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"FRANCIS P. STI BBS,
Attorney ami ConiiNelior ;tt Law.
MONROE, LA.
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VOL. XXIII.]
.WME EEBGEriEEE GEORGIA, SEfTE.ltBEi: 14, l§52.
Wo. IS.
WASHBURN, WILDER &.CO
FACTORS
COMMISSIONMERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Jus. Washburn.
Jmi. K. Wilder,
Fras G. Dana.
j Will continue the above business at 114 Bay
I Street, east of the Exchange
Orders for Bagging. Rope, and olher Supplies,
Jgr.
filled promptly at lowest Cash prices
Refer to
.Major Wm. Sanford, )
Gen. S. P Myrick. )
M Dennis, 1
S B. Marshall, 5
M e-srs Carter &. Harvey, )
A MrAllum, t
Ira Peck, t
Messrs. Black & Cobb, 1
“ Sloan &. Hawkins, y Romp
Major John S. Rowland, Cass Co.
August. 1852. 10—Cm
Baldwin Co.
Putnam Co.
Twiggs Co.
June 15. 135*2.
2—lv
If A B I \ A \V El 5 T II II F, A I>,
COMM1SSK)N MERCHANTS,
SA VAXX AII. GEORGIA.
T 1 LENDER their services to the patrons and friends
I of the late linn of Ration. Fulton A; Co . in the
pale of Cotton and other produce, Orders tor Bag
ging. Rope and other minily supplies will he prompt
ly filled at the lowest prices.
Their long experience in business induces them to
hope fora continuance of tiie liberal patronage ex
tended to the late firm.
Savannah. June 1. 1852. 52—6m
Has. G. CAMPBELL,”
Attorney at Law,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEO.
Office in the Darien Bank Budding, next
door to the Fcdiral L/non office.
March 23th, 1352. 43—If
PLANTERS’ WAREHOUSE.
Ii. WALKER A SOX,
Warehouse k Commission Merchant*,
JACKSOX STREET.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
At the Large New Fire Proof Warehouse
former! t) occupied by Walker, Bryson 4* Lo.
September 23. 1851. It*—lv
IV I). ETIlElteOKEACo.
F A C T O R S
A\l>
COMMISSION MER CIIA NTS,
SAVANNAH, (ii.
S F. Govf.. , W D. Ethridge.
Savannah, April 15, 1351. 45
LAMBETH HOPKINS,
I Win E-Ml O USE
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AUGUSTA. GA.
</ RHF, undersigned begs leave to return
ij, thanks to the patrons oI the late firm of
Adams, Hopkins Sl Co., for their liberal sup
port in past years. The firm of Adams,
Hopkins & Co . having been dissolved by
limitation on the 1st July la-t. the WARE
HOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS, (at
the same stand, in the city of Augusta) will be con
tinued by the undersigned, and be tenders his ser
vices to the customers of the old firm and the public.
His persona! attention will he given to business con
fided to his care.
Particular attention paid to the storage and sale of
Colton, and all other Produce, receiving and for
warding Goods, and purchase of Planters’ supplies.
O’ Cash Advances made on prod uce in store
when required. LAMBETH HOPKINS.
Aug 24 1852. 12—4m.
gn? FIRE PROOF WARE-HOUSE^
• I Tllli undersigned having associated Mr.
4 Ovid G. Sparks with him m business—
lllpi j continues to transact the
Warehouse mid Commission Business.
Under »lie name ami of IIARDRMAN &.
SPARKS. Their undivided attention will he given
To all business committed to their charge. The long
experience of the undersigned a-; a cotton seller, ad
ded to his desire to please as well as to faithfully serve
those who may Patronize tin* new firm gives to him
the hope that the liberal patronage heretofore given to j
Hardeman & Hamilton, will he continued to KIak-
df.mav lS* ^park-4. They will risk nothing, either in
purchasing or by advancing on Cotton, as they have
determined to coniine themselves to business with
Plan tern, and to them liberal advances will he made
on Hutton in store. Family Supplies with Ba train nr
and Hope., will he furnished our triends at the lowest
Macon prices THO*. HARDKMAN.
August 17, 185*2, 11 — ly.
JOHN M. REINHART,
RESPECTFULLY tenders bis acknowl-
edgcinents to the (•enti.kmen of this citv
ami v tcinny. for their liberal patronage, and
solicits a continuation of the same. He has
tu.w on hand a supply of excellent Mate
Mal. and can accommodate Customers at
the shortest notice. If is ROOTS are
Manufactured alter the latest arid mo*t
approved style, and of the very best
Jirpuirino. executed with neatness and
The public are solicited to give him a call,
pral (Shop next dour to C. 11. Wright's
Grocery Store.)
Milledgevtlle. August 10, 1852. 10—tf
Wholesale C\oti\m«; House,
No. 143, East Bay Street Corner of Queen,
« II A If LESION, S. C.
MERCHANTS wishing to purchase
Fall and Winter Clothing
are invited to Call and look through the assortment
offered by this
OLD ESTABLISHED HOUSE,
they will find an extensive and desirable Stock to
select from at LOW PRICES.
WM. MATTHIESSEN;
Charleston. August 19, 1852. 1-—8t
EXCELSIOR
BUILDING HARDWARE
AND
TOOL STORE EXCLUSIVELY.
The Largest and only Establishment of the
kind in the United States,
XVJI. JI M'CLIRE A ISKO.,
No. 237 Market Street above 1th,
PHILADELPHIA.
M ANUFACTURERS’ Depot for LOCKS ol
all kinds, warranted finality; premium procelian
KNOBS, over 60 patterns; silver plated HINGES,
&c., with the most complete assortment ol all the
Modem Patents in this line.
