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Edited by THOMAS HAYNES. OL'Il CO.NSCIESC E O UR COUNTR Y O UR PART Y. L * koiiwok, Proprietor. VOLUME VIII. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1841. NUMBER 7. 1 that he should not only he noticed, hut promptly rc- ' n PI' rt '^t''l»[ieo|)l*.\ ^•'"l ’ " ri - ’ "I oppre,- I ... — . . . - * 1 SIMIK Of wlnrn tliic oUo itinn ant inr rnmnlainc n rn SPEECH OF MR. BLACK, OF GEORGIA. IN REPLY TO MR. BIDDINGS, OF OHIO. In the House of Rrpiesenfatiies, 1‘ebruary 0, 1841 of its aspects. Upon that subject In Committee of the \\ hole, (in reply to Mr. Gid- strutted by my constituents, particularly by the Intel- i , r , v ... - , . diugs, of Ohio,) on the Pension bill, and the amend- iigent a.id patriotic men of my own county. They j " S , , , r ’ ll , i! * V 0 * usllies ^ to io comply with the requisitions of the act of 1807 within liven-1 g t |, The inrnedimeni* h* a j >. .. . , „ . , , . , , ■ , • i *y days, or the law would be enforced against their. The! . J m P edlmen \ s «> *01101 industry; and, a» wholly independent of legislation, and depend entire- j proclamation also addresses the w hite inhabitants of Fai.field ! *’ ll,er *«•»«* •*»«! I nellVd T .*"1""”* ~ j v • , i - | S ; ons G f which this abolition author complains, are I tv i * \ l( , er ' , r , | pelled. Let him not mistake me: 1 do not mean to ni - i„„;.| .• t „ 1 .• ! , y s ’ ° r the law would he enforced against them. The ion also addresses the white inhabitants of F •wing terms: * V\ bites look out 1 If any pe ploying any Mack or mulatto person, cool hand let no man suppose that I complain of this treat- j 1"^™.'^“*°“ ° f th * ab ° VC law ’ JOU "* a> look out ’ argue the abstract question of slavery with him, nor , " ,u ^ . uc,u . d,,u e,,l,re - ! proclamation ah i -ii | i* ,, 1 r c J . . ly upon public opinion m their counties and towns, "»the following terms: • V\ hues look out! If auv person or 1 , ,u J^R>. a Madman, of irr« 7V d,SCUSS lhe quesuon of Southern slavery ... any | / d j J„ * of societv .o 0 „ the othe P"*™- employing any Mack or mulatto person. ^ to ; " h " *>>^ «-»■• 1 frugality hvl aecnmnlaled -*** ol Its aspects. Upon that subject I have been ill-', , . , T * , . - . . the third seciioir f 1 -■ - 3 '■ thousand dollar* -~.i—:— ->— —- ... — ineiit thereto, appropiiatiug $ 100.000 for the removal j have told me that their slavey were their own ; that on j i ists ; and that if one of these fanatics should dare to i r ' professions, ! 1 . J of the Indians from Florida. Mr. BLACK addressed the Committee as follows Mr. Chairman—I had Imped to he permuted to present himself within the limits of their county,\^o^. c *V v " s j .f devote myself peaceably and quietly to the perf»r- (Striven,) they are pledged to bring him to a speedy ! mauce ol my official duties during tiie short period ot and condign punishment. And, sir. they are men time that remains ot my public service. I did not ex- j w ho have never vet failed to redeem their pledges pect, when I concluded my speech a few days since on ’ whatever peril. Yes, sir, if that member will go the Treasury note bill, to be called up so soon to tie- the county where ! reside, or to any other county lu Ji-Ki, a man, of irreproachable chant person, contrary to j " b > h * s ry T* fr "- a,i, 7 M accumulate,. for die . " sa '‘' 1 ‘"'liars, made application in the city of New Yack ' for a carman's licence, and was refused solely an^eeewWff _ j on account of his complexion!'’ * Sir, (said Mr. Black.) let us see what these w hu- YVe are next told that these free negroes are “fop- ^ , x _ [ nau rights” gentlemen think of the right of petition j ble to be seized and treated as slaves” by the Abo- contrast with their claims on the South, and their * n their own country, and then we shall be better able i htionists; and then this evidence of the insincerity r "~~' rr " only complaint 1 have against: est * nia te their sincerity, and the purity vj their mo- j a, *d hypocrisy of these pretended friends of homan their relations with their own ne- * v ben they undertake t<> lecture us fur “ keepinu: i * s closed by showintr how tliev habitual!