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2;! ,UUliefl1ft have been f rosied,
miff' ft feraVsnori' Ihpm HIaJ
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ear UlakHy,
that he miy be
any person 8 believe
ifMffireelo-rrtin)--,,
K iWlllth'Wgh8 4ny rn
.UflW.fi.-1! neiebborhood ablut
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bps rivfeiv
Pet'rtKvri for Partition.
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Hsa"u?tei'on of the Conrl.
y iBPf N noCdrt tnhsiant bfMhls
!4Mtei'RfrM'.- "that wvhtiraiuW,
Wmmjf1F'? ,n i Carolina
ritf.MjWH oil: Pleas and Omrnir
iMHflNd tber
LETTER
f-S 1
Or Habris' n IGray Otin w JoHff Wnir
pl of Providence, on the A4hettm Re
solution ;?ntf the agitation of the Slave;
QueationJ )':-- j' ; ;it:v':;' '
JohnliVbpr le, Eq: Dear Sir:J I reeel-i
ved witbimuch atisfaetionj your ietler,wit!;
a report -to ;th j ' Legislature j of Rhodes Ial
and, on the At ierton Resolutions, and yoijr
speech explanniory of your dNsent from,
that report 7li iB rertaiidy flattering to roe
to knbvVj that 1 live in your recollection, and
that ihe jopinir n ofjone 00 Ion; withdrawn
from the Motic 5 .of the world, Sl all partici
pation in pab ic affairs, could create either
confidence, or distrust in your own; form
ed with the-.advantage of intellect in ful
viptif. antl defended bv arirnmeni in tvlnrh
tiothing of sutjsUnce ran be added yonr
rf quest under these eircumtance ' would
have imposed, ijpon me an obligatron of
courieay; 10 lorm iue nosi opinion 1 mign
upon a novelj subject. . But as your reporf
tftbeuch nnort a hew Question - which' v.Vii
nave oiapoeu pi joy an eioqti ni ana-cnn4
elusive argti nil fnt) grow out of an old sub4
ject the .condition of slavery among ouij
Southern! brethren, and the ralationship be-
tween their rishta and our duties -which
has bee n,ttn ilia rito my thoughts for half $
century ;j I Whs qj'iite prepared to examine
its merits, and have no other trouble in re
plying to yo ir avour, but thai .which is
common to air a loss where to begin and
where to leave off. f!
Had I 'been a iriember of Congress, call
vne Ainerioii lit solution
voted for them. At the
no doubt of the constilui
tional pwer of teHonse to adopt them.
Out 1 tonsidefjed ihe original refusal of
Congress to hear, jcommit and obtain a re-;
port uponihe Resolutions regarding slave-i
ry in the istiict pf Columbia as unfortu !
nate and iinpolur. It Waa sure lh be con
foumied in 'pOMijxt' belief with a denial ;of
the right of peiiiion itself and thus touch!
the cnmmunim in its most irritable rtfrve.
It was aiso an lin usual and apparently an
unkind and cavalier mode of cuttinj? short
a new inquiry' or an iold one rq nested
Under new
tendon on
Doners. I had
ago, id a pUbliri
movement iwou
intrigue nd pafty
lions 1 tnougiit
ure obviated bv
roittee. which, bei
and consequently; to dispose o
kheir will and pleaurev )Tbifouiave
ettilorarne
petitions at
ed to decide upon
1 should not have
same timejl ha;ve
circumstances entilled to at
account of i he number ofl pe
also predicted, three years
speech, that the abolition
d be mingled with political.
politics. These objec
u!d be in a grat meas
the R port of the Com-
g under the control of
the majority wbulll have ended in the same
result an nvng:Wie petition on tne tame,
without affordi ig plausible occasions for
iiTence or comj laiit. J,. ' . I i
B't I am equally free to d er lire that bad
I r-en a rneriilx'ojf the Rhtde; Island! Le
gislature,'! jnhmtil have been Gmnd on your
side in oppbsin;j tfie report of your com
mittee, inamu( h aa the question there as
sumed an entire jyidiffereut aspect. It!
one thing for Congress to refuse to act u-y
on a petition, another thing for a Si me Le
gislature to deny the right of the former to
I
'!fmtek l Court ai.
