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ABOLITION—INFATUATION OF TIIE FED
ERAL WHIG LEADERS OF THE SOLIH.
TO THE HON. JOHN M. BOTTS.
Sir: The most extraordinary spectac.e ever ex
hibited in political warfare, is now- witnessed in
the combination of slaveholders in the i>ooth with
Abolitionists of the North, for the purpose of mak
ing a President of the United States. I hat politi
cal men of your creed should sacrifice all the ordi
nary interests of the community to which they be
long in their unprincipled struggle for power, is not
at all surprising; but that men of any creed should
enter into coalitions, expressed or implied, with a
fanatical sect, whose principles strike at the founda
tion of society itself, and threaten, not only their
piooerty, but the lives of their wives and children,
,3 absolutely astounding.
That the object of the Harrisburg Convention,
in preferring General Harrison to Henry Clay, was
to secure the votes of the Abolitionists, no candid
man has the hardihood to deny. The Abolitionists
themselves, every where exult in a consciousness i
of the influence which enabled them to control the
decision of that body, and look to it as the harhen
ger of the day, not far distant, when the power of ;
the nation shall he wielded by their hands.
What principle of honesty or patriotism could i
have induced any Southern man even to acquiesce
in this foul coalition, and join hands with those
whose every measure tends to the destruction of ail 1
that is dear to them, it is impossible for an ingenu
ous mind to conceive. Principle, stern inflexible
principle, repelling promptly, as it is “scented upon
the tainted breeze,” the approach of these contri
vers of desolation and death, is the only way in
which the South can escape the bloody scenes
which are in preparation. Henry Clay was,in that
respect, the bold and undaunted champion of her
rights and her safety; he had spoken out as n man,
who “scorned to palter in a double sense,” and cheat
hi< countrymen out of their suffrages; he was a
leader worthy of the principles of Southern Fede
ralism; that party in your section of the Union
could have supported him with an honest pride, and
a fervent enthusiasm. If, with such a leader, they
had been defeated, they would still have been strong !
in conscious integrity; they would with ahold fare !
have opposed, and with a strong hand resisted, the
approaches of the fell enemy to their safety; they
would, on that subject at least, have preserved a
cordial union among their own people, which would
have rendered ihem invincible in defence of their
reserved rights and constitutional powers.
But a different course has been pursued The
only man whom you could honestly support was
abandoned, and for what? Because he canid not get
the votes o f your implacable enemies! Ves, your par
ty in the South abandoned their frank and leaness
champion, in the hope of a union at the polls with
those who stand reaMy withtheirdaggers and knives
to stab you to the heart, and cut the thioats of your
wives and children! Thus the South is made to
lose its moral power, its self respect, its conscious
ness of right, is divided and cut up, while the enemy
comes rushing on with renovated hopes and whet
ted ferocity.
I charge you, sir, with having become, without
duly weighing the disastrous consequences, one of
the principal agents to render effective this policy
so fatal to the State and people whom you in part
represent. I charge you with associating yourself
with known and pledged Abolitionists, for the pur
pose of making a President by the joint votes of the
people of the Souih, and the Abolitionists ot the
North; a poli<?y which is prostrating the South,
handcuffed and bound, at the feet of her eternal,
implacable, and sleepless foe!
I do not make this charge without the proofs.—
The authenticity of the following document has, 1
believe, never been denied by you, although it has
been for months before the public, viz:
“Washington, January 21, 134 r.
Sir; The undersigned, an Executive Committee,
appointed by the Opposition members of Congress,
have taken the liberty of appointing you an Execu
tive and Corresponding Committee lor your coun
ty, and vve have the honor of enclosing a prospec
tus lor the Madisonian. We recommend that pa
per to the conficence and support of the opponents
of the Administration throughout the country.—
The committee attach much importance to a gene
ral circulation of the Madisonian, and other politi
cal pamphlets, calculated to enlig iten the public
mind. The subscribers which you may procure
(and we doubt not, considering the cheapness and
ability of the paper, they will be many,) will be en
titled, gratis, to ail such pamphlets.
We have confidence that it will afford you plea
sure to aid us in our efforts to rescue the Adminis
tration of the Government from the hands of the
present imbecile and corrupt incumbents. With
the aid of an honest and fearless press, these ef
forts, wc trust, will be successful. We are aware
that the acceptance of this appointment may sub
ject you so some sacrifice; your patriotism is a
sufficient guarantee that it will be borne with cheer
fulness. The consideration that we are in the ser
vice of an injured and crushed people, should ani
mate us in the use of every honorable exertion to
effect the common object in view— the restora
tion of the Government to the days of her
patriot Presidents.
Your obedient servants,
R. Garland, La. Leverett Saltonstall, Ms.
John Bell, Tenn. Truman Smith, Conn.
J M. Botts, Va. Chas. Naylor, Penn.
Thos. Corwin, Ohio, J. C. Clark, N. Y.
M. H. Grinnell, N. Y'. Committee.”
The fact of your association, as one of a grand
electioneering committee for the whole Union with
the gentlemen whose names are appended to this
paper, has been confi-med by the publication of sun
dry other papers bearing the same signatures, and
is conclusively established.