* » *■ interfere in that matter at all ; 1 only seize on the fact Ms' sabi'cci'i shall' Imicf"ro,7rBomcm whh abolition-1" s,a . mts . f a 'f. % « it up in ' * COUlli V 111 | . r . ■ e i i onijui ir, in . i . if /.i shout it; but when tliev volunteer to regulati? our 1 1,1 g' iv, i , g toese gentlemen an opportunity to harangue j dersiood. that * ! <\n fl ii 4 isL..... u I . * _. . . *1 . I * .1 1 HQ H H I I IP Cll ! I nur! l/t c! lit • > • rs a/.. M., A... .. .. ^ 1 • l. C TO t.t ihLh im from Oiiio. For three long hour-did that member would be more safe than zeal or valor; fori assure [Mr. Bidding-] impose himself upon your unwilling the member if he ever comes among us and dares to modern philanthropist, were thei hi. i the es and bur- atraid of die discussion. We feel and know that we den of his song. Upon a b II prmidinj i sc.mtv subsistence for the feeble and snf.', > i revolutionary soldiers, this rr-.fr, tionisf, in defiance of the 21 l n:k: of all parliamentary order, k • m r open and violent ntt >ck ii;>on iiie i South. W hat availed i■, Mr. C! stoppt-d him and t.dj njoi that 1, palpable falsehoods 1 Why, sir.it idle wind ; and although :n\ eolb a mn <nt of our ; rn a abuii- vine Jaw. But will a man stop t > argue with an in- 1 louse, and remiiaiy who is about to stick a iighitd torch to hi to engraft an dwelling? Will you waste words in iMoii- ol tin* onjustiie and hone-tv when the thief h .an, when I your pocket? Besides, we are tired of the power in their own neighborhoods to elevate the "* tb avowed sentiments on this floor, and this I condition of their negroes, and who are in the habit j 'i 1 * 1 '!' I hate a right to do, especially as the Chair al- ^ no * now submit. We all remember the ol taunting the South with slavery, and to no one else, | ^ ov ] e< ^ mt ’niber Irom Ohio to take so wide a lati- Ainistad negroes. 1 shall not stop to inquire whe 'd’ or “la:linos;” »e have had a gical dissertation and learned 5rave subject already. But I can confessions, that the celebrated of clo se rascally mutineers, •ate--, at least in words, not only at die A m ill, hut on tins floor—that Jingua himself, about whose abduction and enslavement we are so feelingly harangued, was, in bis own country, a slave bolding States under ten heads; •■n.iiu im i ne uiscussion. ** e leei aim i\no\i mai «e it j*. / • r i - - - * are fortified on that subject not only by the practue /»/„;,,/ ‘ ': C ttSlou ;‘ n> ~ . ,U 1 ° 116 • | “On the 14th of January. 1639. a pe and example of tl.e .voxld, bat by tlm powpts of Di- [l,, f rr” S f t , Uxo ' m, , wn - f h Denial of,l,e ...I dbabilhie., f,„„, eol„e« i • i 1 |, ... * _ , . \ light aj petition. 4th. L>.Cclnsion from the armu and u ? s preseiiied to the popular branch of tl as-e; lions were it is sickening and disgusting to tho-e whom it does . . . . , ? „ , • a ° T .• i i .-n ri , insult “nd outrage. It is worthy of remark, th* i-ui mm a< the n >t inflame. I say to this member, whose fellow-leei- i t, i - .. ,, , J . . r xi ci , ii- , , . , . j Jay charges and attubutes all these evclu-ious, u e | Mr. liaher- mg makes him so wondrous kind to die negro—cease . i , ,, , . , J( sliam.J my friend from South Carolina. [< ol. Camp- your petitioning for the abolition of slavery and the • bell.] and myself, icpeniedly call'd nim io ■ tJn the 14th of January. 1639, a petition for relief from inhabitants of Ohio. , . . the popular branch of the legislature, and iis ,. militia. 