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EXTRACTS FROM THE PROCEED. INGS OF THi- LEGISLATURE 0U SOUTH CAROLINA. H. OF REPRESENTATIVES No~v '30. Mr Bauskett presented ihe' Petition of sundry citizens of EdgefieH District. pra: - &ibr'ifiet appoimment o'a 'Magistratet which was referred tithe Committee on District Officers-and af1icers. On mojopof Mr. Bauskett, the Com mittee tidi&orporatiocs was discharged from itbtcoibideration of th.e Petition of Da!i&Cherry, praying a re-charter of his Bridge over the Seneca River; and the same wasfeferred'ib the Commit tee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries. Mr. Bauskett submitted the Present Inen.t of the Grand Juiy of Edgefid.'Fall Term 1844: So much as presents the Court of Equ ity, was referred to the Committee on -the Judicary. So much as reeommends an increase in the number of the Comnmissionners ofthe Poor, was referred to the Committee on District Offices and Officers. So much as recommends that Commis sioners of the Roads shall receive a per di em compensation was referred to the Com mittee on Rotds.Bridges and Ferries. Mr. E. 6 Palmer presented the Peti ti.n of the State Agricultural Society of Soutb-Carolina. askiig an appropriation to effect certain objects therein set forth-; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Message No. 3 was received from His Excellency Governor iiHamond, and read by Beauford T' Watts. Esq., trans mitting a conmunication from Samuel luar, assuminig to be the Agent of the State ol Massachusetts, appointed tinder a resolution (if that State. to collect and transmit inlortation respecting the num ber and names of the citizens of Massachu otts, who have heretofore been, or may be improsoned, without the allegation of any crime ; which, with the communication, was referred to the Committee on Federal Resolutions. Mr. inti, from the Committee of Judi ciary made Reports, On the Presentments of tite Grand Ju - ries of Charlesion and Kershaw, on the subject of grantiog compensation to State Witnesses: On the Presentments of the Grand Juries of Orangelttrg and Kershaw Dis tricts, reDomitending an extension of the jurisdiction t.f Ordinaries, in the partition of real est ate : On the Petition of sundry citizens of Willison, praying an increased compet sation for apprehending runaways On the Presentments of the Grand Ju ries of Horry and Willinmsburg presenting the carrying of concealed weapons: On the Presentment of the Grantd Ju ry for Marlborough District, on tlhe subject of giving farmters books in evidence ; and On the Presentment ofthe Grand Jury for Sumter District, respecting the hiring of their own time by female negroes, and recommending that pecuniary fines shall be decreased ard the length of imprison ment increased; which were ordered for consideration on Monday next. Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. Hunt introduced "a Bill to al ter ant tmend the law on the subject of insolveut debtors, and for other purposes;" which a as read the first time, and ordered to be read the second time on Monday next. Pursuant to notice. and by leave of the House, Mr. .J. H. King itttrodwtoed "a Bill to amend ain Act regtnlnting Han kers and Pedlars, paissed the 19tht day tor De cember, Anno Domnin, 1843;"' whiebt n as read the first time, anid trdered to bc read the second time on Monday next. On motiot of i~r. Pickney, the following Resolutions, submitted int Commit tee of the whole by the Spealter,were also refer red to the Committee of the whole-Ilouse, und ordered to be printedl. Resolved, TPhat this Legislatute is dee ply imp)ressed with the soltmn truths and sound doctrines 'runouutced in the Menae. of his Excelleucy 'he Governor; but the people of this State having utnited under one banner wit~h the Demnocratic Republi. can party in the recent Presidential can v'ass, for thepurpose of giving those sove reign members of the Conifederacy wvhich profess or pri nciples an utnemblarrassed opp~ortunity to demtotnstrate thetr cticertty bty federal legislation :And, as w e are therefore, willing, to await the develope ment of the policy of the new adminis tration, tve dleem it inexpedient to tnkre action on the subject, contentt to abide, with patient but prepared vigilance the isatidcof the promise of reform at present held out to us. -Pursuant to notice, and by leave of rhe house, Mr. Yate. introduced "a Bill fur ther to prevent the ftaudulent packing and wveighinig of cotton;" wshich was read the. first titme, and ordered to be read the se condsitme on Moniday next. Mr.