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BY SAM’L j. ray.
CHAIt.VCTLlt 18 AS NBCBSfUBI TO A STATE AS TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, AND THE GLORY OF A STATE IS TIIE COMMON’ PROPERTY OF ALL ITS CITIZENS.’
MACON. GA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1848.
VO!/. X V II —NO. 3!>.
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ated. Notices of these salea must be given in a public
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-Salesof Negroes must be made at a public auction
•on the first Tuesday of the mom!., bet -reeii the usual
hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the County
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ea in like manner forty days previous to the day of
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Ordinaiy for leave to sell Land, must bo published for
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* # * All letters direotod to this Office or the Editor on
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BELDEN A CO’S
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HAT AND CAP
EMPORIUM.
The undersigned having purchased from
1- K. Wright his entire interest, in tlic-j
^ -V CAP ESTABLISHMENT* _
on Mulberry street, beg leave to announce to the pub
lic that they are now receiving, direct from their own
Manufactory, a large and well selected stock of
HATS AND CAPS.
Consisting in part of men's and boy's '
!**» Fashionable Black and Drab Beaver Hats
<SW < J° dp do Nutria do
do do do Silk do
do do do Brush do
do do do Cassimcr do
do do do plain Russia do
do do do Angola do
Broad Brim Black and Drab Beaver do
do do do Brush do
do do do plain Russiado
do do do Caisimer do
Men’s Pearl Sporting Hats
do Ashland do
do Tampico do
do Knickerbocker do
do Black Glased do
A large assortment of Men's and Boy's Black and
Dras WOOL JIA TS, of every description.
Men’s anil Boy’s prem- Otter Caps a splendid article
4
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
fine Fur Caps, new stylo
do fine Nutria do
do Muskrat
do fine Cloth
do Navy
do oil silk
do Glazed
Robert A. Alien,
Factor and Commission Merchant,
Na. 112, Bny .Street, Snrnunnli. On.
■j, Will attend strictly to the storage and sale
J if Cotton, Corn, Flour, and other Produce, and
■will make liberal cash advances on goods con
signed to his House.
References—Mr. James A. Nizliet,')
E. B. Weed, (
J. H. R. Washington, f ‘ Vaeon -
Graves, Wood dt Co. J
Dye A Robertson, Augusta.
Branon A Young, Marietta.
Dr. George F. Pierce, Sparta.
July 27 ti-ly
Dyson, Cooper A Roberts.
Will continue the Warehouse and Commia-
| sion Ru«iiir«* the ensuing season, at their
I Fire-Proof Warehouse.
Thankful to our friends for their former patronage,
we respectfully ask a continuance of the same, with
the assurance that our best efforts will be given to
promote their interests.
Liberal advances will bo made on cotton in Store,
it cuitonaarv mica.
Thomas Dyson. Jos. W. Cooper, A Wm. Roberts.
Macon. April 4, 1848.33—ly
Ilfptlicnl Cr»i>:trttn*rsnip.
Drs. McUOLDRICK A O.UINTARD.having
^lormed a copartnership for thaPractice of Medi-
; cine ami Surgery, respectfully offer tbeirsorvicea
tapersoas wishing either Medical or Surgical atten
tion ia either branch-of thoir profession. They *re
prorided with all manner of instruments and are pre
pared to perform all operations in Surgery and pledge
themselves to show the most unremitting attention to
their patients. R. McGOLDRICK,
C. T. aUINTARD.
Macon, January 1, 1848.
Jam 20—tf
Drs. Clias, Thompson A:C.II.Wells,
? Having associated themselves in the practice
*ol Medicine and Surgery, tender their services
, lo toe citizens of Macon and vicinity. Office
neat doortuthe State Bank, in tlic Building recently
empied by the Bank of Hawkinsville.
April iS 36—ly
Washington Ilall Stables.
The uuderaigned have taken-the Stables
- formerly kept by A. C. Morehouse, and of-
. fer Carriages, 'Buggies, Sulkies. Saddle
Horses, Jcc. for hire. They have also careful and com
patent Grooms, aud.will keep single Horses or Droves
ly the dsy. week or month, on the most reasonable
terms. MASON A DIBBLE,
sprilt 33—ly
do every variety of pat’s,
do with coven
do
do
Infant's Fancy do
Together with every other description of Hats and
Caps now extant.
Possessing facilities for obtaining their supplies, _
quailed by no other establishment in this section of
Georgia, and surpassed by none in the State, and de
voting their exclusive attention to the Hit business,
the subscribers are prepared to sell every article in
their line at the lowest prices, and to warrant giving
satisfaction to their customers. Purchasers are re
spectfully invited to call and examine their stock and
prices. BELDEN A CO.
Store in Mulberry at. sign of the Mammoth Hat
aug 31 <9
Copartnership Notice.
ALBERT MIX having as-nciat^,l ^
with him in this city, Mr. Erast tisG03Ca
Kirtland, will continue the business at his old
stand, under the firm and style of MIX A KIRT
LAND. They will at all limes keep on hand, a full
supply of the test and most fashionable stock of goods
>" ‘heir line. The former patrons of the late firxi of
Whiting A Mix, together with purchasers and the
public generally, are respectfully invited to call uni
examine their stock. Our SHOES and BOOTS are
fresh, of the best materials and workmanship, and we
pledge ourselves that nothing shall be wanting on
our part, to please all those who may favor us with
their patronage. MIX A KIRTLAND.
Maeon, 31st May, 1847.
N. B.—Mil E. Kirtland is duly authorised !o re
ceive and receipt for all monies due the late firm of
Whiting A Mix. daring my absence from the State.
j«n*e 1 36 ALBERT MIX.
New ITIilliucry anil Fancy Goods.
SSfti . MRS. CAREY begs leave to call the atten-
> jjtion ofthe Ladies to her new stock of Millinery
vA and Fancy Goods, just received, and in doing so.
would assure them that her present stock is superior
both in style and quality, to any heretofore kept.
Silk, velvet, satin and plash bats of the latest style,
French flowers and btidal wreaths, veiy hand*
some, also, a beautiful new style of Feathers, Flo
rence, Pearl, Coburg, Devon, Rutland and Cicilian
braids, misses and childred’s straw and Tuscan flats,
pa™el*' and Coburg braid Ac., a beautiful assortment
of silks, plain and satin stripes, plaid and plain satins,
gimps, and fringes Ac., an elegant selections of ribbon
velvety for neck ribbons, spool twist, steel beeds and
cl asps,'thread lace, embroidered capes, lace and mui-
lin caps, elegant Freud; worked capes, collars and
-hemisets.
Macon, Oct 19, 1847. * 4—tf
Straw Itl<>ti( , iiing& Oross ’linking.
Mrs. KENNEDY, would inform the ladies of
Macon, and the a.-ljoiuing conutrv that she has
removed to the wooden house, formerly occu
pied as the Telesraph printiinr office, and next door to
Mr. Plants Carriage shop, where she will attend lo
the above business and from her long experienee.tbose
who entrust work to her care may feel satisfied not
only in having it finished in the neatest manner, but
in the latest and most fashionable style,
march 28 32
Plano Fortes.