5th. Exclusion from allrarticinalion in the r ‘‘j ecl 'on ' v:,s moved by George II. Flood. This icjertion catcher ami dealer, ami that he lias only had the la- successful trader, omit it here, tiring the trial . — c . , t States District ovs under w hull they live? To the Court fir Connecticut, w lie re they were claiming lelitions «s lie traverses the; their freedom— * ** modify or soften die laws under md Sultan, crowded with petitions npeii-j streets of Constantinople, surli a question would seem most! itnents, nud Iintaililiis, to the ilbofttlvHlsts tli€))lS(?lvCS f stnm^e; Imt American Deinocnts enn expft a tyranny over wtis as repeatedly pronuumed to be in ordei Ciiair. f (b> not make f is a lusiou to q icstiou •Mr. Ingersoll, t-lerk of the United States District Corn*, rn-e to make a suggestion, it appealing that h« also appear* ““ helm If of die lihell ints. The court said Mr. U tiros he allowed to state what Covey had stated to him he first saw these Africans. The Marshal proceeded with vvliat, io bis eye, is a citing sin, an.I t<> n.v ap- majr.iity •*..ihVi.lalfc,',7,1 mal.'l'i.!'.'ulia ^ —• »«•' T . I / S , , , r c.mslatlllj' I„i„ s in ..n.isrc,nark, illy pro- ”“*•«» »««■» n,„. uu.-rly a„k»o» a laTarki.ii |,, 'I "' e 1 l< ’ r ' da ; m,<1 '. h .fi ns •' , re - and - „„r." He an ,vri in- i'J'-f'Tf* «•» /•*>« i! ler by the annexation ol I exas, Waste HO more words, and ll I . . . . ... , tint this triumph of humanity and liepuhhcamsm was as trail- 1 .vh..,. estioti the ! you really think you can effect your tlarling purpose ! ^ . C "~ ] as ir Th'e „rxf day the House, by a large ", “ v decision of the Chair, f.r s» ioog as he refrained from of robbing us of our property, come and try it. YVe ' ’ ’7 V 1 ’ V " '‘ ,,t n, ,“' •’ ••••uy ; u.e mt.es, a..« n.t.iaito. ; s wno may ne former arrived, and told him toa-kJingoa how he ram. w actually presenting an abolition peliiit.it, be certainly do not seek it, but we are ready lor the conflict We l - , ° U '* g “” lg l7lC(J,msltnc ^ i,,(i consummate "•; «! hi, ‘ hls »* ««.,stitu.ional right to , ,, e taken and sold. Covey asked him Ji,,g„« did not violate tlm letter of the rule, which prohibits | will net meet y ou then with‘‘ paper bulb ts of the ! ****”*«' ' ' ^ he ^« •»- ^«.di« 2 no hi.*«« dieii reception ; and as lur *• relevancy of debate,” i brain,” but we will give you a reception that shall that lia- long since been banished front this hall. I touch your feelings, and in that way »> will convince onlv desire to remind you and the committee that your judgment much more effectually than any argn- Sontlicrii gentlemen had no agency in pushing this ment we could address to your intelligence here, exciting topic into the House. So far front it, we did j But, Mr. Chairman, while I w ill not argue the every tiling in our power, short of violence and intie- “ abstract question," I w ill meet the member on his rortnn, to arrest the incendiary harangue, which we own ground. 1 will no longer content myself with b.-esaw must end in excitement and reply. 1 mere defence; I will carry the war into Africa, and hypocrisy, lia • , i • r . i i • r • I"** 6 whatsoever, and that any reception of sue lie says in his prefatory remarks ^caking of pre-1 lhe partofthe General Asseml.lv is a mere act of privilege or replied that pounds (holding tip his fingers.) and tv h petitions on pay him ht had taken two negroes and sold them-’ that one judtee against color: “ U ere we to inquire into the geography of li.is prejudice. i ,i ■ , , th-m run uway and the man culled upon him for one poem j 1 • S'’M ,n< ' '. ,ot '»>• :il >y expiessed or implied power , //, hnt , „ 0 lt , her ne and , urmJ hi ‘ m out dJthmr^idthi ; ol the Constitution. j clothing was turned over to another person, and !h„ the m” ue should find thur iiie lucidities in u liicii it attains its rank - ! W iiy t sir, this is tiip Inn* r tincr \vc liolil*—tluit hlnrlxS tiiifi to pav, ami hein^ unahle to do so, ho T ,h “ r* 7 U, :r of : ;co ^ ia - TV he ; 3,1,1 have no right .0 present their petitions ! »'»'/*'<{''' P a 7 '*»« ^ nclds of Louisiana, hut the hills ami valleys of New 1 . , .. , . . »• , i saitl Mr. ii. those ^eiltlenient i%ho have fi Wr*. «•' -be Oh»I. i, . , lo * ,e Ge ” eral Asseml.lj-l.