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la published in the city of Macon every Saturday
Morning, a! three dollars in advance, ror* DOLLAR
after three months—two dollars for six months —
and mailed to country subscribers by the earliest mails
enveloped by good strong wrappers, with legible force,
tions. {CT No subscription received for a less period
than six months —and no paper discontinued, until al
arrears are paid.
Advertisement* not exceeding twelve lines will be in
erted at $1 00 for the first insertion, and 50 cents for
each continuance —larger ones in proportion Persons
wishing to advertise by the year must call nt the office
and make an agreement to that effect. HT’Advertise
ments not limited when handed in, w ill be inserted till
forbid,and charged accordingly.
Any person forwarding a ten dollar bill, (post
paid,) shall receive four copies, for one year, to be sen 1
to differcut jiersons, as directed.
93T letters, on business, either to the Publisher or
Editor, must comepost paid to insure attention.
Splendid Pianos of Grand Action,
AT NEW-YORK PRICES I
f I til E subscriber would respectfully inform the citi-
I zt .,| S of Macon, and the community in general, 1
that he has been appointed the Agent of the NewYork
Piano Forte Manufacturing Company, for the sale of
their instruments. 'Phis Company is a chartered asso
ciation of Practical Piano Forte .1 laker*, many of whom
have occupied lor years past, the lir-t situations in the
principal manufactories in this country, and all of whom
have been bred to the business. .411 employed in the
establishment arc stockholders, and arc alike interested
in the success and reputation of the Company. No
npprentia 8 or boys are employed in any part of their
manufactory ; and they do, with the utin'ist confidence,
warrant their Piano Fortes in regard to workmanship,
tone and capacity to stand any and all climates. The
alnive Company, in coming lieforc the public in com
petition with manufacturers of established lame, are re
solved to build their reputation on the excellence of
llieir instruments and the fairness of price-. They are
of most beautiful finish, and in tone, excelled by none.
Persons wishing to purchase will do well to call at the
Jfew Book Store, two floors South of the Washington
Ilall, and examine their excellencies.
C. A. ELLS.
D'c>n be 8
TO RENT,
«THE House and Lot opposite the old Presby
terian Church, at present occupied by Mr. Rus
sell. Possession given the Ist of January. For
terms, apply to WM. S. ELLIS.
December ‘Pi 9 _
TO RENT,
£. v THREE Fire-proof STO RES, fronting on 3 d
j,-, y | street; Three Fire-proof STORES, fronting
C 1 * on Cherry-street.
They are large and commodious, and well calculated
for anv kind of business, and will lie fitted up, ns to
shelving and counters, to.suit tenants. Those fronting
on Third-street (directly opposite Messrs. Rea Sc Cot
ton’s, and J Cowles, Esqr.’s ranges) are now ready for
occupancy, and possession immediately given. Those
on Cnerry-street will lie ready by the Ist of Octoher
next. Rent will be reasonable, tind commence from
Ist of October. Apply to _ „
DAVID RALSTON.
N. B Several very airy BOOMS on the second floor
•o, the above buildings, suitable for Lawyers Offices,
will also he rented. H- R-
July 7
New Clothing Store.
R. AV. MORRIS & CO
Having i oca ted themselves in the store formerly
occupied by Wm. ri. Johnson Sc Cos. (cast side
Mullierry street,) are now opening an extensive assort
aneitt of . .
Ready-Jlnde Clothing,
of the latest fashions, and of superior workmanship,
which will be SOLD CHEAP FOB CASH. Their
stock c insists in part of the following, viz :
Super blue Cloth Cloaks,
G iat’s hair Camlet Wrappers,
Brown and mixed Cloth Overcoats,
Invisible Green do.
Mohair and Beaver Cloth do.
Pilot Cloth do.
Blanket Hunting Coats,
Kentncky Jeans! rock and Dress Coats
Beaver Cloth Frock do.
Pilot Cloth Hunting Coats,
Super blue Cloth Frock and Dress Coats,
Do. black do. do do. do.
Do invisible green and brown do.
350 Vests,comprisingailstvlcs 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, Hoiscry, Linen Shirts, Cotton do. with Linen
Bosoms,
A general assortment of Boots, Shoes and Pumps.
Super Silk anil Cotton Umbrellas,
Leather Trunks and Carpet Bags,
Purchasers are invited to call and examine our stock.
October 21 3m 1
Ladies’ Philadelphia Slippers, &c.
