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this conntry, ft of _ Ithe treatment of t ho ! '">? ? W 03 the tlaretoWNS profitable and tolerateJ, , it had nohorriSVtheir s.ght! Th? they j had no sympathies ?rtr the poor ndians until ; they had htorally exterminated ail the tribes, by whom their "fcthers, fivimr from another ; laQ(K~werfe?S?8v m&ii&3&y * "ceived ere yet the untutored aa**<*e h d teamed Hie arts, . the fraud?, the "rapacity of the white man, j whicK-'they first taafht him!-No^, ?heri thev are DO ionj^ijfcommoded by the \ ui .? tY of thr savage, the^mpathies are no. with , t he: r own brethren, cftennistaaci-d a* u i , fathers were. -Their philanthropy ^d tli_> ( selfish interests are i**ar opposed. h?me% cr, j there tnay'be such opnesft'on to the int. rests of others I l*e Tiot;*Our courtesan turned j prude, after ability ?'*?cloas, < a::d mist Ijer nothing fKghore that he ctaina I to be of the "unco qaio^% r:gidly reh io^, j and is seen at church meetings and christen- j in i*s, sanctified and deflate to a proverb. ; \rc gentfemen ignqfatttthat iwunly on New . -fcugfaiS rest? the WpfflMghty of the great , importation of slaves to Uiis country !-that the colonial Legislature of Virginia passed . twenty-two acts agfcinst it*?' an(* lia* lt -Jvas ; through the power awjWtoence of i.ie New England colonies that the trade was not stopped T it, was a?; business m which they couW turn a" penny, aiiSiteir humanity slept. Wfien gentJemetiaraAetiy rcgalmg the House with their pathetic iewroiads on the ,.^or and atrocity otsiavtry,- are they no. diatmfr. ing\rfbo2e^ofgliwrfathepr? Are they not guilty of that wbt&t of prrnc.de, the murder ; of a father^ %|oev Hhouid think that if they believed *? they ?,nce /! 1 7 woufdeSjteci the ghosts of their fathers to rise' tfc and accuse Ihem. In our own times, let me ask. how long has it been since i the peofel^^SWe, now ; the bead quarte s of iheabofitiouists, by*ay of showing their 1 1 _ - nrn of slavery And the slave trade, j SStSSSwif th,t sta* rnother ! bwB&ioP^ng**" m the hands of a con Hp other P?lnt on wb i these philanthropists are most sensitive? -the i ***&?**$! of the poor Indians ? for their hearts seen to hwe two subdivisions? one for n^lw<lndians- Speakr0f?C DootAfrwrtber sre in paroxysms of cha ritr--?f ^tfelworiikiiinvW^ tUcir Phllanthro ov* is almost spasmodic ; a most rare bsnevo knce,wkKk uses as it means muxder and rapine; * cheap charity, which does its alms wSswney rifled from the pockets of others. What think you* sir, of Indian chiefs, aye, and*nS?3po,Pte'' Prisolne".,in,wfV?"<! shot or sold as. slaves in the V\est Indies. What thirifr jou of wars of which the histo mnllwSpeaks with truly Spartan breviiy ^the whole tribe was exterminated . 1 ?e a^h^^^rffl^:aPUrTs fittiaff? there . is a beautiful propriety in the sons of who exterminated them, setting for philant&rtjMSts I ? as the exclusive friends of the Indians! What think you, sir, of a cif?Ss?5nd most religious soldiery, made upof roin who had left their native land to 1iii3n~rlh ? I without restraint, a religion ot peace, loviand charity, firing into the wi<r ?varos of squaws and children ? enriching their , stenle soiiwitb the blood of women and m- j Hfc sir, of rewards being offeree , IffrfcIW* scalps, indifferent (of conrsc, for it could nc& be known) whether torn from the heads ol warriors or women, ??f dec rep. g age^i^ng Uifancy? We of the South, who boat cot' of our humanity, have ne\ er rai^Mir thjB to offer rewards f ?r the ^Sf^Wlves-never for human scalps. Tbfcfiiaitsickens, and human nature shutuiers. attlMrpietare. And from what history , I am as? are these elegant extracts] From i he j .^Srv ef^lie immediate descendants ot the , Piliirirwi ' and what may be deemed even a higher honor than that, they were thus ue- i scended, the ancestors of our present philan thropisto ? as , Cornelia boasted more of b..nb thepo^er of the Gracchi than^e cau^ i ^-r j of Scipio. It is no excuse to say that thes*. , were then subject to Great Britain. . The forro of their government may have been in some particulars different, but these were f the acts of the colonists themselves. j I repeat, siF, that I congratulate the gentle man oq the return of these humane ee mgs. 1 wouidr?? all deference, recommend his peo ple to beware lest the reaction may lead, as reactions a 7* apt to do, to extremes. 1 his s pic* oT piukn thropy these good peopie may be wweeaatoined ?o. ix:t them not dnu I deeriy at &st- J tahe no special pleasure in i therapies, but I am trred, s.r, of ^fendmg , and I know no better way of defending t..an i cocimend tte chaiice t e the lips of gen tlemen -theasekes, ani-desire tliat Vhey should i realize, -hf actual experience, how | is. if there is any thing whic.i is eai^'^eu ; to wound gentlemen, it is the uuthof his. o y which offends, and not i who have referred Mr. Adams enquired whethef Mr. 1uomp> ?o? still adhered to the opinions heretofore ?XBM06?d by him, which follow : ^Boesthe gentleman, even in the latitude which he gives to the risrht of petitiao, think that it includes slaves? If he does ?ot, he has witfbttv violatad the rules of the Ho?se ana fbefeehng^ of its me?sbers. Dees that gen- I tletnan know-that t lr. re are laws m .nil the : slave States, and here, for the punishment of ihose who excite inantrecSion^ I can tell him thaft there are such things as grund juries ; and i^'Sir, the juries of this District have, as i doubt not they have, proper mteiligence and spirit, he may yet be made amenable to an other tnnunal, and; we may -yet see anjncen diary brought to condign punisnment. Mr. T. replied, as to the tret- When those remarks were made, I did not believ that there eauld be any man who entertained th*iMmioB that slaves have the right of pe i - The gentleman has sines avowed that most extraordinary opinion. He had n ' however, done so before -my remarks were made. 