-r ,he l.ol. Log ol . S(> have been . , ■ ,— - ■ - - | | , i • . i , r . | so solicitous to keep me in order, shall have another ledged notoriety, that however severe may be the laws against i have been subj-< ted to unmeasured vituperation ./• .1 5 , ,Y colored people at the 6otuh. the prejudice against their per- j and abuse by the very men w ho practically adopt our ! ■ ._*. [ ,f - ,7 ' * r , M r r,,lr * of deco- sons is far weaker than among ourselves." •****•» e turn to die free States, where slavery has not <ihect-1 ly sieeled our hearts against human suffering, and where no fould lie assured it would be expended in exterminn- claim of ns to liberate our slaves and give them all ting these savage hell-hounds from that ill-fated land, the rights, privileges and liberties of freemen, iust- ad and in offering them up as a sacrifice t<« appease the i of practising their precepts at home themselves, they lilood which cries aloud from every hearth-stone m actually deny to their negroesj whom they have nont- Florida, I would freely anti joy fully give it. But I malty freed, all the “human rights” about which would sooner see the whole territory abandoned by it, they talk so feelingly to us. And ibis I will ptove inhabitants, and sunk in the Ailantic ocean, than xole from their own record. vs ! r, "»- I intend to read from a book, a few of the de- i Inched leaves of which I hold in my hand. It is au 4. kxcmjsio.n FROM tht armt and militia. j an- iciit, vciiers.ble, and VI Iterated book—the oldest the free black, i» : ,„.J a.k. /»,/„ ,. U „J ukuTUat,. t. a bind, i." j ^ H'.Olie «»no lias exer kmiwn—1 n.ran, the what is the characier of me piejudice against color here? i ™. . . . .. , i olBI,E itself Now, let gentlemen call me to order iLic .ti, «>f Connecticut, answer the ques-j ( * '7 ,s S 0,l, n a bttle a-liead of the South, for al- , w j t |, ,| je |};j,| e j (1 mv band, for I intend to liecome personal to the member front Ohio, (whom J see now fnm a (if it be not aa Gospel to the holy Saint Matthew—1st, 2d, Sir, said Mr. Black, we committed an egregious j charge our invaders in their own camp. Yes, sir, I error in the outset, by permitting the Chairman of the j will show front extracts, which I shall presently read Committee on Military Affairs l<> propose an amend-! from a pamphlet written by the abolitionist, Jay, that ment to a pension bill, by tacking it to a measure j these tender-hearte.t, canting philanthropists, who which, in my opinion, is nothing less than an acknow- j come here and whine so piteously over the “ down lodgment of our inability to whip the Indians out of | trodden slave,” are the veriest hypocrites on the fare floiida. I will vote for no 5^100,000 to buy up our , of the earth-—that the claims and professions which peace h om the Seminole warriors. I am willing and ; they are eternally r.nging in our ears in behalf of tire assures us. • l lie .—•»«..*!=i is not farther separated Irom j “ ranks,” we very seldom have any body else to beat , ! , t.: s nilf j i,: 4 J .n-i«li„»nr« t.. " 1 & anxions Ho 'very .<»»« . IM, coovorO wi.h the | negro, o„ this floor and io U,ir ore 11, ! r '"-m-loviog „,e„,- I llJi.'T Let the Rev. Mr tion. This gen'I-inan intUCHlitui of the Colonization i tbougli a colored m;in never thinks of entering our Imnor ,nrl rlloolt., c . i • T' . i i- eir , • ^ • ... i '"u hi or a i. i Ha ii me negro i roin t lie w ii i te man ny tne prej u - \ , .. ... . . ° mum. l rean, sir, in it oe f honor and dignity of tins Governmn.i, lor the relief | far diflere.it from their own practit es at borne as the ; dices w hid. result from the difference made between them hy ! b, ; r ,rom will not march to the sound j OIIt of order a..d indecorous to read the Bible to ol the suflering people ol that doomed territory. It poles are asunder. I will show that they say one j die God of Nature.”’ ol a drum when beaten by bis favorite part of crea- Abolitionki \ fmm thp 7il. ciiaptir m tl... rv.cb the money is wanted to redouble your forces—if I tiling and do another. I will show that w hile they | l( . _ , ,. Ar t , , r j tion, a black man ! ! accordiii"- »7. the I...U- Saint* MiTTi.ru- a li we are to believe Mr. Jay, the member front j | Ohio and all his fellow-laborers entertain a deep-' 3 ’ EXrI -U3io.\ rnovi partiupation »n the admimstka 3d, 4tli, and Jill verses: i ... . . , ... tion of justice. “ i T...I.W mJ . one dollar to propitiate those whom we ought to con quer. I have nothing to say to those gentlemen on this floor and elsewhere, who let os and ours alone—w ho rooted, implacable “prejudice against color," and! vet lie would impose on us the veiy tiling lie so stren uously rejects. \\ bat even-handed justice ! “ But hy the law. while any unknown white vagrant may be a witness in any case whatevei, no black suitor is perunt- • I st. Judge not that ye he nut judged. l "2d. For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall he judged; anti with what measure ye mete, it shall YY hatever, sir, vve may think of this proposition, j do not disturb tiie peace of (he country by agitating | ■■■■a .mn.u™ <>u mn unm m |m<>|>™iy, m . we committed an error In receiving it, in the first the subject of abolition—and who keep their opinions I a,,y ° ,hcr T'^'fication deeme.l essential to the judicious ex- j V ,J11 ’ plnce, which you cannot now retrieve without doing to themselves, and recognize our constitutional right i e - C, - s * ,he - franch,se - 11 wo,,M afl * or,i 1,0 J 1 * 81 c:, "’ e ,,f com -1 Afler reIs,l,,, b r injustice to those w hose rights have been assailed, and to our slaves. They are guilty of no false profr t" it we are indebted for this insulting and wanton at- sions, as least so far as vve t u L 1 nder cover of ihi- irrelative amendment, the they make any extravagant claims oil us. They have ! abolitionist lias walked abroad with a blazing torch nothing to do with slavery here, nor do they meddle j n nis hand, ready to light up the path of “ human with it in the South, nor do they insult Southern gen- Now, let ns see liovv these advocates of “ human ,e< * to ‘’ll’er a witness of bis own color, however well cstab-, he measured to you again. Flic author ,n;l - l,e *‘ is r, ' : »raci«r for intelligence and veracity, to “3.7. And why belt ablest thou the mote that it in thy ; prove Ids rights or Ids wrongs; and hence, in a multitude ol, brother's eye, but considered not the beam that is in J cases, justice is denied in spite of the Constitution : and why I y/ ■ q 'denied? Solely from a foolish and wicked prejudice against ■ 11 C , , . ; ”4 th. Or wilt thou say to thy brother, I Jit me pull , out the mote out oj thine eye, and behold a beam is in in amusing ami edifying instance of! M , * ae fi * rn *y',l ^ „ , - “Jth. THOL HYPOCRITE, (pointing to Mr. rights" practise on the right of suffrage, proceeds: 1. GENERAL EXCLUSION FROM THF ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. *’ YY ere this exclusion founded on the want of property, or ; color.’ IMPEDIMENTS TO EDUCATION. lights hy the conflagration ol our peaceful d.'rl'.tvjs. tletnen by abusing and vilifying their constituents as I havr no idea that the gentleman from Smith Caro- kidnappers and dealers in human flesh and blood.