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From the Richmond Enquirer of the. 22 u ult.
SCENES AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, December 10.
“Tins has been the most interesting day to
those mernbers who represent the slave-holding
States, that we have yet hud during the present
session of congress. Mr. Fairfield ot Maine,
tills morning, introduced a petition, praying
for the abolition of slavery in the District o,
Columbia. The memorial was' hardly announc
ed by the Speaker, before Mi. Cramer of New
York, a zealous supporter of the administra-
tionandof the Baltimore nominees, moved to
lay the memorial on the table; which motion
was second-$ by the gentleman who introduced
the memorial. Mr. Mason of Virginia, in order
to test the sense of the house, called tor the
yeas and navs, and the motion was carried by
a vote of 180 to 31. Upon this question, how-
fever, some voted in -the affirmative, upon the
ground, that the member who introduced the
petition was in favor of its being laid upon toe
table. Mr. Slade of Vermont, for the purpose,
evidently, of securingan occasion to evince his
strong atf-ction j-or the modern abolitionists,
moved that-lhe memorial bTt printed, and sup-
ported his motion with a speech, characterized
by iho us tal common place declamation about
f
is! ration members ot Congress in the non-slave-,
holding States, and 5 l Whi rs. Upon a motion ,
to print the Memorials of tiie Fanatics, a fe"
days ago, 8 only of these 99 Administration
members voted to print, and 49 out ul the ol
Whigs, and 4 others absent, ’I he following aic
curious facts : Massachusetts, with her 12 W bigs,
in place, and John Q. Adams at the head,
,, xT .p T-PTIVF FIRE IN NEW YORK. Wall street will be stepped by the American In-: >
su raneeCompany, and that that 1build,ng, and toms, W,se._180.
\ fire broke iut on Wednesday evening, thr^e below, to Pearl street wul be saved . riie.
^ . . • Mpiv York in the store of Com- buildings above the American Insurance Oin-o
16t l u ‘ U ™ C) ’!' Merchant street, which has on the west side of Wall street, to William street,
SlOC ^"~“r o -res and including the Exchange are all destroyed--
cau-sedon unmense and two or three above William street. The
other property
Ward, Webster, White, L. Williams, S. Will-
n place, followed.
5 Van Buren men all
printing; ...... _ T _i , ,
ren men, did the sarno. Maine, with her G \ an , dost toyed
Boren men, voted the same way; and her two-
Whivs divided. In the 31 Van Burenmen trom ! all destroyed. ,
\vnig> uiviuea. Out of 9 Whigs Merchant street, all destroyed.
Exchange l’lace to WiHiam street, all dc
11 lVaiJ°street" from Wall street to Old Slip on fire is still raging towards Broad street, in the
... , ’i , n „_ i rear of Wall street, and may extend ,o the build-
from Wall street to Old Slip, | iugs on the latter. The east side of Wall street
voted to print. Vermont, with her 5 Whigs all bot t .
1 ■ New tliimpstiiro, with her W n ter Btrecl, from W all street ; i9V0t5 „ a ,
■ Conl) ec l ii:;..&,c V r°0 v",f 1 itiTareil fro Wall street to Old Slip, all! The flan.es arc yet extending *,«• William
South street from Wall street to Uld
New York, one voted to print,
from the same State, 8 voted to print. In i enn-
svlvania, IT Van Buren men ; 3 voted to print ;
and of the 11 Whigs, 9 voted to print—the other
two absent.—Richmond Enquirer, ~2d ult.
From the
ishinglon Globe
st roved.
William street, from Wall street, nearly to
Old Slip, destroyed.
This is a terrible calamity to New A ork. It
is believed that more than two hundred valua-
in another column va-; ble stores and warehouses are destroyed, with
sense of the house against the mischievous
machinations of northern abolitionists, movt-u
that the motion to print the memorial bo also
laid upon the table, and called for the yeas and
nays upon this motion, wuicli were oidsrcd by
the house. The question was taken, and carri
ed bv a vote of 1G8 to 50. Sonic, no doubt,
voted for printing, who would vote against any
direct measure to interfere with slavery in the
District. This day’s work must serve to con
vince every body who becomes acquainted with
it, how reels less those men arc, who persist in
even insinuating, that Mr. \ an Buren and fits
northern friend-.:,-in any manner favor the di
abolical schemes of the northern abolitionists.