JUST received, 1 trunk Morocco, and 2 trunks Kid
Ladies’ Philadelphia Slippers,
2 trunks Philadelphia Boots, of superior qualify,
200 pair Ladies' and Gentlemen’s Indian Rubber
Over Shoes,
ALSO,
36 doz. men and boy’s Wool Hats, white and black,
for sale bv HEIDT, ALDRICH Sc CO. ■
December 15 8
MUSIC ! MUSIC ! I
JUST received, an assortment of Piano Music ; Cra
mer’s Instructor fordo. ; Hunter’s do. ; Burrows’
Primer do. ; Thorough Base, and Composition to do.,
for sale by C. A. ELLS.
December 15 8
PIANOES,
CARRIAGES AND FURNITURE,
JUST received and for sale at reduced prices, by
JOHN H. OLDERSHAVV. !
April |
Just Received.
K TIERCES fresh RICE, and for sale by
O LEVI KCKLKY. j
November 24 btt
Irish Fotatoes, Apples, &c.
QA BBLS. Irish Potatoes, white
10 do do do red
10 do Apples, 10 do Onions
In good order aim for sale by J. PHILLIPS.
January 10
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 sale by
J. 11. <s■ IF. S. ELLIS. Cotton-Avenue
GOLD INK,
Alwautiful article for Artists, Schools, Private Fami
lies, Bankers, Merchants. Slc. This Ink, when
written with, has the appearance of Gold. It can be
used either with a quill, stell pen, or a fine hair brush.
Ladies will fmJ it for Ornamental Painting, Visiting
Cards, &c., to be superior to any similar article which
has ever been introduced to the notice of the public.—
For sale by J. H. A W. S. Kills,
T an. 26 14 By appointment.
Carpenter’s Embrocation for Horses.
WNOR the cure of Swellings, Strains, Bruises, Galls
J’ Stiffness of Tendour and Joints, See. See.
Thia Embrocation is recommended to Farriers and
others who wish a remedy for diseases shove mention
ed- For sale by J. H. Sc IF. S. ELLIS
September 23 4tf
HR Ass CLOCKS.
A FEW Eight Days Brass Cln.ks, may he psrchssed
of C. A Ells, at half price, and warranted to keep
the heat of time.
January IB
BY P. C. PENDLETON.
VOL. 11.
Perfectly in Toivn !
JOB-PRINTING OFFICE.
11' E have just received an addition of twenty-five
» w fonts of Type to our previous assortment —toge-
ther with two hundred CUTS, of various designs—
all of the “ latest style and fashion,” which will enable
us to execute EVERY variety of
JOB-PRINTING,
in a workmanlike manner, and superior to any thing ;
that can be done in “ these parts."
Having hitherto given universal satisfaction, tire sub
scriber feels sure that, with the present increased facil
ities —his long-experience, and tried ability—he will he
able to please all who may entrust their work in his
hands. fFT Orders respectfully solicited.
CORNELIUS R. HANLEITER. ;
OCT Don't mistake the Office : it is on Third-street,
next door to Harvey ShotwelTs Drug Store, ojiposite the
Central Hotel, and in the building formerly occupied by
the “ Clock-Makers."
Macon, December 22J, 1838.
MUSIC STORE.
C BRUNO has just received and for sale a hnnd
• some assortment of Pianos, Vioiins, Flutes, Bows,
Guitar Strings, Music, Sec. &c.
The Pianos are of superior workmanship, and will
be warranted and kept in tune one year.
All orders will he thankfully received and promptly
attended to, at the Music Store next door to Mr. J. H.
Oldershaw's Carriage and Furniture Ware House.
Jan 26 ts-14
PAINTING.
r|MtE subscriber is now prepare’ 1 toexecut all kinds
■ of House, Sign, and Fancy Painting, Gilding,
Glazing, and Paper-Hanging. House-Painting will
he done by the yard, pound, or day. Oiders, either in
the city or country, thankfully received and promptly j
attended to, at No. 21, Mulberry-street, opposite the
Post Office. D. T. REA.
sept 18
FOOD FOR THE MIND.
a;>i w iBDQ.K i
rHE subscriber would respectfully inform his friends !
and the community in general, that he has remov- j
ed from Milledgeville, and permanently located himself
in his place, two doors South of the Washington Hall, !