The subscriber respectfully informs
'the citizens of Georgia, that he has the
Agency for the sale of PIANOS from a
manufactory iL New York—the article offered, is of
the best workmanship and materials, and the latest
style very superior at low prices. Persons wishing to
pan-hasc, can see one of these instruments at the sub
scriber’s residence.
feb 1 JAMES VAN VALKENBURGH-
WOOD & BRADLEY,
manufacturf.rs and dealeiis in
CABINET FURNITURE
AND
CHAIRS.
%
To the Public.
The subscribers will run a daily
Mine of Coaches and Hacks to connect
Jwith the Cars both ways from For
syth to Inman springs, commencing from the first of
lass oi sooner if nccessaiy- W. C. JONES,
HUGH KNOX.
T.fi. The subscriber is still canyiE? on tk?
etaUe business in Forsyth in all its different branches,
sad is prepared to do any kind of business that rosy
ofer itself in that line. W. C. JONES
Fomyth, Ga., Jan. 24th. 1848. 23—tf
B. I*. BURIVF.TT,
Hu removed from the old Stand of C. K.
Wentworth A Co., to Cotton Avenue, near the
Icomer of Cherry street, where he prepared to
hser un customers old and new, some of the cheapest
m^sius in JEWELRY ever sold in Macon. His
totteetion of Goods has been made with great care,
•sd will be sold remarkably cheap.
ty*AU kinds of Clock and Watch work done with
dispatch sad warranted. april 18
W. T. ft A. H. CoinHill,
ATTORN 1ES AT LA IK—MACON, GA.
yVTlLL practice in Bibb and all tbo adjacentcoun-
* * ties. All business entrusted to their care will
•vetwith prompt attention.
. ra'-Offico over the Store of Messrs. C. Campbell
a Co.
febaa 27—tf
IColMtrt S. I.anic-r,
A TTORNKY AT LA IV—Macon. Ga.—Will eon-
j* tinuetkepractice in the counties ol Bibb,Monroe,
Y'he. Crawford, Houston Jooes and Twiggs.
All business intrusted to bis ctra will meet with
pwnpt attention.
_ Refer* to- Messrs. Scott, Cmrbart A CO.; Msj. J sines
Dean. Samuel J. Ray, George M. Logan and John J.
uennett, Esqrs.
Macon, January, 1818. feb 1 24—tf
Bam'l R. Blake,] ' [Thomas P. Smith.
BLAKE A SMITH,
> A TTORNIES A T I.A IK—MACON, GA.
A^RILL attend to all professional business entrust-
hoonties? *° *^®* r care * 10 and the surrounding
_ M>Cun - Sept 13. 1847. ly
a Copier W. Young,
A TTORNEY AT LAW—Office n«xt to tbo Tel-
e *YBph newspaper. Cherry-street. He having
removed to Maeon, will promptly attend to all law
rasiness entrusted to him, in Bibb and the surround-
counties. feb 29 28—tf
■ Charles J- Williams,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.—Columbus Georgia.
‘ ractices in the several counties of tho Chat-
Circuit. All business entrusted to his care,
*ul be strictly and promptly attended to.
aor 9 7
Thomas C. Hacked,
^rTORNEV AT LA IK-—Rome, KlotdCo, Ga.
PRACTICES in all tho counties of tho Cherokee
* Cirtaiu, in the Supreme Courts at Mccon, Dcca-
R'Hedgeville and CasrviUe, and in tho United
Alik! 9 ireni * Courts at Milledgeville nud Savannah.
y 1 business entrusted to his care wib meet with
•"•apt attention.
17 17—ly
New .Sail ill cry Store*
I '*1E undersigned have »larce and geueral stock of
jTUfoddlei. Harness, Bridles, Trunks, Carriage
Vetoing*. Baddlerv Hardware—together with every
»wcr article usually'kept in thcirline. Their facilities
;7 , ' lt *>that they cun sell lotetr than any other estab-
i a town. Purchasers are invited to give them
before purchasing elsewhere.
MORRIS A WESTCOTT.
^ ^Opposite A. J. White A Co.. Cotton Avenue^
Klotlis anil I uvsimeres.
J “JE undersigned have just received and opened a
o- .lsrge and desirable lot of plain and fancy l-.n-
*nd French Cloths, Cfc-simerrs. Vesting*. Ac.
Th", “ e >’ offer at unusually low-price, for CASH.—
Goods arc new and desirable, and persons in
j** 1 °f such article*, will find it to their interest to
B ** eall, PrT p R .1' JAHJSTETTEIl.
*07 mi. i an a
VffTOULD most respectfully inform the citizens of
T T Macon, and public generally, that having avail
ed themselves of the services of some of the very best
Workmen, and having a supply of the best materials,
are prepared to make to order any article in tlieir line.
In addition to our present stock, such as Dining, Tea,
Centre, Side, Work, Toilet, Quartette and Sofa Tables;
Bureaus YSideboardt; Sofas and Wardrobes; Sofas;
Divans; Ottomans; Tettetetes ; Foot-stools; Secreta
ry* ; Desks and Book Case*; Ladies' Work Boxes
and Portable Desks ; Piano Stools ; Looking Glasses
and Glass Plates of all sizes ; Gilt, Mahogany and
Walnut Frames of all sixes for Pictures and Portraits; ,
CIS? ?** t Settees and Counter Stool*; Mnlioginy and ' n
Walnut Cb^ t P[ u> ;, KUU riarr CtotnSeaU ; a great ■<
variety of curled Maple and Walnut Cane seat* and
other kinds ; Rocking Chairs of patters too numerous
to mention; Mahogany, Welnut, curled and plain Ma
ple, Poplar and Pine Bedsteads, cheaper than ever;
Window Shades, new, beautiful and rare pattern*;
Feathers, Feather Beds ; Mattresses of curled Hair,
Cotton and Moss.
Wc have many articles not heretofore introduced
in this market.
To if a n ufact u ren—F or sale, Furniture Varnish.
Mahogany and Walnut Plank, Mahogany Veniers and
Bed Posts. .....
N. B. Furniture repaired neatly and with dispatch.
Old Sofia and Chairs re seated or covered with Hair
Cloth or Cane.
Maeon. Nov. I, 1847. . „ ,
I^TThe Journal A Messenger, Albany Conner, At
lanta Luminary, Marietta Helicon, and Mountain Ea-
glo, will please copy.
nov 2
From Houston's Official Reports.
Drbntc in the Culled Slain Senate.
Thursday, April20, 1848.—Debate in the Senate
on the Protection of Property in the District of
Columbia.
( Continued.)
-Mr. Hale. Well, I believe that some hundreds
of individuals assembled in front of a printing office
in this city, aud ass-iiled the bnildiug with mis
siles, obliging the perilous engaged in their usual
employment to abaudon their legal occupation.—
If that does not come up to tho gentleman’s defi
nition of violence, I do not know what does. I
was desirous of introducing this subject without
an appeal to any matters which might be supposed
to lie behind. I believe that these matters have
nothing to do with the subject under consideration.
