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SOUTHERN
Hi GRIEVE A 01K.HC*
rt-^The Recorder is puhlMi*d weekly, generally,
•niltwire a week during the ttcssiAit of the l^ofialaiure,
on llaneock street, nearly apposite the Masonic H«H, nt
Turks Dollars per annum, ouynble in advance, or r oUR
Dollars,,if not paid before the end of the year.
ADEERTI*KMliNT9 conspicuously inserted nt the usual
rate*. Those sent without a specification of the number
of insertions, will be published until ordered out, and
charred necordimIv.
Sale# of land mid nefcroes, by Administrators, Executor*,
or Guardians, are required by law to he held on the first
Tuesday in the month, between the houre of ten in the
forenoon and three in tlie afternoon, nt the Gourt-linii«e
of the county in which the property is situntn. Notices
of these sales must he *iven iu u public gazette sixty days
previous to the day of sale*
Notices for the sale of personal property must he given
in like manner, forty days previous in llm day of sale.—
Also, notice to the debtors and creditors of uii estate must
be published for forty days.
Notice that application will he made to the Court of Or
dinary for leave to sell land, must he published for four
* AlMutsinM" in the line of printing, will meet with
prompt attention at the Recorder Office.
Letters (on business) must he post-paid.
LAFAYETTE IIALE.
T HE undersigned respectfully inform* his friend*
and the public, that lie* contimres to occupy
LAFAYETTE HA L L,
in Milledgeville, whore lie flatters himself those who
favor him with a call, will find every thing provided
which can contribute lo ihuir comfort and conve
nience.
D. B. MITCHELL.
September 24,1835 38 tf
niLLEDUHVILLG, UEOItOI 1. TIJESDiV IIOIUUU, JUNE 14. I8SO.
COYGUESK.
J ames u. n. Washington,«r Milledgeville,
lias been appointed, by Gov. McDuffie, Cninmis-
glouer for the Stela of South Carolina, to take ac-
fcnnwledgeinenls of deed®, renunciations of dower,
„nd other iiislruiueuU of writing, in the Plate of
Georgia. . 17 41
OJLOBn r.l YKHA\
ROME, FLOYD COUNTY, GA.
THE Subscriber embraces this method
of informing hi* friends and the public
generally, that he has opened a I*ill>-
I5c IlOlISC in the town of Rome.
Floyd county, Ga. on the west side of
Broad street, opposite !\fr. Burk’s Inrge brick building,
where he flatters himself tlint those who favor him
Willi their company, will find every thing provided
which can render t tic in and their horses e tnfortahlc.
WILLIAM K. BRIERS.
April 17, 1836. 17 flt
MR. PINCKNEY’S REPORT.
CONCLUDED.
Your Committee will only add ono or two rcflec
Rtate of lbinz9 would be patiently borne ? But
this i* not all; miy, it is not ball* the evil (lint
would follow. Could slavery be abolished in the
Di*lricf without lending directly and inevitably to
ituuborditmtion and revolt throughout the South ?
lions upon this interesting point. LAod can miv one tlesire to produce such results 1
What is tlie meaning of* the declaration adopted i ^ there ir man who has fortfbtten the history of St.
by tlie House, in relation to the District of Co- | Domingo,or the insurgent attempts at Charleston,
lumhia ? Is if not, that Congress cannot and will j or the tragical scenes at Southampton ! or the re-
not do an act which it has solemnly proclaimed to j cent and IgmenMtble occurrences in the Statos of
involve a violation of the public faith ? Does it j Louisiana ami Mississippi! or is there an individu-
NEW GOODS AT COST.
T HE jubacriber intending to r.lom* his business in
this placo, will dispose of bis Stock of Goods,
consisting of a wdlt selected nnd genernl assortment of
f)rv Go'> >t, Hardware, Cutlery. Crockery, Groceries,
6i,c.. at cosl. All person^ desirous of ofduiniog great
Imrsnini are respectfully requested lo cnll and exam
ine for themselves.
Those indebted by Note or Bonk accounts, are de-
*jred to settle tho same and save fur Ili^r trouble and
expense. CHARLES BALL.
May 17 IS tl
NOTICE.
A LL persons are hereby cautioned not lo trespass
in any man nor whatever, mi the following tract*
of land, as the law will be rigidly enforced against all
so offending:
No. 159, 2024 acres 2d dist. Muscogee, now Marion co.
224, 202A
233, 202j
58. 40
60. 40
84. 2024
152, 2024
54, 250
Lee,
Dooly,
Cherokee,
Dooly
Early
Stewart
” Pulaski ”
" Lumpkin "
Which lots are for *al«. upon application l>y letter,
or In person, to WILLIAM MOREL,
Savannah.
May 27,1836. 20 4t
To Revolutionary Pensioners.
T HE subscriber holding the office of Clerk in tlie
Pension Agency, Savannah, will attend us the
execution of all powers of Attorney directed to him,
and forward with despatch the amount of pension, as
he may be directed, upon the payment of one dollar
for each application, where the sum exceeds ten dol
lar*. WILLIAM MOREL,
Savannah.
May 27,1836. 20 4t
O* Tlie Columbus Enquirer, nnd Recorder nnd Spy,
Dahlonutra, will give the above advertisements throe in
sertions, and forward their accounts to the office of the
Southern Recorder for payment, and send me u paper con
taining void advertisement.
G i7 o n iT iioi r E
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
T HE suWriher respectfully informs her friends
and tlie public, that she Iihs removed to that
yery convenient stand ami commodious establishment,
formerly known ns the Union Hotel, and which has
been occupied for some time by Mr. Aaron Searcy.