-'Lartiguie, from the Com'mittde ap pointed to make arrangeents for the College .Commencement. on Monday next, made a Report; which was conside red iminediatelv:, and agreed to. --- *Pursuntut to notie, and by' leave of the Houise, Mr. Orr hu~roducetl ."a Bill ~gte incre'ase the powers andi dnties ol the Court of Ordinary;" which wsas read the first time and ordere~d to be rean a second *timne on Tuesday next.. Pursuint to 'notice, and' by leave of the douse,'Mr. iMoidecai introduced "a Bill to atmend the attachmnerft laws ofrhis State; whicb was read the first time; and ordered to be redtte second time on Monday niext. - ,. SENATE, Dec. 2. Pursuant 'to notiece, and wvith leave of Sofiate, Mr. Withersoon introduced a Bill to increase thte jurisdietion of the Or dinary, in the divission and, partition of .real estate. and for other purposes. The Bill received the first reading, was refdr 'rod to the Committee on thte Judic'iar, Aand ordered to be prinited. ?)Th's House of Representatives'sent to tlie Sphate for concurrence, the Risport of 'thbe .iiito.on Pensins, on the peti -tion ofJ9 s'Head, :praying a Petnsion; which wa;'ird to the Committee 'oti the Military an aions. *Mr. DeTrevilreof'orerid ortain Resolo. lutions in relation to a Si is, Agent 'ap. pointed, and sent by the Stat Kof Masi chnsetts to the City, of Charlestott, for tb16 grpose of testing the constitutionality of a certamact of this State. passed on the 19th d:fy of December. Anno Dorai 1835, entitled "An Act more effectually to pre vent Free- Negroes and other persons of color from entering into this State, and for other purposes." Tthey were ordered to be printed. and for consideration to-mor r:w. Pursuant to notice, and with leave granted, Mr. Arnold introduced a Bill to alter and amend the law as to grantimg licenses to retailers of spirituous liquors. tavern keepers, or billiard tables. The Bill received the first reading, was orde red to be printed, and was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. H. OF REPRESENTATIVES Dcc. 2. Mr. Watson prebented tho Petition (l .suntdry persons, for the appointment ofa i-Magistrate of Edgefield District; whiel was referred to the Committee on Districl -Offices and Ollicers. Mr.14Harden presented the Pe itton ol sundry itiigps of York District prayilg the Legisil6'ireto make it an indictable off'ence fot.menand women to live as hus band und wife :wb they remain unmarri ed; which ivasi red to the Committee on.Grivances. On motion of Mr;Menry, a Bill to altei and anend the 1simS.eup of the3d Arii of the Constitution, wieh- had been read three times on three seveWal days in eaci House of the General Assenbly, and a greed to by both branches:'or the whole representation, at the lasrSe'ssion of the General Assembly of this4tate, was made the Special Order ortife day foi Thursday next I I o'clock P..MU, in Com mittee of the Whole Ilouse Mr. Holland presented' the P-etition of sundry citizens of Edgefield.District, pray ing that Caleb Mitchell may be appointed a magistrate: Also, the Petition of sundry citizens ol Edgefield District. praying that Scarbo rough Broadwater may be -appointed a Magistrate, in place of John G Dagnel, which were referred to the Committee on Iistrict Offices and officers. Mr. Carn.from the Committee of Roads, Bridges and Ferries,- made a Report on s much of the Presentment ofthe'Grand Jury ofi Edgefield lDistrict. as recommends a per diem ;llowance for the Commi-sion ers of Roads; which wras ordered for con sideretion to mbrrnw. - Mr. J. G. W. Duncan submitted the fol lowing Resolution, which was referred to the Committee of. t. e whole Hrouse, to whom was referred so much of tle Go vernor's Message No. 1. as relates to the Tariff, to Texas, and to the Abolitionists; and was ordered to be printed : - Resolved. That although we heartily concur in so mnch of the Governor's Mes sage as relates to the Tariff. Texas, Abo lition. and the importance of promvt nod immediate resistance to thte influence and inroads. especially of the latter; and, al though we regard it a document evincing the highest order of ability and patriotism, and as altogether worthy of being read and enltivated by every true Carolinian. sim. ply upon the grunds for unanimity of feel. in d nd concert er action-broadly deny ing the existence of any solemn pledge to Northern democracy: we, therefore, re commend. that the further consideration of tle same be posponed until the first day of December 1845: Provided, that from and after the first day of April next, the inauguration address of the next Presi dent, and these-etion of tite new Cabitt, he such as to justify thte hope that our grievances (now too heavy ;tnd long en dtred) will be redre-sed ; or, tf othierwise. (and such a result is creatly to he rmp pre hetded.) that His E xcellency the Govern r of this State, be authorized to-convoke forthwith the Legislatture, for the pe~~i-pse of deriding ni hat mode of resistance should thent hte pttrsued by South Carolina,-dis tinctly remembering. thatt equal rights, justice and fr.-edom, requtire great cauttion to protect-, andi great firtness to defetnd them ; and that heuceforward, our tmotto equaml rights. low duties, separation from bntks, the antnexation of Texas. end we would acd, deathc to nibolition-must be re spected atnd maintaned. totally regardless of cost or effect. We profess to be sick ad tired 'of pledges to resist the Tari, unredeemed ; and wrhenever the necessity for resistance shall come, which is now visible in thte distance, atd w'e fear swill rsuredly be ushered forth with the ides of Mar. -h next, we will first strike aid then pledge oturselves to continue striking, even to the extermination of our race, or restore the Constitution, the intended palladium of otur right s, to its rightfttl force atnil purity. Mr. Holland submitted the following Preamble and Resolution, which..were or dered to be considered immtedia'tely, and were referred to the Edlgelield Delegation : Whereas,. The Poor House in Edgefield District is situated in an unhealthy posi tion, almost destitute of fire wood, very badly watered, and located where the land on which it statnds can be readity sold for a fair price. Therefore, . -. .Be it Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Poor for Edgefield District. nre hereby authorized and empowered to sell the land on which -their Poor House is situated. on such credits andother terms as to them shall seem hestefor the public interest, snd invest the . proceeds thereof it other lnnds, atnd in bpilding Poor Hoses in such other lplace as they .tay think best for the hnealh.and.comfortof the poor, and for the interest of the-District. Pursuanlt.to notice, and by leave of the House,Mt.Joseph A Black in'roduced "a Bill to provide for the election in this State of electors - fPresident- and Vice Presi derr-ffthe.UitedStates by~ the Peopli-," whichwas read the first time, and ordered to be read a second ime to-morrow. M. Middlleton submitted the following Preamble and Resolations, which were read and referred to-the Committee of the Whole Hottse, to whtom htad been referred so muc-h of the. Governor's Message No 1, s relates to the Tariff, to Texas, and to the A bolitionists, and ordered to be printed: Whereas, this General Assembly-enter tans a settled conviction, that the first elause of the 8th section of the first artIcle of .the\Constitution of the United. States. hs, bNeen epeatedly. and grosslyperverted Tro its ,true intent' and tmeanmg, and thereby grevionsiyrdng -lieben inflicied upon dlie .gooiI eople-f .this.State', and f' thaltnied Stae. 'And, sreia, all af ihe implied pledges given by the Act of Malch, 1833. commonly called the Corn promise Act, have been so glaringly vio lated by the passing of an Act, many of the provisions of which are -prohibitory in their character. and oppressive to the peopli. And whereas, it is apparent that there exista in many of the States of this Confederacy combinations of men. whose declared object it is to destroy the property and subvert the social arrangements of slave-holding States, by the combined in flutence of aboltion excitement, and s system of- taxation grossly unequal and sectional in its operation : Be it therejore Resolved, That we regard the Tariff Act or 1842 as a breach of faith a violation ofihe Constitution, and an in fringement of the rights and interests of the people 2. Resolved, That we deem 'he avowed design on the part of combinations of in dividuals to interfere with our domestic institutions, to be dangerous to ouer inter ests, to be a violation of our rights, and it be.. destructive of the vital principleso that Union which our fathers fijrmed, and to which we are attached by a ese o commor. interest, and a love for the glory of the American name. 3d- Resolved. That we deem it becom ing to consult with our co-States. havinp in these matters interests in common witi ourselves, as to the course it may be expe dient for us to take in order to avert im. pending dangers, to redress our grievan ces, to secure our rights, and vindicate ti Constitution. 