But other geutlemen have chosen to give this sub
ject a different direction. Now, in the bill which
1 have bad the honor to introduce, the provisiuus
are almost identical w ith the law which has beeu
in existence in many of the Slates, and is nowon
the statute book of Mary laud. To its enactment
here exception has been taken; and 1‘am quite
willing that the country should know the grounds
on which opposition is made. If the subject be
painful, it has not been made so by me. As to the
threats which have been made of bloodshed aud
assassination, I can only say. that there have beeu
sacrifices already, and there may be other victims,
nutil the minds of all shall be awakened to the
conviction that the Constitution was made as well
for the preservation of the freedom of discussion,
ns for the protection of the slave-owner.
Mr. Wescott. I should like to kuow of the
Senator from New Hampshire if he cau say that
auy uon-Slaveboldiug State in this Uuiou has passed
a law by which, iu case of the abduction of a slave
by anabolitiou mob, the couuty or town is to be
made responsible for the act. ■
Mr. Hale. I do u'>t kuow, air.
Mr. WestcolL it is time enough, then, when
such a law is passed to protect the property of
alave-o wuers, to talk of a law to iudemuiiy for the
destruction of property of abolition incendiaries.
Mr. Foote. The Seuutoi seems to suppose that
I wished to decoy him to the State of Mississippi.
I have attempted uo such thing. I have thought
o: no such thiug. I have openly challenged him to
ireseiit himself there, or auy where, ulteriug such
auguage aud breatbiug such an iuceudiary spirit
as he Ins manifested iu this body; aud 1 have said
Unit just punishment would be indicted upon him
for bis euormors criminality. I have said further,
that, if uecessary, I would aid iu the infliction.o)
the punishment. My opiniou is, that enlightened
men would sauctiuu that puuishraeut.
But, says the Seuator, that would be assassina
tion! 1 think not. Iain sure that the Senator is
an enemy to the Couslitutiou of bis couutry—an
eueniy to oue of the institutions of bis country
which is solemnly guarantied by the orgauic law
of the laud; and iu so t-.r, be is a lawless persou.—
I am sure, if he would go to the State of Missis-
sippi. or auy other sla% e State ol this Coufederucy,
aud utter such lauguage, he would justly be re
garded as au iuceudiary in heart aud iu fact, aud
as such guilty of the attempt to involve the South
iu bloodshed, violence, and desolaliou; aud if the
arm of the law happened to be too short, or the
spirit ofthe law to be slumberous, I have declared
that the duty of the people, whose rights were
thus put iu danger, would be to iullicl summary
punishment upon the offender. But, says the
Seuator, victims have beeu made, aud there are
other victims ready I am sure that he could uot
persuade me that lie would ever be a victim. J
have uever deplored the death of such victims
aud J uever shall deplore it. Such officious iu-
■ enneddiiug deserved its fate. I believe uu good
mau, who is uot a maniac, as the • Senator from
New Hampshire is apprehended to be, cau have
niiy sympathy for-those who lawlessly interfere
with the right* of others. He, however, will uever
■ victim ! He is oue of those gusty dechtimers—
u windy speaker—a
Mr. Cntuiuieii. If the gentleman will allow
me, I rise to a question of order. Gentlemen have
evidently become excited, and I bear on ail sides
language that is nut becumiug. I call the gentle
man to order for his jiersoual reference lo the
Seuator from New Hauqishire.
Mr. Foot. I only said iu reply to the remarks
of the Seuator from New Hampshire
Mr. Critteudeu. J did uot hear what the Sena,
tor from New Hampshire said, but the allusion of
the gentleman from Mississippi 1 consider to be
contrary to the rules of die Senate.
Mr. f oote. I am aware of that But such a
scene lias uever occurred iu the Senate—such a
a deadly assniluieut of the rights of the couutry.
Mr. Juhusou, of Maryland. Has the Chair de
cided?
Mr. Foot. Let my words be taken down.
The Presiding Officer. Iu the upiuiou of the
Chair, the geullcuiau from Mississippi is uot iu
order.
Mr. Foote. What portion of my remarks is uot
in orderl
The Presiding Officer. The gentleman is aware
that the (|iicslinu of order it uot debatable.
Mr. Westcott. I ask whether the words ob
jected to are uot, according to the rule, to be re-
Uuced to writing!
Mr. Foote. 1 pass it over. But the senator
from New Hampshire has said, that if l would visit
that State I would be treated to au argument.—
bus approved ol this late attempt to steal the
slaves from this District. But the publication
such a paper has tended to encourage such mov
ments.
Mr. Hale. When did I avow that I approved
this movement?
Mr. Foote. I will show it from this bill. I chal
lenge the senator to produce any such statute from
the statute-book of auy State of this Uuiou.
Mr. Hale. 1 have said that the bill is in sub-
stance ideutical with oue of the stataes of the State
of Matylaud. I have that statute before me, aud
will baud it to the seuator.
Mr. Foote. How are we to understand the sena
tor. Ho will not acknowledge that his object
to encourage such conduct, aud he shuns the res-
pousibility. When wm charge upon him that he
himself bus breathed, in the course of his harangue
of this morning, the same spirit which has charac
terized this act, he says most mildly aud quietly,
“By no means—I have only attempted to intro
duce a bill corresponding substi ntially with the
law ou the statute books of most of the States of
this Confederacy." And the seuator supposes
that all of ua are perfectly demented, or do not
know the nature ofthe case, the circnustances, or
the motives which have actuated the senator. Will
he undertake to assert that we would have ever
heard of such a bill, if these slaves had nut been
abducted from the District, in opposition to the cog-
siutoftheirowuers, by the parties engaged iu this
marauding expedition. He canuot deny it; and
therefore, I am authorized to come to the conclu
sion, that he introduced the bill fur the purpose of
covering aud protecting that act, aud eucouragiu^
similar acts in future. What is the pbraseulogy of
the bill! (The honorable senator here read the
bill.) Who doubts now the object of the aeuator
from New Hampshire was to secure the captain of
vessels aud others engaged iu any attempts by
viuleuce to capture and steal the slaves of thii Dis
trict! No mau can doubt it. Then, 1 ask, have
I used language too harsh? aud is it not a iact, that
tho senator is eudeavuriug to evade a responsibility
which he is not wiiliuggo acknowledge!
Mr. Hale here read an extract from the liw of
Maryland, passed in 1836, to which he had refer
red, for the purpose of showing its identity with
the bill nowiutroduced by him.
The honorable Seuator will snrely now ds me
the justice to say, that the bill was uot draugiited
with reference to any particular case, such as that
to which he refers. I bad uot the remotest reler-
euce to the protection of iudividuals concerned iu
transactions of tbatcliaracler; but il l riiuuld under
take to say that I bad uot refereuce to demuustra
tions growing out of that transactiuu, I should he
saying what was false; lor it was these demon
strations which tuduced me to iutrodilce the bill.
