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f ' #v CHER AW GAZETTE A ?sT 1) ___ PEE DEE FARMER M. MacLeali, Editor and Proprietor. CHER AW, S. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 18.1839. , Vol. IV. No. 21 r?p 7SRtf8. lfpaid within three months, . - 00 II paid within three months after the close of the year, - - - - - - - *1 50 If paid within twelve months after tho oloso of the year, 4 00 If not paid within that ti.ne, . . 5 00 A company often persons taking the paper at tho same Post Office, shall bo entitled to it at ?25 provided the names bo forwarded together, .and ! accompanied by the money. No paper to bo discontinued but at the option of tho editor till arrearages are paid. Advertisements not exceeding sixteen lines, , , inserted for one dollar tho first time, and fifty cents, each subsequent insertion Persons sending in advertisements are request, eu ^0 specify the number of times they are to be ii^o ted; otherwise they will bo continued till ordered out, and charged accordingly. ft Pa^I o<?a mnaf !\a no Id rvn nil tki A UO A UiUOb l/V ^/aiu Vil 1*44 VV444II4U* O-cations. 1 ANTHON'S SERIES, ! OF SCHOOL CLASSICKS. PROFESSOR Anthon of Columbia Col. lego, New York, is editing a series of i classical works for the use of schools and ; Colleges to consist of perhaps thirty volumes.? , The ripe scholarship of the Editor is an abundant pledge to all interested, that the test 1 adopted will be the purest, that the English 1 Commentaries will be judicious and learned, and I that all other suitable aids to a right understand- < ing of the original, will ba liberally furnished. Tiiis pledge is fully redeemed in the volumes already published, which are, Latin lessons, a I new Greek Grammar, Greek Prosody, Sallust, ] Cesar. Ciceio, and IIarace, all of which may ] be examined or purchased at the "Bookstore." , April 5, 1839. _2l tf_ | I Wadesboro' Academy, j! TIIE Trustees of the Wadesboro, Academy have the pleasure to announce to Parents j j and Guardians, tint they have employed tbo Rev., i P. B. Willey. A. M. nndtho Rev. Alex. B.Smith ! to take charge of the institution .Mr. Willey has 1 been touching for fifteen years, and |Mr. Smith : I nine or ten. j ( r^Tiio Trustees confidently recommend that ; under the Charge of these gentlemen the moral ! ! culture of the students, will I e no less an object i 1 of attention on the part of the Teachers, that j their improvement in Littoralure. Students can he prepared to enter the University of our own , Slate, or any College in our Country. " The exercises of the School will commence on 1 tbo 2nd Menday of April next. s Terms of Tut ion. j{ 'Spelling reading writing & Arithmetic, pet qiurter c The inoro advance I brandies. S sciences &c. per quarter C tLanguages?Lit tin and Greek, per j r quarter S ) Payable in advance at commencement cfeach I 1 quarter. By order of the Trustees. C JNO A. McRAE,Seuty. If Wadesboro N. C. M treh 25lh. 1839, | c ?>1 tf i i I ~ AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION." An Agricultural Convention was held i:i t Albany N. Y. on the 5ti? and Gth of Feb- j * r tary, from th^ proceedings of which, re. J ported fortlie Gennessee Farmer, we make ; ^ the following extract. J i Felruury 5. ! v Mr. Duel, from the committee appointed ! to prepare business for the Convention, j ^ reported, in part, the following roso!u~ i tions:? j 1. Resolccd, That in the opinion of this j * Convention, the cu ture of silk is an object! well worthy of legislative encouragement by J. the offering of bounties for a limited number t , of vears for i*s production. j c "2. Resolved, Tnat this Convention regard the culture of the sugar beet, with a view to the production of sugar as a branch f of Agriculture, which may be prosecuted to a the very great advancement of the prospe- [ rity of the Slate, and recommend it as well j entitled to legislative encouragement by the ! offer of liberal bounties. \ ^ n 7?m?nhp.d. That this Convention regard ; _ il of very great importance that a brief tree. I ^ tise, containing plain directions for tire j j growing of tire mulberry, rind the manage- j of silk worms sho )!d be prepared and dis. ! tributed to each of the common schools in > * this State. 