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Y W. B. CxULicii. - r ;: ; .. tot llt) 37. READ, BEAD. j THE TREE KNOWN BY ITS FRUIT. - I .... a STATEMENT I PROVING . 1 jviuiard FUlmoren : r Ldidaie' ofthe Whig party for the fijfice i o Vice President, ' .i:.t; TO BE AN ABOLITIONIST, t reruw o7ii course in the 2bth, 2Gtk,'ahd 21th Congress: - ALSO, , ' inc Gfch. Taylor to be in favor of ex ding the Ordinance of 1787 over the Continent beyond the Rio Grande ; -. in other words,to be m favor of v the Wilrnot Proviso. se or Representatives r 25th Congress, J Sessicn. " . Tuesday, Dec. 11, 1838. RIGHTS OF THE SOUTH. r. Atherton rose and asked leave to sub- lie following resolutions: - solved. That this Government is a Gov- lent of limited powers, and that, by the .titution of the United States, Congress io jurisdiction whatever over the institu of slavery in the several States of the federacv- oto, That petitions for the . abolition ivery in the District of Columbia and the ritones of the United States, and against removal of slaves from one State to anoth- , are a part of a plan of operations set on to affect the institution of slavery in the ral States, and thus indirectly to destroy institution within; their limits. tesolved, That Congress has no right to do ,t indirectly which it cannot , do directly'; 1 that the agitation of the subject of ila- V in the District of Columbia, or the Ter .ies, as a means, and with the view, of dis 1. turbing, or overthrowing that institution in the i : ral States, is against the; true spirit and ining of the Constitution, an infringement Ye rights of the States' affected, and a eh of the public faith upon which they jred into the Confederacy. t .tesolved, That the Constitution rests on i broad principle of equality among the L mbersofthis Confederacy, and that Con-Cr-ss, in the exercise of its acknowledged pow- c. , has no right to discriminate between ,tbe institutions of one portion of the States and mother with a view of abolishing the one id promoting the other. Resolved, therefore, That all attempts on fte rt, of Congress to abolish slavery in the 'strict of Columbia or the Territories or to ohibit the removal of slaves from State to ite, or to discriminate between the institu te ns of one portion of the Confederacy and c.: ther, with the views aforesaid, are in vio 1 on of the Constitution, destructive of the ' adamental principle on which the Union-cf se States rests, and beyond the jurisdiction '; Cohgress; and that every petition, memo i ' I, resolution, proposition, or paper, touch I or relating in an way, or to any extent hatever, to slavery as aforesaid, or to aboli- m thereof, shall, on the presentation'thereof, "thout any further action thereon, be laid ion the table, without being debated, print- or referred. . The introduction of the resolutions being jected to at this time Mr. Atherton thereupon moved a suspen- m of the rules. Mr. Adams and Mr: Cusibian; simultane ously demanded the yeas and nays ; which, ' iing ordered,1 were yeas 137, nays 66, as llows ; ..' . . " ; f Yeas. Messrs. Anderson, Andrews, Ather jin, Banks, Beatty, Beers, Beirne, Bell, Bick--ell, BirdsalJ, Brodhead, Buchanan, Bynum, blm Calhoun, Cambreleng, Wm. B. Camp John Campbell, Carter, Chambers, Chap yan Cheatham, Clowney, Coles, Conner, rabb, Craig, Crary, Crockett, Cushman, ,4. awson, Deberry, De Graff, Dromgoole, El raore, Farrington, Fairfield, Foster, Fry, Gal Jip, James Garland, Rice Garland Glascock, . limes Graham, Grantland, Grant, Gray, Grif tn, Himmorid, Hainer, Harlan, Harrison, lawes, Hawkins, Haynes, Hoi f, Hopkins, -loward, Hubley, Wm. H. Hunter, Robert d. T. Hunter, Thomas B. Jackson, Jabez ackson, Henry Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Vm. Cost Johnson, Nathaniel Jones, John W. ones, Keim, Kemble, Klingensmith, Lewis, Jogan, Loomis, Lyon, Mallory, Martin, May, IcKav,' Robert McCIellan. Abiaham Mc llcllanMcCl u re, McKennan, Menefee, Mer- fT, Mjller, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, muel W. Morris, Murray, Noble, Palmer, . arker, rayriter, Pearce, Penny backer, Pet : km, Phelps, Pickens, Plumer, Pope, Pratt, ,eily, Rencher, Rhett, Rives, Robertson, . urasey, Augustine H. Sheppard, Charles jieppara, aaields,; Shepior, Snyder, South ite, Spencer, Stanly, Stuart, Stone, Swear-. 