'An opinion so extraordinary that i could net have supposed he entertauie i aray ?tker authority than his- own declaration. As* theaeewrf, * h?ve only to say, that wfienlapeke eTttee Habihty of the gentle man to a -ctimtfwS prosecution, I understood /and it was the fault of the gentleman himself that I so understood it,) that it was an abe* Jitfon petition. As it was not, the remarks no application to him. lt it had been, mn expressions used by me were just, and well Served; and I repeat the opinion, as broadly as it is" there exoress<?d,that the presentation of a petition tor' abolition mny turmsh suffix eSWt.?Mcnee of correspondence and censpt lEShdeie* * incur the pooa!ucs of the w5L?fl*iagt<Ji0se who exeite insurrection. OTt^Tdooe in the House, but tor wfcct. the act in tho House tur ^miUO.1 out ol tlie House; be^re the member takes Igif m a*y kitchen urging denouncing me JSa-arfsi tyra*. n?i a*enraS 1h^ ? '^iTr t , be !*;? of ills JL'fvator? Vv .tot o.ror.icr centive to insurrection ? VV ould tlie tact of k? being a member of Congress give him impunity T Suppose he acknowledges on the floor tint he had done this with the purpose of exciting insurrection; or suppose he does some eqnivatent act or uses words which equally establish if ? may it nol be used as evidenco ? Suppose a number voluntarily to acknowledge on the floor that he had killed a m.vi ? may th:s not be given in evidence 1 Suppose a member to denounce another iti rfebate as a traitor, and to say that he will give five hundred dollars to any one who will as sassinate him ? the member thus denounced is assassinated by a bravo in the Rotundo, who demands the reward ? is this act to pass with impunity because the guilt of accessory con', sistcd in words spokee in debate, though not the less clearly the guilt of an accessory 1 What is the object of the provision of the con stitution ? The great privilege of the freedom of debate ? surely not impun ty for crimes. ? Surely nothing could be more revolting than to contend that the criminal laws of the land may be violate i, if done by a member of Con gress in his seat. And the denial of my posi tion leads to that. The gentleman puts the case of a member being brought before a grand jury for denouncing the President. ? Will the gentleman say that would be a viola tion of any criminal law of the land? Unless he can, the case is not parallel, and the gen tleinan knows it. If, however, it can answer him any purpose, he is perfectly at liberty to pwvert my argttqjent. I shall continue as I have done, to denounce the many flagrant and atrocious usurpations of this Government without fear of criminal prosecution ; and I venture to say that if the honorable member from Massachussctts re gards the cases as parallel, no other human being does. But, sir, what scorn would he not deserve and receive who should attempt to screen himself behind his privilege from the penal tics of the criminal laws of the Jaud 1 To interpose the privilege of a member of Con gress between a fdon and the gibbet ? a pri vilege intended to secure perfect freedom of thought and of speech, claimed as an immu nity fur crimes ? The moral guilt would bo the same, and the same I trust would also be the infamy of the act and the penalties of the Jaw. UNITED STATES CONGRESS. House of Representatives, F^b. 11 THE RIGHT OF SLAVES TO PETITION Remarks of Mr. Pickens ( 'of So. Ca.) . The following resolution, "That any mem ber who sualf hereafter present any petition from the slaves of this Union ought to be con sidered as reo.irdless of the feelings of the House, the rights of the Southern States, and unfriend'? to the Union," having been rejected on the 9th inst., and being reconsidered, the following was offered as a .substitute for it, \-\z. "The Honorable John Q. Adams having inquired of the Speaker whether it would be in order for him to present a petition purport ing to be from slaves, and the Speaker having appealed to the Hou^e for instructions, Re solved, That the Hou.