BUILDERS .V, DEALERS are invited to call
and examine our Stock.
Catalogues sent by Mail if directed.
Hot Air REGISTERS and VENTILATORS, at
FACTORY PRICES.
Philadelphia March 16, 185*2. 42—ly
S;v\e of f \Vv Lots m Dation \
RARE CH ANCE FOR
MErilAXICS VXD CAPITALISTS!
A number of valuable city lots will be offered for
sale, at public auction, in Dalton, on the second Tues
day in October next.
PERMS ten percent cash, the balance in six years,
pay able in equal annual instalments with interest.
ALSO, for sale, or lea.e. a large and valuable,
SflAI &AW=MIEILILi8
of 65 horse-power, with room to connect therewith
n Floor or Grist mill
ALSO, an excellent farm, known as “Cox’s
Fa ui.” 616 acres, with about 80 acres cleared, and
very rich land on Mill Creek, with a large spring of
excellent water, and, an extensive orchard. This
rin adjoins the citv of Dallon, with the VV &. A R.
K. ru
ninna thri'iiftlt it.
M«
aniline. I
Nircliasei
-■ can lie inaile. at
O ri
vate sale.
OTl i;tV
. malile t<*
mi*. I>y ;
apply ins lo Beil
K
. <*reen.
E-q ■
at D iltm
1. until th
ie lir-t of Aiirtiiet,
or
after that
tim<\
at Wa-hi
tiiftoii City, until the lir*Ui
if 1
ijrtober ;
also. 1
iv applvi
use to (in
istavus Ileerlem,
at
Dallon,
win* '
ivillslin'w
tlio prop
erty.
Th
e cny of 1
Jalton is
advantageously l<
>cat
ed at the
in»Gr«eciion *»(
the East
Tennessee and < 1
ieni
ilia Rail
R'ikI
with tlie
1 ami Atlantic It
ad
Road, or
MEDICAL COLLEGE (IF THE STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
5TMHF. Ann* ml Course of Lectures in this Institu-
lion commences on the first Monday in No
vember, on the following brandies :
Anatomy, by J E. HOLBROOK. M. D.
S nrgery. bv E. GKDDINGS, M. D
Institutes and Practice, by G 3 H DICKSON, M. D.
Physiology, by JAMF.8 MOULTRIE. M. D.
Materia Medina by HENRY R. FROST, M. D.
Obstetrics, by THOM AS G. PRIOLEAU, M. D.
Chemistry, by C. U SHEPARD. M. I).
Comparative Anatomy, by L AGASSIZ. M. D.
Demonstrator of Anatomy ST. JULIAN RAVENEL
M. D.
Assistant Demonstrator. F. T. MILES, M D.
Prosector to the Professor of Surgery, J. F. M. GED
DINGS, M. D.
CLINICAL INSTRUCTION.
D. J. C.ALV. M. D.. Physician to the Marine
Hospital and Clinical Instructor, lectures twice a
week on the diseases of that Institution.
J FORD PRIOLEAU, M. D . Physician to the
Hospital of the Alms House, at which lectures are
delivered twice a week on Diseases, the diagnosis
discriminated, and the student indoctrinated in their
treatment.
Demonstrative Instruction in Medicine and Sur
gery. at 'he College Hospital, by the Professors of the
Medical College.
At a special meeting of the Trustees and Fac" b y
of the Medical College of the State of South-Car ob ‘
na. held on the 3d day of January, l^o'i. Dr L.
AGASSIZ was unanimously elected Professor °f
Comparative Anatomy, with the distinct understan
ding that the collegiate expenses of the student are
not to be increased by this addition to tile course.
HENRY It. FROST, M. D , Dean.
Aug. 24 12—fit
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA.
T ill’ twenty-first course of lectures, in this institu
tion will commence on the first Monday in No
vember next.
Anatomy. G. M. NEWTON. M. D.
Surgery, L. A DUGAS, M. I).
Institutes uud Practice of Medicine, L D. FORD,
M I).
Phvsiology and Pathological Anatomy, H. V. M.
MILLER. M. D
Materia Medico and Thereapeutics. and Medical
Jui isprndenre. I. P. GARVIN, M. I).
Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Infants J.
A EVE. M. D
Chemistry and Pharmacy, ALEX. MEANS. M. D.
Demonstrator of Anatomy. H. F. CAMPBELL,
M. D.
Clinical Lectures will lie delivered regularly at the
Citv Hospital, and ample opportunities will be affor
ded lor the Study of practical Anatomy.
Important additions have been made during the
present year to their means for Demonstrative
Teachings in (Ibsteirics. Pallioligical and Surgical
Anatomy. Diseases of the ekin. £ifc . sVc.
Fur further information; application may ho made
to any member of the Faculty, or to
G. M NEWTON, Dean.
Augusta. July, 1852. 8—8t.
• S.ate Road,” and from its position must rapidly
improve BEN. E. GREEN,
Washington, D. C., or Daliuii, Georgia.
July 8. 1-5-1. 6—Ids
" IOTI C
* * am informed that Land Warrant. No. 10909, for
^ $0 Acres of Land was issued on the 4lh day of
Augu-t 1851. in mv favor as a private, in Captain
Gunn's Go , Geo.. Militia. W ar of 181*2. and sent to
my address at Jasper C. H.. Geo., which failed to ar
rive. or which 1 liave not received. Tims is there
fore to give notice, that I have entered a careal in the
office of the Commissioner of tile General Land Of
fice, to prevent trie issuing ol a patent to a fraudulent
claim on. ami shall apply to the Cotu’r. of Pensions
for a duplicate of said VVarrant.
CHARLES F. WALTHALL.
