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TO RENT, THE House and Lot opposite the old Presbv- JTilAj ,er *an Church, at present occupied by Mr. Ro«- sell. Possession given tlie Ist of January. For terms, apply to WM. S. ELLIS. December 22 a TO’KENT, THREE Fire-proof STOKES, fronting on 3d street ; Three Fire-proof STORES, fronting on Cherry-street. They arc large and commodious, and well calculated for any kind of business, and will be fitted up, as to shelving and counters, to suit tenants. Those fronting on Third-street (directly opposite Messrs. Rea A Cot ton’s, and .1 Cowles, Esqr.'s ranges) are now ready for occupancy, and possession imtiiedintely*' r iven. Those on Cherry-street will be ready by the Ist of October next. Rent will be reasonable, and commence from Isi of October. Apply to DAVID RALSTON. N- B Several very airy ROOMS on the second floor <* the above buildings, "suitable for Lawyers Offices, will also he rented. 1). R. July 7 37tf New Clothing Store. R. W. MORRIS & CO HAVING located themselves in the s'ore formerly [ occupied by Win. ri Johnson & Cos. (east side Mulberry street,) are now opening an extensive assort ment of I’eady-Made Clothing, of the latest fashions, and of superior workmanship, which will be SOLD CHEAP FOR CASH. Their stock consists in part of the following, viz : Super blue Cloth Cloaks, Goat’s hair Camlet Wrappers, Brown and mixed Cloth Overcoats, Invisible Green do. M-h air and Beaver Cloth do. Pilot Cloth do. Blanket Hunting Coats, Kentucky Jeans 1 rock and Dress Coats Bouver Cloth Frock do., Pilot Cloth Hunting Coats, Super bine Cloth Frock and Dress Coats, Do. Mac 1 ; do. do do. do, Do invisible green and brown do. 339 Vests.comprising allstvlcs and descriptions, Victoria and Coronation Cassimere Pants, Black and Blue Cassimere do, Fancy Striped and Ribbed do. Satinet and Kentucky Jeans do. ALSO, A general assortment of Stocks, Collars, Suspenders, Gloves, Hjisery, Linen Shirts, Cotton do. with Linen I Bosoms, A genera (assortment of Boots, Shoes and Pumps. Super Silk and Cotton Umbrellas, Leather Trunks and Carpet Bags, Purchasers arc invited to cal! and examine our stock. October 27 3:nl j GEO. C. McNEII.L TS now receiving 1. ,s fall and winter supplies, of Fin j A ari l Staple Rritish, French, Suits, Italian, />uwi and American DRV GOODS. consisting in part of the following articles; fine ano superfine wool dvcii, Blue, Black, Brown, Green, Ade laide, Cadet, Fashionable and Biddle Mixed Cloths Single Double a id TrchWed “ulud, Black, Fusliionn hie. Mixed and Striped Cassimers and Satinets; Satin. Prussia and Genoa Velvet Vestings; Silk and Valencia do; Gros de Rhine, Gros de Soie, Gros de Naples, Poult ile Soi, Reps Brocade and Ipsoln Silks; Victoria and C ironatiou Satins; Shallevs ; “ouseline de Laine and Taglio ica ; French, Ettglish, German and Gr. s de Nap Merinos; French Cambrics, Orodeodier and l)e --1KV Prints; English and American do. of every style; Shallevs, Merino,Thibet, Brochelle and ChinealShawls; Fancy Damask, Demantine and Ipsola Dress Hdkfs; Victoria do; Tamlaiurd and Embroidered Scotch, Swiss, English and French Worked Capes and Collars; Linen, Linen Carnljric, Scotch, Long, and Bishop Lawns; S.aeharilla Cambric; Nansook, Jaconet and Scotch Muslins; Cambric and Furniture Dimity; Russia and Birds Eye Diaper; Victoria and. Marseilles Skirts Linen and Cotton Sheetings; Cambric, Swiss, Jaconet and Thread Inserting?; Muslin Cufis; Pongee and India Kazan Hdkfs; Victoria Cap, Belt, and Garniture Ribbons s' Sattin and Lustring do; Victoria Leghorn, S'raw and Cottage Bonnets ; Artificial Flowers; Wreaths; Black Lace Hdkfs. and Veils; American, English, Welch, Gause and French Flannels; Ken tucky-, Highland and Glenroe Jeans; Mackinaw, Rose, Duffle, Frenchand Point Blankets; Brown and Bleech ed Sheetings; Linseys, Kerseys,Tickings, Checks and Drillings. Ladies', Misses', Gentlemen’s and Boys' Merino, Angola, Cotton and Silk Hoiserv of every description. CLOTHING. Cloth Dress and Frock Coats; Overcoats, Pantaloons Cloaks, Vests, Linen and Cotton Shirts, Lamb’s Woo and Merino do; Drawers, Stocks, Crnvnts, Collars Suspenders, Gloves, &c. Ac. with almost every other article kept in the Dry Goods line. October 20 52 White and Black Satin Slippers, &e. JUST received, a good assortment of white and black Satin Slippers, Ladies’ Morocco and Kid Walking Shoes, Ladies’ fur-top Shoes, lined with flannel, Ladies’ India Rubbers, do do. Ladies’ velvet-top do do do. 200 pair Ladies’ Morocco Boots, 100 pair Children's Village-ties, 100 pair Ancle-ties, 200 pair M isses’ Boots, 1 trunk French Slips, of a superior quality, 3 trunk gentlemen’s Boots, latest