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I-P tokb.the sujcet wider - OW idration, ~and ord pd iA6ont be liie4e aiihong the -bie ecords~ for safe: - - ejging.. - u.t to pr-oceed, in reply to tho ohject'ns of our opponents. It is next .urged. that - cedents. are.against the side we sup port. .meetjds objection with a direct- denigl. Frontdhe-beginning of the Governiut to -the commencement of thais Sesliou there Is not a single precedent 'that justifies the receivin of hese petitions, 'onthe ground n hici. their rcceptio. ..s urged. Th rcal state of the case is, that We arc not - following, but naiug pieccdentts. For the first tine lias the prgwciple been asun ed,~that we have no.- discretion, butm take jurisdiction over them,,hoiv ever .abi -' surd,.frivolous, maisevious, .orfore.gn fren the purpose for which the Government was created. ~leceive tlbese ptti'ons and you -wllcre ate at grocedeii hihwill hereafter, establish this monstrous pinciple. As.yet the are none. 'Jthecase rolied-pu hy'the setatw*6 - Tennssee (Mr Grudy) is i. no respet ailogoius. No :questionin that case',jw mtdu on the reception of. the. petition. e petition. slipped in wsitliouf takjng a vote, as is daily done, where the attention of the. Senate as not partieularly called to the subject. The question on which the discussion took place was on the reference, and not on the reception, as in. this case; but what -is decisive against the, precedent, and which I regret the Sena tor (Mr. Grundy) did not state, so that it might accompuny his remarks, is the fact that tie petition was not for abolishing sla very. _The subject wans the African slave trade ; and, the petition simply proyed that Congress would inquire wihether they might: not adopt some meastire of interdiction, prior to 1808, when by the. Constitution. trade. I -ask .the' Secretary to read the 1prayer of the petition: "But we find it indliginsably incumnbent on us, as a religious body, asuredlyfbeliev -, ing that both the true temporal in wrests of -nations, and eternal welU-being of individ imals, depend on doing justly, loving mercy, .nnd walking hubly before God, the crea tor, preserver, and beeatrof men, thus -affecting subject, [slave trade;]). earnestly ___ sldeiig that the infinite Father of spirits -* . *may so,enrich our mindls with his love and truth, andi so influence your utderstandi . -by that prire-wisdom whbichis full of mercy ad -good fruits, a-that a sincere andi; an impartial inqiuiry may take place; whether - - itgi notInn essential part of the uduty ofC -your exalted station to exert uprightendea - vers, to the full oxtent of-your power, to - romove everg obstruction, to public right-; ~eousnq s, inhi the influenceor artifice of pairticiflar persons, governed by the narrow minstaken views of self-interest, has- occ:a iaoned ; and whether, no~withstandingsuchl semig uinpednnents, it be not reallywithin your powver t'o exercise justie anad mercy, which,if adh~ered to, we cannot donbt ab - olition must produce the abolition of the slave'trade." Now, I ask the Senator whore is the anal - gy between this .and the present petition, the 'reception of which he so strennousry nrges?1 He -is t lawyer of-long experience and14 of d~stingiuied repntation ; and.Iput the question to him,''on *hiatjposible pri - eiplo can a case* so pefectly dissimnilar, jus -tafy thievote he intends to give-on the pres ent occasiton ? . On wrhat possible ground ecga the vote of Mr.Ailadison to refeue that petition, on which hoe has so ituch ralied, justify h'~ in receiving this I Does he not .pergne~ his own example the danger of 4formzng pi-codets! IC ha may call to his aid the authiority of SMr. Maaison, in a case so dissimnilar-i to justifyftheteception of--thie peion,Ander nend-- . .. - tion ofKCoigm'ss evet st Eean - cipatign, tg what r'oe h#remfterinkuy nfthe exa lo oist6nto~ hiss *- ent ocai Cevre It is not my~ -desi~i ito eetAure Mr. Madi son's course', bat I- canbot