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L K I (i II ST A U , A N I ..J O RTM C A R 0 LI N A -SI A Z K TT 15.. i i , f t I traear: , "yui!.fuV rips ..la vm"Dd, ciHfCij ,a4 brave lieu danger ttirratenfd, kind and 7 umtle io all his social relations, we see . tiim roipinj laurel with Hit twnrd on k iny a Usrdf.night battle-fie'd. ,.The war nded,"skitfu iu ci il council, -prompt te ail pp.m the most intricate questions, and his jljjmB lwj conlrttU hi dci :S ion. . : t;--:iT :vTf - ,a Aen we e him, in fit hour 1 our euuntrv' peril, throwing aide Ma civil "t dutieeand ill honors, and yet r rising" , public esteew. until be it coramnder-in-i ihiefof the Nwth-wetern army. . ; Not rxerU'ing, formerly, perilousdrspatrhe ! from Kit tenersl.-but leading on to victo ry hi tsllant and devoted soldiers; show j ir'tg, in nil bit hard-lnugnt , battle, a pro I deM firmnei and a daring murage, which .inspired liia mm with confidence. whilst it spresd dismay and tenor to hit ene V mire, and made hi victorious in all hit dreadful engagements- The war emed, j on find him agj'm in civil stations, at , prompt ad an useful a "in , the battle' , front . At Governor hit conduct wet .faultless, and . bit ., abilities appreciat. la. Congrese we find him d.visltig a .system to dt.idelh public lands in mat I Jots, so that every poor wan could par .chase a home and t frtn. In the Senate. .....wise in counsel, sbtein debate hit op'm ' ion and advice esteemed by all. At a "Minister,' sett te hi anxiety for the glo-; his own country, hit solicitude was ' en;td for the "proaperiry' of the jroong - republic nisuutn America, what man litjrrj ha been in o many stations to variant in their duties, and what man lie ins could have discharged them wilh uch . contaminate ability and judgment? : Who has a rniUil so well balanced, with to many high trait of intellect well developed? And this eminent man, who hat added to much lustre to the fame ol his country, is itMy;a'ueeu and lanuered bj f verysgven? luring politir-Saq of the Van Buren parte. (Jo on end denounce him, gentlemen, with ynur yneti epunem. to out mike im -rue the cause of the rnplerA man who . hM(h civic wreath entwined with the mar tial oaliis brow canqot be injured by deoun eiationvThe nnatral hand is withered that would pluck one tpr ijj . from the chjplet won by the toil at the sol.lirr and 1 tli statesman, r; Ie it one of !he People. - identified in ferlin;- nd interest - with them, and thee with him. Titer are ' his defenders and hit friends. The Peo-1 - pla have themselves brought him forward without his solicitation, and the People will support him (and he ttrnda as deep. If imueiiuea In the enaction or the A against him like the fitful and wrathful cloud aimoat the mountain's bruwj it will but fertilize and kiep in perennial freshness lha evergreen on its tummit. , ' ;.'!''. , The Penplo have called upon, his nam to be their candulate lor the-. 1'retiiiency because you have abused their confidence, not redeemed your pledges, and you have .filled lht,land-with tutTering', bankruptcy, nd distress. - You promised them gold when yoa closed the doors of the banks, and jou have afflicted them with poverty. You have made the banks suspend, and now yoa tc II. the People that they must work lor a low wagt as the People of - Europe. Yi have told the manufacturer Ind the merchant that they have no right to trade with ere lit, and you have forced toe workshop to be-cloaeU ad taa factory - hands to be ilismisseu. j- low promtsed the farmer better prices for hit flour, hit corn,' and hit poik, he cannot tell either fur the not of producing. Yoo have abased and deceived the People, and now you insult iSi thent ii they coin pUin., You have hoard-, ed up all the gold by . your - officeholders, . and left the People Out 'even good bank paper to do buinest upott.i . You have triod to destroy the capital of the country and have reduced all wages You have been either to ignorant or too" vicious not to know tliat wages must fall when inon- V y is i scarce, , and