This establishment, including the out-buildings, will
he put in « state of Ihoroueh repair, and the subscriber
ii well prepare! to accommodate Boarders,
Transient Customers, ami Travel
lers. She solicit* a share of public patronage, of
which she will endeavor to render herself and her es-
•tahli*ltnrent worthy, by an ample slock of the best
•applies, and by (lie most assiduous attention to the
wants and comforts of her customers.
NANCY J. GODWIN.
January 12. 1836 58 tf
ENTERTAINMENT.
FBI HE Subscriber resyectfuMy inform*
ML hi-* friends and tlie public, that he lias
opened n House of Entertain
ment in the town of Lawreticeville,
Gwinnett comitv, where he fl itters him-
that those who favor him with a call, will find e-
thing provided which can contribute to their com-
mid convenience.
JOHN F. MARTIN.
ecotnbcr 21 56 emv6m
TIOYTPLLlEat SiTUVGS.
T HE undersigned respectfully informs the public,
that this pleasant summer retreat, situated six
teen miles West of Macon, 011 the Thomastoti road,
will be ready for the reception of visitor* by the 10th
of June; where he flatters himself those who call,
will find every thing provided which can contribute to
their comfort, convenience and amii«eu)ciit.
JOHN L. WOODWARD.
May 3, 1836. 17 8t
HELICON SPRINGS.
T HE subscriber would respectfully advise the
public, that his Ionise at ibis valuable watering
place lias been much improved since the last Reason,
II be
first of Jni
For the
daily botw
for the reception of boarders by lb
commoJatlnn of visitors, a hack will run
u Alliens and tlie Springs.
JOHN JACKSON.
May 31 20 4t
(T7* The Augusta Sentinel, Savannah Georgian, En-
nirer.Columbus, Recorder and Federal Union, Milledge-
ilIn, will insert the above weekly for four weeks and lor-
•urd their accounts.
MADISON SPRINGS.
A COMPANY of gentlemen having purchased ihe
entire interest of IVm. M. Morton, E«q. in this
establishment, since the |a*t season have thoroughly
repaired and made extensive additions thereto. It
will he opened, for the accommodation of visitor*, on
the first day of June, next, under tlie care of Maj JOHN
R. ANDERSON nnd LADY. Every effort will
be made, by tlie proprietors of this beautiful and
healthful retreat, to make it a desirable summer resi
dence.
O* A two-horse stage will run twice weekly from
Alliens, via (the Springs) to Carnesville and Clarkes-
ville.
May 5 17 8f
The Augusta Constitutionalist nnd Sentinel, Mil
ledgeville Federal Union, Southern Recorder, and
Athens Wing, will give the above eight weekly inser
tions; and the Savannah Georgian and Republican.
Macon Me<*senzer, and Columbus Enquirer, four week
ly insertions, nnd forward their accounts to Maj. An
derson for payment.
NOTICE ! NOTICE ! !
M Y husband, ROBERT J. PENDRY, left me
Some lime in January last, and has never re
turned, lie start' d for the county of Stewart, and I
have not heard of him since, and I fear that some dis
aster has befallen him. Any information respecting
him will be thankfully received, by his poor disconso
late wife. ELIZA ANN PENDRY.
May 24 19 4l
IL7* The Columbus and Montgomery papers, by giving
the above three or four insertions, will collier a favor upon
an anxious and distressed wife.
MONTAGUE’S BALM,
An Indian re m edy for the Too thach c.
rfH HE established reputation and constantly increas-
H ing demand for this effect tint remedy for pain
and preservation of the Teeth, has induced tho sub
scriber to offer it to ihe American public. Arrange
ments have been made to supply Agents in all the
principal Ci ies nnd Towns of ihe Uni ed States, so ns
to place it within the reach of those suffering nnd like-
Iv to suffer from that most harassing of all aches.
(Tooth-ache.) When applied according to directions
given on the bottle, it has never failed to afford imme
diate permanent relief It also arrests the decay in de
fective teeth and relieves that soreness which so fre
quently ivnders a strong tooth useless.
Tim application a d remedy are simple, innocent,
nnd not unpfeii'Hiit; and r e large number of persons in
various sections of the country that have already expe
rienced such delightful and salutary benefits from the
use of the Balm, are ready to bear (for the public
good) their testimony to its unrivalled qualities.
It is an Indian remedy, obtained singularly and un
expectedly, and may be regarded by the civilized
world ns the most valuable discovery of the Red Man
of the Woods*.
O 3 All applications for Agencies, or orders for the
Bnlm, will receive prompt atlmtiun, if addressed to the
subscriber, or to llOLDERBY & McPilEETERS,
If. B. MONTAGUE.
AGENCY.
MILLEDGEVILLE, December26, 1835.
T HE SUBSCRIBER returns liis sincere thanks
to those who have favored him with the transac
tion of business in the Central Bank ; being now about
to remove to Columbus, he lias transferred his hooks
to his son, Benjamin T. Bethuno, and Hamilton B.
Gaither, who are authorized to settle a'I balances title
to nr from him on said book*; nnd llioy will attend to
the renewal of notes in the Central Bank at the usual
fee of one dollar for each renewal. He solicits the
patronage of Ins former friends and others in their be
half; lie fuels confident that all business entrusted to
their care, wid be faithfully and promptly attended to.
JOHN BETHIJNE.
