a Dwnocratv 15
SXri roTrata.
......
1 Northern WhicN ' " S9
.30 Bwt!ioro Democrita, 00
St Sou'.lera Wbiirv tX)
! Yeae Vti . Nays , 4
At the aext ansMoa of Congress, a series,oX five t
The eestioe poa the receplioe of Abolitioaf
petitione came op at the last ersewa oo a motion to
smeod the rulee of the llooee, by incorporating in
theas the suhadtnee of (be reol(ittoo adopted at (hs
sMewe, of 187-'!, at the inataace of the Southern
Mnahers of all certiee. "ui the folkvtiiff words, viz :
ajt Betftieas. aMtnomla. and osoers. toochbir the
srmaf of slaves at aar iState, Uitru.t, or 1 erritury, ni
the t sited tHatee, fbarl, upon their presentation, tw tsxt
oa the Uhle, withoot beiiur oeaated, enntad, reaa, or
J MifernsL JuaL an Jurtiutr-jwUii. hWf et ahsJl.h. hid
Cpoa a motion to lay this propomtiott oa the te-
hie. the yeas were 10, tb aaya 99,
Toi'THt" avriJpai
XiiAlJIST IT. ;
Xianbere Democrats 9
XortlMra Waura, 61
Northern Democrita 54
Northera Wb.Es Wl
-Hmrthent Democrats 80
Suethere Oaaeerata 9-
Soethere Whig 23
Siauthera Whigs li
Teas. VJ3 ' Nsr. 90
After mock agitatioa on the subject, tlie follow
rag resolution was adopted t
"That ae setitino. meiDorL leaiointmn, or other as
per praying the abulitiua of slavery ia the District of
tuaw, er aay SUte er Territory, er the stave traoe
between tfie SUIes or Territories ot the Catted States
ia whseh at aew esaas, shall be received by thai Heuas,
er awlertataed ia aay way whatever.
fen twjb aaaOLaTioa." ' Aavusev rr.
NartlieTe rVmncrata "57 NorJieMt DeHaochts ' SS
.Xorthere Whics 1 Norhera Vt hin 61
Sowlhere Daawrate 4 - tfomhera PemocraU 01)
Uaiee 3W taeKhere VWhia-- 4
Yewa, 112 ll
It will be men, that at this aneion the compact
front ef the South waa broken, which may jutly
be coosaJertd a the first truits of the political co
alition which produeed tba eotBioaUona at Harns-
wert. .
The result of the last Con reaaional elections in
4e Northern," MiJJle aiid" NwCTtt ra
waa. to maka lhett he al- AboUiieniais fcem
these Su tea but wee party ia Congresa, acting in
aaUIOraedUlee.''
The wnduct ef the parties in the several State
Iwtataere W ibewn
with the exaibitiona made by them ia Coog
MAINE.
The Ahrdiiioniste of Maine petitioned the. Le-
gwiatore of that State in I83S-9, to lake step te
krabta, and pi vent the admission ef any new Slate
tatvi the, Union, with a Constitotion toleraling tla
very. Theaa peiitiooa were referred t a commit
tte, a majority of when were opposed to any ac
tion epon the suSject ; but a minority made long
report, teriiuAatiiig with the following resolutions,
was I . . : - " - " '-",
; Xcsefaed; That our Seatfora aod RepresenUtirss
m Ceairreas b reqwestcd Id ase their utmost eSirts to
ahohah slaters aad the slave tittle ie the District of
eluaVia,aad the Territories ol the United Stalea,
" aTrserstd, That ear Seaetoe) aad Representative
in Coexraas be requettad te eae.their ttinost efKirts to
ar isat tha adataaeea ef aay ae iitate mte the Union,
ahnae Ceaetitalma weretea eostastie atavery,
The only qeeutioa taken in reltlioo te the re
port aad resolutions, waa upoa a motion to print
which was aegativedr-ytaa IS, nave 77 Of the
te yMe, 59 were Whies, and 17 Democrata t
Of the aaya, lew only were Whigs, and 75 Demo.