~e cannot receive the said petition without disregarding its own dig nity, the right of a large cJass of the citizens of the South and West, and the constitution of the United States." The following was also offered: "Resolved, That slaves do not possess f ho ri'jht of petition securcd to the people of the United States by the constitu tion." The above being under consideration ? Mr. Picicens, of South Carolina, said it was no' his intention to enter now minutely into any argument, touching the great and delicate questions involved in the subjects before the House, but he rose merely to -jut himself riofht before the country. He haJ refused to vote on the motion for reconsideration, and would now refuse to vote on all the proposi tions made. He did so under a solemn and profound conviction that, as a representative from a siaveholding people, he could not and would not compromise their rights or stain their honor by participating in proceedings, where by the rejection ot the first resolution, they had received a deep wound, and which were now calculated to mislead and deceive his country. Those who had rejected" the first resolution the day before yesterday had thereby created, politically speaking, a nega tive pregnant, and indirectly declared that slaves had a right to petition this House. And this right was openly maintained in the debate by the leading speakers who opposed the resolution. They had taken the respon sibility of committing a wound upon the con stitution and the Union, and had done so by a deliberate vote ; and he (Mr. Pickens) was for letting them now take the responsibility of healing that wound themselves. As long as th it resolution remained negatived, he felt it to be an outrage and insult to his constitu ents ; and he, as their representative, had refused to vole for reconsidering, as he asked no favors and begged no mercy. He called upon gentlemen from the siaveholding States to beware how they moved in this matter, it involved consequences of the deepest and jj;*ost delicate importance. We stand upon a precipice at whose base the waves of anarchy and a;6001"^ dash their foaming surges. Let no man he deceived. If blood is to come of these transactions, 1 desire to clear my skirts of i*. The substitutes proposed are calculated to delude and Jul/ into false security the South. They change the issue made upon the odious and offensive resolution now proposed to be reconsidered. Xlhey are calculated to produce a false impression. Many claim the right for slaves to petition as a natural inherent right, above the constitut on, and will vote the sub strates.; not because slaves have no right to pe tition, but because they have no right as "se cured to the people of the U. Slates by the con stitution. " Let tl?e original odious resolution which is nnw reconsidered be directly voted upon, and it gentleman have changed their opinions, let it be adopted. If you intend to save the country, come up to the mark like men. We profess to be outraged by the rejection of thai resolution, and we should be satisfied now with no fling less than its adop tion. This is due to us ? it is the issue you have made. No, sir; you cannot adopt that resolution. I l>elieve the votes then given to be the deliberate sentiments of this House. And if gentlemen, like fawns, now tremble at their own shadows ia the brook, if under part v discipline awl party screws, tliey come forward and pretend to give justice, let them do it open I v. -But let no man expect me to j aid him in support of substitutes by which my country shall be deceived an<i deluded on the vftal^ue^ions involved. I desire my consti tuents to lcn?w >the truth. If 1 stand on a volcano, 1 desire to know it, by looking at the smoke. 1 believe the recorded vote on 4-he rejected resolution to be the sentiment of a majority of this House, and I believe tlwt they represen t-. d their constituents ; that, that vote is a correct exponent of the sentiment of the non-. slaveholdmj States in this confederacy, if this be .not true, aud 1 am mistaken, (in which I hope most sincerely I may be,) then let Uif^e gentleiecn reverse the vote then given, as they can do, if tUey choose. But I \y$ not aid them in producing a false result be fore the country. I cannot after the procee* dings of the last few days, and particularly on the day before yesterday, partake in any course by which I mry be drawn under the majority of this House* and forced into a position which I cannot control, and which may mislead and deceive the South as to the real feelings that exist in other portions of the Union towards them and their institutions. Mt. Speaker, 1 may be mistaken, but this course is from a solemn sense of my duty. 1 trust, on this subject at least, I have no fac tious feelings towards any man or set o? men ; but I feel pained and deeply wounded at the foreboding state of things. I have seen enough in the last few days to force upon mc the melancholy conviction that there is not spirit or courage enough in the country to save our rights and our institutions. I have said that I believe the vote upon the original resolution to be a correct exponent of the feeling and the sentiments of the non slaveliolding- States of this Confederacy. Look at Pennsylvania; and while we are discussing these topics and witnessing these scenes in this House, what do we see there ? A State convention of 200 delegates from different parts of the State, assembled at Har risburg, to devise ways and means by which to abolish slavery throughout this land. They J appeal to the laborers of the North against slave labor, cm the ground that it comes into competition with them. lxx>k at their Gover nor, appealing to them to put down "the dark spirit of slavery," in his public message to ; the Legislature. Do you suppose that the , Pennsylvania Representatives