that wagea can only be high when capital is plenty. You have reduced by yur measure! the wages of the laborer and the mechanic, whilst your salaries have been inu rased by the tcsr city of monev. ' You can. par yourselves in gold and silver, whilst, the mechanic. t,a tanner, ana me ineruisnt cannot ilis ft of 4haip xomNvsditu-1 foe.ea-; food itank jtaper. ' . i. . a-;-'" fh i----lit is a farmer-at well as asnldier and atatetman) he understands the interest of Jhe farmers, and bat a sympathy which yua have not, for the laboring man anl the ..mechanic' no people will call aim Horn the plough, as tlie llotnans did Cincinatut - ol old to quiet domestic confusion and dtor dcr. snd to put the Kepublie once more in a prosperous f condition. Post up year books, then, I tell you. fairly, and square - ur accnunta heneatl v or burn s voor department at yo have ilone heretofureH orheavul pantsh your army of ilefaultert. ; I The vuice of- the People t heard al ready like the moving of mighty , waters. They have agitated the waters that heal ing may tpnog from litem. " You had at ,wll try & stop the voice of the wind, as-to aufle the voice of the People. Your self. ih o.'lice-hoMert who have fattened upon lbs siiWtawca of the People will try and i,M)oe their wilt, but it - will be uneless. Til People cau & will "shake them off as ea- t is the ltun slots the dew drops from TTstiMTafiona iTin? Peop : will ever remember, " in iHe patriotic sentiment of General llarri n, "that l preserve their liberties, th'jr munt ' ilni thtli - 0 wn Doting end ilitir own ivh tit.'1 ' . v r - Anecdote of tieu. Jlarrlaon. "Z' Tlie tollowtng ciri Umlm; WaS liten liptu'd during the session of the llarrisburg (' ovi ution by Judge Burnet, a warm per suiiaJ Jikiid tf General Iani,on. Many r T Z:, ' ZZ'Z-i'j f'vr; yesrs tince, while th great t'de of emi gration waa flawing through the western Stales, the hrre of the Thames having, for a while, eichanged the ardu. oat dutTet of a statesman and a General, lur, the pursuits ot aznculture. was on a hot summer evening, at the porch o! iu uuuiuie t-auiu : aKeu lor sueuer and a meal, by a Minister of the Gospel of the Methodist Episcopal persuasion. The Jided appearance of the tteed, and the toiled garments of the rider, proclaim ed the fatigue of the !ty, and with hit usual courtesy, the old General welcomed the stranger. After a plain and aubstan tial sapper, the guest Joined with hie - host in social conversation: and the latter, laying aside the character of the soldier ini) statesman, willingly listened to the pious instruction of the traveller. They retired to rest, the good old soldier thank ful to a munificent Providence, that he was enabled to administer to the wants of a fellow-creature, and the worthy minis ter of Christ, invoking the blessings of Heaven upon-tbe head of his kind bene factor. -Morning came, and the Minister prepared to depart, lie waa in the act of taking leave, wnen tie wat inlormeu that hit horse had died during the nijht. This toss, however, severe, . considering that he had two hundred miles to trsv . a ' t a a.i. el, did not iliscovrage him in the exercise of his duty) but taking his saddle-bags on his arm, he rose to depart with thanks for the kindness of jnis entertainer. The old General did not attempt to rprr rent him, though he offered his condolence upon the loss but an observing eye could have de tecteu a smile ot inward ' satisfaction, which the conaciousnest of doing good, a lone produces. The guest reached the door, and to his astonishment found one of the General horses arcoutered with his own saddle and bridle, in wailing for him. lie returned and remonstrated, stating Vis in bility to pay for jt; and that in all prob ability he should "never again iTstt that section country.' But the General wasin exorable, and reminding the astonished Dit ioe, that iie who give (h t the poor ieodetb to the IM-d.'' aent himon his way, bia heart ottrfldwinrw-ith-eratitade.ind his prsrers directed to Heaven for Wet tings on the venerable tier. - ,?7"""" j-- Another, falsehood nailed. 