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S: i>/ : ! i nf/tr:/ itiiie'ts tod Irra’!/ a/iiefu
4di,-iiit.\ie iJchdu, (ioorgi.t !)< ;r
*/ 2!', D-’35, hi fir.•„(he Unit.;!. Sluti s am!
X< ' / ,
Whereas the undersigned were atithoi•r.’.ed .
. sit the general meeting of the Cherokee
people held at New Eehot.i as above sta
ted, to make smd assent to s..eh altera
tions i i tla'preeeeding treaty as might be j
thought necessary and whereas the Presi
dent of the United states has expressed
his <ii termination not to allow any pre
eninlioits or resevations, his desire being
that the whole Cherokee people should
remove together and establish themsvive
iu the country provided for them west ot
tiie ?dississippi river.
AttT. 1. It is therefore agreed that all
the pre-emption rights and reset ations provi
ded for in articles 12 and 13 shall he ami are
herein relinquished and declared void.
A::t, 2. Whereas theCherol.ee peo
ple have supposed that the sum of five
millions dollars fixed by the Senate in
their resolution of— day of Marek, 1 '35,
ns the value of the Cherokee lam's ami pos
sessions east of the Mississippi river was not
intend. 1 to include the amount wiiii !i may
b • rt quire;! to remove-th'.'in, nor the value <•;
claims which many of their people had a
qbiim t citizens of the L nited S'ates, which
s ;-.;e. ;ioii ba; been cont.rmed by the op.iu
iou expressed to the War Department by
Some ot' tiie .Senators who voted upon the
e testir .i and a here.is the President is wiiliu .
that this subject should be referred to the
Senate for their consideration and if it was
n >t intended by the Senate that theabove
t.i; ittime 1 sum of live millions of dollars
s i i.dd include the objects herein rpecliled
that in that case such further ptoxisions
shoo'd be made therefore as might appear
to tiie Senate to be just,
A::r. 3. It is th -icfore agreed that the
the sum of six hundred thousand dolla.is
s', d! le ami the same is pivreby allowed
to the Cherokee people to include the ex
p- n e of their removal, and all claims ol
every nature and description against the
C ».. ; im. '.it ol the United States not herein
ell eewi-e expressly provided for, and to be
ia lieu of the said reservations ami pre-em
ts in- an I of the su n of three hundred thou
sand dollars f>r spoliations described in the
1-t article ei’jhe above-mentioned treaty.
Thi> sum of six hundred thousand dollars
sha!i be applied and distributed agreeable to
the provisions of the said treaty, and any
surplus which may remain alter removal
and payment of the claims so ascertaim d
shall be turned over and belong to the ed
ucation fund.
Bat is expressly understood that the sub
ject of this article is merely referred hereby
to the consideration of the Senate and if
they shall approve the same, then this sup
plement . hall remain part of the treaty.
Aff’i’. 4. It is also undetstood that the
provi ions in article 16, for the agency re
servations is not intended to interfere with
the occupant right ofany Cherokees should
tn .r improvement fall within the same.
It ; als > understood and agreed, that the
one Inn:dred thousand dollars appropriated
in article 12 for the poorer class of Chero
k. e , and intended as a set-0.l to the pre
emption rights shall now be trinsfet red from
the funis of the nation and added to the
general national fund of four hundred
fiw-I dollars so as to make said fttjid
t pi il'to live hundred thousand dollars.
: !’. 5. The necessary expenses atten
ding the negotiation of the aforesaid treaty
and -ii..'-dement and also ofsuch persons of
t iie ode. ttion as may sign the same shall
b ■ defrayed by the United Stales.
In testimony whereof John I'. Schermer
horn, commissioner on the part of the U
nited Slates, and the undersigned dele
pa..on save hereunto set their hands and
s- nis, this first day of .March, in the year
cue • . .tisand eight hundred x tliirtv-six.
J. 11.I 1 . Schermerhorn, [t.. s.J
;or Ridge, his x mark, |s.’J
J . .. s Foster, his x mark, S, l
T i i-ye-ske, iiis x mark, | i.. 8. j
Long Shell Turtle, his x mark, [l. s.l
.! ■ an 1 ields, his x mark, j i„
■bi lies Fields, his x mark, [t,. y.j
(ft urge Wekli, his x mark, It,. s.l
A d.ew Ross, [l. s/i
i.iiam Rogers, [j„ s.’j
-Lilin Gunter, (j,. s. |
John A. Bell, [l. |
•> Foreman, 11,. ji.l
" b. n Sanders, jr„ s.j
i.li- Boudinot, [!,. s.j
■i'ktijon Rogers, [t.. s.'j
•i ■ ■ Starr, his x mark, is. l
f t ;nd Watie, ]s„ g.j >
John Ridge, j 1., g j
Janu.s Rogers, ».-.j
vofm Smith, his x mark, [[,. v.j
Witnesses:
L.bert li rriug,
'i (j lascock,
L i-xan'lfr JI. Everett,
Jin. Cariand, Majr. U. .S. A
< . A. 1i: i ris,
.1 >hn Robb,
V. m. * . 1 i .msel,
San.’! J. Volts.
J.m Little,
S. Rockwell,
". -I.; TIiEICEFORE BE IT K?<OWN T.I Vs I,
A XJJR'IW J tCKSO.X, President of the United
S ites o| America, having seen and consid
er *d th'’-aid Treaty, mid also the Supple
m'Hitary Article thereimto annexed, do,
in pur-, nance of the advice mid consent of
th'' tie, as expressed in their resolution
oft i- r■|.ri:tcenth day of Max, one thousand
<•:. lit hundred mid thirty-six accept ratify,
a.id omi.ni the same, with the following
a i.' n lni -Hts thereto, as expressed in the
ai : ii 1 resolution of the Senate.
• Arte ie 17, liiies2and3, strikeout the
v.< >.. I by Gener;d William Carrol! mid
Join. I . Schermerhorn, i r.’ ” “In thedth
• i'ie '<! tiie ,ame article, alter the word
‘ Suite-,’ insert ‘by and with tins advice
am! eo:i-eut o! the Seiiate of the United
States.’” “Strike out li.e 20th article
wiiidi appears asa supplemental article.”
I ’ I '■ *1 t<» ,Y WlfliitEo,", | have caused
the seal of the United States to be here unto
affixed, Having signed the same wilh mv
hmitl.
Done at the city of Wa.-h
--ingfon, this twenty-thii<i day of
in the year oi’otir Lord <me
thousand eight liundrcd and
thirty-six, mid of the hidcpen
denceof the Unifetl States th- sixtieth.
ANDREW JACKSON.
A t/n Prcxidi Nl:
JOtlN FORSYTH, .'vv’ry o/ .S7</.'r.
i iiom i in. nil :imom> i:.x<:’. mr.it.