4. Resolved, Th.it the intro Juciion into | 1 nil the common schools of this S ate, of u short practical treatise containing plain, siin. ; directions for growing the sugur therefrom, j ? according to the litest and bc?t process, ; would in the opinion of th:s (Convention g greatly contribute to the general intro iuc? j r lion of this new branch of national industry,; which promises so grently to increase tire > prosperity and promote the welfare of the ] J people of this S ate. 11 6. Resolved, That this Convention cor- , dially concur in tho retommendation of his , ( excellency t!ie Governor, in his annual; j mesaige to the present Legislature, that I j publications upon Agriculture, Horticulture, j c and Rural bconomy, ought to constitute a 1 part ofe\ery common school librarv- '. 6; Resolved, 1 hat Convention res-1 pectfully and earnestly recommend that the ' f Legislature make provisions lor procuring | and distributing the above named publie.n- ! * liens, and that the expense thereof be d?- ' frayed out of the fund appropriated for corn- j' mon school libraries. After some, debate, in which several 1 gentlemen took part, the three first resolu- ( tions were adopted, when the Convention adjourned till4 P. M.on Wednesday. Wednesday, Feb. 6. The tiiroo inst resolutions submitted yes Terday by Mr. Bue!, were taken up. discus, j sed, and adopted. Mr. Buel, from the committee appointed 1 to propose business for tho Convention, re- ' ported the <bllo\virg resolutionsi 7. 3?sfl?c?d, That agriculture is lh? \ great business of the State?whether we re- j gard the numbers it employs, the mngni. tilde of its products, or the wealth nnd com. ! fort which it confers?so it ought, at all times, to receive the peculiar and fostering care of the representatives of the people. 8. Resolved, That in the opinion of this j Convention, agriculture has not hitherto re-! . j ceived, from tbe people's representatives, j that stimulus to improvement which sound policy would justify, and which espial justice and the best interest of the state demand. 9. Resolved, That the products of our soil may he vastly increased, our revenue augmented, the wealth nnd comfort of every class of our citizens promoted, and the character and prospects of our s:ate cleva. ted?by a judicious and liberal nppropriation of public moneys to enlighten, to stimulate and to reward, that numerous portion of our fellow citizens who nre employed in the business of agriculture. 10. Resolved, That an annual appropri. ation of twenty-five thousand dollars of pubhe moneys ought to be made, for a term of years, to encourage improvements in agriculture; and that in the opinion of this C/'onvention it will return an annual interest to the treasury, and compound interest to the State. 11. Resolved, That the general principles of the bill to encourage agriculture, reported at the last session of the legislature t by the committee on agriculture, meet the | news of this Convention, and that we respectfullv request that those principles be idoptcd by the Legislature now in session. 12. Reslvcd, That the American InstL utc richly deserves the fostering care and iberal patronage of the Legislature, as an institution which has already done much ?ood to the state, and which is eminently :alculated to promote great and rapid improvement in the mechanic and manufactur. ing nr:s and materially to aid in the improvement of tigricuiture. 13. Jiesolvcd, That the offer of liberal regards for the discovery of preventives to the Jepredations of the grain,weevil worm, hes>ian fly. and insect enemies, which prey upon mdseriously injure our farm crops, wh'le it mnl.t rmi/?h frnnil. hv Jparhnnr If* MSPfill b-w^, -V ---p liscoveries, could not result in loss to the state, inasmuch as the benefits of the discovtry, if any should be made deserving of the owards, would greatly over-balance their mount. 