4th. Resolved, That'his Excellency the Governor be requested to enter into com munication with tthe Governors of the State. of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee. Lousiana Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia. and North Carolinat & that he request. that the ab.,vt Resolutions he laid before the Legisliturep of those States. On motion of Mr j. H. King. Resolved, That the Committee otn Griie vances be instructed to enquire into the expediency of appointing an officer with 1 suitable salary to measure and brand al bolts or roll4 of Kentucky cotton bagging before it shall be sent out by the merchanh of Charleston, either by sale or on con signment. 11. OF REPRESENTATIVE i, Dec. 4. The Speaker laid before- the House, a commuiication from the Attorney Gei eral, iransmiuting a-volume of the Report of the proceedings,arguments and opinion of the Court in the cases ofthe Bank of South Carolina. and the Bank of Charle, ton, on proceedings against them for sus pending specie payments; which, with the volume was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Brown presented the Petition of William B Villiard, praying compeIsation for the developement of the'Agricultural Resources of South Carolina; which was referred tu the committee on Agriculoure. Mr. Brooks presented the Petition of sundry citizens of Edgefield District, pray ing the oppointment of a Magistrate; which was referred to the Committee on District Offices and Officers: - Mr. Jamison, from the Committee on the Military,-smade Reports, On. the Petition of sundrty emttzens of Barnwell District, praying ani amendment of the law in relation to Courts Martial: On a Resolution instructing the com mittee to report upon the expediency of exempting Conmissionors of Roads from militia duty daritg the terms of their ap. pointment: *On the Petition o)f sundry officerq of thie 9th Brigade praying that Brigade Eti camptments and peit musters be abolished and that Regimental be substituted in their stead. Mr. Brooks. from the Edge'fielhd Delega tioti, made a Report on at Resolution pro posing to sell the land on wvhich the Poor houses are built in Edgefield: wvhich was orercd for consiideratiotn to-morrow. Ott motion of' Mr. Bauskeit, the Comn mittee on Incorporations was discharged from the considleraition of the Peti:ion of stundlry citizens of Edgefield, praying 'he appointment of a Maist rate; atnd t he same was referred to the Edgefield Delegation. Pursuant to notice, and by leave of the House, Mr. William C Black introduced "a Bill to extend the jurisdiction of Mag istrates in cases arising upon contratcts;" which wvas read the first time, and ordere-d to he read the second time to-morrow. Mr. .J. H. King submitted the following Resolution, which was considered imnie diately and agreed to: Resolved. That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to enquire into the expediency of requiirintg the Chaticellorsin Equity to hold Court, during the whole term now allowed by law, to each District. Mr. Brooks submitted' the following Resolution; which was agreed to, and or dered to be sent to the Senate for concur rence: -Whereas, Horse Creek, in Edgefleld District has -heen proved a- niavigable treami by Act of theEmgislature; therefore; Resolved. That. Darling G. Wailker, Joseph -Hightower, Britton Mims. and James Jones he appointed Cotmmissioners on the part of the State to superintend and keep opein and free from obstructions the said Horse Creek. On motion of Mr. Chandler, Resolved. That the Military Commit tee enquire into-the propiriety ofexempt ng ministers of the Gospel n ho have pas toral charges, from thesperformance of patrol duty,-except in cases of invasion or insurrection, and that they report by Bill o rotherwise. - H. OF REPREsENTATIVES. - . e aDec. 5. :The Committee on Federnl Relations, o whom was referred the Communication of hisexcellency the Governor, transmit ting a letter addressed to him by Samuel Hoar, an agentof the State oP Massachusetts for certain purposes, submit the following Report: - By an act passed on the 19th day of December, 1835;- the Genieral Assembly endeavored to guard against the