refrain froam ox pressin'g my regret 'tliat his name is nlot found assocettd, ton .that occasion, wvith .the sagacious aa$ firm representativesfrom th South--Smith, Taicker, and Bttrber, of South Carolna, James Jacksorrof Georgia an any others, who af th'tt early period, - ever to be met, -'those .who regard the Sace y e~r ofteslave-holding ' ~~ itates.. Hdd headded the. weight of his talents and authority to theirs,- a- more healthy tone of sentiment; thair that which rsoir unfortunately exisats, woul thise day hiaye beea the consequence. Ariother case fias been cited; l6 justiff: - the-vte for reception. I refer to -the peti eion the Qualters, in 1803, which tihe ~ ~.-~q~tofrt :Penryylvania (Mr.Bfuehanan). fttt~9u~sOstaina' himn in receiving the A ~~~.,.io. d.. Whig I have said in rE& - . edl demW etted by the Scirator * ~1~D1~nO~-.~plies equally to'this. N - l~ tltt h iin prayed 'j ution, #.bel tz slave , ut Irican '? ?*t'14- ~ ; wjh liject Co"gre.e| 10 se of eir -Inn 4~'yc~v~j~ lntof the a i ol1itio pition p4 over whic i w9ild h 'il plot any s, not ifronapfedble QuAke t ferocious in -Radsd not to suppress the A-lnn slavye . 1e1 but to abolish slavery, they votl 1witih united voice, lae rejected'the. petitai iiith scorn and indignation ! Can 'any one vho knew him doubt that one of tl e Senators from the South, (the gallant Suinter) who on that occasioW voted for receivit'g the petition, would havo.been among fie irst to vindicate the interests of thos.6 vhom lie represented, had the question. at flint day been. what it is -on.tlie resent ocasion *? Wc are next told that, instead joT looking to the Constitution, in -ortr i ascertain what asre limits. to .the ight of pditiou,ive must push.that instru mIent a4uiotand gd1ack tot te3agna Chrta and the declaration -of rights for its origin and limitation. ~We live in strange times. it seems thete iie 'Christiais now more rtihodox tan -thwe. Bible,. and politicianjs whose stanudrd.is higher that"7he Constin. tution ; but iCobject not to tracing tie right to.theso aiblient id ve'nerateda *otracc 0 h6ld -ii higli' estimation the:-institions of our ncestors. They 'grew tip gradually .throughinhuy.generations, bry the inceanrt and untiring eflorts of an intellignat Stid brave People struggling for centuries angaist tie powor of'the. grown. ' them we are indebted for nearFy all that has beein gained for liberty ist modern tiues, excepting wat we have added. But may I-now ask how ithas happened that our opponents, in going~ back to these sacred instruments, have not thought proper to cite their provisioms, or to shd in what manner our refusal to receive petitions enn violate the -right of petitioi asts'ewred by them ? I-feel under no obli gation to supply the omission-to cite what they have onitted to cite, or to prove from the. iistruinents theniselves, that to be no violation of thent which they have not prov .n be a violation. It is unnecesusarr. o F Cti -of~Pjirlianieut is suflicient for ny)n-pr ea .It: roves; onclusively that it 4 Jo.golu-o' e, figlr, trsf secured by those io Vinents, td refuse to rcrvh- peCtt tione. esthlias what this jinractice is, I ask .tli:'Sferetary to read fronf Hatsel, a iork of h'e highest autiority, the several paragraphit whiech are muaked with a pencil, commencin; at page 700,amder the head of Petitions on Mlatter of .supply'. -"On the .9th of April, 169., a petition was tendeftd to the House, relating to the bill for grilnting .to their Majesties several duties upona the tonage of shipj); and the qutestion heing put, .that- the~ petition bp re -ceived, atgiassed'in heinegative. "On the t8th. of April, 1698, a petition was 'etd to :th'e 1ouse agaznst4Je .bill fir layi~ a duty uaponu inlandpit coail;. aad the questlq being put, that'the p~tition be recevd' assed as the~ negaiv. See, -nlso,.the9t and 20th ofr June, 1698, peti tiong relatifig to the diaties tipoh Set fin ensr and upon whale fins-uminirted-Vid. 20th ApijI, 169. etto " On theath offa'inuary 1703, ptto of the'maisters of Notinghiam being offer ed against the bill for.