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papers within their territories ;-aud their power
over the subject of slavery ami all its incidents,
was in no degree diminished by the adopiiuu of
the federal constitution. It is still undivided and
sovereign as it was when thoy were first emanci
pated Irom the dominion of ihe King of Parlia-
mentof Great Britain. In the exercise of that
capriciously applying them to other cases in
which there is uo uecessity aud it would be the
duty as well as the inclination, of the depart
raeut, to punish such assumptions with uuwout-
ed severity. This suggestion 1 do not make be-
tnosft of Uie .^embers of the
who for this purpose s-spsu
Court of Errors
The meeting was < tiled
Campbell P. White, wt>Y
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se l h.-.vo any apprehension that it is needed the Mayor as President, and
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for vour restraint; but because I wisli this paper tlemen were nominated <•> Vice Presidents :
LINES"
On the Death of Chief Justice Marshall.
By the tea-word sweep of the river’s wave.
To the hearts of’.he free enshrined
Ho went to sleep with the mighty and brave;
\nd left uot a rival behind..
>:■. the mild wnrm light of the summer’s sky,
. ihnsuu to tho view went down;
it fel! as a warrior doomed to die,
.'■Min the laud of his young renown.
:ff he stood, iu a stormy clime,
'he strife of the tetnptest hound :
: s temples bath’d in a light sublime,
i smiled on the elements round.
,-ranquil brow of his bending frame,
i:nt mov’d with a slow paced hand;
he sharpen'd his scyllio when the dim
glance enme.
And number’d his years by his sand.,
•‘'lorn the inounrful shades that around him
spread.
No war notes sounded his doom ;
Hm 't here they have gather’d him home with
' ihedcad.
Sweet Liberty points to his tomb.
As the white shroud fell o’er his limbs iu sleep,
And his funeral dirgo was rung,
Th«i voice of his country’s grief was deep.
And his death-pall widely lluug.
In the fair green land when he sunk to repose,
As thi breeze on the tranquil main.
Tile In i-iiteuing beams of his fame arose,
With the depth of his country’s pain.
t’hey bore him home to his land of fame.
To the sod of his classic clime,
'' here his star looks forth with a quenchless
• dome, A
i i.rough tho darkening clouds of time.
.V*!’’ Tn'L Enq. '
incut oi oreat itritaui. in tne exercise u. iu« „r
power, some of those states have made the circu- to bear upon its face e c ®' n P ,et ® .uf
lation of such papers a capital crime, others have
made it a felony puuishalilo by coufinementiu the
penitentiary; and perhaps there is not one among
them which lias uot forbidden it under heavy pen
alties. If the abolitionists or their agent* were
caught distributing their tracts in Louisiana, they
would be legally punished with death: if they
were apprehended m Georgia, they might be le-
thc views which I take of my own duty in the
existing emergency, Very respectfully’
Your ob’t servant.
AMOS KENDALL.
From the N. York Commercial Advertiser.
VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND.
This morning the packet ship George Wash-
ties of tiicir respetive laws.
Now, have these people a legal right to do_ by
the mail carriers ami Postnasters of the Uuited
States, acts, which if done by themselves or their
agents, would lawfully subject them to the pun
ishment due to felons of’.he deepest dye ? Are tho
officers of the United States compelled by Con
stitution and laws to become the instrument aud
accomplices of those who design to baffle and
make nugatory tho constitutional laws of the
Status—to fill them with sedition, murder, ami
insurrection, to overthrow those institutions which
are recognised aud guaranteed by the constitu
tion itself. . .
Aud is it entirely certain, that any oxistmg
law of the Uuited States would protect mail-car
riers aiid postmasters against tho penalties of ihe
state law, if they shall knowingly carry, distribute
or hand out any of those lorbiddcu papers . If a
State, by constitutional law, declare any speci
fic act to be a crime, bow are the officers of the
of the United States who mav be found guilty of
that act, lo escape the penalties of the Stale law?
It may be iu vain for them to plead that the post
office law made it theii duty to deliver all papers
which came by mail. In reply to this argument
it might be alleged, that the Post Office law im
poses penalties on postmasters for '•improperly"
detaining papers which come by the mail, and
that ihe detention of the papers iu questiou is nut
improper, because their circulation is prohibited
by valid State laws. Ascending to a higher
principle it might be plausibly alleged, that no
law of the United States can protect from pun
ishment any man, whether a public officer orcit
izeu'J iu the commission of an act which the state,
acting within the undonbted sphere of her reserv
ed rights, lias declared to bo u crime. Can tbe
United States furnish agents for conspirators n-
gaiiist the States, am! clothe them with impuni
ty? May individuals or combinations deliberate
ly projeet the subversion of State laws and in
stitutions, aud lighting their firebrands beyond the
jurisdiction of those States, makes the officers of
of the United States their irresponsible agents to
apply the flames '? Was it to give impuuity to
crime that tbe several States came into Un
ion, and conferred upon the general government
the power “to establish post offices and post
roads?”
in theso considerations thcro is reason todoob)
\vheiherthc abolitionists have a right to make use
of the mails of the Uuited States to convey their
publications into States‘where their circulatiiou
is forbidden by law ; and it is by no means cer-*
jeopardy by. them, is lint auolher evidence of the j daid, that tho mail-carriers and postmastors are
fatuity of tho councils by which they aro direct- I secure from the penalties of that law, if thoy
‘ knowingly carry, distribute, or hand them out,
n Civ a JIIfrL 111 liuLtl 111 vIvUrLIdi HICj illl{«« t ,v ' ** ■ ■ • l i* f
gaily sent-o the penitentiary ; and each of the iugton, captain ( JloMregs. arnved from. L.ver-
slave-holding states they would suffer the penal- pool, whence s te sai e on e to y,
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T OFFK
Irw. Gibbons.
