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tt 4 VII OWM W, I Efliior. THO. J. jlumai , y BALBIGH, N. 0. THTJTISD AY, JANUARY 21, 1036 VOL S2VII. 10 6. TIIOHAS J LC3IAl'f rnorniEToR a.nd pcblisiier. T Kit MS Searairri.i, thrc dollars per aiwu btf in w.-8tfccnb?rt fthrr statu cannot b alUweit to rra.ini arrear lander Strta, arhit may ilastre to boroine rill be sfrietlv required to" pay .,h b,e "'i til advance. : """"V,r'"cr' AVntTimitvr. nof inuriti dire lime ( r one Hollar, and twen-tr-fiv enls l-a ah eonlmqmwr. ' itrun 10 tbc K4itor.nMi.il be port paiil, , J STATE LEGISLATUKE. Keiiiurk of Jttr. Jordan, 0 4 THK USD UK SOLUTION Mr. SmuH,-It is with painful diffidence that I approach this discus sion. The resolutions now on your table involve '"qheatkhis of great mo- went o our happy Republic, and pe culiarly p"rplexing in their nature. The confidence I repose 'm the wis-tlonramh-fatmolMim-of-CoHgresSi in creases my indisposition to participate in thTalFiatert meurtS; dutirattaW . eil -to it which mailt be 'fearlessly ifer . finned, although the discharge of them . may inflict pam. Befure I enter upon an investigation of the subject now under .diseMssion, J will vindicate the character of our veil- erabto Chief Magistrate from.aciurge.4 '"tncfetf"li'piin it bv the gentleman from Surryj and I will do that gentle man the jusiice to say. that the charge was inadvertently made by him. He charged the President with having re commended a cession of the public lands, to the State in which they are " tuatr d,r I f ynj recol I ect ion - se r ves me, said Mr. J. the President in his Veto Message, on what is commonly called Clay's Land Bill, suggested a surrender only of the refute lands to tlState4nhiefe4hjiriiaLtua.ted.. after the most valuable shall have been dUposed of. Mr. Speaker, I wilt not do, as the the gentleman from Hertford has don I wilt not carry you to the "mountain -ions-that kiss the skies," nor on the l.or into the -tented fields;" nor w,l I conduct vou into the "silent and gloomy abodes of the illustrious dead," but I'will take you among papers, parchments, documents and deeds. As to the principle contended for in the first resolution, there is no diversi ty of opinion, for it seems to be con cVded on all handr that the General Government has no right to terfethe : public lands to tW States in-which they are situated. But as to the second resolution, I contend . that it assumes two positions which are incorrect. - In the first place, 4t asserts that this Wttfttn domain, was ceded to the General Government, exclusively fr the purpose of extinguishing the public debt. Argument is unnecessarr to . prove the inaccuracyL this . position. VVe need r only ivtcr to the jleed of cession thcmselvee they expesly declare that these lands are ceded for the benefiuf the United States, and according to the provisions contained in the deeds from Virginia, North Cro!ina7Tind Georgia, to be diposet of or appropriiited according to the unal and respective propurtion of each of the States in the general charge and expenditure." The 'general charge and expenditure," as expounded by this resolution, wnuld seem t consist alone of the public deht,-when in truth it consists oMhe public tlebt, the ex fCTM?flMfnnt miiliurjj miiniiiiou oioiii-r io ihhcj paid the. States, with which these. com pacts were ""ihatte'i the innnics expend ed in the purchase of Louisiana and "Florida, and' the extinguishment of the Indian liltet, nnd the expanses incurred in preparing this Jftttem domain for -mackeu The next fafse rmition 8ssumed"bv the second resolution, is that Congress has a right to distribute the proceeds arising from lle Bates of thi Vestern it omain," among the Slate, according to Federal population It Congress have the right at all to make a distri '. bution of the proceeds of the public. laftd&,amonglhe States, then, sir, 1 ' conteml that in conformity with the express provisions contained in the various dveds of cession. Congress can only distribute according to the usual and respective proportion of each of ' the States in the "general charge and expenditure' and that to accept Federal population" as the standard for such distribution, oud be an open and palpable violation ot the pro visions contained in the deeds of Cession. , ' J r ; ' . If Congress have the right to make any distribution at alt of the proceeds arising from the public lands, I would restrict that right to the surplus which may happen now to be in the National Treasurv, viewing it as a surplus ac cidentally and unavoidably created. For I do iineauivocallv dfnv hiith ih justice ana aUtv-4JUihat proposition-. which assumes that Congress ha the - . . j : : right to create a surnln distribution among the States. I think such a proposition is fraught with emi nent peril to thav llepublicf 4hat4fai - nei ouf.tt will WunateTy rormTvdr" tex in which would be swallowed up alt the institutions of our happy country. I think such a position is covertly ifbut not with design assumed in the re&olutiuns now ou your table: but adminl in unqualified terms" the . ,A , i i plus in the National Treasury, and . ...... . y ,. J,.t nni.il forthwith a road la ...