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C! >s? - ev iy Thursday at 1, p. m. jT'^fTne uOiT will be ?p' i? mi the Sabbath, for i c delivery of papers and letters from 7 to 8, a. in., and i the evening one h ur after *7he arrival of the ('olumbia mail. P. THORNTON, P. M. Ejissolwliott of oparfsaes'SiMi*. I i E firm of II. O. Roberts &. T. II, Lo *- ens, wa* dissolved by rnutiial consem en the 1st instant. The business of tin c->?c?rn wil' be sett! *?! by 11. C. Roberts. II. P. ROBERTS. T. D. LUCAS. Jan. 25. * 3iS REMARKS OF AIR. BUTLER, Or South Carolina, in {he House of Representatives, January 21, 1810, on the Resolution of YVaddy Thompson, Jr, to amend the rules relative to the reception and disposal of Abolition Petitions. Mr. BUTLER, of South Carolina rcrse and said: Mr. Speakeh; It has not been the habit of Southern members, and particularly frnirt Suitii ilinn. to discuss the silhieH now before the House. Nor, sir, do 1 intend, oil el ie pro so1 if occasion, to discu <s the constitulionai r';;ht t > lso'd slaves, the mora' i.di'ienoe ofoi e-ny.or its expedieney. No S uithcrn man will ever condescend to debate these questions 011 this door, and if they are forced upon us, another field must be the arena of discussion. Wo do not fear the issue of such a discussion before an honest and enlightened world. We could show that slavery was coevai ain ist with the existence of the human race; that it was fully recognised under the old and new Testament dispensations; and that to us it is a political blessing, rather than an evil. But, sir, no one has a right to coerce us into these matters, and no power on earth shall move us from our position. We cannot, however, sit tamely, and see these constant, repeated and ceaseless attacks upon our institutioiis, and insults upon our characters, without feeling indignant and excited. It is to repel charges thus reiterated that I rise It has been ailcdgcil against the South that we are sectional in our prejudices, and slaves to local opinions- This allegation comes with a bad grace from those who are bound down by prejudices the most wilfully blind and pernicious. Sh/ct s t o local opinions! Vtrhai, s.r, could induce members of Congress, gentlemen of intelligence and character to present abolition petitions to this Il^use, and demand their reference to a committee, but being slaves 1) local opinion? What but this could i:ii! leucc the course which Northern gcntleme 1 take, in irritating the South, without -A t. > out' cr.o' irvn / <( : !n:? r*t kt\\ >/l ?? !'?*?/ 'I'JJll IV llilj .-3V.Ll.VM \yl III ."? L?'MIUMvUVL> i So fur ?3 i am individually concerned, I have always endeavored to allay sectional pr nidices, a:; 11) look upon this Union as c.ij great Ihi::!1* of brethren. The gen<hrT v iV >T .. 1"-i!i. (jiL. vJiaiiger,) a>k> why wo of the South are now so excited at the presentment of abolition petition--, when history proves that they have been presented for the last twenty-five years. He, sir has furnished us with an answer. Abolition petitions, until within lira last half a dozen years, were confined to a few ignorant, weak and mi-guided faunties; !>ut now they have wealth, political and local influence, talents, well organized and increasing societies, and numerous presses devoted to their cause. Their baneful influence is felt and exercised eve-1 ry where hi the free states, and political parties dread 1 heir opposition and court lis. ir favor. Members lie re, cower before this local feeling; and, what is slid worse, avowed abolitionists are on this fbor, the advocates and eulogists of these fanatic incendiaries. Can it be thought wonderful, under those painful reflections, thai the iS Mitii should be deeply agitated? We should be less than men. if wc could ibid J our arms, and patiently submit to these ind jfniiics. But, s:r, the gentleman from N. J Y-.rk. [Mr. Granger] says that the S mill1 V 1.1 > ri Ll it; 1/ Ullin JJUlllUlJb U1 IliU | arc Jo bo hoard and respected here. | Tiie south claims no such distinction, and i how, let me a-k. stands t!ie case? When' a protective taiai'is to be imp- sed, onerous | and imju t its operations, who reaps the the berrohl? The North. When canals J are ! ; be opened, harbors improved, roads to irj beiii, and any other extravagant appropriations, fur internal improvements, who share the "spoil*?'' The North.? j "When a great National Rank is to be char-' tTvh with capita' ant! p-ower to control ( ai! other banking institutions in the coun-, try, wlii.ro is it to lie located? In thcNorlh.1 National legis alien has always been par-\ t'al to the north, and although the south has deeply felt the injustice of it, she has1 sought for no selfish protection? the only protection she asks is to be let alone in the management of her local concerns. It is said that we are ultra upon the subject of these petitions, because \vc fear the effect' it would have upon our elections at home. This is a mistake: wo stand upon higher ground than such pitiful considerations.? Wo are defending our constitutional and inalienable rioli?