in Vlulberry-street, at the stand formerly occupied by
Wm. 11. Burdsall, ann lately by A Mr Am, where he
intends carrying on the BOOK and FANCV BUSI
NESS on the mostrea >onable term' ; and hr flatters
tiimseff, if the ptopleiw II call and » amine his stock
'hat tl y will be convneed that he can sell as low as
van be bought at any house this side of New York., )
Among his stock may he found a generalassortment
of /.file, Medical , Miscellaneous and St'hool BOOKS;
GLOBES. MAPS and CHARTS; Mathematical In
■trummts ; Record anti Hiauk Books of all kinds,
Paper, Ink, Quills, Inkstands; Printing, Visiting and
Ploying Cards ; Steel Pens, Fine Cutlery, Silver Pen
cils, Purses, Pocket-books, Bnnker'sCascs, Ladies’
Work-hoxos; ladies’ and gentlemen's Dressing Cases;
Dissected Maps, Spelling Puzzles, and a large assort
ment of TOYS for children : Fancy and Drawing Pa
per, Bristol Boards, Paints, Vanish, India Ink, Brush
es for Painting ; Gentlemen's fine //air, Shaving, Nail,
Tooth, Whsker and I’lotlies Brushes; Writing and
Travelling Desks; Wilson’s Manifold Letter Writer,
with the art despatching 1,2,3 or 4 letters with a sin
gle stroke of the (ien —a very useful article for all busi
ness man.
Cologne, Florida, Lavender and Bay Waters ; Milk
of Roses, Rouge ; Ladies’Curls, Head Ornaments, &c.
Violins, Accordions, Music Boxes ; the most celebrated
MUSIC lor Pianos; Card and Cigar Cases; Tobacco
and Snuft Boxes, lire &c.
03r All New Publications will be received as
soon as they are issued from the press.
The above goods have all been selected fresh in New
York this fall, and are of the best binding and mater
ials. A liberal discount will be made to gentlemen
and teachers buying by the quantity, for their libraries
and schools. By a closr application to business, and a
desire to acomodate, I hope to merit a portion of the
patronage of this liberal community.
C. A. ELLS.
November 17 ly4
GEO. C. McNEILL
IS now receiving Ksfall and winter supplies, of Fan |
and Stofle British, French, Swiss, Italian, lrnuei
and American
DRY GOODS.
consisting in part of the following articles: fine ana
superfine wool dyed. Blue, Black, Brown, Green, Ade.
latde, Cadet, Fashionable and Biddle Mixed Cloths
Single Double and Trebbled “ lied, Black, Fashiona
tile, 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 de Soi, Reps Brocade and Ipsola Silks; Victoria 1
and Coronation Satins; Shalleys ; “otiseiine de Laine
and Taglionea ; French, English, German and Gros de
Nap Merinos; French Cambrics, Grodeodier and De
lisle Prints; English and American do. of t very style;
Shalleys, Merino,Thibet, Brochelle and Chineal Shawls;
Fancy Damask, Deinantine and Ipsola Dress Hdkfs;
Victoria do; Tambourd and Embroidered Scotch, Swiss,
English and French Worked Capes and Collars; Linen,
Linen Cambric, Scotch, Long, and Bishop Lawns;
Sacharilla Cambric; Nansook, Jaconet and Scotch
Muslins; Cambric and Furniture Dimity; Russia and
Birds Eye Diaper: Victoria and Marseilles Skirts
Linen and Cotton Sheetings; Camhric, Swiss, Jaconet
and Thread Inserting!); Muslin Cuffs; Pougee and
India K >zan ILlkfs; Victoria Cap, Belt, and Garniture
Ribbons; Sattin and Lustring do; Victoria Leghorn,
Straw and Cottage Bonnets; Artificial Flowers;
Wreaths; Black Lace Hdkfs. and Veils; American,
English, Welch, Cause and French Flannels; Ken
tucky, Highland and Glenroe Jeans; Mackinaw, Rose,
Duffle, French and Point Blankets: Brown Bud Bleech
ed Sheetings; Linseys, Kerseys,Tickings, Checks and
Drillings.
Ladies’, Misses', Gentlemen’s and Boys’ Merino,
Angola, Codon and Silk Hoisery 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, Cravats, Collars
Suspendi rs. Glov es, See. Sc c. with almost every other
article ki pt in the Dry Goods line.
October 20 52
Central Rail-Road & Banking Company, j
of Georgia.
Savannah, December 29, 1838 )
INSTALMENT.
\fOTICE is hereby given, that an instalment of Ten
ie 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 ofMnrch next.
Stockholders nt and in the neighborhood of Macon,
may make payment at the branen in that city.
‘ R. R CUYLER, Cashier
January 5 lln
STILLS.
JUST received and for sale, a lot of Stills, from fifty
to one hundred and twenty gall. ms.
JAMES H. BISHOP & CO.
Feb 16 I7tf
NOTICE.
THE Co-partnership and connection heretofore ex
isting between the mhacriberw in the business of
House Carpentering, Sec., was dissolved by mu ual con
sent, on the first of January, 1839. By the terms of
the said dissolution, John Jepson is to receive all debts
due >o said firm, and in settle all demands against ihe
late concern, and of which the creditors and debtors
will take due notice.