-.Jt.. dationi the next step, will be to ab stract irom tne national treasury mo ney for the payment of the salaries of- our state Uuicers (Governors and Judges,) and speedily will the States become the stipend aries and pension era of the General Government. An nually will the States, through their Representatives in Congress, be seen kneeling at the shrine of a great cen tral power, supplicating bounty. Where then, sir, will be all this boast ed State rights, Slate soveretgty, State independence?, Why, sir, tike the bright exhalations of the evening, fall en, never to Be i" seen"" more." " Yes? sir, once adopt the principle, and then, Hi therlarrgoage tif one -otthe gentlemen to 3)rraiii "open a fountain from whence streams of corruption will flow to the over whelming of the Republic. ilut, sir, are we certTin that the scheme proposed would- realize to the States the -benelU.Wwifa4ed?-i I1iink""not. I am inclined to the opin ion, that if you set apart the proceeds of this Western domain for the nur- pose of distribution among the States, its place will have to be supplied, and it will be supplied by. new exactions Irom the people. It is a principle in the theory of Government w hich defies contradiction, that if you lop off or set apart a distinct and separate source of revenue, a substitute must be drawn from the people by some other means. If you set apart the proceeds of the public lands for distribution among the States, from whence are you to obtain the monies necessary to defray the ex pensei which must necessarily bjn curred-tn preparing these lands for market, which have heretofore been so enormous from the origin of the land M ((j 832Tas to leave them e General Government more than 1 1 millions of dollars? Try the experiment, and you will hml when you cast up accounts on both sides, contrasting the expenses of preparing these lands tor market, together with the expenses of collecting and dis tributing, with what you will receive, 'hat jfou will be losers in the end. But further, you will throw the land system entirely epon t!ie Customsfor ira support, and make it a perpetual drain upon the National Treasury; and, in the course of time, the oppies sion npon the National Treasurv will furnish a new pretext for high duties and imposts, in order to enable the Customs to sustain this heavy and per petual drain, by reason of having thrown the land system entirely upon them for- support,- anr perhaps there by revive questions which have but re cently convulsed our Republic from centre to pole. I would therefore move to amend the Resolutions now on your table, by striking all out after the word Resblv.- eo, una insert me ioiiows: t This Substitute has alrertty been lished. 1 Twenty-Fourth Congress. In S F.KATE. " tf'edrtetdm, Jan. 6 The bill to amend the judicial svs- - ..... . . . to the number' of Judrcs uf"lh Sn preme Court, and altering the judicial ttistncts, &c.,j was read a. third time, and passed, 3? to one, Mr. Hill alone voting, ln'tne negative. . Mr. Hendricks', from the Committee j on Roads and Canals, renorted a bill for the completion and continuation of the Vu mUerland road. Read,; and ordered to a second rending. -IIoU8-Of RtPRESBSTATtVES-- Mr. Jarvis, of Maine, submitted the following resolution: Rfohnrtt, That, in the opinion of this Mouse, Urn subject of the aliolition of slavery i the District of Columbia ought not to be entertained by Congress. T Jwl 6 it further rett'vttl. That inr case any petition praying the abolition of slaver in the DUtrict of Columbia bt hereafter presented, it is the deliberate opinion of the House that the same oiifflit to be laid upon the table with out being referred or printed. Mr. Jarvis said the resolution was precisely in the terms of that which had been suggested by the gentleman from Georgia, (Mrl Owe, on a form er day. In now offering it, he was actuated not . by . common courtesy alone, but by strong and hearty appro bation of the course which it recom mended. ' ' Mr. J. Q. Adams moved that the resolution be laid on the tablet which was negatived, 123 to 66. ly Me. Wise submitted the following as an amendment to the resolution: . Btnke out all after "Hesolved," and insert Tfi.t iIi.m Im ....... - e ,. -'r- ... ConttitojjonttuhenRress.of the ypite.l 8ate to abolish slavery in the District of Co. lumbiai and that any attemot bv Crmoresa to leeislate tipoa the subject of the aboliiion of ...saa. . . slavery win oe not only tina.ithoriaed, but dangerous to the Union of the State. -. iir.,.Via.. gaid ha would Uka the opportunity totayUiatbe"haiid thii amendment would' bring the question I directly befure the House. The war had commenced between the evasive and the direct course upon this que- i tion. Both of the nroDosltions of the resolution he regarded as entirelv eva- L:. T ...u:- i i " c . .10 .'