~eontinimng the duties on. nalt,t and the qurestion heing put, that the pietitien he brought-up, at passed in tie. niegaitive.- - ' On t~h'e221st of Doceirnhel-,.706,-Resol ved, Thatthis Houss twill receive. noypeti tronnfor aufsumnofimoney relating toapulic servceyt hatis rcomstededfrom then Croyun. Upon thie 1 ithr of June, . il3; this is declarea to be- a standig of-der of the House~. - -. -Oan the 25th of March, 1807, Resolved, That the..Ilouse will not pi-oebd -ga any petition; anotion, or hill. for granting any money, or- for releasinag or compounding airy mioniey owing to thy Ci-owi, baut ina a comnmittee of the wh'ale liouso:t and this is deebemred..to be a standing dr. See, also, time 9trh Nov. 1710, at t upon an ap& tlh .yenai, withour iiertii ti i ae proper- ofticer, an nexcd, stating t e debt, ihv ainecaitionsm have bben ma~de or the teoverf tlaereof,ad *bat the petitioner and his seurify tare ahlte to'p tie 25th of March, Ill5, thilis deilared jo be tastanad'p ordei-. See 'the 2d of Marcha 1785, a~iTte 9th of Ianar 17'52, th6 proceedings upog peiioi ofyn sort.oft i "* nheIt of March, 1782, a p'etitioe heing offered against a bil4 dependjiig for securing the trade of the sugar eslolies, it was refused to be brittight up. Anmotiona was theii made that-acomiinities be appoin$ ed to'ge'arch precedents in rilationr toito re creiving or not redefvifig petiin *apnt the imnposmag of dtts.; iand the questioin being pu-~thtwpasd in the avatve/' , otin eneh more conclusive. Not - only are petitions 9ejetedbut risointions are yassed..re fusing fo receive intire elsises if petitions, anid that too, on thgstibject of mposi~g taxes:,a subject -above alloolher., n reldian to wh:.~J .we wotuld au'ipose'the iglitodtht to be icd iniost sacred,''fnilts vaihnI'e years .after the d'eclihutloaa ofl ihght~ 'Wih thidse facts before us, what are we o (.tik of the uissertl@oS of the A Ien e .n nsfrsusns e, senls e aC c tmb1bo-and Ue mDle .a't qt- th id1 vaa, a pro d! an ; ~ iavmg een re , Clay objecz d to the. reception. don the questiolt, shall they be received 1 I was determined .in the negative--ye 20, nays .20. "On notion of Mr. Preston, t yens ond, nays being desired by oulit f the Senators present, those ho-vote in the aflIiative, are, "31e.srq. Benton, Bown Forsvrl Grun dy, Hendricks, ilil!,Kane. King of'A hama, King of (orgin. Linn, Ae 5ean, ingum, Morri-Rono, Shepi !, Tal ntylge, Tipton, White, While, Wil'kins,\ ight. " Those who votetl in the negativ , are, "Messrs. Bibb, Black, Calhoi m,. Clay, Clayton. Ewing, Frelinghuype Kent, Leigh, Aloore, Nandain, Poindext , Porter Prentiss, Preston, Roblbins, .i84b , Smtith, Snuthard, Sprague, Swifit, TomuiT -n,\Vag gatnan,-Webster. - In citing this case it k not my b ition to ctll' in question lhe consistency ofra y iem er on'this l oor; it. would be ul orthy of the occasion., I doubktnot the Votet m gi'ven was givent with a full Conviction ' its cor reltness, as itiwill doubt less he in ii present 11 e, on pihatever side it may 1' found. M Oy.jee ir, to show that tIhe' ;ri :ilc for '.1 hich I contend, so fir f5m0: being >pposed, is s ustained by .precedent, here. lid else wh'ere, ancient andl modern. In foll1wilng, as I have, those rposed to pne, to.Niagn Chart, nnd tIhe D laration of Rights, for the origin an, thI Iinits of the right to petition, I amt not disp :ed,-with fliti, to wet aside the Constitution I I nsserit to the position they assinne, thatithe right of petition existed before the C( s'titution, rind thnt it is not derived from it; bi while I look beyond that instrument lia the rigin, I hold the Constitution, on a quton as to its extent aid limits, to he the vieheel uu thority The first amended artle of the Constitution, wh ieh provides timt ("ngree shall pass no law to prevent ,the people peneenhly a.ssembniling and pe mstning fir a.redc t-m ' r ed to prescribe tIelinits- withist"vfr tre ri.i-usy. bn en'lV4e1Lt It iq not presten~ded that to refute to receive petitions, Jloncher, in the sli.chrest dearee, on these linihO.