December 29, 56 tf
CP The other papers of Milledgeville, will insert
the above till forbidden. J- B.
Lniicf for Sale.
T HE subscriber offers for sale 1575 acres of
Land, 773 acres of which, known as the MiM
Gr »*«ct, having n Grist riuI Saw Mill thereon and an
b< excellent shoal fir n cotton factory, situated in the
1 4th district Coweta county; 809 in the 5th district
Coweta county, joining the town of Newtinu. where*
nnthe subscriber now lives, and tin which William
Sales berry f trrtrerfy lived. Persons wishing to por-
ebase are invited to examine the premises.
BENNITT II. CONYERS.
April 12 13 3m
Journeymen Tailors Wauled.
W ANTED immediately, in the town of Ln
Grange, Troup county. Georgia, two or three
rate Journeymen Tnilorv to whom liberal wages
will he given by DANIEL McMILLXN.
June 7 21 2t
NOTICE.
on the road leading from Wallace's Post
Office, Jones county, to Perry, a note of hand.
I ivan in me sonin time time about February Inst, by
°hn French, for $11 50 Any parson finding such
ntM*! nnd forwarding the same to the above Post Ollice.
will receive the thanks of the subscriber.
L. U. GARDNER.
May |A If) 3t
CAUTION.
J CO \L warning is hereby given to each and every
■B-i *»»»«, that, from this time henceforth. 1 will not
be responsible for any contracts mad# or debts con-
traded by my wifa, ELIZABETH 8HIPP, wbo
■•w resides in Greeaecounty, Georgia.
LEMUEL HHIPP
Oreene nouety, \fey 7, 18VI 17 4f
Petersburg, Virginia,
Petersburg, Va., .May 10
I plugged a tooth fur n lady in Petersburg, which,
from its very sensitive condition* I was unable to shape
the covitv so ns to retain the plug; nnd after two nr
three trials, l recommended the use of Montague’s lbilm,
which so deadened the surface of the cavity ns to ena
ble me to shape it perfectly, and plug the tooth perm a
ncnily.
S. M. SHEPHERD, Surgeon Demist.
Petersburg, 3d Jan., 1336.
Milton, N. C.
Say to friend Montague that 31 or 32 bottles of Balm
me now sold, and that it is becoming known nnd valued.
N. B. SEA BROOK.
N. B.—The article seems to he thought efficacious
in healing soreness ol the teeth and in arresting or pre
venting decay.
Richmond, November,
send us immediately a box of
ot had a bottle since we last
D°nr Sir:—You
Balm. We In
not afford every security to the South which it is
in the power of the Federal Government to afford?
Is it not tRiitiimount, in Unbinding obligation upon
the government, to a positive declaration that tlie
abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia
would be unconstitutional ? Nay, is it not even
more efficacious in point of fact ? Constitutional
provisions are matters of construction. The opin
ion of one House upon an abstract controverted
point may lie overruled and reversed by another.
But when Congress has solemnly declared that a
particular act would be a violation of the public
faith, is it to be supposed tint it would ever violate a
pledge thus given to the country ? Can any abo
litionist expect it 1 Need any citizen of a slave
S'ale (ear it ? What is public faith but the honor of
the Government? Why are treaties regarded as
sacred and inviolable? Why, but because they in
volve the pledge, and depend upon the sanctity
of the national faith ? Why are all compacts or
promises made by Governments held to he irrevo
cably binding ? Why, but because they cannot
break them without committing perfidy, and de
stroying all confidence in their justice and integii-
tv ? Surely, then, your committee may say with
the utmost confidence, (and the sentiment will be
ratified by every American heart) that the declara
tion now promntged in relation to this subject
will not be departed from by any aucceding legis
lature, except under circumstances (should any
such ever arise in the progress of our country) in
which a departure from it would not be regarded
by tlie slave-holding Slates themselves, as a wan
ton or arbitrary infraction of the public faith ?
Your committee are further instructed to report,
that, in the opinion of this House, Congress ought
not to interfere in any way with slavery in the Dis
trict of Colombia—
2dly. Because it would be unwise and im
politic.
It will be pnlpable to the minds of all, that if
the committee have succeeded in establishing, as
they think they have, that any such interference
on the part of Congress would be a violation of
the public faith, it would lie a work of superero
gation to attempt to show that such an act would
he unwise and impolitic: ns there may be some,
however, who may not agree with them in their
arguments or conclusions upon iliat point, they
feel bound, under the instruction of the. House, to
offer a few suggestions under this head :
The Federal Government was the creation of
the States of the Confederacy, and the great ob
jects of its creation and organization * were to form
a more perfect union, establish justice, insure do
mestic tranquillity, and provide for tlie common
defence and general welfare.*
Apply these principles, then, to an interference
by Congress with slavery in the District ol Co
lumbia. Such action, to be politic, must be in
accordance with some one of these great objects ;
and it will be the duty of the Committee, in as
concise a manner as possible, to show that it
would not he in accordance with either of them.
Firs 1 , then, as to the District itself.
It has already been shown that any interference
unsolicited by the inhabitants of the District, can
not 4 establish justice,* or promote the cause of
justice within it, but directly the reverse. No
greater degree ol slavery exists here now than
did exist when the Constitution was adopted, and
then the inhabitants of the District were citizens
of the States of Maryland and Virginia, and had
a voice in Ihe adoption of that instrument. Sure
ly their subsequent transfer to the jurisdiction of
Congress9, made in conformity with that Consti-
stitution, could not deprive them of the protec
tion to which they were entitled by these great
leading principles of it. On the contrary, they
bad every right lo expect that Congress 4 * would
4 establish justice' as to them, in strict compliance
with the great charter under which it acted, and
by which it is forbidden to interfere with theii
rights of private properly without their consent,
or in any way to affect injuriously their domestic
institutions. Ol those institutions, slavery was,
and is the most important; and any attempt on
the part of Congress, acting as the local legisla
ture of the District, to abolish it, would not only
be impolitic, but an act ol gross injustice nnd op
pression.