'gn, Talfafeno, Taylor, Thomas, Titus. ;oucey, Towns, Turney, Underwood;- Vail, agener, Webster, Weeks, Johri White, v uiiuesey, snerrod Williams, Jared W Wil- n . :t:. i ! - arns, Joseph L Williams, .ViJIiams, Wise, Word, and, Christopher H. Yell 137i H gPVVilhaini B Calhoun. Casey. Childs, .iark, Coffin, Corvvin, Cranston,Custis, Cush- ,1a i,nt0IVDavee, Davies, Dunn, Ed U i as' Ev"ett, Ewing, Richard Flet Cif F1echer, FILLMORE, Gildings' C 1 75 f raham' Grennel, Halevi Hall, farper, Hastings, Herod. Ingham, Lincoln, aryin, Samson, Mitchell. Calvary 4 Morris J JST menter, Pek, Potts;. Putnam, ' S Servant,' Sibley, Sothe-rulSa Yorke , - ' The'questiorCuf DdeaV ! n, and it was adorned the first Tesolui The question on ll J? ms Y & I 4 tken, and n waTSSS0101100 was .ys 65rFilImore voting btr3? third resolution w th Tjl' Mr . Bond called for a division of lh'When Resolved, That Congress has no right to do that indirectly which ft cannot do directly. - iuc yuw uciug eu losuiiea in me af firinative yeas 173, - nays 30 Fillriiore in the negative. .-i:-;,t .6Ui" So the hrst branch ot the third resolution was adopted. . ' , V The 3cond branch being read, f ii ' 4 " The question was then taken; and resulted also in the affirrnativeyeas 164 ndys 4iO Fillmore again in the tiegalive. V 5 So the third resolution was adopted,? and the fourth was taken up. K r( . Mr. Lincon called for a division of the question on this resolution, so as to take it first on the following branch r?!i J filj Resolved, That the Constitution rests on the broad principle of equality among the mem bers of this confederacyj t 47 Such a division being accordingly ordered, the Vote thereon resulted affimatively yeas 180, nays 26 Fillmore in the affirmative. The second branch-of this resolution , was also agreed to yeas 174, nays 24 Fillmore in the negative. I Mr. Randolph called for a division at the word Congress," in the fifth line of the fifth icsuiuuuu , v uicu was uiucicu. j :-- T he . first branch of the proposition was adopted yeas 146, nays 52 Fillmore in the negative. . Mr. Potts moved to lay the second branch on the table; on which motion: f? ; Mr. Criag demanded the yeas and nays; wnicn oeina" ordered, were veas 00, navs 12y Fillmore in the affirmative, j!1 i So the motion to lay on the table was deci . - . ' . 1 ' 1 ded in the negative, t " -I he second branch of the last proposition was then agreed to- veas .126, nays 78 : s uixnore in we negairve. oevoilsrcssiUlru TT.I1 .1 . : ' c-- , : I uiobe, pages 527, 28 ; House Journal, page 51 to 64 inclusive '1' Mr. Bynum, the champion of democracy from North Carolina, in defending the above resolutions, said, H pray every jbouthern man to examine these resolutions; read them over and over again, one by one, and to say if they were not sufficiently strong to secure every Southern interest, while they particu larly forebore to encroach on the rights of any other portion of the Union." Yet Mr. Fillmore voted against all these resolutions except the first, and the first branch of the fourth. I On the 13th December Mr.5 Wise asked leave to submit the following resolutions, as propositions containing his sentiments, and what he believed to be the real sentiments of the whole South. H 1 . Resolved, That Congress h as no power to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, or in the Territories of the United States ; whether such power in the said District or Ter ritories be exercised uas a means, or witK the vietb, of disturbing and overthrowing slavery in the States" or not. r - ; 2. Resolved, That Congress has no power to abolish the slave trade, or prohibit the re moval of slaves between the States, or be tween the States and the District of Columbia or Territories of the U. States. : 3. Resolved, That Congress cannot receive Or consider, petitions for the exercise of any powers whatever oyer the subject of slavery which Congress does not possess. 4. Resolved, That the laws of Congress alone govern in prescribing and regulating the mode and manner in which fugitive slaves shall be apprehended, and their rights to freedom held in the non-slaveholdmg States, District of Columbia and Territories ; and the mode and manner in which they shall be re stored or delivered to their owners in the slave States. . , j J- r . 