Oy.j.'.'. e.s <;> .3(07111 i \i:i ihin ii, iin l'i csi
ht i>t t!::- I nite:/ Stdtis, up.‘.i the jMiii'ers
c:t ! duties el ( .-z. g. 7-5, in riiii'iiiec t.> flu
Ahnliti.iii ei (S.f.'. i re < ho c nt tin sin; e-hvtd
iin'Slides .r in the tn i.'iet i Cnltuubia to
wiiieh aee s.'.'.i./ry Docn.iii ;:t i showing
i ills '■■■ ,■ Mi ~ .
NB. VAN Bl REN’S OPINIONS.
MR. \ \N BOREN —NO YBOL! ITONIST!
Wit lav ll.is morning 1 en.ire our readers the
■ following .rank, nimily, m.'-terl; letter of ’dr.
\ an Buren cn the stit ;ect of tthiiliii.mism.
i 't in re is some reason to suspect that the lets
| t. .- from N. r.h C.ii'i lina w.h int.’iide.l to embar
rass lum—.. J.wksui: wa; the scene of the fa
:mu us Ma:;, u-n iii.d 1.; i a dhmer. But lie Las
not hesoa'.ed io n eel tl.cir q’.ie -tioa fairly,
I ped.y, and .d <>ve boiirj. And to tl;e lircuin
i -la.ice efa similar inquiry being addre.—.-d to
'du i by tin- dele, a: • from Brunswick, mid a
I fi lend of the admini.-.trat : on, we are indebted foi
th. ;ih-a>.;re <>;' lai in. r -his interesting currespon
i delicti before the public.
i Air. \mi .. r.e;i explicitly admits litat hecor.-
; struc t the : ei.cral clause in the constitution as
| conferring on Con ress the same authority in the
Federal tJ strict over ih.- subject, that would
' otherwise have been possessed by the States of
' Maryland and Vnginir.—throwing upon them,
las we contend, tin- duty of paying for ever,
I slave that should be touched. But while he
i irankly admits sui-it a power, he pr..i :s's in the
' most solemn manaer, against die sli-.hti st exei
, rise of it “ cgUi.-.'sZ t'ne ifis/tes nJ ike s'acc-.'nd
; ding States.''
He contends that no such power ought to
have been civeii ; that die exemption as to sla
very is a c.rs.’fs- ciirssns'i.i die eo. stitudoi:. lie
believes, that if such a case a tin- present could
have been foreseen al the formation of that in
strument, it would have been madl- an excep
tion to the unrestrictedko i.-lath e power—more
over, that it isa surprise upon ti;e States of’» ir
gini.t and Maryland ; that if such a case as the
j present emtid have be, n foreseen at the time of
die cession, a positive restriction would have
been laid upon Cun_ne'>,against any attempt to
j c..erei-e any such power.
' Mr. Van Barati hoi Is, as a nece vary conse
quence, tli.it tile a'.oliten of sla very in the Dis
trict, agaiu-t die wishes of the slavelmlding
Sl.i*e-', would d. at once that compromise
ol interests (."/(.'</( ins ci tin basis nf oni' sued. I
cniiigaet. lie therefore declares it to bo las
el. nr at:.! sctll.id opinion, that it is the sacred
duty of those who are entrusted with the control
' of the action of the Federal Government, to
j use th.'ir constitutional power so as to prevent
j it ; and, of course, if lie were tiie Piesident of
, tiie United Slates, he must v; to any bill which
1 might affect d ..■ rights of the slave-holders in the
District. No language indeed can be stronger
' drill that which ho employs, IL: would go in
to the Presidential chair “ the rn ? Zcj'is/c and
uncoiiipronilslng o-ponent of any attempt on
the part of Congress to abolish slavery in the
District.” &e. Ha dailies, nit) t po itively,
that they have the shadow of any such power
over the States; and so s liemii in his convic
tion of duty as to the District, s.i deep his sense
of tiie injustice which would be done to the
slave-holding S.aies, so pertd-ctiy satisfied is 1:..-
lh.it “ it would inevilai.ly occasion the dissolu
tion of our happy t’lilon,” that lie declares the
e.\ r iseof any such power i i the District for
bidden by objections il as in their
\ natihe and obligations as tin: most palpable
want of constit-.ttibnal powers would ba am!
that he would go into the Pr< side iti 1 chaii
“ uit.'i th:' ti: ‘la'i'in eqnc 'li/ deeid:go re
sist the slightest interieccnr e with tbesubiect in
the States where it exists.”
V. iio then can doubt ?<l.irt’n A an Buren’s so
lemn, deliberate, ami w: II consider.'d determin
ation to exercise all hi.; inti lencc, all the power
with which he may ever be inveslcd,to prevent
the slightest action of Congress eitlier in the
District or in the Stater. ; an 1 if it should ever
come to the;', (which Heaven in its providence
forbid !) he isieady to put the Pres deutial ve
to upon it, and to arrest ti e evil. He is com
mitted to this course by every high and holy
cmi-.idcr iti'j.i wiiieh can bind his conscience,
alfect hi ; character, and conceit: the eternal
interests of iris bel-avcd country.
CORR ESPON D EN C E.
Ricn.-.s. mi>, March 5, IS3G.
Sm: A <*ur opinion on tiie slave qm.-stion in
relation to the States is distinctly understood in
the South, an 1 perfectly salUhclor: ; but many
of your friemts are in doubt a ; to your real sen
timents on th s District qtie Mon. 1 take the
liberty, ther :i >re, of rt q le ting a can lid avow
al ot your opmioa on ti.-a coimtiluti mal rights
of the ii. ; ib.t in..s of the District of Columbia.
Doyon me into say, wh-.m you say that you
are “ against the propriety of agitating the ques
tion in theDistri; that Cotigre s has no pow
er, under the i’edm-al coustitutlon, to interfere
with the slave qtu slion ! Any reply which ym
may think proper to make, will find me here for
the next ten days ; i am tin administration
m in, ami a delegate from tl.e comity ol Bruns
wick.
1 have the honor lo be,
wilh great respect,
Your obedient servant,
J. B. MALLORY.
The lion. Jlahtix Van Brncx,
I ice President of the United States.
Washinton, March 11, IS3G.
Sir : 1 have the honor t - acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the sth instant, asking
uiy optmon as to the coa .t.tu. mmd power of
Congress to mn-rfere with the subject of slave
-15 iii the District ol Columbia, and to send you
herewith, in reply thereto, a copy of correspon
dence with certain citizens of North Carolina
and myselt, mi the same point.