Mr. Foote. Iu oue breath, the Senator makes
two directly contradictory assertions. He says
that he did not draw the bill iu refereuce to this
case, aud iu the same breath declares that lie did
He disclaims iu oue mouieut that which he avows
iu the next! I am sorry that 1 have occupied the
attention of the .'Senate so long. I have felt deeply
un this subject. We have witnessed this mum-
iug the first attempt ou this Hour to violate the
constitutional rights of the Mouth, aud 1 hope it
wilt be the tost. 1 trust that the indignation of the
couutry will be so aroused that eveu ill the quar
ter of the country from which he comes, the Menu
torfromNew Hampshire, although his seusibilities
arc uot very approachable, will be made to feel
ashamed of fats conduct.
Mr. M uigiim. It has been now about fourteeu
years, I believe, since the Meuate, veiy wisely,
by the concurrence of the ablest aud most distin
guished uieu ou both sides, came to the resolution
to exclude discussiuu upon the iuffuuung topic of
slavery ; and that wbeu abolition petilious Were
presented, upon the question of receptiou a mo
tion should be eutertaiued—which uiotiuu is uot
debatable—aud the vote taken upon it. to lay
the motiou fur receptiou upon the table. There
has been, ever since this rule was established,
a steady aud uniform adherence to it; but
am sorry to perceive that there is latterly 'a dis-
positiuu matiifestiug itself to depart from the
salutary rule of action which ibeMe.iate thus wise
ly prescribed f.ir itself. Upon this questiou of sla
very we know there are Uitferout opinions enter
tained iu differeut quarters of the Uuiou. I stand
here representing the interests of one portion of
that Uuiou; but i could uot ifl would, bring my
self to a Hate of excitement and alarm iu cuuse-
quence of auy uieunces llia'l might be throwu out.
1 stand upou the coustitutiuuai compromises ; aud
while I would uot invade the rights of others, I am
very sure that the sound porliou ofthe cumiuuiiity
will not invade our rights. Why should we pur
sue this discussion! is it believed that we are to
be reasoned out of our rights! No. sir. Tbeu
why discuss the subject! Why not stand thus
perfectly passionless, but prepared to defeud them
when they shall be assailed ! Mir, nothing lias oc
curred during this session that has utT oiled me more
satisfaction thau to hear from some of the ablest
aud most distinguished uieuiu the Uuiou the dec
laration, that whilst they are opposed to au exten
sion of the area of slavery, they are nut disposed
to trample upou the compromises of tho Constitu
tion. This is our strength. It is tube found in
the patriotism of those who love the institutions
of our couutry better than party. I believe the
great body ofthe people are prepared to ara;;d qo.
uu the compromises of 'kj Constitution, It is upim
Why, I would uot argne with him! What ”*"s premia lba( I slaud couleut uud passionless;
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have thev of “ainjishire to ar^g upon mis
mint! . Ii j* not a mutter with which they stand
the least connected. They have no rigbu of
priqierty ol ibis description, aud I rejoice to be
aide to tuiy that a large proportion of the intelli
gent and patriotic people of New Hampshire do
not coucuriu the views expressed by the senator
this morning- They lake the ground that -the
people of the United Stales, the constitution, and
the Union, have guarantied the righuof the Mouth,
couuec ted with this property, autl that the people
of New Hampshire have uo right at all to meddle
with the subject. Why, is it uut a fact, that gen
tlemen, members of this body—amougst them the
distinguished senator from Massachusetts—whom
I regret not to see iu bis place, are kuowu to lie
mure or less hostile to the institutions of domestic
slavery, but have uever eutertaiued the doctriue
that the Congress of the Uuited States has any
jurisdiction whatever over tho subject! They
have held that any attempt, directly or iudireclly,
to effect abolition,'or to eucourage abolition, by
Congressional legislation, is at war with the spirit
and letter of the constitution.
Mr. Hale. Will the seuator allow me to inquire
il’he cau poiut ouc a single instauce in which I
have made any aggressiou upou the rights ol pro
perty in the Moutuf
Mr. Foote. That is the very thing I am about
to show. When the Seuator from New Hampshire
undertakes to assert that those Northern men who
do uot concur with him are “cravens," bo uses
lauguage of false and scurrilous import. It is uot
the fact that his lauguage will be-echoed in any
respectable neighborhood in New Euglaud. His
sentmeuts will bud uo response or approval-in a^y
enlightened viciuage iu New England; nud ihere-
forcae has no right to say that those who are faith
ful to the principles of the Constitution, and fail
to re-echo the fierce, fauatical, eud factious de
clarations of the Senator are “cravens" iu heart,
aud deficient iu any ofthe uoble sentiments which
characterize high spirited republicans.
Mr. Hale. 1 did not use such language.
Mr. Foote. Did the Seuator not use the word
•‘era veil.” *
Mr. Hale. If the Senator will allow me. I will
inform Dim that, when the Senator from Sooth
Carolina remarked that be supposed it was thought
that the South had lost all ieeliag, I reptiedby
asking if it was supposed that the North had uu
seusibdity—that we had bowed our faces to the
earth, with our backs to the sun, aud submitted
to the lash so long that we dared uot look up?
Mr. Foote. The declarations of iheMenator from
Netv Hampshire just arooatit tothi*: thaiifbe met
■neon the highway, and addressing rno gravely
or humorously—for he is quite an humorous per-
soua-re—should say to me, l dcsigu to take that
horse which is uow in your possession; aud then
announce tlmt he wished to enter iulo an are*moot
with me as to whether I should prefer that the
animal should be stolen front lhe stable, or taken
from me on the road—how cuuld I meet such a
proposition? Why, I should say to him, either
you are a maniac, or ii sane, you nee a knave.—
And yet this very case is now before us. The
M.-nator from New Hampshire introduces a bill,
obvioo*ly intended to rob die people oftlio Dis
trict id their slaves. I will read it aud show that
such is the import of the bill. 1 do not kuow any-
thing ab -111 the paper to which reference ha* been
made. It In* been sent to me, as to other Sena-
tors during the winter, but I always refrain from
opening it. The editor of it may bo an intelligent
man. I havo heard that ho is. Ho is certainly
au abolitionist. It may be that he has not m his
E openly avowed,as the Senator fromNew
isbire seems very plainly to indicate, that he
aud ifl know myself, I shallevercontiuuetodoso.
Mir, uo good cau result from this discussiuu. I
shall vote against the receptiou of this bill at this
time. Aud. why I Because I thiuk that the occa
sion which is selected for its lutroducli -n is a very
uuhappy oue. I seems to grow out of the occur
rence of au unwarrantable trespass recently com
mitted upon the rights of the citizeus of this Dis
trict, without being directed to the prevention of
such aggressions iu future ; bpt, on the contrary,
baviug for its object the suppression of the mani
festations of the feeliugs ol imfiguation which such
acts uaturally create. We, who are the only le
gislators fiir the District of Columbia, are uot in
formed of their wuuts aud wishes iu regard to le-
S ’station upou this subject. If the people of this
islrict require any other laws tliau they already
have, for the purpose of protecting their property
against unlawful violence, let them indicate to us
their wishes, and I shall be ready to lend a wil-
liug ear to their request, aud to aid iu passing such
a law as in my judgment may be uecessary for their
protection. It, uu the other baud, the citizeus of
this District should require other and more penal
laws for the purpose of protecting their slave pro
perty, I shall be as ready to vote tor a bill for that
purpose. But 1 shall uever vote for the oue uor
the other, wlteu Ifiudtliem pressed forward by
geutlemen of extreme opiuious—geullemeu from
remote portious ofthe Uuiou, having few feeliugs
in common with the citizeus of the District.