Mr. Slado of Vermont, whose sensibilities are
s i imTch disturbed by the toleration of slavery
i.i the.District of Columbia, is a certain gentle- ‘
man, whum i\lr. Van Buren found in possession
of a snug and lucrative clerkship in the State
1) 'onrhnpnt in 1829, when he entered upon the
antes'of Secretary of State. He had been a
busy, travelling politician, and Mr. Van Baron
removed him. It is needless to say, that lie has
boon a most implacable anti-V an Buren ,l w’iigf
ever since. Mr: Francis Granger, who has
twice been run and beaten in New Sfork, as the
has scanned th" 1 - e tJenis
first to last, will vent.ox 1 to sa
anv thin** in it, but an anxious desire — i r ■ — _ >
- - - - •• nf t!iu nation pre-j importers. 1 he wind blowing a gale at north.
that lie has seen | narrow, and built on both sides with high stores,
to sec the principally occupied by dry goods, jobbers and
good faith and good feelin
served. Every motive, whether centering
street: the buildings on that street and fronting
Slip,! Hanover square, includingtlie Gazette office, arc
burnt down.
Five o'clock—Wo go to press while the fire is
still raging- It is said to have extended below
Old SlTp on Pearl street—and there is no calcu-
lation where its ravages will be bounded.
Half past five o'clock— The flames arc pro
gressing down Pearl street, on the south side,
and have enveloped all the buildings to and in
cluding the Pearl Street House, No. 88. This
information is brought to us by a person just
from the immediate neighborhood.
The list of sufferers annexed is very incom-
plete, and does not include one third of the
number. We have just heard the Mayor sav,
that an attempt would be made to ai test the
flames before reaching Broad street, by blow-
tng up one or more ot Mr. Lords stores with
powder.
Nearly the whole of Lord’s elegant row of
stores in Exchange place, and the church op
posite are in ruins—and the flames extending
rapidlv towards Broad street.
The Daily Advertisi r, and the American,
newspaper offices are destroyed, with all the
machine presses of the pstablishrnents.
in
the
himself or expanding to embrace the great m-
j tcrests of the Union, to which his heart is devo
ted, all combine to make it almost the ruling
passion with him, in closing his glorious and
west, the thermometer at or below zero,
hydrants mostly frozen, and the engines almost
unfit for service in consequence of the freezing
of the hose from their exposure the preceding
night, great fears of extensive damage wen
COS«BESS.
uN1 TED ST ATES’ SEN ATE.—Standing
committees.
On Foreign Relations—Messrs. Clay, King
, , ens,v( ; , of Georgia, Tallmadge, Mancum, Porter,
prosperous career as a public man, to close it expressed at the commencement of the fare and ()n Finance— Messrs. Webster, Cuthbert,
with the serenity and mildness of an autumnal these 1 ears have been moie t.inn iiai/a - ^ Wright, Tyler, Mangum.
evening. His best hopes can only be answered,; Never has such a conflagration oil witness* , Qn Commerce-—Messrs. Davis, Goldsborough.
by leaving his country at p»co wilhalUhcworld. j inHus city. Tte amounl ^properly ! M . Kean> Lin „.
His greatest victory as a military man v.as must ba .1. N . ■ - j On Manufactures—Messrs
harbinger of peace—his greatest triumph as a LARS.
civil magistrate would bo, to confirm the only i In the course of twenty minutes from the
Id ever commencement of the tire, not only the build-
Knight, Ruggles,
-Van Boren candidate for governor, vqtct
ii:i itiag the memorial, as did also the whole
fur
of hisl itle anti.masonic, anti-Van Buren corps.
Depend upon it, that the friends of Mr. Van
H irer) are, to a man, from principle and lecl-
ing, strongly- opposed to tho schemes ot the
northern abolitionists; and if you will look over
the vcis.-ami nays upon tho questions decided
today, you will -see that those who voted against
laying ttic Maine petition upon the table, or in
favor of printing, were the open and avowed
opponents of Mr. Van Buren. 1 he vote of
todnv gives the abolition question its quietus
far the session, and furnishes an ample pledge
that the democracy of the north arc heartily
I q j^r\r*A11 t/V t' 1
opposed to any interference from abroad, with
our domestic relations in the south.”
The subject was again brought np in the
house of representatives on Friday last. Some
difference of opinion prevailed among the anti-
abolitionists as to rejecting the petition or laying
it upon the table.
“Mr. Hammond ofSoulh Carolina, moved that
tho petition ha rejected.
“Mr. Beardsley moved to lay the petition on
the table.
“A question of order arose as to the prccc-
dcnce of the two motions, and also, whether,
under the rules, cither motion could be enter
tained on the first presentation of a petition.
“The Speaker eventually decided that the mo
tion to lay the petilroaon the table had prece
dence; but unless ordered by tho house to tho
contrary, neither motion could be decided on
this day.
“An appeal from this decision was taken by
Mr. Williams, of North Carolina; but after an
explanation by the Speaker, it was withdrawn,
and by a vote of the house, it was determined to
consider the petition on this day.