-. To suppose that the framers of the Constituon --no, not the framers, but those jealons pa triots whio were not satisfied with that in strutment as it camne from thte hands of (lhe framers, and who proposed thia ve'ry- pro vision, to guard what they conasid em ti a n:. ei-ed right, performed their task si bnuling.. ly as to' omit any, essent inl.gttnal, wolild. he o do great injustier to the mlemnory of tIlO ste'rn und sagaciou4y men ; andi yet this is whait thre_.Senator fronm Teninessee (Mr. Gzrundy) has ventured to assert. He said lint-no provision wasii added to guard agaiuist he rejection. of petition, beentuse the obli utifion to r-eelef wasi cotnsidered so clear t hat I was deemed 'unnecesstry ; whien hc ought t) have kigown fliar, accordling to the stand ntg in-nettee at that lttne, Parlinnment was ini lie constant -habit, -as h as been shiown, of: -euring' Ue receive petit ions-a practice suchil couldti6 ud have been unknown -to be amieiidnen ;,.and from nlhich it niaty be kirly inferred that, in omhithing to provide hat tie'petitions sbouldl be reeeived, it was iot-intended to coniprehe~nd their reception ni tie right of pe'tiiioni. I have nnwI. trust, estatblished(, hicyondt tll cotntroversy, that we are not bonund to re tivd .ied ptitions, and -that if we shonld eject thei, w'e would not, ini the slight/stt lcgree, infrirnge the right of petition. It is ow tinia to look to the righits of thik body, mod to-see whelither, sf we shtotld receive, vhen it-is aclktowlededh that the only reni tpn for receiving is, dhnt w'e are hounid to do o, we iwould nor esftablish a~ prinile which voul 1 trenmh deeply .on lhec rights of' the senate. have al readj'shlowtn that wvhertt lhe action of the Senate eimet-s, there alsO its right to determnirse hgow.and whleniit hall net, also comnteisces4' I hen, also biownt tfat the actioni of' the' Sent vx indispniiou~qf it;. by tt . rue, 'the. fif't fleclon ~ftetpiresentatioir on siifynestion ibree ive he petition. '-To exteid, the rightfo peti ion to f le question oni teeiving,'t to ex punge this irule.-sto abolib thisg unlqikestion *ble'constimtiipnal -right of the Senate, hnd hat-for.-the benefit, in- this case, of' the. alto itioniste. d1heir gain would .bo-at the loss 2f. thas body. I. have hot expressqd m telf toorstroDgly. f4ive the-right of pefitioi the exteit contentdefor ; deeide10 flit we -unrc bound, ftndr the Coistit ution toteeeive these neeCpdtfry -petitIons. and thte~very motion 'dfore te Seniate 'woulid. bezent.of order. If he~ Consfiititiotinmakes-it our dity to ree'v e, Ve woulid have - ti dizeretion left-to ri, is the, motion .pre-tippoes- ~ rules of iroeteiyg imnst be in gort~hih thie Uon titutiOton * Th'ins,. ma the ease' of' reteidett' niUs, whilch, y- thej onst itti on, md ust uri tinalt in the -oief' otse, it would be but df o'rder fo'ihrodfuen thenm lir ant.i iras Iecbrdingiy bieon so dJcidel.'Jhlikv, tia inn, if' wejtr'e liiid to reod p titimiis,ihe tresehit moetui woithli e out'f order ;' sili I' sun y(le3our o~itnioli it is four dnt9 as he presldf I olter, 10p .eill tne. to order, tad to ~'et~ 1. Jurtifor -dispsion 6dnihe l e I rz 1 t I o!is AI It wa~hep e t it 1an% p 100 .141, ihe: enwould be ir e rece ed juto their ivtem. S wvithe ilrha bodiede e theri of the-ise'n irimtryris be detraie itl dirlpe-uv$_. what juo rcnr irnjct nnthyWi~l hn,o-e , .istie det ac:nthilbreittly, tion i rudal anid AIm)pio, as well as whiat mty .I-perlye drmadni their delibern lion aniaption.