Passing over the palpable fact, that this commit
tee was appointed by the whole party in Congress
calling themselves “Whigs,” including the most ra
bid Abolitionists from the North, I take the political
character of the members of the committee them
selves, as conclusive evidence of the foul combina
tion 1 have charged.
I assert, and have the proof to show, that no loss
than THREE of this committee which is laboring
nightand day to overthrow this Administration ana
make a President by Abolition voles, are FLEDG
ED ABOLITIONISTS.
TRUMAN SMITH, come to the bar of the peo
ple and state by what right or title you are the asso
ciate of J. M. Bolts in enlightening the South by
your circulars and handbills, and asking her confid
ing people to vote for your candidate for the Presi- !
dency! When you were a candidate for the seat
in Congress now held by you, Messrs. Horace
Cowles, P. Canfield, and John Braddeck, “a com
mittee appointed by the Executive Committee of
the Connecticut Anti-Slavery Society,” in a letter
dated “Hartford, March 4, 1839,” put to you the fol
lowing questions, viz:
“1. Are you in favor of the immediate abolition
of slavery in the Disirict of Columbia?”
“2. Are you opposed to admission into the Union '
of any new State whose Constitution tolerates sla
very?”
The following is an extract from your reply, dat
ed Litchfield, March 17th, 1839, viz:
“I feel no difficulty in communicating ray views
touching questions of indisputable right, where
there can be neither concession nor compromise, and
SU i Ki^ er raalters as are °f a nature so plain and
palpable that the whole community, especially with
, win be likely to unite in the same result.
-a,, F an , l *' er efore say that, in common with those
fore the nnKc aT r agenc y in bringing my name be
crying evil thp’ consider slavery as a great and
mation Ch ' S a “ cunsura ‘
mentarv on th,L O be " ls^ed ? that it is a sad com
and equal
frontlet upon our inUMfolJTi our ancestors ns a
Constitution confSg" 0 " n'‘ words of the
•to exercise exclusive leg?Jai,on in .l?s po ; ver
soever’ over the District of Coin™ v a cases "'bal
ly broad to clothe that
Ute, (should they deem it expedient) thisev
seat of Government; that the introduction o Tf*
eign, independent and sovereign State into om Un
ion is totally unauthorized by the Constitution- and
if it were otherwise, the measure would be inexpe
dient if the effect would be to extend and aggravate
the disease which all would extirpate, if possible,
from our system; and especially do 1 think that the
people should enj »y the unalienable rights of speech,
petition and the press, that these sacred immunities
ought not to be trifleo with, nor frittered away, that
no tyrannous majority should establish an‘Atherton
gag,’ nor law !e>s mob trample under foot peaceable
and unoffending citizens assembled to concentrate
upon the dark recesses of slavery all the effulgence
of reason, religion, and truth.
* uli respect to the admission of new States fo>-
rating slavery to a participation of the blessings of
the Federal compact, 1 would observe that no such '
application will he made, except by the Territory
! of Florida, for man}- years to come: and if she shad
presr r.t herself, as Arkansas rad, with a < ’onslitnta n
denying to her Legislature the power of emancipa
tion, and passing an irreversible sentence of bond- j
age against a hapless race, i should dread the re I
sponsibiiity of giving iier a plac-3 among the stars of
’ the Union ”
To the same question* your colleague, Mr. Brock- !
wav, gave tne following answer, viz:
“In reply to your first question. ! have r.o hesita- i
I tion in saying that, believing as J do, in the right of ,
| ( to abolish slnverv in the District of Co
lumbia, I am m favorof i:s abolition as soon as such
, a measure can be accomplished, consistently w ith
; the good of the whole country. Two resolutions |
psssed by the Inst Legislature, had my hearty sup
port and approbation, and embody my-sent mi nts i
lon this subject They were in the words follow-j
“ Resolved, That Congress has, by the ennstiin
; lion, power to abolish slavery and the slave trade
in rne District nf Columbia and the Territories.
“ Resolved, That it is the duty of Congress to j
exercise the same, as soon as it can he done con
sistently with the best good of the whole country
“ To your second question, I reply, that I am not
in favor of the admission o? any new State into
the Union, whose constitution tolerates slavery.” I
These, and similar replies from your associates i
on the Federal Wing ticket, satisfied the A bolition- i
I ists, secured to you their votes, and placed you in
! Congress.
JOHN C. CLARK, s‘r.nd up, and tell Mr. Botts,
; and tne people of the South, what you meant by
your address to the electors of Chenango county,
voluntarily w ritten on the 3d day of November, i
1833, while you were a candidate for the seat you |
now hold, from which the following is an extract,
VIZ:
“ The right nf petition is dear, and secured to the
j American people. Its rejection by the British {
' Crown was one cause of serious complaint by our
| Revolutionary fathers I will never consent to its
! denial or abridgment; hut sustain it in its fullest ■
| latitude, without reference to condition or color
*• The exclusive right given by the Constitution
| to Congress, to legislate for the District of Colum-
I hta, authorizes that body to abolish slavery in that
j District! The period when that power will be exer
| cised, 1 trust is not remote; ami when that period
! arrives, should 1 hold a seat in Congress, the ap
| peals nf the free, the humane, and the oppressed, I
shall not be made in vain.”