introduc tion of free negroes and 'persons or .onlor into this State, upon principles of public policy, affecting her safety, and her most vital imrerests. The- right of excluding fromtheir territories-conspirators -against the publir peace, and disaffected persons whose presence may be dangerons to their sa.ey, is e.sential t evewry Government 'It is everywbere exercised av independent States, and there is nothing in the Consti tution of the United States- which forbids to South Carolina the right. or relieves this Legislature from the duty, of providing for - he public safely. Moassarthusetis has seen fit to contest this right, dand has sent an agent to reside in the'midst of its, whose avowed object is to defeat a . police regulation essential to our peace This agent comes here, not as a citizen of the United States but as the emissary of a Foreign Government, hos tile to our domesic i.-sttions, and with the sole purpose of subverting our internal police. We should be insensible to.every dictate of prudence, if we consented to the resi dence. of such a missionary.. or shut our eyes to the consequences of his interfer ence with our domestic concers The Union of States was formed for the purpose, among o:ther things, of ensuring domestic tranquility, and providing for the common defence ; and in consideration thereof. this State yielded the right to keep troops or -hips of war, in tine of peace, without the consent of Congress; but while thus consenting to be disarmed, she hap. in no part of the constitutional compact surrendered her right of internal government and police ; and, on the con i trary thereof, has expressly reserved nll )owers tnt delegated to the United States, nor prohibited by it to the States. The State of Massachusetts denoni nates as citizens. those persons for whose protection her tender solicitude has devi. sed this extraordinary mission. Yet if it were admitted that they are citizens of that State, your Committee cannot sup. pose that she will challenge for them greater rights, immunities and privileges. %sithin our territories, than are c.ijoyed by persons of the same class in South Caroli na. But youir Com:tit'ee deny that they are citizeiis, niihin the menning of the Con. stitutiton ; nor did -Massachusetts herself treat as citizens, persons of this class resi ding %ithin her limits, either at the adop tion of the Constitution, or since ; but, on the contrary. they were subjected to vari ous disabilities, from which her other in atibitants were exempt. - Your committee cannot but regard this extraordinary movement as part of a de liberate and concerted scheme to subvert the domestic institutions of the Southern States, in plain violation of the terms of the national compact. and of the good faith which oughi to subsist between the parties thereto. and to which they stand solemnly pledged. Your Commitee recommend the adop iit of the following Resolutions : Resolved, That the right to exclude from their terrritories, seditious persons or others whose presence may be dange rous it -their peace, is essential to every independent State. Resolrod, That free nieeroes and per. sons of color are noi citizens of the U oiled States. within the meaning of the Consti. lotion, which confers upon the citizens of one State the privileges and immunities of citizens it the several States. Resolved. That the emissary sent by the State of Massachusetts to the State of South Carolina. with the avowed purpose of interfering with her insritutions. and dist urbing iepeace, ik to ihe'egarde.Hn the character tie has assumed, and to be treated nccordingly. Resolved. That his Excellency the Gov ernor he reque-died to expel from our terri tory the said agent, after due notice to depart;. -nnd that the Legislature will sustain the Executive authority in any measures it maty adopt for the purpose aforesaid. Tie qutestiton was then put. and it passed in the allimntive -Yeas. 117, Nays, 1. ExecurtvE DI~ARYagrT,? South Carolina, 21st June. 18-44: Sir:-The last post brought me your communication, accompanying the memo rial of the Presbyt cry of the Free Church of Glastcow,in behalf of Joihn L. Brown. convicted in this State of aiding a slave in esca ping frotm hter master. and sentenced to be hung in April last. It will be grati fving to you, seeing the intering you have taken' in the matter, to learn that I have pardoned Brownt. In consequence of re presentatiotns made to me in December last by