July 22 185*2. 9-6t
NOTICE.
riAME undersigned would respectfu'lv announce to
1 the citizens of Baldwin and adj .cent counties,
tint he is now located m MiUcdgecilte, where he will
be happy to receive all orders for
HOUSE PAINTING AND
PLASTERING.
U. BRYANT.
Mtlledgevilie, April 13, 185*2. 45—ll
lOO Piano l out's.
T. GILBERT &, CO’S
New York W are Rooms, (333 Broadway)
Cor. of Anthony st anil opposite Broad
way Bank and Theatre,
A X7"H ERF. the largest assortment of Pianos with
Vt and icilhont the celebrated Improved Andean,
m u lie found—all of w hich have the Metallic Frame,
ami are irarrauteri to stand any climate and gire entire
satisfaction and will be sold at great bargains. By
an expelience ol eight years, resulting in many im-
purtaiit improvement*, the .Eoleau has been brought
to a perfection attained by no others, Nearly 2.0(H)
/E'deaus have been applied, and the demand is rap
idly increasing. Elegant Boudoir nr Collage Pianos
convenient lor small rooms T G, <fc Co’s Pianos
are admitted In be superior to all others, owing to
their firmness and long standing in tune* Prices saoie
as at the Manufactory. Dealers supplied at liberal
discounts. E 11. W ade’s and the enure Boston cat
alogue of Music and Instruction Books furnished at
this Store, at VV ho!e«ale.
HORACE WATERS, Sole Agent.
Constantly on hand an extensive assortment of se
cond hand Pianos in Rosewood and Mahogany cases,
varying in prices from $3ff to $156. Second band
.‘Eoleau Pianos from $2iK) to $'275—Grand Pianos
from $36(1 to $700. Prince tSr Co's Melodcons from
$35 to $91). Carharts $55 to $90. Guitars from
$10 to $75 «X:c , Ate
August 31, 1852. 13—lOt
A VALUABLE PLANTATION
iliia. FOR SALE.
THE undersigned offers for sale his Plantation in
Meriwether county, lying on Cane Creek, eight
mileslrom Greenville.on the public road from Greeu-
ville to Baker’s Gap; containing 507 acres of good
Land. 17(1 acres of which is under cultivation There
is a new dwelling House, Gin house and Screw on
the premises; together with a Blacksmith Shop, and
other i ecessary out-buildings, all new. There is an
excellent Well and a fine Spring convenient lo tha
hnu-e. The above described Plantation will be sold
low, in two equal payments. Enquire of the sub
scriber in Greenville. A. W. CORLF.Y.
Meriwether Co.. Ga., A ng. 25, 1852—13 9t
jTfL LITTLE RIVER
PLANTATION
FOR SALE.
1 1 HE. Subscriber offers for sale one of the most
valuable plantations in Putnam county. It lies
4 miles northwest of Eatonton, and 2 miles imme
diately above the Factory. This plantation rontains
about nine hundred acres of Land, one half in the
woods; the remainder in a fine state ofcultivation
and improvement; is in as healthy a region as any in
Georgia. There is not 50 acres of worn out land on
'.lie place, and there is at least one hundred and fifty
aeresol the very best bottom land in Ggorgia. The
Gin House and Screw are of the best and most con
venient description. All other necessary buddings
on the place. There are attached to the place a grist
mill with two sets of runners, and one set runners for
grinding wheat, also a iipw Saw Mill; the Mills have
a good custom, and a npver-failing stream, and when
all other mills slop for want of water, we are able to
go it all Ihe time. Three fourths of the mills I own,
which will he sold with the Land.
Land buyers are respectfully invited to cal! and
examine for themselves soon as the above described
premises will be certain to sell.
WILLIAM O BRIEN.
F.alonlon, Aug. 5th, 1852. 10—tf
From the National Era.
A Brief Chapter in the Life of
GEX.FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Mr. Pierce on the AntLSlavery Movement.
Mr. Pierce voted when in Congress, to
respect the right of petition as exercised by
the Abolitionists, in 1837, when having
served his State in the House of Represen
tatives, he had taken his seat as a member
of the United States Senate, he voted lo re
ceive, in the usual manner a petition asking
for the abolition of slavery in the district ot
Columbia, and sustained his vote by his
voice. lie took the same grounds with Mr
Adams,as to the propriety of the abolition ol
slavery in the district, but declared that ‘‘he
would give no vote which might be constru
ed into a denial of the right of petition.”
That wa9 a time when the influence of sla
very was in the ascendant, when it was the
fashion to toss back such petitions with con
tempt in the faces of those who presented
them, and it required some courage in a pol
itician of the Democratic school to confront
and defy the imperous demand of the South
that all memorials and applications of this
nature should be rigorously excluded from
the notice of Congress. The right to ask
for the extinction of slavery in the District
of Columbia is now admitted, but Franklin
Pierce whatever be his opinions respect
ing the Compromise, was one of the
earliest to assert it.— New York Evening
Post.
Mr. Pierce will be as much surprised as
Mr. Orr of South Carolina, to learn that lie
ha9 ever stood opposed to any of the imperi
ous demands of the South. Our friends of
the Evening Post have derived their infor
mation from a very partial record as we
shall now show.
Mi. Pierce entered Congress in 1S33.
Monday, February 2d, IS35, the House of
Representatives proceeded lo the consider
ation of several petit.ons and memorials
from sundry citizens from the Stale of New
York, one of w hich was signed by eight hun
dred ladies praying the aboliton of slavery
and the slave trade in the District of Colum
bia. presented by Mr. Dickson. The war
on the right of petition was at this time
about commencing, but Mr. Dickson was al
lowed to speak in behalf of the passage of
the petition: and, at the close of his remarks
he moved to refer the papers to a select com
mittee.