17ie: Van Buren paperi navoriaff been circiilating.a report that the Hon. Daniel Webster had anoken dUresneet. fdlly and unjustly of Gen. W. II. Harri son, l his lalte statement -wat designed to create an impression that ther.e is divi sion in the ranks of the opposition to the manner, w a few' days since addrttted a letter to Mr. Webtter. to which the fu. towing iiecuive and patnolic , reply hat been received. We rn assure, the fiieiids ot .Mr, vtn liuren that they can make nothing by tlu-ir desperste assrrtions. I hey can make no , charge against , Gen. Harrison that we cannot . refute. . His spotless life it proof against tlandrr, and detraction tnd it is on the page of liisto ry that the greatest men of our country have civen him their confidence ami n. joyed Tii in return. But let the follow. mg letter be read. II speaks (or itself. : ; 4 i Washixotom, March 28, 1840. To IktJMUm c JCtltgraph and Jnlel ho , . I'gtncen . , . ; ; .Stau ; I.liave this evening received yonr letter, calling my attention to a IfStfrtenf whlch'lias reTreaVited la the newspapcra, upon no authority, what ever, that in 1833, on being proposed to me to be on the ame ticket with Gen. Harrison, I refused, observing (hat he wat pity of hit friend, and the acorn and derision of bit foetAlibouf-b it would be m vain that a man to public life should set about contradicting by hit own direct authority, every anonymous statement or declaration tu be found in party presses, vet this paragraph was circulated so wjde ly, that 1 wat Induced to. lake notice of it, and to authorize a direct and positive contradiction; of it, in the National Intel-" ligencer. . For the benefit of such at insy not have seen . that denial, I here repeat it, as I have done in one or ' two other letters, which i presume are. or uill- bo. matle public in those parts of the country r mv.w nit eviiikhicii irnuu 1U Wlluin tllfV were respectively written, The whole atory Iritrrerty lalser' rViTidty-reTa!Tins have existed between Gen. Harrison "and. myself for many years, Nothing has ev- er occurred to interrupt f these rtlatiotit. Un my return liom burope, late- in" De cember, 1 heard of his nomination by" the llarrisburg Convention, snd I took' the earliest opportunity, to declare publicly thaf T 'approved the 'f noininatitin, and should join heartily with my feiloVtiticns in giving it support; Cen. Harrison has long been before the country, in War fend irjtrar? him to be a brava soldier, a patriolic'Vit izen. and an honest man. It is t.m lalp quite too late; for detraction to do its of Mice upon his reputation,' cither mUitarv or civil. 1 lie has now been Selected bv the general voice of those whose politi cal; jniiicijiica agree wim nis own, to g( to the head ol the columns, and , to bear on and sdvanca the fla;. under which it U hoped those 'princiderxtnajnWniialin: tained and defended. " I not only wlah bit nomitfation success,, but intend also I to do all that may become a. gnm citizen lo tnMire it. it may lailj but if it should, 1 eri1y believe that failure will he omin ous of a long train of political evils' to the the country. ir sustained, on the part of those wlto have msde it, by a devoted tpirit of political duty and love of coun try, itmay auccet-djand if it should sue ceed, 1 should regard that success at the welcome harbinger of better limes. -Zi , -My-'. z Yours respectfully, - : u vm WEBSTER.' A Whig KeetlBff. Dnlhe fth of April, 1840, it being Tuesday of Superior Court week, toon af ter Court had adjourned, a great number ofbighly respectable citizens of the coon tr of Franklin, and other distinguished gentlemen from the ailjoining Counties, who happened to be at.Cirt, and who had. been specially invited tu participate in the objects of the meeting, convened at the Court House in Louisburg. On motion of Dr,jO Bryan,, CoUI II. Jr U. llultin,' wat celled to the chsir, a: , on motion of Brnj. Foster, Esq. Dr. Wil liam R. Ring, wst oppointed Secretary. The objects of the meeting fitt ing