5. Resolved, That Congress has no power to impose upon any State the aboliliop of slavery in its limits, as a condition of admis sion into this Union. j J & Resolved, That the citizens of the slave holding States of this Union have the consti tutional right, voluntarily to take their slaves iu ur uiiuugu a non siavenoiuuig .oiuie, uuu-. to sojourn or remain temporarily with such slaves in the same, and the slaves are not thereby ipso facta , ! emancipated ; and the General Government is constitutionally bound to protect the rights of slave-holding States ; and that laws of non slaveholding. States in conflict with the laws of Congress providing for such protection, are null and void. Several members said, "object to them."" Mr. Rives did so, and Mr. Wise moved a suspension of .the rules, calling for the yeas and nays; which, being ordered, were yeas 1 13, - nays 96 Fillmore in the negative. See Congressional Globe,' page . 33, .House Journal, 74. . ' So the motion to suspend was decided in the negative. . ' ' - f t . On the sime day, Mr. Slade asked leave to' submit the folio wing: f ' ; ! ; Whereas therie exists and" is carried oc between the ports in the Dstrct of Colunibia aftd other ports of the United States, and under the sanction of the laws thereof, a trade in human beings, whereby thousands of-them are annually sold and transported from said District to distant parts of the country, in ves sels belonging to citizens of the United .States; and whereas, such trad e i n vol vis an outra geous Violation of hunan rights, is a disgrace to the country by Avhose laws it is sanctioned, and calls for the immediate Interposition of legislative authority for its suppression; there fore, to the end that all obstacles, to the consi deration of this subject may , be removed, and a remedy for the evil speedily provided. Resolved, Thai stfmiichof the fifth reso lution forr the subject ?of slavery, passed by this House on the 11th and 12th of the present month, as relates to the ."removal of slaves from State ta State," and prohibits the .artibo of this House on. "every petition, memorial, resolution. Drobosition, or paper touching the same, be, and hereby is rescjndedC; ; Obiections -being made, Mr. o. moved a suspension of the rrules;-and demanded ; the veas and nays : whichr being ordered, were-- yeas' 55, nayi-157 Fillmore Toting in the affirmative. ; . . : s So th e House refused to suspend the rules. See : Congressional Globe, page 33; House Journal, page 75. : ' -l ; r- On the 3 1st December, 1839 . first session 26th Congress, MrY Coles1 moved a; ; suspen sion of the rules, for the purpose of offering the tollowirjg resolution: ,:; , .: : r 1 Heseited,-. Th&l every petition, memona resolution proposition, or papers, touching or relating in anv wav. or to anV extent what ever, to the abolition of slavery in the States of this Union, or either of them., or in the District of Columbia, or in the Territories of the U. States, or either of them, or the remo val of slaves from one State to another, shall, on the presentation theieofj without any fur ther action thereon, be laid upon the table without being debated, printed or referred. . Upon which the yeas arid nays were called; arid were yeas 87, nays 84 Mr.' Fillmore in the negative. See Cong. Globe page 93 ; House Jr. page 153. 4 ! ? ' I i On the 13th January," 1 840, Mr. Lincoln, of Massachusetts, preaenied petitions praying for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the tHsirict of Columbia, and in the Terri tories of the Unitgd SlaiesL rW- hrl:V; : Mr. Cave Johnson moved to lay the ques tion of reception on the table ; which was deeded in the affirmative yeas 431, nays 68 Mri Fillmore voting in the negative. See Congressional Globe, page 119 House Journal, page 204 v- - v . ; In relation to the presentation of such peti tions, Mr.;BYNUM, of North Carolina, in a speech; made by him, referred the Southern m to the source frorn whence those Aboli tion petitions came ; nine-tenths of which, by reference to the Clerk's files, had been pre sented j to that ; House by Whigs of the North. I ::-:yy.y':uC':-: .. :,- ..:' Mr. 4 B. said, if there was any doubts in the minds of the Southern people as to who were aad who were not Abolitionists in that House, they need only refer to the speeches and the votes of its members. If they wanted further evidence, he would refer them to the remarks of a certain : member of this House who characterised the Northern Democrats who usually vote for preserving the constitu tional obligations imposed on them, and who are opposed to an interference with the rights of the bouth as "Southern .slaves." He wpuld Tefer them to the remark made by a certain Abolitionist of the House, Mr. Leek, when the vote was about being taken on