14. Resolved, That the establishment of oinmon school libraries will form an imlortnnt era in our history, and is eminently ralculated to advance us in the m irch of ist ful knowledge, to multiply our demesne ind social comforts, and to elevate oar cliaricter?provided that judicious selections of >ooks are made for such libraries?adapted o the capacities and understanding* of those vliom they arc designed to benefit, to ttic vants and improvement of the various tranches of productive industry, and to the iromoiion of industrious and moral habits n the rising generation; and that in this iew of the subject, the appointment of a lompetent board to prepare, or cause to bo >repared, a selection of books for common ichool libraries, by the Legislature, at least o far as the public moneys are to be np. died to this object, is called for by the high :st considerations of public usefulness. Afer some discus%on, the above rcsoiuions were severally Bdopted, except the 3th ; for which Mr. Clark, of YVashingtor, iffcred the following substitute* which was idopted in its stead. Whereas, the grbwing of wheat is a busL toss of great importance, not only to the igricultural but also to the mercantile, man. ifucturing, commercial and financial inter, sts of this state :?And whereas, the east, rn and northern portions of the state have, or some years past, been visited by the avages of insects which have destroyed the tops therein, and reduced the farming n!eresf3 thereof to dependence on their rcstern neighbors for their supplies of flour: bid whereas, this Convention view with larm, the rupid spread of this evil towards lie fine wheat dis'ricts of the west :? Therefore, in hopes to stop the progress ?f this scourge in our land, this Convention lo most earnestly and confidently call upon md request the legislature now in session, o authorize the governor or some other luitable person or persons, to offer a oward to any person or persons who shall iiscoverand make public any remedy for irevcnlins or counteracting the effects of heso insects. Such bounty to be paid out ?f the treasury of this State. And whereas, also, a knowledg of the diameter and habits of these insects may cad to the discovery of a course of bus. >andry which may avoid the deleterious iffects ot the labors of these insec s. Therefore, this Convention do also request! hat the Governor rnnv be further outhoriz- J id and required to offer a reward for the best reatise on the habits, character and nature >f these insects. Such treaties to be subnitte J to and determine by a board for t'nat Purpose to be appointed. Gun. Clark o fie re I the followed resolution, which was adopted, and Messrs. J, B. Wakoman of New York, C. Bergon and Gcn.|John6onofKin6, P. Potter of Dutchess, J. J. Vide of Rensselaer, and A. Van Bergen of Green, were appointed a com. rriittce to prepare the report. Resolved, That a committee of six members of this Convention ho appointed to prepare a Report on the future prospects of Agricultural, Manufactures and tho Mechanic Arts ir> this Siute, to bo illustra-' led by such statistics as the committee may deem appropriate, and that pie Report,! I when completed, be published in the Cultivalor, th* Gennesseo Farmer, and the Journal of the American Institute. Mr. Walsh of Renssalaer, offered the following resolution, which was adopted, and iho committee appointed thereon were Messrs. Duana of Shenectady, Socket of Senecn, Sfiong of Monroe, Allen of Erie, and Clark of Washington. Resolved, That a committee of five he appointed to confer with iho members of our Legislature on the expediency of making an apporpriotion of public moneys in aid of the improvemo.it of our husbandry. On motion of Mr- Fry of Montgomery, Resolved, That this Convention recommend the holding of a Safe Agricultural Convention, in the Capitol, in the city of Albany, on the first Tuesday of February 1840. On motion of Mr. Young, of Tomp kins. Resolved, That Messrs. Buel, Chcever and Bement be appointed a committee for the express purpose of confenng with the Agricultural Committee of both Houses of the Legislature, upon the subject of the proposed reward, ia relation to the wheat insect. The Convention then adjourned Sine die. From tlio Milledgevillo (Ga.) Journal. quackery exposed. A friend has placed in our hands, a neat little paper, published in Philade phi.i, and entitled the National Silk Work. Its chief object is, to advance the culturo of American Silk, but we are happy to see, that whilst engaged in the dissemination of usefiE information on this subject, the Editor has undertaken to foster a much more important interests, than the sale of Mulberry trees, or the production of