By covertly circulating this pledge among the
Abolitionists, you secured their votes, nr d became
the associate of Mr. Bolts in Congress, and upon
the erand Federal Executive Committee.
LEVLRETT SALTONSTALL is an old politi
co! offender. He was one of the Committee in
i the Massachusetts Legislature, in 1814, which re
commended the infamous Hartford Convention,
j acted fully with the Federal pnny of that day, and '
: entered warmly into their mad projects. One of the
grievances they then complained of was, that the
; South had an undue share of power in the consti
| tulional apportionment of representation in Con
| gress, and llie Hartford Convenm n made proposi
tions to amend the Constitution, so as to si rip the
1 South of a portion of its present power, as also to
j prevent the admission into the Union of new States
tolerating slavery.
In the fall of 1833, when Mr. Saltonstall was a
candidate for the station now held by h:m, the fol
• lowing questions were put to him by direction of
the Essex County Anti-Slavery Convention, viz:
■ | “1. Are you in favor of the immediate emanci
pation of the enslaved in she District of Columbia
; and the Territory of Florida?
! I “2 Do yon believe that Congress has power to !
abolish the slave ir Mo between the States, and are
you in favor of the immediate exercise of that ;
• power?
■ j “3. Are you in favor of such additional legisla- I
■ j Don as may he needed to remove the immediate and
effectual prohibition of the slavelrade between the
i United States and Texas?
i “4. Do you think it would he the duty of a mem
ber of the next Congress to take the earliest possi- |
ble opportunity to make and sustain a motion to in
struct the committee on the District of Columbia
to bring in a bill for the immediate abolition of sia
i very and the slave trade in that District; and if this j
fails, to himself, if possible, bring in and support a
bill to that effect; and if this should he ineffectual,
to seize every proper opportunity under the rulesof
! the House to urge this question upon the considers
; tion of that body.”
To these questions, Mr. Saltonstall, on the Ist
I November, made a long reply, the substance of
which is embraced in the following extracts, viz:
“As to the constitutional power of Congress to
; abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of
Columbia, 1 have never had any doubt, and did not
j suppose, until recemly, that it couid he made a
question, or that the exercise of the power would be
opposed on that ground. 1 think it clear, also, as a
general principle, that Congress has power to abol
ish slavery in the Territories. * * *
“The question as to the constitutional power of
Congress to abolish the slave trade between the
States is one of more difficulty. * * *
“But, not to enlarge, from what examination I
have given the subject, my present opinion is, that
Congress has the power to prohibit the slave trade
between the States.
“'1 hose powers with which the Constitution has
invested Congress relate to vastly important sub
jects. None more so can come under tiuir conside- |
ration. Surely no reason can be found in their
great importance, why they should not he exercis
ed. However delicate, exciting, or complicated, i
questions in relation to slavery may be, or may be
made, they ought, in my- oi inion, to be brought be
fore Congress, and to be made the subject of full,
free, and deliberate discussion in that legislative '
body, which alone has the power to remedy these 1
evils. No one who has noticed the ‘signs of the
times,’ and the progress of opinion concerning sla
very, not only in the United States, but throughout
the civilized world, can doubt but these subjects
must be brought forward, and that Consress must,
and will, eventually, exercise their
power in relation to them. Ido not now see what
i> to be gained by delay, or how these questions are
to become less difficult or complicated by postpone
’ rnent. On the contrary, with my present views, I
am of opinion that Congress ought immediately to
exercise its full constitutional powers, by- efficient !
legislation on the subject of slavery.
“/ have always considered it a sufficientground for
leant of confidence in the President of Ike United
: States, that, in entering on the duties of his office, he
made the gratuitous declaration, in iffect, that he
should veto any hill which had for its object the aboli
tion of slavery in the District of Columbia—the most
objectionable sentiment ever avowed by a Chief Ma
gistrate of this nation.
“if the slave trade is carried on between the U.
States and Texas, such additional legislation ought
immediately to be had as may be necessary and
effectual to put a stop to it.”
Here, sir, is conclusive testimony that no less
than THREE out of your eight associates on the
“Executive Committee,” are PLEDGED ABOLI
TIONISTS! It is believed that two others, mak
ing a majority of the whole body, are of the same
character ; but not having conclusive testimony to i
prove it, I shall not name them. Certain it is, that <
Thomas Corwin is the candidate of the Abolition- ]
ists in Ohio for Governor. i
Do you doubt the sincerity of these pledges ? i
Do you believe these men avowed principles they I
secretly abhor, and promised the Abolitionists <
-iWLI' nyL ■ I il— 111 m i I
what they did not intend to perform ? If so, why
have you joined your name with theirs for the pur
pose of giving credence and weight to electioneer
mg papers ? Could you, compatibly with your own
honor, or in justice to the country, unite with men
to instruct the people who. in your hearts, you be
lieved had ob’ained the votes of their constituents
by pledges which they did not intend to perform ?