“Mr. Beardsley then moved to lay tho poti-
ttAn «n the table.
“Mr. Thomas of Maryland, moved the re
consideration of the vote, by which the house
had agreed to consider the petition.
conquest for which our happy Union sh
be tempted to take up arms, to maintain honora
ble and msl and amicable relations with all, the
world—but not amity at the price ol honor. 1 ue
Editors of the National Intelligencer, and of oth
er journals, who have from the first labored to
make tlie impr
dent was contriving pretexts for a war, and is
“ endeavoring to excite animosity against J 1 ranee
among the lamer class of the•populationdothis
merely to defeat the dearest objects ot General
Jackson’s heart. The malevolent men who
manage these journals and the factious, envious
follow,
°u . -
itig in which it originated, but the whole on
both sides of the street to Pearl street were in a
blaze. Never was a more rapid extension of
the flames. The stores on Pearl street and on
each side of Merchant street, were soon eveloped
ession In Franco, that tho Presi- j in the devouring element. Soon tlie flames ex
tended act oss to the south side of Pearl street,
and at eleven o’clock, destroyed nearly the
whole block, on that side of the street, from and
including the store of Arthur Tuppnn & Co. tu
Wall street. Thence they extended to Water
street, increasing in strength and violence, and
now 11 o’clock threaten the destruction of ah
ty on Water, Front, and South streets,
a tiers, whom they so willingly toiiow, cannot
bear to see the President’s brilliant and prosper- j the property
ous career crowned with an honorable adjust-[from Pearl street to the river; and I mm th■ =
rnent with our ancient friend and ally, of our | west side of Wall street nearly to Old Hip.—
uarrel of
w «. quarter of a century’s standing.
The party seeking to embarrass the President
on this subject, is the old British party, always
enemies of France, and in labeling to defeat
the treaty, and produce collision, they feed the
grudge they bear at once to the trench people
—the American pcop!
President himself.
(4rtc of the modes adopted by those malcon
tents to effect their purpos-s, is perfectly char
acteristic of the deep hypocrisy which belongs
always to those who place all their trust in in-
tnV-jc, To induce the French authorities to
Some vessels in Coflee House slip are already
on fire—the night is intensely cold—and the
scene of destruction is most sublime and awful!
It is jusf reported that the stores in Exchange
place, in the rear of the Exchange have taken
_ fire. There is now a loud explosion of powder
but most of all, to the j or tho bursting of casks of spiritous liquors in
a store on Water or Front street. The engines
can do nothing to stop the progress of the
flames.
Half past eleven o'clock.—The flames are
now raging in every direction from the place
where they originated. All the buildings in
Exchange street below the Exchange, are de-
the buildings in Ex-
•id the whole block
as the Exchange, is
Wo know that M. Scn.ri.-r h,,s endeavored to i in danger. The wind has somewhat subsided,
make this impression, in conformity with the; Such Roods as could be hastily saved a.e
views of certain “ persons of influence in Con-' iewed in the streets.
Many immense
stocks
gross." It is scarcely necessary to inform
believed that
the ! of goods are consumed. It is
! more than one hundred stores and warehouses,
Manufactures
Morris, Prentiss, Hendricks.
On Agriculture—Messrs. Brown, Kent, King
of Alabama, Morris, Wright.
On Military Affairs—M essrs. Benton, Wall,
Goldsborough, Preston. Tipton
On the Militia—Messrs. Robinson, Hendricks,
JVPKean, Swift, Wall. *'
On Naval affairs—Messrs. Southard, Tal
madge, Black, Robbins, Cuthbert.
On Public Lands—Messrs. Ewing, Moore,
Prentiss, Crittenden, M‘Keafl.
On Private Land Claims—Messrs. Black
Linn, Ruggles. Porter.
On Indian Affairs—Messrs. White, Tipton,
Goldsborough, 8wift, Brown.
On Claims—Messrs. Naudain, Tipton, Shep
lev, Swift, Brown.
On the Judiciary—Messrs. Clayton, Buchan
an. Leigh, Preston, Crittenden.
On Post office, and Post-roads—Messrs. Grun-
dy, Robinson, Ewing, Knight, Davis.
On Roads and Canals—Messrs. Hendricks,
M-Kean, Robinson, Kent, Robbins.
On Pensions—Messrs. Tomlinson, Tallmadge,
Linn, Prentiss, M‘Kean.
On the District of Columbia—Messrs. Tyler,
Kent, Naudain, Southard, King of Georgia.
On Revolutionary Claims—Messrs. Moore,
White, Hubbard, Leigh, Shepley.
On Contingent Expenses oj Senate—Messrs.
M-Kean, Tomlinson, Brown.
On Engrossed Bills—Messrs. Shepley, Hill,
Morris,.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Wednesday, December 16, 1835.