^- wn nrp Imttlinor (m* t!m security of our firesides, and die sanctity of our domestic regulations; and, sir, let mo tel! gentlemen, for one, that if the course <hey advise would put a step to incendiary j) ditinns, I would freely become the victim. if my constituents demanded a sacrifice. God forbid that f? >r so ign< >b!c a pitrp ?se, a single man could be found so base a< not to muder himself a willing sacrifice on the altar of his country. We are told, sir, that our course is m:n: t rii g to the wishes of the abolitionists, and our true po licy would bo to unite with northern gcn-| tietnen in referring these petitions to a com mittce, and that a calm and temperate report would arrest the evil of which we complain. IIow p!a isibie is this argument, yet how delusive and untrue. It' such would be the result now, why has it not iiad the effect, heretofore? in 1829 these petitions were referred to a committee, and a report was made against the prayer of the petitioners. Again in 1830, tliey were referred, and Mr. Pinckney, chairman of that committee, made an able and lengthy report. Did this stop the evil ?did it. retard it for a moment? On the contrary, your ti.ole has literally groaned iindcr the weight of abolition memorials, from men, women and children. Sir, the movement that gentleman made on that occasion (I do not impeach his motives) was unwise and impolitic, to say the least of it, and the irreparable mischief which followed, I lear, is net speedily to be cured. It opened the doors of tlfs Hall to the abolitionists, and invited them to come in and prosecute their unhallowed purposes, and well have they improved ihe opportunities thus a-iordod them. Think you, sir, >11 the face of these facts, that any South crn member can be found on this floor, or elsewhere, so utterly regardless of his own interest, and forgetful of his constituents, as again to be caught aiding and abetting tiic worst enemies of his country? Why sir, no man here can believe that reception, reference, report and all, would satisfy and quell the movements of men goaded 011 by fierce and fanatical resolution to accomplish their ends, or rend the Union asunder. They have the sagacity t > see d.., * ! ! 1.1 1 - mat uiijv Iui\ e auvanceu a step at an early si ago of their operations, niticii beyond tlxeir most sanguine expectations; and nothing, no, sir, nothing, can now arrest their onward course but the adoption of some such rule as the resolution before you proposes. Pass that, sir, and you give us quiet and an assurance that you mean to uphold our constitutional rights; reject it, and you prove to us that upon ourselves alone depends protection. The "sacred light of petition" is said to be involved, and gentlemen cannot come u]) to our proposition because their people will not sustain Wo one \v'chec to invade the right of petition; but do not under color of this right, send memorials here of and about tilings in which the i.?.~ i . j/uiuiijiiuia luivi; nu iiiiciu.wjL. i giaiiu oil , that every citizen of this country have a right to be heard here, by petition, upon such matters as immediately pertain to themselves; ImL it docs not f >llo\v that they arc officiously and offensively to thrust themselves into other pe iple's concerns, totally distinct and unconnected with them. Arc we to be Loid that because the right of petition is guaranteed by the Constitution, that citizens in the northern states arc authorized to petition Congress fur the redress of imaginary grievances under which their southern neighbors arc laluring? Shall other portions of this Union impudently and arrogantly to assume to themselves the duty of enlightening us upon the subjects in which we arc alone interested? Shall they become our kind guardians, and point out to this Legislature the blind ties, the evils, and turpitude incident, as they allege, to our situation? If upon ordinary subjects, and there was no other objection, the very imoudencc of the thing would excite our indignation and contempt. But, sir, when we see the systematic and ceaseless attacks made upon our institutions, our property, and our security, from those who have no earthly interest in the matter, we can hut feel it an outrage. Suppose the south was to imitate the north in this abominable crusade, organize societies, send out missionaries, erect presses, and load your table with potions, to hang all abolitionists, to pass laws compelling the free white rod free black r _ : : A .h oi m<j norm to iri'oniiany, cr i ? uo any tiling else equally wrong and improper, and in what did not immediately aliect us; would all this be tolerated by northern gentlemen in their zeal to support the constitutional and sacred right of petition?? W >uld such petitions be received, considered, referred to committees, and treated as in ordinary cases? I apprehend not? " circumstances would alter cast s" with gentlemen, and those who arc now vociferous for this right would say to us, as we now say to them, these petitions ought not to be received. The gentleman from Vt. [Mr. Slade] has broadly admitted that Congress has the right to reject petitions of a mischievous tendency. Well, sir, this is conceding all I contend for. And is there no mischievous tendency in abolition '1 Tf.l I .1 il._ I f petitions: ir to orcaK uown mu uarncrs of constitutional rights, to produce