inmriTimiiis CentsPer vear . SSatotTR new subscribers who wiH r'ViJ it. whole sum at one pay menu ktolonTas the same class shall advance ! the sum of shall conliooe, a9 other sabscn- AfPfi "Mivlfe -.H-.I-" ;, ,r im- t&I&toi'-'do 'not: pay dating. the. Tea SftrP ree UoMars m au case,. will be received for less than Wfl dlscbo tinned but mttbeopn jUmtWiirn t the Editor most be post &3ffitXu he Jldvertisin s. 1 i J Mffirt-t 0Hcr for the first imerlio Jfv sift r ... J. i i; ; It . I WW1'! eharged iiD per ceni, -v v-V iitk.kiV ratas. A deduction of r prices will be lAA-dAr will h inoerted foT Iass J5i4ffn.vjiwji.M. --- - ':&mti$$ iheta where no directions ii PTtfl r-.'si : .- r ff SALISBURY . 1 ft 70 a Batter;; " fIJ? m; f laxleedi A iii t 75 ' ! Cent. Molaetef, 5d a 60 Nails, , 8 a 9 Oats, 25 a 30 Pork, $6 ; : Sugar, br. 10 a 12 loaf, '18 a 20 Salt, , . $1 62 j Tallow, lOalif Tobacco, 1 ' 8 a 20 Tow-linen, 16 a 20 Wheat, (bushel) $1 Whiskey, r 45 Wool, (clean) JYETTEVILLE. a 50 40 "3:'--' P 1- .. ; !1'5, w f c&i-rira! ft i 131 iiO'a 11 50' a at 3iE: Mi i is vso isH1liQja"r6d riffi.- .1-. -t a i--4-7jrft 4I a Molasses 85 a 42 Nails, cut, 1 7i Sugar brown, 8 a 12 Lump, Loaf, Salt. ! -Sacs:; Tollaccoleaf 18 a 20 85 a 90 6 a 7 Colloo bag. 16 20 40 60 SO a 25 Bale rope, Wheat 1 iK'8k:.i 35 i 1 j Oda Wool, Iflj AjjSjNails 'cut asaor. 7j a9 .f!?-:: M5:a 20 Oals bushel 11 iaaQU jral.: wroughi 16 a $ a 50 75 $1 :f !5 yq;f 3 f ?3 ' j lamp 125 rdnaljb Jimi! linseed 110 atl25 ilb 12iia 16 Pork lOOIbs !l d a 8 tJilJS'Rice 100ibsS5la nlmsh 75a I O0tSngar lb lta 2& - - ? l' I l TwENTY-iFlFTII CoNGRE?S. iTfflRD SESSION. T 1 arc n frl. f 6- Salf sack pi a tj a 4p v bush bs ;4J.a 6i'sleei Amer. 4$ 50 $3i I? English; 14 German 12 a 14 Tea nnpe.Sl B l 37i M :&4dED -aboui the last of gctofrom the subscriber at that rtsioinj in atokes Uour.ty. IN'. fioWSg m Negro man of S3 mrs of aorel and f i vcr lirftrht MP Hhonakcr fcy trade, ibas Wmfrai'ug below the .elbow be l:rn- j Hif heels hae beeo i frosted :tJ 1 " M ;1rPp F0!nsn) ear U ate y, ifciHp'Tff 'persons; be lieve tt&m??- named Aofleftihet neiTJirhuod ahnnt l hftar Ttrnr.b Vl .'. P. (To -! e v8 5V to AKD lOVERSTEET. pfl c y.Va J 'l(lifnrlre him in mil Uson. '!-: i -I i 1 I ' f m B I s Is-- 1 cf f ULASKi. is now : s MOO" gPBAm Bt chaU P derate terms.ind if hot H will then be adr- places as Of mi -1 I. u. . - , - w WW VII 1U iWii1' lable on royFplania. soVvk-.-'.-'fr"-':.'; :i StlBPOSNAS M Ms Office. House! pf Representatives REMAUKS OF MR. OTANLY, On the moiionar an inquiry in' th Defalcation of Public Ojjiuri. Thursday, January 17, 1839. ' i Immediately after Mr. Duncan (of Ohio) cqnciuced nis remaiics. Mr. fktrikin mov ed the Previous Question, but at Mr Stan ly's solicitation withdrew it, upon Mr Stakli's promising to renety it bfbre be eat down. 1 11: ' ; " ' ; j jl'S"" i : - -t j ii-1 I ,- . 'v.: -f I - Mr STANLY then rose and said he was not about to detain the House as long as the lepresentatye from Ohio bad done.j It is now SO minutes past 4 o'cIock.(said ie.) We uaye been consuming 4 time by listening to remarks upon all sorts of sub jects. .- VVe hare iiad murh upon extrara gance and economy-r-a most extravagant oration upon! masters and things in general, from the jbatilesef Cassar and Pom pey down to the recent democratic disturbance, in Pennsylvania. Yesterday the House! ad journed lor the gratification of the ' Repre J sentative wbo haijust finished hia oration Bgiin8t 'Henrjr Cj4! i' corporations ?80J ciated wealth,' and whatVin bis elegant lan guage he calls ;wjbigery.' The House has1 listened to all this with commendable p-' tience to the abuse of Whigs, and to the high praises upprj the ! ne w Senator J from Ohio (Mr Tappari,) Mr :Van Burtnj and Mr Woodbury., I claim the right for a few minutes to reply to part of the speech just, delivered. , in toe .remarss I shall make, I; will- not 'attempt to answer the argu ments of this defender of the Administra tion upon all the matters be referred ' to ; I should consume too roucb time, and couid not avail mygelTof the same helps 4 He is so great a favorite at the Treasury Depart ment, he can call 1 on his Dear Sir, Mr VVoodbury, and get all the informatfob be wishes. If a Whrgshould apply, as! one; did at the last session, be would 'meet wih a refusal. f I :.'. ' ' J i j Sir, he bas jiadkhe utmost liberty, the most u nlimited indulgence, yesterday and to-day. xl cannot, in courtesy or justice, he dcnicU til rtgni twetaj wfctr wvtrtwoponiarnr subject to which be has alluded ; I mean abolition. 1 shall rot discuss this'-subject, but I wish to call attention to some port of the gentleman7s language; in reference to this, and to a 'celebrated lletter written by him when bo was a candidate a few months aga , -U.t j -: r- ; " It will be recollected; Mr Speaker; ihat when I called the geMleman to order for irrelevancy rwben he-' was rending letters fibin his 'ojettrt Anuk and his rfrar' Levi. showing how many Vhigs and how m tny Democrats were in Office in the Depart ments, the Chair decided (Mr Connr ol North Caroliniwasl occupying thecljajir at the time) thai ; the gentleman wns in" order. I aubmittf d roost cheerfully to Ihi3 ; and I took the liberty of Interr'itpting the eriilfr tnah, and asking him; how many abolition ists there were among the democrats in of fice. To which he replied, with a pomp ous elevation of toip, and with a cotifi detice which evidenlljr defied contradiction, that they (abolitionists) did not 'beloogj'to that family' They I were : all among the Federal Whtgs' as he calls them. IVrll. sir.! I was glad jlo hear the assertion made on this floor, snjd I witnedaed with a smile the self-satisfactory whimDerinas, of ome slaveholdmg tleipocrajs at - this decUration from the Sampson of jocofocoism. d But I have the evidence in oiy t possrs sioni to drive away this pleasing delusion. This declarationbut ajfibrda additional evi dence of the attempt which the administra tion paity are making W impose upon the Southern PeopleH j' jr But, sir, as far as I can, I will awaken (fte attention of the people! of my district abd my btate to the doings: of their self-const luted democfaticfriends. But to the letter, the letter. ! ? r I. hold in my hand. Mr Soeaker. a latter dated at Montgomery Hamilton county Ohio, signed Ai Duncan,' n "which the writer gives his views bf slavery. I wish to read some extracts tji the House, and 1 respectfully solicit the Attention of lhe slave holding democrats-of (the caucus resolution-making dembcratsr-to the opinions of their, trusty and well beloved brother in de mocracy upon jbe subject, of slavery. I want to show thVm what a democrat in Of hid, who is no abolitionist, thinks of thir country and their constituents Towards the latter part of the letter the writer says i There is no man livjng, perhaps, who i more deadly hostile to jslavery than I ami My feelings, my educatipn, the circumstan ces that have a urrpunded me through life," together with mjt principles of what I bei-j lievei to constitute; the natural and political rights of manal conspire to make me ab hor it a one of the greatest evils that exists on the face of tbejeartli' : 1 : Mr Dcncas here rose and asked to ex- Of course, Mr I Speaker, I will hear him explain, said Mr S. :y I t Mr .DuNCAN then i said, that when be was asked the question whether there were any meant to say, t bey him before the election he. (Cries of No! no!) 1 1 will state the