Mr. FAIRFIELD presented the petition of
17*2 ladies residing in his district, praying the
abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia,
and moved that it be referred to the Committee
on the District of Columbia. In presenting this
public,that Mr. \ an Buren has, inthe :.j nc j uding many Q f the most valuable in the city petition Mr. F. remarked that he did not desire
wav, and on a most signal occasion, man - - ,
If ™ of die Exchange
° - - « . • . • .i • , « io now on fire, which is extending into the Post
to be understood as favoring the views of the pe
titioners.
it “rr t l flnr o lrUtcr which is the nivot 1 ls no ' von nre > ' vl,iC11 ,s CAlUI,u "‘« ,l “'' 11,0 Mr. CRAMER moved to lay the petition on
us celebrated lctvci , a letter ^‘"c* thcpi'ot j A strong force of firemen is placed the table, which was agreed to.
on which the comroversy res o 1 n c.c. ; j { am] , arc ente rtained that this build- Mr. FAIRFIELD presented a similar peti-
!o the pamne i\ aicb our ic . • • ' - i j wi! | p, c save( ]. The fire is still extending to | tion from 172 gentlemen residing in Ins district,
assumed, as a consequence of tlo letter, Mu ; «> slreet _ some of the vessels between Coffee j which he moved to lay on the table.
\ an Buren, in reply^to the tin... » on g en ffim , ^ nn(] Q1(J S1]p havo tukcn fi re . Mr. J. Y. MASON, of Virginia, remarked
to the New A oik Durnci to Ai. L . 0 -, Gne F c l oc k.— T\xc Exchange still on fire in | that in order to obtain a distinct expression of
said,
Nkw Yobk, July 13, 1835.
“ Ge:.ti,emex :—Ihavethchonortoacknowl-
edge the rccei[>t of your invitation, in behalf ol
the citizens of New \ ork, to attend a public
dinnertobe given to the honorable Edward Liv
ingston, for the purpose “ of evincing their re-
gard for his peisonal character, their high cs-
the rear.
The letters have been removed from j the House on this subject, he would move that
“Mr. Hammond, of South Carolina stated, j timation of his many valuable public services,
that if the house agreed to rc-cousider the vote,
he would move that the petition be rejected.
•‘A debate ensued, which turned principally
chi points of <»rdor, and upon the question whether
n rejection of the petition involved a denial of the
right to petition. In the course of the debate,
the Speaker found great difficulty in restraining
emeu from going into the merits of the
gentlemen
question.
“Great excitement was manifested on the pa
of tho southern members.”
and especially their admiration of the manner
in which he has discharged the delicate and res
ponsible duties of bis late mission to F ranee.
I assure you, gentlemen, of my entire con
currence in the views you have taken of Mr.
the Post Office. There is now no knowing
where the flames will be stayed—the hydrants
are exhausted—the hose of many of the engines
are frozen and useless, and the flames extending.
Never was a more awful sight than is now
presented. The fire is yet extending west in
Pearl street—and will probably extend to Old
Slip, and sweep off all the valuable buildings
on the three squares bounded by Pearl, South
and Wall streets and Old Slip. The buildings
on the west side of Wall street between the
Exchange and Pearl street are yet standing,
some of them much damaged in the rears.—
Livingston’sciaims to the resect and gratitude; - , , b , k b Mcrcliafit
of his fellow-eitizcns- To a lengthened and ! ./
Extract of another Letter, dated
“ Washixgtox, Dec. 20, 1835.
“ We have strong proof in our body that a
general concert of action is determined upon by
The Null!fiefs, to dissolve this Union. On Fn-
day we had the most stormy and inflammatory
bellowings from thorn that l have ever heard or
dreamed of. We had laid some abolition |n:ti- ! public servant
liens on the table, by a very decided vote, (which dcnce with wl
To a lengtticneci a
i brilliant career of public usefulness, he lias rc-
! ceni’tv added the distinguished merit of suslain-
j idg, with great ability, and under difficult cir-
1 cumstances, the intei i -s and the character of
‘ die country, without losing sight of tho respect
that was due to the rights or feelings of others.
The unexampled unanimity with which tins
opinion is sustained, r.tid the enthusiasm with
which Mr. Livingston’s return is every where
greeted, are happily illustrative of the just and
generous character of our people, and tcachour
wherever stationed, the conti-
street, Exchange Place, William street, and
Pearl street, an immense pile of new and valua
ble warehouses, is now on fire and many of
them already reduced to ashes. The scene
grows worse and worse—the Exchange it is
said, cannot be saved. If this is destroyed, all
Wall street below Wiliiam street must share the
same fate, and expose to destruction tho build
ings east to an incalculable extent.