been explained, a forcible and impressive ad dress from the Chairman, the' following li . , ry i..,: i - praiuuie anu .cyiuiion were men. llliro- duced: Whereat our form of Government teemt fully to recognise the right of the. people peaceably to assemble themselves together, to confer and consult euch with the other for their common goodr ; and collectively speak out their opinions and their wishes of public menand public measures: There fore, Rewind, That, we, a portion of the freemen Of Franklin county,' am decidedly of -pinion that a speedy change of our federal rulers is india pensably necessary to die welfirs of our com mon country. Jleuihtd, TJial "however great our preference for othars may have been, we are now fully con vineed, that the rational Whig Convention, lately held at Ifarrisburg, acted wisely In nom inating .William II. Harrison, of Ohio, ibr the neat President of Hie United States for that his well tried patriotism, and long and faithful courte of important public services, full v enilile him to the highest confidence and gratitude of rut country his ever being aloolto high polit ical feuds, pre-eminently qualifies him for the Presidency uo of a party, nor of any par. licular teclion, but of the whole Union. The more the history of his character is scaned, the better we like him. We believe him "honeet," we believe him "capable;" we shall therefore cheerfully yield to &Mur undivided sopport. Jlailred, That (his meeting have entire con fidence in the honesty of purpose, eminent abil ities, and genuine republican principles of John Tyler, of V irgioiat-oad that ht nomination for the Vice Presidency cfthe United States i not only anjrovedt but ws are highly gratified at tjie seloctlbn " VZ'-Z SZZT. Jteulttd, That in johirjfr Morehead", tlie 'WW$inMwH-tw-XfonifofWMk. State,Twe see happily united all the noble chsracteristica which at dhce conatitote the nerfect iren. tleman, the able civilian, and the aonnd -politician. " We will therefor give him our cordial support; and use all honorable means in our pow er lot secure his Election. , 7fofoedV That Nicholas Massinbnrg Nath. R.Tunstall, Benj. Foster, Burwell Perry, and J. A. Whiuker, tq. are appointed Delegates, to confer, with Delegates or other citiiens of the other counup eoannvt tttic.Wtnt IW at Simm a, near. Ransom's Hodge, en the first Saturday in May next, to fix rn some suitable person to be placed on the Whig electoral ticket tor r resident ana v tee rreiidcut of the United btglflS. u - ,,. jiuolrtd, That this meeting also appoint the following persons, aa a committee of conference ana correspondence, for the county of Franklin, to promoie me wing cause, viz:ur. A. s. ferry, Richard F. Yarbrough, George Tunstall, Bent. UallaidfroliverTyrel.Thoe. Person, ftligah Perry, Arch'd. Pearee, Dr. John O' Bryan, Jmea Houw, lcvin Perry, Isaac Davl, Thomas B. Cook, Cyrus Hani,- Wm. Stone, Joel Kins. himon illlama, Jacob If. Cooley, Lewis tiroddle, YVm. H, Hargrove, Joaeph Kearney, P. C. Perry, James Dent, H. M. Hicks, G. W. Macon, James ' Yarborouch. llartsHpld Pm. Wm, Freeman, John Nicholson, Wiston Perry; ana on mouon, Aisasenburg, n. K, Tunstall, B. Foster, Benj. Peny, J. A. Whiiaker and II. J. G. HuHin were added to this Committee. Where the ioregding Rewltttioht'liad1 been read, & wtre ready to be put on their passage, there, were numerous and loud calls for a speech from G. E. - Dadirer. EsqM who accordingly rose, and . with his usual B'iw of effective eloquence enchain ed the attention of all political parties, to an address of some two hours long in the course of which were . exposed , many of the failures and fallacies of the present ad ministration of our national afluirs. . ; William 11, Battle, Esq. was next call ed upon to give an account of hit Steward, shin as one of our Delegation te the liar- rishurg Convention -which he did very satisfactorily, in quite a lucid and per. tinent address. .