E DEPARTMENT, )
22J August, 1835. y
‘Fa Samuel Gouverm iir. Esq.
Post ‘‘faster at N' w Y'o’k,
Sin —Yijur fetter of the Ilth inst. purporting
■to r.o- oiuptmy a letter from the American Auti-
Sl.iyoty society, and a resolution adopted by
Uihm, Ituuo duly to liaiul, but t'ithout the docu-
tnenis-alluded’lo. Seeing them published iu tho
newspapers, buwever, I proceed to reply without
waiting to rfeyeivis them officially.
|tv.a* right to propose to the Anti-slavery
society voiuntatiiy to desiit from attempting to
-eniF.Thfir. publications into the southern States
ey public rnttjls and refusal to do so, after they
apprized that the entire mails were put iu
•idler mature consideration ou tho subject, ami
'("•king the bust advice within my reach, I am
■ fu mod iu the opinion, that the Post Master
' ’-“»fcral has no IcgRl .uuhoritt by any order or
-nation' o| his department, to exclude from the
,ii,y species of newspapers, magaziuesor
mpfaleUi Such a power vested in the head' of
.hi itlroargntint would be fearfully dangerous, and
{..• .m: it properly withheld. Any order or letter
• <«»!.< it >■• or officially sanctioning tbe step you
hat o taken, would, therefore, bo utterly power
less atul void, ttud would not, in the slighcst do-
; ei celiuve you from its responsibility.
But-to prevent any mistake in your mind, or in
th : of the aliolitionists, or of the public, in rela
tion to my position aud views, 1 have no hesitation
iu saying, that I am deterred from giving any or
der to exclude the whole series of aboliliou pub
lications from the sou tiler n mails ouly by a want
illegal power; ami that if 1 were situated as you
i:e, 1 would do ns you have done.
Posmastera may lawfully know in all cases the
•.•(intents ol'newspapers, becausethe law express
ly provides that they shall be so put up that they
may be readily examined ; and if thoy know thus
couteuts to be calculated aud designed :o pro
duce, Httcl if delivered, will certainly produce the
commission of the most aggravated crimes on the
property and persons of their fellow citizens, it
•Mimot be doubted that it is there duty to detain
iltem if uot to even hand them over to the civil au
thorities. The Postmaster General has uo legal
power to prescribe any rule for tho government
ot Postmasters in such cases, nor has he cverat-
11-in pied to do so. They act in such cases upon
their own responsibility, and if they improperly
r< (: in or uso wpew sent to ifieir officies for trans-
Everv citizen may make use of the mail for any
lawful purpose. Tbe abolitionists may have a
legal right to its use for distributing their papers
iu New York, where it is lawful to distribute them;
but it docs uot follow that they have a legal right
to that privilege for such a purpose iu Louisiana
or Georgia, where it is unlawful. As well may
the counterfeiter and the robber demand the u “
of tbe mails for consummating tboir orimaa, ami
complain of a violation of their rights when it is
denied.
Upou these grouuds a postmaster may well hes
itate to be the agent of the abolitionists in sending
their incendiary publications into States where
their circulation is prohibited by law, and much
more may Postmasters residing in those States
refuse to distribute them. Whether tho arguments
here suggested be sound or uot, of one thing there
can be no doubt- If it shall ever be settled by
the auihority'of Congress, that tho post office es
tablishment may be legally, and must be actually
employed as :tu irresponsible agent to enable mis
guided fanatics or reckless incendiaries to stir up
with impuuity iusurccliou and servile war iu the
southern States, those States will of necessity
consider the general government ns an accom
plice in the crime—they will look upou it identi
fied in a cruel and unconstitutional attack on
their unquestionable tights and dearest interests,
aud they must necessarily treat it as a common
enemy in their means of defence. Ought the
postmaster or tbe department, by thrusting these,
papers upon the southern States now, in dcfiaucc
of their laws, to hasten a state of things so deplo
rable,
I <I0 not desire to bo understood ns affirming
irint the suggestion here thrown out. ought, with
on or delivery, it is at their peril and on their j out the action of higher authority, to be consider-
falls the punishment.
• t bejustifiablo to detain papers passingthr’o
mail, lor the purpose of preventing or rtitn-
!‘g liuftjlnted (Times against individuals, bow
ich more important it is that this responsibili-
.-iiiniM iic assumed to prevent insurrections &
■ii • ave communities! If in time of war a Post
.•liisfer should detect tbe letter of any enemy or
•py passing through the mail, w hich if it reached
its li' sUn<OD, w ould expose Itis country to ittva-
■ toil and her armies to desttuction. ought lie not
’ > arrostit? \ et, where is his legal power to do
50 ?