The Exchange, it is now said, cannot be
saved and we are preparing to move our pub
lishing office from the opposite side of the
street
vbu no doubt saw,) but when another was pro-
seated, a motion was made by Mr. Hammond,
of S. C., to refuse to receive it. This he fol
lowed by a speech, in which he declared, that
the vote-by which the other had been laid on
the table, was a mere evasion of the question ;
that gentlemen.-of the North made loud profess-
ions of hostility to the fanatics, and attachment
to Fug rights of the South ; hut he had determin
ed to bring them out more decidedly; they
should not evade the direct question; they should
come out, and he wonid*nevcr cease until he had
compelled them. He said he wanted none of
their aid ; the South were amply able to protect
themselves, and fie scorned with the utmost con
tempt any aid from ihehi. They should show
their hands in the plainest manner.—Wc ad
journed at early candle-light, without disposing
of .the petition in any way ."—Richmond. Enquire
er, 2\ih ult. ~
iay always rely on the , 'fhrec o'clock.—The Exchange is in ruins—
and
firmness of their j j g n) p 0rte( j ffiat several persons have been
killed, or several wounded by the falling of one
intelligence, painoiistii,
constituents.
I have tc regret that it w ill not be in my pow- , of . ^ wa j] s> The fire has now extended north
er to testify to you in person now cordially 1 j p roin thc Exchange to WiHiam street, on both .......
participate in these feelings, and ask tne hivor ■ siJ an dthreatens to conlimu. through to Broad Huntington, Huntsman, lngersoll,-Ingham, J.
of .you to offer to tho company, in* my Delia 11 /1 The Garden street Church'is reported | Jackson, Jarvis, J. Johnson, R. M. Johnson, C.
the annexed sentiment. to be oa fire. The east side of Wall street is [ Johnson, H. Johnson, J. W. Jones, Judson, B.
the question on laying this petition on ihe table,
be taken by yeas and nays. Ordered.
Mr. BOON called for the reading of the me
morial, which was done accordingly.
Mr. SLADE then moved that the memorial
be printed.
Mr. WILLIAMS, of North Carolina, called
for a division of the question to print and lay on
the table.
Mr. MASON, of Virginia, asked for the yeas
and nays on the motion to print, which were also
ordered.
The question was then taken on the motion
to lay the memorial on the table, and decided in
the affirmative, yeas 180, nays 31, as follows :
YEAS—Messrs. B. Allan, Anthony, Ash,
Ashley, Bailey, Barton, Beale,Bean, Beardsley,
Beaumont, Bell, Bockiee, Bond, Boon, Bouldin,
Bovee, Boyd, Brown, Buchanan, Bunch, Burns,
J. Calhoon, Cambreleng, Campbell, Carr, Car
ter, Casey,G. Chambers, J. Chambers, Chaney,
Chapman, Chapin, Claiborne, Coffee,Coles, Con
nor, Corwin, Craig, Cramer, Crane, Cushman,
Davis, Deberry, Dickerson, Doubleday, Drom-
goole, Dunlap, Eflner, Everett, Fairfield, Far-
1 in, Forester, Fowler, French, Fry, Fuller, W.
K. Fuller, Galbraith, J. Garland, II. Garland,
Gillet, Glasscock, Graham,Granger,Grantland,
Graves, Grayson, Griffin,Haley, J. Hull, Ham-
mond, Hannegan, Hard, Hardin, Harlin, S. S.
Harrison, A. G. Harrison, Hawes, Hawkins,
Haynes,Holr, Hopkins, Howard, Howell, Hunt,
Wlur are the aiders of the Abolitionists 1 The
Northern Whigs, or the Friends of Van Daren, l
Ifitfte arouot mistaken, there 99 Achi/in-
■Accept, gentlemen, for yourselves, rny RC *'ve'safe. The scene of desolation from Pearl
know lodgements for this mark of your respect, 1 s . roct l0 }3 af p |j vo r is awful. A messenger
and believe me, your friend and obedient servant, i juat been dispatched to the Navy-Yard, for a
M. VAN BUREN. supply of powder to blow up buildingsin order
To Messrs. C. \V. Lawrence, &c. j n s j op ^j )e progress or the flames. The wind
Justice and Firmness: Wise and honorable continues high—and there is yet no favorable
characteristics of our Foreign Policy. prospected any cessation of the flames—they
’ imve now reached the rear of Broad street.