: The Legielalere of the Demoeratie State ef New
Flawipahire, ee the 13th day ef Jaeaery, 1937, and
axeie ea the 5th Jely, ld3a,'edopied reaolntmot
epea thaa subject, fully swstaiaing the righta ef the
Sowih. W'e annex ths tnst.of (be reenluiitins
marked A, as introduced aod passed by the Demo,
crwtie pert in the Legislature ef that patriotic
sies. - - -
We keww-eof by what Trte, thrasr rJ 1 93T
mAumA Lm, k aa irinrt fmtm iWa uuim.1 a Aiwl
--r " "7 j. , -
h tboea of 1S39. except the fourth, were earned
wvtbnwt a diviatna. The (enth . resolution waa
I adapted by 137 yeae, to 69 aaya. Of the 137
I m a Tv A. aw. Mia. . ,. . .!
yvas, x-e were i-mrirraie.a-ig j -Tmi; oi ine
69 eeya,-!
mt . a . I v . j ra ur I
! a wwm a isvfmarrai, anu vj wi dii.
KIIODS tSLVNtt
In the Rhode Island1 Legislature, on the,23rd nf
January, 139, a Preamble and Resulutium were
mtroihjced, which we annex, raaked IL eondemn-
ine the tesnhittone ef the initAd Htare ll mae of
- Retreeenrauvee. adnetrd on the 11th and li h of
i Km ereeetTuie Uecemher. arotMine Sir lavirnr Aha.
hhflB petirtooa en the table... t'pon motion, these
( mwiinn a-tr- ma oa inv wdio, t B vote 01 uO
to 30. Of the 35 yea, "3 were Democrats and
,,f 12 Whiji '0t"tbeoa),2 were Democrat!, and
23 Wfeigi; , .v-.i;..
ti In Connect iear, h Whig pitrtv, lAvinj tha s-
I ..: . ,: . . ... ,. mm
a.cen-feecy i? the L-ji-!ti:re of 1S3), adopted re-
JjuIatuHi LtorMhSe btUe views of the Ah-ttiti- iii-ts,
CSf mWvh we hereto annex, marked t,' At t!i-tr laa
-vn, t ie Legi.'.i:ure referred the an'
H Of
'.t. ' 1 1 a c. i:ite, a majority tf h
- iiM. ,- f ! l- Tat. I hey ma.i. a
'eirt w ' i r-- ," ""S. a-iirvt the i. ( (-
Ab-jlition petitionert, which the Whig majority of
ilia Legislature refud even to print, aod they
were loft on the table. The relutiooa we here
to annex, tnarked 1).
Vermont has Img been eq'ially celebrateil as a
Whu and Abolition State. - In Novembtr, 1S37,
the Legislature of that State ad pled resolutions,
in conformity with the views of the Abo)iiioiiuts,
which, we breto annei, marked U. We are no!
informed how iodiTidua! bclonpinj to the two
great parties toted ; Kit as the Whigs bad a deci
sive mij'Vity on their aide, we have no doubt thnt
the resolutions were carried aim esclutively by
their tote. (See note 1 and 3.) .
- - f w "PENNSYLVANIA.
In Pennsylvania the views of the two parties are
distinctly marked by tlieir course in be convention
of 153"), to amend the Constitution of the State.
In that body two question weie rained bearing n
this euhject): . '
1. A proposition en to amend the Constitution,
as to extend the r'ght nf trial by j'iry to fugitive
"latee.'r. J '".-'' "'
2. A proposition an to amend the Constitution,
1 a to extend the right of auflrage to nenroej.
On the day the staodioii eominittee of tlie con.
vention were announced, and its buvneA nrin
ixed, Mr. Thaddeua Stevens, a leading Whig dele,
ate, ot&red the Mlnwing resolution, via !
" RrtnlfJ, That article 9, hem 6,. oT 9 bill U
rights, be made m read as Sillotrs: The frif ey jury
shall remsie as hernfare, and shall be. seenred, le eee
re aaiita aerae, in all eases where his life or lilwrty
is ia quesUuai aad the right thereof shall tumaio in
tioiate.;" . .
This resolutkai was laid oo the table.
Theeioveineril thus commenced iolhecohverijion,
ame'WiypedB
liom having in view the tame object; aod the onITI"ftH
show ibat between the rooliou of Mr. Stevens aot J iJTereil in the IInue of Repriiilulivu of that
the neit movement in the contention on the sob-
MecTrtyrr p
mtrodocs the proposed amendmcut in the Conrfiiu.
tion, were presented. Of these pet 1 1 i. ins, fftj to
were. prwculcJ.. hy- W hi,fv -a -lift - hty-ikmo.
crats. . ' ' , i
. At the eecond tesin of the.Conrention, af er
the preceding petitions had been erctettted. Mr.