Secondly, as to the .Stales of the Union. Here
again, your committee have but to refer to theii
former remarks, to show that the abolition of sla
very in the District would not 4 * establish justice/'
but work great injustice lo the surrounding States
in particular, and to all the slave States in ge.iff
ral; and in a degree propnrt
iniitv to the District, and to tl
wrote you, and have duily applications lor it. 5 our#,
RUSTICE TEMPLE.
Gentlemen: \Vo received a week since, 71 bottles of
Montague’s Balm, which von forwarded to our agency.
One bottle was broken and entirely lost.
I have no doubt but tlie sale of tho Balm in this section
of c'cumtrv will he very considernh e. Within the week
past, we have made sale ol 12 bottles; and some who
have used it have found almost instantaneous relief, nnd
spoke of the value of the ll.vin in the highest terms. At
nnv rate there is now lieins n very gen rnl experiment
imide, nnd 1 hope the Balm mn v sustain tho high charac
ter given it by others. In baste.
Yours, respect full v.
Salisbury, N. C., Feb. 23, 1836.
Montague's Balm an Indian Cure for the Tooth-ache.
From an advertisement in another column it will be
seen that dm Editor of the Carolinian bus been appointed
mreir in Salisbury for the sale of diis valuable medicine.
From the. numerous nnd highly respectable testimonials
from persons who have experienced its healing effects for |
the ino-*t excruciating of all the ‘‘poins that flesh is heir
to,” which accompany the medicine, we cannot too ear
nestly press its importance upon the attention of die afflict
ed.— Carol i n inn.
Libf.rty, Va., Feb. 1836, !
Dear Sir: Wc have just opened a box of the Buhn for j
the Tooth, and sold 26 bottles, which have given general [
satisfaction. No doubt it will sell well here.
Yours, respectfully,
1 DAVIS & PHILLIPS. |
From Dr. E. fl. Calhoun
AnnF.vit.LE, S. C , March 21. |
Denr Sir—I wish von to ship two gross or more if you
can »pnrc it. of vourhnlm. Yon mnv expect me to make
a strong pull on you in n short time, for as its reputat on
increases I shall spare no pains in its management. If you ;
should feel disposed to sell the right of this Slate and all ,
sooth of this pi ce, inform me yonr terms. I wish you nt j
any rate to give me the refusal, whenever you feel disposed /
to make that kind of e trade.
1 remain yours,
E. R. CALHOUN. I
We invite tlie ettentinn nf ell perenne efllirie.i with the) |
most excruciating complaint, the Tooth-ache, to the adver-
li-emem of Mr. Montague, published in to-dn> s paper.
We hmo a guarantee in the high standing and respeclabil-
ityaf Mr. Montague, (with whom we arc itcniiaiiiied.) that ,
h s medicine is not one of those thousand empiricisms
which Hie consian Iv palmed upon the credulity of tlie ,
public. In addition to the many testimonial'* which he
has furnished of it# elflencv, we will state a fact wh'di
r ones under our own know ledge, A Indvof thin village
Imd been suffering for several weeks with tooth-ache, and
was immediately mid permanently relieved by the applica
tion of the Balm.—Uoydton ( Yd.) Expositor.
(TT Parsons whose orders have been received mev 1
he assured tint supplies will be forwarded as soon a*
they can bu slopped-
ST We ere requeued to itol* that this medicine will
be in Milledgeville ••'wdera.ert
h| who would wish them repeated, and extended
throughout tho entire region of the South ? *Vhy,
then, will infatuated individuals persist in pressing
a scheme which is not only impracticable, ns re
gards the States, but fraught with evil to the very
objects it is proposed to Itenefi ? True philan
thropy would avoid this subject, seeing the dis
traction it creates, and the dreadful consequences 1
it involves. If would leave it to those whom it :
inont concerns, and who alone are competent to j
act upon ii. Ir would trusr lo time, and die gradu
al operation of causes which mnv arise of them- j
selves, but which can neither be prodjeed, or !
hastened by foreign interference, or the power of |
(his Government.
Why then, your committee earnestly repeat, j
why urge a measure which is clearly impracticable |
in itself, which none but the slavehohJing Stales j
have a right lo act on, and which lias increased,
and will always increase, the hardships and re
straints of those for whose imaginary benefit they
are waging this cruel and fanatical crusade ?
VVe have eaid that the scheme of general eman
cipation is impracticable. The slightest reflec
tion must satisfy every candid mind of the truth
of this assertion.
Admitting that the Federal Government had a
right to act upon this matter, which it clearly has
not, it certainly never could achieve such an ope
ration without full compensation to the owners.