A Curious Fact.—A late article in Silltman’s The stores of Howland and Aspinwall, Mo-
valuable Journal, says that in Potter county, lees Taylor, Smith and Town, Osborn and
Penn., within the space of five miles, are to be . \oung, and the whole on South street, Front
found iho head waters of the Alleghany, Sus- i street, Water street and Pearl street, between
quehr.rma, and Gennessee rivers, the first flow.; Coffee House and Old Slip are rapidly consum
ing into the Gulf of Mexico, the second into ] ing. Fears are now entertained that the fire
the Chesapeake, ur.ff the third into Lake Osta-* will extend on Pearl street, below Old Slip.
flUi j Four o’-clor!:.—There is hope that the fire iu
Jones, Kennon, Kilgore, Kinnard, Klingensmitb,
Lane, Lansing, Lawler, Lawrence, Lav, G.
Lee, J. Lee, Lea, Leonard, Lincon, Logan,
Loyal I, Lucas, Lyon, A. Mann, jr. J. Mann,
Martin, J. Y. Mason, W. Mason, M. Mason,
jr. S. Mason, Maury, May, McComas, McKay,
McKcon, McKim, Mercer, Milligan, Morgan*
Muhlenburg, Owens, Page, Parks, Patterson,
F. Pierce, J. A. Pierce, Pettigrew, Phelps,
Philips, Pickens, Pinckney, Reed, John Rey
nolds, Joseph Reynolds, Ripley, Iloane, Rob
ertson, Seymour, Shepard, Shepperd, Shields,
Shinn, Sickles, Spangler, Steele, Storer, Suther
land, Taliaferro, Taylor, Thomas, J. Thomson,
W. Thompson, Toueey, Towns, Turner, Tur-
rill, Underwood^ Yantlerpot*!, Vinton, Wagener,
—J. Q. Adams, II. Allen, Banks,
Borden, Briggs, W. I*. Calhoun, Clark, Cush
ing) Darlington, Evans, G. Gcennell,jr ? H. Hall,
Harper, Haz- ltine, Henderson, Heister, Hubley,
W. Jackson, Janes, Leporte, Love, Morris,
Parker, D. J. Pearce, I). Potts, jr. Russell,
Slade, Sloane, Sprague, Wardwdl, Whittle-
sey—31.
So the memorial was laid on the table.
Mr. SLADE said, ho had asked for the print
ing of the memorial, because he was sure that
very many gentlemen who had voted to lay it
on the table, were favorably inclined in regard
to thcsubji ct it prayed for, and were not, per
haps, distinctly aware of its object. It was well
k'nown that memorials of the sarno character
had been presen’ed to Congress for a long tune.
The subject was one confessedly of great im
portance, of great national importance; and
one in regard to which, whatever might be the
feelings, or whatever might be the prejudices o
gentlemen, they ought to desire to be informed,
and to act irndersiandingly. He thought, th ‘re-
fore, in refect ice to the importance of the ques
tion, the memorial should be printed; and he
also thought so, in reference to what hs under
stood to be the character of the memorialists;
themselves. Ho was not acquainted with them j
personally, but he knew them to belong to a
portion of country as mucli enlightened, and as
well informed in regard to the character of hu
man rights, and the extent of rights that belong
to the freemen of this eountiy, and the several
States, as any portion of the community. 1 hev
were people who as well understood their con
stitutional rights, as any other, if they were of
the same stamp as those from whom lie would
have to present similar memorials. He knew
the personal characters and respectability of
those people, and when tliey presented their me
morial to this House, they were entitled as a
matter of common courtesy, to a respectful hear
ing ; and he would add, as a matter of common
right, and common courtesy, that their memo,
rials should be printed for the information ol the
members of the House. He further bogged
permission to say, that there was less connexion
between these memorials for the abolition of
slavery in the District of Columbia, and the gen
eral efforts making at this time to press upon the
South the importance of immediate abolition,
than was generally imagined. He knew the
former petitions to lie signed by a great number
of gentlemen of the highest respectability, who
did not belong totbe Abolition Society, who ne
ver did belong, and who probably never would
' (belong to that society; but who at the same
time, felt deeply impressed with the conviction,
that Congress had the right to legislate upon this
subject, within the District of Columbia, and to
blot out the foul stain of the slave trade wi-hrn
the District. There were vast numbers who
never did belong to the Abolition Society, bu'
wtio came there with their earnest petitions to
abolish thesluv- trade within the District.
The SPEAKER reminded the gentleman
from Vermont, that the merits of the question
could not bo gone into, upon a mere motion to
print.
Mr. SLADE would conclude, by calling the
attention of the House to one fact. It would be
remembered that as long ago as 1828, a memo
rial of precisely the same character with this
was presented from the district itself, signed .by
about 1100 citizens ol the District, many of
whom he personally knew, and who would not
b<; accused of fanaticism ; and a year ago, n^on
the motion of a respectable member from New
Hampshire, now in another branch of this Le
gislature, (Mr. Hubbard,) that petition was call-
ed up and ordered to be printed. Now, if any
gentleman would take the pains to examine it,
they would find stronger language in that peti
tion, and that the memorialists took stronger
ground than was taken in the memorial then be
fore the House, and he thought this fact might
be urged in favor of the application that this
memorial should be printed.