As some time may intervene before its publi
; cation there, yon have my permission to hand
; the correspondence forthwith to the editor of
the Enquirer for publication in his paper, in
tl.e event ot il, being so pulilished, i desire
that coi r letter to me, with tins answer therets
, may appear at tiie same time.
1 am, sir, very rii ipectfiilly,
your obedient sm vant,
M. \AN BUREN.
James B. MA.moitv, Esq.
NO it Tll CAROLINA COl {R ESP ON
DENUE.
Jackson, February 23,1830.
j Dear Sir.; A portion of your fellow citi
! zens in ibis section, feeling a deep anxiety as
to your views on a topic which most vitally af
fects our immediate welfare and happiness
liavc f!im-'_>!.t proper to propound to con tl.e f,,]-
lowmg interrogatory, to which v.e v. ish an ex
plicit answer.
Do you or do you not believe that Con
gress has tin: constitutional power to intcrf. ro
v.’itli or abolish slavery in tiie District ol Coluiu-
'f’h:,- con ipicimus situation in which yon me
placid, and tl.e important <■ of a thoron'. h know
i. l"c of your views on this iitli resting topic,
will, we hope, be sufficient apology for the lib
erty we have taken.
JUNIUS AMIS,
IS \ \C .HALL,
JOI’ \ WALL,
C. \ liLLOWBY,
S \?d’L B. SPHHULL,
.1 US. W. Pl I ZINN.
Ilia Excellency Martin Van Bt;itr.N.
ddci tin i 1111 Hun it’s Htjdy.
V.’asui .o rox, March o, !S3u.
G1 ,\Tt.EM::n- : I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your letter apprizing me of
the deep anxiety winch is ten by a pozlion of
your leilov-citizens as to 1115 views upon a topic
;■> itally aifec.ting their immediate wi liaroamt h.qi
' pines', and ot the importanco ot' their Lem-.;-
possessed of a tiioroitgli knowledge of them ;
and asking me to s.i.y wh".ln-r 1 doordo not be
lieve that Congress Iras the 1 on.,!itutional power
to intel sere v. itli or abolish sl.tvcty in the Di .irict
ot Columbia.
1 mu not only willing, but desirous, gentle
men, that you s.me.kl have the mo>t thorough
; knowledge vs my views and leelitigs upon the
delicate and interesting subject v> ilit winch \ our
j qui s'ion i; connectod ; and i snail endeavor
to acqaaml you with them m the fullest manner
in 1 power.
Not having heretofore had the honor of being
:in politic.d communication with 5(.11, 1 am um
advised whether the sentiments n latittg to it,
which have been avowed by mysi If and by my
author;.', within t!ie last two 5 .-ar.;, Lave come
to 5 .1:11' knowledge. I deem it, therefore, pro
per, to famish you with tl.e substance 01 thi-ni,
efm tepiy to ; r more ( >.. ... ...
■sh • avowal ■ to which I : :fer wc re :
I '. An opiaimi tlmt Com .1 no r'zbt to
interfere i Fatiy manner, or to any extent, with
' the subject of slavery in the Stales :
I 21. Again.: the propriety of their doing so in
1 the Districted’ Columbia; and
3d. 'i’he statement o! uy ftdi concurrence in
the sentiments expressed by the citizens of Al
i banv, in publi;- meeting, the must important of
I which are as follow.- , viz : “ That the constitu
tion ot the I ailed States carries with it an ud
• jastmmii of a:! questions involved in the delibe
rations wbic!: led to its a ’.option, and that the
i compromise of inieiest in which it. was founded,
’ is binding in Imirnr ami good faith, indepcndi rd
f;/ of thef;rce if agrcintrnt, on all who live
1 under its protection and pait:-: ipato in the ben
efits ot which it is the source.” “That the re
j Union ot’master and slave is a waiter e.xclusive-
I 1. beloiHj’mg to the people of each Stale, wltli
j in its owm boundary, and that any attempt by
the Government or people of anc ether State,
lor by the General Government, to interfere
; with or disturb it, weald violate the snirit of
; that compromise which lies at the basis of the
fed -ral compact.” That we can only hop:.- to
maintain tb.e I. ii-.mi of the States bv abstaining
t Item interi'i-rer.ce with tiie laws, dmiie.;t><- poli
. cy, and peculiar interests of 1 ■> ;-ry o-i.i r S. :te.”
“That ah -; <ii interference which teuiis to ali
: entile one portimi of our coimtrynici: from the
rest, deal t ves to be frowned tq.on with indig
‘ nation 1.-y ail who cherish the principles of our
revolntionai”, lathers, and who de. item preserve
the coa-tuiit on by tiie exercise 01 that spirit of
amity which animated its fnxners.” “ That
they deprecated the conduct of tho e who are
attemptin'/ to coerce their brethren in other
States into the ab ilition of slavery, by appeals
' to lite lears oi the master and lo tho passions of
, the stave ; a-.-d that they could rot but consider
’ them as disturbers of tho -public peace, and
would, by all constitutional means, exert their
iniluetice 10 arrest the progress of such meas
ures.” “That whilst they would-mair.tain in
violate the liberty of sp< cell and the freedom
of tho pros.-;, they considered discussion , which,
from th: ir nature, tend to iafame the public
. mind and put in jeopardy the
,ty of their fellow-citizens, at war with < vety
rule of moral duty, and every sitgeestiott of hu
manity, and would be constrained; moreover, lo
regard those, who, with a fi.li knowledge of
their pernicious tendency, persist in carryin”'
them on, as didoyid io the Union.” That the
people of dto south would do great injustice if
i they allow themselves to believe that the few
w ho are interfering with tho question of.- Invery,
1 arc acting in accordance with tl.e sentiments of
thanottiiuj on the suiije t.” And,finally,“ ihat
they made these declarations to their southern
. brethren in th..- :.:ima spirit ofamity which bound
together their father and <mrs, dm inga long and
eventfid strug.de for independence ; and that
they did, in full remembrance of tliat common
association, plight to them their faith to main
tain in practice, as far as lies in their power,
what they had thus solemnly declared.”
These -.iew.;, thus expressed air! sanctioned
by myself, appear to me to cover tl.e whole
ground, save the aUtract question to which you
have been pleased to call i:i r attention, and I
chi'cri’iiily embrace the opportunity you have
felt it your duly to as ord me, to explain myself
fully on that also. As anxious as you can pos
sibly be, to arrest all agitation upon this disturb
! mg subject, 1 have considered the question 5 ou
have propounded to me, with a sincere defile
to arrive at da- conehifion, that the sulj-.-ct, in
relation to tl.e i) tricl of Colombia, can be
safely placed on the same ground on w hich it
stands in regard to ti c State 5, viz: tlicwant e,'
constitutional power in Congress to interfere in
j the matter. I owe it, however, to candor, to
I say toyou, that i l-.ave not been able- to satisfy
| myself that the grant to Congrgss, in the consti
tution, of the piAvcr of “ < xilusiee legislation
in ell cai.es whatsoever" over tl.e Federal
, trict, does not confer on that body the same au
thority ovt r the subject that would otherwise
have been posses, ed by the States of Maryland
and Virginia ; or that Congress might, not, in
virtue thereof, t’kesuch steps upon the subject
in this District, as those Slates might them
selves take w ithin their own limits, mid consis
tently with their rights of sox creiguty.