Sir, upon these subjects I am accustomed to
look to the sileut operation of the law for the pro
tection of all our rights. In the State from which
I come there is uo excitement iu regard to these
subjects. If I kuow auythiug of the character ol
that loyal, steady, fixed, aud moderate State, there
is uo Mrnte iu the Uuiuu which will bbid to her
principles and her rights with mure tirmuesa, thau
that Mtato. But we appeal to the sileut operatiuu
of the law ; we kuow uutbiug of mob-law, or ql
Lyncb-law; we know uolbiug of excesses of this
description. Although I have Jived to be au old
mau, must of the time iu North Caroliua, l have
uever seen auythiug approximating eveu to a spi
rit of |iopular tumult.
Mr. Foote. Will the honorable Senator allow
me to ask him whether, iu the case of a conspira
cy to excite iusurfectiou among the slaves, it would
uot iu his upiuiou, justify thub proceedings 1
Mr. Maugum. Oh! my dear sir, in former
years we bud n couipeudiuus mode of disposing of
such coses. We have uow a mode equally certain,
though uot so compendious. Upon a matter ol that
nature, we Like a strong ground. But I am not
to be driven into legislation.js proposedby geu-
tlemeu who entertain extreme opinions on either
aide. I am uncustomed to look to the people of
tile District fir ait exposition of their wants iti re
gard to legislation. They necessarily uuderstaud
them belter thau we can do. Upou Ibeir sugges
tion I am prepared to act, either in providing pe-
ual enactments for the protectiou of their slave
property, or for protectiug other descriptions of
property from uiob viuleuce. I do not iuteud to
enter into the question or questions as to the pro
priety of making property-holders, to some extent,
auswerable for auy damage that may aceruo from
such violeuce, where there they have a polico iu
extsteuce. I understand that in Maryland they
have such a law applicable to towns and cities
where they have a police. But eutcrtaiuiug the
views I do—believiug tbst this movement is whol
ly inexpedteuton ibisoccosiou—baviug uoevideuce
tbnt it would bo proper ou auy occasion, but per-
ceiviug that the proposed measure has grown out
of excitement—l move that the motion for leave
to introduce the bill lie upon the table; and upon
that question I ask for the yoae sod nays.
Mr. Calhoun. Will the Senator be good enough
to withdraw that motion for a moment!
Mr. Maugum. Certaiuly.
Mr. Calhoun. If there is any responsibility in
regard to this question, that responsibility is on
me.
Mr. Mangrnn. No, sir, I do not take it so. I
feel that the responsibility is upon the inopportune
presentment of a hill of this sort, so soon afrer the
transactions which have receutly taken place in the
District. That is my notion. I think the respon
sibility is upou the introducing of each a measure
at a time wheu excitement exists all around ns.
Mr. Calhuuu. I am very happy to hear that such
is the opinion of the honorable Senator; but I dis
agree with my worthy frieud, the Senator from
North Caroliua, iu several particulars. I do not
look upon a state of excitement as a dangerous
state. On the contrary, I look upon it as having
often a most wholesome tendency. The state to
be apprehended as daugerous in any community is
this- that when there is a great and growmg evil
in existence the community should be in a cold
and apathetic state. Nations are much more apt
to perish in consequence of such a state than thro’
the existence of heat and excitement. Nor do I
agree with tho Seuator from North Carolina in
tbinkjng that this is an analogous cuso to that ofthe
question as to the reception of petitions ou the sub
ject of slavery; for we all know that in reference
to the latter the question was whether the Seuate
was not bound to receive petitions in all cases and
all subjects. Now, here is a cose in which there
is no doubt whatever. All admit that the questiou
ol granting leave a a questiou depeudiug upon the
voice of the Seuate as a matter of discretion—there
is uo question of right whatever. Now I submit
to theMeuatur from North Carolina, whether, un
der the circumstances, a bill of this kiud—intro
duced at such a moment, to subject the worthy
citizeus of this District to a high penalty, without
containing a single clause for the punishment of
those who commit outrages upou them and deprive
them of their property, without a single expres
sion agaiust such marauders—must uot be consid
ered a most extraordinary measure—let it come
from whatsoever quarter it may ! Can any man
doubt that whether intended or not, the object of
this bill is to disarm the worthy citizens of this Dis
trict,- so as to prevent them from defending their
property, nud to ann the robbers ! That is the
whole amount of it. The Congress of this Uuiou is
the Legislature of the District of Columbia; and
what is our duty ou this occasion ! It is to pro
tect tiiese our constituents who have no other pro
tection but ours. It is our duty to staud forward
their behalf, wheu the extraordinary spectacle
presented to us of a vessel coming to Jur wharves
under the color of commerce, aud of the men be-
lougiug to that vessel silently seducing away our
slaves and getting nearly a hundred of them on
board, aud theu moving oil' with them under cov
er of the night, in order to couvey them beyoud
our reach. VVhatis or duty under these circum
stances ! Is it uot to take up the subject, as 1
trust the Committee on the J udiciary wilt do, and
pass a bill containing the highest penalties kuowu
t-i the law. agaiust pirates who are guilty of acts
like these!
I differ also from my honorable friend from N.
Caroliua in this respect. He seems to thiuk that
the proper mode of meeting this great question of
difference between the two sections of the Uuiou
is to let it go uu silently—not to notice it alt—to
have uo excitement about it. I differ from him
aitogetber. I have examtued this subject certain
ly with as much cure as my abilities would- enable
me; aud ifl am uot greatly deceived—ifl have any
capacity to perceive what is coming—I give it as
ray most deliberate opinion, that it such course is
pursued ou our part, nud the activity of those in
fluences uu the other side be permitted to go on,
the result of tho whole will be, that tve shall have
Mt. Doiuiugunver again. Yes, and worse than that.
Now, sir, we have beeu asleep; and, so fur from
the thiug being stationary, it is udvauciug rapidly
from year to year. What lias taken place within
the lust few weeks in the Legislature of N. York!
There is a provision protective of the rights ot the
Mouth ou this subject; and what is it? That the
Mlutes shill deliver, up fugitive slaves that are
found within !heif* limits, it is a stipulation iu the
nature of an extradition treaty—I nieau a treaty for
deliveriug up fugutives from justice. Now, what
duty does this iuqiose upou the Mtates of this U-
uiouf It imposes upou them, upou the, kuowu
principles ofthe law of uatiuus. uud active co-uper-
uliuuuu the part of their Legislature, citizeus uud
magistrates, iu seizing and delivering up slaves
who have escaped from their owners. What lias
beeu dune by the Legislature of the Mtateof New
York? 1 speak ou the statement of newspapers
which have not been contradicted. They have
passed a law almost unanimously—there beiug but
two Totes agaiust it—making it penal tiira citizen
of that Mtute ever to aid the federal officers iu seiz
ing and deliveriug up slaves. They not only do
uot co-operate—they not ouly do uot staud neu
tral, but they take positive aud active measures to
violate the constitution, and to trample upon the
laws of the Uuiou; aud yet we are tuid that things
are going ou very well, aud will go oil well, if we
only let them alone; that the evil will cure itself.