did not repre sent the sentiments of their State on the i resolution rejected ? Sir, it is a vast mistake. They knew well what they were doing. Look to a reccnt letter, published from a distin. guished divine, distinguished for his extensive influence over the intellect and learning of his country, and what do you see ? You see him soiling the mantle of christian charity by wrapping under its broad folds those who are loathsome from the leprosy, and u hose foul embrace is death. You see him holding up to the world these men as the peculiar and chosen defenders of tlie liberty of speech, of writing, and of thinking. He has the effrontery to say that "he is not even 6ure that he would have the privilege he then enjoyed, of writing at bis deskf if it were not for the abolitionists.,, Sir, it is such men as Dr. Ohanning who are now moving down upon public sentiment, and make the ground upon which your norihern fanatics are to fight their battles. Tell us not the miserable stuff that we ffive them ground by making issue here. We must make the issues you choose to tender, or give up our country to plunder and murder. Charge not us with these things. We are false to our p?ope if we remain here silent, and beg mercy and forbearance at your hands. Do you suppose that the Representa tives from Massachusetts did not vote as their constituents would have done if they had been here ] If you intended to produce any such impression upon the country by now changingthe issues through substitutes, it will be delusion and falsehood. No, sir, we have seen the Jightningflash, and let us not close our eyes from its glare. When I came on, at the first of this session, I inquired of a gentleman, a member of this House, in whose veracity and judgement I have the highest confidence, as to the state of public feeling then existing at the North on I the subject of abolition. He informed me I that he thought it was running out, and in all probability, from what he could then see, that in a few years it would be lost. This was his deliberate opinion at that time. It made an impression upon me, and I began to think things had been exaggerated. I was silent, aiid said bat little connected with this subject until within the last few days. But, sir, yes terday morning after the decided vote on the rejection of that resolution, which created such intense excitement, the same gentleman came to me and said, with much anxiety, that he felt bound to explain to me what he com municated at the first of the session ; he says now he was mistaken entirely as to the strength of the abolitionists, and was afraid lie had led me into sonrn* error on that point. He was row satisfied there was more excite ment that he had anv idea of at first ; that he had just received twelve petitions on that subject, signed by more than a thousand of the most active and influential citizens of his district, who were men, not women, (as most of the signers usually are, and that he believed their cause was increasing and powerful. This was from the State of New York. And, in justice to the gentleman, i will say, that he communicated these facts because he thought he ought to do so, as he had made a different impression upon me at the first of the session, when I inquired of him on that subject for information. These are the facts which we all know to be passing before our eyes every day, and it is treason in us to cry ilalCs well.*1 Mr. Speaker we must meet these things I cannot say what the people of the entire slaveholdin? region will do. I am not author o O ized to speak for them, and, knowing what I do, I tremble for the future. But there is one State that I feel in some sort justified in speaking for ; a State with whose people it is my pride to have the name 1 bear identified to the third and fourth generation : a people for whose honor and whose liberties the blood of my ancestors ha? been shed over every battle field, from the sea coast to the mountains. I know not what course others may pursue, but the people of that State, which 1 have the honor in part to represent, I know are ready, if need be, to sleep in an entrenched encampment ; they are ready to kindle their beacon .fires over a thousand hills ; and, if the worst is to be forced upon them, they can, in tne last j resort, throw around themselves a rampart; beneath whole battlements many a gallant 6on can find at least a soldier's grave and trans mit to posterity the rich inheritance of a glo rious name. Sir, I desire to trammel no individual, and I now declare on this trying occasion, that i utter the instinctive feeling of my own heart, without concert or consultation with any man. 1 work in no party ties or party trammels, for tl?e personal aggrandizement of any human be.'ng living. I look not beyond the confines of my own State. I have no earthly ambition but to be identified with her interests and her honor. As long as the vote on the original resolu tion remains unreversed, I feel bound, from the most solemn convictions of my judgement, to refrain from participation in proceedings which I fear are too well calculated to delude the country. J>et those who have insulted us, and wounded the constitution, now withdraw the insult, and heal the wound. I shall refuse