1 rotn the specimens 1 have seen of Anti-Sla
very publications, and the concurrent testimony
ol every class of citizens except tho abolitionists,
lUev tend directly, to produce iu the south, evils
end buromur: assiug those usually resulting from
the foreign invasion or ordiunry insurrection.—
From the revolting pictures and fervid appeals
a jttraped to the senses aud passions of the blacks,
they arc calculated to fill every family with assas
sins. snd produce at no distaut day an extcrinin-
ati ig s- rvilc war. So aggravated is the character
;if those paper* that the people* of tho Southern
States u itb an uuanimity never witnessed ex
cept in cuscs of extreme danger, have evinced in
• meetings, aud by other demonstrations, a
[nutation to seek defence ami safety by put
ml end to their circulation by any means,
tuy hezurd. Law less power is to be rc-
; but power which is exerted in palpable
pu
vifd
power whose
south, the uuiu
ly believe; ami
prtssion, i will
carry.tbe mails
rontiauo to bo
not lawless. That such is the
arc now agitating th
peop
if that section religious-
e; that shall be their 1m-
lequir*; the array of armies to
through their territories, if they
used us tho instrument of those
wboare -upposed to seek their destruction.
As n me isure of great public necessity, there
fore, you aud th* other post masters who have as-
:<utned tho responsilulity of stopping these inflam- 1
atorv -p ipors, will. I have no doubt, stand justi-
’>■ .’in that s'ep be f oro your country and ull man-
But r? rhapj tie legal right of the abolitionists t<>
o of fio public mails in distiihutiug their
.cttouaiv papers throughout'tttj southern
is n.1 io-efoaf Us they seem lb iiuagin -.
'A* -.1 thos **•!( -i hscuine independent they a.
>pr- hihit tho circulation of such
cd as tbe settled construction of the law, or re
garded by postmasters as the rule of their fu
ture action, it was only intended to suy, that
in a sudden emergency, involving principles so
grave aud_ consequences so serious, tho safest
course for postmusters, aud the best for th*
country is ihat which you have adopted.
It prevents the certain seizure of all the mails in
the aggravated states, with a view to the intercep
tion and destruction of the noxious papers—the
interruption of commercial atul friendly corres
pondence—(ho loss of confidence in tne safety
of the mail conveyances—and the probable o-
verthruw of the authority of the United States,
as far as regards the I’ost Olfiice establishment^
throughout half tbe territory of the Union.
It prevents a speedy interruption of commerce
and trado between the cities of the north and
the south, for there arc abuntant evidences, that
the vessels or steamboats which should be known
to come freighted with those papers, whether in
the mail or out, would not long bo suffered to float
in safety iu the southern ports.
It allays in some degree the excited feeling of
rito white matt against the black, which changes
tbe dominion over the slave frotnouo of mildness
to one ofseverity, am! puls the free negro in im
minent peril of his life.
You avoid being made yourself the agent and
accomplice of blind fanaticism or wicked design
in a course of proceedings, which, if successful
could not fail to rcpcaton our shores, the horrors
of Saint Domingo, and desolato with extermina
ting war, half the territory of our happy coun- J
try.
You prevent your government from being I
made tho unwilling agent aud abettor ol'crtnios
against the States, which strike at their very ex
istence, aud give time for the proper authorities
to discuss the principles involved and digest a
safe rule for the guidance of tho department.
While persisting in a course which philanthro
py recommends and nMajotism approves, 1 doubt
not. that you and thdHRr postmasters who have
issuined the rosponsiutmy of stopping these iu-
i! .minatory papers in their passage to the South,
will perceive the necessity of performing your
duty in transmitting and delivering ordinary news-
papers. magazines, and pamphlets, with perfect
•xmcluality. Occasions must uot be given to
u.irge the postmasters with carrying their pre-
..lut.ons beyond tho itccessiftcs of tho case, or
pool,. Wffi
which date we have Liverpool pvpers aud Lon
don of the 23d.
ENGLAND.
The great topic of interest in the Loudon pa
pers is the debate on tbe Irish Church Bill. Sir
liobert Peel made hi t Important motion, as an
nounced early iu the month, for instructions to
tbe committee to divide the bill, ou tbe 22d, aud
supported it by a speech of groat effort. The
proceedings were watched with great' interest-
aud there can be uo doubt that the question was
(or will be) made a trial of slreugih between the
two parties. Bets are said to be pending to tbe
following effect: five fo oue that the ministers
will have a majority; two to oue that it will not
r. mount to forty; aud ,cveu bets that it will exceed
twenty.
There was a meeting of eighty peers at the
Duke of Wellington’s on the Kith, lie did uot
sta<e tbe course he meant to follow, when tho
Corporation and Irish church bills became tbe
subject of discussion iu the House of Lords, his
object merely being to impress ou his supporters
it that house tbe necessity of remaining iu town.
The House of Commons have voted to admit
the ladies to hear the debates. Hitherto they
have only been able to enjoy that pleasure by
getting >o the top of the house atm listening
through tiie ventilator, iu a most iucouveuicul
situation.