Thus viewing the matter, I would not, from
I the lights now before me, feel myself safe in
1 pronouncing that Congress doe.; not possess the
'powerof interfering with or abolishing slaw ry
in tli.-: District of Columbia. But whilst such
arc my present impressions upon the abstract
question of tb.e legal power of Congress—im
pressions which 1 shall at all times be not only
ready, but disposed, to surrender upon convic
tion of error—l do not hesitate to give it to you
as mv deliberate and well considered opinion,
tnat there are objections to the exercise of tl.i ■
power, against the w ishes of the slave-holding
i States, as imperative, in their nature and oidi
\ gallons, in regulating tho conduct of public
men, </.? the most palpable want of constili:-
1 tiona! power would be.
You have alluded in yonr letter to the con
spicuous situation in which 1 have been placed
i before the public, and Itake it lor grunted, that
; it is to that circumstance, rather than to any oth
. er, that 1 am to ascribe tb.e solicitude felt by
: yourselves and your fellow-citizens in respect
jto my views on this subject. I recognize, to
the fuilestcxtent, the propriety of litis desire on
your part; and although there is nothing m
your letter making the avowed nece .sary, i pre
fer thatnot only you, but all the people of the
I nited Slates shall now understand, that if the
desireoi that portion of them which is favora
ble to my elevation lo tie (,'hicf Magistracy,
should be gratified, ! must go into the Presiden
tial chair, the indexible and micumprcinisiiig
opponent of any attempt on the part of Coti
. gross to abolish slavery in the District of ('oiiim
-1 bin, against the wishes of tl.e slax('-holding
; Stales ; and also with the determination e<]ual
flf di cidi'd-, resist the slightest interference
(wilh the subject in the Stales where it exist:;.
I hi saying this, I tender neither to them nor to
j you, any pledges, bm. declare only settled opin
ions and convii lions () f duty. Those who,
doubt that they will Le cm t ied into full and lair 1
ehect, a.-- under no obligations to trust me. An !
opportunity is afforded them to exercise tin ir |
free choice in the matter, and they may be as- I
I ■.tired, thal lheie is no one h-ss likely to complain
I of its exercise than myself.
I he peculiar importance < f the subject, mid
j a desire (which you will allow me to fi.il) that
TBR3 STANDARD OF UNION.
my \ lews of it should be correctly understood,
milk;'it prop j-that 1 siiould <. xplmn th. ■ r-.tm :■
ol the opinion:: ahtive expre.-seil. Tfiex' me
f’o-.m k-d, miumg:;t otl.eis, m. the following con
siderations, x iz :
Ist. 1 believe, tl it if it had been foresei n,
at the time of the a lopt ou oi the con tit iti< n,
lli.it tho seal of the f ederal Government would
Le fixed in a slave-holding region, and fl.at the
tibject cl slavery w ould I-e there agitated lo lii
pn-jtidiC'.i of those ii.ddi: ; ibis species oi pro
perty, the I'i 'lit to do . a, V. ou!d, with th;: Us: ent
oi the iion-:-.lave-i:oldiii:g Slates, have been
made an exception to dr- u.-ircstiTied 'legislative
pova r given to Congress over the District to be
2d]}'. I cannot but reg trd t! e agitation of flits
subj.’ct inthe District oi Columbia, <1 surprise
upon the people < f : ~1-5 i.md am! \ ii giuia, be
ing very coniident that if the state oi things
, winch now exis'.s, had been at ail apprchcmlcd
bx time Suites,the cession ci the District would
not Luxe been made exci pt upon tho express
condition ti. it Cum.ri.sssl.oid.i exerci: u no such
power ; an ! that wi'.h such a condition die ce.--
sion would, in the then state of public opinion,
have I.eon .'i ,i;;;|y a< : ;
tl.ily. 1 d;> tliciefoic l.'i.-iive, that flie uln.lition
e! slavery in the District of Columbia, agiiimst
the wishes ol tho slave-holding Slates ( ...Miming
that Congress has the power to eliect would
violate the spirit of t.iat compromise of inuir
est ; w hich lies at the Li: is oi our social com
pact ; mid .1 am thorimghlx: convinced, that it
, con'd not bo so done, wiuiont immin..-nt peril, if
net certain d-. s‘i tiim,ta tl.e t 'mon of the I Laws.
Viexving the mailer in tl.i.; light, it ir. my clear
and settled cpinion, t!.at the 1 ; k rai Govern
ment ought to abstain -romdoing so, and that it
is tb.e sacred duty of those xvlio'm the people of
the United Stalt; eiilru.t with the control
of its action, so to use tl.e constitutional
power with w nidi they are invested as to prevent
it.
I think it due to the occasion, ami only a >.im
l>l.‘ act of justice to mx' i’ello.v-ci:i/.eus of the
north, of ail politii al p irl’.e.-, to add the'expres
sion of my full Lclicf lliat the opinions above
ex pressed, accord in sub. lam e v ilh those enter
tai.-.ed by a. larger majority of the people of the
non-slave-holding Stales, than has ever
before . existed 111 those .States on a public
question of eq uil ina »t itude. Lt is also due to
them to sax, tl’.al tL-eir .sentiments on thissulject
spring out of comfideratiur.i; of too high a cuar
acler, mm 100- to cou.M.qi:;- wc s ol too solemn
an import, to be shaken by slic< us< s. With
only a generous confidence eu tiie part of the
south i.i their brc-ihren of the north, and a firm
determination on the part of each to visit with
tlieir sex crest xlis]>leasi.re any attempt to con
nect the subject wilh pari;.' politics, those senti
ments cannot be overthrown. All future at
tempts on the part of the abolitionists to do so,
will then only serve to accumulate and concen
trate public oci'.mn 0:1 tliemsidves. That there
are persons at the north who are far from con
curring in the prevailing sentiment i have des
cribed, is certainly true ; but their numbers,
when compared to the rest of the community,
are very inconsiderable ; anti if the condition
of tilings be not greatly aggravated by impru
dence, many of them, Ibave no doubt, will ul
timately adopt setmder views of the subject;
an It! : r.ffi tTs of those xvho max 7 persist iil the
xvork of agitation, m.:v be overcome by reason,
or rendered inoperative by constitutional icme
dics.