to rote , either for or against the substitutes. I feel bound to do so, aritf shall wait in silence your decision ? a decision upon which the future fate of this country depends. Upon this subject I can never ma\o a compromise. In what I have said I desire to offend no man. I attribute no improper motives to any gentleman. Others may differ from me. I allude to no individual. I have uttered what I felt on this painful occasion. I leave others to pursue their own course, and the responsi bility be with them. SIX DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND. Boston, Feb. 21. By the ship Nantasket, which arived in our harbour on Sunday morning from Liverpool, but did not come up to town until yesterday I morning", w have received our files of London papers to Jan. 9. The following extracts embrace the pr.nci pal articles of news furnished by these pa pers. Parliament was to meet Jan. 31, and the Ministerial members hnd been summoned by Lord John Russell, to be punctual in their at* tendance on that day. The pressure in the money market continued, apparently with little change. The Cotton market continued steady, and the sales extensive, with no material change in prices. The common and middle quality of America had been most in demand, and they have establishpd a slight advance. The queen and the Dutchess of Gloucester were suffering from illness. ? The former was convalescent. The news from Erance was to the 6th. ? The assassin Menuier had made some recent disclosures which .'ed to a number of ar rests. The British Revenue returns during the quarter ending 5th of January, show an in crease, as compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year, of ? 16,231 ; and during the whole year as compared with the previous an increase of .?2,570,957. Duiing the quarter there was a decrease of ?430,407 on tl\e customs, and an increase on excise of ? 456,0011 Letters from Toulon of the 80th Dec ?m ber, mention that the preparations for the new expedition against Constantine continued, and with renewed activity ? 2000 men were to be embarked immediately. The Carlist offical journal, the Gazette d'Onate, says that Don Charles is confined to his bed by an indisposition of a nature so seri ous, as to cause much uneasiness. The Switzerland Gazette Universal says, on i authority which ig respected, that at the commencement of 1837, the German powers were to commence a blockade of the Swiss cantons, on account of the alleged non-execu tion of the convention. The Portuguese government have issued a decree, prohibiting the importation or exporta tion of slaves, by sea or land, in all the Por tuguese dominions without exception, under rery severe penalties. The Mexican Minister at Madrid hasoffically comunicated to the Spanish Government, that tie ports of Mexico are open to the admission of Spanish vessels. The Queen elect of Naples set out from Vienna for Naples on the 28th of Dec. accom panied by several of the Archdukes and Arch duchesses. She was to arrive at Trenton on the 5lh Jan., where she would meet the King of Naples; and where the Marriage ceremony was to take place on the 7th. The prices of admission to Drury Lane Theatre being reduced to two shillings for the boxes ? one shilling for the pit, and sixpence for the gallery? 18,000 people visited the thea tre in one week. [From the Morning Herald, of Jan. 7.] London Money Market.? Friday Evening. The state of the Commercial Money Market has not undergone any change for the better to-day, the rate of interest for advances still remaining very high. The Exchanges this afternoon have undergone no improvement, the tendency, in fact being rather the other way. We cannot, however, quote any of the rates lower than on last post day. Cily. ? Saturday Evening. ? A considerable degree of anxiety still continues to pervade the whole of the commercial Money Market, and the pressure which has prevailed during the past week by no means has abated. The Commercial Money Market and that of the public Securit ies not included under the head of the floating debt, presents a singular , anomaly in their respective characters ; on the one hand there is and has been every demon stration of reckless buoyancy, totally, incom patible with the true state of our Money Mar ket ; whilst on the other hand, a pressure for an immediate advance of the circulating me dium has existed, at once incompatible with commercial prosperity and permanency of marketable value. This afternoon it was generally understood that the Directors of the Bank of England, who accompanied the solici tor of that^establishment to Manchester, in order to effect the necessary legal arrange ments with the Northern and Central Bank, had returned, after having completed every portion of t ho terms to their satisfaction. To this fact, but why or wherefore does not ap pear, the stimulus which was given to the Consel Market has been attributed. Russia and Spain. ? Private letters from St. Petersburg say that the Cabinet is serious ly engaged in respect to the affairs of Spain. It was said to be in contemplation to send an eminent Diplomatist to London, to negotiate on the means of putting a stop to the bloodshed in that kingdom. Mr. Von Tatiecheff. Rus sian Ambassador to