5
regulate its eiwri
nothing iu the A
negatives the ri
which in fact.im
.frMr.e K"uo'iy of lreif.( at
on lh 3d alon-
lhr anairar rtBl I
1 nesg
4 ioy, and
4imcei.
in tbe
::::.Ht
lis-
it-Alii
If 1
proceedings. I There! is
on Resolution wbih
?l jif petition, and nothing
arrs ilsSvalue A peti
tion in the consutiUionai view is a reauest
r . i i it... 1 j , , -
n-red to a government supposed to. Have
jurisdiction of ti e subject, for a redress of
some grievaii-e.-4-The right to frame, nd
of i rnttsK-q lenee to t ffer such peijtion he
longs 10 evr iy kle3 efuli assembly ol the
people. Tnis rij?ht also involve the right
to make the government acquainted with
the subject matter o the petition not t
have it read in "cxto, as matter of course
to which there rn be valid objections
Thousands of! peiililns mayVelaie to the
same single object or- to subjects palpably;
out of the provixce knd competency of jthe
government tode ideior on wliKh the minds
ol a inajorityitrtay He known in be made
up. They mav bl flagrdtly i!'decorouBj &.
nume?o a and; yolumjnous enough to nffu
py m reading unreaspnahle Time. But if not
read, the LegiMature addressed is hound
a( least to hearkei tc a statement of the
subject matter to bo informed of the cha
racter of h gVieran tea sought to be re-dres-d.
Otherwise the light of petition
would be no gator .'at least nominal airjd
unworthy of W pi ijre among the fundamen
tals ol a constitunpn the voice'. rf men
ciying in the w ff rnesi.'' ' U.
The right thus ex Gained, has I think,
an intrinsic valu j. t belonfs ti the whole
and every, portion jf the people extends
to all subjects: is )n lispensable to an ex
position of their en imehts and want.atid
in I popular, and: pater "governments, will
wlfeii -exercised jejommsnd attention and
o'ttatn relief, nles the first shall, after in
formation and reflect en, he thought super
flooos. and thelast-inexpedient or tmnrat-
ticable. The exefcije of this right in
particular casei may as you -have ingen
iously shown, be jof no value. Still the
right remains, andjjias a ' value in itself
like a perennial; fpuntain in repairing, to
which onei roanVflulher may be broken
nd fihi water fppill while the source re
mains inexhaustible!' ': - t j
With this explaiialion at my views of
the right and value ir
10 amply illustrated, that Uhe;
UvKaiiclJ and little more - is
an to sari "ditto to Mri Bdrke. : Ii Will
renture. lidwever, to makp cnij ;siigg$tion
Tonfinnatory of your viewsf jjind tha not
o render them more lumiooiis, j (wliicb
sannot be done) but merely biuse fc id
nceurred to me a decisive tbe jqies-
tion trom my ownL Unaioeo ren cuoni
WHite, ine- aooiiuonisis insV "r'Tf j "
uiv of Co'isre-s to do something Irnwfe
than merely hear their petiUoniipr ja jifefe-'
qoint of their contentsr they ji1rhis!bj no
Standard for measdriRg or defi ning lit i; jex
tent Tber do not inform A 114 at what
Ug9 or otocce liff it may be ajjo waijle fr
Congress to exercise ita discrirllooi 1 1 Mt.
jfcting or rosipningaifloijJ lt wdjldt;
seem reasonable that the Claiip Of lpi
tionors to the attention of QopjrieW should
not be regarded as of a gbt?Jj Icbai 'aijler
t'lan those appertaining to theijjRepr asn'
t lives on the floor, that the jivilej ejSjof
tl e conotitnent should noi excetid tha: of a
trjeiiiber in his place , But 'fi x -4: -o
is 'hat ordinary proceedingsjfoigrsfjiss
are upon resolulioMs oflVred bffa tneUni'-r
oj reported by a committee. Efery reca
i r i -entitled to offer a reoljtion jfiipOn
ajr y! subject ; St it is equally certain thai tie
hf nse.posscsses and exfp'Ues pleisure,
thpnght of lefusing 10 conRj'r 'retoj
tidns, ana ot postonoig or rejecuiigi,nem
wnthout debate Ti'e lip of thjejj tnejr
ar ihehcefotth' sealed upon iftje sqbjecit
itha! disposed of Suppose, hoeverL
khd aa ne auhieel is alterwarda! I)re4?'n
In iheform of. a petition from jpt8ona i dujt
h( doors perhaps bv the Timitjumeipberj.