— lin.i anticipated such a result; from that suspicion I Y\ Hi their professions and practice I have nothing to "Inl y discharge him. \Y int hum in intelligence • do. I will not even utter an opinion as to the pro- could have foreseen that an abolition speech eonbl be priety or impropriety of their treatment of the ne- made upon a proposition to vote money to remove gtoes resident among them. That is their own mat- die Indians ? And yet it has been done. The mem- ter, so long as they do not interfere with our practices her from Ohio has managed, in defiance of the feel- and domestic institutions. It is only to those who j p7 a ,Tto 7l',‘e‘f7Ht-f.oXT‘'' V l 1 ..700^7,77- ^fiv'r-7,f*tIrH ii)g» ot the U hair and the House, to go on his way would override the Constitution of the country, who i scription in aggravating rhe oppression and* degradation of the rejoicing m his love for the negro, and his hatred for would invade our rights of property, and who would ! colored inhabitants, rnu-t he obvious to ail who call to mind the w hite man. He was not content with inuendoes j compel us lo elevate our slaves to the condition and j the solicitude manifested hy demagogues, and office seekers, and vague declamation about the rights of the ensla-j privileges of freemen* that I read these extracts, to { v" le s a to be7iow S to P lo P ltia,e 1 e good wi.I of all w ho ha%e 'ed African—he pointed directly at the people of; prove the inconsistency between their professions, their j 0 r lorida and Georgia—he particularized transactions, j claims on us, and their practices at borne. Let me nod alluded to citizens of Georgia as actors in them ;; not be told that the anti-abolitionists at the North mid then, in close connection with those allusions, he; have the power, and are answerable for this treatment i escanted upon the crime of “ negro stealing" in such! of the negroes among them. I hold them to no an- a w ay as to leave no doubt ot die application lie w ouhl swer ; that portion of our Northern brethren have not make ot his slanderous charge. , r plaint; hut it is founded solely oil the color of the skin, and i the destruction of a school house ill Canaan, New i . .. ,ty of no false pro es- ; is therefore irrational and unjust. That taxation and repre- j Hampshire, upon die ground that it was to he devoted 1 G,,, ° ,NG ' i ) J lrst ,ast ° ul ,hc Uam out °f thi ™ are concerned ; nor do hentanou should be inaepa, able, was one of Hie axiom* of the . , . discrimiuatelv of blacks and w hites I ond then shall thou see clearly to Cast out the enune Tliov l.avo ! fathers of onr Revoltiti .n : and one of the reasons they as- *!! 1 C ,Kse t n d's rmtnic ieiy» ot utacKS anu n lm \~ a . , f signed lor ili^ir revolt from the crown of J»ut now, (^200 oxen were hitched lo it, nnd it was drag*uc'd a * •* * •' it is deemed ti mark of fanaticism lo complain of the dish an- | quarter of a mile, and left in ruins,) the author -ays : ' 1 0,1 sa > ,lial VVL ‘ l,i,ve ’** ,nol< * "* °“ r W'i * it. l - • ' -■ •• • - -■ - Mv constituents have no mote in their eye upon this, The transaction we have narrated, expresses in empha ic or aMV ol |, er sll I,jecL Therefore die text i 8 not an- terms the deep and sfttled hostility fell iii lhe free Stales to tiie ! T . , . * . ■ educatinn of the blacks. jTA- prejudices nf the community : P* 11,1 f >u ^ *" a,,, f Y° u **lsist that render that hostility generally effective, without the aid of legal we have this mote in onr eve, Isay to you in the enactments." : language of Scripture: “77i«« hyjmeritrfirst cast Now, sir, if I had been present at the abatement out the beam from thine own eye, before you attempt . . nf this universal school bouse, I lliiiik it probable to run your finner# into ours, has been punished by debarring its possessor from all ap- j 1 sho,,ltl have a band m tt myself But where chiseno-ut of a whole rare, while they remain subject to the burden of taxation. It is worthy of remark, that of the tliir teen original States, only two were so recreant to the princi ples of the