discord and division in this nation and ultimately to dissolve the Union, can give them that character, so they are to be regarded.? That gentleman, as -well as ever)' intelligent man, must see, from the unanimous feelmg of the south,%at such is their inevitable tendency; and if he has any regard for consistency, I would ask him, abVf- i tionist as he is, to pause before he goes far ' liier. " 1 1 regret, sir, that gentlemen have tlx it necessary, in this discussion, to oil*, i highly-wrought eulogiums on abolitionists. It is a melancholy proof to me that tiicii mad and ferocious projects are more formidable than persons are wiiiing to admit. j ineir.presses iccm wiin iiic grossest ana foulest slanders upon southern slave holders; and they openly avow their intention to the immediate and uncompromising emancipation. Scarcely a mail comes from the north that, docs not hoar me some of he vile publications, filled with the most barefaced and reckless falsehoods. Picloral representations of cruel and unheard of punishments, are paraded in their sheets with all the apparent sanctity and semblance of truth. The slaveholder is denounced both in body and soul, as the cursed of God. In fact, no lie is loo enormous, no falsehood too flagrant, fur those publications to disseminate. Without de scenrlmg into the disgusting details oi tnese sinks of pollution, falsehood and slander, I demand to know how it is that gentlemen can rise in their places, ami in the face of this nation, become the apologists and panagcrists of such vile incendiaries and calumniators. The answer is too reader found in that slavish, local opinion and sectional prejudice so much deprecated by gentlemen in theory, and so little observed m practice. The gentleman from Vermont, [Mr. S.ade] is the especial advocate of abolitionists, and, I suppose, is to be regarded as the exponent of their views on this floor. He has taken <xreat pains to inform us that these people arc the wisest and best Christians in all the land; that they are mild and harmless, and do not mean just now to abolish slaver}' any where but in the District of Columbia. 1 suppose we of the South ought to be grateful for this extreme act of mercy. But, sir, who am I to believe, the gentleman or his compeers in this officious and audacious intermeddling in the affairs of other people's business? Their newspapers and other pubj lications call for total and immediate abolition, and denounce any of their tribe who d > not go with thorn. That gentleman himseifcontended that the inevitable tendency of things was to this consummation. Who docs not sec through the flimsy guise which is attempted to be thrown around their real designs? They have been permitted to come into this hall, and have been heard; and as an entering wedge to all their schemes, they iirst desire to operate upon the institution of slavery in the District of'Columbia; under the belief that it would be a prelude to their grand entry into the Territories and States of the U-1 liion. The first may be attained, though' I do not believe it, the latter never, so long as a free white man lives in the south. ? The gentleman from Vermont [Mr. Sladc] manifested great sympathy for his blaclc bivthrcn. Let me ask him is his benevolence so limited as t -be c >nfined to this class alone? Has he any peculiar ties to that race, that would make him forget the direful calamities which will grow out of the movements of abolitionists, if not arrested by the good sense of the country? While I>ic- io c<-k mvlant for finA rnr.fi. let. me beg imn to extend his kindness to another portion ot the hnnian family, whose skins, though not black, are nevertheless entitled to a portion of philanthropy so comprehensive as his. If the gentleman cannot find sufficient subjects for his tears in this slave holding vicinity, I \v;.u!d advise him to make a pilgrimage to one of the northern cities, and visit the haunts of the miserable, squalid and starving free blacks, which arc to be found every where there, that he may shed tears to his heart's content. Mr. .Speaker, the true issue has not been presented to this House and to this nation. The true qucsti mis not whether the rielit of petition has been infringed, but ? 1 w 1 I whether (lie Union shall be preserved or dissolved, and I earnestly entreat the honest and honorable of all parties to go home and tell their constituents, that the real issue made now is one af union or disunion. Tell them that the south, tho' justly excitable on this subject, is long "forbearing and suffering." Tell them, if slavery is an evil, upon us rest the consequences; if there be guilt in it, on us is the responsibility. Assure them that the whole south believe it. is a political blessing, and with this consci- J ousncss resting upon us, a new and craven ; generation must arise before emancipation 1 can be effected. Let them know that tho. south will become one great cemetery of! freemen, and the abode of slaves only b.>j fore their designs can be accomplish.".''