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GEORGIA
mmiF
JOURNAL.
VOL. XI.
MIIitEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MARCn 21, 1820.
NO. 23.
CONDUCTED
by CAMAK & IIINES,
town-meetings, ami they will always I nation. Is this just, in a government of tend, without aid from the states, a- it not lead to universal emancipation ? rify, this is the Erst attempt ever road**
form them correctly- What interest or law, supported only by opinion, for it is gainst all the Indians bordering on the if it will justify putting an end to slave- under either, by the federal government,
not pretended that it is a government of United States, except the Chickasaw and rv in Missouri, will it not justify it in to exercise it? For if, under either. th«
force? In the most alarming state of Choctaw nations, and maintained their tne old states? Suppose the plan fol- power is given, it will apply as well to
_ our affairs at home, and some of them stations. The tribes, unaided by the lowed, and all the slaves turned loose, states as territories. If cither intended
cii the fii»t tinw tor jwvt-titv-fiveeiMiu, «ml d»ty-j jjo town meeting was necessary to in-' have had an ugly appearance, public o- Southern, attacked the United States, and the union to continue, is it certain to give jt, is it not still more wonderful
1 “"' 1 H'wn (!i "iwtioni I° rm or inflame the public mi nil against pinion alone has corrected and changed since the adoption of tiie constitution, that the present constitution would last that it is not given in direct term#. Tf.»
om« m pmp - the law giving members of Congress a • that which seemed to threaten disorder defeated two armies, and it required a long? Because the rich would, in such gentlemen then would not be out to the
in proportion ; itm*: numni uuumm s»i*i uc
p-ibliilic'l die (Wiislljrae for five dollar* i svlmmis-
L-iUM-,’ sale of rest estate four dollars , personal
nro’ierty ihrc- dotlsr*; notice to debtors St ertdi-
} hV thrl-e dollars—with an addition of one fourth
more hi every instance if not settled for befoMjmh-
>, o j-.n. Ad •dvertisrrm au which do not appev
r ;guUr sucoossion, will he charged ss new ones.
‘ A 'o paper dui ;;itinned till ilirectittiM to that
r v 'ui are given anil all arrearage! ave paid.
salary instead of a daily allowance.— : and ill will, into order and good will, ■ third to conquer them. The frontier j circumstances, want titles and heredita- trouble of searching (he confederation,
ionary war, ns j r J distinctions—-the rrrjro, foot! and rai- ih® constitution and the law.*, for a $*•)•
* doubts, if
The people formed their owu opinions, except once, when the military was call- ‘ people, in their revolutionary „ .
disapproved it, and it was repealed, So es out, in 1791. Let this be compares! veil ss in tire late, astUdshed every j tnont, and they would be as much, or fence or word to form a few doul
they will always act, if left to them- to the case of individuals, and it will not ‘body by their great exploits. Vermont, I more, degraded, tluui in their present the wordf of the declaration of indent■* -
selves. Let not parties, formed at be found to be more favorable to the a- though claimed, during the Revolution-1 condition. The rich might hire; these Mesne, be taken ns a part cf the cor*iiu-
home for state purposes, be brought in- mendment, than the real case just stat- arv war, by New-Hampshire and New- wretched people, and with them attempt fi° n » a ®d that they are no part of it [i
debate in the senate
Outlie Missouri Quoslion.
Thursday, January 20.
Mr.MACON, ef Norlli-Carolina, said,
3e agreed in opinion with the gentle
men "who had declared this to be the
S reutcst question ever debated in the
enate, and that it ought to be discussed
ji the most calm and cool manner;
without attempting to excite passion or
prejudice, it was, however, to be re
gretted, that, while some of those who
supported the motion were quite calm
and cool, they used a good many hard
words, whicli had no tendency to conti
nue the good humor they recommended,
jle would endeavor to follow their ad-
,vice, but must be pardoned for not fol
lowing their example, in the use of hard
words ; if, however, one should escape
bim, it would be contrary to his inten
tion, ami an act of indiscretion, not of
design or premeditation; he hoped to
examine the suoject with great meekness
and humility.