1 ou, sir, are not at liberty to question their sinceri
ty. You must look upon them as intending to he
true to their pledges —as the deadly enemies oftne
dearest interests of your constituents and of the
South as the chosen leaders of those fanatics who
will,if they ran, liberate yonr slaves, even by fire
and sword. Ye-, sir. you nave associated yourself t
with men who stand pledged to abolish slavery in
the District, of Columbia "if they can, to interdict
transportation of slaves from one State to ano
ther, to oppose the admission into the Union of any ;
new State wherein slavery exists, to prohibit the
transportation of s'aves to Texas—in fine, men
who have given all the material pledges which A
boiitiomsm has asked, to those e.rtiuliy designed
measures which are intended to prepare the way •
for the grand drama of Abolition, at whatever ha
zard, throiuzhout the slave-holding States. Alrea
dy ihe fanatics of tne North are heard to abjure the
Constitution and repudiate the Union, if the one or
the other shall he found to obstruct 'he progress of
what they call the “Holy Cause.” already they
disclaim responsibility for any blood that maybe
shed in their mad crusade. Already they invoke
the names of God and re igton to sanctify a course
which leads directly to rebellion and murder—al
ready are many of them imbued with the frenzied
zeal, which, in Europe, induced hundreds of thou
| sands of infatuated men. with Peter the Hermit ;
i and ins successors at their head to precipitate them- i
I selves upon Asia, for the purpose of rescuing the
holy sepulchre from the hands of the infidels.
And you, a Son ! hf:rn man and a Virginian, a Rr
| presentative of the country threatened to he deso-
I lated by a fanaticism more relentless and bloody 1
| than the barbarism of the Goths and Vandals, make
yo 'rse'f the associate of ihe LEADERS in this cm- :
i nude against your own constituents, ihns giving '
i them character, courage, and strength ! You pul
your name with theirs on papers designed toinfln- 1
puce the people of the South —you or yonr confe
derates send their franked packets to delude the
, victims they are watching to destroy—you make i
| yourself one of them, their friend, their ally, their
confidential counselor, their active assistant, in
measures calculated, whatever may he your inten
! ti ms, to extend their influence and establish their
; power. Do yon doubt that such is the effect ol the |
grand drama, commencing with the nomination of
Hairisonat Harrisburg, through i he influence of the
I Abolitionists, which the Executive < ommittce of i
; Abolitionists and Southern Whigs, of winch you
arc a member, was appointed to sustain ? Proba
bly you have not seen the evidences of this fact : >
and I submit a few of them fur yonr inspection.
Upon the announcement of the results ol the
Harrisburg Convention, the Liberator, published at
' Hn-ton, said :
I "We regard this (Harrison’s nomination over
Clay) as another important sign of the times—as a
I signal defeat of the slaveocracy power in that con
tention. Had it not been for Ahoiitionism, Henry '
i Clay would undoubtedly have been nominated.
| We have faith to believe that NO SLAVEHOL- {
Dclß WILL EVER AGAIN BE PERM FI TED
TO FILL THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE IN
THIS REPUBLIC.”
The Emancipator, published at New York, said ;
' “Well, the agony s over, and Henry- (hay is—
laid on the shelf No man of ordinary intelligence
can doubt or deny that it is the anti-slavery reel
ing of the North which has done it, in connection
wdh Ms own ostentatious and infamous pro-slave
ry demonstrations in Congress. Praise to God tor
a great anti-slavery victory ! A man of high tai- j
ents, of great distinction, o; long political services,
of boundless personal popularity, has been openly
rejected for rhe Presidency of this Republic.on at- !
| count of his devotion to slavery. Set up a mono, j
j went i f progress there! Let t’’e winds te!i the
tale. Let the slaveholders hear the new s. Let f'o- :
reign nations hear it. Let O’Conneli hear it Let
the slaves hear it. A SLAVEHOLDER IS IN
CAPACITV-D FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF :
THE UNITED STATES ! The reign of slave
ocracy is hastening to a close.
The Philanthropist, at Cincinnati,summed up the
1 matter in the following wo.ds, viz :
| “The views of anti-slavery editors regarding the
Harrisburg nomination, should be known by oar
| readers. They all, we believe, recognise the fact
| that the njection of Mr. Clay, and reiention of
j Gen Harrison as the candidate of the Opposition,
are, to some extent, a concession to the spirit of Li
\ herty in the North .”
The Liberator said, in February last: “It will
he remembered, tha) in balloting for a candidate at
Harrisburg, all the delegates from the slave hold
i ing States voted fur Clay on every trial, until a
choice was effected- The South then was defeat
ed in all iis wishes. It tried to get a slaveholder
nominated, and con'd not succeed, SOLELY BE
, CAUSE HE WAS a SLAVEHOLDER.
The following is a part of a resolution adopted
hy ihe Massachusetts Arm-slavery society at their
annua! meeting, viz:
“ Resolved, That we regard the refusal of the
Harrisburg Convention to ominate Henry Clay
S as a candidate for the Presidency, as a signal and.
glorious triumph of truth over error, of liberty over
slavery, and we believe the course of that man <>n
the subject of slavery has completely blighted ail
Ids fondly cherished hopes of becoming ihe Chief
! Magistrate of this nation,” &e Arc.
