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a rmi m .mi win "*"v>'>-WJ^TCwyA.{
fin, m*>re than fifteen hundred miles. J !
\Ion?* (lie \\ woie ?>| this extent tliere is, <
~ ^ I
with lew exceptions 1'elU averaging in i
breadth frofii forty to sixty miles of low, i <
sandy country, intersperse;! wi'h sand- I '
lulls and unhealthy swamps, whose puis- ' '
onous exhalations, under the influence of '
a southern sun, are almost us unfavorable '
to the European constitution as the ex- !i
halations of the Niger or the Nile, hut '
which experience has proved to be con- !
genial to the African race. There are ;
portions of this region of great fertility '
and in the highest stale of cultivation;
'?
hut much the greater part is too poor in
its native state to attract a dense popula- j
lion, until the lei tile lands of the West
>ihu!l have been occupied. This is tnc f
true reason why population has not ad.
v ineed 50 mindly in the slavehoh i ig
- - 1 - - . - . ? I
States winch border on the coast. U.het (
reasons m iy i?e assigned why population
1ms not advanced to the same extent in :
some of tin; others. For example, I have I
heard Kentucky represented us almost a j
perfect ivlen; and, although 1 have j
liever visjtcd that Stale, I have seen j
some hue apeciuiens of her productions '
in the^rnus homo on this ilior. But still ,
it may hti said that, with all her natural !
advantages, populat on has not advanced
.so rapidly as in the neighboring statu of
Oho. The cause is obvious. Her in-j
habitants have turned their attention ver\
tu'ieh to pasturage. Her wealthy pro. !
;pri<jtors have purchased the farms of .heir i
floorer nciglrUors; and blooded horses, I
and Durham cattle, and B.ukslnre nog-,
1!?c overthrow of one of the institution* of c
their own country ? s
The gentleman from Massachusetts ' <
has said that " Texas was curved with jl
the sin of shivery restored, ' and even he i
was forced to n^'kixmletl^c. -in STlhsfancc t
that tlie South was not so deeply guilty. <
Texas, guilty as the gentleman supposes <
her, has never forged fetters for ttre arms
< f a freeman. The slaves which she j n
loads are hereditary bondmen, taken from I
this country ; ami when she contrasts i
her rapid progress in prosperity with the ; i
inlxrcilc and wretched condition of the : :
neighboring provinces of Mexico, it is i i
Irot likely that, with all (he imprecations ;
ii>at can be poured upon her head, she will
be disposed to abandon tins institution.
So opinion of this If tine can cither : I
strengthen or weaken the rights of the j
slaveholders of this country to ho(4 their j f
slaves. Wc hold them under the laws oft .
our respective Slates, guarantied and ] I
sanctioned by the Cons'itution of the I <
fTnjted States, ft is a question with '<
wiiiuh the people of the unn-slavehoi iing | ?
Slates havu nothing to do poli;i< a'ly, ex- 1 t
ropt so far n# tliey arc hound hy the '<
Constjtutjon. which hinds us all together c
\i) maintain and support the institute n I
guarantied hy that instri m nt?>hliga. ?
lions that are reciprocal ?Jj 'oughout ?il!
- - 1 l -. l. ...in kin I f!io I
iho stares, qnn which wm > . ...? t r.~ .
tit' the South to go lo war, if nrce vsarv. J ?
Pi protect th<^ property of tho \or|!i o ; ?
pr-eSf.'fVe the integrity of the territory of j ;
the most northern or most western Slate 1
in the (/ninn? 1
13ut, although jrro'< var.t to Ihcsulre-t
Invetto .some extent heon substituted for |
4 tic n and women, who in their turn have
nitrated to c'lC.ijKT lands, and carried
civlii/.atiou still further West, l'ew j
Stales, of equal ao>, liave advanced so i
r ipsil'y as Tennessee in population for tlir '
i(Mt ten year Si
Out let us look a* thissukjoct in anoth- :
aspect. The pipducliou* of the slave- {
labor of the South is one of the p-iucipal 1
means |?y which tins nation has ris^n tr?
ii;ts present commercial importance. Alter '
wipplvinjr oitr manufactures with the raw |
material of cotton, and almost the entire !
consumption of the country in rice and ,
tobacco, tlio.se three great staples raised
in a section of the cottnlry containing !
than a third of (he population, con.
di lute more than two thirds of the export? I
?h the domestic produce of the whole i
Union. To say nothing of rice and to- j
K.iccs), the single article of cotton pro- j
diiced at the South, in its cultivation, '
manufacture, and sale, does more to feed
tnc hnngrv, to clothe the naked, and
i.iuiltT-ihnn nrnnnrr men. than IS
produced hy times ttic population in !
h.iv other part of the world. Abstract
this article from commerce, and you
would not only reduce millions to wretche
Iiicss and want who have never seen an i
African slave, hut you would cover the)
earth with barbarism. The possession of;
this ureal key of commerce will do more
Ti J .
to preserve our amicable relations witb
England than would an army of a Iiuii
did! thousand men. or a navy twice a.? J
fitron;; as the one that we have. !
it appeal from this statement that ;
elavryy low weight |iHe pn incubus op i
lhe country, and that our advancement j '
has been retarded bv its existence among ,?