To onecl:n; of those v»!:o have kitlierto peti
tioned Congress tor tii;'abolition of slavery in
the District of Culrnnbi.:, 1 canuot forbear to re
fer. I allude to the society of Friends, or the
people usually denoniiii.ated Tl.e u
niformi'y of th.-ir course upon this subject, the
temperate manlier in which it has been manifes
ted, mid tiie marked exee lencc of th. ir conduct
and character, appear to have conciliated res
-1 pect for their motives, even from those who (lif
ter with them in opinion. As far as my observa
tion Las enal.kd me to judge, it is due them lo
Isay, that as there !.as been no in....■ations of any
change oi'opinioa upon their pari during the
'present exciti meal, so Las there been 1.0 ex 1-
d< nee of :: disposition to land themsclve t;» the
I undue agitations of the public mind attempted
jby others. There is certainly no cl tss of people
! in this country, xxi.o have a deeper inlerest in
tho preservation of tb.e Union, mid of tl’.ehnpny
; system of goveriiment which it upholds, than
they ; mid it lias now be :0:.i.: very apparent to
all celledirg and obscrx itig minds, that the ques
tion oi slavery in ti e District of Columbia can
not be pressed to the remit thev* desire, with
safety to those pqrambi nt objects. Do nottliesp
considerations justify the hope, that from them,
'at least, we may reasonably expect, for the ftt
tui" , a mad? of deaii.ig v. i.it the subject, which
whilst it does no injustice to their principles,
shall re pre. s instead ol incii using rgitalion, and
not ( tidangcr lb.;- great i-nlerc. t lo wijicl. i have
refened ? To doubt it would be to distru: t the
influence which industry, r.ier ility, intelligence,
and republican habits—qualities which all ad
| mit them to possess in a high degree, arc calcu
lated, in gieat emergencies, to exert upon the
; conduct’of their possessors. And for the like
1 reason, it may certainly be expected that well
; disposed persons ol other religious denontitia
j tions, who, without a full con. ideration of the
j difiicu'iies which surround this subject, mid of
I the dangerous consequence to which the- efforts
of the abolitionists so evicently tend, have lent
to those efforts the influence ol their names mid
' character, will be careful hereafter to avoid the
! repetition of an error so unfortunate and mis
| chievotts.
In every view- of the subject, therefore, it
■ does not appear to me, that, although there
certainly is, in tire pre-etit condition of the
I country in relation to st, sufficient to excite
the most serious attention, there is nothing'
in the state of public opinion in the United
States to justify that panic in the public
mind, which invmibly tlisqualiliies those
who pat take of it lit m dealing wisely or
. successfully with the circumstances by
which it is produced. I-’rcm abroad we
have, 1 think, some right to expect less in
terference than heretofore. We shall, lam
confident, for some time at least, have no
more foreign agents to enlighten as on the
subject. Recent results here, and the dis
cussions w ith which they have attended, can
not fail to alii act the attention oi the reading
and rcllecting- portion oftlte foreign public.
By these means they will be made lo tinder
slam! our real condition in this respect, and
they will know that the unchangeable law
of that condition is, that the slave question
must be left to the control of the slaveltokl
:iigStal( s tlieuisclvi s, xt illmut me’estationor
interference from any qimrler ; that foreign
intei feretice ol evi ry (l.scrq tion can only b ■
injuriou to the slax c, w ilium: 1 < tit Lt to any
interest, ami will not be endured by any sec- j
tion of our country ; and that any tut: tier- ;
elite, coming ft om even the nott-slave-ltold- I
ing portions of our own territory, is calcu
lated to endanger the p( rpeltiity, and ifj
sanctioned by the General Gox erimient, [
would inevetahly occasion the d i;solution I
ofourhapppy Union. Seeing the subject
in this, its true aspect, and coitcicus as they
must Le, that the downfall of this republic
would be the severest bloxv that the cause
of liberty ami self, gov: rnttu nt could re
ceive, and from, xvhich its recovery
would lie hopeless, the wi.e and good u
mongst thvm-lkosc who arc really guided by
1 tl.e principles'ol justice and humanity—will
pause ami acknowledge that they Lave
misapprehended the true bearings* of this
question. Instead ol accusing cur country
men who hold property in slaves, with dis
regarding the genet al principles of liberty
mi.l dictates of a pure religi.m, they will
recognise in this class oi o::r citizens as sin
cere ii iettds to the happiness of mankind as
any other.;, mid will become sensible that
tuts spe< tes ol property', the result o| causes
j over which they have no control, is an inher
i dunce which //i. y only now Law to dispo e
»l. Instead ofcliarging the peepk- o f the
non .slave-holding Elates, as Ims often been
done with hypopracy in prof anariient
love of freedom they will find that the free
citizens ol the north are only acting upon
the principles ci fidelity t;> their most solemn
eiigagemcnts ; that if limy were to attempt
j the accomplishment ofx. hat is desired of
I them hy loom who regard slavery as iticoit-
■ t.ie equal lights on which our
1 iiisiitiitions are fimttimd, t..ey will involve
I themselves in the odium, either of seekiit"-
I to evade a compact w hich was the mentis
! mid the pledge our national existence or of
1 availing tbmnselves of their pt esent power
I and unexatvplcd prosperity, to dissolve a
i cuum elicit v. ith their southern brelltern
[ formed ata perlod.of miitmdadversity, for a
cause which was then not only known to ex
ist but th? cimiitenane eofw hici: was express
ly reef "'I- ihm.' : .
1 have thus gentlemen, been compelled
to ( .-.tern! my remarks, cottsidetably furth; r
ti.an a i.iteiiGcd when, 1 commeticed to
mt. v.er yo'.tr inquiry. As, however the
suljm.t was delicate and important, I leel
that 1 hat enol trespassed farther upon your
time in its examination that) was proper lo
enableyoato comprehend the views I en
tertained ofit.orthan was respectful 'to the
considerations which justified your call for
t. 1.1.1 <■ xil • > .■. And I lee; assured whatever may
bet ■ : ‘lence of opinion, ifany, which ex
eifis li'..';een my sell ik any other portions of
my fellow-citizens, that the issueol’this mat
ter, as of all proceeding questions which
have agitated the public n.’.cd. U!l d have
i been thought to be pregnant with danger
, w,. lin their ha mis, tie such as to strengthen i
, iht? bonds ol their union, and to increase
those it atcrnal and patriotic affections, which
our past imtiona! history has so often and so
lion:t.rably illustiated.
1 am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
M. VAN BUREN.
Alessrs. .Tunis Amis,
Isaac Hall,
Jolm Vi’all,
C. B. A ellowby 7 ,
Samuel S. Spirriil,
and James \V. Puzina,
Juchsoii, N. C.