style, 100 pair do. Over-shoes, with soles, 10 cases Negro Shoes, of good quality. Also, 4 cases fine Beaver HATS, of the latest New York style. For sale by HEIDT, ALDRICH & CO. December 29 10 PAPER ANI» STATIONARY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. riNHE subscribers have just opened their Fall and -l Winter Stock of fine and superfine Letter, Cap, and hire"- P APERS, most of which has been pur chased direct from the manufacturers. Stationary, of ever, kind, Blank Books, for citv or country trade, Pocket-Books, Pen Knives, Ac. Which they will sell on accommodating terms, for citv acceptances. Blank Books made to order. Pn iters supplied with Printing Paper, Ink. Ac. o the best quality. BURGES A WALKER, Starioner’s Hall, 85 East-Bay .'Charleston, SC. November 10 3omp GOLD INK, A beautiful articlr for Artists, Schools Private Fami lies, Bankers, Merchants. Ac. This Ink, when written with, has the appearance of Gold. It can be psed either with a quill, siell pen, or a fine hair brush. Ladies will find it for Ornamental Painting, Visiting Cards, Ac., to be superior to any similar article which lias ever been introduced to the notice of the public.— For sale by J. H. A W. S. ELLIS, 'an 26 14 By appointment Carpenter’* Embrocation for Horses. IjXOR the cure of Swellings, Strains, Bruises, Galls Stiffness of Tendour and Joints, Ac. Ac. This Embrocation is recommended to Farriers and others who wish a remedy for diseases above mention ed. For sale bv J. 11. A W. S. ELLIS. September 23 4tf Notice—-Copartnership. FIN HE subscriber having associated with hi,.., Allen -1 L. List, they will transact business unde, the name, style and firm of Wm. B. Johnston A Cos. WM. B JOHNBTOM. Maeon, January I,l*B* trf illottf Ijem <SmL nv p P,.wn,PTn«t F. L. FLNDLETON. VOL. 11. Splendid Pianos of Grand Action, AT NEW-YORK PRICES ! TTHIE subscriber would respectfully inform the citi " zens of Macon, and the community in general, that he has been appointed the Agent of the NevvYork Piano Forte Manufacturing Company, for the sale of their instruments. This Company is a chartered asso ciation of Practical Piano Forte Makers, many of whom have occupied tor years past, the first situations in the principal manufactories in this country,and all of whom have been bred to the business. All employed in the ! establishment are stockholders, and are alike interested in the success and reputation of the Company. No 'apprentices or hoys are employed in any part of their manufactory ; and they do, with the utmost confidence, | warrant their Piano Fortes in regard to workmanship, tone and capacity to stand any and all climates. The above Company, in coining before the public in com petition with manufacturers of established lame, are re solved to build their reputation on the excellence of | their instruments and the fairness of price-. They are ' of most beautiful finish, and in tone, excelled bv none.] Persons wishing to purchase will do well to call at the j New Rook Store, two doors South of tile Washington Hail, and examine their excellencies C. A. ELLS. D‘t n't 8 CABINET FURNITURE AND CHAIR WARE HOUSE, Cniton-Avenue, {opposite the Washington Hall,) Macon, Georgia. fj&GSSt}., SPERRY & MEYER have H 'lf on hand, and arc receiving, and f constantly manufactcri.no —a f: i | 'cndid assortment of FURNI ||t-/r jjJ TURE—consisting, in part, ofi SsJZf F >fas. Sideboards, Secretaries, Dining Tables, in setts and sin-! ele, Centre, Tea and Work Ta-j %\\ files, and Bureaus, of every des-1 r— jt A crip'ion ; with a full assortment! .=*%.—- of Bedsteads, Mattrasses, Feath ers and Feather Beds—and a variety of Windsor, Fancy and Baltimore Chairs, j The subscribers, having in their employ the best of workmen, can manufacture at the shortest notice every ! thing in their line, in as good style as it can be done in ! the State, and of the best materials. Persons wishing to purchase would do well to cal! and examine for! themselves, as they arc offered on the lowest terms for. cash. J. A. SPERRY, February 24 6m 14 F. MEYER. AT HOME ! ! ! frig- • ■; Mulberry-street, Macon, Georgia. subscribers continue the Tinning Business; i at their old stand, where they are prepared to fur | nish Country Merchants and Pedlars on reasonable terms. sty Job work of all kinds done at short notice. JAMES H. BISHOP A CO. June 16 34tf Extensive Jewelry Establishment. THE subscribers are re ■xdrcTVv A ceivinghis fall and winter sup »" t 1 ply of Goods, which constitutes [ Jmf" \ 3 VJ a stock in their line superior to | '■/Iffli 10 / til any ever offered in this mar -7 - ’Vcjk. ke% and inferior to none for r * w ’viA 3 g >odness ol quality, sitjierior .» *• 