? i
i?s? If gentlemen suppose that cotton ( '
ran he cultivated extensively for export 1
where African slavery does not exist, i j:
n"'d hut refer them to the Republics of i 1
fcoutii Amecica. and to Mexico, where the '
rliaintc and soil arc equally advantageous, i
IVoin no portion of South America, e\- : 1
ccpt Brazil. where this institution is still >
preserved, is cotton a valuable article of I
export. . I may be pointed to liie East '
indies, and referred to the great increase ?
of the imj?ort of cotton from that region | <
into England for the last year or two ? J t
This may be attributed to the combined r
influence of the present condition of; a
tilings in tho East, bv which the cultiva- :i
1i<?u of the poppy has been checked, tlic
< hiiia market closed against India cotton j
r ;d the strong temporary stimulus of i
English abolitionism. I would be p!o:i?ob 1 v
it a enndid nlmlitionist (looking at Mr. ; a
iSlado) would inform me how far the alio- <
thmjstK of country depend upon Rid, i c
il not from iho British Government, at v
least troui British subject*. in promoting i
>cfore tho committee, ami ??i>ly nuthoriz- !
id hy the course winch has been taken,
n this debate by the gentlemen who pre- ,
:cdcd ine, i wi!l, for the purpose of show-;
ng the gross injustice of taunting upon
is upon this subject, enter into a brief (
listoiy of African slavery. The African
iluvu trade, as is known I presume to
^very gentleman of the House, was com-1
mouced by the Portuguese, at that time
an important couimerciai and navigating
people, about the middle of the loth century.
It, however, made hut little pro- j
gross until early in the 16th century, i
when tho Emperor Charles the 5th, from j
motives of humanity, and to prevent the j
destruction of the Indians engaged to ;
working the mines in the Spanish West j
India islands, authorized (lie importation (
nf Africans. From that time it rapidly j
spread throughout all the Southern Euro
on this licnisolitiie; and it ?
|?'/U II -- p ?T
mav by truly -- uitl thai the South has never j
what had the question presented to her under
circumstances thai she couid exercise
thcchoico whether she would or would not |
allow tliis institution to exist upon her soil/
I have seen it historically stated that, j
as oarlv "as tOOd," the very year that :
the gentleman's ancestors landed at Ply- |
mouth, in Massachusetts." aud only a- i
bout thirteen years after the sentiment at |
Jamestown, in \ irgin.n, a Datcli vessel:
from the coast of Cioua Railed uj> the i
James rivCr aud lauded the tirst African ,
slave that was ever brought to I>:il s i
\meriea." Aliican slavery then, is coeval !
in this country with its settlement by a ,
civilized and C'hiistian race of men. Not i
only African slavery, hut the African '
slave trade, existed through the entire i
period of our colonial dependence on the i
mother country; through the war of the j
Revolution ; during the period that we |
were united under the articles of Con fed- j
oration; and under the Constitution by i
virtue of which we are now assembled, j
down to the year The Constitution j
expressly declares? |
The migration or importation of such i
persons as any of the States now existing j
>h ili think proper to admit, shall not he j
prohibited by Congress prior to the year
one thousand eight hundred and eight; j
but a tax or duty may he imposed on j
such importation not exceeding ton dollars
for ea'-h p r?on."
Thus we see that not only African j
slavery is, hilt ihe African slave trade i
f>vnr*-?lv recognised by the Consli- i
...... - -, . - - tulion
under which wo are assembled ; a
trade which, permit me to say, was con- i
detuned at the South he Co re it was at the ,
North?-a trade which is now condemned '
at the South n# nv.cii as it is at the North; 1
and a trade eH'eotiially to suppress which j
I am willing and prepared to go ?.< Car as J
lio wiU pro farthest; hut, under the I
pretext of suppressing whteh, | hiu not |
willing th?t the ling of titv country should j
he wantonly insulted l?v tho cruisers o?a '
foreign Power. The gentleman, in his !