Mr. VANDERPOEL remarked, that inas
much as the memorial had b en audibly read by
the Clerk, and the contents of it were now well
understood by every member of the House, and
as the motion to print was debatable, and the
debate now commenced was very unprofitable,
and would, in all probability, if not arrested,
consume the day, he would move to lay the mo
tion to print on the table; and upon that mo-
tion he called the yeas and nays, which were or
dered by the House.
The question was then taken, and decided as
follows, yeas 1G8, nays 50.
YEAS—Messrs. Chilton Allan, Anthony,
Ash, Ashley, Bailey, Barton, J. M. H. Beale,
Bean, Beardsley,Beaumont, Bell,Bockee, Bond,
Boon, Bouldin, Bovee, Boyd, Brown, Buchan
an, Bunch, Burns, Calhoon, Cambreleng, Camp
bell, Carr, Casey, Chambers, Chaney, Chapman,
Chapin, Claiborne, Cleveland, Coffee, Coles,
Connor, Craig, Cramer, Crane,Cushman, Davis,
Deberry, Dickerson, Doubleday, Dromgeole,
Dunlap, Eflner, Fairfield, Farlin. Forester,
French, Fry, Philo C. Fuller, William K. Full
er, J. Garland, R. Garland, Gillett, Glascock,
Graham, Grantland, Graves, Grayson, Griffin,
Haley, J- Hall, Hamer, Hammond, Hannegan,
Hardin, Harlan, A. G. Harrison, Hawes, Haw
kins, Haynes, Hopkins, Howard, Howell, Hunt
ington, Huntsman, Ingham,^ Jackson, Jarvis,
J. Johnson, R. M. Johnson, C. Johnson, II.
Johnson, J. VV, Jones, B. Jones, Judson, Ken
non, Kilgore, Kinnard, Klingensmith, Lane,
Lansing, Laportc, Lawler, G. Lee, J.”Lee, Lea,
Leonard, Logan, Loyal I, Lucas, Lyon, A.
Mann, J. Mann, Martin, J. Y. Mason, M. Ma
son, S. Mason, Maury, May, McComas, McKay,
McKcon, McKim, McLene, Mercer, Montgom
ery, Muhlenberg, Owens, Page, Parks, Patter
son, Patton, F. Pierce, J. A. Pierce, Pettigrew,
Phelps, Pickens, Pinckney, John Reynolds, Jo-
seph Reynolds, Ripley, Roane, Robertson, Ro
gers, Schenck, Seymour, Shieles, Shinn, Sick
les, Smith, Spangler, Standefer, Steele, Storer,
Sutherland, Taliaferro, Taylor, Thomas, J.
Thomson, Toueey, Towns, Turner, Turrill, Un-
derwood, Vanderpoel, Wagener, Ward. Wash
ington, Weeks. White, L. Williams, 3. Will
iams, Wise—1G8.
NAYS—Messrs. J. Q. Adams, H. Allen,
Banks, Borden, Briggs, Calhoun, Garter, G.
Chambers, Childs, Clark, Corwin, Cushing, Dar
lington, Evans, Everett, Galbraith, Granger,
Grennell, H. Hall, Hard, Harper, Hazeltine,
Henderson, Heister, Horr, Hubley, Hunt, In-
gersoll, W. Jackson, Janes, Lawrence, Lay,
Lincon, Love, Milligan, Morris, Parker, J). J.
Pearce, Philips, Potts, Reed, Russell, Siade,
Sloane, Sprague, Vinton, Wardwdl, Webster,
Whittlesey—50.
So the motion to print Waslai-J on the table.
Friday. December 18. 1835.
Mr. JACKSON, of Massachusetts, presented
the petition of sundry citizens of Massachusetts
praying congress to provide fur the immediate
abolition of slavery within the District of Co.
lumbia, which he moved bo referred to n select
committee.
Mr. HAMMOND moved that the petition be
not received.
Upon this question an interesting debate en.
sued, which occupied the house »iil quarter past
four o’clock between Messrs. Hammond, )Yil.
Hams of North Carolina, Glascock, Peyton,
Beardsley, W ise, Thomas, Hopkins, Manor, of
Virginia, Bouldin, Ripley, Vanderpoel. Harper.
Pierce of Neir Hampshire, Pickens. Hunt, uni
Sutherland; r« full report of which will appear
it* our next publication.