Judge O'NEAu. speaking for him self and the ,Twiges of tthe Court of Ap; peals. I corn muted his punishment to thir tv-nine lashes. Facts, nt known to the Jury, tnor to the Judges, were afterward brought to) my knowleidge, which satisfied me that Brown .had no criminal design in what hie did; atid in the month of March I tr-ansmitted io him a full pardon. - - was not at all aware at that time of the great interest taken abroad in behalf of one whose case I lied never heard mentioned here, except on the-occasions referredl to ; and I was astonai'hed to find myself over -whelmed soon after with voluminous peti tions for his pardon fronm .the non-slave holding. Stales 'of this Union; and1'o per eive that this sentence was commented on, not. only by -the :English newspapdt:s but 'in the Enaglisbi-Jolise f Lords. 'The latest,sand I trust last communication to me oanle hjec..' is your. memorial. The interference ofiforeigners or any persons beyonii our boutndaries, in the ex ecution -of thme mutnicipal laws of a dee reign State, even if in respectful- terms, is certainly a violation af-slI pprtjety and courtesy ; and if cdrried to atny exteni, tmust biecotme wbolly. intolersible I~ pass that by however The lawta hn~~1licb Browna was cionvicted, was enaete uring our Colonial existence, and is emphp aif British law. -It is also a good law. ~Lr doned hitm, not because I disapproved he law, but because I dlid:not think he via l6t. ted it. -It would be the most absurd~it in the world- to: recognize by law e~ys tern of domestic slavrery, and sa1w every one to free, not merely n slaves, bout. those of his:netgh~bji. ver instigated to do~soby.jts .gnntinrs of propriety, his iiiterest, or hicapr'ce. Wbint sort of. security.'et!d,~~~Q property: hec ony suck . rcm,5 You caninot hut perceived hat to flr'nit2 others to take our slaves from us~at pIlea sure with impuntity, -would amount to a total abolition of slavery. There wvould hbe no real duiferenmce between this.:ands al lowing the slaves to go free themselves.. Your Presbytery. and all the. peaitioner-s for Browrn, and agitators of~bis case, must have seen the matter in this light'; and it is attributing to-us but a small shaire' of common sense tosuppose that we would not take the same vie~w-. of it Iourselves. Whether death- should be inlictei for such an offence i. uinother qiestion. We have modified in hireat degree the san* guinary. code of law left us bf our British ancestors; but we have not gone--the length to -which- some philosophers,.-hoth here and in yoticduntry,.would have all Governments to go-of .abolishing the pun ishment of death. Nor do [believe the success your Goveroment has met within endeavoring to diminish crime by.abolih ing this punishment in -so maryi cases, will encourage them to press the matter miuch ihrther at this time. Considering ibe value of a slave; 'the facility of seducing him from his owner; the-evil iafluence which frequent seduction might exercise on an institution, the destruction of which mus1 speedily and inevitably strike from the roll of civilized States nearly the whole slave-holding section of this country, as it has already done St. Domingo and Jamai ca; and the enthusiastic and reckless eue mies of this institution by whom we are surrounded. it seems to me that if any offence affecting property merits death, this is one. Your memorial, like all that have b'en sent to me, denounces slavery in the sever est terms; as "traversig every Law of Nature, ;and violating toe trost sacred do. mestic relations, and the primary Rights of Man." You and yotir Presbylery are Christians. You profess to believe. and no doubt do believe. that the laws laid don in the Old and New Testaments for the governmetit of man, in his moral. so cial and political relations, were all the di rect Revelation of God himself. Does it never occur to you, that in anathematizing slavery, you deny this Divine Sanction of those laws. and reptudiate both Christ and Moses; or charge God with downright crime. in regulating and perpetuating, slavery in the Cid Testament, and the nost criminal neglect, in not only not abol ishing, but not even reprehending it. in the New ? If these Testaments come fron God, it is impossible that slavery can "tra verse the Laws of Nature. or violate the pritnar, Rights of Man." What those Laws und Rights really are, mankind have not agreed. But they are clear it God; and it is blasphemots for any of His crea tures