'sf' workmanship, or variety ot style in the United States. ms STOCK CONSISTS OF Ladies and gentlemen’s g old patent lever Watches, of j die approved makers, M. I. Tobias A Cos., Robert Ros- j kell, Joseph Johnson, John d/mcas and Litherland Da j; vis A Cos.; gold English anchor escapement Watches, j that were made to order and adjusted to suit ihe south ern climate; gold Repine Watches; silver patent Le ver Lepine, English Cylinder and Verge Watches; la- j dies’Curb, guard, basket and cable Chains ; Watch j Hooks, Seals, Keys and Swivels ; Finger and Ear Rings; Broaches and children’s Knobs and Wires; gentle men’s guard, curb and linked Chains ; Sals, Keys and Swivals; bosom,sleeve and collar Buttons ; Breast-pins, j and Mcdalions ; pearl and get Crosses; gold and silver Buckles ; gold, silver and pearl Snuff Boxes ; gold and silver Ever-pointed Pencil Cases; Miniature Cases ; j Bracelets; gilt, silver, plated and shell Combs; gold and silver Thimbles ; gold, silver and steel templed Specta ! | ele.s, with glasses to suit every age, and near-sighted ; | Seed and large Cora! ; Coral Necklaces; bead Bags, I Chains and Purses ; a variety of Beads ; Spy and Quiz-j zing Glasses; Microscopes ; Spar Grotto; Tea Caddies; t Pocke'-Books; Indellihle Ink ; Emory Cushions; Rat-j i ties, Whistles and Teething Rings, for children ; Corset Rings ; steel Busks ; Portable Ink-stands and Writing desks ; card and cigar cases ; visiting Cards; imitation j Fruit; Lucifer Matches ; Baffle-Doors, Shuttle-Cocks j and Graces ; Fencing Foils, Masks an 1 Gloves ; Ro-; gers A Son’s Razors, pen and pocke Knives ; C. Em- ! erson’s Razor Straps; Scissors; Dirks ; Glazier’s Dia monds; seal Stamps; Chess-men, Backgammon boards, Dice, Dominoes; steel Pens; Fire Fenders. And Irons, ] Shovels and Tongs ; sheet Brass, brass Wire, Scales and Weights; Surveyor’s Compasses and Mathemati cal Instruments ; Asrrel and large suspending Lumps; lamp Glasses and Candle Shades ; Looking Glasses ; Plates and Thermometers; Walking Canes ; Guns,! Pistols, pis»ol Belts, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, game • Bigs; gold and silver Leaf; Dental Instruments; gold and tin Foil ; Whigs, Toupetts, Braids of Hair, Rolls! and Curls ; Otto of Roses, Cologne, Lavender and Flo riJa Water ; Birmingham and Sheffield silver plated Castors, liquor Stands, Candle Sticks, Branches, Wai- j ters, Tea Travs, Fruit Baskets, Snuffers and Snuffer j Trays, silver Cups, Pitchers,Table, Tea, Desert,Cream,! Salt and Mustard Spoons, soup Ladles, sugar Tongs,! butter Knives, pickle Knives and Forks, sugar Scoups and fish Knives; Mantle and Mahogany eight-day | CLOCKS; Musical Instruments, consisting of Bass and Ketilc Drums, Fifes, Flutes, Flageletts, Claronetts, Accordians, Shell Music Boxes, and Music Boxes, to play 12 tunes. A GOOD STOCK OF MILITARY & MILITARY TRIMMINGS I Os new style, such as arc now used by the Army un der a recent regulation. Watchmaker’s Tools and materials. Besides many other articles —all of which they will sell verv low for cash or approved paper. I They invite citizens, and persons generally visiting j the city, to call at their Store, (east side of Mulberry-stJ j and examine their Stock, where they are ever ready and i hapnv to attend to those who ms v favor them with their calls. WM. B. JOHNSTON A CO. I N.B. Particular attention paid to Watch Repairing. j Having in employ approved and experienced workmen, i n nd being prepared to manufacture all the parts oi movement of a Watch, will warrant every piece they j moke as perfect as the original, and their Watches to t perliirni well, W. R - A, CO. L 22VGT2D TO 2.1TE11 ATtTIIiL I2NTE2IIMAL. im2*»OV2i*IENT, CO3X3Z&RC2, AGIJICJi.TUTUS, roaaiGN AND BdiiUlSTiC NSW3. AMdSfIMiJSIT, kc. ike. ! TERMS : THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE—FOUR DOLLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS. \ ' > J MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2$ IS3i>. Perfectly in Town ! JOB-PRINTING OFFICE. \ E have jitet received an addition of twenty-five * V fonts ot Type to our previous assortment —logo- ! tlier with two hundred CUTS, of various designs— all of the “ latest stvle and fashion,” which will enable j us to execute EVERY variety of JOB-PRINTING, in a workmanlike manner, and superior to anything that can be done in “ these parts.” Having hitherto given universal satisfaction, the sub scriber feels sure that, with the present increased facil" tes —h;.s long experience, and tried ability—he will be able to please all who may en'rust their work in his hands. SET Orders respectfully solicited. CORNELIUS R. HANLEITER. SET Don't mistake the Office : it