- stablish this rnihst rotis, O :inpious... priclyle, (#It -%wold prove to be.p -Uractie, anTlvh mint 'bo the; ciii tende? ho Iiat would we cosmnit oul ves:?. If-a -petition slmsild be present ed rnying the-aplition 6f the Coisittion, we ore ail bound by-our oath to pro teet,). acedrding to this aliominable doctrine, it must he received. So, if it 'was prayed, the -abolition of the. Decalgane, or of the Bible itself. T en fhr heErs f the abolit. it societies should be converted int9 n. bod f' Atlheints. and should ask the passage of a lnw denving the existenee of the Almighty ring above 'us, Ihe Creator of all, necord inc to his blasphemous dttrine, we shoild be bound to receive the petition, to take ju riadiction of it. I ask.:the- Sonators froot Tennew.ce and Pennsylvanin (Mr. Grtndy and Mr. Buchanan) vould they vote to re ceive such a petition? iwait not an ausoirj They wou'ld instantly reje..it with loanir ing. What then becomes of the tunlimifed, unqualified, and universal obligntion to rei eeiveb petitions, Which -theyv so st renuosly hinintained, nnd to whichthIy nre prepnred. to sacrifice tite constitutional rights of this body v - . I -shril now descend frhin those hypothe tieal Oines'to the particular qustioi beAbre the Senate. AVhat then niUmst bethe coss seqcfe's of receiving. this- petition, on the principle that we are bound to.receive it and ?Il similar petitions .beever presented ? I have continued this, question calmly kn all its bearings, and ilo not hbsitate.to pronounce. that to receive, would be to the abolitionists, all that the most.aanguine could fhr the pres ent hope, and to aiandon till the outworks upon which we of the South rely tir-our de fence against their attackslhere. - . No one can believe thahieic fanatics, who have flooded thist lnd the other House with their ptrions, entertain the slighatest hope ihnt Congress wouhl pass n law at this time to almih slav' in -this District. Itfatn 11ted as they- ..they mus1t1t see that public opinion at tho' 1drth is not yet prepared lor so decisive a step, and. that seriously to it feew'o&Lamfatual s a4 en-,an What then do they.hope ? What but ti' Cdngress should take jurisdictinh of the stubject of abolish ing slavery-shold throw open to the abbolitionists the '--ills of legiln tion, and enable then to establish a perpa nent position within their wall, from wfiib hceener to carry on theiroprations ngninst thme instit utionus-oC the sala ve-holdinest States. If we receiwe this pe~titiona, nil the~se advan tages wvill be realizecd "to thiem to the fullest extent Permtanent jurisdictioh would ite assumed 0-: er I le subhject of. slavery,- ot onIv in this Distriet but in the States'them selves. whenever the . abholiVtinsts mtight choose to ask Congress by senuding themr pe titio~fls here, fhr the 'tilixilition 'of altivery in the States. .4Wn wvorihch bournidt t' edeive seuch petitios, and by aerceivin, would be fairly jiledged to deii~r' dt dlien. . Having sticieed d inl nii nuioit mvarable .poitinhi outh ir?" d The~ centran?:eperafiotis whal0 be transfer red frbmn Naata HIalrtthe Halls of Cone gress. . To thisconiiion centre, thentieg dliary publientionsofjthe abolitionists-would' flow, in the form of petitions, to bo'reidved, andi preserved-umong the public records. Here the suibject of abolition *oubml be agi tated session alfler session, sand from bhene& the assautlts on the property and instittion. of the people of the shfte-holding States woulId be diisseminartd,in the gtiime'of speech es, over the whole-Union. - -A -- Sutch would be tils avantages yielded.to the abolitionists. In jiportion to thirinits woultad be our los,. What~t'atld be yieldedi to thenm, wvouild be token from us. -Our true position, thsat which is indispeirsable to our dlefence here, is that Cotngress has no legitil mate jutristdiction over the subject of slavery, either hero or -elsewvhere.