From the Southern Lan 11 er.
ABOLITION < J I VTION.
Alter all the efforts which have been
made by the nulliliirs ol’ the South to fix
the ciilirye of abolitionism upon Mr. Vail
Luren, and notxx ithstanding their impudent
assertions that lie is the candidate of the
■ abolitionists, fiicts every where have proven
‘ that the hostility of the fanatics lo that dis-
tmguiohvd individual is not exceeded even
by that oftlie nullilicrs themselves. Wbe
-1 tixr any fraternal feeling exists between
. these two branches of the opposition or not,
there can be no question that they are both
• laboring to put down Mr. Van Buren mid
I the Administration party, and that their
! candidates for the Presidency, (White and
• Harrison,) are more than suspected of be
ing in lax or of “« xgslcni of gradual cnitin
cipit'loii of our slaves." Judge White’s
friend ami right band man al Knoxville, an
i editor who knows am! is presumed to speak
!;ts sentiments, op: nly avows his own par
tiality lor such a tneasute, and Gen. Har
rison has long been known to favor such
opinions. A branch of the ojiposition also
; support for Vice President, in the person of
1 rattets Granger, a real, open, bona fide
abolitionist oi the Tappan school. Now
,xx iii'ii wc consider that it is impossible, even
ii t!ie opposition candidates get the eleeto
-1 ral votes of every State where they run
' tickets, to eliect any election by the peo
i tile, ami that the abolitionists and nttlliiiers
! are both laboring lo defeat tin election by
■ the people, each with a candidate of their
i own, can we doubt that their vehement cry
against Mr. Y'an Buren is all got up to
> conceal their ow n operations from public
view, by drawing attention to another ob
ject, and thus screen them from the just re
proaches of a virtuous peopdej' The ttulli-'
iters give their votes with no other hope
limn to bring the election into the House
ofßepresentat.it es—the Federal Whigs and
Abolitionists go to the polls wilh the same
expectation—and having thus defeated the :
wishes ol the people by throw ing the choice'
upon Congress, they cannot there hope to
succeed, except by compromise: for eleven ■
States are decidedly t an Buren in their ■
representation. Will the uullifiers then
y ield to the abolitionists, or the abolition- '
isls to the nttlliiiers? One or the other
parly must give in entirely, or they must
.'plit tlte difference, mid suppport the aboli
tion) Harris;at in the lions;.', xvith the.
nttllifier Tyler in the Senate; or White the j
' “graduri emancipator” for President, xvith j
the abolith nist Granger for bis Vice. This
I must inevitably be the result—ami we ask I
I the citizens of Georgia of all parties, are!
! you prepared to compromise with tb.e fa
natiison tins snbjcct? V. ,11 you have atty j
thing to do with them, in any way whatev-!
er 5
Wc are far from charging upon the md-1
lifiers as a body , any connection xvith or
disposition to countenance the designs of
the incendiaries—on this subject we will lie '
more liberal titan their presses are towards 1
the Union party —but w; do believe that
there are tui’d/tlimis men among them, who
like “Luciler, fallen from his high estate,”
but n xx ilh hatred and revenge against those
who have placed them where they are, and
who would sooner see their country torn in
to fragments, than not regain their power.
Os them we speak—it is to them our re
nntrks apply. The abolitionists acknow- ■
ledge that they 7 would rather see the I ttion '
destroyed than not succeed in their unholy |
efforts—and that they look for assistance ;
Irom the southern opposition, will be seen :
fram the lett< r annexed. It was addresied
to Tho’s. Washington, Ibij. of Nashhille, !
Tennessee, an opponent of the administra
tion. We ask the candid reader to exam
ine it attentively, and then in communing
wi h himself enquire, to wh.it does the co
i alition of the opponents of Mr. Van Buren
tend? Does it not. naturally 7 lead to the ex
> ; notation of assistance from each other, after
: they have, by joining together, succeeded
in ch.'C'ting their President? Andhovv long
will the Republic be safe, when its Govertt
n.eiit is controlled by such factions? Read
the letter, and then judge:
11 iir.liiuglon, April 2, IS3G.
Dear Sir, —“1 have come 011 here as the
agent of the “Vermont Abolition Society,”
Congress being in ne.-siou. 1 have come
on to get as many oftlie members as possi
ble in favor of our cause. It is not my in
tention lo operate by bringing tin: subject
again lielore Congress, for the corrupt ma
jority of both braaches ol our national le
gislature are against us, btti 1 will exert my
inlluence by means of private interviews
with members.
1 have not the pleasure of know ing you
personally, nor do 1 l.imw your views on
1 abolition. Lid i hare heard l/ial i/ou arc
. a Viol: 1 id opponent if the Adminislralioii.
That fuel is deemed, a siffi-frul lie lo iinile
us. IN ZaS MUCH AS THE FRIEND!
O F Ti IE AJ) ?>j i NISTRA T1 ON ARE
| AL’., ANTI-ABOLITKLNISTS, IT IS
iRtESUMED THAT YOU DIFFER
WITH THEM ON ABOLITION AS
A MATTER OF COURSE, IN THIS
AS IN ALL OTHER THINGS. 1
therefore must earnestly request of you asa
friend of the cause which I humbly repre
sent, to have ten thousand of the enclosed
Struck off and circulated throughout your
State. 1 have further to request that you
will consider yoqrself corresponding secre
tary of the “Vermont Society.”
A. P. ROS'S, Secretary,
Oftlie Vt. Abolition Sue. fy Minister of the Gosjol.
C'qcj g'ressimszEl*
MR. PATTON—HIS ATTITUDE IN RE
LATION TO TIIE AGITATORS.
In Saturday’s Globe wc commented on the vote
against the Sjieakez’s decision, in xvhich he gave
pi clarence to the main question on the report and
: r«:;okt!ious against the abolitionists, ever the col
lyei-al question arising out of the refusal of
j .’dessrs. V. isn, Waddy Thompson and others to
: vote. On “lomlay monnngMr. Patton, is found
on the floor of the i louse, inveighing against the
Speaker’s decision, and our modest- cital of his
name. The notice bestowed on us is attributable
to the fact that we distinguished the parties vo
ting against the Speaker, into ABOLITION
AN D 11A It RI SON M EN, NUI.LI Fl ERSAN D
WHITE M EN, separating those otherwise indis
solubly identified in the common design of crea
ting sectional excitement and hostility out of the
abolition question, by marking the first named class
in italics, and the filter in small capitals, as we
now republish them from the article of Saturday,
in which they wet e thus introduced:
‘■\Ve mark the Abolition and Harrison men in
italics—Nttlliiiers and V. hitemen in small capitals.