contents. , " Here Mr Stanly said : Mr cannot consent lb yif Id the fio6rld rthe sentleman tW estate will do that for biro, sir. fj only gave did not belong to the Democratic part, par ticnlarly in bisxlistrict and utli Th:e let. terfwas in answer to interrogatories mit to heo: blrieflr Speaker, I illow mi fbrSexplanation; j The short extract I read, sir, ought not to make the genii aneasy. , it is mua, follows But listen compared Iwlth shave ti - - eYnan I What attentiyejrJfy:;'tit'eln"'' sivejy guardians of the South, ye onlyjpood democrats, to thet declaration.jriat ? slBtffery; is otie of the grcate?t evil onli8 ie cf the earth, and thit thjis deirocrafiIdjEjadly hostile' to slavery. The ' niltihian'al un easiness, I presume, is on account his Southern friends. They in Nrtji CarpJi naijas I was told by one blharalu depied the authenticity of this letter : jyJjsirMhey pronounced it a forgery ! The jpcipipl had tieali taught to believe that Mr! UfAl ren had no abolitioo friends no frtends opiios- ed the ton o slavery But here, sir, we have, 'from pen of the Representative from the county,, U-hl-O, more abase, more hellish slander, ater concocted, on slave oywne'r's, has 'ever been myjlol to hear fioua vowed abolitionist. , j i : Yet," sir, this same abhnrrer o deadly hostile id. it, isu-'of all oiherldetoo crals, the chosen advocate of - the: Qlobe otpou(inss;, of Ii- , - Hi:: d either L than, it ffslayflrvi so of this Another uents some informa Southern- xtraj:f I the chosen champion Jovitig Administration. winl in diva rat rnnsti lion -of the nnimons of this ner sort and j ho jitical friend of Martini Van Bureb. The JeltiT says, in. contihuation ; 1 v H J ji. jlv-- -. ; : jj es, greater io- its nioral effecillaii'd' cpr rapting tendencies than all other ;humao vilsj put together.; It is not . only a mora! anJ jpolitical evil withtrjj itself, bjrp intrnsi cally: so the darkft and most jdamnirig chiracler, but in all. its bearings ijixi f ffets calculated to produce tHe most fajtal jeffets bn,bbtb the moral and' the pohticit institM tjons of our country.' I : ,;' -jrjj.r j ; t t ere M i D u.vrj AN'asked leavejt b fxji i n again. Mr Stanly yielded fori explana tion and Mr Duncan ionists; fand j any raid he was Inot ;iniividutl or ;a newspaper that floats on the breeze, th;t said be was an abolitionist, was ail vile imrijator 'y- T ; j f f ifeire "Mr Thompson, of Sou na, rose, and called on the Speaker to lerj fprcejthe rules, and seej that a gentleman who Was occupying the. flor should not be thus frequently interrupted T I ? I f Mr Stanly continued. I have, yielded the floor with pleasure to hoar any exWUnai ti6ns, but not to hear speeches of defencei, i must insisi upon my ritjiu in tne.itoon .ttn will dot again be interrupted for sjieecbesji) this character. : " '' ' f '. A 'k; Ii! . if I .iSir I am not an train ted .with -tiel'k jtodj bl hwspapers to whjib the 'gerttWinr i f4rii.. I hav0 never seen any that ll atpij I db ifi itez.e inai caaraea mm vhu ixMntff iansabo lit)onst. Sir, it would hdttt'r a?utnd ETlluntry f i democrat fjom H-tmiUon who Games. a rfle for pronl dtlfeiice. wait, until he is charged w th beini arilabb litionist, before ho throws but surf, hofd i I have not iharjji'd Itiln;; and now charge him, with heirfg.jin-nbo- h Cardli. bejoni& (lie ie li9f i n(yiiKhf?U county Qrhl O i i nuncijiion. do no i 1 litionist. I am willing to admit lb it he anil (Mr ; I ap5ii) sound ladenio ag ever honbretl hi newly elected Senati wbbm? he has beordised as crat, and a pure a patriot, themaities; and.; withal, of the first order jo taln'tsf and of the - moat unexcuri)riliblb deporttnetitf are neither cf jtbeuv abliibb ists am willing to admit that. jhey:fare hoth