Silk?he has voluntarily entered the lists, in defence of the health of the people, against the destructive machinations of cmpricism. In his first sally, he lias run full tdt against Dr. Jos. Priestly Peters, and after a smart application of the lash, left him without a single covering for his base designs against the health, and lives of his fellow-beings, lie has not only exposed his brazen attempts at deeep'ion, but, by the united testimony of several distinguished individuals, convicted him of gross and malicious falsehood. The article in question will be found in ar.o'her column of this days paper headed "llase Imposition." We happen to bo acquainted with some pnu?ygnt in tlio history of t)?ic P PTE a a. He came to this place about 8 years ago, and, presenting to the Medical society, a diploma from some obscure Coliego at the North, applied for license to practice Medicine. Considering the parchment exhibited, as sufficieul evidence of his competency. af:cr a very slight examination, the Board .according to usuage conferred upon him authority to practice. Several gentlemen who composod that Board have since expressed their regrets, because of his not having been subjected to a more rigid examination,?as they after, wards became fully satisfied, that lie was without qualifications,,and unable to have passed creditable examination. Having obtained the license, he immediately set about the preparation and sale of a nostrum, winch j was stv led, " Medicince. Stomachica et Hcpatica /" This medicine was recom. mended to the public not only as a sovereign I remedy for Liver Complaints, but bv its ac lion on the stomach, a certain cure for a), most every disease to which human nature is liable. For two or three yenrs he continued to flourish in the newspapers, and through thccoun rv, and by somo means succeeded in obtaining for his medicine the sanction of several respectublo names. But the business became rather dull, when iic suddenly changed tack, end came nut ivun a new article under the title of 44 Vegetable Piils" whose vir lies were snid to be vasdy more wonderful than those of the liquid potion with the long name. These Pills were represented to he purely vegetable, and perfectly harmless in their operations upon the system. It is believed, that the falsity of this latter assertion, can be established by many witnesses. We know of one gentleman in a neighbosing county, who was induced to"try tliem for6omedis. ease, and the result was, a severe saliva* Hon?from the effects ofwhioh, lie has never fully recovered. They were also recommended to persons going to sea, as an excellent preventive, or remedy for."Sea-sickness., Several gentlemen of this place Imp. peftcd is company with Peters on hoard the sicam Boat hound from Charleston to Norfolk, when ho removed his residence to the north, and they are unanimous in the opinion, that he suffered more from sea sickness than any other passenger on the Boat ?showing that he had no confidence in his own medicines, or, that they possessed no virtue !?He left this place about four years ago for the city of New.York, where he * : - * I- ? ? t.imrn made fl'IS SU1C0 rt-S10'GUf QUU US WC Itumi a considerable foriuue by the sale of his " Vegetable Pills." During his slay here, he was never countenanced by the respneta. bio portion of society, nor recognized by the Medical Faculty as a qualified Physician. Wc have been thus explicit, not from tiny personal hostility to Peters, but from a sin* cere desire to unmask wlint we believe to be a gross deception, and if possible, rescue the people from u fata! delusion, by which hundredsaro no doubt yearly precipitated to an untimely end. CORRECTION. Our attention has been called to un error of romo consequence, whinh occurred ?n our last week's publication, respecting Dr. Deters. We stated that he presented to the Median} Society a Diploma, and applied for license to practice, which, after a i very slight examination, was granted. It 1 appears, that under the law, as it then exist, j ed, the presentation of a Diploma, was : deemed sufficient evidence of con)patency 1 and the Board had no authority to subject the applicant to examination. Of course, | if there be blame, it should be attached to 1 the law, and not to the Medical Board, who I pdfrsossed no discretionary power. '< From the National Silk WormBASE IMPOSITION- ! QUACK MEDICINES. L The Editor of the Silk Worm considers 1 "Tt a duty he o wes to the community, lo put ' invalids, on their guarJ against a quack 1 imposture now attempted to be palmed ofF 1 under the name of "Peters' Vegetable I< Pills.'