The debate had brought fore illy to his
recollection the anxiety of tne beat pa
triots of the nation, when the present
constitution was examined by the state
conventions which adapted ii. The pub
lic mind va» iocn greatly i-v ited, and
ji’.rr ii whom ;he people properly placed
X. 1 .1 \ . >• fence, wer> divided.—
. .. ... whw r -about dia*
*uiiM : v try on considered the U-
.. . . - sb • »’<ny necessary for the good
<>f all. Hm, {«>-( ay vve have been told by
A e hnn-i: e gentleman from Pennsyl-
va .i { •*' ■ Lnwrie) that he Would prefer
disunion, rather than slaves should be
«u. ried west of the Mississippi. Age,
Mr. M. Said, may have rendered him ti
mid, or education may have prevailed on
him to attach greater blessings to theu-
nion and five constitution than they de-
•aerve. if this bo the ca?c, and it Ive an
error, it was one he had no desire to be
free from, even after what he had heard
%i this debate. Get clear of this union
■and this constitution, and it will be found
vastly more ddlkult to unite again and
form another, than it was to form this.
There were no parties in the country at
Vhe time it v/us formed ; not ev-en upon
(this question. The men who carried
Vie nation through the revolution were
ialive, and member* of the convention ;
Washington was at their head. Have
V>e a Washington now ? No. Is there
one in the nation to iill his place? No.
ills like, it ever, lias been rarely seen ;
Xior can we rationally expect another in
our da) r . Let us not speak of disunion
ns an easy thing. If ever it shall un
fortunately coine, it will bring evil* e-
taough for the best men to encounter;
and all good men, in every nation, lover*
of freedom, will lament it. This consti-
Vition is now as much an experiment as
It was in the year 1789. It went into
operation about the time file French re
volution commenced. The wars which
grew out of that, and the difficulties and
perplexities which we had to encounter,
in consequence of the improper acts of
belligerents, kept the people constantly
attached to the government. It has
stood well the trial of trouble and of
'war, and answered, in those times, the
purposes for which it was formed and
adopted; but now is to be tried, in time
•f universal peace, whether a govern
ment, within a government, can sustain
itself and preserve Ihe iiberty of the ci
tizen. When we are told disunion, ra
ttier than slaves be carried over the
Mississippi, it ought not to be forgotten
that the union of the people and the con-
ifederation carried us through the Revo
lutionary War; a war of which no man
•an wish to see the like again in this
Country; but, as soon as peace came, it
was found to be entirely unfit for it; so
Unfit, that it was given up tor the present
constitution. Destroy it, and what may
be the condition of the country, no man,
ijot the most sagacious, can even rna-
S ine. It will surely be much worse tiian
was before
that they are not likely to be long want-1 good way fo live comfortably, after ten 1 had some experience of their govern- j ®f the states, in a few years. The time favorable which can he suppos.-d, drat ne
ed in it. Enough, and more than e- 1 ° r fifteen years, A thinks there is not too ment managing a few people, who would j ha* been, when those now called slave- convulsion ensue, that nothing like
nough, has been produced, by the dflfi- 1 much for him and his children, and that i not yield obedience to tlieir authority, • holding states, were thought to be Ihe massacre or a war of externrna:
ding the present question. The dispute j get clear of it, or move. 13 states the J people settled on the Indian lands: they
between the Bank of the United States, i bargain. A answers, it is true that he j were ordered to move from them, but
anil those of the states; the want of mo- j understood it so till of late; but, that, did not obey. The military were sent
ney by the government, the people not* move he must, or get clear of the pro- ' to burn their cabins. The commanding
in a condition to increase the taxes, be- 1 peri/, lor that property should not be I officer told them his business, and very
cause more indebted at home than they i ln his way. The kind or quality of pro- humanely advised them to move what
then thei*e was not a word heard, at least their land and houses, and leave ti o
from one side, about those who actually country to the blacks r ami e’» you w!!
did most toward* changing (lie adminis- • l* f| g 1° have black members of Congress ?
trillion and the majority in Congress, * Hut if the ’scene* ol St. Domingo should
and they were from slave-holding states. b® reacted, Would not the tomahawk ami
And now it would be curious to know scalping knife he mercy ?