jand that the House is constitutionally bpuha
)o .entertain and act upon it because t. is 'a
patUjon. Tltetaction must be liJin tescvi-
jutfons, and these must ol necessity icon-
0'ci with the previous decision, fHd iipe,r
;sMle the r ues that have been applied 16
resolutions on the same sobip?t. Here
Ml . - i !.! . : i :
then, the Tight ol the house 10 regulate us
own proceeding? is annulled, by the Hgh
of. petiuoh. " -i l 1 L " n. 1
1 Let this doctrine be established and
!l,e
an
cof;
taen" terras involvfrig the- r-eogbitiin iof alai
eq, and a yirtoal as5eht toexcludtj slaves from
r gliBMf freemen. Pain down to the! era of
tieF edtra! Conatitation, itjis maoiMt that the
iii!tutionf slavery ia-by that instrtnent as
sensed to. and! atrreediift Im nr,ti.iU r Tf.i
agitement to surreoder fugitive a al4va, and
;.lvr.t. tit. : i t-' . ' .B ...I; :
College, in South Carulin ! : hit I in tvm rt'lin
volume of nosajaUje . referring to tb pos
tore oilie country priwr to tbacwiiluthio and
analyzing the wonderful changes which have
occurred with linn i0 ita cointnercrttl, atrricul
tural. ohtical and geographical relations. Tba
reun 01 an investigation woold, I . fear, pnive
t-' " jsoi tjears, ntttennsr to tb capability of ibe noo alae
tfilu hsye ber n perfiifrius fflocserfJLitha riffbt iiboldio ti Uni nitl.'nr p.-i.. j.
trayrvedlif;
wb inoperative; b) proottagthe bNrallon of .ing in ihrfapiiafilnce to Iprosperitrhiiherta
ir ,ropudiTa?y Iifr4eed, thm some of i,Ldly imagine ad-
apoU be ih jxf ner gri,fed to the genera gy-4 m.tt.n j even thM the en if senaraMoQ wot, Id
be confined to one act, and that the rest of the
Stars wonld continue to together. 'Bnt
how can any with the example (and not the
fear) of the fatejof the Republics 00 the soath-
ern coriUnf! f! this new world before their
3 X'a, e tbat we should di
ivide 4ly into) i
upio iie mapothe Americaa contineot, we
pw-: ve the garden ofj the world " extending
from Mesicoan Cape Horn converted ioto a
Bear Garden. Independent stales springing op
jone dif like myshroons, and Withering the next
yet bring Urns enough to inflict some new
dlamitv on their own people commit some
e is no vagarv or extravagance which
assemblage of petitioners may not Scon
1 into tne form of a petition on which
jpongrese must act or violate; the jrons(titu
tl ni
ihe
tive
the
life
for
in the Worth we may
abolition of slavery 10 the Uh States.
The South may ask to open the s I a;ve tirade.
One set of persons may propose fto amend
the bonstiiution by abolishinff th'flxcu-;
or the Senate, or the Judiciary ; jno-
by making the President eligible for
There- are, possible, some prisons in
the fJ 111 ted Stales who should pre
tr a flim-
ed nioorchy tt the existing gotfrn'P6''1
1 Is c J u e 1 an endless variety of oroiec'ts bver;
,yhijh a great nr.ijority of the House , nay
N iatiffid that Congress has no juri! die-ti-n
or oii whicli their opinionspiare ,'fix
ed, or which they deea it irnpnite,' lan
grrtuis or prernatnre to agitate ; :ifi. w lich
ittteyf '.would instantly suppress if I jSjroppurt-
of a py one 01 tnir own ineinoeM-.wonul
b forced upon their deliberations! pecltuse
f(rsloth, the. right of petition is ilsacred.
riSius the control of ie proceedings S wool t
;b; t jkeu from Congress and ranserrek to
iarjy nd every raasemblage of, pepe Qiif
jved o petition for redress of .grinfeesi
!ri fact the 'rijjht of initiating laws) jifn of
f'-otn;llling .Cotfgress to act upqriij iljern
jwOu 111 thus he involved in thej rigbtjjof
. as
of d'l-
be-
tiUoo1
ftjdiictet! by every organized:' boiljl
egfte i Irm - time immemorial wpii
cpfne impraticable - i il
j Bus apart from the merits of th'rs
qofsiin, l freely cmdess that I f regard iiwith
defp cuncern the intervention of our S'fate! Le
ii islai 1 les in a.oy siiape, regarding the! jklljion
t lavervin tbe feouth. It is none of .our af
chlar
fl:(8Ning-that condition. jbit may" thUf s
haie d'n,;f very mu.-h towards aggravating
e;vits If gjavrv is a stain, it is one wujhiiwb
tlmXJ'ii"U wae b.rn, 4n(i.hicb cannot : be
we
its
ich
ire-
tlieved bv o ir etturis, umuss bv cultin? off the
limbs hie'li wars it. Te jndge correctly on
ihfi so ject, we most not only resort to the Fd-
erai Linuitition but sro tMntod it. 1 be mem
-J ... - ; I : li. . ,!
