Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-02

ed upon TINS here lead the parts Of the resolutions
toila H.; iactl Sir, said Mr. s., let me here ADDRESS
myseIo that Po hdd;ns of parzans, to the supplies
hot " ifcaon of the sentiments they maintain &C.
c their constituents let Inc EXHIBIT before Mcm so'n'
nnons Of the history OF that drama which has nerh en-
,J within these walls during the past few days-eI
me do this order to show how f3r facts and cVoence
hear out the professions of sincerity which have bcch SO
layishly made by certain gentlemen in connection VII"
this subject beg TO be permitted 10 give ms hs'y
for the purpose of furnishing grounds on winch inc poo
pie at large may Judge of the public acts oil Puoiic %
TO show tina, have grounds for the sentiments Oh as
trust have expressed, in the candor, ana OF a'sso "
the Discrimination of public men, Lbcg the houSe ~ re-
collect that when the resolution offered by Inc sclc
| man from Albemare was under discussion some Gays
since the gentleman from Mecklenburg hnzardcd the
groundess and hard assertion, that those wh" SupPot
ed that resolution, and acted with the mover had no de-
sire to act upon this subject that they wished TO delay
it. TO keep It from the consideration OF the House
bcr the House 10 recoect that the member from Meek
lrnburp said he DESTROYS to have the question DIS
posed Of by the committee that he had prepared rcsolu
lions for the committee; and that he would present such
resolutions as the committee could he induced 10
| convene.
| Mr. GARLAND: Did say hud endeavored 10 get Iie
| committee to convene
MI. SrASaRp: No; but the gentleman said when the
committee did convene, lie would lay his resolutions be.
fore lcm and that he had been anxious to do 80; thus
clearly nmane that he had before prepared his
lutions | ask the lIouse if the impression was not
clearly and distinctly made by the gentleman from Meek
en5urg that he had maurcly prepared set OF resolu-
lous Tor the consideration uf the Cnmmttce and that
he was only prevented from Offering them by The prcpo
silion which had been introduced by the gentleman from
Albcmare Aud now, Sir, what is the lacc Why, that
on that very morning, when the gentleman addressed
the House. against the resolution OF the gentleman from
~Albe,narc on that very morning the mail brought the
North Carolina resolutions, and from these copied in
part the resolutions which the gentleman then read in
his place. and has since offered through the COMMITTEE
this House Let the House read the resolutions offered
by the gentleman, and then compare them with those
passed Ivy the Legislature OF North carolina, ana II
would he seen, thai some of them were in substance
nav almost literally trauscr OF each other. You have
then sir the fact, uat the time the gentleman
naneslng such eager zeal upon the subject saying that
he desired present his resolutions to the Committee,
such resolutions had in fact been proposed by him,
and that those he proissed be eager lay before the
Committee must have been in u great part hastily CO.
pied that very day from the resolutions of the Legsa
ture of North Carolina
Mr.. GARLAND: Will the gentleman from Richmond,
undertake to say that had not prepared resolutions
previously to the arrival Of those from N. Carolina
Mr.. SrASARD: l cannot say. | only know the fact
that the resolutions presented by the gentleman not
his own but copied in great part on the morning the
gentleman spoke, from the North Carolina and
that he gave them the House, those which he de-
carcd he had felt such anxiety to offer
Mr.. GARLAND said, unless Tie gentleman from Rich
mond knew his (Nl. G.'s) heart, it impossible for
him 10 say that resolutions had nol been prepared by
him prior 10 the arrival from North Carolina.
Mr.. SrANARD repeated that he only knew the fact he
had last stated, and did know that the gentleman
had had not prepared other resolutions. give this
infurma,on sir, said Mr.. s., to justify the disrust
have expressed Of the sincerity Of those who have been
loudcs in their protcseiions of sincerity upon this sub
icc in their desire r action and in their drnuncntions
against the motives of others. And TO prove that gen.
temen sincere in this matter that their acts do
not correspond with their words, thnt they do wish
they say they do TO carly out the feeling Of the pco
Pile ask the House 10 compare the ril of the 1rojGt Of
the member from Mecklenburg with the North Carolina
resolutions They will find that though in respects
solutions almost ucrtGtim CT terati1a he has in par
iicular made most Snihcan omisson-an omission by
which the strength OF the North Carolina resoutionSis
most materially diluted MIR. S. here read from the I'd
of the North Carolina resolutions this effect Rsolrc
That we arc ready and willing to make this subject
common cause with the OF sister veloding
States
The gentleman from NJ, sir, has cf out this. lie
has discarded the declaration made by the Legislature
of North Carolina, that they are ready and willing TO
make common with their sister slave holding
States. In evidence Of the fact that the resolutions Of
North Carolina in fact copied hastily and without
consideration take leave TO notice ono circumstance
The Sd resolution, originally published in tho news.
papers, obviously ungrannatical in consequence of
the omission of u word; yet such the haste with
which il was copied that this grammatical
tanned in the copy, and little consideration was be.
slowed il by the gentleman and his coaborers, that
il was offered in the select committee first by the gen
tlen,an, and then by his friend, with the bensh.
But let call the attention Of the House to another
fact The House will observe, that after all the piina
ry meetings held Ivy the people upon this subcctairr
all the resolutions passed at those meetings. indicative of
the peoples wishes; the resolutions offered By the gen.
tcman, contain not word about the right Of Virgil
MIA call upon the nonslave holding States TO suppress
those associations
! Mr.. GARLAND. Net by penal laws
MIR. SrAYARp. Docs the gentleman shy we have not
right to call upon the people of the notwithstanding
States suppress these ncendary associations BY penal
| laws?
Mr.. GARLAND. say VIC have no such right. We
have right to call upon them to suppress associations
Of their citizens They have right to suppress such
associations.
Mr. STASARp. am speaking not Of associations &C.
morally but Of those societies. the object of whose cutter
prise is the destruction oil Southern peace and property,
and the endangcring of Southern life; and We have NOW
| from the gentleman from Mrcklenburg The distinct de-
claration, that far from having right to call
upon tho Northern States to put down these Societies
by penal laws, the Northern States have nat Themselves
the right to pass such laws Let us, sir, examine the
! gentemans claims consistency tm in this matter
let by ThH& means he proposes to arrest The p!ac
tees of the aholitioniss Mr. Stanard here read the
9Th resolution from the report Of the minority. II is
follows:
s. Rcso'rrd That ccnfdinr in the Justice and LOYALTY
to the prncp Of the Union, Of the holding
States, rentorccdby the strong sympathics Of
dangers, suHerings and tr!urrhs, the identity Of nr
rests, great and muior" the social and political ties
that connect and that ought to bind in fraernal
cord the States and the People Of this Union the dan.
ger with which that Union will be nenaccd should these
societies, cmboldened by IMMUNITY, rerseverc in their
infatuated or inccndIary schemes, the General Assembly
Of Virginia respectfully but earnestly request, that the
Legislatures t the States which such societies have
been formed may be projected. will take prompt and
eectual measures Of penal inhibition to suppress pre-
vent tie formation of them, and by adequate penalties
prevent punish The printing circulation Of the prints,
pamphlets and pictorial representations aforesaid
| Mir. GARLAND said The South had right to call upon
the Northern States TO pass laws for suppressng the
publications issued by these societies
MIR. SrANARD continued. In the preamble, also, which
the gentleman had given to the House (and which, b.
the bye, con,axcd libel upon the whole Southern
States, and the principles they had prumugatcd) the