* Were this an imposition that af* J fected merely the pockets of purchasers, 1 we should consider it less incumbent upon 1 us lo make this exp sure; but tampering, ' as it does, with health and with the lives 1 I ~ . . - t j of the people, we do not for a moment uesi- ] | tate to hold up this new attempt at deception ' j and imposition in its true light. Health is 1 is emphatically "the poor man's blessing' too often it is the only one he can boast of, 1 and wb abhor, from our souls, the wrotch 1 who, for filthy lucre, can set down and ! deliberately concoct falsehood, for the pur? ( I pose of scattering pills for portions throdgh- ' { out the land, the indiscriminate use of which, 1 is destructive of health Brandeih's Pills," J I after ruining or impairing the health of ' t scores, for every one they benefitted, have 1 had their day, and are now fast settling to J their proper level. The success of that !1 i nostrum has induced others to enter the field, I 1 ' and among them flourishes conspicuously,1 1 "Dr. Jos. Priestly Peters," whose pretcn- ' sions wc shall take it upon ourselves to I expose in a thorough and efficient manner, ! at our earliost convenience. In the mean- j 1 time we caution the public against placing j ( any reliance in the certificates and recom- j' mendations with which ho is filling the pa- I j pers, and by means of which ho expects to | J deceive and mislead the credulous. j We have a right to be thus explicit, when i! we have in our possession conclusive evi- j dence, in relation to the direct and positive j falsehood of several portions of his publish- j cd statement, and have therefore a right to \1 infer the falsedhood of the whole. Ficti- J j lious recommendations and certificates of;' quack nostrums, shall not be palmed oft upon this community with impunity?and I ' after having disposed of this case of iin- j I posture in a satisfactory manner, we intern} | totuke up other similar humbugs wi h which 1 our city is infested, having determined to * do what lies in our power, to prevent sick-j ncssand disease from being made the sport j of unfeeling and mercenary speculators. J In his pamphlet and newspaper adver- !1 'tisements, Priestly Peters asserts that he i1 "has the pleasure of informing the public 4 that his Ptlls have received the direct sane. 1 tion and patronage of the following distin- 1 guished individuals:"? Here follows the names of a scv.rc of publie functionaries at the seat of government j and elsewhere, including the President of j! the United States, Ex-Presidents, .Senators,' 1 Governors of fiveS.ates, Bishops, and the 1 c Post-Master General. From several oft. I ihp?n distinguished individual*, we have ; ! o _ i been politely favoured with such evidence ! as fixes the charge of imposition upon this ; ! quack impostor conclusively. Mr. Kendall i1 says: i " You arc right in believing that such use | j of my name is unauthorized by me. I know ; nothing of those pills?have never used one |1 of them, to my knowledge, and any asscr. \ v lion, by way of advertisement or otherwise, i that! " sanction," or " patronise" them, is j. a base imposition upon the country. * 1 wish you .success in putting down all such "quackery."" !v | The Hun. T. ft. Ronton, in a commun. i! ' cation to the Editor, says ; " In answer to j1 I your enquiries I have to say, I never heard i [ or read of Peters' Vegetable Pills, until I re- \' | ceived your letter, and that all attempts to ; i exhibit me as sanctioning or patronising 1 ! those pills, are impudent impositions upon i1 j the public." j1 Letters from others, and equally distill- !' ] guished individuals, among whom we may i' j mention the Hon. Daniel Webster and the i( j Hon. John C. Calhoun, are equally explicit!1 i in their denial of " sanctioning or patroni- !! I sinr? Peters' Vegetable Pills"?notw ith- i 1 ! standing which, Priestly Peters has the !! ' mercenary efl'iontery to assure the citizens 1 i of Philadelphia, that his nostrum "has rc. j ceived their direct sanction and patronage." j j We therefore put our citizens on their : 1 guard against this GROSS imposition?