the Court of Vienna, was spoken of as the person likely to be entrusted with this mission. M. de Tatischeff was for merly Ambassador at JMadrid. Though this account ceitainly requires confirmation, it was observed that M. de Tatischeff had fre quent conferences with Count Nesselrode, at which the British Ambassador, Lord Durham, was often present. The cold has been so eeveve on the banks of the Rhine, that that river was suldenly covered, in almost the who'ie of its course, by masses of ice, which flopped the navigation. The steam boats and. all the craft at Mayence, Cologno, CoblinVz, and Dasselford, have been drawn towtir^s the bank, that they may not be expose^ to the breaking up of the ice, which will be terrible, if it comes on suddenly, | beca use the accumulations of the ice are con- ; F.iderable. ? German paper. [From (he London Morning Herald of Jan. 5 ] A great deal of whispering and some open speaking are going on, in various quarters, upon the subject of a new alliance, or union, or something ofthat kind, between the Minis terial party, and those who call themselves, by way of eminence, "the Philosophical Radi cals." So far as we can make out the mean in<r of the rather obscure and verbose sayings ami writings on this subject, which have come i within our?reach, it amount- to this? that the j Ministers are to become actively and desper ately radical, instead of being sluggishly and shufflingly radical; and in return for this, they are to receive the support of all the Philoso~ vhical Republicans, Free thinkers, and Infi dels in the country. Whether any such com pact as this has been made, expressly or im pliedly, it is> of course, not in our power to say ? but it seems to be relied upon, in some j quarters of extreme Radicalism; and the in*, j creased violence and indecorum of some i Ministerial organs lead to a belief thnt they j have got a hint to go ev?m further than th?y j were wont. NEW-YORK, FEB. 22 ?City News.? Stocks to day are up ? the Banks discount ' much more freely within a day or two. The weather is as mild and beautiful as Spring. The rivers we letm however arc as mid winter; and the sleighing beautiful, on the North River, from the Highland* to Albany. An attempt was made to-day to sell an other lot of wheat, by auction, but withdrawn. The cotlon market had improved, and large sales in Liverpool. This is good tidings to the American merchant. From the U. S. Telegraph TEXAS? ABOLITION. The fanatics, in their mad zeal, seem to have forgotten not only the constitution of their own country, and the rights of their feU low^citizens, but every thing else 9ave their own passions. They haVe gone beyond the limits of their own country, and have 6et them selves up to regulate the affairs of foreign na tions. Vety recently petitions were presen ted by them to Congress protesting against the recognition of the independence of Tex as, but upon an express condition that slavery should be abolished in that Republic! And why not proceed, and take under 'their cogni zance the domestic institutions of Great Brit ain, France, Russia, Italy, and other coun tries ? Why not call on Congress to dena tionalize these communities unless they con sent to abide the wise instructions of these people 1 Surely there is as much reason in the one case as in the other, and we commend the subject to the consideration of these mad men. But folly is not the only peculiarity of this canting sect. Ignorance, gross and. palpable, marks their opinions and declarations In a late petition of the Young Men's Anti-Slavery Society of Philadelphia, the world is informed that Texas is setting up itself, purposely and avowedly, to foster the African slave trade. These wiseacres have probably neverseen the constitution of Texas. One of its clauses ox pressly declares the slave trade piracy ; and Congress, acting upon the principle, passed a law, at its last session, prescribing the pun ishment. The following are the first and se O cond sectionsofthe act: Sec. 1st. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That if any per-on or persons shall introduce any African negro or negroes, contrary to the true intent and meaning of the 9th section of the general provisions ofthe constitution, declaring the introduction of African negroes into this Re public to be piracy, except such as are from the United States of America, and had been held as slaves therein, he or they shall be con sidered guilty of piracy, and upon conviction thereof, before any court having cognizance of the same, shall suffer death without ben*Jil of clergy. Sec. 2nd. Be it further enacted. That if any person or persons shall introduc-j into the Republic of Texas any Africans, or any slave, or slaves, from the United States of America, except such slave or f la ves as were previous ly introduced and held in slavery in that Re public in conformity with the laws of that Government, he or they shall be deemed guilty of piracy, and upon conviction thereof, birfore any court having cognizance of the same, shall suffer death'* So much for the knowledge of these mad men who have set themselves up to regulate the affairs of the world. American Silk. ? We have within this week had an opportunity of seeing some beautiful specimens