It wdl be found that there is but one staunch re
publican vote among these names, and we are
persuaded that lie must nave got there under
some misconception of the question.
‘•NAYS—Messrs. Adams, Id. Allen, Bailey,
Eimn, Zfoitd, Bunch, G. Chambers, Chrk, Ever
ett, Granger, Graves, Gre.nnell, 11. Hall, Hard,
Hirdi.i, Harlan, Haztlline, Hoar, Howell, Hunt,
Janes, Lawlee, Eiid'itnce, L. Lea, Lewis, jA;-
coln, Lyon, 3. Mgsoa, Mclcemtan, Patton, J. A.
Pzakci;, Pickens, Ri xuiieH, Itussdl, 11.
S xEi’i'r.RD, Ahlsti, Sprague, Standefer, Steele,
Tali.v. erko, Underwood, Hinton, Wliittelsey, L.
Williams, S. Williams and Wise—l 6.
“This is tl;e hodge-podge parly, at war with the
settlement oftho aboliliou question. Some few
. of their brethren absconded.”
To imderstatid precisely tho nature of this coal
ition of uullifiers and abolitionists against the
Speaker’s decisions, it is necessary that the cir
cumstances under which it was given, should bo
scrutinized.
The House had decided that the main question
I should be put 011 the resolutions proposed express
ly to close debate 011 the incendiary petitions,
which had been kept up for mouths, lo the utter
defeat ofbusiness, and obviously meant to make
an incurable breach in the good feeling between
the md South. Every body saw that if
was the settled scheme of the enemies of tiie de
mocracy to get up a sectional quarrel, to divido
the southern republicans from the northern repub
licans, audio risk the Inion itself, to rally a parly
j for White in one cud aud Harrison in the other,
with the avowed object of defeating an election
of Prefideiit by the people, and'giving it to tiie
House. In one wo.d, thei.ko'iticiii , and nnlll
fiers, with the countenance of the opposition gen
erally in Congress, were making the slave ques
tion. notoriously for-ilia purpose of bringing the
j i’rcsideutial question within their own control m
tin: House. Toarrc.;t the debate which b, J con
; sinned months of the session, to the utter obstruc
: tioaof all business but that of brewing up panic
1 in the south and abolition petitions in the north,
j the previous question was at last applied to carry
j Air. Pinckney's resolutions, referring all the in
] cendiary papers to a select committee. Tliesfime
: necessity compelled the House to demand tho
! main question, when the report and resolutions
I eme-ged from the committee. If the resumption
iof incendiary harangues had been permitted,
Means. Adams, Granger, Slade, Bell, Wise,
’ Wuddy Thompson, Pickens, &e. &c. would have
1 easily kept up tho Storm in the House until the
Presidemlal election. There are about eighty
members in the House who are ready to go ail
lengths to bring the Presidency to depend on their
: own votes. The abolition excitement is the only
■ expedient they can devise, which holds out the
; least hope of accomplishing this project; and the
j lashing up a phrenzy about it in Congress, is the
j only imide the agitators can adopt to inflame and
. xa. perate the public f. cling ou the subject. If
j the Oil <:ppe >ition parti'.'.ans could only 7 be iudulg-
I cd on ti:is theme, each xvith half the time taken up
by Air. Bell in his speech on his amendment ihat
, obtained 6 votes, allow ing each two days instead
j oi four, we should lia.gp at least six mouths added
to these siou, employed in panick making. The
House tolerated the tiullifier,Mr. Robertson, in a
J speech, consuming, for three days, the time allot
ted to the reports and similar business. This
-peaking against time, convinced the body that it
: was the determination of the ultras to speak out
I the s< ision, and prevent, if possible, any decision
<m the question—;!:e previous (pus ion was there-
I fore voted, and the main question demanded.
This is the privileged qn< ; lion, without xvhich, the
I majority niu-.t forever•renittiq in the power of a
:nin;:r:tg, deprived nltegether of the ability to
bring any question to a vnic. Tiie pi < viotts ques
tions to effect that for which it is intended, 11111,1
nit off all debate—all ainindinents—all iiwidintul
\ur coiliitcnd quintions. This was the object in
calling itpm Fmckney’s report: aud resolu
tions. Yet if, by a rofusal to vote, Mcs&te. Ad
ams, M ise, \\ addy Thompson, &.c., could have
set aside the main question thus demanded, and I
requiied the I lot;first to try and adjudge them j
for ih irconlempt to the House, then the will of I
(In: House to have the im.’ii questien would have ■
been subjected to the cbicano of those xvho 1
.started n secondary qmwtion for tljnt piAposc. in ’
a direct ia, u:t oll’crcd lo its authority. The t
Speaker decided the rule in the only way in I
wltii'h it could stand, compatibly' xvith the exis- I
t: nee ol’the House as a legislative body.
Bm wo return to Mr. Batton-, who yesterday at
tempt, d to subvert the Speaker’s decision, al
tiioimh his success would have 1., eu a subversion
of the poxver of the majority of the House. Wbv
did .Mr. Patton iusi n that .’:ir Wise, who.again and 1
again proclaimed in tones of fury ami defiance, |
that. “At wo nut ask to b" c.rciisid,” that “he
w ottld sutler marlyrdmi, before Ze ivoiddvote,'’ that
thr puli r oft!., Sirg., ::t-a!-.:r;u3 “should uot
compel him,” that “Ac would ilifq the ptiwi’r if a
st.i.'idlng ttrmy,” He. He.— why did Idr. Patton
insist that this ctmtmnacious me inber should Le
((impelled to vote, Li fore any decision should be
had upon the abolition question? No body knows
better than Mr. i’attmi, that it has been the tm-
ceafiiig chart ol .Mr. Wise to make the mostinvet
er;;:.i‘ lend o! the abolition (;ufc.,tion, and thi;t he
a. s c mtiiimilly < ndeavored to thrust in dilliculties
to prevent a final dccisimi of ii. He, as w ell as
Mr. ’.’. ise, is the advocate of Juilgo White’s I'resi
dciitial pretensions; ami he know.,, ibat unless hos
tile lei lings can bo produced between the north
ern and tueslavclioiding .States, there is no inos
p: cl. that the South w ill enable the Judge to make
such a diversion lor the federalists and tiie Bank,
as v. ill pul it iu th. ir power to dispose of the
ITi ddeiicy. lie ■ therefore wi-hed i 0 give the
question such a posture as would enable Mr. Wise
to prevent its being taken at all, by refusing to
'J bat tins was Mr. Patton’s motive, will be .seen
from the course pur lied by him when the previ
ous i-iii .tion tiist called, dlr. Adams bi.d giv
|.:n notice to the Hou-c tln.t he wished to address
i , lo prove that Goii ’i'e: ; had power over the
ques.: m ot slavery in ttie States, ns well as in the
ci if he li:.d been permitted to enter upon
tho, new ami extended field of abolitionism, it
would have opened a debate oftlie most Jmaiig
-11 mi < haracter broached in Gimgress. Ap
prized of this, the reader wifi obsetve in the fol
lowing portion of Wcdnesdiiy’s proceedings pre
limitiury to the attempt of Messrs. Wise, Wadoy,
’i'lio.'.ii'soN, &.c.—wifiiwhat anxiety-Mr. Patton
fir.-.t i-r.tr nited and then mamettvred to get rid of
the previous question, to let in Air. Ziuams’s pro
posed abolition reply to Mr. Robertson’s nullify
ing attack on Air. I'inckney’s report.