. ..l He wished to see how gentlemen , . J?.. . .1 ..tt--ltel... . .rtt,..l., m.nirun-. nf ed to see who would move the Dre vious question, and how gentlemen would meet it, ... JUet unsaid Mr--W, come to the niark. . Mr. Glascock submitted the follow ing as an amendment to the amend ment: Itctolvtd, That any attempt to agiute the question of slavery in this House n calculated to disturb the compromises of the Constitu tion, to endanger tlie Union, and, if persisted in, to destroy, by servile wr, the pesce and prosperity f the country. Mr. Wise said, as there was no con flict between the two propositions, he would accept the amendment of the gentleman asa modification of lts own. Air. Glascock wished he said, to of fer liig aniendnienr a8:a substitute for ginia., A "" ' - ' Alter some cnnvereation as to a promt of order, betwean the Chaiii atid Mr. Glascock, Mr. G. wished, he said, to see how -far gentlemsn-woultr-go birihiriabjeer." 1 He resolution ol the gentleman met his approbation as far as they went, but they were not adequate to the oc casion. 1 he time had arrived lor as certaining the sense of Congress on this question; and if the House would not declare that they had no power over the subject ot slavery in the District, he wished to see how far they " would go. He looked upon the agitation of this question as calculated to destroy the Union. Simply to Jay the peti tions on the table would not satisfy the- Smith bttt theresolu tion- he -had offered would, he thought, have a ten dency to quiet the apprehensions of the South, and at the. same time meet the approbation of gen tlemen r"am the North. Mr. llalsey hoped, he said, that the House would tiowbe'permitted to discuss the merits of the propositions submitted by his colleague and by the gentleman from Virginia. He was proceeding to speak on the subject, when Mr. Cambrelengsuggested that the hour for ihe consideration of reso lutions had expired, and asked the gen tleman to give way; to which he as sented. - : - Ik Srnatr. Thurcfaif, Jan. f The Senate was engaged the whole day in discussing, a motion made by Mr. Calhoun, to reject a petition from Ohio, praying lor the abolition of slavery in the Dist rict of Col u mbia ; and the question was finally postponed until Monday. We have room only for the remarks of Mr. Brown and Mr. Calhoun. 1 m v vr. kfaaaiw a a Mrr uiuiwiv -lelt -Himseii -con- strained, by a senso nf duty to the State from which he came, deeply and vitally interested as she was in every tning; connected with the agitating question which had unexpectedly been uruugui 1110 iiscu68ion tnai niorHifijr, to present, in a few words, his views as to the proper direction which should be given to that and all other petitions relating to slavery in the District of Columbia. He felt himself more es pecially called on to do so, from the aspect which the question had assum ed, in consequence of the motion of the gentleman from South Carolina thc"pe.tition. He-had believed, from the first time he had reflected on this' subject, and subsequent events had but strengthened that conviction, that ihe most proper disposition of all such petitions was to lay them on the table without printing'. This course, while it indicated to the fanatics that Con gress will yield no countenance to their designs, at the same time marks' them with decided reprobationlby a -refusal to print. But, in his estimation, anoth er reason gave to the motinn to lay them on the table a decided prefer ence over any other broceedinirs bv which theyuhould be met. The necu? liar merit of this motion, as applicable to this question, is, that it precludes all debate, and would thus prevent the agitation of a subject in Congress which all should deprecate as fraught with mischief to every portion of this happy and flourishing Confederacy. ! Mr. 15. said that honorable gentle men who advocated this motion, had i lisclauned 'all intention to produce agitation on this question. H did not pretend to question, the sincerity of their declaration! and while willing to do every justice to their motives, he must be allowed to say that no method could be devised better calculated in his judgment to produce such a result lie (Mr. a.) most sincerely believed that the best interests of the Southern States would be' most consulted bv pursuing such a course here as would hajinoniiejlheJeeUngaof. every aec nn, pm, B.uiu uncniiig lor uiscBssion dangerous and delicate a question. lie believed all the Senators who were present a few days since, when a pe tition id, a. similar chara e tr r had. been presented -by.