remarks on yesterday, spoke- of it as a re- j
mark-able tin ig that, wtiiie a member ot
Mr. Monroe's Cabinet. he should have reusted
liieelainiofthe British (Government
to search our vessels for the alleged oh- j
ject of suppressing this trade, while |
Southern slaveholders, members of the i
same Cabinet, were in favor of it. I do |
not tinnk that it is at ail remarkable; for
f Chore wore any portion of this country
mgaged in the Vfrican slave trade, thev I
CO 7
were not the people of the South; and if
he people of rinv section of this country
ire inorcNnlcresleii lliuii all the rest in j
oppressing it. thev are the 'people of the
South. In addition to rhe motives which
-- ?"""Iikhc ill tin* Union. I
>peraiw on ui 'n;i n. % iiw.,.-, ... ,?u ... (
ve at the South have the additional mo- j
iveol Hi lt'-mterext to suppress this trade;
'or, as must he evident to all, the introluetion
of every additional slave info nnv
if toe West India islands or on ativ part
?f tl.e continent, increases the competi-j
ion of sieve labor, and reduces the value |
n't hose already here. This, therefore, I
I
is the gentlemen seems to suppose, is not '
i Southern question ; and, although we I
ue not willing thai England should he j
icrmittcd to prescribe to us a new rule j
ipoo the subject of search, neither are we j
filling that our flag should protect nspirite.
I acknowledge the difficulty of t* 111 -
ricnt action on tile part ol the cruisers of J
:?thi?r nation in suppressing this trade !
vithout a mutual right of visitation, at. j
ended by sufficient examination to as- j
.ertain the nationality <>f a suspicious ves. j
iel over whose deck the flag ol' cither is;
iiifurled. If it where will you place thoi
i:nit between examination and search; or,
f y on permit the one, how can we insure !
o our vessels engaged in lawful com- j
ncrce protection against the abjsos iucilen'
to the other?
We have hv our legislation inflicted no
vrnngs upuii AI'ricH, certainly none since !
[?(H. It is different, however, with !
England, and perhaps her zeal imv bo 1
ncreased from a desire to make some re- :
ribnlion for the great stimulus given to j
he African slave trade *hv her ill-advised
fr
id vised emancipation acts.
I will road from a British Review of,
ugh character. Blackwood's M iga/.ine .
or July, 1^31).) 1 wish the accounts
,vore later: bit this debate coming up on- !
jectedlv, I am not provided with them, j
Vfler showing from returns laid before ,
^riia.nents that the annual production j
.1" tin?r;,r_ which had for seven vears pre
" ""mfk ? T - _
m'ous to 1 833 anionn(f"J in Jamaica to j
lie average of 93,156 hogsheads, had. in
lie year 1830, been reduced to 01.60-1;
irul, fr. m accounts Unit had been receiv.
> , woul ! probably not amount to l(),()9fl
logheads in 1839, the review proceeds
is follows:
' In short, the agricultural produce of
lie island is totally disappearing; the no-j
^roes, in the trreat majority of instances, 1
Mlher will not work at tail for any wa^es,
ir are so extravagant in their demand for!
kvajjes, and so irregular and inconstant in
!n;ir MuIjiN, ns to icnCcr it niio^uinur iui. j
.u^ibk' tu continue the cu!;.'.ut:r?n ol'bU
1 JHIUJU J1 * ,T ?- J " ! ' '
iXir of rofTae with any prospcd of a profit. J *
Unless some other race can be introduced *
who will supply their place by free labor, I
and they peaceable re'ire to ihi moun- J
tains in the interior, there to df int and ,
lead a life of suva^c indolence a: d penury,' |
nothing is nv?re certain than that in five ;
. 1#
years tue cultivation of sugar in the West
Indies will have entirely ceased, and nine* j '
tenths of the estates wi!J have irrovoca- !
hly reverted to a state of N ature. Could j
any thing else have been expected? St. ( .
Domingo, before tlie emancipation of its ; j
negroes, proluced 700,000,000 pounds ; i
of sugar, being more than all the rest of! *
-t_ > i . a i . . i i
me wor n put logfiuor; now n impori* , '
th?it art icrlo of produce. * * * * Xu
other result could possibly have been an- ! (
ticipntcd from a tnensxire which, however | |
well intended, was founded on such ah- | i
surd and delusive principles as the slave ; "
emancipation net. The principle on j <
which it proceeded was, that five years!'
were suffi ient to clothe the slave with :
the habits and desires of a freeman, and .
render the transition, from servitude to j ,
liberty safe and salutary; it may safely i <
be affirmed that fire hundred years would '
have hcon little enough for the inomen- J
tous change. How long did it take to | 1
. . k I !
wear out slavery in the British islands? j
Five centuries. Why was it never ,
found possible to extirpate it even ainidsf
all the refinements and civilization cf
Greece an I It >:ne? Why docs it still exist,
in undiminished and undiminishing.,
vig >r, over two-thirds of the globe? Ev.? .