And what would probuhfy be the amount requir
ed ? 'The aggregate value of all that species of
property is not less probably than four hundred
millions of dollars! And how could such an n-
mouut be raised ! Will tlie people of this coun
try ever consent to the imposition of oppressive
(axes, that the proceeds may be applied to the
purchase of slaves ? The idea is preposterous;
and not only that, but it is susceptible of demon
stration, that even if an annual appropriation of
ten millions were actually applied to the purchase
s.nd transportation of slaves, the whole number
would not be sensibly diminished at the expira
tion of half a century, from the natural growth
and multiplication of the race. Bmthen the
Treasury as we might, it would still be an endless
expense and an interminable work. And this
view of the subject surely is sufficient of itself to
prove, tfiat or nil Ihe schem a ct.r pr«.j«,„u„l hy fa
naticism, the idea of universal emancipation is the
most visionary and impracticable.
But if the scheme were practicable, what would
be gained by effecting it ? Suppose that Con
gress could emani ipate all the slaves in the Union,
is such a result desirable ? This question is ad
dressed to the sense of the people of America.
Would it be politic or advantageous? Would it
contribute to the wealth, or grandeur, nr happiness
of our country? On the contrary, would it nut
produce consequences directly the reverse? Are
not the slaves unfit for freedom, notoriously ig
norant. servile and depraved ? And would any ra
tional man have them instantaneously transformed
into freemen, with all the rights and privileges of I
American citizens ? Are they capable of under- I
standing correctly the nature of our government,
or exercising judiciously a single political right or
privilege ? Nay, would they even be. capable of
earning their own livelihood, or rearing their fa
milies independently by their own ingenuity and
industry? What, then, would fdlow from their
liberation, but the most deplorable state of socie
ty, with which any civilized country was evercurs-
ed ? How would vice and immorality, ami Been-
liciousness, overrun tlie land ? How many jails
and penitentiaries that now seldom bold a prison
er, would be crowded to suffocation ? How many
fertile fields that now yield regular and abundant
harvests, would lie unoccupied and desolate ?
How would the foreign commerce of the South
decline and disappear? Ilow many thousands of
seamen, of whom southern agriculture is the very
life, would lo* driven for support to foreign coun
tries ? . And how large a portion of the Federal
revenue, derived from foreign commodities ex
changed for southern products, would be lost for
ever to this Government? And in addition to all
this, what would be tlie condition of southern so
ciety were ail the slaves emancipated ? Would
the whites consent that the blacks should be plac
ed upon a full footing ol equality with them ?
Unquestionably not. Either the one class or the
other would be forced to emigrate, and in either
case, the whole region of the South would be a
scene of poverty and ruin. Or. what is still more
probable, ihe blacks would every where be driven
before the whites, as the Indians have been, until
I to their prox- i they were exterminated from the earth. And sure-
influence upon | ly it is unnecessary to remark, that decay and de-
the institution of slaveiy in tlie Union, of such ! solation could not break down the South, without
action on tlie part of Congress. They have also producing n corresponding depression upon the
shown, that the abolition nf slavery hero, s» far from wealth and enlerpri/.e of the Northern .States
tending to 4 * ensure domestic tranquillity,” would i And here let me ask, too, what would 1)3 the con-
have a direct tendency (o produce domestic discord | dition of the non slaveholdmg Slates themselves,
and violence, and servile war, in all the slavehold as regards the blacks ? Are they prepared to rc-
ing Slates. As these consequences, then, would ceive myriads of negroes, and place them upon an
follow such action in reference to the Stales, your equality with tho free white laborers and median*
committee need not say. that, instead of prnvid- j irs, who constitute their pride and stren jth ? Will
ing for 44 1he common defence" by it. Congress J the new States consent that their territory shall
would be called upon 44 10 provide fur the common j be occupied by negroes, instead id the enferpriz-
defence" in consequence of it, and to an extent ■ ing, intelligent, and patriotic white population,
which cannot now be foreseen. Seeing, then, j which is dady seeking their borders from other
that the American Confederacy was formed fur the
gn at objects of providing for 44 the common de
fence and general welfare,” it follows, necessarily,
that Congress is not ordy restrained from lire com
mission of any act by which these objects may be
frustrated, but that it is bound to sustain and pro
mote them. The same provision of the constitu
tion which requires it to call out the militia to
44 suppress insurrections," unquestionably imposes
tlie corresponding obligation upon it. to commit
no act by which an insurrectionary spirit may be
excited. The same provision which enjoins it on
the Federal Government, to 44 guarantee to each
statea republican form of Government, and to aid
and to protect each fcRate against domestic vio
lence," evidently implies the correlative obligation
to take no step, of which the direct and inevitable
tendency would be to overthrow the State Govern
ments, and to involve them in wide spread scenes
of misery and desolation. In-one word, if it be
the duly of Congress, ns it most clearly is, to
support and preserve the constitution and the
Union, then it is manifest, that it is bound to avoid
the adoption of any legislation which may lead to
their destruction. Your committee consider it
equally manifest, that any attempt » abolish sla
very in the District, would necessuitly tend to the
deplorable consequences to which they have ad
verted. Congress, therefore, is bound, by every
principle of duty which forbids ir to interfere
with* slavery in any of the Sin'es, to abstain from
any sitndar interference in the District of Colum
bia.