Thi# ! how many members of Congress actual- l Hut, before the question he taken ct»
ever were ; and the dispute with Spain ; perty cannot affect the question. Nay, \ property they had out of them,
might, serve for this sess’ ” ‘ '* >- - f '* 1 iL j: iL
beginners of these town
be like the beginners of t.._ . 4 \ - •> -- . y D
of old—want office. If this should be , answer must settle the question with all ! same places, and to the same backs ! principles are to be introduced. | frankly stite the condition »>f tlip blncM
the case, the government is too poor to men who are free from prejudice. j where the old ones hfrti been burnt.— ! r It is a fact, that the people who move J M ,e *tate he represents, especially
gratify them. It is more easy to inHame I A wise Legislature will alwar
session. But the | *f it was oirly a difference in the color of i they did, and their cabins were burnt. < holt! seats, in consequence of their ! Mie motion, I.sbould be very much obli^
>wn meetings may ! their cattle—one preferring red—the o- | They waited till the troops marched, and * exertions at the time alluded to. Past, p M to any one of the gentlemen frun'i
of the addresses j ther pied. Would this be just? The ; very soon after built new cabins on the services are always forgot, when new ; M |e non-slave-holding states, who would
their condition in the
question, was but a spark at the last se*-1 Mer debate demands this consideration
si«n. j To a part of the United States, anil that
All the states now have equal rights, P ar t which supports the amendment, it
and all are content. Deprive one of the cannot be important, except as it i*
least right which it now enjoys in com- niade so by the circumstances of the
mon with the others, and it will no lon» times, lu all questions like the present,
ger lie content. So, if government had in the United States, the strong may
an unlimited power to put whatever con* yi'-'ld without disgrace, even in their
ditious it pleased on the admission of a ' own opinion ; the weak cannot; hence,
new state into the union, a state admit-1 M ,e propriety of not attempting to itn-
ted with a condition unknown to the ! P (,s c this new condition on the people of
others, would not be content, no matter Missouri. Their numbers are tew, com-
wliat might be the character of the con
dition, even though it was, not to steal
or commit murder. The difference in
informed! by some oTte of the gentlemen gentleman from Rhode-Island (Mr. fiur-! |d>ysic, and wheuiar they arc not ilc-
who support the amendment, what is in- •’Ml) I tender my hearty thanks for his Ii- i graded. It Uiey be rii’trailed nhcre
tended to be done, if it be adopted, and | beral and (rue statement of the treat- j *- leie ar * 80 what will be f!.e corse
the people of Missouri will not yield, ; n, (‘ ,! t ot slaves in the southern states.--- l ! uen c® when they are equal in number
but go on and form a state government, ! ^' s observations leave but little for me i or nearly so to the Whites ? Every ou
tlaying the requisite number, agreeably j a MM. which is (his, (hut the slaves gain- \ Wl ‘l decide this for hintsclf. It may hw
to the ordinance,) as Tennessee did, and ' e M as much by independence as the free, skated, without fear of contradiction.