-. . m-i.;:; The said preamble tnd Resolutions were then tsken up, a nil i: una ttimoutle adopted, byr ail of-the very'respectable number who rrjntiuedfirv the Court Hmse,- - On motion, the : fultowini Hesolutions w era also adopt ed- --. - --. Itttolvtd, TUl the thank of thia meeting are lennerea to mose gentlemen,- ot -other counues, who have so ably, and so eloquently addressed uieesme. - Metolttd, That the proceeding of this meeting be sent to the Editors of th Kaleieh - Register and Star, with ateqoeat that they caase the am to be published in. their papers, and that the other VV hie psper of this State, are desir ed to copy them, Jletolvtd, That the Chairman and Secretarv of thi meeting are entitled to. Its thanks. ' Un motion, 1he meeting then adjourn- cV'? HENRY JiG. RUFFIN, CHiW5'1 ' A Natioxai, Debt or 120,000,000. Mr. Webster the other day in the Senate, slated that, the government had spent within the last three years, sny from the first day of January, 1837, tip to the 1st day , of Jan uary, 1840, 20,000,000 and, more, beyond its receipt, 'for the tamo years. Being 8,666,QBG IJOrfor - each 6rMd years: Therefore, a National debt has been com menced for three yean past, and has already resetted over SO.000,000. s. Now, -suppo-ing Van Buren should be re-elected, w hat will the amount of the national debt be, at the end of hi term of service, at the some ratio, lie then having nearly five years ' in all to serve from hi present timet It will be within a fraction of 053,333,333 33. That is, provided a standing army of 200, 000 men thould not be adopted by ' Con gress, aa recommended by Mr. Van Buren, in hi last message, and -tho Secietary of War, in hit report to tho same. . But ; on tlie event of its being a law, aud , there , Is strong disposition by the President's party, to gratify him it will be impossible to tay what will be th,e amount of the national debt, at the end of bit second term,' if he then should think fit to retire, which even would be very doubtful, to tay the least This important fact, at first above stated by Mr. Webster, as he also stated, il has been the earnest desire . of the Secretary of the Treasury ,to keep concealed from the knowl edge of the Peoplc tii r- r1 Md. Republican. Libtrta el nalalt tolum" mm sir ixsio KALEIGIf, Al'lUIa 22, 1&10. Slartin VaiCBuren his hostility to Sonthern Institutions. It appears that the friends of Mr. Van Buren are determined to claim support lor him from the South on the groand that he it not at thoroughly saturated with the spirit of fahaficismtliat h Ts tpt actua ted by at maddened a spirit of phrenzy in the crusade against the institution of Southern slavery, which it now in prog ress, at are Tappan, Birney, Garrison, Smith and others of the tame infatuated class. They do not tnd dare not recom mend him to the confidence tnd affections of the Southern bosom on the broad, firm and holy ground of, perils which he has braved, execrations which he hat incurred, or sacrifices which he has endured in de fence Sflhe'inatifution of slavery. That he had incurred tome transirnt degree of pain tome slight ntorrification, toiuo tri fling inconvenience 4a the course of his publit career-for the eafely of Southern slavery, should at least be pressed by his frTentls in beliall of a candidate for the Presidency, who Wat born tnd educated, who amassed a princely estate and enjoy ed high political honors, amidst a race of people who regard the institution of slave ry at the ulitmn thule ol wickedness anu vbi,xWaVV...,,Wcr.' sc ended upon the family of man. But it is a peculiar feature in the histo ry of ; Mr. Van Bnren that not even one solitary fragment, not one trifling syllable can be culled from its paget which indi cate the faintest toleration of the institu tion of slavery. AH, then, which his, friends are privileged to sty lorhim, when exerting the freedom of defence, in its ex tremest latitude, is, "that he it not to deeply stained with abolition heretics, that he is not to bitterly opposed to the usage of slavery at justly to excite any appre hension in the bosoms of Southern men? They do not claim our Confidence for him on