Tbe Earl ofDurham left London on the 17th
on his mission to .St. Petersburg!!.
An unstamped newspaper has appeared iu
London, iu defiance of the act. Price two pence
hu Upeuuy. It is said to have been mainly got up
by lord Brougham. If so, ho will probably live
long enough to repent it.
A reduction of the newspaper stamp duty has
been resolved ou by tho Cabinet.
It is stated that the American squadron left
Naples previous to the 30th June, with 80,000
ducats, Tbe sum is tbe annual instalment of
the indemnity which, conformably to the last!
convention, the Crown of Naples has to pay to
the Uuited States, for the confiscation of mer
chandize by Murat, according to the dccreos of
Berlin aud Milan.
IRELAND
Notice of a motion had been given by the at
torney general for Ireland, for leave to bring in
a bill for tho reform of municipal corporations in
that country. The papers say that it will be
modeled upon Lord John Russell’s bill for Eng
land. with such modifications as circumstances
may rebuire-
The Irish coercion bill, has expired and minis
ters have as yet said nothing ou the subject of a
reuowal.
Melancholy accounts continue to bo given of
the suffering of the poor iu various counties, and
particularly iu Mayo. More than 7,000 persons
in that county are said to be destitute even of
the meanest clothing, aud upward of 8,000 are
described as sleeping on be bare ground, or with
no better beds than heath aud rushes, and all
this in additiou to bufleriug the paugs of hun
ter.
3 he Dublin Evening Post gives long and alar-
inittg accounts of disturbances, in Armagh, Bel
fast, Euubkelleu and various places, occasioned
by Orange processious. The Earl of Mulgrave
bad taken prompt and'decided measures to pre
vent and suppress the outrages.
FRANCE.
Accounts had been received at Paris of a se
vere check sustained by the French near Algiers,
on the 27th of June, lrom an Arab chief called
Abdel Kabur. The loss in killed was 500, and
tho. routed Frenchmen were uot able to briugofi’
their baggage or even their wounded, aud it was
with difficulty that general Trezel with the re
mainder of his forces, made his way back to O-
rnu. The Arabs were fifteen thousand iu mun-
ber. Marshal Clausel was immediately ordered
to Algiers to take the command, aud resume the
governorship of the colony.-—The foreign legion,
destined for Spaiu, is said to have suffered se-
verely in this engagement.
ihe cholera still prevailed at Toulon, and had
also re-appeared at Marseilles, where on tlto_
Ilth ol July there were 5G cases’ and 11 deaths.
Cases at Toulon ou the 10th, 89 and 72 deaths.
King Loub Pbitlippe had grauted 10,000 francs
from the Civil list for tho relief of tho sufferers at
Toulo”, and »hc Chamber have voted a sum
of 30,000.
The trial of proces mnnstre was still in pro
gress, meeting new embarrassments, however, at
every step. The court had decided by a majori
ty ol oue huudrcdjaud fourteen to sixteen, topro-
ceed with tho trials of such prisoners as were
absent, cither by flizht. illness, or obstinacy, it
was expected that ihe sixteen peers who voted
in the negative, would withdraw altogether front
the trial, and thus increase the probability of a
quorum being ultimately wanting, in which case
there could be no decision. None of tbe23pris-
oners who escaped, seem to have been recaptu
red. It was thought Ihat the trial would be con
cluded some time before the end of July. Tbe
method adopted by the prisoners was to strip
themselves naked and lie dowu in their beds,
whence they refused to rise when summoned to
attend before the chamber, and had ;o be carried
by force beds and all.
The impression seems to be that the conspira
cy to assassinate the king, was nothing more
thauahoax.
(Here follow the names of gentlemen who
were nominated as Vice Presidents, and 13, who
tee re nominated as Secretaries. J
Assistant Alderman Curtis, after a few intro
ductory remarks, presented tho following Pre
amble and resolutions:
Mi Curtis stated that the resolutions he was
about to offer for the consideration of this large
assembly, had beeu submitted to a numerous
committee of citizens, who had anxiously desired
in the proceedings ol
faithful expression of
on this interesting occ
tho approbation of the
ed they would bo favorably received by the meet-
at -. ....ifieir oWn sfaverv. Tho tiatobcr of
- u* these persons, ia propotion to the whole popnSfi- ’
: tion, ***•» exuemely small, though they were
ur-’ed ou by a zeal which kuew neither oouuds
not- discretion It was uot meet that, they
should be allowed to speak iu the name of tbe
whole commuuity. It was necessary that we the
people should speak our sentiments to our breth-
ereu of the South. It was proper tbe South
should understand that in the State of New York,
with her million, the number iu favor of imme
diate Abolition, was so small, that wheu they at
tempted to raise their voice, they could uot make
themselves heard. It did uot become us to be
the champions of slavery iu the abstract, nor do
we propose to add to the letters which bind tile
blacks. We seek uo more than that the com-
South are uow actively
will continue to do so, unti' success crowns their
efforts aud no slave remain, utiles thwarted by the
Whereas, exertions are making by Abolition - . , r
ists and Auti-Slavery societies in the northern ''violent measures of some amongst the people ol
part of our Union, to influence tbe public mind the North. Rut recently the state o \ trgtuia,
ou the subject of slavery, with the avowed design I one of the foremost btates of tbe South, came
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■ . ..(i;
m . wor , t:;5. . *
fanatics »..old .'tie-
down what their ancestors took e '"" l
to build up. Slavery is au evil, 1 .... . e d
then r 1 ■ -
1 j — util,Out , .-I
u forced upon us, and when the JS A
that it must be removed .... ' ac Yi..]