the first Lngress cair.e from the hotith
consc.iOviness ef . the peculiar imrHsU
. 1 . .. 1 .. . 1 1 .4 . iv. . . it. '
Mill llirn iiavc-iiiiMiiiiv iril'iif. I I'I.O 1 ii P
nrri
won a
rK'f g l
rri rh ijiey neiit under ihe impression tthat iall
m 4; are "born free," a"d would become so &e
facto. tthrn ver Ibe colonies shuuld ibecotfte lr.te
ner Within my rememb!ance!s in ihyar
6jib olanit-ers .ninuie rhert paraded cjur
s'jrelta Uitb meiallic -letieH ' no slaver vjT n
tJei caps wh'ch, though not sintendecli peculi
lyto t4r upon ibe! cuoditioo of the African
raceio khe .Sooth pointed tuwards! it. Mwks
nM asv fr the uien of the Norih to rjpjc4jjicjle
th!es fpcuie fi universal,'- liberty, 'MfrHfi tb
sam dHCrines professed by theySoolb, but qual
fSei prcieally:bj-iheir6tdinr stavei irk :bo -
dlgej. vi'tiefe w4hen'' no reeorce butpbiijeavW
beiubjeet at rest and to secure the CiHtfidence
itictton.
neni 1 of 'aappres4g ; insurrections:'! jif in!
'if service should be ledlby the maxllnsj ofheir
. Jg Msttv'e eotanianders o fat or the insurgents j
Tjiusttis beyrnd eoalroTraw-ihat whitever
nr jin may arise respecting the conflict .of ja "
ris4ctori beiweeo the federal , and the fit ate'
citteririaeitis frwn variuiw cjwisirncjiions Ifjlhe
c)-itatiir,d n8' rumen 1 t:e'rondiit!u of stjrery
tiji the sejrral Sutes i oianif-stly not a case of
the consiitutMn non cysas jadmc--jba !on
-phieb. tile people of tlhe .lftitje(l tata ondir full:
adngeoentof ad circuaitanfes, haV absolutely!