CHESTER HILLS,
JOHN JEPSON.
Macon, Jan 38. 1889 LVp
DEVOTED TO UTBRATUSB, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. COMMERCE. AGRICULTURE.
TORSION AND DOMESTIC NEWS, AMUSEMENT. Sic. Sic.
TERMS : THREE HOLLARS) IN ADVANCE FOCR DOLLARS, A ITER THREE MONTHS.
5
MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 2,1839.
NOTICE.
MTIIE Subscriber, from favorable repre
sentations, employed one Wm. Russell,
a stranger to him, to go to the Cherokee
"with important papers, he left about the
middle of this month w ith a very large Black Mare and
a Sorrel Horse, one of which he was to have left at Ma
con, since which he has not been heard from. He is a
young man, apparently about 23 or 24 years of age,
nearly 6 feet high, says he was tuirn in Baltimore,
though his conversation indicates that he is a foreigner.
A handsome reward will be given to those who will en
able the subscriber to obtain nis property and bring the
thief to justice. A. SHOT WELL.
Lee county, Jan. 22 ts-14
STRAYED,
FIVE or six weeks since, a small light
z-ii r'U Chesnut Sorrel Mare, with a white spot
If s •» the face, the right hind foot white, and
—i-i—l_2— two small knots o.i the hack. Also, a
small Bay Mare, with reached mane and
a small white spot in the face.
w „ WM. WOODLIEF.
Macon, Feb 16 J7 p
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY from the house of the subscriber, li
ving in Crawford county, on the night of ihe 2d
instant, a black fellow by the name of ANDREW.—
He is about five feet six inches high, between 40 and
50 years of age, thick set, and has a scar (or lump) on
! his breast, about the size of a 12J cent piece. He has
a brother in Augusta, by the name of Cuffee, (belong
ing to Col. Gardner, of that place) I will pay the
above reward for his apprehension and commitment in
any jail, so that I can get him.
JACOB FUDGE, Sr.
Feb 16 17 C
{Cr The Augusta Chronicle, and Savannah Geor
gian, will copy the above three Hines, and forward their
account.
COMMERCIAL BANK, )
Macon, Feb. 11, 1833. $
DIVIDENDJVo. 7.
PJBHE Board of Directors have this day declared a
M Dividend of Eight per cent, for the last twelve
I months, on the capital stock paid in, payable to stock
| holders or their legal representatives, on and after
Tuesday next, the 12th instant.
Feb 16 17p G. B. CARHART, Cashier.
LAW NOTICE,
THE undersigned will heveaf’er practice Law under
the firm and style of McDONALD, POWERS
& FRANKLIN, anti will regularly attend the C tins'
heretofore attended by McDonald &Po vers Office
over the Ocmulgee Bank.
c. j McDonald,
A. P POWERS,
Feb 2 15-ts L. FRANKLIN. _
DRESS MAKING AND MILLINERY.
M RS. HANLEITER wishes to inform the Lad *.
of Macon, and vicinity, tha* she has eome to (ho
determination of nursning the press haiikg business,
and flatters herself that, from a 1 mg experience, she wil 1
give entire satisfaction to all who mav think proper to
engage her services. She will endeavor to obtain
pat'erns of the latest Spriar Fashions, and he better
prepared to suit thoseGnJies v.ho may patronise koi.
IKir Her residence is tin Third-street, in the house
fortnerlv occupied by Mr B. Trapp.
Ds"Mrs. SAGEwillarfend tdthe*!lt.ivhy husine-s,
nt the same house; atyd *)iH Bleach and Pres* Bounds
at short notice. 'to ii.it ■
January 19 * •; ill He
DR. JAMES M. GREEN
I NFORMS the public of Alacon and its vicinity, that
he has opened an establishment for the reception
and treatment of Patients suffering from Chronic Dis
ease, or requiring the performance of Surg cal opera
tions, in which those who may be under his care, will
he subject to constant Medical supervision, and every
exertion made to promote their speedy and complete
recovery. He has also an apartment provided for such
Negroes as may be confided to his care, by their own
ers. Planters and others, residing at a distance, may
rely on as much attention being Bestowed on their ser
vants, as if under their immediate superintendance
The establishment is conveniently located, (next door
to his residence,) in a salubrious situation. The medi
cal charges will be th >se usually made by the Physi
cians of Macon; those for board. See., as moderate ns
the state of the market and other circumstances will
permit.
Feb 9 16p
Auction and Commission Business.
rjAHE undersigned has commenced a regular busi
» ness in the above line, and solicits tile patronage
of the public. Refer to
Messrs. Rea & Cotton, Macon.
“ Scott &. Morrell, New Vork.
