Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-09-02


happiness and prosperity of the State of Maine.
Whether this sckly appeal 10 the feelings ofs
virtuous and intelligent people, will succeed in OBJ
tanning the object sought for, isa question which
| shall not attempt TO decide, and we leave it to
their wise reflection whether their senses will be
abused n.ul,ed, and bedizzened by the tears and
supplicatons of an unworthy agent. who has,
we shall presently proceed to show, wronged them
in the incest point, the honor OF their State, by APP
| pearing as he did, and does now, "THE uN-
BLUsHING ADVOCATE OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY"
This is however affair with which we have
but little to do and we shall not attempt its dis.
cussion, since we have other, and far more weghty
objects TO attend to. If Mr. Holmes expects to
escape from the charge which we have preferred
against him. by the emission of hard names,and foul
words-hy attempting to depreciate our standing.
or by striving to mantle himself against the scru-
tinizing eye of manly criticism by rant and evasios
he will find himself vastly mstaken,a and that he has
misconceved the nature and dimensions of his man.
lie will not shake us off thus easily, and we shall
teach him before we get through, that abuse IS not
| argument, and that the ebullitons Of his scu:iN
or the malignity OF his sneers, will not pass fer
proofs convince the public that he stands so high,
that an humble newspaper writer, "about three
| months DID," cannot reach him.
The charge which we have made against him, we
| have pledged ourselves to make good, and we pro-
| ceed to do so, from "ac,s and documents" and
| "prools and arguments" adlucej by himself; and
|
| After his vote the Missouri Question, Mr..
| II. from instructions previously given by his con-
ituens, and the strong expressions of Indignation,
that came from them through the medium of the
press, found tha: he adopted an njudcious cause,
and one that would in all probability, effect his fu-
ture prospects of preernent, if they did defeat
| his anticipated election to the Sennte. To do away
| these evils, and to avoid what he considered
amity, he thought proper to write CIRCULAR to the
independent frcemen of Maine, in which he under
took to explain the "reason why" he had advocated
domestic slavery. 1t was dated Washington, April
10, 1890, aud from it, produce sufficient proofs
and arguments" and admissions of his own, to es
tablsh the charge OF his having been the unbush-
| ng ad ocate ofdonestc slavery. The great length
OF the letter, forbids our copying II IN frfenso and
that may not he adjudsed guilty ofquoling him
maccurately, or Of having nisrepresent him, or OF
placing false construction on his language, we in
ve those who feel interest in this Discussion, to
the perusal of the letter, which will be found at
this Office.
Mr. Home. cannot expect that we will repub-
lish all he has written the subject of this discus
sion, since lie has most extraordinarily, and in the
most ungentlemay manner, fed from solicited
controversy, and i'll doing so, attempts to shield
himself from the charge OF prevarication, by de-
carins that it would be derosatory in him, to dis
cuss the subject with our humble self
But we will proceed to convict him out OF his
own mouth. At the commencement Of his letter he
| !ndulges in a TRADE relative to the important
services he has rendered to the citizens OF Maine
with hope, that when they have listened to his
| proofs and arguments" they will be inclined, TO
an opinion that in appearing as the advocate OF
domestic slavery, he was actuated by wise and viz
tuous principles, and 10y such as ought of right to
secure their further patronage. lie acknowledges,
that he had been instructed by his constituents to
use his influence, and to vote against the admission
of Missouri, with her slaves, aud these his re-
marks:
"Uptil the commencement of this session OF Con-
gress, the people ofthe United States appeared DIS
posed to submit the question 20 the unmiluenced
decision OF the only consiitutiOnai tribunal; and,
until the circulars from .Ne0- York had Ueeh OBJ.
| ruded upon. the citizens OF Maine, they had never
felt any excitement, or entertained a thought OF
becoming parties to the discussion"
at would surely be paying poor compliment to
the peqele of Name, to imagine for moment, that
they would wish or expect that a representative
shoYk yield 10 their opinions on constitutional
pn at the expense of ms conscience, und IN vIo-
LATIoN OF HIS OATH. hgh-ininded, honorauie'
generous and free people. woul! pity and despise
,he man who should sacrifice his duty to popular
feeling, or artificial excitement. Believing, as
most sincerely did, that the political right OF regu-
lstipg the condition of master aud slave, belonged
exclusively to the people Of Missouri, was con-
strained to refuse to Congress the exercise OF nu
ni,jDol Dotper in exteut unlimited, and IN opera
uon dangerous aud destructive to the sovereignty
Of the states
In thi. paragraph Mr.. Holmes contends, that the
National Assembly is the only constitutional poper,
aud that although his constituents did after the res
olutions of New.York were obirudsdupon them, be-
come parties to the discussion, and instruct him no;
to suffer Missouri 10 become sister Of the Coniede-
racy with her slaves, he had au undenable right to
associate with the Southern planters, whose iadi-