Your committe have already adverted to the
evils tbit would necessarily result to the surround
ing States, and to the slave States generally, from
liny interference by Congress with the institution
of slavery in the District of Columbia. The iw*
lure and magnitude of those evils, however, re
quire that they „‘ oul(l be exhibited mote fully and
distinctly. The question is, whether slavery ought
to he abolished in the Diatiic! ol Colombia ? Now
(Hippo** the affirmative nf ibis proposition were
sustained by Congress • what would it be but indi
rect legislation, or tether direet interference, as
reesrda the light! end property of the Southern
Rtaies. And nen sny one imagine that sueh e
portions of the Union? Shall the yeomanry of
those States be surround' d hy thousands of such
beings, and the white laborer forced into competi
tion and association with them ? Are they to en
joy rhe same civil and political privileges as the
free white citizen of the North and West, and lo
be admitted into the sneial circle as their friends
and companions ? Nothing less than this will
consiitute. perfect freedom; and the principles now
maintained by those who advocate emancipation
would, if carried out, necessarily produce this
state of things! Yet, who believes that it would
he tolerated for a moment ? Already have
laws been passed in several of the non-slavehold
ing State* to exclude free blacks from a settlement j
within their limits; and a prospect of general and I
immediate abolition would compel them, in self- I
defence, to resort to a system of measures much *
more rigorous anil effi ctive linn any which have 1
yet been adopted. Driven from the South, then,
the blacks would find no place of refuge in the
North ; and. as before remarked, utter extermina
tion would be the probable, if not the inevitable
fate of die whole race. Where is the citizen, then, j
that can desire such result* ? Where the Ameri- I
can who can contemplate them without emotion ? 1
Where the Abolitionist that will not pause in
view of the direful consequences of Ilia scheme, ■
both to tlie whiles and the blacks, both to th*
North and the South, and to the whole Uuion at ,
large ?
Your Committee deem it their duty to say that,
in their opinion, the people of the South have been j
very unjustly censured in reference to slavery. ... It
is not ilu*ir purpose, however, to defend them. 1
Their character, as men and citizens, needs no vin- ;
dicatipn from us. Wherever it is known, it speaks
for itself, nor would any wantonly traduce it. hut
those assassins ol reputation, who are also willing
to be the destroyers »t lile. Exaggerated picture*
here been drawn of tbe hardships of the slave,
nnd every effort made lo malign the South, end to
enlist against it both dm religion* end political
feeling of the North. Your committee ceneot too
etrongly exnre*» ihefr unanimous end unqualified
disapprobation of all such movement!.
1 The constitution under which *• lint* *4* fram
ed by our common ancestors, to preserve the li
berty and independence aMiieved by their united
efforts in the council nnd in the field. Jn all con
tests with foreign enemies, tho South ha* exhi
bited an on wavering attachment to the common
cause. Where is the spot of which Americans
are prouder than the plains of Yorkrown ? Or,
when was Britain more humbled, or America more
honored, limn l»y the victory of New Orleans ?
All our history, from the revolution down, attests
the high and uniform and devoted patriotism of
tho South. Her domestic institutions are Iter own.
They were brought into the Union with her nnd
secured by diecompacr which makes ns one people;
ami he who would sow dissension among member*
of the same great political family, by assailing the
institutions, nnd impugning the character of tlie
citizens of the South, should be regarded as an
enemy to the peace and prosperity of our common
country.
If there is a feature by which tho present age
may he said to be char icteiizcd, it is that sickly
sentimentality, which, disregarding the present
claims and wants of its own immediate neighbor
hood. or town, or state, wastes nnd dissipates itself
in visionary, and often mischievous enterprizes,
lor tlie imaginary benefit of remote communities.
True philanthropy, rightly understood, and pro
perly applied, is one of the purest and most enno
hling principles of our nature; but misdij
perverted, 11 degenerates into that feMwph
naticism which disregards all ties, n^raramples on
(fl obstahles, however sacred or venerable, in the
relentless prosecut on of its horrid purposes Ex
perience proves, however, that when individuals
in one place, mistaking the true character of be
nevolence, rashly undertake, at tfte imminent ha
zard of conflict and convulsion, to remedy what
they are pleased to consider evils and distresses
in anothei, it i9 naturally regarded hy those who
are thus injured, either as a species of madness
which may Le repelled or resisted n9 any other
madness may, or as manifesting a feeling ol hos
tility on the one side, which must necessarily pro
duce corresponding alienation 011 the other. It is
all important, therefore, that the spirit of aboli
tion, or in other words, of illegal and officious inter
ference with the domestic institutions of the South,
should he arrested nnd put down; and men of in
telligence and influence at the North should en
deavor to produce that sound and rational state of
public opinion, which is equally due to the South
and to the preservation of the Union.
And this brings your committee to the last po
sition they have been instructed to sustain ; and
that is, that in tlie opinion of (his House, Con
gress ought not to interfere, in any way, with slave
ry in the District of Columbia.
Sdly. Because it would bo dangerous to tb*»
IJninn-
The first great object enumerated in the con
stitution, ns an inducement to its adoption, was to
‘Morin a more perfect union." At that time, all
tlie States held slaves, to a greater or less extent;
and slavery'in the States was fully recognised and
provided for, in many particulars, in that instru
ment Itself. It was recognised, however, and all
the provisions upon the subject so regarded it, as
a State, and not a national institution. At that
time, too. as has been before remarked, the Dis
trict of Columbia constituted an integral part of
two of tlie independent Stales which became par
ties to 1 lie confederacy and to the constitution it
self. Since that time an entire emancipation of
slaves has taken place in several of the old Slates ;
but in all cases, this has been the work of the
States themselves, without any interference what- I
ever hy the Federal Govtrnment. New States 1
have also been admitted into the Union, with an
interdiction in their constitutions against involun
tary servitude. In this way, the slave States have
com*! a minority in representation in the Fedc-
Legislature. Their interests, however, ns
States, in the institution of domestic slavery, as it
exists within (heir limits, have not diminished, nor
has their right to perfect security under the con
stitution, in reference to this description of pro
pel ty, h»*en in any way, or to any degree, surren
dered or impaired, since the adoption of that in
strument hy themselves and their sister State*.