abjured, anl covenaniedfnol to at?nate by their
renreseniatires in Congrr-ss.i This is,! indeed,
so iocontrovrrtible that I do hot fi;d it denied iu
anv quarter., BJt the ad torsion of his: pek to
feiteral jurisdiction over plave propeflty irrelista
bly dra, afer it the sme conclusion! igainst
the right; of Stale jur!ah"ctioa and consequent
ly 'he right itf ope Siatetto attempt through the
medium of its Ltslatore, by its resolutions or
enactiDf fits, to pperaiejupoh the jbonditidni of
slavery raihir than upon-any other doinesitc io
ajtituiion of atoiherStaieL. Such ribt,it islself
evideat, cou1 have no foundation but m af feA-t
eral compact. Not being toond therein; if be
cjjiaea a uone-;iity. When, ihertfyrM Rbud4 Isl
and and Maschusetta adopt lueasnrea iutf.id
eit to have a bearing on tbe doiuestu; instiiutioos
ojf South' Carol ita and Vfrgtnta, they shxtfrbm
their spheres, and afai the attitude of rnde
(indent Siatt-e making laws at other i nde pen
tie i State-. ntch can have no legal force ;4hus
exnibuiog a spectacle wheh but for ita sirisier
tendency would men ly drye ridicule asaispe
cjesof burle-qu legislation, i 1 am aware that
the fanatical soptiUters 16 justificatjoo of these
vagaries disavow the expectation atid inienl Jof
piotnoting slave emancipation otherwise tbab by
awakening ibe cubscencs and fnl.htemng the
understanding uf the owners', " With iatiividu
als or asio;:atioii, who sincerely expect to at
tain the desired consummation by these means,
miy view of this quest ioa has no concern. 1'ant
n0t speaking of the freedom of the )rea nu of
speech, nor of pen ; but f lislativ. propriety
and dignity of the wisdom and decorum of He
trislation by one sovereign atate. in o"der to en
lighten the; bewildered inipds! of the people of
aqother to enict. moral discourses, hiHriilu sj on
absir3ct rights and abusve! qominentariesl on
laws and customs other than their own to ful
rnlnale anatheaiaslagiiostfthe! reli;i; m tAsiitu
titins of Canada, or the social ins itutions of
LoujBiaca, which in 'his relation stj.nVl wv iWh
saUi parallel. Neither dies ibis reasoning Ip
pl to those who, laying thnr bdmis oii-l'tfetr
bear's, can say, That their oojert in iiricitthjy te
action of the Stai Legislature is onfi;et! to
the District of Columbia. T"iir uu;cber lirja
' girie, is exceedingly s n.ill. ind whrlej ihey k-
heire it to be expedient and ohligHior'y ofi tf&'ir
consciences hi pursue Ibis turs nobddy is etiii
tied lo b j'Tdge over them. I A9 to the rsl,
wojtild to Gnl ibe fiily of bur leou ative plo
ceed'ngr pre 1 he. tours', of tlieir effects. Hut
I ap profoundly convinced that if ih minis br
Uampttring with ibfislve ten ure of t!e .pUnta
lion States, shall generally !peiade t ie( leoisU
Mirs of the Norib, or inuVed be peru ittel to go
much fnrtheT, ihe days of this Union will short -jjjy
fje .oumbefed. -The people 01 thoso States 11
Ijreajiy think they discern infit.j the rommenee
Smebt ii. slow approach of a tnineLdettintfd tosbl'i
I. t i L m L. A ..il : j!
nejrsoci ii laoMcK idio air, ana iney wio anici
ale 1 helex plosion y cutting tff thej cornmuui-
e.t(on f I hese s'oggeeiion, I j am awaie, are,
yfith many, themes of densn a.ntt coiiiempt. In
I strain of braggart 'self coiphceneyj that! ur
er ralues all: po vers bm theirjown, they isi:si
tha the South dare" nut recede ; thzt jibe meas
tire would place this favorite; interest - in greater
ieopardv, and be destructive to 01 her ir.teiest'a.
As a northern man, 1 have no disraii'on tot
bieak a lane- wtb those: -who ri;lo tojhese pif
iins. I am willing io.bp!i;tye that injihe evr-ni
of a partition iof the family estates iey could
not manage their share of tne inheritance wt ri
ont as. But it is lamentably Iroe thai they think
otherwise ,and that great names' and spleudMlin
new ravage, add some new disapptimraent
to tne ifi-ods ot; liberty one! day federal, the
next anti fedaral j changing governments,
boundaies, and bames.aothat nothing is con
slant bu, the spipt ufjovelotipt and ihe causes
ef ajttatiofi, which, with different phases, but
always enhaniag intensity t bloods ovrr cmlig
uvua jealous and! rival democracies torment iu
their fti-ds and jannibilaiing their prosperity
jWith thjis pppect in full view, with the news
of contents, dissent-ons, carnage and desolation,
and of pkpetualj civil war made the order of the
day in tctose new tangled states, we chr rish the
lecett!u( imagination ibat we,! an enlightened
and chosen-people, are beyond the reach of such
calamities TlUre is, we ihfnk,. some charm
in ouf character! that ill prove in all eients an
antidote !to the ODii'agron of bad principles and
ihe dangers vf an anarchy ; I hat our people
form, a variety, ii the great family of the human
species, and have a natural aptitude for making
C-'fistitujions and Federal compacts. But the
only claim of ou people to good; sense pre-emi-Deot
oveij that of other nations most be found, if
at all. in their having framed and for so long a
time admpistejejd a government sufficient for all
the objectls of general liberty and security, un
der which! we are advancing to the highest
sjmmit of Rational prosperity.
sense which having acquired!
But the good
t hese ad van
and suffers the
iof i discord and
a subject
roost fa vow hie
be inetilable,
We can do not blog inwards chgj or I inJcts arm,ng ,heui are enltpted in pijopagaang
iheonitai'-n thst thevconid nqi only do as well.btit
bth r-rert3ihly miifh btt4r unless 4t e forbear
oqr persecution in a separate establishment
that theirs would be Ihe sunshine and, ours' the
shade and theimist. They may: be entirely mia-
tages, is riot a,Slej to retain them
golden fruit to become an apple
fall from her hanids, must cease to be
of b-asi oj reliance.
1 i Tbe first measure, undar the
aspect of separation, that mut
w,uld be a convention of the people of the fref
States to riemodel the Constitution and adjnst ji
to thw new; orderjof things A partition treaty
f ir the apportionpent of the public domain, and
disposa.1 of ft?-property remaining in the
S'Uth, anii f.r regdlating commerce, would be
rrjd ispensaile, add no power can be fbond in the
i;rstiiutuo authbrizingany traa;v or contract
ftisioded on the cdhtingency of aj division of the
tjni .n. B!esides, tbe d isturbance of liie balance
ot; the powr among the States, the location of
the seat of Government and innumerable causes
prir.sring from the prodigious alteration-thai iias.