Joseph Konigoacker,a!ao a leadiug "big delegare,
again brought tlie subject up, by ntF ruig the Kd
luwing Resolution :
" jeesafsed, Toal the 9ih article of the Gertttetioe
be referred te the Committee sjoomled In presare aad
eiurnMaihe amendineuti lor a thW roa4,aoJ th;:
they be directed te report an amcedmwi b ed arti
cle, providing that the ry'tt at rriel if jury smv be
extended to (very leave eeiae,and that the taal Coe
wiittee be directed to prepare and engross ewd article
fur a third reading
Thia Resolution wee alee laid the tnWe.
Ja th.MtfJtinginnnth.l'tit suly-rt wae a UmhI
time hroiight op by Mr. James C BnWle, al a
leading Wlpts delegate from PhiUdelpiua, wlie
j feredie!owingJResolut.ion : . , . ;
v-." To aavead the sixth sctioeBrlaiive to the trial bt
Jury) Of a-idinr to the end there )f the rtrJ m tii. ti Sj.
low. to wit: " It shall be ranted M all fctw who
may be arrested as fugilivce froia labor, aad who shall
claim le be freemen." -
. Thia Resolution was advocated by the mover m
long and animated speech, and give rite to Con
siderable debate. . It waa resisted with, ntwch elo
qttBTjcfvaen Mrir
mpact with, the Somh( eepecialty he" Ver-tVaj.
"were aoj Mr. igrrsoU, iwo of' lue leading Ktni
jcratie memberaw..-.--ir:.
The Resolution was finally rejected by a yoreof
76 to 39. Of I he ,0 voting against it, 61 were
Democrats, ami I J Vhie ef. the 9 ewtatg fee ti,
!- M ...... .. . : i-r mt. r. .'.m'..".-".
wilt uoneicraia sou oi .luif.
The prorositina was twice renewed afWwardt
by leading Whigs, and finally, aRer bg dirw
atoa, in which the Whigs supported, and the Demo
crate eprmsed it, it was aaia rejected, SO toting
Eir it ; ofwTioif3'J weiVIigsanJS fl"onis ;
and 72 voting against it; of w.iom 61 were Demo
crat and 11 Whigs. 1
The old Constitution of Pennsylvania did not ex
peessly exctede aegroee from the right of aeffrage.
la the Convention, Mr. John B. Stenere, a trail
ing Democrat, ottered a Resolution proposing,
among other things, aa amendment entering that
"every free white male" of the age. &c shall en
joy the right ef endrage ; and afterwards Mr. An
drew Bedford, another Democrat, proposed a aimi
. lar amendment. The Committee on that part of
the Constitution, a majority being b:gs, reported
the section admitting every free an a," Ac, to the
right of suflrage, omitting the word raiir. The
Committee of tha Whole, to which the proposition
waa referred, reported ia fetor ef leaving the Cnn
etittrtmrij tn that mpect a H then stood. "Wr.
Thaddeua Stevens and Mr. John Dickev, both Tead-
wift Whigs, propiaed amendment admitting negro
- auilrajte.:.
The subject was not acted on for some weeks.
dnringwhiehseTTOty-oee memorials were presented
- against aegro enfirage, 60 by Democrat and 8 by
Whig; and 33 in la tor of aegro soflrage, 3 by
Dsmocrati and 30 by Whig. One of. these me
morial was from the negroes of Philadelphia, which
the Contention refused to print, 41 Whig and 6
' Democrat voting tor the motion to print.
When the subject again came un. Mr. Benjamin
-MirtilU'E DWIBS-UI. llWItwl IB flfn.tT)y Interfini
the word " white " befire the word freeman,"
Iherebt excluding negroe. The record show
that Meant. Brown, Cummin, Fleming, Fuller,
; Mfahrtt,. Mrtn, rajfii,".Siericrre, Sturdftant
" and" Wooward,"DcnKrl and Jit Je II Vptthsiiot
Whie, aupported the amendment, and that Meaar.