? .
deiitly because it is a necessary step in
the progress of civilization; because without
it savage man never has worked, an f j
never will work; because without its con- j
corn the human race would bo chained i
forever to the hunter or shepherd state;
because, hut for the slavery of our Saxon .
nrocrtmiiors, we would now have been
l I '
wandering in the woods; because, what- j
ever evils may be attendant on servitude, j,
and they arc many and grievous, they |
arc trivial in comparison of the universal ?
and widespread penury, the total stoppage 1
of the advance and prospects of the hu |
man race, which instantly follows the
cursing of uncivilized man with the nnini.
. i
nal blessings, hut the real destitution, of j
freedom. * * * * Does the cessa j '
linn of the slave trade over the globe, i
the evident amelioration of the African j
race, and the stoppage of the uuutto *
horrors of the middle passage, console j
the fri .mds of humanity of all their liopo# ,
and blasting of their enpectations on the j
other side of the Atlantic? Alas! here ,
tiie prospect is even more gloomy than j
on the sunny slopes of Jamaica, now j
choked with weeds, or the rich marshes
of Guiana, fast r lapsing into jungle.
The slavo trade .been doubled in extent
and quadrupled in horrors throughout the
globe by the monstrous act; and the.
sufferings of the African race, under European
cupidiy, are now incomparable greater than
when the philanthropy of WiTberforLC and !
Clarksori first intcrferred for their relief. The
rapid decline in the agricultural produce of;
tb? firitish Wesr. Zndia is ands ha* giveu i
impulse to the foreign slave colonies which is
almost incredible, and augmented to an ex* j
tent which it is piteous to think of both the !
number of biac'ia wno are annually torn froin i
their hornet and their children in A'rica and J
the barbarity with wliich they arc treated on ' '<
their passage to the American shores. * *!'
+ One way, and one only, ol'stopping the in- | fernai
traffic ex sts; and th it is, enabling the ;,
.. . . -l - A !
BnUsli planter, Willi tnaiiuiiary slaves, gi ?u- ;
ually improving in industry, to undersell the 1
foreign slaveholder in the supply of the world !
with sugar. That method?the simple, j.igt, 1
progress.ve method of Nature?was in sat-is- J1
factory progress; and the siave trade must *
have declined, and perhaps in the course of |
ages expired, from the eiF.'Ct ol ih* competi ji
tion of the British statu nary serf with the!
foreign imported slave, when the whole pro- ,
gross was stopped by the emancipation act;l
our own islands reduced to ruin; our own ! 1
slaves resorted to savage life; and a new iin- J ?
pulse, to which philanthropy can assign no. i
limits, communicated to the execrable traffic ! |
in tiuni m flesh " j |
I might refer to other testimony, hut the j
extracts which I have read arc sufficient to '
show the efl'.cts of ernauicapatiou of madness i ;
in the British West India islands and on the I S
African slave trade?effects which were | I
doubtless not. foreseen until ii was too late to
recall the fatal act by which the fai'e^t and : \
richest porno : ot the British empire h is been j.
ruined, and mcaluablc evils inflicted on the I
cause of humanity. It is certainly a politi- j T
cal anomaly that, while England has at such I
heavy sacrifices attempted to assert the rights ' '
of the African, race, * lie voice of humanity ; f
should not have reached her from tl o East. [ .<
I speaK not of th China war ; bir 1 allude to j j
the suffering millions in British InJia, trodden <
down and oppressed by British avarice; I ai^ j .
lude to tiie oceans of blond which she lias shed j ?
in that null ippy country?to the unjust aijd.-|'
remorseless wars which she hag wag' d against (
a weari add timid race?to the slave-trade it- I
celt, as it exists where her influence is para- t
mount I read from a la'e paper: I
"Tiie .If dk of conducting tiie Slvve?L
Trips ni Buirisn !m>ia.?The following.. :
is part of a statement mulehy the leader of a (
gang of slavers on the coast of Malacca, as .
quoted in a late speech of Cord Brougham, j
/; w:h be recollected that, if not actually sub- ,
jecteu. urn isn lunuence is paramount in "iai j
country, whose capital was taken in 1607 ,
and is still reduc- d by England. I
41 1 left my home wit It a gang of forty Thugs, .
