Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-01-20

From the Washington Correspondent of the R,,,.
Courier. @
In the House, Mr.. Werms resumed hi, n.y.,
n,ent upon the resolution Of Mr.. Miner -.
corning slavery in This District ], is not,
much consequence TO the House, or TO any h,
dy out Of il, what Mr.. Wrems chooses TO vr,.,
but il may amuse you as much as il did n.
House. twas good argument, because ,,s
thirds OF all he said came from Holv VIII
little mangled in the passage through N,
Wcems's throst-but that il had any be.ri,,
upon the subject before the House Could no, !.
proved nv auothe argument a, long and a, a.
pical. lie commenced by saying that b. +,
menred, and had iameu,ed ever since, ,ha, h.
was cul short in his remarks by the expr.,i,,
of the allotted hour: ] cannot say that any Hin
dred sounds Of wo arose from any o,her p,,t =,
the House, although have every reason 10 b..
Iieve mat the thinking part Of ihe m.,nb,,
were very sorry he did not finish yesterday
He Iamen,ed, although he did not a2pea, n
be cast down by the re firction--that he was On,
at whom the finger Of scorn had been poiu.i
because he SO frequently quoted from tn. .crip.
lures; he did not Say that the finger Of seorn VI,
pointed by any member Of the House, for i,sr
beneath any member Of the House; but wh,,h,,
the ii refers 10 the finger Of scorn, 10 the Houy
or to Mr. W. himself, is point that shall
leave to be- s-lted by your readers. Ifrhu
have ever seen and heard the gentleman, it viii
not take them long 10 decide where ii ,houH
belong. He undertook to prove from 'h. erip.
lures that slavery had been Recognised as law
ful ever since the flond, Blu, he remarked ,hv
he "should not trouble The House with chap
Ter and verse, because it might be for The ad
vantage Of every gentleman there to search til.
whole scriptures" lie said The preambl. and
resolution had most n1,sehierous tendency bu,
he offered no argument to establish this point
He said hr had no doubt that Noah was con,
sidered fanatic when he built the Ark but
hat Noah was saved in II when the wchd
world was drowned notwi;hs' andine. H. sid
that Noah cultivated the grape, Blu, that hr Ia!
the fsil,ies Of human nature. and got dunk
upon the juice, and, concluded Mr. w. Vet him
that is guilrlrss throw the first stone at me-"
but whether "therrby hangs tale" or whe'hu
His flourish was iDtrodue ed merely Tor The SIX,
Of the quo,srion, is more than my psrsoml
knowledge enables me 10 say. lie mournt
over the sin If Ham, who ridiculed his is,hs
Noah when intoxicated, and then went inOi
detailed history Of The settlement OF N"ahi
children, in different parts Of the earth whenc.
he travelled down, through the land and ,h:
children Of Canaan, and the Roman empire,S
the State Of Ohio-saying he would take prs
fame If gentlemen "would not venrrate 'dera
history" endea,orihg to establish, as nesrH
could be discovered, that slavery was goOt
thing. and "all he asked was, il hr was wrong
that gentlemen would not send him 10 he'll WITH
nut benefit Of cIergy,"--all which appears to b,
foreign TO the subject. He then expatia,tdar
on the relation between servant and mas'er,a and
hoped thai oil servants would serve ihsir mas
tiers we'll according to the directions Of the y
pos,Ies, wherein he Appeared to forget that mi
Their he nor his neighbors had sufficient couri 80
10 allow their slaves 10 read, for they kno" lsl
we'll, ,ha, a little education, might tend,o var
the relations bstween masters aud Servants i
ma, be wrong however in regard to Mr.. Weml
and il is possible that he teaches his black
for he fourished most oratorically In protest.
ing that "we are al! brethren" which ! CHM
the right Of doubling, il be intended to r'ss'
ii.h any relationship between himself and M
self. A happy man would be MIR. Wremt
when teaching his slaves, aud il the writer ever
visits MIR vs. PLANTATION, may il be at bat
time, when he is among people who can receI"
instruction from him; for ] am inclined 10
think that he might preach long time, wIb
out scifying the members OF The House; 'hd
indeed, = ii,,le attention TO " alke.'s pronoure'
ing dictionary would hot subtract ausht IRON