of Sewing Silk, from the incorporated establishment of Samuel W hit marsh, Esq. of Northampton,' Massachusetts, on Connecticut river. He has, we are in formed, just commenced the manufacture of Sewing Silk, Silk Vestings, and other Silk fabrics. Three hundred acres of ground are attached to the company's works, and about one hundred thousand Chinese mulberry trees are now growing there, and another season they will be multiplied to half a million. ? They then will be able Jo feed about f -iir mil lions of worms. It is said to bo already the most extensive and well-regulated silk com pany in the Union, and in the course of two years will manufacture silk fabrics to the amount of ?100, 030 annually from the raw material, most of that raw material created from worm ? on the spot. Tne texture of the silk is equal to the Italian, and the ladies pronounce it not inferior in heaviness and smoothness, the defect ofthe latter a great fauli heretofore with American Sewing Silk. ? Nat. Intelligencer. From the Charleston Mercury. LouisviHe, Cincinnati, and Charleston Rnil Road. Major McNeill, the Chief engineer of this Koad, arrived here a few days since in the Steam Boat from Norfolk, and having previous ly signified his acceptance of appointment, en tered promptly upon the important duties of his office. We understand that after frequent interviews with the President and Directors in this place, ? aided by Col. Elmore, one of the Directors, resident in Columbia, ? a plan of operation was adopted which Major Mc Neill will carry immediately into effect. Th^ Chief Engineer will forthwith organize such Brigades of Engineers as may be necessary for the 'purpose, of entering at once upon the su:v<!ys of all the lines of road indicated by ttie Company, at their late meeting in Knox ville, and such other lines as may appear *o possess peculiar advantages. Major McNsill has proceeded accordingly to the: North, to assist Mr. Drayton, (who had already been despatched to New York and Philadelphia for that purpose) in procuring' tfle requisite supply of Instruments of the best description. As soon as the necessary arrangements can be made, Major McNeill will return here, and the several Brigades of Engineers will at once take the field, and commence their ope ations. It is hoped that the surveys and estimates will be completed in time to enable the Com pany at their meeting in October next, to es tablish the route and commence the work. ? The acquisition of such a man as Major Mc Neill, who has constructed more Rail Road, and with more success than any man in Ameri ca or perhaps in the world, is most fortunate for the Company, and augurs well for the success of the enterpnze. We are informed that he enters with great zeal into thii underta king, and is confident of success. From the Charleston Courier. The following resolutions were adopted at j a late meeting of the South Carolina Jcckey Club, and ordered to be printed. Proceeding from a Jockey Club , they certainly indicate that a very great moral influence, is happily pervading our community et present. Resolved , That the Treasurer andt commit ter on Finance be instructed to have the leases of the Bcoths, in future, so drawn as to prevent all violoiations ofthe laics of the State , on the Washington Course. Resolved^ that the lessees of Booths, on the Washington Course, be hereby notified to remove their respective buildings in sixty days ; and in default of their removal in that time, the same shall beicome the property of tbe Clute? and the Treasurer and committee of Finance, be authorised to lease the same to proper persons on the 1st Monday in January next, in whole or in part as they may deter mine best for the interest of the Club. /?eso/re<2,That the above resolutions be pub lished in the Gazettees of this City, and in such sporting papers as advertise the annual races of the South-Carolina Jockey Club. From the Minutes, JOHN B IRVING, Secretary. * Highway Rcbbery and allempl to Murder.? Mr. Nelson Alexander, from Winsbo rough, (S. C.) was waylaid near the Eight Mile House, early on Saturday morning, and robbed of #3800. The partirjars, as far W they have come to our knowledge, are as foN lows : Mr. Alkiakder, on Thursday last, was accosted, near the Race Course, by a man calling himself VV*Gr aro RR, who had with him two boys for sale, saying that h? had two more at his plantation, near the Eight Mile House, and that if ho would meet him there on Friday, he would shew the others. Ac cordingly, Mr. A. went to the place designs ted, but not meeting G., he remained during the night. He started early on Saturdays mor ning for town,and after proceeding a short dis tance, fell in with thee men among whom he re cognized Granger. Thev prevailed on him to dismount, and after doing so, Granger threw his arms around him, and one of hi* accom plices, filling his mouth and eyes with ?,?