. ? J The south, sir, loves and values the Union;, and she cannot forget in a brief half ecu- j tury, that common toils and coninmn dan-1 gcrs, secured to us all, this great and g!o-j l ions republic. We cannot so easily tear from our memories, that our blood com- j mingled in our revolutionary struggle, and j diat the bones of our ancestors repose to-' \ *ether on the i'. si. is ?f iv.i;av>-, \V>rkto\ ' Caiud :n. 23 r, wo -i;! ?f: j?:? re.. greatest riOa aity. ?!i end aw.: \r .os-Sily wii.rii mid ; ?:'{. r a S/puf'.. .ion of necessity; but ;v?l!t r than yield <? ' dearest rid:;.-; and j>ri\ wc w.juM s. '.he Union scullercd io the winds, and h-.-j those who arc now our brethren, 'mucin;. ;:i war, in peace friends." I have thus, IWr. Speaker, discharged :> disagreeable duty; 1 have endeavored to d ; so in fairness and honesty, and while I am on the floor, I will recur to another sub--: j.ct, upon which South Carolina nulllfie; .- " lave lv)*?n so often taunted. It lias beer, asked of the small party with whom I act," how wc could support the measures of a : administration, that, some years ago, hurl v-u v-jv-iiuni.ia.iiuu u^aiusi us. Sir, I do not, according to the fashion of the day, undertake to 'define my position.' I shali let my position define itself by my acts; but I have not the slightest objection to answer these repeated queries. In foimer days the present chief magistrate mar have dealt some hard blows on the head = of the nnllifiors, but he gave us no blow which was not returned with interest.? Our quarrel of that day is over, and tlv.r occasion which gave rise to the excitemcrJ has passed away, and we find ourselves still a part of this great confederacy. Wo are in the national legislature where there arc two great parties? the democrats an-.! whigs. If we vote at all, we are compelled to take sides with one of these two great divisions; and we are so unsophisti in llm urot*o r\(* ^ 4 vvuvx lit mw 11 uy a VI HIV ? VI ?U aSI CdilJ IU believe we ougiit to act with those who sustain us, and maintain our doctrines upon national subjects. Is there any thing unaccountable in this? The- democratic party with the President are opposed to protective tariffs; so arc wc: they are inimical to splendid schemes of internal im provements by the general government: that is our doctrincr they arc in favor of and advocate a total separation of the finances of the Government from the control and direction of Banks; they arc opposed to a U .States Bank: and Inst.lhni!"h not least, they are opposed to the who;;; project of Abolition. These arc our views and opinions: and shall we desert them because we find others maintaining them?? No, sir, we support any party that is pol't- ically right. We arc not, nor do we intend to become the partisans of the admit istration, to be led and driven as party hacks; we shall act as our judgment dictates, although we do support its leading measures. Sir, if we haa felt doubts a: to the propriety and correctness of cir course, when wc first assembled hero, they would have been dispelled by the result of the Harrisburg convention. W. believe the nomination of General Harrison was effected by*a combination of Abo litionisfs and other factions, of which tlx first was predominant; for how otherwis could the pre-eminent claims of the giffec?. and. 1 will add. natriotie Senator fror.i Kentucky be set aside for one so farbelow him in all the qualifications for the Presidential office. Mr. Van Buren had declared to the world in terms which admit of no doubtful construction that Congress had no constitutional right to touch slavery in the States, and that he believed it highly inexpedient to interfere with it in the District of Columbia, and boldly assumed the ground that he would resist, by his veto, such attempts, under as strong a sense < f obligation as if such clause was in the Constitution. lie was no "non committal" on that occasion, and if words are capable of conveying any definite meaning, he has C O 1/1 oil Kol PAIllK Art Mrtrt .At.rtlvl.. A*. oc4.it cm 11 ic4i? nig OUUIII can icasoiiuuiv t.\pcct from a northern President. Ilis declarations liave exposed him to the wrath and fury of the abolitionists from that day to this, and will continue to de so. Is ih. re an abo'itionist on this floor that is net hcccly opposed to hint? Is there one any where? The democratic party throughout the Union, so far as I know, assume the same ground. In proof what I say, I' beg to read a paper which 1 hold in my hand.? It is the proceedings of a great democratic convention held in Columbus Ohio, en t lie 8th of this month, said to consist of at least three thousand persons. "Jlranlccd. That, in the opinion of this convention, Congrcs ; ought not without the consent of the per.p'c i f the 1 >i* trict, and of the S afes of Virginia and ..Maryland, to abolish stavei ?* in the Lb trie*.< f C -Jum!fn: and ihaf the en'-its t< .\v f.r dint purpose, by nY- r.'r/.?.l is- the free S ab are liost lo in the sphit <rf *h;; . .i? ? n. ami ?u'siiu- . a?c i;arit> > a i*"?_* i. Jf-rttlr; 'i lijv ' ;jv r.:i by Coi;::"!-tsi: I ? l.i'Hli: I :i|}: ?! *f -V, v,\! C.-3 cb'l* '.:?? of :t fj0/.' S I'ilW li > Pg':t ?. * i.:':: r;vr;: W:!?l f, ;vvi ti:at J;k> <".r?-a lizri ?n vS >o: iion uu! assotvntrcns in f:t;c 'vnl-.vi, 'a ;>iii.-ri to t!'i! inst'J!u*.)?is of s' .: s pr.tftaivj (>f nn ? .u ?t>nv !>. c*wr of ma.-h mischief; v.!;.Ic such