Passing over a volume of similar testimony, I
come to the report of the Esecu ve Comrnntee ol
the American Anti-slavery Society,” made at their
late annual meeting in New A oik, an extract of
which is published in the Anti-slavery Reporter of
the present month. This document being the em
bodiment of the views of Abolitionists for the I
j whole country, holds the following language, viz : |
“We declare our entire conviction that THE
CAUSE itself, for which the Society was formed,
i and to which it is therefore merely secondary, is ,
advancing in the public mind with GREAT RA
PIDITY AND POWER. The rejection of Henry
Clay—a slaveholder and defender of slavery—lS j
A WAYMARK IN OUR HISTORY.” * * *
“The peaceful delivery of that portion of tlie Hon.
W. Slade's speech which presses the Abolition of
slavery in the District of Columbia, with its inser- j
tion in the rohanns of the National Intelligencer.
shows the beginning of a change in the feelings of
slaveholders. The diminished vote by which the
Congressional gag was carried at the present ses
sion, proves that the North is less servile than it
was.”
And had the committee known the fact, would
they not have alluded to the mingling of Aboli
tionists and Southerners on the Grand Harrison
Committee as exhibiting a progressive '•'■change in !
the feelings of slaveholders,'’ and as the strongest !
evidence that “THE CAUSE” is advancing ’•with
great rapidity and power ?"
Yon see, sir, that a shout of exultation hurst from
the gloomy ranksof mad Abolition when they saw
that an American Statesman was rejected as a can
didate for the Presidency merely because he was a
slaveholder! This proscription of the Washing
tons, the JefTersons, and the Madisons of the
South, filled them with irrepressible delight, and in
their ecstacy they called on the winds to "‘•tell the
tale !” .And as the demon passed over Washington
to announce the tidings \o l 'the slave ” and '•'the
slaveholder" of the sunny region, he smiled at see
ing John }[. Bolts. John Bell, and Rice Garland,
in concert with Truman Smith, J. C. Clark, and
Leverett Saltonstall, taking the most effective steps
to consummate the victory !
One would think that the proscription of a can
didate, every other way preferable and preferred,
merely because he was a slaveholder, would have '
induced every man of the South who regards the 1
equality secured to him by the Constitution, to re
pudiate and denounce the proceedings of the Har
risburg Convention as in the highest degree wrong
ful and insulting to their country. Y et, submission '
to that act of proscription, humiliating and degra- I '
ding as it was, ought to be considered but as a i’ea | 1
SL«E.wemja-».-3..»WLL.AifcMr3——p—M——i
ther compared with the estemial and all-pervading
interests put in jeopardy by an union, for any pur
pose, with the leaders of Abolition.
All the Smith justly looks upon the attack on sla
very in the District of Columbia as an attack upon '
the outworks of the Southern States, to be follow
ed. if successful, by a general assault upon their 1
domestic institutions. i
It looks upon the means taken to accomplish this !
end as directly calculated and evidently designed j
to excite discontent, rebellion, and servile war.
Every thing that encourages and strengthens the
Abolitionists, aggravates the danger ami places m j ;
jeopardy, not only the property of every Southern
man, but his life and the Bees of his wife and chil
dren. God forbid that I should charge you with
designing to produce rebellion and murder by your
open association with Abolitionists ; but I beg you j
seriously to reflect, whether you are not blindly i
contributing to that result. I beg you to look back j
at the past, look at your associates, look at their |
pledges, consider the consequences if they were I
carried out, and ihen detemnne whether it be coin- |
i patible with your duty to the people of Virginia i
longer to associate with Messrs Smith, Clarke, and i
Saltonstall, in the support of their candidate, and i
w hether you do not insult that people by invoking |
tiie aid of such men to teach them for whom they j
shall voie as President! You cannot doubt the j
end to which their pledges and nil the movements i
of their Anohiion constituents directly lend: Have '
you forgotten the horrors of Southampton? Let
me refresh your memory.
Extract of ule'fer from the senior editor of the j
Richmond Whig, dated Jerusalem, Southampton j
Court-house , Thursday evening, August “doth,
1331.
“Here, for the first time, we learned the extent
of ihe insurrection, and the mischief perpetrated.
Rumor had infinitely exaggerated the first, swell
ing the number of the negroi sto IOUOor 1J0‘) men;
and representing its ramifications as embracing se
veral of the adjacent counties, particularly is.e of j
W ight and Greenville ; hut it was hardly in ihe
l power of rumor itsellTo exaggerate the atrocities
' which have been perpetrated by the insurgents,
i Whole f mul es, fathers, mothers, dough ers, sons,
1 sucking hubes, and school children, butchered, thrown :
into heaps, and left to be devoured by hogs and dogs, ;
or to putrify on the spot. At Mr. Levi Wallers his
! wife and ten children were murdered and piled in j
; one bleeding heap on his floor." * * * * j
“All lliese children were not 31r. Waller’s. A 1
school was kept near his house, the ruthless vil- {
lains murdered several of the helpless children”
| Extract of a letter from a gentleman of Norfolk, ;
(one of arohriteer Company,) dated Svuthamp- j
ton, August *Jfi, IS3L
“We saw several children whoso Vains were ]
knocked out. and we have accounts of the murder !
of sixty-eight men, women, and children.”