Mr. Chinn did not mean “to disturb the
deep sympathy or ihe tender mercies of
950 acres. »n the waters of Lazer Greek. 120 or 130 | the gentleman from New York.’ ‘die only
acres of it being bottom land, which will produce
A VALUABLE FARM
2* Mi BJk'&'M*
THIi subscriber having determined to dispose of
bis farming interest in TALBOT COUNTY, now
offers lor sale bis Valuable Farm, lying 3 miles west
of Talbotton on the Hamilton road. Said farm con
sisting uf 500 acres. 60 or 70 acres of which are
Swamp, all in good tepair, and well improved, with
a fine OwePiog and all necessary outhouses, in good
condition, and in the most desirable part of the county.
Purchas* rs wishing to suit themselves in a desira
ble location for health and society, are requested to
call ami see for themselves.
FRANCIS LENNARD.
Talbotton, July *27, 1852. 0—13t
A PLANTATION
YOU SALE.
THE subscriber being drtsirous of moving lo ihe
West, offers lor sale, on accoinmodniing terms, his
Valuable Plantation in TALBOT COUNTY, situ
ated 44 miles Northwest of Talbotton. It contains
from 30 to 50 bushels uf corn per acre: on which a
valuable Mill could be built ala small expense. The
settlement is nearly square, with all necessary and
desirable buildings near ihe centre, consisting of a
large two story dwelling house, well finished, a now
framed gin house and screw, good negro houses,
crins. stables, & c.
Persons wishing to buy. would Ho well to call ear
ly. view the premises and see its productions, where
the subscriber can generally be found.
JAMES C. LENNARD.
Talbotton, July 27, 1852. 9—I3t
PUTNAM LANDS
moved to lay the whole subject on the ta
ble.”, and upon that question he demanded
the yeas and riays. The fiiends of the
right of petition took the ground that the
petitions should not only be received, but
considered and refered. Their opponents,
while recognizing it in form by receiving
petitions, denied it in fact by insisting that
they should belaid on the table at once,and
without debate.
The question was then taken upon Mr.
Ch inn’s motion, and derided in the affirma- ;
live—veas 117, nays 77. 1 be South aided
SAaSB, I by such Aten as Wise, Pickens, Peyton
iiUr iny Plantation lying in the fork of Little | Pinckney and Gilrner, with its Northern al-
River and Itig Glady Greek. Ii,r sale, well known us lies. Voted yea; John Quincy Adams and his
a part ol the Lumsden piace, i friends, nay, Among the affirmative
1 his tract of land contains 1360 acres, between ! • .1 . r m , n . „ .
three and four hundred of which are supposed to be i ol ® 9 ,s that e f 1 ratikhn I ierce. Gales
woodland. 11 lies three and a half miles west from j & .Seaton’s Register, Yol. xi. Part 1. p. 1.
Eatonton. adjoining lands of Augustus Moselv, David 141.
H. Reid and the Eatonton Factory. It maybe to the
interest of those wishing to buy to make early appli
cation ~ HAMBLIN BASS-
J uly 30th 1852. <j tf.
Land foi* Sale!
Ijp 1)111’. Subscriber offers for sale his
Land immediately at McDonald
16 Stalinn Central Rail Road containing
two hundred and ninety acres (290.)—
There is a comfortable dwelling house
on the premises and all oilier necessary buildings.
There are about sixty acres cleared and under a good
fence. There is some good swamp land, which by
draining, would ne very valuable. Any person wish
ing to purchase land in this section of country, would
do well to call on the subscriber at McDonald, as a
bargain will be given, as be is anxious to sell.
ALLEN ROGERS.
August Clh, 1852. 10—tf
VALUABLE LANDS
For Sale.
BEING desirous of moving South. I offer for Sale
my Plantation in Meriwether county. 9 miles N. E.,
Greenville, and 5 miles S. Atlanta nnd LaGrange
Rail Road, containing 700 acres. 300 acres cleared
and in fine s'ate of cultivation. The buildings are
new and comfortable, with a good store-house and
fine stand for selling goods. The production of ihie
land will please any one. Price low.
. P. P. CLAPTON.
June 11, 1852. 2 tf
TWO PLANTATIONS
FOR SALE.
OUR Plantations, situated in the 8th
District of Randolph comity. Georgia, and immedi
ately on 'lie road leading from Cnlhbert to George
town, 17 miles Irom the former, and? miles from the
latter place. One plantation contains 1600 acres.
500 ofwhirh is cleared and under good fence with an
excellent framed Gin House a new Gin and screw
a good Dwelling House, Negro Houses, Gribs, «Stc
The other plantation is adjoining and contains 500
acres 170 of which is cleared and under an excellent
fence no which there isa good Dwelling House. Ne
gro Houses. Cribs. &c.. and an excellent well of wa
ter in the yard. The undersigned are determined to
sell bv the first of October, at which 'itne they intend
to remove to Texas—Those wishing to purchase,
would do well to examine. For particulars apply to
HIRAM SCARBOROUGH, or
L4VLNIA NEWSOM.
Georgetown August 6, 1852. 11—4t.
Plantation for Sale
IN WILKINSON COUNTY.
Wednesday, December 16, 1835, Mr.
Fairland presented a petition from 172 wo- j
men, for the abolition of slavery and the
slave trade in this District, and moved it be
laid on the table. Mr. Slade moved that it i
be printed, The question was taken on the j
first motion,£and decided in the affirmative
—yeas 180, nays 31—the South with its I
Northern allies, including Franklin Pierce, 1
voting yea, John Q Adams and his friends :
nay.