- The reception of this petit ionsttrrenriers this coammanding posit ion ; yields the (itestion) of jurkicetoti, saimporgm~~it to the cal of ubolit ion, and so injurious t otus; .compel us touuutin silenace to wvitnless then assaults on oui- character~andL noii5n, or .toenugeg int tn idle contest. ia dhi fbrne. e'SudIs' conrest-la beyond ht al uratiee. ~ We miust inithe-end be humbled, degraded, broken down, amd worp out. -- . -The Sonators frotm - the . elave-hiding (tales, who most unfortuntely have corn miuted themselves to vote for receiving these inceindiary petitions, :tell us that ,whaenever the attempt shall be rugdeo to abolisht slave-. ry, they will joipm with us. t) repel it. I doubt not the sinetitty of their delaration. 'We atll have a conTuon interest, aid they 'canpot betray 6urs withoutf liesying, at the same time titne, thieir oWni.' Butn F amfiunce to Ihem that they are not-ealled'atto re-, deem th''r ledlge.: The aIlmptA is no~ making. T o w'ork is going on-daily a. hourly. -Th4 war is wagti,: nlot ol n mt15i. inost, dangerouis tnmieurg-'ltt :i, the only fnatlner it cahi he ..wtged.9; .o ,th pct that the tibolitionista will resprt to na,.and coinee a eruisade iolibe'ate aufr sidves hi force? Istaitat wvN~t they meti ;vhea the a aek -of the 'attemnpt (a ~Itf~l slnve y s le't ute' tell irtids of the Suh difTer froi u'f ic'h th~bliinstv n very differettiharnter arl ta m o*o.e litve. Ft is a warif~f reli 0W'j 1. fanati.. ith .amib tattth' o2t u'oy d~ 'I' ; It. ri q o% 16 d d p.,n not -in intaiti har, wve'eutindt oti alnynero .41.lt'e ksln 1101,en C her i5-i' odfi- on'*lhieW wiego eVW rbey -it d tire h'tishh ihr I,---ves .e i eubeir n;dt afife, isot, Oqxeepti he U1itii questiOnl of-blto-i le ae..Fr ouir righit Io- reject~ I his liti'tun is'a 'truith A%* ele ar. aind un:Inesionble as-ithat Conigress hias no n -si li saverfiy tlite 'States. t iin portuY~cttof ' taking -our Stan ovably -on the.guie.stion now before Sotillh wvoukdc.Tiscrifice,.andi. fiie abolitionists. wouhtl gain, nvere -we to'I urrender that im-' portantt poisitioni by reciving. this pietition. What miotises have we for mnakingy A-ogrear a sacrifice ? W A hat dn(WtI: -ges can wve h ope tiu'gairn'tfint would justify us.! Woar tld of theogreat ailvlitage of a strng muajority . I aciowledge' it inl a goo<.,I cause,-aud on sound principles. .1 feel in thor pr~esent instance how much our ejause-would he sttengthened by a- streng and deckidcd majority for the rejection of these- ineenitiary petitions. . If-n'fy thing wve tould do hiere could arrest thle progres-s of the- ho6litionlists9,, it wvouhd he such -a rejer tin Brtit-as avalinagOus as Woubd be-a strong inziority.on sound principles, it is in tuje sameu.egree danugerous. when onl thle op it-when itrss on Improper con cosin, and the surrender of prinipl 'es, which %,,tid he the case at present. .S'ueh a jority miust in this inistauce he' pur-. chasedl by con'cessions to thb abolitionist!,, iandi a surrender, onl our pairt, thlat woulli derllish aill our ontworks, give uip aill our strotig positons, and open all1 thle patsses-to thed free idatission of--our enemies. It is oily 0n'thi6 conditioln.thait we -enn hope'to obtu.in such a majo~itiy-n mgjority which 'inust he gathered together -from all sides, and entertaining every variety of opinion. To rally such at majority, the Senator from Pennsylvania has fallen on the device to reeive this petition, inl immedciiately re ject it, without consider *ation or redietion. To mly m1inid the mlovernent looks like U tricki-a. mecre piece of artifice to jug-de and deceive. I intend noe disrespect to the ZSenator. I dotubt not his initentions are good, and believe 1his feelings are with us. but I mustsany that the course hie has inti maited is, inl MY opinlionl, the worst possible for th holding States. It surrendiers -n - - -., - turn, t n , 60h . ea antage .4oai*C hlfptil to us. Let the mnajority for the couirse heb indicates he ever so strong, canl the. Seniator hope that it will make aly impresiot on fhe abolitionists I.ihe even hope of o bltiig his pos~ nfl Irr r ijecing ti p0retis witota idea tion, carns nte t!aDoaes4:e otl ase tat, int~s as nun juisdtio bys slreceiis thei ettis,. h ibate, adeid on thpemto noi Exefriec will teSch him atat wea mu~st ,therwefuse ut recie, rG o tourIenrtiely