laying Mr. Coles' resolution on the table, "now come up you Southern slaves, and show yourselves." -Yes. sir. this was the language applied to these patriotic, high-minded men, who regard their constitutional obligations to the South, who are for giving quiet to the North on this , exciting subject, and for pre venting a servile and aesolating war. . On all occasions upon his subject, we find Mi. Fillmore voting with Mr. Peck. On j the 14th, Mr. Thompson, of South Cajr6Iina, moved a suspension of the rules, to enable- Ijim to offer the following resolution : Resolved, That upon the presentation of any memorial or petition praying for the abo lition of slavery or the slave trdde in any Df strict .Territory, or State of the Union, and upon the presentation of any resolution or other paper touching that subject, the recep tion of such memorial, petition, resolution, or paper, shall be considered as objected to, and the question of its reception, shall be laid upon the table, -without "debate, or further : action thereon.1 ' m ' . . . "! ' The question was taken on the motion to suspend the rules, arid decided in the negative yeas 128, nays, 77 there not being two thirds voring in the affirmative. , Fillmore in the negative. See Cong. Globe, page 121 , House Journal, page 206. On the 28th, the famous 21st rule was adopted, as follows : ' I "That no petition, memorial, resolution, or other paper praying the abolition of slavery in the; District of Columbia, or any State or Territory, or the slave trade between the States or Terntories of the United States in which' it now exists, shall be received by this House, or entertampd in any way whatever." During the discussion upon it, the Hon. Mr. Vanderpoel, of Kmderhook, N. York, (Mr. V an Buren's residence,) made the folio wine- eloquent and highly patriotic rernarksj'at the conclusion o( which the question was taken on its adoption and decided in the affirmative --yeas 114, nays 1 08 Fillmore in the ne gative! See Congressional Globe, page 151, House Journal, page 241. ; "Mr.iyANDERPpEL said it was "not his talent to conceal his thoughts," and his bold and early expression of them here and at home, had, at a very early period, brought him into marked disfavor with the Abolitionists. He had never, wooed' them ; he had - never won them, as many Northern politicians had done. To show the estimation in which they had held him, he need only say- that though he had always had Abolitionists in his district, they had never sent to him one of their peti tions ;. had never trusted him with the presen tation of them. here. ' It had fallen to the lot of other gentlemen, his colleagues, who were in greater favor with them, to present their petitions He well recollected that his ySVhig" colleague Mr. Granger. who some days since eulogiied ?-the Abolitionists, by telling us that so many of them had poured out their blood at Lundy's 1 Lane and Chippewa, and here, some three or four years ago, presented an Abolition petition from his (Mr. V.'s) dis trict. He YMr. V.) had always been well understood by them. ' He had always believ ed, and always so expressed himself, that all their movements were1 mischievous, incendia ry, insulting to bur Southern brethren, ! and against the letter and spirit of the solemn compact into which we had;'ehteired with them. j He had here always voted to receive their petitions y but the moment they 1 were presented; he ' had voted,' 1 and would again vote, for the strongest possible measure to re ject their prayer, nail mem to me table, min gle them with the rubbish! of your garret,and in the strongest mode: mark our disapproba tion of their bbject - He 'would not vote for the proposition that the petitions 'should not be received, because he believed tha,t it would be creating a new-issue, if we adopted such a proposition an issue which would have the effect of Te-enforcing the 'AbcliUonisls. He had always riserij he trusted he ' would ever rise, above te miserable attempts hat had here been made to connect this great and vital question with the pitiful ephemeral par ty conflicts of the' day. He baa Mso nsz arid would ever rise above the ' idea of oppo sing the mad schemes of Northern Abolition ists from 4he; narrow consideration of sustain-; ing u Southern interests and Southern institu tions:1, lie had taken this stand against them,, for higher and holier purposes. It was to mainUiin the interests of the Union to fulfil our part of the