Mr. Vanderpoel moved to lay the motion
to print on the table; and this motion pre
vailed—yeas 169, nay 49—Franklin Pierce
again voting in the affirmative, with the
slaveholders—Gales & Seaton’s Register,
Yol xii‘ part 2, p 1,965.
Friday, December 15, 1835. a protracted
debate sprung up in the House, on the pre
sentation of a petition by Mr. Jackson of
Mass, praying the abolition of slavery in the
District.
The work of petitioning ot. the subject of
slavery had now fairly commenced. Up to
this time, the usual mode of getting rid of
the petitions had been by laying them on the
table without debate. This prevented their
consideration, and excluded all agitation.
But a few Southern men of extreme views,
incensed by what they regarded assaults up-
the peculiar institution, or determined to
open the door for sectional controversy, for
the sake of embarrising the Administra
tion or promoting discussion, determined
upon a mote violent course of procedure.
The presentation of the petition by Mr.
Jackson was used as an occasion. Mr.
Hammond of South Carolina moved that it
be rejected, Mr. Garland of Virginia, mov
ed that it be laid on the table. A rambling
conversation followed, upon points of order.
At last for the purpose of getting at the
question of rejection, Mr. Hammond and his
fiiends agreed tohave the petition consider
ed, and Mr. Garland withdrew his motion to
lay on the table. It was immediately re**
newed by Mr. Beardsley of New York.—
The House again became perplexed with
points of order, until Mr. Thomas of Mary
land to relieve the members who had voted
for consideration, from the difficulties,moved
to reconsider the motion, by which the
House had agreed to consider the petition.
A most exciting debate followed. Some of
the Southern members avowed that they de
sired agitation, for the purpose of being
able to vindicate their institutions; some tie-
precated agitation,all denounced it; and they
were sustained by the Northern allies of the
Slave Power, who abused the anti-slavery
BEING desirous to move Westward. I offer my
Plantation fur S ale, situated in the Fourth Di-trictof
W ilkinson county between Commissioners creek and
the Ocnnee river, three miles North of Station 16,
G. R. It . and six Miles frum Irwinton. containin'
four hundred and ten acres and about one hundred
a "d acres cleared and in fine state of cultiva- men> am j were willing to go aP lengths for
lion, there is nbout 70 acre* of Bottom Land nbout 1/ i . . r • • ,
cleared, which will bring a hale of Gotton per acie j the 81, pp r eSsion of agitation, so that they
and upwards, and Corn according. Ttie uplands are i might be spared the dangerous task of an
as productive as any lands in this section* A tolerable undisguised denial of the right of petition,
good dwelling on the premises. Kitchen and House V i,;„,„„ii* \.i, i*„„ _ ; > ° ■,
also. I will sell to the purchaser ifdesired the corn and r , ’ r i 1,Ul,9e ! f ‘ Mr ,\ te a^«ley said, he was
fodder made on the plantation, together with Ihe I rea( Jy 1° gtve a direct vote on the petition, a
stock of cattle and lings and horses and implements j vole that should matk the opinion of the
suitable to carry on a farm. The situation isamong House upon the character of such petitions
good society, and two good Mills convenient enough,
one in five and the other in six miles. Any person
wishing surh a location would do well to call soon
and examine the premises ns I will sell iow.
WILEY HOLLAND;
August 33d 1652. 12—3t
IAYEUY STABLE,
For the Accommodation
of Horses, and the 1 ravelling Pub
lic. BY WILLIAM T. McDADE & Co.
Eatonton, Putuani Uo. Ga. Aug. 24,1852.12 4m 0 h * 3 nnAion that they could have a direct
by saying affirmatively that they would not
consider it. “If that would meet the views
of the honorable getleman, he was willing to
modify his motion to lay on the table, and
to move that the House would not consider
the petition, or would reject its prayer, al
though laying it on the table, he thought,
was equivalent to either of the modifications
indicated.
Mr. Mason of Virginia hoped that the
gentleman from New York would 30 modi
vote on rejecting the petition. “If the
House is prepared to decide upon the prin
ciple of the petition, why not reject it at
once/ To refer the petition is an act of
supererogation, which can do no good, and
will do much mischief.’ He hoped the House
would reconsider, and then at once refuse to
consider the petition, or reject it.
Franklin Pierce hoped the motion to re
consider would be withdrawn, and that Mr.
Beardsley would so modify his motion “as to
meet the approbation of all who are most
sensitive upon this agitating question;” and
he rose to add his request to the suggestion
made by his friind from Virginia, [Mr. Ma
son.] He was anxious for a direct vote up
on the question, be could not bear that any
imputation should rest upon the North
in consequence of the misguided and
fanatical zeal of a few—comparatively few,”
See.
The motion to reconsider was laid on the
table—yeas 119, nays 72.
Mr. Beardsly, persisting in his motion to
lay the petition on the table, so as to get rid
of debate and excitement, the question was
taken, and decided in the negative—yeas 95
nays 121. Tho.-e who voted yea were the
conservative men of the South, and the
Northern allies; those who voted nay were
the extreme men of the South, who wished
to force an undisguised denial of the right
of petition, and the true friends of the right
of petition, who were intent upon putting an
end to the policy by which the right had
been practically nullified, while technically
tecognised. As might have been expected,
John Q, Adams voted nay and Franklin
Pierce yea.
The motion to lay upon the table having
failed, Mr. Hammond moved that said mo
tion be, and the same is hereby rejected —
The debate then proceeded with great ani
mation, and during its progress, the fact
was brought to the notice of the House that
a similar petition, presented that very day
by Mr. B r iggs of Massachusetts, thiough
inadvertance, had been referred to the com
mittee on the District of Columbia. Mr.
Patten moved to reoonsider this vote; and
then while the whole subject went over till
the following Monday—the House adjourn
ed till that day.