an I proceeded to flusseeaguage, where H?e-. j
ra 2) iss and Rock unmet* went, to the city of I ,t
Mu'tra for the purpose of buying some clothes, : ,
and succeeded in winning the confidence of |
f.?ur trauellers, two men and two women, with ;
their three children, whom they brought j j
with th'-m to our encampment; after passing j (
two days with u-\ Teeila Dan--, Eyrag^es, and t
Down floskina, T-elake. Gongaram, Brmjar-j (
alts. 11 illtiek Da??. Ch trier Das?, Noput 1) tss, j ,
and llunoornan D iss prevailed on tiie funily j,
to accompany them to Die banks of the Ju n- < t
na, and murdered the four eideriy travellers t j
in a garden near the village of G >kool. After j
tlirowiug their bodies into the Jumue, .they j
took their ilire* childrei to tiie tanda, or en- ! i
cr.mpment, oi Dewa* Brmjaiah, ne.1r the viU | (
J age of Km ir, and so d the" two female ehi dfen i,
tor forty rupees and the m ile lor rive rupees. | ,
One of .thrill, a woman says: "We now t
went off to Thtineisor, where we eiiratned { .
in a err.ve on t|?o tank, ami her.1 several par- ! ,
lies ?t travellers were inveigled by the wwes J*
of the leaders of our I" Porn* and t .ko \ 5
u:> :h?.ir lutings .villi u&?i A Ciiumur, with )
\
hrce daughters, one thirty years of age. and i I
he others y?)iinjr. 2. The widow of a car- I (
i rnter and h? r son, ton years of age, 3. A ;
iralmiin and liis wife, with one beautiful j
laughter fourteen years old. another fiv , and ,
? eon six years of age. 4 A Bralim n and, <
lis Wife, with one daughter about fourteen '
mother twelve, and a son three years of age. 1
These travellers lodged for two or three days .
irnong the tenth" of the N aeks and Brinjaralia, |
ifter which we all went one morning to a vil- j
age in the territory of the ToorosC R?jab; I j
orgct i?is nauio. IJere very heavy raid fe!J j
it night, and deluged the country, and we gut ;
ID rest. Tne next morning vve went to a j
.ili.ige on the bank o< the canal, still in the j
lame R-ijah'scountrv. 7'ne next day we went
:o'a village on the bank of the Jumna; and
wo hours after night Kaner I)ass proposed
hat we should go down to the sacred stream
>f the Jumna, say our prayers, auu remain
:here. They all went down accordingly leav
ng me, Roopia and his second wife (Rook,
nuneej at the village. They murdered thejsevju
men and women, and threw tiieir bodies
into the river; but who killed them, or how
hey were killed, I know not. Tne Cnuniac
m,# i - - - n I
arid ma eldest daughter, me two uranmins j
and heir w ives, and the carpenter'* widow, |
were all murdered. They brought the nine i
children back to us a watch and half before j
daylight. Thr-y were all crying a good deal ;
after their parents, a'ld we quieted thein the j
best way we could with sweetmeats and pUy. i
things. W j came to Bcebeepore, and en- j
camped in the grove. A daughter and son
of the Brahmin's were extremely beautiful, |
and these we left with Dhyan Sing for cale." j
(L?rd Brougham continued, but fro in the low j
tone in winch he spoke, and from the excitement
under which lie labored, he was almost;
inaudible, We understood him to speak as j
fallows: I have no language-I have no power j
of speech wherewith to give utterance to the |
mixed feelings of pity and of horror which j
must arise in the breast of every man i
at such atrocities as these But it is j
not necessary for mo to add one
word to the account which I have read to j
your lordships. I defy the most powerful ora* j
tor to paint these attrocitics in colors more,
striking?to place them in a light more appal- |
hug, than they receive from the simple sta ft- j
rnent of the facts themselves. Steeped in '
blood, no nation of the earth?nay, not Afri- I
ca herself presented more appalling examples
of the prononess to take aw.iy life?of the utter
indifference as to liie taking away ofltfe?
which distinguishes this revolting traffic.
... ? r i rv i
't ruly li >s L.or<i lirougnnni sa:u in me i
nlinvc extract, 44 I defy the most
[mwerful orator to paint these atrocities
in colors more striking?to place thorn in
fi light inoro appalling?than (hey receive
from the simple statement of the fact
themselves."
But to return from this digression. I
cannot believe that there can he h war,
or even a serious difficulty between
two nations having so many motives to
preserve their amicable relations, upon a
point like this. Politicians, like other |
individuals, may effect sentiment, and j
use set phrases about the interests of hu- j
rnanitv; but the age is too utilitarian to j
sacrifice real advantages upon a question j
of not more importance than is involved ;
in the controversy of whether the cruisers i
of either, engaged in (ho suppression of
the African slave trade, shall he allowed
by visitation, and, if necessary, by examination,
to ascertain Che nationality of a
suspicious vessel hearing the Hag of the
other. Both nations are, I believe, equally
sincere in their endeavors to suppress
this trade: hut I would make no concession
upon the subject, andjif lvigland nt.
lempts the exercise of a rigut to which i
she is not entitled by the law of nations,
she should he held responsible for the
consequences. We know that her disposition
is to encroach on the maritime
rights of ail nations; and if the permit he i
in inch, there is danger she will claim an <
ill.