compact, which formed this confederacy of States. No. it was not as a Northern man, or as a f Southern 1 man, tnat he had so long; here and at home.' struggled to defeat the mad efforts of Northern Aboli tionists. It was as an American citizen, de termined, at all hazards, to discharge-a great and paramount duty. , As I once, before re marked on this floor, I tell you, ray Southern brethren, the great mass of the North 1 will fulfil the compact to the letter and spirit? We recognized your property in slaves when we entered into soleriin con venant arid union with you. W vsplemrily7 agreed that they should form, part of the basis of re presentation on this floor and u?Uil tee become wretches, and whoUy insensible to the obligations of con tenant and duty, we will faithfully fulfil the compact." , , . . Early after the meeting of the 2d Session, 26th Congress, December 9, 1840, Mr. Adams offered the following resolution. - . Resolved, TJiat the standing rul e of this House, No 21, adopted on. the 28th January last, be and the same is hereby rescinded. Mr. Jenifer of Maryland, moved to lay the resolution on the table. - i , j After some con versation on the subject, the, yeas and nays on the motion to lay on the table were then ordered; and being taken re sulted as follows: yeas 82 ; I : Nays- Messrs Adams', Baker, Barnard, Beatty, Boardman, Brewster, Briggs, Cal houn, Casey, Crittenden, Clark, James Coop er, Cranston, Edward Davies, Doe, Drig, Ev erett, FILLMORE, Ffetcher, Gates. Goode. Granger, HUand, Hall, Augustus C. Hand, Thontas Henry, Hopkins, Jackson, Charles Johnston, Lane, Lincoln; MrCulloch, Malta ry, Marvin, Mason, Mitchell Calvary, Morris, Nay lor, Osborne, Parmenter, Peck,' Randall, Randolph, Rariden, Ridgway, Edward Rog ers; Russell, Sergeant, Simonton, Slade John Smith, Truman Smith,! Tidinghast, Toland, Trumbull, Underwood, Petej J. Wagener, Henry Williams, and Winthrop. 58. So the resolution was laid on the table,. See Cong., Globe ; .age .12, House Journal, page 8. ... ; - ' ' .T-:- On the 21st January; 1841, Mr. Adams pre sented and moVed the reference of a petition, asking the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and In the -Territories; also, that no new Territory tolerating slavery, may beadmitted into the Union. r N" Mr. Conner moved to lay that portion of the petition which came under the standing rule on the table. Mr. Adams asked how-that was to be done, for the petition must necessarily be cut m two. Mr. Warren of Georgia observed that, if the petitioners thought proper to gttach objec tionable matter, not conceivable by the House, to their petition, they ought not to complain if the whole was rejected. He therefore mov ed the rejection of the whole. : That portion of the petition coming under the rule, having been laid on the table sub si lentio. j Mr. Black of Georgia moved to reconsid er the vote, for the purpose, in case it should be reconsidered, of moving the-rejection qf the whole, as he contended that no part of it ought to have bsen received. ' On that motion, Mrj Adams demanded the yeas and nays which were ordered, and de cided by yeas and nays as follows: yeas 103, nays 51. Fillmore in the negative. See Cong. Globe, page 116 ; House Journal, page 202. vj ,-, ..So the vote vyas reconsidered. .After some further conversation, the hour having expired, the house proceeded to the orders of the day. ( On the 7th January, 1842, 2d Session, 27th Congress, Mr. Giddings of Ohio presented a memorial from certain legal voters of Lenox, in the county of Ashtabula, and State of Ohio, praying Congress to repeal the laws regula ting or sanctioning the holding or transporta tion of persons as slaves in vessels of the U. States sailing coastwise from one State to ano ther ; and to pass laws protecting the rights of all persons claimed or hold as slaves who may be constitutionally entitled to their free dom by going to sea, with the consent of their masters, beyona the jurisdiction of the State in -which they are legally held to be slaves. . Mr. W Cost JohxNTON objected to the re ception of th petition, as prohibited by a rule of the House in relation to petitions for. the abolition of slavery, i! ! V Mr. Wise supported the objection, strenous ly insisting that the memorial amounted to a prayer for the abolition of slavery on board any American vessel,' whether public or. pri vate, in whish a slave was carried three leagues out to sea a! new shape of the Abo lition question, and one that went beyond any thing heretofore; attempted; He held that the deck of an American ship wasa porr w Jk ft. I i . tion of the territory of the United States, let her be in what part of the world she might. ; Mr. Campbell of S. C, moved to lay the question of reception, raised by Mr. Johnson, on the table, which also carries me petition with it. ; . 