e - Prnti , ht pot rivi Theis petiiddle go tmot ies teae, an, letrnastn o all, tt a.srpie to la occupi.e by the Senator fom mtttitund tho~ se-hetwt kn are mean of n bogeath course~ of pr. s tijrit. peopole ot lie godcue n a on prac e, seuIy feli lti-psntisnc rsimown wacha oura c~aise- ouldbe tfrgtl'ned bt tni a elaairt o tIaecionists Butddobero otl rr the or ss aion athme.qutions, itwould weaen uar-fred diot ot the kida-feelings ofs ou bthre fromg theNorth, on sotis door;nilbut as inal see sa, whirle daerave thir7 oelng mh our fsavn the equritentdrg orwrimngle, whii h tve hevtecs, a boevrcwe mayu-he afcd. ut Iaassuret our friend that we weaoil not dou ouything, wilingaa ll whic ytouddveikensthedmoet ad!ome ads ifw the fie tho. right of rivn ettios, they pogre of the boitioitsa we mighope toe hue inded toeld bugtlc fnohing sidet o the caertainya eferyatrity an oiuon doucll uc ld an oitnc i. 'entor frnti rfaighths pnutiton, aelh iaboaitionist, jectit,. wito okidatioa pero melithe -ry ayatngaler a nvuchaesaat look likent. dfere imust an isetow isc o time. Wenatver ca dg~or njisteo etate araed io, ihe strugoip a.ad d Wor ponhe, woul auchrather ideet dI slangeursw thto t urn ietsrt thea jayfosle whotareo to ahBuatumgti se a viewiod dos osetmi 1i. te, takig- a genrs'vew' of tire Saetina frm.aeiylattia s radraaicallygans jascngit ndatiudby ren-itg airihionmet ie- ata ingt:4ied riite alt, mqit,n tonidal dilers, eatid divsoatttn'nd dxistacn wtill ieldthia titth anust-etihrfiter toreceiveg g tarNorth. I ta- Cofj cion -witha titu caatr ionVeront oth. ' PNortherp, etete on thereisod i l m~ong, ntaa isteul ie a, lreat ofnpils to Jile p o gel ito:oi. Wha te Senator fro estpy'~ata, ina th sh at i-ch divisfon osf th the op caoaid1r esd;Ohich'doubto fato usecityit thefrollfen it'gg p ftesao graeltis tieso the North. Nota ait hose v:w 1:ake ethtat whn ilne nne.h hlate trlaeia feehas i .1 het 6 ,,J, en2we i~ ~i~t. li n h litig - t ami ir from,'it treAs tome,. r 6 wtd4:t ~csbledt' ~ho-derp interest s S i 'thisustion, oti uly 'Uttijbneut nIt't relates ima- I d'detly to their paruldiia 4hetr leiss If the tide.ontes to l'oll snek Mn'id y aves of folly and f'ntunt ~is.ti fit t in:.the endt pt.tg in the Po11 th, hA144ttutiot fNh t uphold atheir ege6~c inmd Trolirth and ultituat~ ~over~ hp all that-is ennhent emoralliaiid in telleot01ahly. 1 itttve Ioy conliued .wilatd I int.de :tos on'thp iuetion ilanied-intetyhbefore thd oate lmaI h spokenarntesrt, tli ihst~tep; tua ustcontrol all OUr hal~~ lltentmovemsents. Iit should nl such, as fer i wilif we receive this.petition, and citablish.. the.. 'ih e n obligd ts-eesi shall determine to ticked w iptt tunm oavt tIe subject of abolitionfwhenever and im whatever manner tho abolitionsts amay ask, eithe here- o oin-the Sttues, fear that tho cons weecewill be ultimate ly'disastrous. Such a course wouLdestroy the conifidence ofhe Peo'l of the slave huding States in this. Geenmn. We love ask, herishi.tIhe Union; w rememamiber eith the kindest feelnmgsur'onn on origin with pride our edmm' 'nehievemtents, sn fcudly ititcintothe commn re mid glory that scem. tnwit a:It,,; bult aehievemments, arnd anticipation .of com groatness are to us notniig, compared t this question. It i! to-us a-vital question. It 'involves, 'not mily 0 l'rty, but, whmat is greater, (if to freemen ani.thing can le,) existence itself. The -relition wiI now exists between the .wo races in the slave holding States las'existed two centu ries. It lias grown with otd- rowth, and streIgthened with our Strength. It has en tered into and modified all our institutins, civil and politicid. None olierenn lie sub stituted. We will not, enunot permit it to lie destroyed. if we were baNe enough to do so, we would lie traitors to our ection, to ourseh:s, our famihlles, and to posterity. It is our anxious desire to protect and pro serve this relation -1y tile joint ation of the Government and the confederated States of the Union; lait