• - ■ ■- , \saytt. ^
,U> \
," 0 !c e .v?l
say
but it is impossible
not be done and therefore need
people of the North might savin .k •
the South, that they view their ,-fr' Clrf '‘
of the slur of slavery with extro^ 0 " 3
array the excited feelings of one portion of our best and wisest men to take suck measures asex-
tltat if they can assist them' d
God forbid that they should throw ‘ *4
meuts in their w ay. The people 0 rV T ;.
will patiently wait tbe result of tho e p
ing by the South, which they believe. '
ally certain and glorious. 1,:
Tito resolutions wero then put bvth B p.
and adopted unanimously. '***®6(J
THE mSeTINqP'
Yesterday at threap!clock, in accor !
bul'lick notice tho citizens of Boston
distinction of party, assemdled at p JDB ,',
to take into consideration tho axcitinJ t V
the movements o/T 1 '
profess the utmost pljT
iiiw ’Ui'Jk/V.1 ui Slu > vt t • n ‘ mu u» u ■ > v. v. “ w n _ . . • tt*l • i , ,
of effecting immediate emancipation of the slaves i forward on thosubject, and he might say without , the day connected with t
in the southern states, which exertions tent! to i hesitation that it the Luion should collect all Us | ( ]y of individuals, who pr
' ' iH take such measures us ex- J „ h a * n<1 benevolence whilst they
and tbe Constttut.ou admit ed. j h(J , )0 p U | at in„ of -he Soutl2 u I?i ;: ':
very, a cot-responding feeling. western st ' at e S to insubordination, ^ !''
,ery part of the teoutli, aud a., iussuireclioll . "***«* **
citizens against another, and lo occasion violeuce
and disunion:
And whereas the great mass of our citizens do
uot concur iu these proceedings, but regard them
as involving au unjustifiable interference with
the subject, whether they be considered in rela
tion to the constitution and laws of the Union, or
depending for their justification on tho assump
tion that slavery is, under all circumstances, ne
cessarily immoral aud criminal:
We, therefore, the citizens of N. York, con
vened ou this occasiou, deem it our duty to ex
press our scutimeuts ou this subject, in tbe hope
thereby to allay the present excitement, to re
move unfounded impressions as to there being a-
ny disposition among the people generally to
countenance the views of the immediate aboli
tionists, and to arrest the tendency to hasty aud
injurious measures at the south.
While therefore we deplore the existence of
-lavery and all tho evils that attend it, wo dissent
from the views and measures of the abolitiouists,
and Anti-Slavery societies, and wholly disap
prove of their extravagant proceedings and vio
lent recriminations.
Aud iu particular we dissent from their indis
criminate condemnation of all those who sustain
tho relation of masters to slaves, as being equal
ly guilty, whether that relation is a part of their
inheritance uuder existing laws, or has proceed
ed from their voluntary conduct.
We thus dissent because such condemnation
implies that the relation in all cases is necessari
ly immoral, which we by uo moans are prepared
to concede; believing as we do, that the relation
may exist without the fault of either of the par
ties, aud ..gainst the will of both, aud may im
pose ou each, peculiar obligations: aud appre
hending that this relation tn the southern
states would not make it the dutj’ of the citizens
of other states to interfere with it, even if there
were nothing in the constitution and laws of the
Union incompatible with their interference; aud
that to interfere, in opposition to the constitu
tion and laws, on the ground of morality or ab
stract right, would be to proceed upon an assump
tion which, it sanctioned, would equally justify
an interference with any aud all other civil, so
cial, aud personal relations. Therefore,
Resolved,—That while we maintain the rights
of private judgement, aud of free discussion on
this as on. other subjects, as recognized iu the
Constitution aud laws, aud subject always to a
w-triot rognr<l to tho just rights of OUf Soitthcru
breihcren, wo hold that the citizens of the North
have no political right to iterfero with the slavery
of the Southcren states, nor moral right, under
any circumstances, to adopt violent or aggressive
measures for the purpose of abolishing it.
Resolved,—That a legal peaceful, and temper
ate expression of opiuions and arguments, tending
to iuduce the partizans to the relation of slavery
to perform their moral and social duties, is all
that can with propriety bo done by individual! 1
who do not sustain that relation—and, that we
regard the sending of abolition publications to the
slaveholding states, except to white citizens, who
may be volantary subscribers, as agros« infringe
ment of the rights of those states, and as tending
either to insurrection, ou the part of the slaves, or
to greater severity on the part of the masters, or
to both.