the ground of what he has ac tually dne fdrat; but W account of fhose'actt which he'hss omitted Jo do, and which, in case they had been performed, would have been fatally prejudicial ' o our most cherished interest. . They inform ut, forsooth, when ctntasting for Southern confidence, that hi it not quite as; exceptionable as many other Northern men that he Is milder in bis prejudices tgainst slavery than Morton, and Duncan, and Tappan, and Birney, and ther disciples of the Van Buren school ol politics. This, then, js the mighty, the impregnable fortification which hat been reared by the supporter of Mr. Van Bu ren in hit defence, when he it charged with devotion . to lha i c ausa of abolition i that lie might be a little mora in unison With th S6Utli on" the tubjectbf slavery thn he is, but that he Is; nevertheless; preferable toa great many, Northern" poli- "ticians who might be ' brought before the people for the Presidency of the United Stalet.";-4 r-f A- - -' Will the people of North Cirolina jeop ard their most piecius and sacred i nt or est on earth,rthen,:by.lcnding themselves to - the elevation 'of an individual to the highest office ia their gift, who hat not on ly not stood forth in defence ol the tnsii. tution of - tlavciy when - provided, in the course of his public' TifeVithbuaM oppurttthisies of doing to, but whtf has ac tually contributed hit influence, hit men tal power, and his vote to- the destruction of that Important inteiest on different oc cssiont during nit public rareer. ' " f via the i absented thenj f poiitive'claimt io,urtticnfiJejnf ject, hit friends should it least satisfy the Sooth that Mr. Van Buren it bitterly anil sincerely penitent for th dorp and repeat ed wounds which he has inflicted on the institution of slavery. , His friend should confine u,, that he is penetrated with (he deepest and most heartfelt regret for taking a decided ttsnd against ttavery when the Missouri Question wat sgHated. They thould satisfy tu beyond a rstiunal doubt, that ha is sorrowful ven to the point of distraction for opposing tlie ad- mission of slavery into that portion of the territory " of the United S'stes, w hich now comprehends the State of Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. Tliey should ' tatisfy u, also, that he hat assumed the penitential veil for having once voted a gainst the ad mis ion of slavery into Flori da. They should shew us, too, that he sincerely, and hearti y deploret lite vote which he once gave in the New Yrk StaU Convention in favor of extending the right of suffrage to the free negroes of that great State. We should be furnished with con-, vincing proofs, too, for the purpose of tat ikfjing ut that he has radically and thor oug'dy, changed his views in reference lo the Contliiuiioncl power which Congress hat to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. His friends should satisfy us that he believes it to be vncomtiiulional to m-ddle with tlavcry in the District. ' tan they accomplish eitherof the objects to which we have just pointed? and if they cannot, should the South ever dream of supporting an individual fur the Presiden. cy who has offered rude, frequent and fa tal stabs to the institution of slavery? The South was in arms against Mr. Clay just before his name, was withdrawn from (he preseut contest for 'the Presidency, he cause h1iajjnjejeeir irr favor of tj"$ Tariff. It was perfectly Idle and una viil ing for the press and his warmest friends united to assure lot " that he had abated from the extravagance of hit demandt on the Tariff quettion, and that he actually surrendered, on a memorable occasion, those provisions in that system which were most admired by him, simply, because he wished to preserve jhe peace of the con federacyr No excuse which Twas '"offered by his friends was deemed an 'adequate vindication for him. It was regarded as a forfeiture of every claim to Southern eoa fidence that he had formerly supported a tred a broadly at variance with the best interests of the South. ' . It appears, thea