to set u:. their notions of then in opposition to His immniediate and acknowl edged Revelation Nor does our system of slavery ontrage t'ae most sacred domes tie relations. Husbands and .wives, pa rents and] children, among our slaves, are seldom separated. except from necessity or crime. The same reasons induce much more frequent separitions among the white population in this. and. I imagine, in almost ev. ry other country. But I make hold to say that the*Presby tery of the Free Church of- Glascow, and nearly all the Abolitionists in every part of the world, in denouncing our domestic slavery, denounce a thing of which they know absolutely nothing-nay, which does not even exist. You weep over the hor rors of the Middle Passage, which have ceased, so far as we are coicerned; and over pictures of chains and lashes here, which have no existence but in the ima ginastion. Our sympathies. are. almost inqually-excited hy.-the..acconnit published by your Committees mf Parliament-anjd therefore true; and which have been veri fied by the personal observation of many of us-of the squalid misery, loathsome disease, and actual starvation, of multi; tudes or the unhappy laborers, nt of Ire land onliy' but of England-nay, of Gias gowv itself.- Yet we never presumne to. in aerfere with your social or tmunicimal rega .iatious-your aggregated weatlth and con gregated misery-nor the crimies attendant on thecm, nour your pitiless laws for theiar sutppression. And when we see by your official returnms, thtat even lLs classes of English Agraianbural latborers can -obtain for their support baut seven pounds of bread and four ounccs of meat per week, anti when sick or out of employment must either starve or subsist on charity, we can nmot but look with sattisfaction to the con dition ouf our slave laborers,, who usi.:ally receive as a weekly allowance, fifteen pounds of bread, anad tharee pounds of bacon-have their chaildren fed withtu stint, and properly attended to-are all well clot hed, and h ave comforta ble d wiel linags, where, wvitt t heir gzarde'ns and ponl.-~ try ynrds. they can. if the~ieast industrious more than realize for themselvesthe .vain hope of the areat French KiY, .tai e m oight see every peasantin France have his fowl upon his table on the Sabbah: who from the protceeds of their ownt crops. purchatse even luxuries andi finery-who labor searcely muore tlian nine hours a day,. on the average of the year-tnd'who,.iii sickness, in infancy anad decrepitude, are watched over with a tenaderness'scarcely short of parental. Whern wecontempliste the knoten contdiiion of'.youri.eratives of whom, that of yogariultiital faborer, is perhamps the:Jeast wretched, we sfe'aot only not ashamed of tatir i ev hut are always reidy to chiillenge-a:com parison, and should be ig~1griliitlo sabmit to ( reencl tnvestitaton by enlightened and 'inpartial Judes -Q You -are doubtles. ofoptitn' tha all these, advantages an favor f he alas *..f the'v exist, are more than eoterblaned by ihis beinagdepr-ived of his freeomCn you tell. .me what freedo i-hopsj. sesses it, and how muchd 'i as pqtusie, for humano-happaness? syorprattve; existion,inthe piiysical a cnd ei tiotn pwjdh your ooftlre rns dept u-deprived .o ~fge li4 not chcirea bythe sligteat hope ofievea iimlrpgfo a oti oKitng ha chldren four ib huolks sad transpji e tylssngs ts fa Ir Cayou say elg or 3wfsa ~on atd a, qor p j i the~Tlinma gie reie- -sIfeo betweep~Ltj,~en by soctall vity.--Thi distinction 'wich XVill e d to hriu the African race to compreed But if i heIrue ad freomn is name and idea. rather thai iIi h any are thoie then ,eniitied evein to thatii arie, xcepr liy .courtesy.; ndio m~u are able to-enjoyilIe idea inyerectin?:'Dqes ,your- operative regard- aste s ent com enisa tion fort ihe Mitrgne'bt ween four ounces& anl th-ree poundigf bicin' If he.-does, he isfa rare:plhi uspier rTi your powerful Kiniglon Sicial Gialii as thoroughly estaiblishe# and'acknoekledg ed as Military Ratik. ->Yor commoIIalty see among thenselves a steries of ascend ing classes,-and, rising abiove ieimil many more, composed of men not a whic superior jo themselves in any of tieen donents of 'nature, who yet.in namen idea, and in fact, possess greater -ward ly privildges. To what one of all-iliis classes does genuin; freeion' beT44 To ibe Duke, who fawns upon tihe Price .