pared to those of the whole U. States,
Let the U. States then abandon this new
scheme; let tlieir magnanimity and not
tiie terms of admission would not be ac- j tlieir power be felt by the people of Mis-
ceptable. All the new states have the ' eouri. The attempt to govern too much,
same rights that the old have; and why , has produced every civil war that ever
make Missouri an exception? She has has been, and will, probably, every one
not done a single act to deserve it; and that ever may be. All governments, no
why depart, in her case, from the great j matter what their form, want more pow-
American principle, that, the people can ' er and more authority, and all the go-
govern themselves? No reason has verned want loss government. Great-
l>ecn assigned for the attempt at the de-1 Britain lost the United State* by at-
parture, nor can one be assigned, which j tempting to govern too much, and to in-
would not apply as strong to Louisiana, troduce new principles of governin'*
In every free country that ever existed, The United States would not submit to
the first violations of the principles of the attempt, and earnestly endeavored
the government were indirect, and not to persuade Great-Britain to abandon it,
well understood, or supported with great but in vain. The United States would
zeal, by a part of the people. I not yield ; anil the result is know n to
All the country west of the Missis-1 the world. The battle is not to the
a ii, was acquired by the same treaty,! strong nor the race to the swift.—What
on the 6amc terms, and (lie people j reason have we to expect that we can
in every part have the same rights ; but, | persuade Missouri to yield to our opin-
if the ameudment be adopted, Missouri ; ion, that.did not apply as strongly to
will not have the same rights which | Great-Britain ? They are as near akin
Louisiana now enjoys. She has been i to us, as we were to Great-Britain.—
admitted into the union as a full sister,! They are “ flesh of our flesh, and bone
but her tw in sister Missouri, under the j of our bone.” But as to kin, when they
proposed amendment, is to be admitted | fall out, they do not make up sooner
as a sister of the half blood, or rather a : than other people. Great-Britain at-
step daughter under an unjust step mo- j tempted to govern us on a new princi-
ther: for what? Because she, as well pie, anil we attempt to establish a new
as Louisiana, performed well her part I principle for the people of Missouri, on
during the late war; and because she has i becoming a state. Great-Britain at-
never given tiie general government any j tempted to lay a three-penny tax on the
trouble. The operation of the amend-1 tea consumed in the then colonies, which
ment is unjust, as it relates to the pen-, were not represented in Parliament;
pie who have moved there from the other . and vve to regulate what shall be proper-
state*. They carried with them the ‘ ty, when Missouri becomes a state, when
; property which w as common in the ! she has r.o vote in Congress. The great
states they left, secured to them by the | English principle, of no tax without re
constitution and laws of the United i presentation, was violated in tiie one
States, as well as by the treaty. There i case, and the great American principle,
they purchased public lands and settled that the people are able to govern them
with their slaves, without a single oltjec-; selves, will be, if the amendment be a
tion to their owning and carrying them; dopted. Every free nation lias had sonic
but now, unfortunately for them, it is 1 principle in their government, to which
discovered that they ought not to have 1 more importance was attached than to
been permitted to have carried a single any other. The English was not to be
one. .What a pity it is, the discovery 1 taxed without their consent given in
had not been made before they sold j Parliament; the American is to form
tlieir hind in the old states and moved.. tlieir own state government, so that it be
They must now sell their land anil move not inconsistent with that of the United
again, or sell their slaves which they i States. If the power in Congress to
have raised, or have them taken from , pass the restriction was expressly dele-
thcin, and this after they have been at! gated, and so clear, that no one could
the trouble and expense of building, doubt it in the present circumstances of
houses and clearing i.lantations in the , the country, it would not Ihj wise or pru-
new country; not, it seems, for them- dent to do so; especially against the
selves and children, but for those who consent of those who live in the territo-
aro considered a better people. The 1 ry. Their consent would be more im-
country was bought with the money of' portantto the nation, than a restriction,
all, slaveholders as well as those who I which would not make one slave less, un-