a good Ir leu its jof th SoutSi jaslany Van Bijren caucus deuiorrals who votod on thejiEoluUons of ie I2th of Severn bel last - ; : i - I - - H j. lwl take this letter as proof of; trieir alJ febtjoiifor the Sobth;; or, if he will tfke the reputed dorhralioi i0fJthil derhorat an l pHtri' (Mr t:pp4ni)tfut the Eirte.the ..Souihatiipt'on ' insurrection 'as proof f this 'souud jdcuiociracy and! purcj patriosm , ;' j ' ' fil'lts t ii an willing, I say, fir ' to believo; jejl are hot abolitionists, j I do not know- what slgnifiitioiuhey aitath to tbe wbt'djjiii otrat and abolitionist BnJ, sir, li.Hhayg nimwtti heing the author of this Jeiternd? he canJUOt tlenv that, i I rharr .t irii lim hrni the insthotions of our conntry. J ha ye only tdjrefer; y ouj to a view Jof j the slave States m out Union; and a comparison between trie relative condition of jthe iirnprbyemchts ; of them and the fiee Statps. Yobase free States happyand flourhfng, tdrtbe iidmira tiori and astonishment -of all wfao sea? theni. Public improvements and pn ate 'prosperity arej swift and! head aod jbead in iithel race, while, on tbe other hand, poverty, Jean and hungry sterility, and squilid wretchedness, seejm to cover the face; of tbe land irmany parts where sJavo institutions havelfe rest ;..vfcy:At.H 'I h lYold to God. sir, that those whq enter tajssorh opinions could go frito rny cjf strict, or into yours ! Hdwoifferent woiild be. 1 hei r opinions cou Id they visit (he western part of our own North jCarollna-7-oae of the; most beatitiful - and prosperous, iliougb almost unknown, partsf' of thb wprld(; that good land, a Iarid of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, thai soring out 'f val leys and hills;' a . land, whose i stones are intercoursei jwith thj Southern men support Mr Van Buren, and it is all iron, tnq out ot "whose hills Airt hroaJ' reasonable creature, it any sue! thou jSmayst thai! some Would to God. sir b there be. who entertains such sentinientsJ could visit my district ! ; Instead hi leap and ; hungry sterility and squalid wretchedness,' jvhtc this '.democrat says; yers trio face of the land' he would find a (lappy.j indeperdept and intelligent People; hs would prayHea jven to make the laboring classes iojothe parts of the; world as free from Want, aS contented as our slaves! ! Instead of barren idesetts, perplexed with tbom be would see countless thousands of acres in a higbf stater jof, culti vatioa. , He' fcwdu jd ft see fields beautiful green, in spots which, a few; -years since, were! untrodden b&vej by thai wild beasts f the forest, wKofroamelri in undis I anted sway. : He could find cultivatedfields on ue ooraera..oi laaies, inj my aistrici. fielding. as abundant crops as the cboicest land on the borders of, the mighty Father of riers, and vieing in beany with ihej most enchanting scenery on rt)S I-dan'4 of Calyp so And all this, too, was brought about by slaye labor. Yes,sir,ther0 He'wcjolid see ir) our negroes, the happiest population on theearth -well fed, well cl oat her!,; and; wll treated. Content, and careless of jto-morrow'sjfare,' tjhey perform jiheir labor with cheerfulness labor v " ' t ! ' I if I 'h ,! Mode;the pledge ;f Of cheerful rfays.snd nights without a groan.' Iriatead offindinffa countrv upon which the ; anger of God and 'the vengeanc nf U CdVCII SCCIU Ul ICS, 13 IMI9 UUUIUli d t I J r IS the ease where 1 slave ! institutions &are a residence j'j instead joj; aeeing Imen iwho are cruel murderers, rphbers and pirates,' (las abolitionists1 tometrmeJ eill !slh'vel)old. ers,) be would find (in the language of the sarretl volume I just noyyf:qu4ted)nand of wlieat'and Warley, ant fines' aid ifigtecs and pomegranates ; a lapq inj whichjl we ejil bread without scarceness inliatiite. by men r.t'marlcible'jfi hospitihiy jilainlim auuing hahiis,! arid indomitable at ach ment to republican rnstituiions', f I i j. .' i' . : ! -is i . 