-tothe Baron, who knuetles't the 6keo -or the Commoner, who croicheisthe Baron 7 Doubtless you all boast of birg aide free ; while the American citizen your freedom slavery,and cold.notroo - a state of existence in which lidaly-en countered fel owjmortals,-alerknledged and privileged as his suetior,-solely by the accident' of birth. l too. iit turn,. will boast of his freedomn hich mirgt be just as little to your taste. I willio: pu sue itis topic farthr. : I t must admit, that there is no so mic li.iia name; and that ideal or impuited freedon is a very-.uncertai' sourceeoflhappiness-. You must also agieeIltak.i( wouldli bold thingf'.or-.you or.aybE6uie.---... take to solve the groati VrOle'inof ood' and evil-happiness uindmtisery. and de cide in what worldly coudiio an enjoy - Most, and auffiers 'leit. You erfesisoa calls oil you-to teach that hil tron.happi ness is seldom f6u'Id on the qtrny sea f politics, br in the inad raOe ofrainbi tic) in the pursuits of-Maiimnio, orhe'arc' of hoarded gain; that in shortihe#-veal1li and honors of this world are to be dispised, and shunned. - Will. you. then.say, that the slave must be wretched, beciuse he is debarred front them ?-or becadse he'does not indtulge on the dreaisof liilsiphyt the wrangling of sectariains.or the.soul disturbitna speculations of the seopti? dor because. having never. tasted of.what is called Ereedom, he it igiiorlii of its'ilea blessings, and is ascontented withlhis lot, such as it is, as most men are with theirs? You and your Preshyterv'doutIhless desire. as we all should, toiitinease ihe happiness of the -human family:- Bisince it is so difficurt, if not -impoisible,. to deter mine in what earthly statetmansityez.-. pect to enjoy most of it, why.can yonot he contene to leave him; in.thatsrspect' where God has placed him-to:give up the ideal and the doubtful,for. athd r1al-to restrict yourselves to file fait hful fulfilment of your great missi.nof pr/achiu "the gladtidings of Salvati6on,"toa laises and' con'litions. or at. the very least, sacredl abstain front all endeavoislto arrieliorate the lot of martn by;,revolutiot, bilooded, massacr'e, and desolation. - to whicball attempts at Abolition inthiscountryiin the. present,. and, so- frie wI en see, on any Iuture age must inevitably leidy:. -A - lIe atdsed) witlih eim:avtisn liich sla very has made, which nothin but slavery could have.mnade to t e same extenti, in the iaceof'Man. Look aie Negro in Africa-a nakedsavage--einto 4-' a Cannibal. ruthlessly opprespsig and des truying his fellows-iJleitreacheris, -idbl- - atrous.' andl such a dlisgrace to the imake' of his God, in which yois delare him to be made, that some of the wiseq:tphilosophers have dented him'the possession of a soul. See him here-three ?ijilibus at Iea'st of' his rescued race- ivilized. contributing intinenisely to the sU'sistence of'the human family, his passions r'estrained, his aff'ee uion~s .cultivaidi hi 'liot'ily wtants and infirmities provided for, anid the true~Re-. ligion of his Maker and Rbcaeener~taught hi.Hasslavery heen 'acurie tt':hiiihP Can you think God lies ordained it for to good -purposeif-or, not content with tihe blessing is 'l-asa'rendy' bestowveddo'you .d~sire to increase them, still ? Before you -ie,, be sure your', H eavenly Faither has revealed to you the mecans..,W aii for th'e lauspiration which brought the .Israelites out of Egy pt-which caried Salvation to' l:hb~ve written you a longer letter then I intended.- 'But'the qnestinn of' Slavery is') milch more interesiing subjec' to us, involving as it does the fate of allthat we hold -denrithan 'anything connected wih. John L. Brown can bemnayou>; andtrust yoni -will ~read my - repry .awlU~has.fptntch consideration as I have-read your:Ndloo .K:.havei.e honor toh e .Very respet fully. * . To the Rev. -Thoinas Brden3i~.;D.,. Moderator of the Pree.Church of Glasgow, and~ito the Presbytery ,theregfig 'T Gbi II a.fRcseettse.,,-, -Th' accompanyincoimnaeaidi was re 6eived i v the last wai, adlpI ileein' p p er tl'at'it~'hdd be'aidI Giroze onfof. .safoilr niaiion.~ t'vill be 4~~h~ Sf'oMall saahtasettebasn appoine (0~to reside -in shis State, I: hrg.~0fen~ ting, by a eisflw pertyalegore facto I galidr or froui de dtu ~iio her A;ent ahh as: .transuu'ttel to-ypti. -ha'ereceiv.'diountihiit frte thutpr wh'ther anty. pnaL.wht ,.easi~~oib. :aken to maintiiijh police 4i~Jb~' MSaYor. Excelline s a'k y iti fioni of .remonsraA t~fAde -hytde CommonwealtibofMisuucihuseds~ gdi the 'zekrof"alt cO utre4 fL~tas ~ , recently pbisd a eolv,~u~~ata yr hpaat aP~IAeslt for