are not so ; and every one knew, when I less they inightbestarvixl intheold states, j mony—every one living under his own
he bought land anil moved with his pro- j Let me not be understood as wishing j vine and tig tree, and none to make him
perty, he had a perfect light to do so.— I or intending to create any alarm as to i afraid ? Why leave the road of experi-
And no one, tid last session, ever said the intention* of the people of Missouri, j ence, which has satisfied all, and made
to the contrary, or moved the rc-ti ic.tiim i 1 know nothing of them. But examining j all happy, to take this new way, of which
about slaves. "Tiie object, now avowed,} tiie question vve ougut not to forget ourj we have no experience? The way leads
‘ to pen up the -laves ami tlieir owners, j own history, nor the character of those j to universal emancipation, of which we
then apply for admission into the union
VV ill she be admitted, as Tennessee was,
on an equal footing with the original
states, or will the application be rejected,
as the British government did the peti
tions of the old Congress? If you do
not admit her, and she will not return
to the territorial government, will you de
clare the people rebels as Great-Britain
diil us, and order them to be conquered,
for contending for the same rights that
every state in the union enjoys? Will
The old ones are better taken care of that there is no place for the Iree blarlA
than any poor in the world, and treated ‘ n the United Stales—no place where
with decent respect by their white ac- they ure not degraded. If there mil
quaintunces. I sincerely wish that he • u <diaplace, the society for colonizing
nd tiie gentleman frfitn Pennsylvania* them would not have been formed j theifi
(Mr. Roberts) would go home with me, benevolent design never known. A
or some oilier southern member, and wit- country wanting inhabitants, and a '‘i ci
ness the meeting between the slaves and ely formed to colonize a part ot them,
the owner, and see the glad fa :cs and P ro t ve there is no place for them.
the hearty shaking of hands. This is Some of (he arguments used in hit
well described in Gen. Moultrie’s His- |> r * 8el >t debate convey to my mind ths
tory of the Revolutionary War in .South- jmptession, lhat it wan thought the ovin-
vou "for this order the father to march a- Carolina} in which he gives the account slave* enervated and enfi i.b’i-d
gainst the son* and brother against bro-1 °/ Ids reception by his slaves, the first the owners. Let (he history of the i we
ther ? God forbid ! It would be a terri- time he went home after lie was exchang- j * u t |0n a,| d of the late, war be examined*
b!e sight to behold these near relations I He was made prisoner at the sur- 1 R,K * nothing like it will be found. Facts*
plunging the bayonet into each other, for I render of Charleston. Could Mr. M.! enough might be stated to prove it v.a*
no other reason than because the people [ iave Procured the book in the city, he . J* ot 80 ’**J ,V '° 0f :t v he mentioned. ~
o) Missouri wish to be on an equal foot- I intended to have read it, to shew tfic nt- I I hyj-ume of Ling’s Mountain and th.- t
ing with tire people of Louisiana. \Vhen txchment of the slave to his owner. A ] nf* .cw-Orlcansj. Hat on this v’j. -i, t
was adopted, and that
njust b; well remembered.
Tne amendment is calculated to pro
duce: geographical parties ; in- why ad
monish us tu discuss it with moderation
‘id good temper. No man who has wit-
ncs :i d the effect of parties merely geo-
graphical, cun wish to see them revived.
1 heir acts formerly produced uneasi-
to say the least of them, to good
men of every party. General Washing-
n mi warned us .against them ; but he j sipp*, to better tlieir condition, where
to y dead, and in* advice may soon be j tin re is room enough for all, anvl good
•mgotten ; firm geographical parties, L | range for man and beast. And mail i»
'•ii. L-e neglected. Instead ol funning , n* much improved bv moving and range,
t tonal parties, it would be inure pn- R8 the beast of the field. But what is
• •i-'ic do tiiem away. But p.aity and i *.ti!I more unaccountable, a part ot' the
J. tuoUsm are not always tiie same.— land granted to tiie soldiers lor tlieir -er*
' wu mectir.gs and r> ■‘-’lutiim i >o in-j vices in the late war, was laid off in Mis*
territories they were so. Those who re
member tire Revolution will not desire
to see another civil war in our land.—
They know too well the wretched scenes
it will produce. If you should declare
them rebels, and conquer them, wit! that
attach them to the union ? No one can
expect this,
that for them which was never done for
others, and which no state would con
sent for Congress to do for it. If tire
United States are to make conquests,
do not let the first he at home. Nothing
is to be got by American conquering A-
merican. Nor ought we to forget that
we are not legislating for ourselves, and
that the American character is not yield
ing when rights are concerned.