that Mrr Claywaaiiot pardoned by the South for supporting the Tariff even after he had imparted to us practical proofs of his penitence in aban doning th system, is the SouthJprepr ed, then, to. pardon Mr. Van Buren for when he hat not only failed to give us any evidence of penitence for past transgres. sionsjon tliat subject, but-hat openly dem onstrated to the world that he yet clings to 111s lormer prejudices sgainst slavery t-ouid the boutb require more solid groundt upon which to rest the belief that he is Hill opposed to the institution of 'rJ than his open admission of the power on the part of Congress to abolish slavery in the District or Columbia? ' For the purpose of establishing beyond the reach of all controversy the 'position that : MtvJVan Buren is impressed with the belief that Congress possesses the Consti tutional power to abolish slavery in the Districtof CoiuinbiaeTltthjijitf ftf'd'Se'p erate extracts from a letter written to a Committee in Northampton county, in this Stale, in the year 185G. Having bern in terrogated by thi committee a to what hit vie wt were on the subject of abolish ing ilaVery jn ,JjJjeiDitfricl of Columbia, Mr.' Van Buren replies', ' , ! owe it, however, to candour to title to you that I have not been able to satisfy myself that the grant to Congress, in the .onsiiiuuon, oi the power ol 'exclusive r", 0- , ' . " tegiiaiiun - in an esse whstsoever,1 over the Federal District, 'does not confer on that body the same autl oritv over the iul. ject, that would otherwise have been turn' sesscu oy ,ipe, states ot ntary land and Vir ginis, or. that Congress might not in virtue thereof, take such ate pa upon the subject in this District as thoxe States might them- r!f7k:fftwo consistently with their own rights ol sor- crei(jotj. : It it very evident thaf in'lhe foregorn passsge Mr. Van Buren hap endeavored to go backwards and forwards at the tame time. He has endeavored to annear favor. i : the North and. the South, at the same time. zle:hat:;itudiQUily::Bimed lo express himself on the subject In such terms at were calculated to cast a shade of obscurity over hi opinion! and to weakea.thelofluence which the promul gation of them would be .calculated to ex ert over : Southern mind, But when translated ! into pu remand unadulterated Eiigliah, what he has stid in the foregoing extract means 'that he it decidedly of the opinion that Congress does possess the power to abolish alaverf U the District of tjoiumoia.2j bat adopted aha convicilon'that Congrest doet possess the power, to abolith slavery in the District ot4f '."fV Columbia,!! will be io very difficult Irani Z1 sttion ror linn, after a while, when impeU ted by the spur of interest, to believe that1 Congress 'ought !yto exercise the power which it thus possesses, and that it should go straight forward in the work of emaq. cipating all the slaves in the1 ten miles souare. .?- ?f:"vl ,'.iV''i.: ZZZZZZZ We have known aome nnliilri.n. K.r.: iofore, in our live, who voted for mess uret which they professed to reeard ..J constitutional, because they were intfrjf ed to vote" for those measures by tlit;r stituentt.: Tf will not be a very diffil matter, then, for Mr. Van Bren t. l hit influence hereafter to promote th, j "","llF""n oinavct in the District, Columbia, when instructed to do ,,. msjority of Northern abolitionists, have a very powerful reason fur bent,ff that Mr. Van Bureh is sufficient!. I plastic and flexible in his nature to sorrtl der himself a willing captive to theiotlj iiyoi aucn instruction?; forhe fxtB himteir t the South for having uPpo,t( a, in in us moM ouioui and repttliil forms, whilst he bitterly condemned J measure in hit heart, on the ground M he had been instructed to support it h,ii Legislature of New York. May k,.J hereafter, shnu'd he be re-elected Pr,, dent, deem himself bound by Northerai, structmns, to change his views of dty,J i.ujri.i ai auoiiHiiing fciaverr in iL T - a . ' . sa - ' uistnci oi vuiurab af May he totft, Himself constrained to g so far cms to