[' | this IMPUDENT attempt to SWINDLE I them out of their money and their health, i' j and induce them to buy an article which has i nothing but QUACKERY and FALSE- ! IIIOOD to recommend it. I There are other impositions of a similar | character, designed to fleece the poor und j J tamper with health, which we mean to ex | amine into, and shall make a faithful and independent report of their merits. REMARKS OP MR. ELY MOORE. OF NEW YORK. In the House of Representatives, February 4. 1839, on presenting a remonstrance from citizens of the District of Columbia, against the recepiion of abolition peti* | tion? &c. (Continued,) | Congress can exercise no powcrU^ vlp* j uc of t!:e ICth article of the 8th section of the constitution over the District of Cc .urn. p bia, that it would not have been competent C for Maryland and Virginia to have exer- tl crsed prior to making llie cession. Tho A exclusive powers of legislation," therefore, it posses e l by Congrevs over the "ten miles o square/' are of the kind which were never tc delegated to the General Government, hut al reserved to the States. To say that the hi power of "exclusive legislation," conferral tl upon Congress by the ltflli article of tho j hi 3;h section of the constitution, embraced j w any of the goneral powers contained in any j d< of the fifteen preceding articles of the 8th j a I section, would be to charge the framers ol j in the constitution with granting a repetition j in of powers-by distinct articles. This is not to \ s: be presumed. Neither is it to be presumed bi that the framers:of ilie constitution, con- ? ferret/ upon Congress Federal powers con. ct current with exiling State powers. No, bt iir; the framers of the American constitu th :ion, as wise and patriotic men, conferred no si oowers upon Congress that were calculated tu :o beget strife and contention, and instead w jfpromoting. mar the harmony which ever til jught to subsist between the National and I State Governments. And equally wise th md cautious were they in combining the tr federal and local or State powers in such d< manner as that Congress, in discharging the G Jouble functions of a Federal and State th L^islature, should not confound, nor pro. si Juce a collision between these powers or! th "unctions. Tlius Congress, I repeat, as ! a Me General or Federal Legislature, exer. i W :ise the general powers delegated by the J tr States; and as a local or State Legislature,' cl jxercise, from time to time, the reserved ai ind undelegated powers pertaining to 'he w States. In the former capacity, Congress ai nay declare war, or make peace, "coin tu money and regulate the value thereof," &c., la but cannot legislate with regard to the Io- w :al wants and interests of this District. c< But in the latter capacity, Congress may j d< incorporate companies, build bridges,! ui aptMi streets?in a word, supply the wa. ss | n< ind meet the* exigencies of the District, | ri( precisely in the same manner that a S:atc re Legislature may do with regard io a S ale, to And the laws passed by Congress in this ol 1 * '* -- ? fl i 3:aic cr tocai capacity, ?ru inn-uwuij ? limited in their opera!ion to tho District of w Columbia, precisely ns a State law is con- \ fined in its operation to the State limits. If J? the laws passed by Congress in their local S legislative capacity had the effect of United it States laws, the banks of this Di strict would if be United S>ntes banks, and tho insurance w companies United Stales insurance com- fr armies. lo The D.'s'rict of Columbia is? in i?ll res- 1 jects, whether as a sovereignty or as a ti< lommunity, us much independent of the j b< FinJora! Legislature, when acting in their 1 c< ederal capacity, as are Georgia and North ! dt Carolina, or as thoso States are of each th >thcr. The Federal Legislature, therefore, ac is such, possess no more power over the w >ubject within the limits of this District, than to hey do ever that subject within the limits jf" those States. Consequently, Congress ei ire no more hound lo receive peti ions from J in be citizens of the States praying for the tr iboiition of slavery in the District ofColum- w )ia, than tho Legislature of a sovereign and T ndependent State would be bound to re- v< teive petitions from the citizens of the Dis? CI rict of Columbia, touching the domestic fi ?