4 " . On this motion the veas and riayswere ta ken, and resulted as follow. yeas 104, nays 86 Pitt tVirt negative. See Oon- eressional nrK mre 105: House Journal, 134, "rc : On the 21st January, Mr. Adams present a netitinn v - .;mW of citizens of Mas- sachusetts, stating that by law no foreigner ol color can now become' a citizen of the Urn ted States, and hold real estate'erem ; and nraVinir that iWA nataralization laws may be so amended as to permit free colored foreign- era to oecome citizens 01 uie V and 4o hold real estate. ; ' :" " ' : . Mr. Wise raised the question 'of reception on the ahnva ruiitiAn. and moved to lav that question on th a 'table.1 'iHti.- 1 1 . Mr. Calhoun of Massashusetts asked the yeas and 11a vs. wbiich! were -ordered, and1 be- mg takeri, resulted as follows: yeas 115, Days 68. Fillmore in the negative.' See Con gressional Globe, page 158, House Journal, t - roai On the 12th 27th Conarpc n7. mucr' 3d Session rcso- Mi tit o. iei IUie. i r.: Wm. Cost T.,toV, I - r; tion of the ntiT ; y.1.1 resolu- s to iov :r;.f,r"3 ttllu nays being ordered: rw. I no raao n U J ' .' . .. cu tw iouows : yeas 106, more m the nerativf nays' 102. Fur. See Conorpssinno 1 D -vwuH i i. m, jiu juiruarv 143.. Mr Kit - presented a resolution, instructing the Com mittee on the Territories to mauir .w. expediency of repealing an act passed by the Territorial Legislature of Florida, entitlp.l A n act to prevent j the 5 future migration or emigration of free negroes and mulattots in to said territory' or so much thereof as im poses a capitation tax on' such of them as may enter said Territory, and authorizes their sale for uineiy-nirie years for non-payment of said tax.-, .... ?- : ? j y.j:-. : : . Mr Black moved to lay the resolution on the table. , . j ' ' - .' Mr. James called for the' yeas and nays, which were ordered, and being taken, result ed in yeas 113, nay S 80. Fillmore in the negative. See Congressional Globe,- page 107; House Journal, page 131. On the 23d February, Mr; BaiGGSof Mas sachusetts asked leave to submit the - follow ing resolution. j v . r;,.'.f: . Whereas, ail laws passed by the Governor and Legislature Council of Florida are in full force, until disapproved by Congress: there fore. '"' -.-,' ; ' - ';' j :.; 'V'- : -;v Resolved, That the Committee on the Ju diciary be instructed, forthwith, to teport the following bill ; t Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Con gress asseinbled, That an act passed by the Go vemorapd Legislature Council ofthe Ter ritory of Florida, approved by the saidi Gov ernor dn the 5th day of March, 1842, entitled tt An act to prevent the future migration of free negroes or mulattoes to this Territory, and for other purposes," be and the same is hereby disapproved, and shall henceforth be of no force. ts ' . Mr. Meriwether, of Georgia, objected to the reception of the resolution. s. Mr. Briggs moved a suspension of the rules.: ' ! . r ..... . Mr. Fillmore believed that the subject had been referred to the j Committee on the Judi ciary ; and he wished to know whether they Bad reported on it j' The Speaker said they had not This res-, olution was to direct them to report forth with . The veas and nays were ordered on the suspension of the Tules. . The question wa then taken on the mo lion of Mr. Briggs to suspend the .rules; and it was decided in the negative yeas 66, nays Yeas- Messrs; Adams, Allen, Sherlock J. Andrews, Baker; -Barnard, Birdseye, Blair, .Boardman, Borden,: Urewster, Briggs, Brock way, Bronson, Jeremiah Brown, Childs, Crit tenden, StaleyN. Clarke, Cowen, Cranston, Cravens, Richard D. Davis, John Edwards, Everett, FILLMORE, . Gates, Patrick G: Goode, Hall, Hallstead, Henry, Hudson, Hunt, Joseph R. In ersoll, James lrvin,James, Andrew Kennedy, jLinn, McKennan, Mar chand,1 Mathiot, Mattocks, Maxwell, May nard, Morris, Osborne, Ramsey, Benjamin Randall, RandolphJ Read, Rid g way, Wm. Russell, James M. Russell, Saltonstall, Sari ford, Sladc, Stokely,;Stratton, TillinghastvTo laiid, Tomiison, Trumbull, Wallace, Joseph L. White, Thomas I W Williams, Winthrop, Yoke, and Augustus Young 66. -See Con gressional Globe, page 337, House Journal, page 439. .'