The operation of causes, to a great extent na
tural. and proceeding from climate, soil, nnd con
sequent production, has rendered ul ivery a local
and sectional institution, and (hu9 added another
to the most alarming apprehensions of patriots for
the perpetuity of this Union—the apprehension ol
local and eeogrnphicn! interests and distinctions.
How immensely important is it then, that Congress
should do no act arid assume no jurisdiction, in
reference to this great interest, by which it shall
ever appear to place itself in the attitude of a lo
cal instead of a national tribunal—n partial agent,
providing fur peculiar nnd sectional objects and
feelings, instead or a general and paternal legisla
ture, equally and impartially promoting the gene
ral welfare of nil the Slate*. No one can fail to
see, that any other course on the part of Congress
must weaken the confidence of the injured Htates
in the federal authority, and to the same extent,
prove 44 dangerous to the Union."
Since the adoption of the Federal Constitution,
the District of Columbia has been ceded to the
United States ns a seat or the Federal Govern
ment ; but not only many eminent statesmen nf
the country, but all of lire slaveliolding States,
speaking through their legislative assemblies, firm
ly believe and insist that the cession so made has
conferred upon Congress no constitutional power
to abolish slavery wi'hin Hie ceded territory.—
Your committee have abstained Irom an examina
tion of ibis question, because they were not in
structed to discuss it. But they have no hesita
tion to say, that, in the view they have taken of
the whole quesrou, tho obligations of Con
gress not to act on this subject are as fully bind
ing and insuperable a* a positive constitutional {
interdict, or an open acknowledgment of waul of
power.
Considering the subject in this light, your com
mittee have already proved, that any interference
hy Congress with the subject of slavery, would
be evidently calculated to injure the interests and
disturbtbe peace of the shivebobiing Stales; and
if they have succeeded in esiRbli*litng this posi
tion, no argument is necessary lo show, that such
consequences, springing from the action of Con
gress ns the local legislature of the District, would
eminently endanger the existence of this Union.
It has also been shown, that Congress, as the le
gislature of the Union, can have no cuitstituiional
power over this subject; and that its powers, as a
local legislature of the Distr.cf. were granted lor
the mere purpose of rendering its general powers
perfect nnd free from conflict and collision with
State authorities. It has also been shown that j
these local powers should be so exercised as to :
confer the greatest benefits upon the citizens re- |
siding within the District, with the least possible
injury to tlie peculiar interests of any State, or the
general interests of ;!l the States. Your commit
tee have also shown, as they think successfully,
that the abolition of nl.tvery in the District ol Co
lumbia would be a deep injury to the citizens of
the District, and, therefore, a violation of ihe trust
reposed in Congress ns the local legislature of the
District: and, also, that irevoiifd inflict «u incurable
injury upon all tire shiv-holding Slates, and would,
therefore, ho an equal violation of the trust re
posed iu that body as the Legislature of tlmUiiion.
If. then, they have established these positions, as
tlrey think they have, can anyone doubt Ilia! the
action contemplated would be 44 dangerous to tlie
Uuion?" being directly calculated, a* it would
he, to weak«n the confidence of the Ditinct
in Congrte* •* • «»f« and faithful local le-
glslatuie, end the confidence of the ilifehotd-
«* $o impartial gutrdlfta of their ia-
No. SI3—VOE. XVI*.
I :iilin 1
ihe whole American people, ivrrv m e uii! bJTu, t
Ihfll. »< l'.,f <■( piM.iltle, Uriel in,p.'.nin j.y im^ind
reelini* 10 Mil ihe iiitcre.te’iti,il ,.|| tl.e -mi.-fr. n.tiC
Iherouniri slionM elmrec'crice i|, r j u „
Pedcnl (Jovcrntncnl. Tho L'mim f. rmerl
for (lie cnnimeri nnd rqn d beneflt of »l| the
.Scife*. arid for the prrfcci and c(]n •( prutreiion nf
(he rigl.(s and in'cresi. of all ihe < ii t.mm at alt
(he S(n(e«. tl, only sin nclh U tl.the • imfidri.co
or Ihe Slate,, and of die people, dial dn .e great,
benefit* will conlinu. iu b> ircnred ioiIm ia. and
dint theae great purpose, be accomplished bj its,
preservation. Any nciior, ihrrtfm e, on ihe pan of
Congress, which shall weaken nr destroy ihitt con
fidence in any portion of our c'ltiren,, or in soy
Slate, of die Onion, must Inevitably, 10 that eg-
lent, endanger the Onion itself! Who does not
know that the agitation of any question connected
nidi dome.tic slavery, a* ii ex!,is in this country,
among any portion of our citizens, creates appre
hension and excitement in Iheslrvehohling States/
Who doe, not know that the agitation of any sueh
question iu either branch of Congress shakes their
confidence in die security nf their most important
interest*, and consequently in the continuance to
them of those great benefits, to secure which the*
became parlies to die Union 7 Who then doei
^^^eve that nny action by Congress, having
fj ,r tisfflfc|eci the abolition of slavery in any por
tion olnie Union, however narrow or limited lit
would necossarily impair the confidence
vehohliog State, in their socurity in r«-
o this description of property, put an end
to all their hope of benefits to lie derived to them
from the further conHnunnoe ol the Union, and
alienate their affections from it? Were Congress,
m a single instance, to suffer itself lo be impelled
by mere feeling in one poitinn of die Union, to
attempt a gratification of that feeling at the sacri
fice nf ihe dearest interest, and moat sncreu
rights of another portion, who can doubt that lh«
Union would he seriously endangered, if not
destroyed ! Hut diis conclusion doc, not depend
upon reasoning alone.