5f 1 Bui, sir. remember, I beseech yrtn, tbs slander cornea frum a detuiicrut, who is no abolitionist! Yrs, sir, trom oiie of the frfetidji of those who go jibto a midiyfght caucuf, and prepare JVpus-faced resolu tions fur the prote:tion of le Sutli ; ( this ciimSi from a.Van.Bnren! - piolectbriof j;lhe Siiiit!i4- a whole bo,i Varl Buren democraj ik iiuwn more oi mis uemorrainr. leiier. i;f - llt're Mr G-iUiip,or inyv York, rose: to a point oliirde r.'but the ite 8pfker tleri deil ihkt Mr Svanlv was tioi out of onlerll ; Mr Stanly continued ' Mr Speaker, I I re-gret that I atii inflicting p:iin upon aiy j membe r of the party, bit the,g.iitlejiu from New York must hear it. Sir, he c'm nt save his frin'Trom Qhio frbmi having jthis -shameful letter published to the worltL I aim rj juiced, sir, that the j rules of order this time are construed a It be rally for iue jas for the representative! from! Hamilton jeounty; Ohii--inles, sir,'t!jrhWi, jlike he irispriptinns on the sabres of VatheU. hbld another Unguag to-day from that they yes- eruay jiieitn ami, ikc i.mojg sanres, can on y ! dcipht:rod hv one j ibari the! usual iccupant of that chair. i j j j ; if. ' ; Another extract, sir, from this letter : a motion to earth,1! f be thinksthat the anger of God UpplTltekve States, af lie- beJievef that aiayefy has sac.i c4riaptiig-ad corrod ing1 effects,? if, air, I ask, hetsVtncere in sayingy buktliei eursdrbe onf head of of those wbo aust4ni,lan nltitution,'? how can lie! be other Itban bn abolitionist? Is it because, as he says ib the latterj part of his jletter, the eflects Vduld fc , nioie fatal to) the bnhappy aud"infortynate4rr canj than even'alayefy itself?" Or canxit be that he wishes thf abger of Qoi ana; the engea nee of Heayen;iand,tbe frowns a n d disa ppTpbafoCip f 5 JffJ' n ; jaa'tice, ? still to rest jupon the Souterncountry ? Now, sir, this democrat is in daily social iwho right and; proper; he goes no doubf, into caucus with them, stronglydVadyoates Ighejsub Treasury, and they are, ojrwoura bet the exclusive friends of tbe South; while I, sir, am accused of acting ! with abolitionists if I vqte jwith any of them on adjourn I ' ! " : ' ; ; ;" Thej representative: from Hamittdn eoun ty, Ohio, said there were' no abolitionists m the democratic' family. !Has; he ever seen; the letter, of ihederoocraiicsab-Treas-ury candidate for Governor, in Massachu setts, in whicjliiie says,- I deem slavery to he the greatest curse and the most porten tous evil which a righteous God ; ever in flic ted upon a nation !" and, ike thia good democrat, hejis opposed to the admission of any new State whose Constitution tol erates slavery" for he says : r - ' ; jln relation to the admission; of hew Stales, with Uie power to bold! slaves, I need do no more than to refer! you to my recorded vote's against the ! admUaion " of Mibsuri with this power. Tiatt opposi tion which reiquired some firmness to per severe in, i would doubtless have proved successful butjfor the extraordinary influ ence and extraordinary efforts of pne man, (Henry Clay,) who was supposed by some to have respfledUo exiraorJinary means to accomplish hisj piirpose." 