“ Wm. Patterson Sc Cos., Savannah.
Mr. Charles Hartridge, “
“ Robert Collins, Charleston.
Messrs. Farrar St Hayes, “
Mr. G. McLaughlin, Augusta.
a. r. McLaughlin.
N. B. Sales may he expected on WEDNESDAY
in each week, until lurther notice.
Feb 16 17tf
ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING.
fffAHE Subscribers offer their services to the citizens
JL of Macon, and the surrounding country, in the
various branches of which the above is included, viz :
CARPENTERING in its various branches, ARCHI
TECTURE, and furnishing plans and drawings of all
kinds of buildings, from the domestic cottage to the
sumptuous palace ; and embracing the houses of busi
ness to suit anv kind of commercial intercourse. They
have, for a long time, devoted their whole study to the
business they profess, and believe, from their past ex
perience in the various branches of their profession,
that any person employing them will be satisfied with
their performance. They respectfully solicit a share
of public patronage.
A. F. SHERWOOD,
Feb 23 18p CHESTER HILLS.
NEW BOOKS.
JUST received, Oliver Twist, complete in 2 vols.—
Hannah More’s Accomplished Lady—Miss Les
lie's Complete Cookery—Keith's Demonstrations of the
truth of Christianity, with illustrations —Manual of Con
chologv, with two hundred illustrations, for sale by
C A. ELLS.
Masonic Charts and Diplomas can be furnished
to Lodges in this State, by calling on C- A. E.
Feb 23 18
PIANOS! PIANOS!I
JUST received and for sale, four elegant PIANO
FORTES, manufactured expressly for the smith
ern climate, and are warranted. The public are invi
ted to call and examine them.
THOMAS WOOD.
December 8 7
Fancy Soap, Candy. &c.
"1 / \/A DOZ. Fancy Soap—assorted
1 \J\J 300 lbs Candv do
100 hoxe- and half boxes No. 1 Soap
40 do Sperm Candles
40 doz. Wine. Cherry, Madeira and Hock.
For sale bv J. PHILLIPS.
January 19 I3tf
1 •) BBLS. Cranberries
lew 20 do Apples
30 do Butter Crackers
150 boxes Fresh Raisins. For sale bv
LEVI ECKLEY
December 25 8
SEGARS.
fillll Scgar* just received from Cuba, of the
"Ilf IUMP Flint, Taeon, Iberia, sod o'ber fnvor
i ite brands, lor aale by J. PHILLIPS.
Feb« M
CONGRESSIONAL.
DEBATE IN THE SENATE.
SPE CH OF MR. CLAY,
ON THE SUBJECT OF ABOLITION PETITIONS. |
Thursday, February 7, 1939.
[CONCLUDED.]
The grunt in the Constitution is of a power
of regulation, and not prohibition. It is con
servative, not destructive. Regulation ex vi
termini implies the continued existence or
prosecution of the thing regulated. Prohibi
tion implies total discontinuance or annihilation
The regulation intended was designed to facili- j
tate an ! accommodate, not to obstruct and in
commode the commerce to lie regulated. Can
it be pretended that, under this power to regu- j
late commerce among the Stales, Congress!
lias the power to prohibit the transportation of
livestock which, in countless numbers, are
daily passing from the western and interior
States to the Southern, South-western, andj
Atlantic States ? Tne moment the ineontesti
ble fact is admitted, that negro slaves are j
projierty, the law > >f moveable property irresisti- j
bly attaches itself to them, and secures the
right of carrying them from one to another!
State, where they are recognized as property,'
witiiout any hindrance whatever from Con
gress.
But, Mr. President, I will not detain the
Senate longer on the subject of slavery within
the District and in Florida, and of the light of
Congress to prohibit the remov 1 of slaves from
one State to another. These, as I have alrea
dy intimated, with ultra-abolitionists are but
so many masked batteries, concealing the real
point of attack. That point of attack is the
institution of domestic slavery as it exists in
these States. It is to liberate three millions of
slaveshel l } in bondage within them. A"d now
allow trie, sir, to glance til the it; nirmotintaLae
obstacles which lie in the way ofthe accomplish
ment of this end, and at some ofthe conse
quences which would ensue if it were possible
to attain it.
The first impediment is the utter and abso
lute want of all the power on the part ofthe*
General Government to effect tlie purpose.!
The Constitution ofthe United States creates:
a limited Government, comprising compara
tively few powers, and leaving the residuary
mass of political power In the possession of the
several States. It is well known that the sub
ject of slavery interposed one of the greatest
difficulties in the formation ofthe Constitution.