I rejoice that there is no evidence of
ihe African slave trade to this country, |
iven to the minutest extent. I live in
the centre of the slavcholding States, and
represent one of the wealthiest agricuUurll
districts in the Union, bordering for
nany miles in the ocean, where slaves !
mve always been in active demand; hut J
[never have, to the best of my know!- |
?dgc, seen or even or heard of an I
Vfricau imported, since the la w of Coii-j
;ross prohibiting the African slave trade j
irat went info effect.
But, previous to the year 1803, who1
vere the peoplu in this country principal- j
y engaged in the African slave trade, |
tnd who fattened 0:1 its profits? The j
>oople of that section of country now , (
eprosonted in pari nv me pi-niion,,,,, ,
rom Massarhtisets. The people of that i |
section where there now exists an orgnn- I
zed body of men hy whom wc of the
South are slandered and denounced for
loldiug slaves?by whom the freemen of the
South are represented as a set of monsters, j
without religion, without humanity, without
rue virtue of any sort; who have their agonts ,
wherever they cm venture to spread their
horal poison, and by whom thousands of coin- ,
nunicalions arc almost dai y published, cal- ,
rula'.ed to produce heartburnings and jealous- j
es between the d tferent sections of the I
jouutry, and to excite our slaves to murder i
ind insurrection.
13 cause we refuse to these incendiaries. |
who h've assumed the garbs of religion and j
juinani'y the in ?re effectually to injure our (
epuUtions and disturb our peace, the privi- :
egejof hav ng ih( ir slanders read at that desk J <
ind deba'ed on this floor, the gentleman says I
;hat he had as well attempt to "reason with J i
i whirlwind," and accuses us of having adop- ;,
ed " an execrable rule that is driving this (
Union to its dissolution." j
It is too late, Mr. Chairman, to discuss
die policy of tfie coarso adopted by our pre- 1
jeeessors, and followed by ourselves, upon 1
.lie subject of abolition petitions. Whether I
jiiginally w ise or not, a retreat from the posi- j )
ion assumed upon this subj ct would be j ,
egarded by the abolitionists as an evidence
hit tuair principles were spreading on this'
\ ?or. and encourage them to persevere in
heir wild and destructive projects agaiust the j
)?ace oftheSosi'h and the integrity of the,
~ t/i L _ I j
[Jiiiuu. Oil tiiO otner nann, mma anu sue-,
;es*ive Congresses persevere in. the 21st rule, j;
>r in any other of a similar character, they i (
vill, notwitmta.oding their lamentations for
lie fancied suffering* of others?Qotwitli- I
itandmg their phard?aical assumption of ,
superior piety, ultimately abandon their '
schemes ns Uitftdailiable through an '
\tncrican Congress, an i we he spared i
from (lie agitation of this dangerous and
*
existing subject, the most portentous that
lias ever been agitated in ihc history of
tilt! world, llow favorably dies the oonilu'
t of those Representatives from the
non-slaveholding States who have, hv
the r conduct, held out to their fellow.
citizens of the South an assurance that
their constitutional rights shall not ho
invaded through this Huusrt, contrast with
lhat of the gentleman and his associates,
who, although themselves generally un.
nfleeted by the nholition fanaticism, pursue
a course which is calculated to produce
discord between the different
sections of the Union, and to encourage
the nnemies of our institutions at home
and abroad to persevere in their efforts to
sow the seeds of dissension among us.J
With one or two worthy exceptions the
Whig party of non-slaveholding State."
\ote with the gentleman from .Massachusetts
upon this subject?with two or three
exceptions the members of the Democratic
party are to he found on the other
side. I flatter myself that since the vote
on the reception of the petitions from
abolitionists to dissolve the Union, we
shall have many more of the first named
party voting with us on this question ; for
surely they cannot, in the fare of their
recorded votes upon the reception of those
petitions, any longer say that it is a mutter
of conscience with them to receive anil
consider ail petitions. Should the parlies,
however, continue divided, as they havr
hitherto been on this subject, the South
will not long doubt with which it it is hei
true interest to unite. The friends ol
the Union every where will not long
doubt in the triumph of which there wil
be the greatest security for its preservation.