is on Third-street, next door to Harvey Shotwell's Drug Store, nfrpnsite the Central Hotel, and in Ike building forme ly occupied by the “ Clock- M akeus.” Macon, December 22,1, 1833. Collection of Debts. HHIIE subscriber will attend to the collection of all ■ Dues in Savannah, due individuals, at a distance, at the rate of 5 per cent. Any person wishing his ser vices in that line, will please direct their orders to the subscriber and they wiu he promptly attended to. ; J. JOSEPH HODGES j Savannah, January 2,1839. i Ocmulgee Dank of the State of Georgia, I j Macon, 7th Decernhc, 1834. j RESOLVED, That ail Instalment of Ten per cent -1 urn on the Capital Stock of this Institution be, and the same is hereby required to be paid at the Bank ing House in this citv on or before Friday, 15 li Febru ary next. Extract from the minutes. J. A. WHITE, Ass’t Cashier. December 22 9c Centra! Kail-Road & Banking Company, i of Georgia. Savannah, December 29,1833. ) INSTALMENT. TV” OTICE is hereby given, that an instalment of Ten ll per centum on the capital stock of this Company, is required to be paid in at the Banking House in Sa vannah, on or before the thirteenth day o* March next. Stockholders at and in the neighborhood - of Macon, mav make payment at the branch in that city. li. It. CUYLER,Cashier January 5 lln " Si US! C STORE. " CM BRUNO has just received anti f. r sale a hnnd- V. some assor men', of Pianos, Vi gins, Flutes, Bows, Guitar Strings, Music, Ac. Ac. The Pianos are of superior w orkmanship, and w ill be warranted and kept m tune one year. All orders will Ik - thankfully received and promptly attended to. at the Music Store next door to Mr. J. H. Oidershaw’g Carriage and Furniture Ware House. Jau 26 ts-14 " PAIIVTIJVG.' IfflJlE subscriber is now prepared to execute all kinds : * of House, Sign, and Fancy Painting, Gilding, Glazing, and Paper-Hanging. House-Painting will be done by the yard, pound, or day. Otdcrs, either in ; the city or conntrv, thankfully received and promptly attended to, at No. 21, MuiUeny -street, opposite the Post-Office. D. T. REA. i sept 18 A 1)M IMSTR A TORS’ SALE. NTFIEL be sold at the house of Matthew T. Caldwell, » V kite of Munroe county deceased, all of the perish able property, consisting of household and kitchen fur niture, farming utensils, corn, fodder, oats, 1 barouche, and the st ekot horses, hogs, cattle and sheep, on Tues- j day, the 26th day of February next. Sale to continue ! fro ti day today, umilall is disposed of. Terms made known on the day of sale. JAMES S. LONG, Administrator. Januarv 12 12 j LAST NOTICE. \LL perrons indebted to ihe estate of W. T. Sage - deceased, arc requested to settle the same imme diately to save cost, and all persons having demands , against the same, must hand them in ns the law pre scribes. CHAS. SEARS, Agent. January 12 12 Ladies’ Philadelphia S'ippcr*, «&<■• J UST received, 1 trunk Jl-irocco, and 2 trunks Kid Lndies’ Philadelphia Slippers, 2 trunks i hiladelphia R iots, of superior quality, 200 pair Ladies’ and Gentlemen's Indian Rubber Over Shoes, ALSO, 36 doz. men and bov’s Woo! lints, white ;md black, for sale by HEIDI’, ALDRICH &. CO. December 15 6 MUSIC ! MUSIC ! ! JUST received, an assortment of Piano Music ; Cra mer’s Instructor fordo. ; Hunter’s do. ; Burrow's’ Primer do. ; Thorough Base, and Composition to do., for sale by C. A. ELLS. December 15 6 PIANOES, CARRIAGES AND FURNITURE, 5 UST received and fi r sale at reduced prices, by ,jS JOHN 11. OLDERSHAVV. April LEMON SYRUP. <■>/ W Y DOZEN Lemon Syrup, very superior.-- iv A/ Also, 50 dozen Stoughton s bitters , tor sale HARVEY SIR TWELL, Druggist, NEW BOOKS. riMIE Home as found, by Coopeer i Mary Raymond and other ;«!<■=, by Mrs. Gore Travel* in Egypt, Arabia and the Holy Land Atiilia Vernon, by M.ss Lesl.c The Citv of the Czar, by T. Raikes Stanley,’or the Recollections of the \v orld Liliers Political E’hicks Ve take? “ Economy The Middr, or scenes trem the life Oi Edward Laseeilas , , An Expedition of Discsvery in the interior ot Africa, performed by Caplain Alexandria Napoleons Carnpaisrns with splendid Plates Peter Pilfrrim or a Ramblers Recollections Just received and for sale by C. A. LLi . j January 12 \ Just Received. K TIERCES fresh RICE, uni for safe bv f J LE* l hvKLL 1« November 24 51 Irish Potatoes, Apples, &c. £)( \ BBLS. Irish Potatoes, white 2U 10 do do do red 10 do Apples, 10 do Onions In good order and for sale by J- PHILLIP*-• January 19 li! Matches, Snuff, Ac. BECKWITH’S Pills, Brandreth’s Pills, Evan's Camomile Pills, for heart-burn, dyspepsia. Toilet Powders, superior Soaps, Loco-foco, Lucifer, and Friction Matches, Black and blue writing Ink, Snuff of various kinds —for safe hv J. 11. A li'. N. ELLIS. Cotton-Avenue NOTICE A LL person* indebted o' he subscriber, either by note l m or open account, e 1 verv resix'ctfnllv invites, to call ami settle, iiessar* WM. B. JOHNSTON. January lit CONGRESSIONAL. DEBATE IN THE SENATE. SPE..CII OF MR. CLAY, ON THli SUBJECT OF ABOLITION PETITIONS. Thursday, February 7, 18dW. Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, rose to present a petition, and said, I have received, Mr. Presi dent, a petition to the Senate and House of Representatives of tiie United States, wmcii I Wish to present to the Senate. It ts signed by several hundred inhabitants of tiie District ot' Columbia, and chiefly of the city of Wusning ton. Among them I recognise the name ol tiie higiiiv esteemed mayor of the city, and other respectable names, some of winch are personally and well known to me. They ex press their regret that tiie subject of tiie alioti tio of slavery within the District of Columbia continues to be pressed u, on tne consideration of Congress by inconsiderate and misguided individuals in oilier parts of tne United States. They state that they do not desne tne abolition of slavery within the District, even if Congress possess the very questionable power oi abolish ing it, witnout tne consent of t,7e poeple wao>e interests would be immediately and directly af tbc'eJ by t .e measure; that it is a question solely between the people of the District and their only constitutional Legislature, purely municipal, and one in whieu no exte or in fluence or interest can justly inter.ere; that if, at any future period, the people of this District should desire tne aholitio, ot slavery witnin it, they will doubtless make ttieir wisnes known, wncii it will be time enough to lake the matter into consideration ; that tuey do not, on this occasion, present themselves to Congress be cause tiiey are slaveholders—many of them are not —some of tnein are conscientiously op. posed to slavery—but tuey appear liecausc they respect the rights of all tiio.-e who own tnat description of property, and because they entertain a deep conviction that the continued agitation of the question by those who have no right to interiere with it, has an injurious influence on the peace and tranquillity of the community, and upon the well being and hap piness of who are held in subjection ; tncy finally protest, as w 11 against tne unau tlionzed intervention of whieu tuey cotnpiain, as against any legislation on the part of Con gress m compliance therewith. Hut, as I wish tnese respectable petitioners to be themselves heard, 1 request that their petition may be read. [lt was read accordingly, and Mr. Clay pro ceeded.j I am informed by the committee whicli requested me to osier this petition, and believe, tnat it expresses the almost unanimous sentime its of tiie people of the District of Co- i lumbal. The performance of tins service affords me, \ said Mr. C.. a legitnate opportunity, of winch, I witu tiie [termission ot tiie Senate, I mean now j to avail tnyse'f, to say sometlung, not only on j the particular objects of the petition, hut upon tne great and interesting subject with which it is intimately associated. It is well known to tiie Senate, said Mr. Clay, that 1 have tuought tiiat tne most judi cious course with abolition petitions has not I been of laic pursued by Congress. 1 have be | lieved tnat it would nave been wisest to nave received and referred tnem, witnout opposition, anu to have reported against their object in a calm and dispassionate and argumentative ap peal to tue good sense of tne wnoie communi ty. It has been supposed, however, by a ma- j jority oi Congress, tuut it was most expedient citner not to receive the petitions at all, or, if j formally rece.vcd, not to act definitively upon tnem. Tnere is no substantial duieicnce tie- j tween these two opposite opi ions, since botu look to an absolute rejection of tne prayer oR, tne petitioners. But tliere is a great difference in the form of proceeding ; and, Mr. President, some experience in the conduct of human af latrs lias taught me to believe that a neglect to observe established forms is often attended ! with more mischievous consequences titan tne infliction of a positive injury. Wo all know that, even in private tie, a violation of the ex isting usages and ceremonies of society can. 1 not take place witnout serious prejudice. I fear, sir, that the abolitionists nave acquired a considerable apparent force, by blending with ttie object which they have in v iew a collateral and totally diiiereut question, ans.ng out of an , alleged violation of the rignt of petition. I kuow