>*? substance pronounce by the now attending physician of a poisonious nature, dragged him- ^ in the woods, kieked and bruised him dread fully and robbed him of all his Mr. Alexander now lays dangerously ill Rt the 8 Mile House, but he has all tl^ attendance fiom his friends in town that can be possibly bestowed upon him. From the Charleston Courier , Match 1st Important From Florida. ? The scliooner Polly , Captain Felker, arrived yesterday from Jacksonville. We learn from Capt. F. that Gen. Jesup had sent to Garey'a ferry for 400 horses to renew the campaign, the Chiefs having not come in according to agree ment, and that the steamer Forrester bad been despatched to Savanah on Sunday last. We learn also by a passenger in the schr. S. S. M ills, from St. Augustine, that in^ telligencc had been received at that plfte*,. stating that hostilities were to have comtaene~ ed on Saturday last, 25th ult. We further learn from Capt SovTH#ic?^ of the schr. S. S. Mills, that two of Geaerat> Hernadez's negroes that were captured about! twelve months ago by (he Indians, had mad* their escape and arrived at St. Augustfiee .OH" Saturday last, 25th ult, who state that about 400 Indian wa-riors were concentrated, near* Pilatkakaha of Phillip's gang, and that; Abfce* ham had gone into Gen. Jesscp and; given himself up, where he intended to remain ; audi there were a large number erf' Indtaa&efcOQt* Musquitto. In addtion to the above, pe hitter received the following from our correspondent* at> St. Augustine. Herald/Office, > ST. AUGUSTINE, Feb~27, 1837. ( THE WAR NOT ENDED TET ! On Saturday last, information was received from Gen. Jesup V Camp at Dade's Battle Ground, and we regret to etate, that it is fcr from cheering. It is stated'lhat the Indiana have held no talk, nor hare the chief? return ed as they agreed to. Gen. Jesup waa to wait until Saturday, when he would re-commence hostilities. About one hundred Indians had been in the Camp, and Abeam md others ware allowed free ingress an&egress. On Saturday night last, Gen. Hernandez's two negroes Aleck tt/ui Stephen, who ware - taken by the Indians in> May last, returned; . having effected their eseape on horseback. We have not seen them>but we learU that they Statf^ that there is a greabdea* of dissent ion in ti)en*? t ion. The Chiefs are willing to give up but tbe young warriors are- averse. to*it ; that they have plenty of ammunition ; that Phillip's trtbo at Top-koliky have* net been disturbed, and that they have a fbfee of more than 400, fighU ing men ! That rn the -attack upon tfce breast work at Lake Monroe ihey lojt one killed J*n? three wounded, antL that the party did not know of the armistice. Av report preveila among them that Gen. Jessup> in holding out the offer of a talk, intends- to get them, hand cuff them, and ship them off, and this baa prevented their attending; A -any of thern are now going South>with their families. These ! Negroes are to be examined in relation to the corespondenec which has been carried on with the Negroes in town and jnuch interesting information is expected to be obtained from them. They are in prison. p? ? ? ? ? ? m IN SENATE:? Thursday, Feb. 23. REDUCTION OF THE TARIFF. The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill to reduce the duties on certflfo Imports, and the question being on the motion of Mr.. Davis to strike from the bill the articleot com mon salt, the effect of which is to vetain the protecting duty now levied on that articte^ A debate ensned, of which it is impossible now to present mere than a very brief outline, and which coeepied the Senate till near seven o'clock, at whieh.time the question remained still ur.decdcd. Mr. Davis supported his motion by a speech of considerable length, in which he went into a detailed history of the salt duly from its .first imposition down to the present time. ? He then dwelt ttpon^he magnitude of , the in*, tercsts involved in this manufacture, and conx' sidered the influence of the duty nttt only on the manufacturer of salt* but also upon tho fisheries. ~-He scouted the idea that this re duction would - be an important boon to the poor, and insisted on the policy of cheriahtng a nursery for our seamen. He admitted tUe low rate at which salt was sold in some parts of Europe, but reminded Mr. Benton, who had Urged this argument-, that, by the existing course of'trade, i dbr? fifths of all the ifnported, salt was brought jn to this country from Eng*-. land and her^'epetidencics, whe're the price was much higher. It appeared magnanimous in a Senator from New York to propose to. take off the promoting duty from an article so. extensively manufactured in that State;. but he reminded the Senate that New York laid a toll of six cents a bushel on all foreign salt passing her canal, which of itself operated OS n complete protection. - Mr. Denton went at considerable lengtKf into a reply, insisting on the arguments be had before adduced Rt such great length, in fuvor of making salt tree oi duty. The debate now took an extended; range, and went into general politics. Mr. Calhoun took the floor in a very ani mated speech, in which he discussed- the whole history of the policy of protection, and inveigh ed with much severity againft the manner in, which the South had been treated^ in tfre ciyv I cumstanoes which led to the tariff! of 18k*. > accusing the President of having be the cause*, by his vote, of fixing that- tariff upon. the. countrv. He insisted that it was of the Southern States strictly to- adhere * the compromise, & not to been allured by ex temporary advantage into throwing the ^uca-l