1 It j is amusing to see how we 1 these ab nlitiunifets agree with the gentleman from Ohio! in abusinlg all slaveholders, and the distinguished sUleatnan (II. Clay,) to whose extraon inary efforts, we are indeb ted for the admission ! of Missouri. The Southern Peop e,sir, will heed these things; they 'hl Unoiar how the aboliiton ;dem crits, and, jhe anti-abblilion abhorrers of sUytfholders, such as this democrat from Uamiltob connjy, Ohio, abuse! this great man.! Sir, I have no comptimpts to be sfowj no eulogjum to pronounce upon his (H. Chy's) cbaracter: He needs none. I The whole country appreciates jhis merits. i am not skilled Uo ptint the lily.' I shall not attemptto add arnfther hue onto tire ; ranibb w " I will not enter intp competi tion with the Representative from Ohio. ;'ither in plastering theWaracters of tfinse I l aduiire with fulsome eulogy, or in v.Iify ling those with, whom Ij differ in opinion. iSir, hie is!a w?:li-sele4 lHJ instrument to be Spatter wpli- jtniie Mr Van Burcu ; his Iiiewly eleneHitOT; 'the pure patriot and good ilci:ert,;( Mr Tappan) Mr.Kfrulall, and his dtiar sirUt th lu-at) of the 'l'reasu- ;ryDeparibei,a!id to vilify the favorites of the South j r j . ! If I! had timeil could give him filafices of -democratic abolitionists. Only many, in- sence a lb I d abolition democrats, he d hearing of tny democratic br Van! m colleagues, and wish them no longer r,ider this a forgery. il.-iHJ m l mitto the letter. The gentlemkhS told u?;4sf ?ideal1 10 fii,rM ariu fwailibls&M f I?can prove that he does deal sbjijajref! ip figus of imagination as any memHer bnj this flwr. ; Hear a little more from ibis bat-' thi democrat, this herald 1 of ahti-atdut(pnj of f1tlran democracy. ' Hear a little 'taore ofwhait be says about slaver.' " : ' it! Hlli i Ifi; is an evil that has. does now. and will al time to come while it exists, ithvolye in it, s well in its present possession as tin itsjuture operations,' crime, robbpS murder, and death. or what:! say, as to its present effec fraudl theft. t or tbe truth on i was '-ur i appau saui, it a man fool is to keen a fellow. beincr in bond toe. i -i j . - j " " ----- the slave has an undoubted right to cut the throat bf his d -d m aster. And if Ibislbri ghould go into Virginia, to assist tbef whites in sucq'iSContest ho would disinherit him! fJrosa the line that sepiates tlie ree; fnjm the slave Slate, or stand upon T it and look across tli former you Will see s eorarPtively all life, alj jhapinesW, li prosperity, both public nd private ; out tfurrj ypur eyes upon the latter &, survey it; 8ery thiug material, (except a few of tjbe wealthy proprietors,) bears the impress of poveriy and dilapidation ;l a)l look f asp if rjesjilence and famine had beep inkibg ii. sad. innovation." .. j I : ii !: Now sir, all this is front one of your pa tent democrats, one of Lfevi Wboilburis dear sirs,' one of! the select friends ; bf fljlartinjVan Burpn, and ope jof the fnebds of the South ! and) no aollionstI. ? Sfr, It me ask the gentleman how b can jhe other tbart an ahblitionist With thicse aenti1 rpents t If he believes that f alaveryj is' an ejril that hasf does bow, a'pdj will ip all time to come, while it exists, involve in it, all well in itspresent possesaion as in its future operations crime, fraud, theft, roti- bery, murder, and death V I ask him how the Abo- for either sir, the from the one m!fre now, sir : Y sou knowL sir tor Jhere are !i;any things ybu know,Mr Spea- j kr ihere was an .election recently held in iiai:ic:iuseits, in wnicu a brother ol Mr Woodbury! rtM-eived the votes of iitoiMstis; tbcv refusing!.' to vote if th i nTHer candidates. '. Now! Globe, ( which i nevrr departs truth.you know sir) iu the paper, of Thurs day night, December 27t!i, 1838, has the folio win i article: - i ' I 1 . '' " ' f ' Another Abolition Misrepresen tation!. -In meutioiiing the result of the late election for Congress in MrjParmen ter's district, where the choice waf prevent ed h) abolition votes,seyeral oftheedeial p3pers, antj . ainpnjf them that model of iandor the Intelligencer, have Remarked that a