Resolved,—That we view with deep indigna
tion the interference of foreign emissaries in a
matter so intimately connected with our social
and civil relations, and that if inspite of argu
ment aud entreaty, they shall persist, wo rccotn-
meudeousf itutioual legislation, that may meet
the case, and remove the evil.
Resolved,—That wodocin tho excitement on
this subject, which is displayed by the parties of
immediate abolition, iu this part of the country,
to bo so far founded iu passion and error, ns to
justify the belief, that if not sustained by intem
perate opposition, it can neither be of long con
tinuance, nor bo extensively propagated among
the mass of the reflecting, well disposed aud or
derly citizeus.
pediency allowed
to extirpate sla
would bo felt in every
like actively aud, exertion made that slavery ,
should bo put au end to as soon as it. was possible { “ wa ® worthy of the citizens oft>,
to effect it without injuring the rights of any. But | st011 a ! u * the occasion,an<. u we do not Mdlt ( .
how was it possible for the philanthropist of the . erate tile liHemgeni-e and the virtue> of the' a**;
South to make any progress, when upon all their j results will do ntuen to. suppress tile agitating 4 .
borders emissaries were found from other States, nervous spirit which, is non oTershailottin, u
who, insted of striving to do away slavery by j Im'd spreading Us miasma and ns poisonotHai
lawful meaus, endeavored to persuade the slaves once'throngb the hody^ politic, and sappi^
that they wore held by unlawful bouds, and that
there was no obligation on them to remain iu sla
very ?, The consequence of this was, that the
masters tighten the bonds of slaves to save their
sous and daughters from tbe knives of the assas-
ins; so that the course pursued by these men was
-calculated to perpetuate slavery for ever;,and
tiling* were now come to such a crisis, that as
friends both to the black and sv-hites, we were
bound to put down all incendiaries, preserve tbe
compact between the North aud South, aud leave
them to remove slavery as soon as circumstances
would permit. It was contended by {die Aboli
tionists that this was temporising with principle,
in opposition to the laws ot God ; hut if tho laws
of God rendered the constutioual compact bind
ing, it was right and proper that it should be pre
served. He would by uo means say that violent
measures should be taken against the Abolition
ists, bnt their true character should be made
known, and proper means taken to make them
desist from their designs, and wait till the inten
tions of tbe Sotheru Patriots can, at a proper pe
riod, be carried into effect. It was idle, said
those Philanthropists, to say that an unlawful
compact should be kept: but he would ask them
if they were better Patriots or Philanthropists
than Washington, Madison; and yet it was by
these men that the compact was made. He a-
gaiti trusted that no violence would bo used a-
gainst the Abolitionists, but be hoped that such a
feeling indignation would bo raised against
them, as would cool dowu their fierv zeal, which
foundations of social order. I
It was a ineetimiof honest aud virtuoushei-
and if there was an abolitionist preunt to t
its operations and gaze on ihose who coma, , 1
and conducted it, he 'rust have been iionr |iiP i I
with the utter insignificance & futility oftht),!,
of desperate aud yet cowardly men lv j, 0 ^
the attainment of power aud the ends of n,,;.
and plunder, by veiling themselves with thi*
tie of religiou- thns adding to the fault of t! e ,-.
tor the meanness, and vice and cowardiceo!ih
hypocrite.-
Boston commercial Gazette.
A public inofcttug was held ut U'i! m ;,. f , t
N. C. ou the 22d ult., at which a Committee* I
Vigilance was appointed., vnd a series ofrcso't.
tious was passed, expressing aphorreuce of-tin
reckless fanatics enrolled as Anti-Slavery Socie
ties;” a determination to maintain in.M*ofable the
chartered rights of the South; tendering -tbe
thanks of the country to the patriotic citizensd |
Charleston for their protnht. manly am! spirit*
resistance to unauthorized, daring and ir.truau
intermeddling with our peculiar institutions;”ui
recommending a vigilant su'rmflpnceof allsusp.
Clods persous and papers.
There are a thousand anecdotes told of \Vi|.
lard, of the City Hotel, but we can add auoibet
that has never appeared in type:—A Hoo.hcr( m
„ .i. _ . .L t-i • I Indiana, walked iniii the Hotel one •hi',, aiKi.vn.
was so dangerous to the liberties of their touu- ....,-r P
pmg up to the oat, c.illeu lot a glass of brandy
T* (water. Willard, with bis customary suavity, i m .
Mr. Sa,M^L. Governeur spoke next, and, mediately banded him the decanter and a.am.
said ail older mad than ho, might hesitate to ad- bier* and tin* gentleman helped himself. HefiJ-
dress such a meeting as he saw assembled. It ct l “ ia tumbler neai :j full ol --strong water, with
was evident that no ordinary accasioii had cal
led it together. They were there not fo* the pur
pose of depressing one man or raising up anoth
er. They had assembled a* Americans, ou ac
count of their love for the Constitution, and actu
ated by no other motive. What had called them
together? It was doubtless some great occasion.