Revolution as to make a white skin a qualification for suffrage. But the prejudice has grown with our growth and strengthened with our strength ; and it i>- believed that in every Stale Constitution subsequently formed or revised, [ex cepting those of Vermont and Maine, and the revised Uun- were the abolitionists? They were strong eunuch to build the house and establish the school. Why During the services ol the 4Ulli (Brit.) regiment in America* Gen. Washington was initiated into mason- did they not defend it? Did they slink away front ry in their lodge. When war broke out between the their premises at the first breath ot* opposition ? Mr. ( States and the mother country, lie became divided Jay says not one word of any attempt on their part from the brothers of bis adoption; in feeling—in com- to r g< nerate public opinion, or to remodel the “cus- uinnion of soul, lie was their brother still. The ma- I toms of society" in that patriotic and fpirited neigh- , sonic chest of the 46th, by the chance of war, fell into “ The Connecticut Black Act. prohibiting, under heavy pen- \ borhood. They might at hast have made an effort the hands of the Americans : they reported the cir- alties, the introduction of any colored pei son from another Slate,! that wav to save themselves from tiie reproach of cumstance to General Washington, who directed that is icell known." . [ inconsistency. They are now, and have been for vear> : a guard of honor, under the command of a distin- ~ DENIAL OF TIIE RIGIIT Of LOCOMOTION - This law the author sav iv; w is re cal d af’er 1 •’ > j P a 'b engaged in a crusade against the South, and in j guished officer, sltould take charge of the chest, with i 1 1 b j denouncing the customs of onr society, with regard to maiiyariiclesofvaluebelougiiigtotlic46th,andre- j statute book for many years ; ,, v , , . * c , ■’ ^ *. , . .,,, . ■ i / ,* " ‘ our alleged degradation ot the negro. IJuelit they ! turn them to the regnnenl. I he surprise, tliefeel- of au Uliio law. (hi the enact-j . - ” , ® . . - , - . c , , ... ~ . ■ • . . . ^ Sir, I understood! exposed themselves to be questioned on the subject; ! , r . . . im ; pi cry man in this House understood him. I, they have not laid themselves liable to be charged by : * u e . re to remain 0,1 1 ie . was too plain to be concealer!—nay, lie took no pains me with inconsistency—because they repudiate, pub- nit _ ie * om P ,a,n ” u< 4 ° ,l '» v“ 1 ’f tna ' * j not to have commenced operations at their own doors ing» of both officers and men may be imagined, when says was pre- liclv and privately all interference with the concerns 1 "’f” 'V' K 1 P er ’‘P” 110 eman P arilt ’P* 1 ») j first, upon the principle that charity should begin al they perceived the flag of trace that announced this f i t -i ■ ..ic . , “ intended to prevent colored citizens ol other States , f Tt - , f. 1 . , „ , . ” , , • ° i ot the Sontli ut tins regard; besides, it is not the tact ' ' ' Ol ’ ” 1 1 “f 1 ' 1 ’ ’ lo,nc - 6 ' ,n! ® our s ' av ?* precisely where they elegant compliment from their noble opponent. The to conceal it—that bis speech, which he pared long since, was intended as a regular, syste matte aitatk upon slavery and the slaveholder; r at tiie anti-abolitionists control public opinion and iu! this lie built up on his postulate that *’ negro strut-', i-.o •• customs of society” in all the towns ami district twenty < mg « 3s the prime cause of the Florida w ,r, t > not still under such a speed); I cannot r oft man even to allude, with impunity, t.> my cc-nstit °r any portion of them, as men who would act in fogaiion of the high principles of iioii! r. morali'y Religion, After the display W e in ve hmi, \ :• n. faithless to tiie trust repost d in mv linn Is. i; I , l .° ' lilr l back upon the slander.'! the e , f'Gten on (He people of Georgia. I tt'efl .r ; rstje what course tliev jd- . 