Monday, December the 21st, it was again
taken up, and, after debate, the majority be
ing unable to agree upon any moie summary
mode of proceeding, a motion to lay upon
the table, the petition and all motions in re
lation to it, prevailed—yeas 140, nays 76 —
the South generally, anJ its Northern allies
including Franklin Pierce, voting yea, John
Q. Adams and his friends.wilh a few South
erners hostile to any kiud of indirection vo
ting nay.
Mr. O vens had previously sent to the
chair the following resolutions:
“That in the opinion of this House, the qnes-
tion of the abolit.on of slavery in the District
of Columbia ought not to be entertained by Con
gress. • _ .
‘•That in any cas» any petition praying the abolition
of Slavery in the Disirict of Columbia be hereafter
presented, it is the deliberate opinion of this House
that the same ought to be laid upon the table without
reading.”
Ho then moved that the rules be suspen
ded, to enable him to offer these resolutions.
The motion was lost—yeas 1QB, Bays
115—Franklin Pierce voting with the slave
holders yea; John Q. Adams and his Itiends
nay.
Mr. Patton of Virginia, called up his mo
tion to teconsiaer the motion by which a
petition for the abolition of Slavery in the
District had been referred; and thereupon
a fierce debate arose on the general question
of slavery, (occupying three days) in the
course of which the Northern view of the
subject was presented at length and with
great ability by Wm Slade.
The question of reconsideration was de
cided on the 23d in the affirmative—yeas
143, nays 61—the South and its North
ern allies, with Franklin Pierce, voting
yea, and John Quincy Adams and his friends
nay’
The petition and motion to commit were
thensummarily laid on the table—yeas 144
nays 67—Franklin Pierce voting as before,
yea, JJohn Q Adams, nay—Galea & Sea
ton’s Register, vol xii. part 2, from p 1,966
to 1,977.
February 15, 1836, Mr, Pierce obtained
leave to make a personal explanation. He
read fiom an abolition paper an article
making severe strictures upon his speech
of a former day, in which he had 9aid not
one of 500 of his constituents was in favor of
the abolition of slavery in the District. He
denounced the paper as insignificant and
odious,” he denounced the anti-slavery
movement, and undertook to discredit all
the petitions on the subject of slavery,
whether from his own Stale or others.
Gales & Seston’s Register, vol xii, part 2,
p 2. 528.
February 8, 1836, the resolution of Mr.
Pinckney, was adopted, for raising a select
committee, to which were referred all pa
pers relating to the subject of slavery, and
which was instructed to report that Congress
has no constitutionnl power to interfere in
any way with slavery in the district of Col
umbia. The resolution was divided, and
Ftanklin Pietce voted in the affirmative on
every part of the instructions—-Gales &
Seaton’s Register, Yol xii, Part 2, p. 2-
502.
February 23, 1837, Mr. Adams presented
a petition for ihe abolition of slavery in the
District, and moved its reference to a select
committee on the subject. Mr. Shepherd
otjected to its reception; Mr. Davis moved
to lay that preliminary question on the table
and bis motion prevailed—yeas ]20, nays
86,—Franklin Pierce voting yea with the
South. John Q Adams and his friends, nay.
The effect of the petition, was to lay the
question on the table, thereby virtually re
fusing to entertain the petition. Gales
& Seaton’s Register Vol. xii, part 3, 2,097.
May 18, 1836, Mr. Pinckney, from the
select committee on the subject, made a re
port concerning the disposition of papers
telating to the question of slavery, conclu-
dirg with the billowing resolutions:
Rssoleed. That Congress ought not to interfere in
any way wtih slavery in the District of Columbia.
•‘And whereas, it is extremely important and de-
sitahle that the agitation of this subject should he
finally arrested, for the purpose of secuing tranquil
ity to the public mind, your committee respectfully
recommend the adoption of the following additional
resolutions, viz:
‘•Resolred, That all petitions, memorials, resolu
tions, propositions, or papers, relating in any way,
or to any extent whatever, lo the subject of slavery,
or the the abolition of slavery, shall, without being
either printed or referred, be laid on the table, and
that no further action shall be had thereon.”—Galea
& Seaton’s Register, Vol. aii, Part 3, p. 3,756.
Various motions were made, and points
of order raised, and the subject went over
to the next day, when a hot discussion took
place, a few extreme men from the South
objecting to the resolutions, because they
did not assert explicitly the absence of the
cor.s.itutional power in Congress to abolish
slavery in the District. The morning hour
expired before any question was taken;
and the subject did not again come up till
the 25th, when after a long speech from a
Southern member, the gag wa9 applied in
the shape of the previous question, Mr.
Adarri9 struggling in vain to be heard, and
the main question wa9 ordered to be put—
yeas 109, nays 89—Franklin Pierce vo
ting with the South.— Points of order were
raised by friends of free discussion, but they
were overruled by the Chair, and, on an
appeal, his decision was sustained by the
usual vote—Franklin Pierce voting in the
affirmative.
The first resolution was generally agreed
to; the second, by a vote of 132, to 45; the
third, Ly a vote of 117 to 68—Franklin
Pierce in both cases voting yea, with the
South, and its allies, end Mr. Adams and
his friends nay. A few extreme Southern
men refused to vote for the reason assigned
above. Gales & Seaton’s Register Vol.
xii. Part 4, p.4,031, 4,074.
This was the first gag law on the sub
ject of petitions adopted in Congress; Mr.
Pierce was a member of the select commit- j
tee that prepared and reported it, gave his
influence and votes for it in all its stages,
until it was adopted by the House: and in
a debate in the Senate, December, 1837, he
publicly avowed that he bad concurred fully j
in the sentiments of Mr. Pinckney’s teport, \
and further examination bad confirmed him
in his opinion.—^Congressional Globe, Vol. ]
vi. p. 37.