Igteat 'partof the abolition voted were thrmwri-fori Jamns IT. Woodhurv, a brother ry ot' the Secretary of the Wq regard this transaction, upon the facts Which! have been communicated to illustra- Treasu- is, as one of the most palpable tions of intrigues nd management between' abolitionigm that we have wliitferv and heard of. Whilp they unite in opposing the! Administration, ori account of the un flinchibg support $t accords Ut the rights bf property guarantied by the Constitution of the United .States; they fiave 'soygii oiit the narAeol a person who'isthe brother of a member of the Administration.well known lh rongliout his whole political life It be total' ly opposed to their disorganizing schemes, arid this brother, a clergyman, stalled in an obscure parishj and have cast enough of their votes fir him, I undoubedly a gainst his consent for the double j purpose of defeating an election, and, at tbe same time, affording soime possible ground for suspicion aid prejjudice against the sinceri ty of the Administration!; Thiflacheroe, with a clear conscience, and s Jan Jionelt - in refinement,vejn exceeds tbe yoint man man, who feels fbriwhat he calls 4 violated agemeni of the abiolitionjwbigs in N York be other than an aboli- and may afford a beneficial lesson to me AAt i.ni. -...wi - P" i is iu, Mciuii ijuauio i uviuut. tice. but thai I soon after saw the Mr Woodbbury, trie Drotner oi t:- ' Dear Sir' of the Rfpreseutativs of I ilton county, Ohio.: I want this c article and this letter to appcer tcci' myspeecbl .: . -VU - A, Actox, Dec. 15, 1: i " Broth r Phelps : The ! resclmi pur Ute anti-slavery rneetini; st C as thej ultmately passed, pleased r: "uculariy those aboui questioning tl.j didates. , I could not well stay to n: : commttiee on the srae, as I desin desfgned. On ryflection.l s?e the ; Cty andv necessity tof holding tI:o c ale tot the first answer. If that-an 3 v. doubtful or defective. 1 think it rr.; signeo'ly so ; Air the interrogatencs nr and ambiguous, and simple. ( I believe 'JVe ttie People1 of t! : are begitinibg to find out what ice .. . do with slavery;-and.w hat i far bttt. beginning faithfully and consistcnily it. I believe that this carrying pvr tinn Inllin Kll.-kt linr miV Willi flf nrtetv. be made a tet question the amount of all our tatk, if v.rn rcf ficienlly to act for the slave ? 'i iic I mond Enqu irer man jbst begins to t ble about abolition." What ! go to t' : and vote for a man as Jeprc?f n the Uuited St3tes Congress w ho v. s ! declare himself in favor of irr.tiiei'.i bolisbtog slavery itv the Dietrict of C bia and the United States Territon the internal, or, if you please, x r :. slave trade? I could, with my p views no more do it than I could "to Y real v."; holder or a s ave-dealer in flie Disir! ColumbiaibrjOwn one of those stare that ply between Alexandria abd No v leans ; for the one, in effect, ebacts t! under which tie other carries on tho 1 1 business. Aod any manoo slight reH. must 6ee this.) I am confi lsnt; thai all abolitionists vill very soon come u; t mark on this point,and let all the yuuKi our consislenty. ;!;:; . ji 'Yours in labor and ssciiflce for t!;? ' - V JAMES T. W00DIHJK . I hope this wall satisfy the rentiinn i aemucrai, a inena oi mis Aatniaisirauja, be an abolition isi. But let as relam to lhe letter. , Every thing. tract (except a fine anger cj Jieaven seem to which you can nect seems to be the writer said in 'the'la-1: few of Ihe iBcallhv vrc. . 