It was happily compromised and adjusted in a
spirit of harmony and patriotism. According
to that compromise, no power whatever was
granted to the General Government in respect
to domestic slavery, but that which relates to.
taxation and representation, and the [tower to
restore fugitive slaves to their lawful owners, j
All other power in regard to the institution of
slavery was retained exclusively by the States,
to be exercised by them severally, according
to their respective views of their own peculiar
interest. The Constitution of the United
States never could have been formed upon the
principle of investing the General Government
with authority to abolish the institution at its
pleasure. It never can be continued for a sin
gle day if the e.v rcise of such a power be
assumed or usurped.
But it may be contended by these ultra-abo
litionists that their object is not lo stimulate
the action of the General Gove« nrneut, but to
opt rate upon the States themselves in which
the institution of domestic slavery exists, if
tlwt lie their object, wlty tire these obolitiou
societies and movements all confined to the
free States ? Why are the slave States wan
tonly and cruelly assailed ? Wity do the
abolition presses teem witli publications ten-1
ding to excite hatred and animosity on the!
part of the inhabtants of the free States against |
those of the slave States ? Why is Congjess
petitioned ? The free States have no more:
power or rigiit to interfere with institutions in j
the slave States, confided to the exclusive j
jurisdiction of those States, that they would J
have to interfere witli institutions existing in j
any foreign country. What would Ite thought
of tlie formation of societies in Great Biitain,
the issue of numerous inflammatory publica
tions, and the sending out oflecturer.s through
out the kingdom, denouncing at the destruction
of tin) of the institutions of France? Would
they be regarded as proceedings warranted
by good neighborhood ? Or wnat would Ite
thought of the formation of societies in thej
slave States, the issue of violent and iuflamtna- j
lory tracts, and tlie deputation of missionaries
[touring out impassioned denunciations against
institutions under the exclusively controlol the
free States ? Is their purpose to apjiea to our
understanding, and to actuate our humani
ty? And do they expect to accomplish
that purpose by holding us up to tlie scorn
and contempt, and detestation ofthe |>eople of
the free States and the whole civilized world?
Tiie slavery which exists amo ;gst us is our
affair, not tlieirs ; and they have no more just
concern with it than they have with slavery a;
it exists throughout the world. Way not
leave it to us, as th common Constitution ol
our country has left it, to lie dealt with, under
the guidance of Providence, as best we may
or can ?
Tlie next obstacle in tlie way of alioliiioii
arises out of the feet ol tlie presence in tlie
slave States of three millions of slaves. Tliey
are there, dispersed throughout tlie land, part
laud parcel of our population. Tliey were
brought into tlie country originally under tlie
authority of tlie parent Government whilst we
were .tolouies, and their importation was coo.
1 tinned in spite of all tlie remoustranco. of our
i
C. R. II AN PRINTER.
ancestors. If tlie question were an original;
question, u licther tiler* being no slaves within
i tlie country, we should introduce them, and
; incorporate them into our society, that would
;be a totally different question. Few, if any j
i of the citizens of the United States would be
| found to favor their introduction. 1 No n an
in it would o[>[M)sc, upon that suppr sition, i
| tlieir admission with more determined resolu
tion and conscientious repugnance that I
; should. But that is not tlie question. The
i slaves are lie re; no practical scheme for their
removal or separation from us has been yet
devised or proposed ; and the true inquiry is,*
what is best to lie done wait them. In hu
man affairs we are often constrained, by the
force of circumstances and the actual state of
tilings, to do what yve would not do if that
state of things did not exist. The slaves are
here, and here must remain, in some condition;
and. I repeat, how me they to lx; liest governed?
'Vhat is best to be done lor tlieir happtucss and
our own ? In the slave States the alternative
is, that the white man must govern the black.;
or the black govern the white. In several of
those States, the numlier of the slaves is grea
ter *han that of tlie white population. An
immediate abolition of shivery in them, as
tliese ultra alxjlitionists propo-e, vvouh lx; fol
'oweii by a desperate struggle for immediate;
ascendency of the black race over the white
race, or rather it would he followed by instan
taneous collisions between the two races,
which would break out into a civil war tha!
would end in the extermination or subjugation
of tlie one race or the other. In such an alter
native, who can hesitate? Is it not better for
both parties that the existing state of things
should be preserved, instead of exposing them
to tlie horrible strifes and contests which would
inevitably attend an immediate abolition?
This is our true ground of defence for the con
tinned existence of slavery in our country.
It is that which oar Revolutionary ancestors
assumed. It is that which, in rny opinion,
forms our justification in the eyes of all
Christendom.
A third impediment to immediate abolition is
to be found in the immense amount of capital
which is invested m slave nr®;>ertv. The
total number of slaves in the United States,
according to tlie last enumeration ofthe popu :
latioti, was a little upwards of two millions.