The report contained a long and elabora- !
ted argument against the abolition of slave- j
ry in the District, (on the grounds that it '
would be a violation of good faith, would
endanger the interests of Maryland and j
Virginia, would be a blow aimed at the in- j
stitution of slavery in the South,) and also |
an argument against emancipation, even by
the States, as fiaught with most mischiev
ous consequences.—Appendix to Gales &
Seaton’s Register, Vol. xii, part 4 p. 100.
December 25, 1S36. Mr. Adams presen
ted a petition from Pennsylvania, for the
abolition of slavery and the slave trade in
the District of Columbia. In reply to a
question, by Mr. Pickens, the Speaker said
that the rules adopted at the last session,
for the dispositon of all such petitions ex
pired with the session. A motion was im
mediately made to lay it on the table, and
it prevailed—yeas 116, nays 36—Franklin
Pierce among the yeas, John Quincy Ad
ams the nays. Gales & Seaton’s Register
vol. xiii, part l, ; p. 156.
January 9, 1837, Mr. Adams presented
a similar petition; Mr. Glascock of Georgia
objected to its reception; Mr. Parks moved
to lay the question of reception on the ta
ble, and this motion prevailed—yeas 130,
nays 69. We do not find the names recor
ded, but it is fair to presume that Mr. Pierce
voted in the affirmative, from the fact that
he had voted affirmatively on an identical
motion made by Mr. Davis on the prelim
inary question in relation to the reception
of a petition presented by Mr. Adams, Feb
ruary 3, 1836.
The Speaker said that the effect of this
motion was to arrest the action of the House
on the petition, and not to lay it upon the
table.—In other words, the House refused
to receive it. Gales & Seaton's Register,
vol. xiii, part 1,1,316;
The same day, Mr. Adams presented
another Anti-Slavery petition, and the
question was put directly on it9 reception, j
The Northern allies of the Siave Power
were not prepared to deny in this gross
manner the light of petition, though they
had been constantly violating it in fact,
and they voted with Mr, Adams and his
friends to receive it—the name of Franklin
Pierce being recorded for the first time on
the same side with Mr. Adams. The peti
tion having been received, it was laid upon j
the table without debate or consideration
—yeas 156, nays 50—Franklin Pierce vo
ting with the yeas, John r Quincy Adams
with the nays Gales & Seaton’s Register,
vol. xiii, part 1, p. 1,329.
January 16, 1837, several petitions for
the abolition of slavery and the slave trade
in the District were presented, the question
of reception was raised in every case, and
laid upon the table—the Speaker deciding
that the effect of the proceeding was to sus
pend all action, and leave the petition exact
ly where it was. We have no record of
the yeas and nays in these cases; but Mr.
Pierce doubtless voted as he had previously
done.
January IS, 1S27; the House, under the
screw of the previous question, adopted, on
motion of Mr. Hawes of Kentucky, the gag
rule of the last session, reported by the
select committee, of which Mr. Pierce was
a member, and in the report of which he '
entirely concurred. It was adopted by a I
similar vote to that given for it at the last |
session.—Gale9 & Seaton’s Register, vol. !
xiii, part 2, p. 1.412.
February 6, 1837, Mr. Adams lose end j
said he held in his hand a paper, on which,
before it was presented, he desired to have I
the decision of the Speaker. It was a pe- !
tition from twenty two persons declaring j
themselves to be slaves. He wished to j
know whether the Speaker considered
such a petition as coming within the rules
oft he House.
The reader of the debates in Congress,
when Mr. Adams was struggling against ■
fearful odds for the maintainance of the right
of petition, will recollect what then took j
place. The House was shaken as with a 1
tempesf. Although Mr. Adams had not
presented the petition, retaining it in his
possession, declining even to 9end it to the j
Speaker’s chair till he had obtained the de- •
cision of the Speaker as lo whether if pre- j
sented, it would come within the rule, the
slaveholding members, blinded by indigna
tion, gave way to excesses of passion, and
introduced one resolution after another,
with a view to inflict punishment on the
venerable man for an act he had not com
mitted. Several days were spent in this in
sensate attempt to crush the defender of the
right of petition, and it was with extreme
difficulty he obtained the floor to correct the
gross misrepresentations of his adversaries
and vindicate his conduct.
At last, they agreed to urge the follow- (
ing resolution, submitted by Sir, Patton, of
Virginia:
"Resolved, That any member who shall hereafter
present to the House any petitioo from the slaves of
this Union, ought to be considered as regardless of
the feelings of the House, the rights of the Southern
States, and unfriendly to the Union.
“That the Hon. Quincy Adam* having solemnly
disclaimed all design of doing anything disrespect
ful to the Honse. in the inquiry be made of the
Speaker ns to the petition purporting to be from
staves, nnd having avowed his inttnlion not here-
atter to present the petition to the House, being of
opinion that it ought not to be presented; therefore,
all further proceedings in regard to bis conduct do
now cease.”
It was moved to lay the whole subject on
the table, but Mr. Adams and his friends
keenly felt that, after all the vindictive as
saults upon him, without opportunity hav
ing been allowed him for defence, this
would be a disposition of the subject highly
unjust. They voted against the motion, as
did the Southern members, who were anx
ious to have an expression of opinion on
the transaction; the motion failed—but Mr.
Pierce did\ not vote at all. He would no!
vote to give Mr. Adams a chance to be
heard; he would not vote agaiust any of his
Southern friends.
February 9, the subject being still under
discussoin the motion to get rid of the sub
ject by laying it on the table was again
made, with a similar result—Mr. Pierce
still declining to vote.