There are one or (wo gentlemen or
(his door from (he slavpholding States
who, although they believe that we are
under no obligation to receive or conxidci
abolition petitions, do nevertheless votf
for their reception?in part, 1 believe
from motives of conciliation and in pKi
because they think that the South sliouh
understand the true position of Northen
gentlemen on the subject, that she may il
necessary buckle on her armor and pre.
pare for defence, YVi'h deference. I
think these g ntlcmen are wron_r. Thr
cloud of abolition may lower and throaVn
but if not allowed to burst in this Hall
it will lower and threaten in vain. Tin
philanthropists, as they are culled, may
lash each other's enthusiasm into fury
by false representations of the suffering:
of the slave, but if excluded from this
Hall, their fury will be impotent, ami tin
country go on to flourish and prosper a:
though it did not contain within its hosoir
a single cneuiv to its institutions. (I
use the word "institutions," instead o
"one of its institutions," for the tru*
question which lies at the bottom of theii
movements, is not emancipation, but dis
solution of the Union.) If I were con
rident that the reference of such petitions
would produce the most favorable repor
for the South that can be imagined,
would be found whore 1 am now. SjcI
action on tiie part of this House, no mat
tor what might he the nature of the report
woulJ only produce excitement at th<
South and encourage the abolitionists t<
persevere in their schemes. Such wa
the effect of the celebrated report of thi
comm ttec some years ago, of which Mr
I'inckney of South Carolina was chair
tm?i ?nd aiirh would tie the onlv elf c
now. Whenever a proposition is ma<!<
to ref*r and report upon such petitions
you will find every abolitionist on thii
floor voting for it?/io matter whethei
the reference be to a commi'tee e.x?'lu.
sively of .'northern or Southern gentle,
men, or to a committee composed in pan
of both. I call upon gentlemen front flit
South who have hitherto voted lor tin
reception of such petitions to coiisidei
well what they do. This is a question to
us of self preservation, that rises above all
written or constitutional law. The assassin's
dagger is aimed at our hearts.?
Shall we hear our bosom* to receive tin
stmke, or shall we manfully resist / I In
not. gentlemen, allow the rights of your
constituents to hold their properly to he
discussed on this floor. Il you do. their
bloody hearthstones may hereafter tell the
tale of youi folly and of their misfortune.
[To hr. Continued ]
Fro i th j Now Orleans B ju of the 21st.
a mob!
Yesterday morning at an early hour, a
large concourse of people assembled at
the Place d'arrnes, under a high state ol
excitement produced by the sudden depreciation
of Municipality Notes. In
consequence of the suddenness of resump.
tion. the Municipalities had no opportuni
tv of making provision for their out-stand.
ing circulation. The meeting at the
Place (VAmies crowded to the Mayor'.oflice,
where they were informed thai
the Councils of the Municipalities wotilc
take measures to redeem their circulation
us soon as possible. Since the suspension
ttf specie payments the city issues have
ilia ?. Anmul Irion) .-lnn<r#> IMfCtlla.
MIJjpilCH J/l Ultljmi K/WHI
1 ion, and the outstanding amount of the
three Municipalities reach at this time
l>eyond a million of dollar*. The loss in
lite depreciation of their notos falls princj.
pally upon the poor, and it is not to he
wondered at that there should have been
some excitement when tlicy were refused
to he taken as circulation.
The meeting were apparently satisfied
with the reply of the Mayer; hut sh rMy
afterwards some evil dimo>^ persons ex.
cited them ngainst the Brokers, who were
charged, with more or le-s reason, as being
the cause of the sudden depreciation.
Tne assemblage moved io anger bv indi
vidua! losses, and vet further irritated bv
inflammatory speeches, assumed the as
? i r, . r , ?, ? f 11
??iu amiuviv t* - *<
o'clock, whilst looking over the mail, not^
in the least expecting an outbreak, our
attention was arrested by n clamor in the
streets, which proved to have been made
by the incensed mob, on their way to
J the Second Municipality to break up the
i Brokers. We could form no accurate ea?
I timate of the number of persons engaged
in the riot, as a large portion of the crowd
was attracted bv curiosity. The mob
proceeded across Canal-street, and before
there could he formed any organixed re?
Hisfance went into several oT the limners
ofTirp.s at and near ihe corner of Canal
and Curnp.streets, which were completely
rifled. J'he citizens, however, soon ascertained
the object of the mob, and with
commendable promptness put an end to
, their depredations. It is imposa'ble to
? conceive how quickly the infuriated roa^s
was put down. A few of our more rem(
Into citizens were near the corner of
Camp and Canal streets at the commencement
of the outbreak, and without hesitalion
went into the crowd and arrested *ev.
e al of the ringleaders. An immense
t ~ #
i multitude soon assembled to sustain the
; ! laws, arj in less than the time it has tu1
ken to write tl.i* paragraph the riotera
' were suppressed.