iKjcurrea aisa is in progress in t;ne iciattonsnip
of the various palrts of the Utiion to csch other,
would prubbly occasion a cinenion to be de
manded i hi acclamation. Supposing this 10
take plaee are we of Rhode Island and Vlassa
rhiosetts q-nie secure tht he first or one of the
fi;4t subjects of discussion would not be i pro
ptal fr a njew basis of Stale representation in
t he; Senate Th, it is notorious, was-the gre'at
sianihi!j)hck lb the framers of the Federal
Cdnstituiior whtji'h for a longtime threatened
td be insurrr ountible. Artfr? that empire
sta'es' have grown np within and beyond the
old limits. Woo Id j they be likely, to acquiesee in
our alitpiot pan of pi!i,!cal power in one branch
off the- Legislature ? If not hould we bo ready to
resign it? arid jfLoia again, do we not here dis
cover the germj of .an outbreak which would
prove the beginning of the end,?' Again with
out awempung iq enumeraie wnai no man can
of INew hnglajid satisfied thai
uniting and farming a new
all the oiber;Siaie3 would be
May not the myriads of
'imagine, perhaps trulv that
thejr intereeits will be more closely affiliated
with a Southern !man with a Northern onfed
eraey, and that free access lo the ocean y their
rivers and a tree jtade with Southern porta will
outweigh alllother considerations ? In which
cape they - will set as off lo life in Sinope
Furthermore is eur prospect of dwelling toge
ihei irfmnrty iveii m England, f harmonizing
in bar views of pdic measures and pjlicy , alto-
commitnity cbarfd arid embittere! bv pzriy r
aio9 and cnSliwm. nominated bv rabvls. f t
pryenrement f inttifcev ig.not of ih i".
principles of ccrjvrt-H oil or national p- b y. I
canrjot doabt tbt m mhers c,f this deci r; -.;
W3dJ be found ia new cwventin, s -Ci -to
embarra sod defeat arty ccropre!;f r. - .
scheme of policv adapted to tha exeaci; s t :
great cwifederasy of etatea :
The tioiee. my dsr sirt ,re sadly out c-f j
the mioda o! men teem with fnrs in re
U governmeat, of which our fathers .
dreamed No maxirnln the wSenc of Gov r r -ment
seems to b settled except that evr
thing is to be doubled There U not a cbusi i
the Federal Co slita'ioo which some p.". .
when convenience auif nor feafy to na 1
wilh a epecisl plea OTrfem.uer. The Stat, f : .
c?o handle a spide or a pick axe.ris rcms;-;
tc repair thoa making straight the path f r 1
march of inteilecU i:The reformers ar ahr. ' .'
especially in thostv places where the rh -!-master
is at hnm. And despite of tVe c
sense aod illu-n ration of try -roobtrymen, 1
not believe ihe of ...Mexico,-, or Colombia, :
Bohtia, or Chili, or Peru, is more pr fi xate i .
all the areiies nf pohtiral tcrmoil, than '.hi:
would spring 'up in the hot bed of a new um
ttun of these dis-uoi'ed states. !
AH this perhaps mi strk von s tbeoT--of
an old man's dream.-and.iT'Sy deetye n
ter esiirnat. Bu h aving in vivid recollec t
the greai eveni of the Tvttotinn from the Iu -ingof
General Gige in Bosn, to 'its close; leav
ing known in rav boyhood and ir rirwr as b 1
honored hj an int'mate acqna ntance with nviry
of the membem of tha old Congress (of whir's
ray father was on hatrig witneed 1!,-:
scenes which preceded the'adnntiuii of u-e Fru r
al Ccnstiiuticn &, brea fsmjliar with the ic.ff
irants to -ii at harpy issue, which filled nil
minds with agonizing -apprehensions for t!ie fit
of the country ; it is perhapanalaral that I
should feel unnteratMe concern, as I certa:nly ' ?
in perceiving that the lime is.cming for 1! "
discuss'on of lorirs, the mention of which in
serious wav would oncer have; been reardd t;
ihe supeiflou raving of a decessd mind c,v! y
personal acqo iintance too with the menf tl e
South in pobhe and private tfe, fir mere lhn
forty years, habeen strict ' nM arable. -
. 1 can conceive no . justificatftm for my ft
citizens this side of ibe line -of l&son and I)
on, to throw fire brands an l arrows of death ti
the other side of that Ijne.'- The evil of slave
ry is not a new discovery'.. 4Is iprpitnle w i
a ssiHjeet quite as familiar . to iheepetie of tl f
Nortb, wbeo they soooht the alliance of l! " :
of the South a it is at this hour or -at least it
was so when they framed the Constitution If
otbpr nati)ns hive since that lime abolished s'.iv
ery! in their own domain, the cons quence ts tl -1
the! amount of misery inHdent fo liat cr.nditi- r.
is diminished, and we sh a?d be thiis recnnil J
o -.wait for romiog even's however ar
pafnilv ram te, rather ban to do wrcr.
ihit 'ight my conae of it. But the strong: eh J
final aryoment in my mind is ihat already hint
ed. Our Stales and Legislatures can do nothing
but agitate, provoke and drive 'to desperation onr
Southern brelhrrn defeating Iheir own objrei by
adding new rivers An the b'ack man's cha;n,
wi.iebJ rliefe is the effecrnf every lejis'siive
moment. I am yat to learn how emaneipawia
forced upon the planter- ad mitt in c ihe thing to
be possiMeiran be reconciled 1th the profes
sions cf those who announce the whnle scienra
of government to cot sist tn: promoting, the trreat
st good-of -the greatest 1 number. But I must
remember that while there is no en I to this sub
ject, there most be 'an end ifyar. patience, and
am, with great respect and esteeoayour obedi
ent servant.