Here sir. is a specimen of PRACTICAL ABO
LITION. It is a scene which may he expected i
when ver black conquers whit' , or the spirit of
darkness prevail over light It is a scene which I
will become as broad as yonr land, whenever the
means used by ihe present sect of Abolitionists ,
produce their natural effect. And you and your j
■ Southern associates, Bell and Garland, are blindly
a'ding this fell spirit in its bloody progress! Yon
have leagued with pledged Abolitionists to commn
| nieate the victory over the South, achieved hy that,
I sect at Harrishn g! Yon not only submit to the
; proscription of all Southern men from ihe Prcsiden- ;
cv, hut you divide the South, lessen its niorai, po- |
hlical, and physical powers, and blindly give aid,
comfort, assistance, courage, and strength, to ihe
I farcifies, whose knives are wnetted for me throats I
us your people !
What do yon expert to gain hy a course so full
of degradation and danger to the proud and intel
; ligent people whom you have the honor to repre
sent ? W not interest of that people has Mr. Van
Bur# n assailed, that you treat him as less wor hv
, of (heir confidence than pledged Abolitionists ?
i Does he not agree with them in hostility to a Na
tional Hank, internal improvements hy the General !
1 Government, an oppressive tariff? And on the vi- ;
tai subject of Abolition, Las he not pledged hio -
seif to defend the rights of the South as a President \
of the United -''tales ought, by a veto up- n any act ;
of Congress to abolish slavery in ’.he District of *
i Columbia? Is it possible that the rights and inter
| ests of the South could he more safe under any i
other man as President ? Is it probable that they
would he as safe in the hands of a candidate nomi
nated through the influence of the Abolitionists , and
snsfai ed by Itieir pledged leaders ?
Or do you agree with yonr friend, co committee
man, and co-worker in th« Harrison can-e, .Mr.
I Saltonstall, that it is “a sufoieut ground for want
i of confidence in lh° President o r the United
(Mr. Van Buren,) that in e.ii'ering on the. duties of
his oflice, he made the gratuitous declaration, in ef
j feet , that, he should veto am/bill which had for its ob
| ject the abolition o f slavery in ihe. District of Cohan.-
: hia ?" Do you think with him. that tfi sis '•'the
i most objectionable sentiment ever avowed hy the Chief
1 Magi -Irate of this nation ?" If yon do, I am sure
yonr constituents and the people of tho South do
nor. Inm sure that they wifi rally behind this cer
tain and impregnable defence, instead of being
tempted hy aspirants to office, gamblers upon elec- i
tions, or men blinded with prejudice and passion, j
to place their dearest interests in. ihe hands of the
candidate of Smith, Clark, and Saltonstail, who |
has laleiv avowed, in a public sueech at <Cleveland,
Ohio, 'h t he “WILL NOT VE 1 O ANY BILL,
WHICH CONGRESS MAY PASS !”
People of the South, choose which you w ; Il have |
for President, Air Van Buren, who is publicly ,
pledged to veto any bill to abolish slavery in the Di.s :
tnct of Columbia, or General Harrison, who is |
publicly pledged to veto no hhl irh rh Congress may j
pass. AMOS KENDALL. '
N. R. I have seen your article in the National
I Intelligencer. Do not slitter yourself with the no
tion that 1 address my letters to you because I care
a fig for yourself, your charges, or your abuse.
■pYhll. WAYNES’ A.VTI-BYSPKP'J’It' &
il-F ANTI -BILIOUS PlLLS. — These PILLS, which, ;
wherever they nave been fairly tried, have established an
: enviable celebrity, and which are superseding all other |
i similar articles, are prepared by one of the ol.iest phys -
cians in Georgia, whose professions! life has made him
1 intimately acquainted with the diseases of the south, and
were not offered to the public, until more than ten years ;
i experience had proved their superiority over every other
known remedy. For general use, for it is idle to cal! any
article of food or medicine universal, they are confi lent-
Iv recommended, in ail cases, cither chronic or acute, as a
m'-ld aperient, or active cathartic, as superior to any other ,
known medicine. Many certificates attesting their value
have already been published, to which man} - others might
be added—but they are now offered upon the character
and experience of the in venter, in the confident belief, that
they will receive a fair trial, and that they will establish a
popularity which no competitor can shake,
i For sale, at fiftv cents per box, bv
THOMAS I. WRAY.
WILLI \M M. D’ANTIGNAC,
THOMAS BARRETT,
If AVILAXD, RISLF.Y A CO., |
WILLIAM K. KITCHEN,
NELSON CARTER,
ROBERT CARTER.
J. L. HOUSTON,
GARVIN & HAINES.
Dr. RENNET HARRIS,
jyll 10 Dr. A. BAUDRV.
PO IS SALE.—The following property situated in
Belair, 10 miles from Augusta, on the Geoigia Rail
Road, vi 7. : the Tavern Lot, designated in the plan of said
village as Xu. 16, on which is a good and commodious two
story dwelling, ith all necessary out buildings attached.
The Store Lot, No. 15, having on it tw o good new build
ings, and two unimproved lots. Nos. 14 and 15. Also, 400
acres woodland, in portions to suit purchasers. Further '
d°scription is deemed unnecessary as it presumed those
wishing to purchase will call and view the premises. If not
sold privately before the first Tuesday in May next, it will '
on thatdav be offered publicly at the lower market house '
in Augusta. Possession given immediately.
mg? f 136 - A. N. VERDERY.