Some six or eight persons were arrested
and taken to the .Municipal jail. Several
persons were taken in the act of breaking
- ?> ir I
s | the windows id the limner* ointes, huh
, ' grabbing the roin exhibited at the win|
down. Several of the robbers, we arc sorry
to *ay, escaped with their pillage.
We remarked, amongst some of the
ord- r'y citizens, persons who expressed
great sympathy fur the rioters; but these
. sentiments were soon substituted by deep
disgust at the roguish nee* of such of
* them as could lay their hands upon anv
' thing worth stealing. It so happens that
* the most desperate and reckless of a mob
' always contrive to make a profit out of ^
i the commotion, whilst such as join the
, rabble through weakness or thoughtless.
: ncss invariably reap the evil conaequen.
r i cos of the eme.ule. It was natural that
t excitement should grow out of thud'pre.
, elation of Municipality n?des; hut those
I j who took advantage of the popular feeling
I to get up an outbreak are the least wor.
* thy, and 110 doubt, the greatest lasers by
r it.
After the mob was suppressed, the city
was filled with all sorts of rumors ?
i Vmongst others it was asserted, that the
, i rioters had m *t at the lower part of the
, city in gr at mi :ib ws, and we.o taking
i I step# to rescue those that wore arrested.
' | The 2nd municipality prison was soon
' I surrounded by nn armed body of citizens,
< under the command of Col. Manuel
* White, a veteran ef 15. The militia
s j was called out, and volunteers were armed
4 ; to preserve order. Several cornfuinief
1 were at two o'clock P. M. under arms,
f j The cannons were loaded, and each anj.
I dier eq lipped with a musket and several
J roinds of ball cartridges.
r S "veral unpleasant Mi stakes occured
- during the confusion, as will always be
* the case in a moment of such general
* consternation and surprise. We Icara
t : thai two of the drummers belonging to the
I Legion were taken up and ruddy ban.
1 died, as they were parading the streets
* beating up for volunteers. They wore
, without their uniforms and mistaken for
& persons belonging to the ;nob. One indi.
<> vidual has been slightly wounded in the
s band with a pi-to! shot.
< mi _
2 Charter si ret t looked like sunnny. ino
stores were all closed, a .d business every
where was entirely at an end as though
t it were in truth the sabbath.
There was a strong patrol out last night* "%
, The city guards were trebled, and tho
fvgion and Battalion had a heavy quota
r ; in arms till morning, as it was intimated
; that the attempt to rescuo the prisoners
j was to be made after nightfall.
I j All good < iii/.ens should join together
; * Jo suppress further outrage. We have
i seen the beginning of a mob; we have
I .
j seen it put flown by a few resolute arid
i determined persona. The robberies coin*
I milled by several of the ring-leaders,
, betray too palpably the object of those
who got up the tumult, 'l ite laws must
1 he preserved. And let those persons who
i have real cause to complain, ask them.
' selves what good can come to them from
: j such scones. Tney must make matter*
worse.
Meanwhile we would again call npo**
our city officers, as wo did yesterday
morning, to make provision b?r the re.
' dernpiion of municipal nr4es. There aro
sufferers who were not convened in tho
mob?who bear patiently a loss they are
I tile able to meet. Let them be provided
: lor.
As if to quiet the turuult a heavy show,
ei dispersed the multitude, and rio doubt
considerably cooled the excitement of
the insurgents. If further violence is
attempted it should he met with firm,
ness.
^" U'aii<ph IVII UUTm-K TlTSTRX.
I I ?
[ j XUGGKK.
| We have the pleasure of announcing today
, thrcoming fur emigration, ofth edespcrato
, und cautious chief Halleck Tustennugge
. on the 29ih ult. at the Warm Spring*,
! with all of his people, numbering upwards
,I of seventy, of whom seccders fro?n Okti.
achee. Ma. Rdknap, of the 8th Infantry,
from the field of operation, brings this
welcome intelligence. Halleck Tusten. s
nugge has ever occupied an important
, petition among the indians, both in the
council and fight, and in the war path
was held to he h most desirable conquest,
[ hut has ever abided rapture. Me was
the leader of the party which murdered
several of our people at Mandarian three
, months, and on whose pursuit Col, Worth
placed troops immediately en route. For
sixteen weeks, has tie been chased with,
out intermission?occasionally defending
his position, until he was forced to flv to
hi* last defence a few days since whtiii
j he wad completely routed by Colonel