Agnew, Did.lle, Chandler, Chauncy, Darlington,
Lhckey, Forvmrd, Maclay, Montgnmery and Uei
Mrd, Whigs, and Mews. Earl and Faretly, Dem
errata, epued it. Tha amendmenl was adopted
aftef several days' disctmion, II Whigs and 1 1
mnrnU voong icunst it. '
Mr. Scott, a Whig Delegate, then off red an
amendmertt propoaing te vest in !he Iriri!ature
power to admit negroes la the right nf eoilm? af-
. let the year 1SC0, which was rejected f -ii Whig
lad 3 DcmocMtt voting lr it.
- Five succetsive attempt were made by Whijt
to almit necroce to the Itglit T suflraj-o, winch
were voted down, the W"bis giving for tliem from
23 te 39 vote, and the Democrat never mora than
, three. Firull V, tha total eiclo!on Wes enrned by
a vote of 3 to 33 5 and of this 3.1, no le than
,30 were Whi'. ' v
rxvr ynrx
T:; fV, of New Y-rk, ur.J. r ! -
Whig Coeenwr toI Legi.latnre, presents a morti
fying contract to "Ufmocratic iid patriotic rVmi
sylvuma. It was a coalition bmwccn llie Whii'
and AbolitionUts, which Kcttredthe electiondf tlio
preseut Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Ilia
tntter ol whom, if not the former, is an avowed
Abolitionist. One of the first acts of the Cnmhiri.
ed party, after ihey acquired a compluta ascenden
cy over the Stte (.ovcrnment, was to turn out the
Stta ririter, a thorough Democrat, who had al
ways vindicated the cooHtilntiotiul rights of tl.a
Soiith, and put in his place Thurlow Weed, aa !i
rious ami moat active Abolitiotiist. Theacii
tion.i of this rnoji etitl otl.er active Whi in Alba
nv, are shown by a potttion loll. 5 aw Voilt li-
i lnt u re at tlio late session, whiuli begins thus s
" That under the original Constitution pf the State,
ao dt:MiMliriCAlion was made of electors en account
of culor i" and fnd as follows t 44 Your petitioners,
therefore, renpeclfully request your honorable body
totake the necenwry preliminary measures. (Iiy
tlie paNSBge of a law) to ennhlq Ihe.Xeopte nf i!h
8at abriigate'llie act ol dtsfrauchisunicii! of tha
colored people, contained in tbo end nf the first
tectum of the 2nd article nf the Constitution.
" Tliis" paper was sigwd by Thurlow Weed, State
Printer, Israel Smith, Loan CommitHioner, appoin.
ted by Gov. Seward, Horace Ureely, Editorof the
" Log Cabin," a ifnall paper stulaiiu'd by Whit
during the piweid seaaon, B. ' IloQiiian, one nf the
proprietors of the State -Paper, four pnirroct, and
80 to 100 other person v tiearly all Whigs. Of
the very fuW IKniocrate who signed it, there was
not nne prominent man of the party. , t
But this is nothing compared with the action of
tlie united Whig and Abolition parties in the Le-
gislslUre.'" i "V. - "," '.
Mr. Mann, a relative of the Into distinguished
(State the following resolution, viz;
tiii"Legialtar hs seen with deep
reeret, and decidedly duepprove and condemns tlie
stlortsof many miegeittal iodividiwU in the Northern '
States, J.-j Inter ferej. Wtiajl iia.lU)d.i.. vielalina .et-
tLe principles oa which the Conaiitution of tlie United
States was esraMished, with the domestic institutions ef
our stoter 8utes st lb Houth ; tbereby disturbing the
domrstic prac ti the Hlatea, waa keaing- the bond of
thir Ubmmi, aiid mmit tlie eoedi of rui d isw)lulkin.w
(Vie of tSe Whig member having the floor,
made a wmat 4i' sfieech against this resolution,
deeoimcing Ibe A ' vtuiNtration of the General Go-
vcw.rtj,tl vA i b l- le ra!i party ; and to cut olf ,
all cla.TS -f a tiee Wjd bv demanding the
previous queiia .. -vr N Ce was eustaimnl by
hi paHv. L'!rr anoeramonioUKly
applieii, the reak'ktr4 v ted dnwa by 40 yea
to 57 aaya, every ea t oo bting a Democrat,
and. ery nay VV ."tig. -1 r- r, ' .- -: ,
.,.Hat, tlHI, JUitelfatW W.iiirity . ali J ' ant tTop
here ; they pmceedeJ to pass in act now standing
as a law upon the s'atut h Ji. of New York, in
tended to prevent the rerewry of, and practically
emancipate; every CH.iU'ierw Ti whoinaj be able
te- reach that ik? r -- - --
The title ? tNw ct '-' t. set to eilcnd the
ryht of Jrul Jtir. rf which we aimux the
me materuj po-,.y tv. rarkeil F. " "
Tbi act. waa orig'Aally introduced into the
lluese ef Represeetalrve. M r. Roosevelt, a Dc
ancrat, moved to aeid it en In Joyjtfethflt
"'sefaf Mrepe't ihe permhy of trnpnsonitwol in
ihe SuiA prison, it ahull lol hfl i.ewatrued jtoeaXaaiv
to any cleietaul of a fugitive aiave.who ahall have
eUaioed the certificate uf a jd -e4hefifftcer--aMiUynt.be..rrdoyaJ.of..twi:h.