ir, imseai of clo'ing the door; if, instead of denying. all jurisdmiction and all interference in this question, ti dours of Congress are to be tiirown) opeN and if weO are to be exposed here, in the heart of the Union, to an endless attnek en our rights, our character, and oui' iustitu tions; if the other States are to stand and look on withdut attempting to suppress therse attacks, originating within their bor dets; -adl, fiually, if dbii is to be our fixed and perm ent :ondition, ai. members of tLi Coifedcraey, ne will thei le compel led to turn our eyes on nurselves. CUPamn 1 , and every cent of property, we must de id ourselves; and, if compelled, we would stand' justified by all las, human and diiie. I~ .I feel ahiren, it is not for ourselv'q, but fotr the Union amid the inastitumtiomns of the coiun try, to which I hmave bceendevuitedly' attneheucd hmowever e-haumniined and slandered. Few have made' greater saerifice.' to ma~initain the'm, and none is mnore anxious to perpetum ate themi to-the latest getnerationt bt they ennm and oulgfit to be perpetuntedl only on the conidition) that they fulfiml the great olierm for w'hichi they were created-the libe'rty andl protection of these States. As for oursclves, I reel nonpprehmerasion, 1 knaow to the fullest e'xt'hm the mannitumdo of' thre danger that surrorinds us. I aim not - disposed to untdercatimawe it. M~y colleague ham painted it trulyv. But, as great as thmo danger, we' have nothing to fear if true to ourselv'es. WVe have nmany amnd great re sources; a numeemus, intligent and -brav'e populathm; great and v'aluabmle stales;8 ami pjle fisenl - mecans ; unity -of feeliings and interest, andl an enotire exemuptioni from those .dangers origintinmg in cojuflit between labor amnd enita~tl, wvhichm at this time threatens so, -much dange'r to constitutional Governments. To thiese mny be athl that we would net under tan imp~heriouis necessity. There would be- to uts but one~ aitenative-to tritumphi or prish .as a pmeople. WVe wouhld stiad alone,. egjppelled to delenid life', character, and in stt'timons. A Imecossity so stern amnd inmpe rioiu s'would develope to the ill, aill the great qualities of our nmaure, umeatal anid mornl, requisire-for de'enc-intelligece, f'ortitudp, courage, and patriotism ; and these, with ou)tr a1mle mseans~and our admirnble materials for the const rnetion otrdutrable free States, woUhi isure seecurityjliberty anid renown. # ithm these n mressions, I ask angither symi. ptttlhy nor compjasion for time aravphldinm States. 'We ban takeecare of' ourselv'es. It is umot we, but mihe Unioni whtich is in dantger. It is. hae~wbhicdmnands our care---d.enmupge thmait-fe agitntion of the qitiesm ini4ii'ra that yout shall refuse to receive these peti-. mions, annd decline all jurisdiction 49er thme sub je'ct of' abolition. ini every' formr and shapo. It iltonly on these te'rtms that thec Unmion cest be saf'e. Vi e ennnmot remain hmere ini ama end( less' trngeslo inm defimnee of' our chmurnecter, our property', ntudt i ti n t ins. -I shall in concltusion, imake a few remarks nts to the courtise I shnnhl feel niy self comn jledto phiraue shotuld thme Senate, by re ;eiving this petiti n, determmine to enmtertain jmrisdietion, over, thme question of' aboitthin. 'Thinking ats I do, I can perform no aet that wouh.d tunmmteancee so danmgeroms aj assump. lir anal, tas a panrt(iciation ini thme subsue uemnt phoceedi its ont this petition, should it. unlbrtumnnely be received, .imigjg lbe so construmed,.In ibpt ev'et I shalt f-cel liy self constrai'necd qiadecline such participatioir, and to leave time responsuibility wholly on : these who rmmy asstio 'i. - ., 'ha Surpluitisevenue has increased, is in eresinmg timd,,must lie diinished. - The a ~niormt .of publie 'inonieys inm thme Depositoe ' U~unksby the roturns to (or neare'st to) time 1st of Mt1aenhitd ineensned to Tlhmirty thur.e Mit. fhm S venm Hunmdreul and illfy Thousanid olas! a. Ilgne