This is what has been dona iu the State of New
York. The ouly stipulutiou iu the constitution
which CUaters any benefit ujiou us, is, without the
least regard to faith, trodden iu the dust. Aud
New York stands not alone in this matter; many
other States have adopted similar measures.—
Pennsylvania, at the session before last, adopted
one, not guiug to this extreme, but uot fulling
greatly short of it. And what has taken place un
der that law? A most worthy citizen of Maryland,
upon his attempting to recapture hw slave, is mur
dered—that is the proper term—aud the perpetra
tor of tho act goes in a great measure unptiuished.
There was a trial, aud some one may have beeu
fouud guilty, but little was done. 1 could go on
aud commute the whole day in tracing, step, by
step, the course by which every stipulation iu fa
vor of this description of property has been set at
naught in the northern States. Now, if all this is
a fact, I put it gravely and seriously to our breth
ren of the Northern States, can this thing gn on?
It ii desirable that it should be passed without
condemnation. It is desirablo that the South
should be kept igiioYant- oi all this? I put these
questions. No, no. The very inaction* of the
Mouth is construed into one of two thiugs—indiffer
ence or timidity. Aud it is this construction which
has produced this bold and rapid movement to
wards the ultimate coUsummatiou of all this. Aud
why have we stood aud doue nothing? 1 will tell
you why. Because tho press of this Uuiou, for
some reason or other, dues uot choose to notice
this thing. One section does uot know what the
other sectiou is doing. The South does not know
the buudredtb part of all that has been done at the
North. Now. siuce this occurrence has taken
place, a suitable occasion is presented lor gentle
men to rise here and tell the whole Uuiou what is
doing. It is for the interest of the North as well
us the South. I.do not staud here as a southern
mau. I staud here as a member of one of the
branches of the legislature of this Uuion; loving
the whole, and desiring to save the whole. How
are yon to do it? It cau. be saved ouly by justice,
ami how is justice to be doue? By the fulfilment
of the stipulations of the Cuustitutiou. I ask no
mure; us I know myself, I would not ask a particle
that did uot belong to ns, cither iu our individual
or confederated character. But less thau that l
uever will take. Mir, 1 bold equality among the
confederated States to bo the highest poiut; and
any portion of the confederated Mtates who shall
permit themselves to. sink [p a point of inferiority,
uot defeudiug \vlmt really belongs to them -as
members, sign their own death-warrant; aud in
signiug that, sigu the doom of the whole. Upon
the just maintenance of our rights, not only our
safety depeuds, hut the exis’euceand safety of this
glorious Uuiou of ours. Aial I bold that man re
sponsible nud that State responsible who do not
raise a voice against every known and clear in
fraction of the stipulations of the constitution in
theirfavor. This is a proper occasion, and I hope
there will be a fill expression of opinion upon it. I
triumph which lie has achieved. He stands very
prominently before the American people; and is,}
believe, the only man who has a national mimina
tion for the Presidency. I firmly believe *fc«t, on
this floor to-day, by the aid of the Senator from
Sooth Carolina, and the Senators from Mississippi,
he has more than doubled his vote at tl'.e Pr-jdden-
tial election, aud every man iu this chamber from a
Free State knows it! I looked on with amazement
lora time, to see whether there could beau under-
ntaudiug between the Senator from New Ilamp
(hire aud his Southern friends, calculated lo give
him encouragement, streoLih, and power iu the
contest. But I know that 'hosedistinguished Sen
ators from the South, to whom I have referred, are
incapable of such on undertaking; yet I tell them
that, if they had gone into caucus with the Sena
tor fromNew Hampshire, and, after a night’s stu
dy and deliberation, had devised the best means
to manufacture abolitionism mid abolition votes iu
the North, they would have fallen upon precisely
the same kind of procedure which they have adop
ted to-day. A few such exciting scenes sufficed to
send that Senator here. I mean uo disrespect to
him personally; but I say, with his sentiments,with
his principles, he could never havo represented a
Free State of this Union on this floor, biit for the
aid of Southern speeche. ft is the speeches of
.'Southern men,.representing Slave States, going to
an extreme—breathing a fauaticism and as reck
less as that of the Senator from New Hampshire,
which creates abolitionism in the North The ex
tremes meet. It is uo other than Southern Sena
tors actiug iu concert, aud yet without desigu, that
produces abolition.
Mr. Calhoun. Doesthe gentleman pretend to
say. that myself, aud aouthern geutlemen who act
with me upon this occasion, are lauatics? Have we
doue auy thing more tliau defend our rights, en
croached upou at the North? Am I to understand the
S na or that we make abolition vote a I y defending
our l ights? If so, 1 thank him for the information,
and do uot care how many such votes we make.
Mr. Douglass. Well, I will say to the Seuator
from South Car >lina, aud every other Senator from
the South, that far be it from me to entertain the
thought that they desigu to create abolitionists in
the North or elsewhere Far be it from me to im
pute any such design! Yet I assert that such is the
ouly inevitable effect of their conduct.
Mr. Calhuuu, (iu his seat.) We are only de
fending ourselves.
Mr. Douglass. No, they are not defending them
selves! They suffer themselves to become excited
upou this questiou—to discuss it with a degree of
heat, and give it an importance, which makes it
heard and felt throughout the Union. It is thus
that abolition derives its vitality. My frieud from
Mississippi, [Mr. Foote,] iu his zeal and excite
ment tin* morning, made a remark in the invita-
tion which he extended to the seuator from New
Hampshire to visit .Mississippi, which is worth ten
thousand votes to the seuator; and I am confident
that that Senator would not allow my frieud to re
tract that remark fur ten thousand votes!
Mr. Foote. Will yon allow me?
Mr. Douglass. Certainly.
Mr. Foote. If the effect of that remark will be
to give to that senator all the abolition votes, he is
fairly entitled to them. Had the senator from Illi
nois lived where 1 have resided—had he seen in
surrection exhibiting its fiery front in the midst of
the men, women, aud cliildreu of the community
—bad he had reason to believe that the machinery
of insurrection was at such a time in readiness for
purposes of tho most deadly character, involving
life, aud that dearer than life, to every southern
man—had he witnessed such 6cenes, and beleved
that movements like that of this morning were cal
culated to'engender feelings out of which were to
arise fire, blood, aud desolation, the destruction
fiuully of the South, he would regard himself as a
traitor to the best seutimeuts of the human heart,
if he did uot speak out the language of manly de
nunciation. 1 can use uo other language. . I can
uot but repeat my conviction that any man who
dares to utter such sentiments as those of the seua
tor from New Hampshire, and attempts to act them
out anywhere iu the suuny south, will meet death
upon tile scaffold, and deserve it.