(tlavopunuaitt U
the act c4' the Cungrea of Ih L'nited States in
Ww Wsj'trwae-Wrr
was y.jitJl)y t"ofo 6rif lo"37r; Of the 47
yeas vera Democrats and 7 Whig. All the
37 aaya were Whig. The bill then patted by a
; vote nf 59 to H. Of the 59 yeas 49 were Whis
mocrale.
The bill then went to the Senate, The provision
(tempting Nwtharn men from the peniU'titinry
when they proceed according l) the law of Con
srea in the rovery of their prope'ty, did not
suit the spirit of Abolition. In the Senate, titer.
6r, the United Whig and Abolitioa mnjonty
streck eat this provision, and irwrtcd.lhe sixirrnih
aud aeveuteenlli section, a they now stand iq the
act, the latter of which in conjunction with the, Nth
action, impawn on any man, whether the owner of
the slave or not, or whether he proceed according
to the act of Congress or not, a penalty of 500,
and confinement in the Penitentiary fur a term not
exceeding ten tears, for romopring a fugitive from
moor m any otner manner man mat prescribed in
this State law. The amended, the bill passed the
Senate by a vote of 15 to 4. Ol I he 15 yen, 13
were WbieaintTwefOfctiiricratSj while a"irthe
nav wr Democrat. .
Whentrjrtjilt wax TeturnNl to 1ndWoA'B!'fr7-'
rtirdseye, a Whig, moved to concur in the amend
ment of the Senate, ami Mr. Rooaevelt, a Demo
crat, moved tb toy the motion on the tWe. Mr.
Roosevelt a molioB trar negatived: "rid Mr" BirdsT
eye's prevailed, by a vote of 42 to 31, all the yens
being Whigs awl all " nay bring Democrats
sat eoe.
ThM. all the Whig in the N. York Aemblv.
save one. toted to punuh every Southern mn who
shall attempt to recover hi la
ave property in that
State, even though lie may proceed io slnct accord,
anc with the laws of the United Statoe, with a fine of
$500 .and ten tear confinement in I he penitentiary,
arhita M.rv TVinorral irolrfd aitaiiial il. knA
mnnjitroov act, wtacn meiiVpis' at a Wow to anm.
hila'a one of the provisions of the Constitutimi,
inserted for the protection of Southern pfperty in
laves, received the signature of the Whig Go.
vernnr of New York, and now aland upon the
statute book of that State aa a law !
' No man can doubt that the object of the Aboli
lion'! in procuring the paruge of line act was to
prevent altogether (he recovery of fugitive alave,
ho have made their way to that Stale. Holding
that the master can have no legnl property in hi
lave, and anticipating that anme of their act will
be found m every jury, they believe that oo ver
dict will ever be obtained by a master, and that
every a'ave apprehended as ajii jitive front laUir
trill finally go free ; tn I tn doler the matter from
resnrt-ng to other means for redress not excepting
those provided foray act of Congress they hold
tn him tt, tl'trtr I Ii.. . wTit.. and iAinnM..i
in the penitentiary I . -
J Anm under the sme fatal infl irne, the Wbuj
! n.-tem-r of Ke.w Yrk hat utrn1 a pr'ncjj.'a J