We have been told, and told again,
that the amendment will be an advan
tage to the people of Missouri; but they,
like others, are willing to decide for
themselves. We are also told that the
people in the new states over the Ohio
river are in favor of the restriction.—
i’ass it, anil half the industry and exer
tion which have been used to excite the
present feclirlg of the United States,
might excite those people very different
ly ; they might be persuaded that it was
done to prevent settling the country with
inhabitants from the old stales—to pre
vent their being able to elect the Presi
dent west of the mountains ; and it is
not impossible that the present great ex
citement of public opinion may have
somewhat of election in it. The Senate
was intended, by the long time for which
its members are elected, to check every
fact shall be stated. An excellent friend | "dll, with permission of the Senate, read
of mine—he too, like the other charac- J a P a, t of the speech of that o lebrii. il
ters which have been mentioned in the 1 Ill " 8 ttr of the humon cliai-artrr, (M.,
debate, was a Virginian—had business I Diirke) on his motion lor rei uiici ii ion
in England, which marie it necessary ' v _ith the colonies, delivered in 1775—e
that he should goto that country him-1 language is this: “S-r, 1 can m p-
* u.c umun i uuc uui B< df> or send a trusty agent. lie could j c ®i y e in their munner, that some gen'lc-
Then do not attempt to do j not go conveniently, and sent one of his i n, ? n c!j ject to the latitude of this«!- .-
which was never done for slaves, who remained there near a year, cription ; because in the southern r„h
Upon his return, he was asked by his j n|e9 the Church ol Eus-lami f-nr.« ...
owner how he liked the country, and Jf body, and has a regular establithmcu-.
he would like to have staid there ?—He j j* certainly true. There is, hewer. r,
replied, that to oblige him he would have ] a circumstance attending tlie-e cub u : ,
staid ; the country was tiie finest he ever I which in my opinion fully eounterht! .<■-
saw; the land was worked a* nice as a I Cl : s , 1 ^' 8 diflerence, ami make* ihe r; t
square in a garden; they had the finest! 0 * liberty still more high and haughty
horses, and carriages, and houses, and j than mi those to the nor.hward. i' it
every thing ; but that the white servants 11* 19 *- * n ' iorinia and the Carolinas, lb
abused his country. What did tlu-y say ?
They said we owed them (the English)
a heap of monev, and would not pay.—
To which he added, their chief food was
mutton ; he saw very little bacon there.
The owner can make more free in
conversation u ith his slave, and be more
easy in his company, than (he rich man,
where there is no slave, with the white
hireling who drives his carriage, lie has
no expectation that the slave will, for
that free and easy conversation, expect
to call him fellow-citizen, or act impro
perly.
have a multitude of slaves. Wi.eie ti ,'s
is the case, in any part of the world,
those who are free, me by far the iuo-,1;
proud and jealous of their fi e. d -
To this, 1 will not attempt to add a -.void.
No man can add to Mr. Burke. Mr."M.
said lie intended to have read (he pat t
in which the character of New Xnglai d
is given ; it is equally honorable ami i-»
qually true; but lie was’ so much ex
hausted, he would omit i*. The whole
speech is well worthy of being lead cn
this occasion.
Nor are the owners of s'aves less mo.