full well, and take great pleasure in tes. tifymg, that nothing was remoter ftoin tne in tention of tne tn.ijftrity of t - e Senate, from; w.licit I ditfered, than to violate the right of, petition in any case m whicli, according to its judgment, that right could be constitutionally | exercised, or wheie tiie object of tiie petition could be safely or properly granted. Still, it; must be owned that the abolitionists have; seized Mold of tho fact of the treatment which j their petitions have received in-Cong:ess. and j made injurious impressions upon the minds of l a large portion ol the community. This, 1 j think, might have lieeu avoided by the course | : which I snould have been glad to nave seen pursued. And 1 desire now, Mr. President, to advert to some oi' those topics winch, I ttitnk. might have been u» fully embodied in a re|xirt by a 1 committee of the Senate, and which, I am per ' mailed, would have checked ti e progress, if it ; had not altogether arrested' the efforts, of alio 'l it ion. I uni sensible, sir, this work would ! nuve been accomplished with much greater ability and with nu. happier effect, under ihe auspices of a committee, than it cun lie bv me. But. anxious as 1 am to contribute what i ever is in my power to the harmony, concord j and happiness of this great (icoplc, 1 feel i C. R. IIANLEITER, PRINTER. myself irresistibly impeded to a- whatever is in my power, incompetent us 1 feel my self to be, to persuade trie public from con tinuing to agitate a subject fraught with tiie most dreadful consequences. There are three classes of persons opposed, or apparently opposed, to the continue! exist ence of slavery in t e United States. Tiie first are tuo>e woo, from sentiments of piiilati thropy and humanity, are conscientiously op posed to tiie existence of s'avery, but who are no less opposed, at the same time, to any dis turbance of tiie pence and tranquillity of the Union, or the infringement f the powers of the states composing the confederacy. In this class may lie comprehended that peaceful and exemplary society of •• Friends,” one of vvho.se established maxims is, an abhorrence of war in all its forms, and the cultivation of peace and good will amongst mankind. The next class consists of apparent abolitionists—that is, tnose who, having been persuaded that the right of petition has been violated by Congress, co-operate with the abolitionists lor the sole purpo.se of asserting and vindicating that right j And the third class are the real ultra nbolitiou j ists, who are resolved to petsevere in the pur | suit of ttieir object at all hazards, and witnout ! regard to any consequences, however calami ! tous they may be. With them the rights of property ate nothing; tiie deficiency of the | [lowers of the general government is nothing; ! the acknowledged and ineontestible powers of | Hie states are nothing ; civil war, a dissolution I of the Union, and the overthrow of ti govern ! ment in which are concentrated the fondest I hopes of the civilized world, are nothing. A single i<’ea has taken possession of their .minds, and onward they pursue it, overlooking all barriers, reckless and regardless of all con sequences, With this class, tVe immediate üboi.tion of slavery in tiie District ofColumbia, ant In the Territory of Florida, the prohibition of the removal of slaves from state to state, . and the refusal t» admit any new state, com. prising within its limits the mst.tution of do mestic slavery, are but so many means, con dttcing to the accomplishment of the ultimate but perilous end at which they avowedly and boldly aim, are but so many short stages in the distant goal at which they would finally arrive. Their pui| ose is abolition, u tiverstil abolition, peaceably if it can, forcibly if it must. Their object is no longer concealed bv the thinnest veil; it is avowed and proclaimed. Utterly destitute of constitutional, or other rightful power, living in totally distinct communities, as alien to the communities in w hich the subjer t on which they would operate resides, so far as | concerns political power over that subject, ns | if they lived in Africa or Asia, they neverthe less promulgate to the world their purpose to be to manumit forthwith, and without compen sation, and wi bout moral preparation, three millions of negro slaves, under jurisdictions al together se; a rated from those under uliich they live. 1 have said that immediate abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and in the Territory of Florida, and the exclusion of new states, were onl, means towards the at tainment of a much moie impoi taut cud. Un lot innately, they are not the only means. Another, and