\TOTICE. —All persons having demands against the i
Estate of the late IRA LEE, deceased, late of Rich
mond count v. are requested to hand them in properly au
thenticated, and those indebted to the deceased, will make
pavrtcnt to Ihe undersigned. G. F. PARISH,
Jane -5 AH J Adm'r.
mtmsmm
WOTIjD call attention to the adve.tisement
▼ ▼ in our column* to-day of PETERS \EGETA
BLE PILLS. We understand by the best medical author
ity, that there is no preparation ot the day which enjoys
so enviable a reputation. At the south and north, their
success has been unbounded, and wherever introduced we
believe they have given the most perfect satisfaction.
We have this day had an interview with one of our citizens,
Henry K. Pox, who was recently cured ol a most remark
able and obstinate cutaneous eruption, where the body
was covered with fulsome ulcers, and even the tonsils of
the throat eaten awav—and by using these PILLr* daily for
six weeks, was entirely restored to health. —Ntte iork
Examiner.
PETERS’ VEGETABLE PILLS.
They do indeed restore the health of the body, beraus#
they purify and invigorate the blood, and their good effects
are not counter balanced by anv ineonveniece; being com
posed entirely of vegetables, thev do not expose those who
use them to danger, and their effects are as certain as fley
are salutary; they are daily and safely administered to in
-1 nicy, youth, manhood and old age, and to women in the
most critica' and delicate circumstances, they do not dis
turb or shock the animal functions, hut restore their order
and re-establish their health: and for nil the purposes
which a vegetable purgative, or certain cleanser of the
whole system are required, they stand without a rival— •
they are allowed to be all that can be accomplished in me
dicine, both for power and innocence.
JIT Retail price 50 cents per box. gold at nil the prin
! cipal DRUG STORES in
may 23 176 Augusta. Ga.
OETRBS’ VEGETABLK PI 3,1,* ar «
daily effecting some of the most astonishing and
| wonderful c:tr"s that hive ever been known—in con-
I sequence of which they have now become a shining mark,
! against which ail the arrows nf di.-anpoinfed hope, envv
a:ul uncharitableness are levelled without distinction. The
town ami country are alike filled with their praise. The
palace and noorhou-e alike echo with their virtues. In all
eiiorues.uader all temperatures, they still retain their *> nn
•lerful po ■ ?rs, and exert |h**m unallemled by age or situa
tion. They are simple in their preparation, mild in their
! action, thorough in tlieir operatio i, and unrivalled in their
results.
PETERS’ VEGETABLE PILLS
Are Anti-Bilious Anti-Dyspeptic, end Anti-elemiriat,
and may justly be considered a Universal Medicine —but
;bev are peculiarly b 'n 'ficial in the following comp'aints;
Yellow and Bilious Fevers, F 'ver and Ague, Dyspepsia,
Cron p,L : v"r Complaint. Sick Headache, Jaundice, Asthma,
Dropsv, R heumatism. Enlargement of th° Spleen, Piles,
Female * >Sst met ions. Heartburn, Fur reel Tongue. Nausea,
Distension of the'Rom ich and Bowels, Incipient Diarrhoea,
I Flatulence, Habitual Costiveness. Less of Appetite, Cholic,
Blotched or Sallow Complexion, and in all cases of Torpor
1 ofths Bowels, where a Cat baric or au Aperient is needed.
; They are exceedingly mild in their operation, producing
, nehher nausea, grinning nor debilitv.
Retail price 50 cents per bo.x. Sold, ata’l the principal
DRUG STORES in
June 2 178 Augusta, Ga.
SPECIFIC OINTMENT—
.S Al. For the cure of white swellings, scrofulous and
1 other tumors, ulcers, sore legs, old and fresh wounds,
i sprains, and bruises, swelling* and inflammations, scald c
j head, women’s sore breasts, rheumatic pains, tetters,erup
tions, chilli! ;ins whitlows, biles, corns, and externaldise.i
--! .- 's generally. The proprietor h is received at least a thon
; sand cert ificates and other documents in favor of his SPE
i CIFIC OINTMENT—and they cinhraee almost all th a
] convilainf--—in tlieir worst stages—to which ointment or
sticking plaster ran he ipplied. Among these certificates,
ill re, are agnvit number from the most eminent physicians
in the country, who use the Ointment in tlieir daily prac
tice, in preference to any, o’- ill others which have ever
been invented. The proprietor has also received a great
many testimonials from farriers, military gentlemen, farm
e s and others, relative to theamaz’ng efficacy ofhis Oint
ment, in tli" hrn ses, cuts, and all the external complaints
and diseases of !it>ps“s: and among them are no less than a
dozen certifying to the mo.-t perfect cures which if has
j performed on the sore hacks of some of those animals.