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, & Vir- ■ ra * or less religious than these who l.o'J
ginia, have been often mentioned in the none. This fact might have been
debate—and it lias frequently been said,
that the two first had emancipated their
slaves; from which an inference seemed
to be draw n, that the other might have
done so. Emancipation, to these gen-
rtained from the preachers of the
Gospel who have travelled from the
slave-holding state* to the non-slave
holding to preach. And that they ar«
not less fit for managing the great con-
improper direction of the public mind, tlcmen, seems to be quite an easy task.: rerns_ of others may be ascertained hr
It is its duty to do so ; and never was I It is so where there are hut few; and J knowing who preside* over the Bank o*
there a more proper occasion than the [ would be more easy, if the color did not | t* ,e United States. Y\ hen ita at?m s !e!l
present. The character of tiie present I every wlier.e place the blacks in a r!e- j * nt0 confusion, where did the directn:*
excitement is such, that no man can fore-1 graded state. Where they enjoy the • fi°d a man to preside over it ? 1 his is
...I..* _ r ! n . nn 4 4lw*«r a.In Lwl »w»t mpntiniipfi in met n ihnilo fin anv
But if it be so easy a task, how happens J born and brought up in
it, that in Virginia, which before the re
volution endeavored to put an end to
the African slave trade, has not attempt
ed to emancipate ? It will not be pre
tended, that the great men of other states
were superior, or greater lovers of liber-
I not permit tnem to cro.-,s the ML.-ha- who settle on our frontiers. Your easy j have no experience. The eastern and I ?T, than her Randolph, the first lYesi-
dent of the first Congress—her Wash
ingtou—her Henry—her Jefferson—or
her Nelson. None of these ever made
the attempt—and their names ought to
convince every one, that it is not an ea
sy task in that state. And is it not won
derful, that, if the Declaration of Inde-
uaKc one part of the nation aguiust uno-
tac.-, can never benefit the people, tl.o'
they may gratify an individual. A nu-
, hv ot them want things right. Leav.
, form th°ir own opinions, with.
V L-.-* ? H. 0- imLmttuU- at
SIC
souri o.xmv
on listed ii
would ->rc1
have slave :
the cooiitr*
ei*’j»c;ed K,
5-ly for me soldiers who had !
i the Southern states, nod
l-r living v.neia they might 1
. 1 I-pm*, too, arc now to leave
• •>(' their choice, and the land ,
,- ding the battles Cl «»0
himney cornet people, the timid and j middle states furnish none. For years
fearful, never move to them. They stay I before they emancipated, tJiey had but
where there is no danger from an Indian J few, and of these a part were sold to the
or any wild beast. They have no de- south, before they emancipated. We
sire to engage the panther or the bear. ’ have not more experience or book learn-
It is the bravest of tbe brave, and the ing on this subject, than the French con-
boldest of the bold, who venture there., vention had, which turned the slaves of
Thev go not to return. St. Domingo loose. Nor cun we foresee ' peudence gave authority to emancipate, | same
The settling of Kentucky and Tcnnes- the consequence* which may result from | that the patriots who made it, never pro-
see, during ti.e war of the revolution, this motion, more than the convention ! posed an v plan to carry it into cxccu-
proves in the most satisfactory manner, did their decree. A clause in the Dccla- j tion ? This motion, whatever may be
v,hat tiiev can do, and wii! undergo, and ration of Independence lias been read, • pretended by its friends, must feud to
that they will not return. The few peo* declaring “ that all men are created e- * '• *
pi- who S.iV. sctrLi £i-ae, had tq u*rji- tpval’*»-tsMfw dmenh «vd
slaves—nor to convey any opinion as !•*
the past transactions of that institution.
Permit me now to notice a few of the
observations made in defence of this mo
tion. The gentleman from Pennsylva
nia (Mr. Roberts) told us, that aouiing
but necessity tolerated slavery in tin?
United States, ’ihe constitution tole
rates it; and that was not adopted frtui
necessity, but through choice, if thw-
necessity ever ceases, who is to decide
when ? Congress did not decide for
Pennsylvania, or any other state, she de
cided "for herself.—Lot Missouri do ihe
Tire gentleman frem New-fTxtufillin',
(Mr. Morrill,) has sfiid, that the consti
tution was a eouprwni.e a* to slate' —
Tl.is, no doubt, is true; but i:f*c ft com-
11. And is it not equally wonderful,! promise to emancipate. The states tliat
ff>st re *Ne gives 1 in M ffie**'. ^<*'i' f, •'» p* in?iw-