much more lamentable one is that which this class is endeavoring to employ, of arraying one portion against anothei por tion of the Union. With that view, in all their lending prints and publications, the alleged horrors of slavery are depicted n the most glowing and exaggerated colors, to excite tbe imaginations and stimulate the rage of the peo ple m the free states against the people in the slave states. The slaveholder is held np and represented as tiie most atrocious of human beings. Advertisements of fugitive slaves, and of slaves to lie sold, are carefully collect ed and blazoned forth, to infuse a spiiit of de testation and hatred against one entire, and tiie largest sect.on of the Union. And, lik3 a no torious agitator upon another theatre, they would hunt down and proscribe from the pule of civilized society the in labitauts of that en tire section. Allow me, Mr. President, to say that, whilst I recognise in the justly wounded feelings of the Minister of the United States at the Court of St. James much to excuse the no tice which he was provoked to take of that agitator, in my humble opinion, he would bet ter have consulted tiie dignity of his station and of his country, in tr - ating him with con temptuous silence, lie would exclude us sont 1 European society—he who himself can onlv I obtain a contraband admission, and is received j with scornful repugnance into it! If lie Ire no j more desirous of our society than we are ofj his, he may rest assured that a state of eternal! non intercourse will exist between us. Yes, [ sir, 1 think the American Minister would have! best pursued the dictates of true diguitv by ie j garding the language of tlie memlier of the British House of Commons ns the malignant raving* of the plunderer of his own coutitrv, and tiie libeller of a foreign and kindred peo ple. But the means to which I have already ad verted, are not the onlv ones which this class of ultra-abolitionists are employing to effect their ultimate end. They began their opera tions by professing to employ only persuasive! means in app almg to the humanity and en lightening tiie understandings of the slave!;old mg portion of tiie Union. If tliere were some kindness in this avowed motive, it must lie ac knowledged that there was rather n presump tuous display al<o of an assumed superiority in intelligence and knowledge. For some time, they continued to make these appeals to our duty and our interest; but impatient with tb« - slmv influence of their logic upon our stupid minds, they recently resolved to change their system of a"tior. To the agency of their powers of persuasion they now p to -ulistitute the [lowers of tiie ballot box; and ,;e must be blind to what is passing before us, who does not jerceive that the inevitable let * J ency of tlieir proceedi g; is, if the e should ,no found insufficient, to invoke, finally, liai j more potent powers of file bayonet. Mr. President, it is at this alarming strge of the proceedings of tne ultra-abolitionists that 1 1 wostk. seriously invite every considerate man ■tx tiie country solemnly to pause, and del be rate y to reflect not merely on our existing posture, but upon that dreadful precipice down which they would hurrv us. It is because these ultra-abolilionisLs have ceased to employ the instruments of reason and persuasion, have made tiieir cause political, and have appealed t ■ the ballot box, that I am induced, u .on t occasion, to address you. There have been three epochs in the hi i tory of our country, at wtiich the spirit of abo- Ttonism displayed itself. The first was im mediately alter the formation of the pre ent Federal Government. When tne Constitu t oti was about going into operat.on. its powers, were not well understood by the commuot/ at lorgj, and remained to Le ac.-ur.Heiv in terpreted and defined. At that iierod no. merous abolition societies were formed, com prising not merely the Soc ci v ol t t ends, but many other good men. Pet it ions wete [re sented to Congress, praying for the abolit.on of slavery. They were received without se rious opposition, referred, and reported upon by a committee. 'Pile report stated th t ti.e general government had no power to abolish slavery as it existed in the several states, and that these s’ates themselves bad exclusive ju risdiction over the subject. The report was generally acquiesced in, and sat„>f ictio and tranquillity ensued; the abolition to .cries there..fier limiting their exeirionr, in respect to tiie black population, to offices of humanity, vv.t.dn tne scope of human laws. Tiie next period w, en tiie subject of slavery, and abolition incidentally, was brouglif into notice and discussion, was tnat on tiie memo rable occasion of the admission of the State of Missouri into the Un on. Ti.e struggle was long, strenuous, and fearful. It is too recent to make it necessary to do mote than merely to advert to it, and to say, that it was finally composed by one of those compromises cha racteristic of our institutions, and of which the Constitution itself is the most signal instance. 