'looks as if pesiHence aiil fsffitne had t-i . kipg l heir sad ; in novation. It is ret:;rr how fond all these follow era of .Mr Van I art of railing agjtinst wealth, in this sen: we have a little jof it. The gentleman's s; repeatedly referred to. the 'anti republican ' deociesof associated wealth. He railed r the 'moneyed associations of oar country, letter continues,' sir (ind I hope you v.i i , member that this coarse. Iturribla abuse im plied to North Carolina as ooe of the slave: ing States.) ::y :J-'' j:rl;'r - - - - uod and tbe vpnear- ' i . "v rest upon evtryithin r (cast your eys. Efry ; withered snd crilt'ed fcr ! 1rown and I disapprobation of avcn'jrinj i and violated homanity.. In siort, l;r-(i-t t . iefctitation, every prosperity, public and priv: seema to m sickening and dying from tho rnpung ana cor tht curse be on such an insiilatioo.1 Now, sir, I ask! if' you have ever heir i read from any avowed ibolitioeis.a I core I. :: blc, shameful, miserable, malieions slander c slatehuldera and the sluveholding conntry t: I have here read in this letter from this def er of the Administration ? Did the gemK from MassachasetU ( Mr Adams) in all hij i temperate, unjustifinble rmaiks about s!:v ttvet assert any tiling ; half as ibusiTe ?. L the gpodeman from 'VVrauritfMr Slad,u ! regarded s the grat leader of the zb li;i in this Ilocse, has he ever.used eipxt-sf, .. antrorthy a mati of feeljng.so unbecoming a I reseniatife oo litis floor ? No, sir : no, t 'r neither one .of- thetp, or any other-, abolititri has ever gi ven exjiressiotif - to such detc? opinions. No abufitionist ever utteied f -mentnof mora venomc malignity And ) sir, this man who aj slavery 'invohca ia I as well in its present possession as io its fut opetations, crimr, frauds thatt. ro-'ibrry, rnur.' and death who says 'but the curse be cn t ktsriujj tun uyinjf . irum ina orrp?ing efTecis of slavery. 1 the head ofnboss wha t- . is,.n ;. -:A bead of fhos who snstaio such an i(stituti hflraanity,, he can b tibnist I If siri bel this individual isf-Wbo, sir? Who Jj ! . MrSpeaker ? Why, sir, he is the represent live tram Hamilton ctunty , O-hi-O. A loo; f co democrat the i ery prsonificaticn tf I - -foc deraocraey -tnef 'dear sir of Amo3 Kc -dall and Levi Woodbury -the beloved def: . : r of the measures of Martin Van Bdren A:' has .be. sir,. lost any of lhe love tt confiJer.co tbe President or hisi friends since be! wrote t'. IfcUer? Nssir; far from it. At the last -si'io be published a speech, by authority, r. hi . was never spoken j knd tww, sir, we find I: addressing letters -ui Jhe 'heads of I ha Dcjart ineni. akin infurmatlbn : for the purpr 3 f enabling bim to make some reply in favr r t ! ' 'the Administration and' the Dennratic partj '.' Ho tells ca in his speech to day .that he !.-. I information furnishell fcim, and he has t'.c. : us, by tLo letters he fc-atf, from whom tbe ir.f -mauou came. Mr Van IJaren U a gr.3t fri- r. I of the South, hot he luves those who til : slavery, anJ tho abh.rrs leva him. .1 DC3 r i his strengthen the ahead v strong evidtoca t : -fdre the world, that the Ptesideol is but ! A hovering temporjasr that t Can'st with tbioe eyes at once see gocd aci et.' ', Ioclininj to them both ? j f Sir, tbe gen ilemaa who deals ?S largely in Jizurts; (and J agairi give him the crt-.t cf dealiDg iq figures, and J behave he can take : many rong'pui io a case as any detsccrat c . this floor )--ihe geotitan sarely cevr huh: in a country wberr slavery was tolerated. Ar there aoy evidences If the 'anger cf Gc I tbe vengeance of fief ven '.to be saenhtre, ex cept -v bat lucotoco democracy nas inuiciea . . v ... . i . r i a tb slavery if bb abhors U as one of trie t I It is botoftep, sir, 'I see; that paper,anJU? Did h see the fevidtoce ff i the--! H' greatest evils tbat exists ca the face of the the article might have passed without no- effects nf slavery in Kentucky ? Ti.e " r, t in ri if' vi- - i

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