10 Liis attack in mv own w. ( \. ] uj.i ! ,p ° n '">• dignity. r«- v.e hu\e been : • a -at oi doing wiieii aboliti n v'a< t!. ; 1,0 longer treat our assailams witii - \\ hatever may be m \ optnu 15 a « individual, I am constr ained to ; of t!.*e Nortlt a.ud East. And as for die power of ma in ] a-k. where is the power of the \ ast majorities it-, .le ns' iei ■ ■ in to re;.!, " io ipor -tarn! ' e’u ti m die i .ic. I will me i... .iii- ‘■i the p*aii, itice him Iimc, in ! i<• • • i* 11«-.i. not only the member from Ohio, [Mr. G.siiti gs,] Im * Ids fellow laborer from Yermout, j Mr. •■ha . .] ami itie gentleman from Pennsylvania. [Mr. J a. J ami tiie gentleman from Massachusetts, [Mr. •••'-•] and u-'iny other honorable menmeis to w In-m i e ,, uid •m t!:is floor. If you say the alioliiion- to bi one for the treatment of negroes in nun for their lie removed In tiie overseers of the poor; aud it any r-< ii “ haibors” emigrants who have not complied principle and protected from personal injury. This is the con- of war—now inarched through the enfiladed ranks ... ••• i , • i , j sistent and kind treatment of Southern slaves* The i of the gallant regiment that, with presented arms and ! 7' 1 1 " a ' eU ri,l|U |l' , !1 !• [ r s "• 'V, U j 01 C ,' 3 ' book I am reading shows you the treatment of negroes colors, flailed thi> glorious act, by cheers. When in ; teax, i t -'in ,jen<i a, «n t.iaae mo e .or t ie u , nt t |, e Aforth and East, where the Abolitionists have Dominica, in 180J, tiie 46:ii was attacked by a ture maintenance of the “ negroes or mulattoes. . ,, c , i , , • , •, ■, 3 . ° nominally freed them. : r tench force, which it gallantly repelled ; but in the • In 1629. a very general eifiiit was made to enforce this : But p here is tiie member from Ohio? Has he a- action had tiie misfortune again to loses the masonic : Im, and at>"ut one thousand free blacks were in consequence hanrloned his seat? Cannot he stand this shot out of, chest, which the enemy succeeded in securing OR -.laveholding States, because they • are a m- ! £ Chriiia'u'cDu.nry«f'Ciicadaf PrevioL'mlhefrdL-' i,is own ? Hn? C afcl,!atin = on °" r si,f ' nt contempt, l board their fleet, w-itnout knowing its content.. Three tl. I ask again, yvhere slumbers the power of those j panure. they sent a deputation to the governor of ;he Upper be was wonderfully bold yesterday • when he was at-! years afterwards the French Government, at the car- ti.aj": t.ica io which 1 have point lies no not extend over at least they extend over from w hich these genii cannot control the legis If their maiori-j Frovinceof Canada, to know if they would be afiniioed. ar.d ! tarkiug us, it was all “blood and thunder, wounds nest request of the offi. grs who had commanded the lec- expedition, returned the chest with several compli mentary presents. Ouls bound that gives him importance; and if, as souk - Se .' k rc .P resen!s a pop-dation of iurty thousand j certainly are competent to model their own society, I r er Canada. JS ,h '” * * ' a If n^.. : _ ..... ... • J- ; ._ . , ,.. - ; •• We have before ns an Ohm paper, containing a p r oc. maikn bv Johu t*. YViies, overseer of die poor iu die to» ii o’-d -tiller, .n remitting i»i» subscrip- *° admit until the contrary be shown represents hj. , ons»jtyents on this subject, as we arc and give a tone and direction to public opinion with- < , he truly in the limits of their private circles, which are sulfi-' p it ii time 'cienlly wide to afford an asvlutn for the; Fail field, dated 12th March. 1636. iven ail T.iafk ormu’nito per* lu this instrument notice U re *o Fa i fi> d. I iii.’-’c lived Alter showing tiie »h*- ? u„ . v<ar-, ;»ml having withstood the 9truction of ii,e vegrn ai.iocg Afcolittoursts, the j v n< lera ana Black ‘’awk War, 1 think I can endure four years of Federal tr<i;ni|c,” author adduce?-.