K.G.OTIS.
Boston, March I. 1839.
number areJ we
thej alternative! o
ctjiifeferacy ivith
lefri a our option
. Ji ' It
tnei great vaiiev
taken, b it in what government is it found that . gether cheering ?( And are our resources so pro-
tr.eir in
your ant
a re vol 0 1
the passions of a people or of their ruliers exci
ted to certain pucn 00 norprfvait nver
terest ? It was not for the ihteres of
oestors or mine to brave the dangers of
ihijnjtheir.wiv.es might 4sip buhna' without pavl
irig a duty And there are mnyj'persojis atnoog
00 southern breihrenr probahly ja large msjori4
ty-p ;ho regard the peretua assaults made up
on their right to their slaves, 'as menacing dau
gers to their properly liberty, lives, and social
corafins, not ies flaw rait than those which uni-l
. .L .. .'! ! . t .. , , I
'eu inem wnn us 10 a commuo cause. :
Af er all. the blindness of !thise who d.
.ny-
thai he Sooth jean be Ibrcedi to a scci?sior4
froinjihe Union, s less as' .01. H long and danger-!
60s! than the infatuation of, others wfie console
themselves with calculations that Hhe
jlfpa In concession to the jealoosies, far; gjve aw it ti?ighbqriir States.
prVjpd ices,-and habits, f the Smth prijietlal jf t wesjtjaa of course, would become
eiTJOjt.tnig fniai ibis one caose.thatTeytio Rp- J new and n oncogenous confederacy, without the
dofpft wks chosen President of the; nrst , Cri- iruuhje of a new (arrangement among ihemsefves
gressy arid G:rge Washington c)raaj)tnder U ac ter plucled from so exooeranit a vine
the if1"!- And 11 is nooritMi th l lhMtaciiwis !may! sssily be spared and trie jCorpsj d'arrpee
th urce of the embarrassments' and dellyKwooJk be more efficient without aj win? compos
in fojrmifg iheiConfedeiatjon ot 1T88. ':aifj -:'tn Hcd of troops who are always dispd t disfim
cotnWnink iio ine general svsteu the vsrioos ieoi an4 matiav. and embarrass tbe operations
f1 the orivilege of pe- i sebtimeriis and interests of a Continent difhle eiriry campaign. " f- ! j - j"
tition secured by the constitutional itn pre-1 ",PTi8JmnT "reignties sou indeeqfl ! hoover, in fepfy to irse ret uiessj enmasi
. .. i . ! '. .. . ' ' Coniiiiooities which are so foreihlv kI I foriti in ' astsi &bouh! onmn the dotr Iof I showincr I, the
. --p.. , ;
Wfth
wonld not beseibly felt by the 'rest
they
for a
confederacy. There wijold. say
enough af popoatHn asd materia
iecta bf a e ra nd. Drosperons an d
uon, ani sumcteni io cqpck ana
powerful
if
The
ipso
lassi
of the
letfiain
I the ob-
na-
hecessary
east- and
facto, a
pred to go the whrle:lengih of yobr
-J.il. Comiuuoities,w which are so forcibly set forth ti ' asts ahauld assauie the doty jof
. i " : the address to the people of the States by ConU. ; consequence that would be font
found to await the
Union, wodld find himself ! eo
achuil boy's calculation to be made
II . t , " it r-r y - r ; r "goswi t prereotngear. vtoofcing inroatna ''. oisropitim oi me
I r" c'-""iy uraw,n peiwcen ine rigni oi?cubfederition itself, we find that the parties to i eogiged in a
. o . --- 7- w .Vw.wu- ,.w .u luuiumuw niiu ui ic9 in miu aisio auu iiekvii
-,., . -1 ,n .' '-'- . T .'"' '.".- ' Mi - .'- !- K I' II- ' '' ' :?