- an- honorable membert I had, by their votes toTalt on therVuh him, equally decisive reason a- bit. sanctioned the course which he now suggested. Mr. Calhocx, in explanation, said that himself and his col lea-rue were absent from the Senate on the occasion alluded to. 3Ir.Jk jsume d Jjljucswarkt. '. and said that he had made no reference to that body, but what he had said was, that a similar petition had been laid on the. .table, .without. objection, from any one. and consequently by a unan imous vote of the Senators present Here, then, was a most eu.phatic de claration by gentlemen representing the northern states, as welt as those from other parts of the Uniou, by this vote, that the v w ould entertain no at tempt at legislation on the question of slavery in the District of Columbia. Why, then, ('asked Mr. B.) should we now adopt a mode of proceeding cal culated to disturb the harmonious ac tion-of 4he.jSicnatfit,..vhicli had been produced by the former voter" "Wfiyrf and, he would respectfully ask of hiaWOTabte -gentle mouon to r ol use to receive irte peir tion, Ur what beneGciul purpose do they press it? fly persisting in such a course, it wonld, beyond all doubt open a wide lange ot . discusion; it woafdiiist faittoTCUlt Hfiifrtr Trgreat-df versity of opinion in relation to the extent of the right ,to petition, under the Constitution.. Nor would it be confined to that question alone. ing Irom an expression which had (al ien Irom an honorable gsntleman from irginia, ( Mr. Iyleb.) in the course of this debate. That gentleman had declared his preference- for a direct negative vote by the Senate as to the constitutional power "t Congress to emancipate slaves in the District of Columbia, He. for one, protested, puliticaily. speaking,. againstopening this Pandora's box in the halls of Con gress. For all beneficial and practical purposes, an overwhelming majority of the Rlembers'Tepresenttng--theNor-: them States were with the South, in oppositon to any interference with slavery 4 the District of Col u mbia. r 11 mere was a nan uozen in doiii branches of Congress who did not stand in entire opposition to any inter ference with slaverv in this District or elsewhere, he had yet to Iarn4t-Waa it wise, was it prudent was it magnan imous in gentlemen representing the Southern States to urge this matter still further, and. sayJn our Northern friends in Congress, 'Gentlemen, we all agree in the gener I conclusion that Congress should not interfere in this question; out we wish to know your reasons for arriving at this conclusion; we wish you to doclare bv your votes whether ytiu arrive at this result be cause you think it unconstitutional' or not." ( Mr. B. said that he would yield to none in zeal in sustaining and support ing, to the extent fo his ability, vwbat he believed to be the true interests of the South; but he should take leave to say, that when the almost nnited will of both branches of Congress, for all practical, purposes, was with us, against all interference on this subject, he should not hazard the peace, and quiet of the country, by going m a Quixotic expditionrin pttrsttit-of ab stract constitutional questions. He would not quarrel with gentlemen so long as they continued in the determi nation not to interfere in this question, even. if they did not come to that . de termination by precisely the same mode ' of teasoniegfjwtth4Mmsetf-Mrj: B said it appeared to. him that the true course of those representing the South here was to occupy a defensive posi tion, so long as others were disposed not to discuss it, and Congress refused to exert any legislative authority over the subject When that attempt was made, if it ever should bev he should s ay theiime (n disctwiitwhad passed, and a period had arrived, which called for other, and more vigorous . means ol Another, and not the least, weighty reason, had operated, on his mind in bringing it to the conflusion that the motion to reject the petition was iniu- dicious. If successful, nothing would perhaps, be more agreeable to the fa natics, (he thought they should be more properly called "fiends in human shape, who would endeavor to lay waste the happiness and liberties of this coun try,; than the intelligence that they had received this mark of notice, anil to them of consequence, from the Congress of the United States. Mr. B. said, in his his judgment,' that man was but little 1 skilled in the pas sions of the human breast, who did not know that there was no error, however great, nor any heresy, however abomi- nauic, euner in religion or pontics, which might not be aided by the cry of persecution, however unfounded it might be in fact Fanaticism would seize, on it to enlist the sympathies of i"" " "u ijjiiomni in tneir oenaii. Wicked and fanatical wen . had., don this in all ages, and he doubted nof but the malignant spirits who had been laboring in this detestable vocation would cunningly seek to avail them selves of any mema. to. further their diablifaLdejignsA5otherxr.andi gaiuai any course caicuiaieu 10 inrow the subject open to discussion here, was the almost universal manifests- tion at the Nortli, during the