The evidence of public sentiment on this point
are equally abundant ami decisive. Your Com
mitte having already extended their report beyond
die limits to which they could have wished to cod*
fine it, will enter into no detail, upon litis portion of
their duty. Suffice it to say that the Legislatures
of several, if not all, the slave-holding States, so
lemnly resolved that “ Congress has no constitu
tional authority to nholish slavery in the Distriut
of Columbia. It would be utterly impossible,
therefore dint any such attempt should be made
by Congress without producing an excitement,
and involving consequences which no patriot cah
contemplate without the most painlul emotions,
fl would be regarded by tlie slaveholdtng Slates
a, tin entering wedge to n scheme of genera)
emancipation! anil therefore trod to produrn th.
same results, in relation to the federal Govern
ment and the Union, that would be produced by
die adoption of any measure directly affecting tit*
domestic institutions of lltc Slates themselves.
Your Committee will not dwell upon the picture
that is thus presented lo their minds. The reflee-
lion it excite, i, one of uniningled bitterness and
horror. It is one. they trust, which i, never to
be realized. Looking upon their beloved coun
try a* it now stands, the envy and admiration of
the world ; contemplating as they tin, diet unrival
led Constitution by which a beauteous family of
confeilerateil States, each independent in its own
separate sphere, revolve around a Federal head
with all the Itnrmniiy and regularity of the plane
tary system ; anil knowing a, they do, that under
the henificent influence of our free institutions,
die people of this country enjoy n degree of liberty
prosperity and happiness, not only unpossessed,
hut scarcely imagined hy any other upon earth;
they cannot and will not advert lo die horrors, os
depict the consequences of that must awful day.
when the son of American fieerloin shall go down
in hlootl. ami nothing remain of (his glorious Re
public, but the bleeding, scattered and dishonor
ed fragment,. It would, indeed, he the extinc
tion of the world', last hope, and ihe jubilee of
tyranny overall the earth!
lint your Committee feel, that with these painful
impressions on their minds, they would bul im
perfectly discharge llietr duty if they did not make
an appeal lo the patriotism of (he American Peo
ple, to sustain the resolution adopted by Ilia
House. Ami they would also appeal to the good
sense anil good feelings of that portion^ of tha
abolitionists, who, aeting under a mistaken (elite
of moral and religious duty, have embarked in
this crusade against the South solemnly invok
ing them in the name of our common country, to
abstain front a system of ngiintinn which has net
only failed, anil will always fait, lo altain its ob
jects, hot lias even brought the Union itself into
a state of tearful and imminent peril.
It is confidently believed that this appeal wilj
not he made in vain, anil that hereafter all who
truly love their country will manifest their patii-
otism hy avoiding this unhappy cause of diseort)
mid disunion ; ami that they will make on further
exertions upon a subj-ct, from the continued agi
tation of which, nothing but augmented eviia cai>
result.
Your Committee conclude by reporting tho fof-
Inwing resolutions ronfnrmahly to the instructions-
given them by the House:
Resolved, That Congress possess no constitp-
tinnal authority to interfere in any way with tlje
institution nf slavery in any of the Slates of ibis
Confederacy.
Resolved, Thai Congress ought not to Inter
fere in nny way with slavery in tlie DisttiU of
Col iinblS.
Ami whereas, it is extremely important ant) de
sirable that'the agitation of this subject should l>e
finally arrested, for the purpose of restoring tr«p-
quilliiy to the public wind, your Committee re-
speclfully recommend the adoption of the follow
ing additional resolution, vix :
Resolved, Thai all petitions, memorials, reso
lutions, propositions or papers, relating in (tty
wav, or to any extent whatever, to tlie subject it
slavery, nr the abolition nf slavery, shall, without
being either printed or referred, be laid upon the
table, and that no further action, whatever, (halt'
be had thereon.
Important ns tha Ulrica w to aaeh Stars, end to ty 1—15>». Ii
The Widower and his DADoitTER.—IledJd
not send her to a boarding school, to learn frivo
lous accomplishments. and make romanWia friend
ships. and have her heail filled with fashions and
the beaux, before any principles for the guidaata
of her conduct in life, or any distinct ideas of
what constituted rational happiness, had -heow
conveyed to Iter mind. Certain it is. that thb lov»
of home, ami the habit of domestic confidence,
most pervade female education, or mercly bbiog
married will never make a woman lontl of domes
tic pleasures, or capable of discharging domestic
duties. I' i* strange that men of sense, learning,
and knowledge of the world, cun believe that a
weak-minded, sentimental, frivolous young lady,
whose whole heart is devoted to dress, ain(ise-
inents and husband hunting, will make a kind,
submissive and judicious wife! Such apparently
gentle girls are the moat unreasonable beings in
the universe—as wives I mein. Men will balhnt.
till they find Ity conjugal experience, that a|
"nil-spoken, enilimSBial )wn| creature, whn
deepest learning is in French phiwtea, and a frfar
tones on the piano, can exhibit passionsfiolejiite
Queen Flizkbeik, or be obstinate a* Madama'de
Star) in an argument. Define proposing to war/y
a young lady, consider tf she has qualities you
would «»tes« iq »B intimate jtk*d~\i «h« t»S
not, never
beautiful a