Altogether the proprietor feels no hesitation in stating—
or ; n putting it to the oronf against all comnosirion—that
i “JUn.trsny’S SPECIFIC OITTVETT’ is vastly
i superio - to every thing of the kind which has heretofore
; been offered to the public: and the proprietor not onl'-
vouches for its general good qualities, hut is willing tori-k
i hi- reputation on a single trial , for lie knows from the most
j ample experience, tli it it cannot lie used without immedi-
I ate and o ilpnnle benefit, in any one of the comolaintg for
! which it is -o highly regoaunended. Retail price 50cents
• per box. Sold .it all the principal
i DRUG STORES in
niny 23 176 Augusta, tin.
rainE Lucm cordial-beware of
I .EL FRAUD.—The unprecedented popularity of thin
benefiiT nt ninl inestimable f’O FI DIAL in the United Slates,
\ basin limed one or more unprincipled persons toniannfac
i ture spurious catchpenny articles, under various names.
'■ end purporting to produce the sane eject: hut which, io
j reality, produce no other effect th in that of swindling the
! public; and to give a yet more plausible appearance of their
! cupidity, those person* affect th it their wretched nostrums
| have been in use in England and elsewhere {V»: a number
• of years; whereas, until the illustrious f)r. M again made hi*
1 wonderful discovery, no cure for barrenness had been ever
j thought of, or at I"a t made public: ami all those llieu in
• use forth" restoration of the decayed virile powers were
1 found to be of bet lift!" avail. Thus, ail nostrums ad yer
| tised for harm mess nr the cure of iinpotency, but Dr,
Magitin’s, ar” mure catchpenny liumliugs, which would
I never have been thought of lint for the appearance ami
great celebrity of the LUCINA CORDI VL. A- nocoun
• terfeit of the n ime is at prese-it in circulation, it. may in
I genera! be a sufficient caution for the purchaser to ask for
I th° Luciaa C irdial. but as further assurance, it would !)"
l as well to not ■ that its name, Luciiia Cordial, or Elixir of
1 Lov**, is - tarn icd in th° g'nss of •» ich bottle—the combined*
| arms of France and th? United States are on the ontwar I
; envelope—that a Flour de Lis is- printed on (he ac
i companying directions, and beautifully “inbo-sed on the
; show bill- hanging in the stores of those vvlio h ivct.hc gen
j nine article for sale.
The celebrity of the Luciaa Cordial being such a* it >s,
1 it is scarcely necessary to add that it is the only efficient
remedyfor barren ness, and the restoration ofd -cay' I virile
now •rs ever known; and that in the cure of Fluor Alims,
j Gleet, oh-trcuted, difficult or painful Menstruation, the in
! continence of the urine, or the involunarv discharge
1 thereof, its superiority over cv“ry other medicine is not
! only decided, but unquestionable. For sale hv
HAVILAND. RISLEV A- CO.
THOMAS BARRETT & CO.
NELSON CARTER.
I may2l 171 Augusta, Ga.
i t r: CORDIAL m: luciis, or; l ei.
A.j! EX 111 EE L'AMOL R, —We perceive by the papers
that the famous French physician, Dr. Magnin, has estab
-1 lishod an agency for the sale nf the above nam ml extraor
dinary medicine in this city; and to speak the truth,we aro
sorry for it. as we think that there are too many people in
this part of the wo -ld already. We dare not enter intoan
explanation of the wonders eff :t?d hv this medicine here,
hut will nevertheless venture to add, that if i- the rovalist
tiling in the world for gentlemen & laaies * hoarc husbands
and mires, ami who wish to he fathers and mothers. The
agent should tak" this urn li< in"io the far west, where peo
ple are scarce. —Netc York Examiner.
“The Lucine Cordial” is a general invigorator of the
human frame in all the various cases of langor, lassitud *
and debilitation, and is at the sam" time so simple, yet so
efficacious, that while it can renovate th" prn-trated ener
gies of a giant, an infant may use it, not only with impu
nitv. but with advantage. Tim Lucine Cordial is also ait
indubitable cure for the incontinence es the urine, or the
involuntary discharge thereof. It is likewise an invalua
ble and unrivalled medicine in cases of chronic eruptions of
the -kin, and in the dropsical affections of the aged.
This celebrated and inestiin iblc Cordial is for sale by
HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO.
THOMAS BARRETT & CO
NELSON CARTER,
may 23 173 Augusta, Ga.
\rALIERSCELEBBATEDFBESCH
PII,f,S.— THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS
CHALLENGE. —Th<‘ genuine French Pills against all
the OL AC K nostrums nf th° age—for the cure of a certain
disease. The FRENCH PILLS are applicable in allcases
for either sex, (warranted free from mercury,) and do not
affect the breath in the least, and are perfectly pleasant
and agreeable to the stomach, and have never failed to
make a speedy and permanent cure, without the least re
gard to diet or application to business. In long, protract
ed orchronic stages of the disease, obstinate Gleets. Flaor
Alhus, Gravel, Female Complaints, or a weakness of those
organs, they are beyond a doubt the most effectual reme
dy ever discovered, having cured many obstinate cases
after every other medicine had failed. The French Pills
have been so universally successful that the proprietor
challenges anv one to produce a remedy of equal certain
ty under a forfeiture of Three Hundred Dollars.
Price $2 per box. For sale by
HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO.
THOMAS BARRETT & CO.
NELSON CARTER.
j 4 173 B. HARRIS.