Assuming their increase at a ratio, which it
probably is, of five pci cent, per annum, their
present numlier would be three iiiiil.otis.
The average value of slaves at this time is
stated by persons well informed to lx: - is high
as five hundred Collars each. To be certainly
within the mark, let us suppose that it is only
four hundred dollars. Tlie total value, then,;
by that estimate, of the slave projierty, in the
United States is twelve hundred millions of
dollars. This projierty is diffused throughout
all classes and conditions of society. It is
owned by widows and orphans, by the aged
and infirm, as well as the sound and vigorous. I
It is the subject of mortgages, deeds of trust, I
and family settlements. It has been made the '■
basis of numerous debts contracted upon its 1
faith, and is the sole reliance.in many instances.:
of creditors within and without the slave Slates,
for the payment ofthe debts due to them.
And now it is rashly proposed, by a single fiat
of legislation, to annihilate this immense amount
of property ! To annihilate it without indemni
ty and w ithout compensation to its owners!
Does any considerate man believe it to be
possible to effect such an object without con
vulsion, revolution, and bloodshed?
I know that there is a visionary dogma
which holds that negro slaves cannot be tlie
subject of projierty. I shall not dwell long
with this sjieculative abstraction. That is
projierty which tlie law declares lo be projierty.
Two hundred years of legislation have sane j
tioned and sanctified negro slaves as projierty.!
Undei all tlie forms of goverment which have
existed ujion this continent during that long
space of time—under the British Government
—under the Colonial Government —under all
the State Constitutions and Governments —
and under the Federal Government itself—
tliey have been deliberately and soiemiy rerog.
nixed as the legitimate subjects of projierty.
To the wild speculations of theorists and inno
vators stands opposed th a fact, that in an un
interrupted period of two hundred years’ do
ration, under every form of him an leg -l.itiim,
and by all the departments of human govern
ment, African negro slaves have lieeo (wild and
lespect d.have descended and been transferred
as lawful and indisputable property. They
were treated as property in tlie Br tish example
winch is so triunijihantly apj<eaied to as worthy
of our imitation. Although the West India
j footers had no voice in tl* United P irlia
meut of te British Dies, an irresistible sen re
of justice extorted from that Legislature the
giant of twenty million- oi pounds sieiling
to comj.cn.sate tlie colonists for tlieir loss of
projierty.
If, therefore, these ultrn-abolitionists are
seriously determined to pursue their scheme!'
•if immediate abolition, they should at once set
aliout raising it fund «>ftwelve hundred millions |
of dollars, to indemnify the owners of slave,
projierty. And tlie taxes to raise that enor
mous amount can only he justly as-es-ed upon
i themselv -s or upon t. e free States, ifthey can
: jiersuade them to assent to such as assessment;
j for it would lie a mockery of all justice and an
1 outrage against all equity to levy a 'V portion
of tlie tax upon tlie slave Slates to pay for their
own unquestioned projierty.
If the considerations to which I have already 1
adverted are not soffit ient to dissuade the
abolitionists from further persev race in the r
designs, the itnereuU of tlie very cause which
f they profess to espouse ought to check li cif
career. Instead ol ucvoLCitg, Ly (hen efforts,
that cause, tliey have thrown buck for half*
century the prospecl of any species of ernancie
pat ion of the African race, gradual or imrne
liate. in any of tlie States. Tliey have done
more ; they have increased tlie rigors oflcgis.
tlon against slaves in most, if not all, of tlio
slave States. Forty yfcarsngo tl.fc qtiC-libn
was agitated in the Sta’e of Kentucky of a
gradual emancipation of the slaves within its
limits. By gradual emancipation, I mean that
slow but safe and cautious liberation of slaves
| which was first adopted in Pennsylvania S' the
i instance of Dr. Franklin, in the year 1790,
; and, according to which, tlie generation in
I x:ing were to remain in slavery, but ail ihe r
| offspring born after a specified day were to
lie free at the age of twenty-eight, and, in tho
mean time, were to receive preparatory in.
struction to qualify them for the enjoyment of
freedom. That was the species of emancipa
tion which, at the ejroch to which I allude,
was discussed in Kentucky. No otic was rash
enough to jiropose or think of immediate nholi
lion. No one was rash enough to tliink of
throwing loo.se iijxmi ttie community, igno ai I
and unprepared, the untutored slaves of the
State. Many tlmught, and I amongst them,
that as each of the slave States had h rigiit
exclusively to judge for itself in respect to the
institution of domestic slavery, the proportion
of slaves compared with the white population
m that State, at that time, was so inconsidera
ble that a system of gradual emancipation
might have been safely adopted without uev
hazard to the security and interests ofthe
Commonwealth. And I still think that tla;
question of such emancijiation in the farming
States, is one whose solut ou depends upon
the relative numbers ofthe two races in any
given State. If I had been a citizen of the
State of Pennsylvania, when Franklin’s plan
had lieen a looted, I should have voted for it,
because by no possibility could the black race
e>er acquire the ascendency in that State.