past summer and fJI, of that fraternal and patriotic , feeling towards the couth, which he trusted would continue to Txert7r ..JMlPi'iCe'jL.weponu rnnsideration these Sratea. lfeiejoiced at-this copld indnce'-inim r1owTthdiIw","he ' strong devehipetneiit of feeling, not demand which he had made for the only because it had contributed to re- question on the reception of the peti p'ress the movements of dangerous en- tionu' " He liad 'thade 'it oh full deli-;' emies to the peace and harmony of our Deration, and it was impossible that country, in that quarter, but because it he could be induced to change his had dispelled the insidious misrepre-opinion. He desired the question to sentations in regard to the sentiments be put to the5 vote j and were there no of the great body of the Northern peo- other reason, there is one, to him im ple, which certain presses had,' as he perious, why he should not forego thi believed, bath in the North and the desire the insolent, the false, and South, most industriously used for the calumnious language, which the peti-. most sinister purposes. What were the tions hold towards the slaveholding facta as to the public opinion of the States and every slaveholder in the North on this subject? But a short Union.' 'Thi boil v said Mr. CJ time had passed by since most of the atttive-teartenibi latiati 1 were contemptible fugitives, ir. dider ent parts ofahe Norttu-where they had attempted (6s1uirtnr1imYriilnstitted atid generous indignation of a patriot ic people, who wished to preserve the peace of the country and their obliga tions to us as members of the same run-, feoWacyr-That anrttverutfarigi band of these incendiaries existed,! none could doubtj but that they form ed a very small portion of the great mass of Northern people, we not onlv fhad the assurances of public meetings which had assembled almost through out that quaiter, attended by the most respectable and distinguished citizens, but we bad here, but short time since, the declarations of many Senators from the non-slaveholding States, that this class of individuals was but small; and that they were countenanced by no respectujb He had been assured, since his arrival here, by gentlemen representing the Northern States, that an abolition dis-i course could not .be delivrredamong those whom they represened-withui endangering the safety of the person attempting tt. - rr-r. -: "lit addition t th!, he would say, that Ihe action of the Federal Govern ment through ihe Post Office Depart ment was A protective of tho rights of the South against incendiary publica tions If postmasters to the North and South did their duty, as sanction ed by the head of that Department, .these enemies, of. our. Government and of the human race were cut off from circulalingihrough ihatjnedium,!beir nrebrands ot mischief. Under these circumstances, was this a time for us to throw open the door to discussion on this subject, and thus assist in ex acerbating feelings which had alrradv been enough excited? lie thought it oniy necessary to contrast the pro ceedings of the Senate on the petition to wriicli tie had betore alluded, and which had been Jaid on the table, bv the unauuuous vote ot the Senators present, with the proceedings of to day, to show the decided wisdom of taking the same course jn relation fo the present jrnl all similar petitions. The petition w hich- had been quietly inurned by the motion to lay on the ta ble, had scarcely been thought of or heard ot since, consigned, as it had been, to the insignificance and con tempt of mortifying neilect and want of notice. What was the fact, in re. lation to the proposed mode of pro- ceeoing, as to me present petition? The Senate " had alreadf' 'found itself engaged in: a debaters wlireh-Bo oiie couldlTirescc Ihe direction of,"thus pfodu cing-agi I aTlmiTKt "dTgmfyTifig with undeserved, and no doubt grati fying notoriety to the fanatics, a mise rable effusion, which, but for this priM ceeoing, wooid naveiaiien into obscu rity and contempt. , lie Mr, B. V had pothinz'to ask from jheX(n;t.M tine of the reprrsen tati vet of a Sou ihern S tat e, more tfiii ii! we f re e nti 1 1 ed Jo, 11 p denibc com pact wilh 'Jtof. sister States,, and froiij that feeling of fraternal regard which for many purposes made us the same people, lie, however, was disposed to act upon this, as upon all other oc casions, in that spirit of conciliation in which our Federal Government had originated, and without which it could not survive. : He ; would not quarrel with gentlemen so long a the v took decided groutiV against any interfer ence on this qaestion. even if ther should differ at t3 tome abstract nues. tions in relation to if. He- believed most sincerely that thejitmost univer sal sentiment of the intelligent and re- respectable portion of, the North was against any intefcrence, either in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, on this delicate subject. In