*??1 - ?' - -?--1 ??i _.. ^ r ... n v* mt.it a n\ ; acres is unu aucrnui puuee v." au\.u ~t lencc the popular fallacy with regard to c< bo right of petition. The ques ion is no! is to the right of petition, but us to the d s. ti inaiion or direction which petitions should U akc. Admitting that the citizens of a Sate 01 iavo a right to petition their Legislature, cl ouching any subject of grievance, over pi vnich the legislature may have jurisdic- if) ion ; and that the citizens of the U. S. pt mve also a right to petition the Federal te Legislature on u!l subjects ofa federal char. tu icier does it follow, therefore, that the ci. i- . ar lens of one State have n right to pt-ii ion cc he Legislature of another State, concern- th ng its domes ic institutions and internal He >olice? Or, that citizens of the United fo Stutes have a right to petition the Federal cc Legislature on a subject that is not federal, th uitstrictly local in its character, and will tic iVhich the petitioners havo no rigid to infer- ci noddle ? Certainly not. And as the citi- J ty '.ens of Vermont or Connecticut, for exam, j wi }!e, have no more right to interfere with the ra iomostic institutions of this District llian , fo h^y have with die domestic institutions of tit lie State oI'M in land or of Virginia, which ?1 is just no no at all?hey might, with the th Ktme propriety p- tition flie Legislature ol of hose States to abolish slavery within their th imits, as to petition the local Legislature of pi ibis D.strict to abolish slavery within its cc limits. And us it would cot, and ought not, A Ia lin nnnau forrt.t n Hi?nin! of the right of pe- | df 1U*> Wi|<iiv|V| V/VI ? ? _ ^ tition on the part of the Legislature ofeith- ar ur ol those States to reject such poiitions. al so neiihcr could it he regarded os a denial, w of such right for Congress, the local Legis- bt Ulure of the District of Columbia, (and it has boon already shown that it is only in 01 this local capacity tlint Congress cm have b jurisdiction over the subject at all,) to reject h similar petitions from citizens of thoso or k any other States. It matters not, therefore, tl whether Congress have the power to abol. rr ish slavery within the District of Columbia r< or not, as Congress is not bou id, in either ii case, to receive petitions from the citizens of c the States touching the subject of slavery p within this Diitricts-*auch citizens having I no right interfere with this* or ony other v subject of iuternaLpofcc* within the District, a What, sir; could it b?-regarded as a deni. p aioftho iegitanato exercise of the right of a jt&ition oit i!jo part ofCongress, to reject c etitions from citizens of the Sratea praying Jongress to narrow or widen the sreeia in lis city, or in the city of Georgetown, or of Jexandria, or to repeal the charters of the icorporated companies within this District, r otherwise to change, alter, or in any W%y ) affect the municipal insiitutionsor intern* ! police of the District ? No man, f sppresiid, will so allege. And why not T xdf 10 reason, sir, that the petitioners would are no right or authority to intermeddle ith the local rights and interests of an in^pendent community--? comiimnity as isolutely indepedoent of the petitioners, i all the respects just mentioned, as are the lunicipalities of France t And as the h?* itution of slavery in the Dictrie. ofColum* ia, as well as in the slave Stated is, in ail tspects, and to ail intents an I purposes, la. 11 in its character, Congress are no mod1 >und (o entertain petitions from citizens Qf e States, asking for its abolition, than W ich petitions related to the municipal institions of a foreign country. 'If Congress ould not bo bound to receive petitions itt " ?? " ?- '1??