'The. third is tnat in vv.nch we now find our. selves. Various causes, Mr. President, have contributed to produce the existing excite ment on the subject of abolition. The princi pal one, perhaps, is the example of British emancipation ot tiie slaves in the islands adja cent to our country. Such is the similarity in laws, in language, in institutions, and in common origin, be.ween Gtcat Britain and the United States, tnat no great mcusuieof na ! iioual poi.cy can be adopted in tiie oi.e conn, try witnout producing u con .iderable degree of influence in tne other. Coi-foundii g the totally different, case's together, of the powers of the British Parliament, and those of the Congress ot' the United Stales, and tiie totally ditfeivut situations of the British West India Islands, and the slaves in the soveieign and in. dependent states of tills coi lediqriicy, superfi cial men have inferred fix un t .e un.ecided Bri. tisli experiment the practicability of the üboti. lion of slavery in these states. The poWei's of the British Parliament are unlimited, and often __tle.se ri lied to be omnipotent. 'The povv. ers of the American Congress, on the contra ry, are few, cautiously hunted, scrupulously excluding ail that are not grunted, and, above all, carefully and absolutely excluding all pow er over the existence or continuance df slavery in ti e several states. The slaves, too, upon which British legislation operated, wete not in the bo-om of ti.e kingdom, but in lemoteand feeble colonies, having no voice in Parliament. Tne West India slaveholder was neither re presented nor representative in that Parlia ment. And whilst I most fervently wish com plete success to tiie West India cmai cipation, I confess that I have ieurful forebodings of a disastrous termination of it. W aatever .t may be, 1 think it must be admitted tb.it, if ti.e Brl t-sii Parliament treated the West India slaves as freemen, it also treated the West In a rce mun as slaves. It, tnsie and of these slaves being separated by a vvi« e • cean from tne paien: country, three or four in: lions oi Ali.can ne gro slaves Imd been dispersed over England, Scoilund, Wales, and Ireland and tiie.r own ers hud been members ol' the British Parlia ment—a case which would have pic cured some analogy to that of our own count iy— does any one believe that it would nave teen expedient or practicable to have emancq uied tiiem, leaving them to remain, vviih till tucir embittered feelings, in the United Kingdom, boundless as the powers of the British Puriih- - ment are! , Other causes have conspired with the Brit ish example to produce ti.e existing excitement rom abolition. I say it wall profound regret, but vv it ii no intention to occasion writ A.on iieie or elsewhere, that there are persons m noth parts of tiie Union who have sought to m.ngle boiitiou with politics, and to array one portion of the Union against tiie Other, It is t ie Misfortune iti free countries that, in ii.gh party times, a disposition too often prevails o seize lion, of every thing widen can strength' u tne one side or weaken (tie other. C.iargcs of fostering abo .t on designs have lieeu ttccd essly and unjustly made by one ptuty against die other. Prior to the lute 6feet.on of tat pre sent President of the Untied Suites, tie was charged with being an abolitionist, and aboli tion designs were imputed to many of his sup. porters. Mucii as 1 was opposed to his elec tion, and am to his administration. I neither shared in making nor believing the truth of the charge, fie was scarcely installed ur office, ; iiefoie tiie same charge was directed against : t.iose who opposed liis election. Mr. Pres, eut, it is not true, and I rejoice that it is not true, that either of the two great ! parties nt fins country has any designs or turn | at abolition, 1 siiou.d deeply lament it if it vveie true. I should consider, it' it were true, that •die danger to the stability of our system w ould lie infinitely greater than any which does, l tiope, actually exfet. Whilst neither puitv cun lx;, 1 think, justly accused of any abolition tendency or purpose, both have profited, and both have been injured, in particular localities, by the accession or abstraction of abolition support. If the account wore fairly staUiJ, 1 NO./#