-J-..-.-: V- - -,.-, By an examination of the above record, it muse be admitted by every candid and unprej udiced mind, that Millard Fillmore, the candidate of the Whig party, for the Vice Presidency, is an Abolitionist of the' straitest sect, and an enemy to the domestic institu tions of the South, and to the dearest rights of he Southern people; And what is to be ex- Dected from their-Candidate for the Presiden cy, should hi unfortunatelybe elected. Read with care the following pxu act taken irom he Signal's editorial, an Aoohtion paper pub- ished in Cid-iinnatti, Ohio. " The old politicjal issues ma v be postponed binder the pressure of circumstances ; and as or the new- those coming events which cast heir shadows before- let it be understood that the only path of safety for those who may hereafter fill the presidential office is to rest in the discharge of executive, functions, and let the legislative will of the people fipd i ' mi A utterance and enactment ine American people are about to assume the jesponsibUityJ 01 irammg tne institutions 01 me xracuic oiaies. We have no. fears for' theissue, if the high de bate is the assemblies of the people and iheir representative halls.; The extension over the continent beyond the Rio Grande of the or dinance of 187 is an object too high and per manent to be baffled by presidential vetoes.-1 AH that we ask of the incumbent ot the high est office under the constitution, is to hold his Mnd,o bow 10 to the will of the people as promulgated in legislative forms, aua restrain the executive action in its appropriate chan nels! Give us an honest administration of the ffoverhment, and an end to all cabals of a cab iQetl all interference from the White, House Hesiened to sway or thwart the : action ot the Amencanpepple." In answer to. the above editorial t general . . . Taylor addressed to the editor the folio wmg letter. , MarkVefl the words.'- high opinion aud decided approval.?, ; Headquarters, Army of Ucctjpation. ' ' " Camp near MojiUrey, Man 18. 1847. Sir : I have the 1 honor . to acknowledge the receipt of your letter. with the enclosure of your, editorial, Extracted from the f Sign4n of theil3ih'ApnL b,i Z:t iii-&vM -i: i - M At this time, the, puhlic duties cpmrnasd so fully my attention, that ii is . impossible, to answer your letter in the terms 'demanded by its courtesy, land! the importance of the senti ments to which it alludes t 'neither, indeed. have 1 the time, should 1 feel myself at liber ty, to enter into the few fctrd most general siiVl jects. of public' policy suggested by the article in qaeitton.' : My bwri personal views were bd ter withheld till r the end ofthe war,"- when my usefulness as. a military chief, serving in the field against J fie common enemy, shall no long- sion ManyjnannerfiT : " Jb rom many sources I have been address ed on the subjcct.of thepresidency ; and I do u,cuuB iiKimer 10 myseu, nor to my position as an officer of the army, by acknowledging , w 1 nave aone to an whohave aim- uea 10 the use of my name in this exalted con- ZIjl I J" . my services are" ever at the will .? a I me,contry; and that I am not pre- au J e country and sh;ir,'?lueQlceVthat lean fi-n " 7 vau luai uoes not come from the spontaneous acUon and free will of the nanon al large, and void of the shghuS agency ot my own. ; J S sucSiffi h& nor and tcsponsibihiies of stich n office, I take this occasion to savr'that I have not the slightest 'aspiration ; a iuch moretranquil and satisfactory life, after the Vleld tn nr 11 U J . ---- geniato my wishes. In no case can I permit myself to be the candidate of any party . or yield myself io party schemes. " r; . . 1 ..... " Vitb .these remarks, I trust you will par don, me for thus briefly replying to you, which I do with a high opinion and decided approval of the! sentiments and views embraced in your editorial. . . . - . ; " With many wishes for your prosperity in life, and great usefulness in the sphere in which your talents and exertions are embark ed, I beg to acknowledge myself, most' truly - .. . - tr Mavm WM" uccunaiinna mnci r --.. ana., respecuuny, your obedient servant, , . I . . , . "Z. TAYLOR, . . "Major General, U. S. A. " Jas. W. Taylor; Esq.; Cincinhatti, Ohio." Now read what he says in his Allison let ter, on the subject of ? the veto power." " The veto power. The power given by the constitution to the llxecutive