~ ..IJ >< flv? n'kflr t; uiiu cosr, uivy wuuiu uui in v. * repeat, then, that whether Congress ' e power to abolish slavery wtthrhlhetHif* ict of Columbia, or not, it cannot be regar*J as a denial #f the light of petition for ongress to rej? ct petitions from citizens of e Slates, praying for the exercise of icb right, no* more than it would be for em to reject petitions from the subjects of foreign power, asking for similar acljdn. <ere the institution of slavery, in UhkCm* ict ofCohimbia, general and national in its >aracter, instead of being, as it is, strictly id essentially local and municipal, then ould the cit:zens of the Sfca'os, I gran', be ithuriz?id to petition the National Legist, re concerning it: and the National Legis. fiire, recognising the right of petition, oul J be bound to receive such petitions, if >uched in respectful language. Hut ir our existing form of government, nntt ] ler existing circumstances, Congress are it bound, and in truth have no Ingitimato ghf, to entertain petitions from individual aiding without the limits of this District, niching the abolition orsJavtTy, or ari$r ;her subject of a local or municipal char, ctcr, affecting, rrierc!y,the citizens residing ithin the District. Such being my views, then, I can but re* ard those pot it ions rs?-residents of the tutes?praying Congress to abolish slavery i the District of Columbia, m guihy of an nperiinent and un varrantablo interference itb the rights, privih ges, and interests of a ceand independent community.?And so ng, sir, as I entertain my preseft'ifyThlbiiji, shall feel constrained to reprobate any Mf. in on tho part of the Congress which may ; calculated to give countenance and erf* iuragoment to such mischierous and autcious interference. Sir, by receiving ese petitions, We tac'fly yield our assottm 'ts of aggression on the rightv of fliose horn it is our peculiar duty and province defend and protect. Let Congress promptly reject all petitions, nanafing from citizens of the States, pray* g for the abolition of slavery in the Disict of Columbia, and this eorrbdmg ifofl i le spreading evil will be speedily arrested, he hulls of Congress, sir, have been con?rted iijibolition laboratories, where ihisacimulat ing mischief is eompounded and re. ncd, whore it receives its point and poten? ir, and whence it is fulminated upon tlie ountry. But ngain, sir. Congress have nA root iit'onal authority to abolish slavery in the district of Columbia, without tho consent fthe slave owners. The constitution d?v ares "no person shall bo deprived en hi> roperty wlihout due process of law ; and iAt private proferty shall net be taken 'for ihlic use wiibdtH compensation/' An af* inpt to render this language ofibe const! tion more explicit or more emphatic 1/ jy comments of nflne, could but be regardI as a reflection upon the intelligence of is house. If Congress cannot constitu* >nally take private property, except it be r public use, and only then by making mripensatien to the owners thereof, and Im i? ihe onlv true and le?/iiim:ite construe "* ----J o )n, by what authority can thev wrest from tizens of this District'their private proper1 Such acta unquestionably would be thout the shadow of constitutional war. nt. The advocates of abo!itionisniJ|Mfc> re, in order to surmount this co^^| >r?nl impediment to itirir schemes, mils' low, in the first plac, that the citizens of e District of Columbia con titu'e no part 'the citizens of the Unite J States; and, in e second place, that slave property is not ivate property. Whenever they shall sue ssfully do this, t wity admit that the mericun constitution affords no guarantee rains' the violation of tbe riglts of property, id that Congress may, constitutionally, polish slavery in tho District of Columbia, itliout the consent of the slave owners; jt not till than. If the citizens ot this district may havo ne species of property arrested from them y the high hand of power, what security ava they that their property of whatsoever ind will not share a similar fate? But, si.', lis Supposition cannot be tolerated for a toment. Tht doctrine strikes nt the very oot of all free government, and is, to nil items and purposes subversive of the so. ial compact. In the language of the SuremeCourt;?"There are acts which the federal orStaie Legislatures cannot do, without exceeding their authority, TKela ire certain vital principles in our free mblican Government, which will dotermioa ind oveffule an apparent and flagrant abuat :f legislativepower; os tp wtbdrtao pia&i> A