recommend the abolition ol slaVrrT- t. , . ' mc icp nines square to tbeUongresioftl United States, in his annual messtp. lie has failed to take a decided stand i taaTW mer rhessagei to Congressf-and if i at all improbable that he may break gre?! in ineir uvor in nis luture messsges, shot he be re-elected. . , But again: In the same Metier, he e presses hit opinion in the following str? oi approoation, relative to the -power whi vug,css mi io Boousn slavery in t District of Columbiai " Thtii viewing the matter, I would nog irom i tie lights now before me, FEE m i BM.r !At K IN PRONOUNCE HIA X CGNGRESS HAS NOT -TH POWER. OF INTRRFKRINO WITll uu AHULISHLNG SLAVERY 1 piEaJlSTRlCTCOLUM BJA. ln i the' last extract, jMTvVan Bur canjJidlj admits that he would not i M'1'1'' expressing the opinion ill Congress has not the power to abolif slavery in the Districtof Columbia, v! imagine h did not feel himself remarkabi sar in expressing that opinion fori would' have injured hitpopularit y wi' un i .11, 1 11,'rii niiruiii.ni.f. . . i .ki the aboluionisjs in any of hit messages I Congress, and therefore wrapt himselff a veil ot impenetrable obscurity4 on h subject. BmifJtedid not feel himw? very $aft in deciding that Congress iu not the power to abolish slavery in ll t slavery in It lid he feel himtrf uistrict ol Uolumbis, di tafe in rearhing the con nclusion that Ct gress actually possessed the power? 1 me powerf imagine there is no difficulty in demot strating the prublem, that he did not frt very taftj for he was tpprehensive thst k would lose Southern votes ven by ll sneaking assent to the powet whith lei! express. ' ' But let 1iim have felt safe or unsafe 'tCZTZC???-' f:itr.-'-: .".:: : .. : ; - l iuc auujeci, ue nas aumitteu that the pn er to abolish slavery in "the District dot exist. 1 his is going further, we belie than aay Southern politician ever wen It is viitually admitting that an intln ment of mischief is enveloped within tfe' 0!u, 0f ..4h.Q?nM!tntin,.Ji?bicfi'Tnsf b drawn forth at any time when a msjorii of abolitionists shall fill stats in the r fional Legislature, and wielded with fan PS. . . ." 9 ' J V'.-rw"uj I nnwpr nvr lha ni.l ni..i. ..r .1.. c ' T i """H5 power 10 mjore w been deposited in Dm Constitution of tint country, which, it must be horrible to a Sotttbeca-mind even to dream, abautWiJ. ' dm,UinS tht,tl peeple of the Souis' nave uo permanent guarantee for that pr-f er fy w hidi they 1iave faPTnlur chased an ,- - UoneatJy paid for- a tpeciet 'optwerr S -...v.. an uaaaeu in value bu their land a anrripa i.f nr,.n. -1.1.? 7 . . .7 " " .. r r 1 V - from lontr hahll ku kann. ..(.. ly incorporated withT their land, that XV farms of the South would bealrapstcos pletely impoverished by lha abtractioti slave labor from them.'. " -pprTn I Where, let ut imagine, will there l! found, any prevailing pledge for the ssfel; of our tlate properly inlthe Stalet f tl' Suthr if ;tlavery ahould once be abotjshif in the TTiafrrcf "of Ciirumbis?; ;the emar cipstion ; of tlarct there would serve as porch of entry to the process of aboIUhinj' slavery in "the Slatei as " certain as dsrl ' nest tucccedi the s withdrawal of light? Ihit would act only at the first link ia 1 I ong series ot triumphs which would be ! diieved by thi, tbolilionislt .of.; the 'Nor' chieved oyrr Stiutherii righfiThey; would reg; sucn a consummation at the first dawnm: of the day stsr of hope upon their: dart H i,.n, . i, ,nrj- win never rrj contented until they shall have obliffrste every vestige of slavery from the LVwr, or blown it into fragment!. V ' "'w tdmit. then, that a power to inflW oeauij injuries 00 our vest intereirs aor exist in the Constitution ot the Cnitf' Stales; is of itself tn insuperable ol jrcti' to a candidate for the Prrsidencr. If1 believes thattocha power may b pluckel from a charter which we believe to ha been instituted nurelv for the nrc motion W 'tv.T4.it a - to , .... .. ( 4-- "if -is
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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