Mr. Douglass. I must again congratulate the
Seuator from New Hampshire ou the accession of
five thousand votes! Sir, 1 do not blame the Sen
ator from Mississippi for being indiguantat any
man from auy portion of this Uuiou who would
produce an iuceudiary excitement—who would
kindle the Uame of civil war—who would incite a
negro insurrection, hazarding the life of any mauiu
the Southern States The Senator has, ! am aware,
reason to feel deeply ou this subject. But I am
not aitogetber unacquainted with the peculiar cir
cumstances of the sections ofthe couutry to which
he has alluded. I have lived a good portion of my
life upon the immediate borders of a Slave State.
I haveseen the operation of such excitements ns
those of w hich he speaks, upon both sides of the
line I can well appreciate the excited feeling
with which geutlemen in the Suuth must regard
any agitating nrovemeut to get up insurrections
amongst their negro servants.
Mr. Davis, of Mississippi. I do not wish to be
Considered as participating in the feeling to which
the Senator alludes. I have uo fear of insurrection
no more than I have of-rny cattle. I do not dread
such iuceudiaries. Our slaves are happy aud con
tented. They sustain the happiest relation that la
bor cau sustain to capital, it is a paternal institu
tion. They are rendered miserable only by the
unwarrantable interference of those who know
uothiog about that with which they meddle. I
rest this caseiu no fear of insurrection; aud I wish
it to be distinctly understood, tbat we are able to
take care of ourselves,aud to puuisb all iuceudiaries.
It was the iusult offered to the institutions which
we have inherited that provoked my indignation.
Mr. Foote. Will the honorable Senator allow
me to make a remark ?
Mr. Douglass. With great pleasure.
Mr. Foote. If it be understood that I expressed
auy fear of an insurrection which might grow out
of this movement, it is a mistake. I said that such
an audacious movement as this could uot be tamely
submitted to, without encouraging its authors to
proceed; aud iii jhut, I thiuk, all who have spoken
ou this aide of the chamber concur.
M r. Davis, of M ississippi. I did not intend to
imply that my colleague hud taken auy such course
as that which I disclaimed.
Mr. Douglass. Ail that I intended to say was,
that the effect of this excitement—of all these
harsh expressions—will bo the creation of Aboli
tionists at the North.
Mr. Foote. The more the better!
Mr. Douglass. The gentleman may think so;
bnt some of ns at the North do not concur with
him iu that opinion. Of course the Seuator from
N. Hampshire will agree with him, because he can
fan the flame of excitement so as to advance bis po
litical prospects. Aud 1 can also well understand
how some gentlemen at the Mouth muy quite com
placently regard all this excitement, if they can
persuade their constituents to believe that the in
stitution of slavery rests upon tlieir shoulders—
that they are the men who meet the Goliali ofthe
South iu this great contest about abolition. It gives
them strength at home. But we of the North,
who have no sympathy with the Abolitionists, de
sire uo such excitement.
Mr. Calhoun. I must really abject to the re
marks of the Meuator. We are merely defending
ourrights. Suppose that we defend them iu strong
language; have we uot the right to do so ? Sure
ly the Senator cannot mean to impute to us the
motives of low ambition He canuot realize our
position. For myself, (and I presume I may speak
for those who act with me,) we place this questiou
upon high aud exalted grounds. Long as he may
have lived in the neighborheod of slaveholding
States,he cannot haverealized anything on the sub
ject. I must object entirely to his course, and say
that it is at least as offensive as that of the Senator
from New Hampshire.
Mr. Foote. Will the Senator from Illinois al
low me a word?
Mr. Dougins*. In a moment. I am sorry that
the honorable Senator regards tny language as of
fensive a* that of the Senator from New Hamp-
make it revert upon the South. I announced iu
plain terms that truth—« truth which every man
from the free States ran fully realize; and. sir, I
too feel upon this subject, riaemitebas 1 have never
desired to enlist, atnl licvei-shall enlist, under the
banners of either of - lie radical factions on this
question. I-have no sympathy for abolitionism
on the one side, or that extreme course on the oth
er which is a kin to abolitionism. We are r.ot
trodden down whilst you hazard nothing by your
violeuce. which only builds up ynnr adversary iu
the North. Nor does he hazard anything; quite
theedntrary—for he will thus b-s enabled to keep
concentrated upon himself the gaze of the abolt-
tionsts, who yvill regard him as thegreat champion
of freedom whoencoontera the distinguished Metr-
Atorfrom South Carolina and the Senator from Mis
sissippi. He is to be uj held at the North, because
he is the champion of abolition; .and you are to he
upheld at the Mouth, because you are the cham
pion that iheet Him; so that it comes t ) this, that
between those two ultra parties, we of tbo North,
who belong to neither, are thrust aside. Now, we
stand tip for all your constitutional rights, in which
we will protect you to tbe last. We go for tho
punishment of blirglary, stealing, and any other
infringement of the laws of this District; ead
if these laws be not strong enough to prevent or
punish those crimes, wc will give to them tho ade
quate (trenstb. On the oilier hand, wogn fir en
forcing the Taws against molis, and any destruction
of property by thuin; and if the law be not strong
enough to suppress them, we will strengthen it.
But we protest against beiug made instruments—
puppets—in this slavery excitement which can
operate only to yotir interest, aud the building up
of those who wish to put you down. I believe,
sir, that iu all this, I have spoken the sentiment of
every northern mau who is not an abolitionist. My
object was to express my deep regret that auy
such excitement should have grown out of the iu-
troriiict jou of this bill.
Mr. Foote. I bad supposed that I lmd already
sufficiently explained myself. No southern man
has ever introduced this question into the balls of
legislation. Of this the senator must be well aware.
If he knows an instance to the contrary I should
be extremely glad to be informed of it. The ques
tion is Hot uow brought up by any movement of
onra; it is forced upou iis by the Seuator from New
Hampshire. The Mouth has beeu silent, testing
firmly, discreetly, and with dignity, upon her lights,
which are guarantied to us.liy the Constitution. It
is ouly in defence of her acknowledged rights that
she undertakes to say anything. The Senator from
New Hampshire has now introduced a bill which
is calculated to produce mischief. Al e we to re
main sileut? Or, if we use language of just indig
nation, are we to.be charged with endeavoring lo
make ourselves popular m the South? Let me bay
to the Meuator from llliuois, that this is a most un
generous proposition. He s.iys that no unworthy
motives lie at the foundation * of this measure.—
Why, I caii imagine no more unworthy m-tive
than unprincipled demagoguism. I would s :crry
myself it’1 could for a moment permit my sell io
give countenance to anything so unworthy. I
would say, with all possible courtesy to the Sena
tor from Jiiinois, for wuom I entertain the highest
respect, and whose geueral feelings of justice for
us iu the Mouth we all understand and appjeciuto
—he will permit me to say to him in a spirit of
perfect corn tesy, that there are various ways of be
coming [Kipular. Our couslitiiteuts will have con
fidence iu iis if they see we are ready here to
maintain their interests inviolate. Aud it may be,
also; that the Seuator from New Hampshire will
strengthen himself ill proportion us his conduct is
denounced. But I beg the Seuator from Illinois
to recollect that there is another mode of obtain
ing that popularity, which is expressed in the
adage, “In medio tutisrimus ibis,’’ and that there is
each a thing as winning golden opinions fiom all
sorts of people; and it may be that a mau of mature
power, young, and aspiring as he may■ So to high
places, may conceive that by keeping clear of alT
union with the two leading factions, he will more
or less strengthen hiinsclt .With the great body of
the American people, and tints attain the high
point of elevation to which bis ambition leads. But
if th« Senator from llliuois thiuks tbat a middle
course in regard to this question is best calculated
to serve his purpose, he.is mistaken.