But il l had lx;en tlien, or were now, a citzen
of ntty of the planting States—the Southern
or .South-western States—l should have op.
posed, and wo .Id continue to oi jio-e, any
scheme whatever of emanoijiut on, gradual or
immediate, because of tlie danger of mi ultimate
asceada* rv of tlie black race, or pf a civil con
test which m'ght terminate in the extinction of
one race or the other.
NO. 19.
The projiosition in Kentucky fora gradual
emancipation did not prevail, but it was sus.
rained by a large and respectible minority.
That minority had increased, and was incieas
ing, until the abolitionists commenced their
operations. IHe effect has been to dissijiate
all prospects whatever, for the jiresent, of anv
scheme of gradual or other emancipation.
The People of U at State have become shocked
and alarmed by tliese abolition movements,
and the number who would now favor a sys.
tent even of gradual emancipation is probably
less than it was in the years 1798.’9. At the
seas on of tlie Legislature held in 1537-’9, tl;e
question of calling a convention w-as submitted
to the consideration of tlie People by a law
jiassed in conformity with tlie Constitution of
the State. Many n otives existed for the
passage of the law, and among them that of
emancipation had its influence. W.ien tho
! question was passed upon by the People at
their last annual election, on'y nl>o it one so irtli
o the whole voters of the S: te supported a
! caD of a convention. Tlie appro'iens ; on ofthe
: danger of abolition was tlie leading considera
tion amongst the People for opposing the call.
But for that, hut for the agitation of the ques-
I tion of abolition in States wiiose jiopulation had
no right, in the opinion of the People of Ken
tucky, to interfere in the matter, the vote for
a convention would have been much larger, if
it had not been carried. I felt myself con
straint and to take immediate, bold, decided
ground against it.
Prior to the ng tution ofthis subject ofaboli.
tion, there was a progressive melioration in the
condition of slaves throughout all the slave
Slates. In some of them, schools of instruc
tion were opened by humane and religious
persons. T.iese are all now checked ; and
a spirit of insubordination having shown itself
in some localities, traceable, it is believed to
abolish movements and exertion , tho legisla
tive authority lias found it exjiedient to infuse
fresh vigor into the p< dice, and laws which
regulate the conduct of the slaves.
And now, Mr. President, if it were possible
to overcome the insurmountable obstacles
which lie in the way of immediate abolition,
let us briefly contemplate some of tlie conse
quences which would inevitably ensue. One
of tliese has been occasionally alluded to in
tlie jirogress of tuese remarks. It is the
struggle w iicn would instantaneously arise
between tiie two races in most ofthe Soutliern
and Southweste n States. And what a dread,
ful struggle would it not lie! Embittered by
all tlie recollections of tne past, by tlie un
conquerable prejudices which would prevail
I between tlie two races, and stimulated by all
! tiie Uijies and fears of the future, it would be
a contest in which t..e extermination of the
blacks, or their ascendancy over tiie whites,
would be the sole alternative. Prior to the
conclusion, or during the jirogress of such a
contest, vast iiumliers, probably, of tlie black
race would migrate into the free States ; and
what effect would such a migration have ujion
i the biboi ng classes in those States !
Now t.ie distribution of labor in the United
j States is geographical; tin free laborers oc
ciijiviug one side of the line, and the slave
laborers tlie other ; each class pur-uing its
[own avocations almost altogether unnuxed
with the other. But, on the supjrosition of
immediate abolition, tne black class, migrating
mto tiie tr e States, w ould enter into conijieti
t on with the white class, diminishing the wages
of their labor, and augmenting the hardships of
‘their condition.
I his is not all. The abolitionists strenuous
ly ojipose all-separation of the two races. I
confess to you. sir, that I have seen with regret,
grief and astonishment, their reso.uteojipos tion
to tne project of colonization. No scheme
was ever presented to the neeptnnee of man,
winch, whether it be entirely practicable or not
is characterized by more unmixed humanity
ami benevolence than that oftransjjorting, with
t;ieir own consent, the free |ieo|ile of color in
tiie United States to tlie land of their ancestors.
It has tl e powerful racommendatien that
whatever it does is good; and if it effect*
nothing, it inflicts no one evil 6'- mischief njxin
a, y portion of our soujoiy. Tusic in an