Air. Adams w ished to reply 7 to the arguments
of tiie gentleman Lorn '. irgiuia, who had
just addressed the House.
The Chair reminded the gentleman that tho
previous que. timi had been moved.
Ain. v. is;: inquired wiieliiei it was competent
t 1 move tiie previous question, tlw hour hav
ing arrived tor proceeding to the orders of tho
'• a L - . . r ■
inc Chilli stated that, under the rule, unless a
motion was made aud carried to proceed to tho
consideration of the orders of the day, the subject
before the House would uot have been arrested
until the hour for proceeding to the special order.
After the expiration of the morning hour, no mo
tion having been made to take up the orders of
the day, it was competent to move the previous
question upon the subject under consideration..
Air. Adams, asked the gentleman from Geor
gia to withdraw his motion for the previous ques
tion.
Air. Towns made a similar request, and re
marked that from the first day this subject was
presented to the consideration of the House to
the present mo.ment, lie had taken no part in the
(iiseussion. There were now reasons operating
ou his mind, inducing him to desire that this op
portunity be afforded him to submit the views he
: entertained, and the reasons thal would regulate
; his vote.
Alt. Owens had made the motion on the most
I mature deliberation, and could not withdraw it.
j .'lr Adams appeared from the decision of the
1 speaker, tliat it was competent under the cir-
I cnmstances to move the previous question.
1 The Chair requested the gentleman to reduce
j his appeal to writing.
; .liter a short time, Air. Adams rose and with-
I drew the appeal, stating that he did not believe
: the House would be disposed to stifle debate, by
I sustaining the previous question.
Air. Patton rose to make an appeal to the
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Owens) to withdraw
his motion.
. Air. G. Lee called the gentleman to order, as
the subject was not debateablc.
Air. Ow ens must adhere to his determination
not to w ithdraw his motion.
The previous question was then seconded—
ayes 95, lines 82.
Air. Williams of North Carolina asked
lor the yeas and nays on the previous question ; or
dered.
Air. Storer inquired what would be the effect
of the previous question?
Ihe Chair said il the previous question was
sustained, it would cut off all amendments, and
the main question would be 011 the adoption
of the resolutions reported by the Select Com
mittee.
i'ir. Ad ams appealed from tho decision of the
Chxir.
The CuAißhud, in answerto the inquiry of tho
gentleman Irom Ohio, stated what would be the
edect oi sustaining the previous question, and bad
1 made 110 decision upon which an appeal would lie
j at that time.
! Mr. Adams was aware that a slaveholding
Speaker occupied the Chair.
Here .dr. Adams .was culled to order by vari-
■ ous members.
Air. A, ise moved a call of the House, and ask-
I ed for the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and
' w ere—yeas B.', nces IL'B, so the motion was neg
-1 atived.
: Air. Storer moved to lay the previous ques
tion on the table, including the report aud tesoht-
, tions ol the committee, and the amendments
Ito the-same; which was negatived without a
' count.
1 .<!r. Adams desired to know what would be the
main question, mid that it might Lo.stated ou tho
journals.
The Speaker repeated that if the previous
question was sustained, the main question would
boon the adoption of tho resolutions reported bv
the select committee.
nir. Adams appealed from this decision.
Mr.. Boon rose to order. It would be time
enough to raise this question, when the previous
I question w;is sustained.
Mr. Adams: I speak to a point cf order, and
desire to take au appeal from tho decision of the
j Chair.
Mr. Fatton said it seemed to him, that it should
: first be (letermincd what the main question would
I be, as that consideration might influence the vote
ol gentlemen. Boradveuturc, the House might
| reverse the decision of the Chair. He hoped,
; therclore, that the decision of the Speaker, as to
. the efleet of the main question, w ould be first cn
j teitained, so that they might subsequently vote
1 tmderstandingly.
Taking into view this anxious effort on the part
1 of Air. i’attmi, first to get Air. Adams into the arc
: mi. and then to thrust Air \\ ise in, to prevent a
: decision, no cue can doubt his full participation in
the schemes of the agitators.
1 he result ot Air. I’atton's inantrvrcing will ho
seen inthe proceedings of yesterday in the House.
1 iie very case we supposed as an illustration, ac
tually occurred. Air. Jenifer, by arrangement
w ill) some of his party, actually refused to vote,
without having any objection to vote, and for the
express purpose of having an appeal made atid
a debate on it, to defeat the business oftlie day.
This was accomplished, and but for the decis
ion ol the Chair, that another refusal to vote
w ith an appeal upon it could not be taken, pend
ing the demand of tb.e main question hy the pre
vious’call ot the House, Air. Jenifer might have
piled refusal upon refusal, and his coadjutor, Mr.
Wise, appeal upon appeal, t;> the end of the sess
ion. \\ e have not space to probe these proceed
iiu.is further nt present.
S!
On the 27th day of I’day last, a Necro Boy
was delivered to me by a waggoner in Augus
ta, wilh a request that I would take him to Han
cock comity for the purpose 61' delivering him
to liis ownei.
1 received tlte boy 7 and brought him home,
but could not find liis owner.
He is about ten yuars old, four feet two inch
es high, and dark complexion, lie says his
masters name is Thomas W imberly of Han
cock County, but from all the enquiries which
I have made, I am certain there is no such man
in the comi'y. He also states that he was lost
from his own; r.
T'lio Imy is still in my pos.escsslcn, and being
desirous that Lis master should find him, I take
tl::.; public method of making known the facts.
I shall keep iiini a reasonable time and if
:e is not called lor, shall deliver him to tho
public I'utliorities ol the county, to be disposed
ol as they may think proper; timing v.liich
peimd, 1 shall be ready to deliver him to the
ov. ner, upon proof of his right, and payment of
expenses.
NATHANIEL GRIGGS.
Hancock county, Ga.
June, 111S3G. ‘ 22—4 t.
1 lie Aiigiistti Constitutionalist and Macon
1 aph, will t ive the above 2 insertions each
and lorxvgrd their Bills to Sparta. N. G.