to interpose his veio, is a high cons eivatiye. power ; but, in mytopinion, should never be exercised ex cept in cases of clear violation of the constitu tion, ojr manifest haste and want of considera tion by Congress., Indeed, I have thought that, foj manyears past, the known opinions and wishes of thejExecutive have exercised unduejand injurious mfliience upon the legis lative department of the government and for this ca;use I have thought our system was in dangey of undergoing a great chang&Jrom its true trjeory. The personal opinions of the.iri dividual ivho may happen to occupy the' Ex ecutive chair, ought hot to control the actidh of Congress upon questions of domestic poli cy nor ought his objections to be interposed s wher questions of consUtutional power have been '('settled by .the various departments of government, and acquiesced in by the people." Get Taylor says, in his letter to the Sig nal, that, in no case cart 1 permit myself to be the candidate of any arty, or yield myself to party j schemes," yNotwsthstandingi fie. has permitted himself to be the candidate of al most all parties and has yielded himself in toto to " party schemes" -even the "party schemes" of the Philadelphia "slaughter house' - -i -y'-; Let - every man of the South consider well before heSotes, and ask himself seriously the questi an, what security for my dearest rights have i in elevating to the highest offices with in the gift of a free people such a ticket as Taylo r and Fillmore ? ' Echo answers -none, none. Then vote without hesitation for the 1 disting uished statesmen .and citizen soldiers Cass and Butler, under whose administration your rights will be respected and continued, and in vvhose hauds our glorious Republic is safe. ' . . m-: ' .. . . ' TAE INCf SCALDING; COOLLY. Mr. J. W. Reeder recently went from New Orleans to Gen. Taylor's camp to present medals to certain brave subalterns. On his way up the Rio Grande he encountered the j wreck of the steamer Enterprise, one hour af- 'ter,heir explosion. ' :f - . r'' .', While passing through" the crowd of suffer- i ers, writes he to the Delta, my attention was directed to one whom I thought must cer tainly be dead. He, was swathed in band ages pm head to fool tbe J)lood oozed from v n is wounas 111 iuick, muaav streams, ana nts. ace was actually uurnea to a crisp. At nrst view 1 inougm nis eves were scaiaea oui, dui was! mistaken. - For a moment I stopped' to view this avriui spectacle ot human agony and just as 1 wasfabout to atteud to some oth er d uty.-1 heard a voice ay ing; in a feeble yet r resolute tone:-, v :; ; -. s ' ' Hello oldl t feller what . are -you got in that are tin, cup?" "-"'a " - Thinking the question proceeded from somelone further aft, 1 turned, in that direc- lion, wnen tne same person inotgnantiy saia xes, that's alters ihe way ! A teller gits a little hurt,1 and, list like a porpoise that's wou n!ded, his feller critures tries iar kill him. lq my utter astonishment, I found that wmiuiauon oi my present duties, awaits me I trust, !m the society of; my family and particu- this was addressed tome by the person des cribed in the above as havin.beeu , so terri- . bly wounded. ,-.V N;v.i;',';(?' -r.i.;.., :V-,j-! u What can I do for you; my s poor mend i " What are ye got in that are tin cup Is it 1 rotgut or molasses V1 ; " J uat is whiskey. Will you have some" 1 1 " You're the feller. Jtst open 'my teeth, . and pore a little down, I can't'see -well but think bitters will do me good.' v; t. I - -j , : 1 did as I was directed, and he. drank, the whole con tents pf; the cjip--about half a piut of raw whishey-r and then said , 7;,." Thankee . old felleri ;ye see 1 was asleep, and when the bust iip took place,' I was on the bilet dwk,and 1 bHeeve" T was blowed thfongh oQe'of the riiind, I. aihYmuch hurtahdTiii 1 more used to it than' a good marly. I beeh flowed up four times alore l-m .1;; i 'A Washington' correspondent,; writinrito the Baltimore Sun pi.the 4th msL, bays;;. 5 j l he following bets were made this, morn- ingjat.one ot our, large hoteis-rtJiuu, tnai General Taylor will not get 6T State! ; 61 00 on 14 Duties; ana ouu mai ne win elected at all 'Another bet of Sl,000 t& General Taylor wiH, not be lectf?'"?e. , cuned.- '"
North Carolina Republican (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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Sept. 20, 1848, edition 1
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