Various motions in relation *to the disposition
of the memorial were made and acted on. and a
motion to lay it on the table was negatived by a
vote of yeas ninety-five, nays one hundred ami
twenty-one, and when the house adjourned die
subject was fully before it, Mr. Sutherland be.
ing entitled t<> the floor.
“‘Tistheiitar-ppan^led bannf r,oh. Ion? rany it wave
“U’er.helaml ofthefrceamUhe home of the brave.”
FEDERAL UNIOX.
JIILT.EDGEVILLE, JANUARY 1, I83c!
MARTIN VAN BUREN,
FOR PRESIDENT.
n. M. JOHNSON*
FOR VICE.PRES ID EN T.
A BOLITK tNISTS AND NULLIPIERS.
These co-workers are engaged in their unholy
-vocation in congress. They, seem bent, with
equal madness, on rending the Union asunder.
The abolitionists introduced memorials for the
abolition of slavery, conveying flagrant insult to
the people of the South, and threatening us, in
their consequences, with infernal havoc. What
finer opportunity can the milliners desire ? How
could they better arrange the game for them-
selves? Tliey stand like blood-hounds,scenting
the tainted gale, and mad fur their human prey.
They determine to agitate the subject: they
rush into debate. By genciul, indiscriminate
reproach and insult, they endeavor to provoke
the entire people of the North to hatred of tho
South. By exciting the pride, and alarming
the fearsof tlx* people of the South, they en
deavour to exasperate them against their fellow.
citizens of the North. They labour to produce
a deep, and abiding, and impassioned contest be
tween the northern and southern sections of the
Union. Distrusted by the American people,
unable to control this great Union of states, thei:-
leaders endeavour to excite passions that will
rend it ussunder, under the hope that they will
be able to secure to themselves the government
of the southern fragment- The abolitionists are
actuated by a passion for notoriety, and a spirit-
ual pride, which generates an intolerant ambi
tion to control the consciences of their follow
men. The ruling passion of the nullifiers is
love of power, the disappointment of which has
made them enemies to the federal government.
These two parties have combined to agitate the
country ; but they will be unable to produce the
convulsions which they desire. The democrat
ic party, aided*by the more patriotic portion ct
the northern whigs, are determined to prevent,
it possible, even a discussion of the slave ques-
tion ; and to put down, by a firm and prudent
course, the slightest appr^rh to interference
with a subject that belongs exclusively to the
South. They refuse the courtesy of printing
the abolition memorials; they will not permit
them to be referred to a committee for consider
ation ; they lay these memorials on the tabic,
from whence they cannot be raised even for dis
cussion, without their consent—a consent which
will never be given. There they lie, dead ari
buried.
We owe it to the nullifiers in the last legisla
ture, to exempt them from tho reproaches con
tained in these remarks. Altho’ we do not ap
prove of the modification, which they attempted
to make in the resolutions that were adopted by
the general assemby, yet we deem them to hate
acted as patriots in the support which they gave
to these resolutions.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.—The
anti-masonic convention, held at Harrisburg,
(Pennsylvania,) has nominated Harrison lor the
presidency, and Granger for the vice-presiden
cy. A part of the delegates preferred Webster
to Harrison; and they proposed referring the
nomination to a national convention. Tins
proposition being rejected, twelve or filteen ot
them seceded.
Anotiicr convention of whigs, calling itseli
the Democratic Republican Convention, as
sembled for the purpose of nominating Harri
son, was in session at the same time and place-
They have adopted the ticket ofthe anti-masonic
convention.
On these nominations, that distinguished
whig press, the United States Gazette, remark' 1
“We cannot admit even the probability of tbw
measure; which, we think, would he suicidal
for the whigs and anti-masons. It might hajo
the effect of depriving Mr. Van Buren ofthe
electoral voles of Pennsylvania; but at the satn p
time it would probably gain for him at least as
many in the Eastern States. In fact, its success
in Pennsylvania would be extremely doubtful-
Every additional step more fully develop**
the determination of the whigs, to prevent, 1
possible, an election of president by t!icpe°P lt ‘
A part of them adhere to Webster; a part to
Harrison; and a part to White. Not the ibaooff
of a hope is entertained by their respective i 0 - -
lowers, that any one of these men will be elec -
ed by the people; but if they can carry
election into the house of representatives, ^ i
will then bo possible, by intrigue, to ina'p^ 0 ^
the people, a president who has been re F Ctl
by their votes. It is for this anti-republic.^
purpose, that Judge White is supported by nfl^
who do not approve his principles. Ho has p^
fessed to be a friend of General Jackson.
For
this the entire whig party condemn him-
He
has supported the proclamation, and rcv ^”^.
collection bill. For this the nullifiers co
If bis name were withdrawn, n0t .
him.
smallest chance>of election \ybeld be
LioX.