The question was then taken on the first
of Mr. Patton’s resolutions, and decided in
the negative—yeas 92, nays 105—Mr.
Pierce not voting. The second resolution
was also lo9t—yea9 21, nays 139—Mr.
Pierce still not voting.
Several Southern members voted ffgainst
the first resolution of Mr. Patton, or refu
sed to vote fur it, inasmuch 89 the petition
refeired to was for the expulsion of Mr.
Adams, not for the abolition of slavery,
and they were also unwilling to define in
advance the kind of punishment a member
deserved who should present an anti-slave
ry petition from slaves. Mr. Pierce we
presume, agreed with these ; for on the
11th, we find him moving to reconsider
the vote by which that resolution had been
rejected—the purpose being to modify it.
It was reconsidered—yeas 145, nays 48—
and then modified, so as to read.
“Resolred, That slaves do not possess the right of
petition secured lo the people of the U. States by tho
Constitution.”
After a great deal more discussion and
denunciation, in the course of which Mr.
Adams wa9 threatened by Waddy Thomp
son with an indictment by the Grand Jury
of the District of Columbia, his adversa
ries, failing in their attempt to censure him,
settled down upon the following resolu
tions :
“An inquiry having been made by an honorable
member from Massachusetts, whether a paper which
he held in his hand, purporting to be a petition from
certain slaves, and declaring themselves slaves came
within the order of the House of the 18th of Janua
ry, and the said paper not having been received by
the Speaker, he stated that in a case so extraordina
ry and novel he would take the advice and consent
of the House:
“Resolred. That this House cannot receive the said
petition without disregarding its own dignity, the
rights of a large class of citizens of the South and
West, and the Constitution of the U- 3tates.
“Resolred, That slaves do not possess the right of
petition secured to the People of the United Slates
by the Constitution.”
The first resolution was passed—yeas
160, nays 3g; the second aUo—yeas 162,
nays 18—Franklin Pierce in both instances
voting yea, and John Quincy Adams, nay
—Gales & Seaton’s Register, vol xiii, part
2, pp. 1,587 to 1734.
We have completed the record of Mr.
Pierce in the House. It demonstrates that,
during the time he held a seat in the
House of Representatives, he was an earn
est, thorough, consistent opponent of Anti-
Slavery agitation and Anti-Slavery discus
sion; that he was constantly arrayed against
Mr. Adams, the illustrious champion of the
right of petition ; that, while recognising
the technical right of petition, he unfortu
nately voted virtually to abrogate it ; that
when the Slave-holders attempted to crash
Mr. Adams, and with him the hope of ftee
discussion in the House, he would not vote
so as to secure that venerable man a fair
hearing; in a word, that he was the unwa
vering ally and supporter of the Slave-hold
ing Interest.
In the year 1837, Mr. Pierce became a
member of the United States Senate. Fol
lowing him thither, we shall find that he
continued to pursue the same line of poli
cy in relation to the Slavery Question. He
took his stand by the side of Mr. Cal
houn, and stood by him in bis efforts to sup
press Anti-Slavery agitation and discus-
ion.
December 18,1837, Mr. Wall presented
as petition from Anti-Slavery ladies in New
Jersey, praying for the abolition of Slavery
in the District of Columbia, and moved to
lay it on the table. Mr. Hubbard moved
to lay that motion on the table. Mr. Clay
was in favor of a reference, and a report
against the prayer of the petition, with a
view to quieting excitement. Mr. Calhoun
wished by summary measures to meet the
question at once. As the action of Mr.
Pierce in this case has been the subject of
misapprehension with our friends of the
Evening Post, we shall fully explain it.
His whole course in the House had proved
him an unrelenting opponent of Anti-Slave
ry discussions and petitions ; and he had
uniformly sustained all gag-reaolutions on
the subject. But, while violating the right
of petition in effect, he had been politic
enough to respect it in form. This course
he continued in the Senate. On this oc
casion he was in favor of receiving the pe
tition, and then of getting rid ot it any way
best calculated to defeat its object and pre
vent agitation. He did not wish to give the
Abolitionists a chance !‘to make up a false
issue on the right of peiilii n.” In another
place he said—‘All we demand is, that since
we ate to be the first to feel the effects
of Abolition ascendency at home, should
it ever he acquired, (which by the way, I
no means anticipate,) we may meet the
question unembarrassed,and not be driven
by any course here upon a collateral issue,
such as the right of petition, or any olher:”
This is a key to the policy of Mr. Pierce.
Mr. Rives was in favor of rejecting the pe
tition at once—Mr. Hubbard, of layiug
tho question of reception on the table—
Mr. Pierce, of laying the petition on the
table. The avowed object of each was to
stamp the petitions with disapprobation, to
prevent all debate and consideration, to get
rid of them as summarily as possible, every
one meanwhile declaring his respect for the
right of petition.
“When petitions of this character should
be received,” he said, “he wouid be pre
pared to act upon them without delay—to
reject the prayer of the petitions, to lay
them upon the table, or give them any other
direction that might be thought best calcu-
ted to silence the agitators, and tranejuilize
the public mind. As a member of the
Select Committee of the other House, of
which Mr. Pickney, of South-Carolina,
was chairman, he had fully concurred ia
the sentiments of the report presented by
that gentleman at the first session of the
twenty-fourth Congress; and further exam
ination and reflection had only served to
confirm him in the opinion he at that time
entertained; but road and fanatical as he re
garded the schemes of the Abolitionists,
and deeply as he deplored the consequences
of their course upon all secliona of the Un
ion, he could give no vote that might be
construed into] a denial of the right of pe
tition, and thus enable them to change their