this feeling of confidence, he was in favor of cling ing' to the Union of the States, as the great source of our safety, happiness; and liberty. ; He would not for a mo ment believe that either of Ihe gteat sections of this country would to far forget t just obligationt to the .other, by such an outrage bpon its constitu tional rights, as would end in the over throw of a Government, . won by the united valor and patriotism of their an cestort. '';','' ,',;,;. -'.,,";. i'!il!lIlL'. ZJ&-dVLHOUNl.tliliat he caaldiauted, when he wAs-xst up, trail, oa have no objection to the motion to poatpone, as be tras desirous that every Senator should have ample time to deliberate before he was called on to record his vote; but as the opinion of some of the Senators tnisht be mnm- or less influenced by the course which he misfit think nnmer to nursu in presented to him a portentous, an are assent- bled the representatives of tweuif fourxoniyderatetl StateSi lo deliberate btf iieWenrmvAtriteret a nd prifiert-' ty, seriously discussing the question, whetlier they shall or shall not receive petitions, wiiich basely calumniate the institutions of eleren'of -.those States, whicheiiwnrfr a pirates, kidnappers,' and dealer in human flesh. That a single indiv'n!. ual from the 4 Stalesthus7slahilered should avow a determination to vote ; to receive so base a libel on the State he represents, as well at the eni're South, wat to him truly wonderful; . " and yet more woi.derful, if possible, were the arguments- he- ad vanred in support of his intention. But mors) . of this in its proper place. - Why (said Mr. V.) should there be . any hesitation to reject these petition ffl ,JMy .qaarter? I it frowy J..feeling ofdeiicaeyrto the petiiToners? "If sucli be the feelings of regard on the pai l of the Senators from the non-slave- , holding States towards these tniscliie- sous agitators, what ought Jo. be . our., feelings, to behold the entire South. , 'selecTeJandTpTiTcd'TierV io guard " " their interest and honor, basely vili- , Bed in the face of the world? I tho hesitation because there are feelings diffused throughout ihe non- slaveluddiug States, in relation to it e f subject of these petitions. stiotg -and t general, that for political rea son, it Unotthouaht. desirable to dit. turb them? Are the two great par tietivho divideJljiweStates afraid to ... come into conflict with those opinions? 7 If to, it is a decided reason why we of ' the South should insist on taking the question. It i important to our con- , stituents that the fact should be known. He (said Mr. C.) wished to lie per fectly explicit on a point where our interest is so deeply concerned, ' He, with others, felt a ought to be felt, 'it for -the-operiianl fr-and decided -course of a large portion of our North ', ern brethren during fhe last summer, against the criminal conductor th fanatics; but he feared it has ntt checked the disease. He feared Ihe true reason whystherehbuW1 be the least hesitation in rejecting these vile t and libellous attacks on nearlv half of- the members orthis Union wa. that both parties are alrajit Jo iueur ihe displeasure of a party so strong at Ihe incendiaries. He 'could not doubt but all who heard hint rrnrobatixl ih - language of these netitionst and with - such feelingV hie could ni.rdiscn tyftefmiH There were other reason which in ducedhiinto.fearthe motive to. which he referred was the true one. IIa had received a few days since a print- "I'j proiesi, signed ny Arthur ' Tappan and several of hi associates. remonstrating "against the lanoe ' D.scdliH,i,,.the against the funatVs, in which it is '- stated ioastingly. that, so far from he- ing repressed, by . the nroce.-diiiirs ' against ihem to the Noith during the.' iasi summer, tne number of their sotietic had increased from (if my memry be accurate) 250 to S30. a addition to this, he regarded the fact to which the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Lkioh; referred, as t proof but ton strong that the fanatiral spirit at the ; North wa strong and increasing. ' He had not teen Dr. Chanuing's book but that a divine of his eminence, and one of the most eloquent and po lished writers of Ihe country, should publish such a book at this time, was ' a matter for serious reflection to those he represented, as well as all ; who had similar interest, xlf he inin-hr " judge of tlie whole from some of its ex tracts, it might be well compared with 1 the incendiary publications of Garri son himself, it is a sad omen of the times, that he should lend the aid of his talents and character to criminal ' designs, the direct tendency of which is to work asunder Ihe Union and sub- vert the Constitution. But Wo Mr. C. though the false and slandemut language of these petition are , to him imperious reasons for their rejection, there were other of a character cot' le-, decisive,--Tha partiesr as m 1
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