In the language of the Constitution, it was for
“common defence aud general welfare.” That
Constitution had provided for the safety of all;
and where was the man who with samligious
hands would destroy it? destroy that which their
fathers was to bo the basis on which this gov
ernment should stand. Ifthero was such a man
present, let him come Toward, and he would tell
him that we contend for those principles for
w hich our forefathers fought, and for the liberty
which they left us, and which liberty, he hoped,
would remain forever. And in whose behalf did
that meeting assemtile? Was it for a stranger
from some cold distant land? No. It was iu 1
behalf of their brothers and friends; the descend
ants aud friends of Sumpter and Laurcus, Wash- j
ingtou, Jefferson, Monroe and Jackson. (Loud
cheers.) These men were sent from
but a small sprinkle of the Manhattan, aud emp
tied the whole at a draught. Willard looked a-
ghost- Th.. |j!ooshcr forked up bis shillings, aud
was astonished when Willard returned Iii.n asa-
pence and three cents change.
“Hollo, stranger! You don’t go topretendto
say, they only charge three cents a glass for h-
quor, at :he City Hotel?”
“No,” answered Willard ; “ we retail it ati
a shilling a glass but when we scfl.itat //’Aofe-
sale wo make a discount!'’
The llooshcr wilted like a baked applo aode-
vaporated in a cold sweat.—Spirit of theTim.
to assist in the councils and armieo of the nation
wanted their assistance; and would the people of
the North now desert the South? (No, no.)
When our fathers fought at Cowpens and at
Y'ork; when they said that the great battle was
won, they never could have beliovcd that we
would desert the South, lie however hoped
that the great principles of the revolution would
not he jeopardised by such frautic enthusiasts.—
What did these men ask for? The privilege of
killing the Constitution through tho laws hy
which it lives. But ifrhey destroy the Constitu
tion. what is to become of the laws? ft would be
l:kc liv : ug by the body, when the soul hasdepar-
P. S . „ , -.i i ted from it. lie considered that this subject con-
Rcsolvod, That we shall regard with deep t cen)cd mau j • , he Jaud ; They must all
regret the continuance_of the excitement at the fee , that the J reat pnllci , )les 0 f libert * throughout
South, sa far as it mav be occasioned by the ap-1 the ^ rld % n at ' stake tfao is3u „ of th5s ^ les .
SPAIN.
Advices from Madrid arc to the 1-fth July, and
from Bayonne to tho 20th. They represent the
contest as fast approaching to its close; the Car-
lists every where retreating or repulsed, and the
assistance from England abundant to complete
tho restoration of tranquillity.
Mclaucltoly accounts are given of infractions
of the convention arranged by Lord Eliot; pris
oners are said to be slaughtered on both sides.
.Suppression of the order of the Jesuits.—A de
cree for the suppression of the Jesuits, giving
them an annuity of25 cents a day for the priest,
aud monks, and 15 cents for the lay brethren
appeared in tne Madrid Gazette of July 0ib.
GREAT MEETING IN NEW YORK.
From the Journal of Commerce.
The most numerous assemblage which we ev
er witnessed at any public meetng iu this city,
couveoc4yesterday in the Park, to express their
sentiments on tho subject of slavery, aud the pro
ceedings of the abolitionists. It is impossible to
state the number of persons present with any
degree of accuracy, but we are safe iu saying
that it could not be less than five thousaud. Men
of all classes and employments, and of both pol
itical parties, convened as with one accord, and
but one feeling seemed to animate the whole as-
srmbly. Among. the pcutlemeu present, were
prehension of danger from the exortious. of a few
misguided Abolitionist in our community, be
cause it implies too little confidence in the recti
tude and patriotism of the citizens generally at
the north, and indicates too little rcliauco on the
efficiency of the laws.
Resolved. That we are not unmindful of the
constitutional obligation of the citizens of this
Union for mutual defence aud protection, as well
in the case of domestic violence, as of Foreign
force; and however we may lament tho nocesity
that in the formation of our Government recog
nized as lawful the condition of Slavery in the
Southern States, and however ardently we
might hail the day, if it shall ever come when
they may bo able and willing to abolish it, till
then, and while this Constitution endures, we
have no right to transcend its provisions, and ns
wc are fully bound, so we aro ever ready, to carry
them fully into effect.
Resolved,—That wo deprecate all riotous or
violent proceedings, all outrages ou persons or
property, and every illegal interference with the
rights of citizens in the execution of summary
justice in any mode not sanctioned by law—that
moderation and forbearance at tho present time
are peculiarly obligatory on all parties, aud that
we earnestly reccommend to the ministers and
professors of religiou, the conductors of tho press,
and al! good citizens, to avoid all occasions of
excitement, and to endeavor to tranquili/.e the
public feeling.
CORNELIUS XV. LAWRENCE, Chairman.