Mr. DougUlass. The Senator has hit it precise
ly wheu he says that sometimes the course advised
in the familiar adage which he has quoted, is, in
deed, the course of duty and ofwisdom. I do be
lieve tliat up.oti this questions, that i* die ouly
course which can ‘wiu golden opinions" from re
flecting meu throughout the count! y.
Mr. Foote (in his seat.) ‘-Golden opinions from
all sorts of people.”
Mr. Douglass. In the North, it is not expected
that we should take the positiou that slavery is a
positive good—a positive blessing. If we did as
sume sucb a positiou, it would be a very pertinent
inquiry, Why do you UQt adopt this institution?—
We have moulded our institutions at the North as
we have though i proper, aud now we say to you
ofthe South’, if slavery be a. blessing, iti* your
blessiug; i*' it be a curse, it is your curse; enjoy it—
ou you rests all the responsibility! We are pre
pared to aid yon in the maintenance of ail your
constitutional rights; and Iappreheud that no man.
Month or North, nas shown more consistently a dis
position to do so than myself. .From first to last, I
have evinced that disposition. But my object was
to inform the people of the South how it is that
gentlenien professing the sentiments of the
Meuator from New Hampshire get here; how
it is that they will see others coming .here with,
similar sentiments, unless they reflect more calmly
and coolly, and take a different course; aud how
this imprudent and violent course is calculated to
crush us who oppose abolitionism. Ifany unplea
sant feeling has been^excited by these remarks of
mine, I regret it. 1 know that it is not always plea
sant to tell the truth plainly and boldly, when it
comes home to au individual. But what I havo
said is the truth: and.we all know it and feel it.
1 thiuk the introduction of this bill has been ill-
timed. I doubt its .expediency in any circnm-
stances; but brought up at present, it is peculiarly
calculated to produce itncessary excitement; anil
I will uever consent to the introduction of such a
bill under the present circumstances. I am wil
ling to iustrnct ypnr committee to inquire whether
any formal Ie->islatioii be uecessary for the pur
pose of suppressing kidnapping, mob*, rioting, ami
violence, in the District of Columbia. 1 am pre
pared to meet the reapousibility of passing the
most stringent laws agaiust any illegal acts. That
is my position. My views iu relation to this sub
ject are well known. I have always supported,
by my vote, the rule excluding abolition petitions,
t voted with you ofthe South to sustain the role
against their introduction.- It wasrepetded neainft
my vote. I was ready to stand by tt as Tqtirg as it
was necessary for your protection. I will vote
for any other measure necessary to protect your
righto. But I claim the privilege of pointing out
to you how yoirgive strength and encouragement
to the abolitionists of the North, by the imprudent
expression of what I grant to he just indignation,
and which you deem it to be necessary so to utti r
in self-defence. M ■ - - **
(Concluded on second page.)
SiNocr.AR Fulfilmest or a Pkornxcr.—In
Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger, for 1848, printed
inLondon.iu October last, a prediction is made
that a revolution would take place iu Febnary.in
one of the coutiiieiitial countries resulting in tho
overthrow of a royal family. At the same time
the title page has an attack on theTuillerie*. Tho
prediction is in these words: “jupiter Italts in his
celestial career through Cancer, as if to ponder
uptin impending woes. These highly fraught con
figurations are tokens of the vacation of a throne;
aud. it may be; the annihilation of sovereign ;>owor
in a family." Some interesting fVireshadowiugs of
the events which have recently occurred, also app
ear iu the remarks of Raphael on the scheme of
the nativity of Louis Philippe, which may be found
iu the same work.
Qcxr.x OT ExsusD.—The Queen of England
has celebrated the revolution in France and tho
threatened rebellion in her own*dominion, by pre-
j class- d with the Senator front New Hampshire on senting hersopjects with another d -r little i’l in-
tbis debate tbo subject d f Mnrerytsu id, in the next place, that cess. Mrs. l’urriimton, according to tho Boston
hope my frieud from North Carolina will reconsid- [ shire Will he allow me to remark, iu the first
er his motion and not press it. Let us meet this j place, that I did nut suppose that I should ever b
question at once.
Mr. Douglass. . I have listened to
with a good deal of interest. But while t havo I <!iil not say aqythiug disrespectful to the Senator I Post, was mucli interested in this expected event:
seen considerable excitement exhibited ou the part j from South Caroliua, or auy one associated with “Is tho steamer signified, air l’’ asked the old
of a lew gentlemen around me, I confess that 1 him on this question. I did not impugn his motives, lady, at the tdegragh station. “Yvs’m" replied
have not been able to work myself into auy thiug I said explicitly that I did not regard him as he- the clerk, who was buisily engaged turning over-
like a passion. I thiuk that, probably the Meuator , iug actuated by any but the purest motive*. He the leaves of the day Look. “Can you tell me,’-'
from New Hampshire has doue much to accnm- left indignant at tho recent occurrence*, and his ' couliuut d she, “if the Qnecn’s encroachment has
plish his object. His bill is a very harmless thing indignation I regarded as being natural and proper, j taken place yet ?" “Same say she is encrom long
’■ * ' - ■ * ‘ c j — a- We of tli- Free States share in that indignation.— all the rime,” said the clerk,-looking plcasantlv at
But 1.said that the Senator from South Carolina, I the old lady, and evidently pieaitau o. ,-h MS own
in itself; but being brought forward at this time,
and under the preveut circumstances, it has creat
ed a good deal of excitement among gentlemen on
this side of the chamber.
Mr. Calhoun, (iu his seat,) Not the bill—the
occurrence.
Mr. Dougla*s. On the occurrence I desire to
say a word. In the first place I must congratu
late the Senator from New Hampshire on the great
by the violent course pursued here, bad coutribut- smartness “TL
cd to the result which we deplored, and that nho- venerable dame ; “hut
litiouismat the North was built np by southern do- ! coaki he ho expected tu
nanciatiou and s-itiihcrn imprudence 1 staled and yet there is no i . .
that there were men ofthe North who are ready to all the bars to science,
take advantage of that imprudent and donuncioto- j is let down now-a-davs
ry coarse and torn it to tf—ir account, so as to ! dressed, like a p--pp *