,---,i!V; y j'. ;i .. :..- h- " : ' r. 't ' ' ' ' ''
- , .--t-li JV:;.!:. ' ' - -I - :'.'! ' i, .ifT'' :: : V -",. -:.;v- ! - ! ' :il ' ..i'" '
diiou8 that we ate ready and 1 willing to o a-
0J: 'J ( :
In a wcrd, it t mantfrst that; a new cooven
lioh wotdd beja ditrTerent assembily from that of
its predKcewors No parallel can be formed be
twt?n, the eircjnrcf tances of the jcountry which
genera'ed tbe p'consiitotional assembly" and its
present enndi'ini TheJpfpolar!jsentiment eve
ry where was jfixed and United irt one conviction
the necesstty of a feder-1 government adapted
toalt the taU'S. .ffence as; in pithy in thereat
corntinonity jieiilUng frontTexprif ne of common
suffer in g,snd 1 giod hqmdrj ; fiorn the' conscious
ness iof honest V apd inceri'y injtheir sim at a
coefmon object Grave and Weighty ?irTettreM
of opinion tiivd tnhjtedly existed.aijld were rr nah
into that convention and a debated w:th "h-s ts
of funtrover;v ;? !but they werej the hearin of
great statesmen, iatritts and jurists, warmed by
thejijeal whtch prevails in a Congress of Am
bass4drs. bit untainted by the infection of the
epitiiof person; d rparties, which was yetv on
known. '.'
fnisuch bancs we know it was a HercaWn
labor to create a gjfvernraeni for th Uni. n.but
ihey were skUI jhd experiencejl wt rkmer,?ed
had! jlniV to spplytold & established principhs in
Da DYOTT. the BANKER, j
The Philadelphia papers stale that the Gran 1
Jory of ihit ct'y have fond a true bill contain
ing the following conn is :
I. ' Colluding anrf contriving wilh T, B. an l
C W Dyott to conceal goods, value glOO,
000. , v .-, .'-'..i'r-
2 Fraodulently conveying to T BT and C V
Dyott, gmds, value $50,000. '
3. Collodirg end contriving with T W Dy
ott, j'. to ctiicea' godv va!o $50 000,.
4. Fiaudulently conveying loT V Dyott, jr.
goods, value, $2,000. - 1
5. Colluding arid contriving wilh VV B Dyott,
to eoneeal goods; value $30,000. A
6. Collo iing and contriving with W Wells
to secrete $340 to money. '
7. Fraudulently conveying to Julia Dycit
furniture, valce $1,000. .1 ' -
8 Concealing goods and merchandise, valua
$50,000
9. Cohcealirg $500,000. i
10. Concealing $100,000 in ,Ttnny.
II. Concealing $10 000 in money. ' ,
AM wijth be"xpctatonto receive to future
benefit to hianelf, and vrith intent to defraud his
creditor.
SUBMAPJNK ARMOR.
This is tbe name eiven to an apparatcs in
vented by Capt Taylor, .frne?lyot Newbern,
in th s State and now of New York, by m.eana
of . which a person may descend to the bottom f f
tbe sea rear the coast, to search forand lecnver
lost trasrr'e ft is a eort of dress made cf
.ion wire aodheovered with iodia rubber cloth,
furnished with tubes by means of which ihe scb
raarine adeniurer is supplied with fresh air
from bove." and enabled to prosecute his work
for an indf. ;te time. Cargoes have been re
covered with it. from wrecks which had been
submerged n the sea for years and' all Ifor i;f
er recavennr which had been driven op. Two
of the proprietors'tre now Ig Charletoa ' exhib-
iliror the inVeOttOO. -
The venerable and respected Chancettcr Dei'
anxstjire died in Charleston on Frdaj Iat.iotli0
framing a new fnpdel To this nd, men were (.75th year of hia and on Tusdy his re
elected tn refetice only to high character for f main re oVpaifd in tbe .; Family vault la
talents and eerv
itcfs in the cabinet aerf the fild,
How different
with Washington! at their head
lhrii was the Wopst strife of opiaicn and debate
am'ng tne mrn; toreiogrincipaiiy opwi m
ories nd tb great fondamentals of pcbl:c law Sf
real!pecdliartiies f locaf institutions and inter
est s aiminginjjerelj at far and honorable coin-
promise which thiey providenttaHy aUatneoyrom
at Columbia 1 tha io "be expected from men sect from
tbe Pie-hy enan borial ground tn this pace.
Columbia Telescope
! Stippery Places. k fellow comtog oot cf a
ta vern one icv ingoing, rather blue,'h;ll oo the
d.or step Trying t regain his fooiicg, he re-
marK0 it as tne oioie ajs, "'"".r,
on li
class,
fctty. il uir vivid J
hppery pUcee, I most behcg to a
s, tor it is more than I can do.'
differ: ft
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