Mr. O'Ceonnor seconded the resolutions, and
said that in rising to do so, he was about to per-
NEirSI'ROM Tin: MOON-A (MiiM
Hoax.—The Snu; one of the penny papers in tins
city has been regaling its readers lor several dap
pest; with what purport# to bo extracts from the
Edinburgh Journal of treieucc; giving »u ac
count of sundry marvelous discovery* in the moan
represented to have been made by Sir J. Ilrr-
chel during bis iaie(or present) visit to !h’e,Ca(it
of Coo'd Hope. From the manner iu wliirh the
, article has been presented by the turn; aided by
the bouth i s nn(iry editorial paragraphs, a great many hon
est people have been gulled into the belief that
such disegyerys have been actually made; tinda-
niong the rest, the respectable Daily, atul jlc-
cantile Advertiser, each ol vviiome. besdt-s top';::?
so much of the article as they could get in type
lor yesterday’s paper; hove honoured it ’.villi a
paragraph, expressing unbounded at miration at
the discovery s it unhountics. They may, iiotrt-
ver, decetnl from their lofty Light. There is no
doudthut the'article was manufactured in this co-
uusry; and that it belongs to the same school as-
Robius in Crusoe and Gulliver’s Travels. Never
theless we copy it; or so much of it ;.s has beta
published in tiie Sun, as it is cleverly done, and by
reason of its pretentions to ■'uuhenlieity, has ex
cited a great deal of attention and remark, 1V«
must however say, that iu our humble opiuiou.it
is making quite free with public confidence. thia
to publish as genuine, aud as copied irom a sci
entific periodical of high character to which the
public (lave no access, that which is only an m-
geneoits counterfeit aud still more objections! -■«
to fortify the deception by editorial remarksr.m-
ounting to positive assertion.—N. J. Jour, (.ra
tion, atul that it involved the vety essence of th
problem whether matt can govern himself, or is to
bo governed by somobody or nobody.
Mr. Willis Hall next addressed the meeting,
and said—They were not there to uphold Slavery
in the abstract, nor to countenance a violation of
the law. Another cause called them together-— |
Already a portion of our citizens were in peril j €l f0 „ Kentucky: The Lexington tOb*ver
and alarm for their homes and thenr Itre-sides, and ! aiu | p^ por ,' e r of the 22d ult. states that Mr. Clav
we ifreassembled here to say to them we are vour ; ton froi ' n { ;i llcilU) ati, made a most splendidasefo
brethren, and will stand by you shoulder to siou f rom Lexington on the previous aftem*
shoulder in your perils, as you have done tn ours. ; , he of West,” amid deafcnipgshwtB
A large portion of our friends and hrothern J , a .'’ :ist concourse of spectators. From 1200
aro fearful iliat when they retire to sleep at nijrht, j 10 persons within the enclosure. I he hal oon
thev mav he awakened by theory of death before ' f00 *^ 0l1 ^ direction and alter getting *"°
morning, and it is our duty to send them forth j m,les or upwards from the city Mr Clayton
the voico of consolation. It is painful to know | a I’facliutc containing a sim.l] dog, which deceit'
that a voice has gone forth which has alarmed \ vorv hamlsomly, and fell „„ the faint ot b<>
the South, and we are called upon to toll thepeo- ! ert ^ ickliff) L--q about throe miles irom
pie of the South that if a voice of alarm has rea
cited them froi: the North, it is not the voice of
New York. Who calls upon us for assistance?
Those who, wiih nttr aid and that of our farthers,
won those laurels which cannot bo dissevered, and
whichcau only live and bloom insuperable. As
it is, the excitement which has gone forth was
only created by a few persons from the North
who eo-operate with the horse thieves and Idack
legs of tho South. It is not a little strange to see
such men connect themselves with the outcasts of
the South, hut it was not the first time that fana
tics associated with the very dregs of society.—
When ho looked back a little ho beheld these
same fanatics kneel at the feet of the king of
the
city, no accident occurcd. Mr C. did petinicudto
make a long voyage.
Important Democratic Triumph-—Irom
the Providence Journal (Whig) ol tbe 27ih 11 *•
wo arc happy to learn that there is little dou^*
of Dutee J. Pearce and Win. Sprague, Jr .cam- 1 '
dates for the next Congress from Rhode Islam -
over tiie celebrated Tristram Burgess and
Y. Cranston. In ease the Whigs should sucreii
in their design of taking the election ol Presn-w 11
front the People and transferring i: to the H ,ll, ’ e
, - i . ■ - n-. i- —- -i . of Representatives, this election will gfve.thc '■ < - ,c
millions of freemen would be dissevered, and the j ciple. of Anti-Slavery was planted and would in of Rhode Island to ti e Deniorrnlic candidate*' - ’'
destruction of their social system would be thej due time strip from ot;r shores thtit disgrace of! ficorigiaii. .
form, as far as tit him lay, a ditty' which the pre- j spaiu and tbe pope, ainl;requcst that the people of
sent crisis demanded from every citizen according j color might he freed in order to savo their *01115.
to the best of his ability. If tho designs of those Slavery was not the fault of the original slave
against whom tho resolutions were intended to I owners’, it had been forced on them against their
operate, could be successful, the best hope oflib- j prayers and petitions, by the ruthless policy of
erty would be lost, tbe proud and glorious Union ' those wl)o then governed. Virginia was the first
would be dissolved, thefcivil compact of twelve 1 to-speak against it; & it was clear that the prin-
T1IE BENE PLANT
Is said to be a certain cure and an agn
medicine for summer diarrltcea. The
loaves put into cold water, make a inucilr,;
drink, without taste or color. Its agreca’i
and utility iu the case mentioned should r
mend its culture in our gardens generally-