Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-08-19

souuons l"e seSo =, ;nouire into the expcdency of
abolisbinq slavery within the same anu '''e V:;;'
AYES ia Noes sc. Mr. MARX Aieaan ~ the State
nla,aa a % holder and leading member OF e St
" rpnortcd in substance, that slavery couio
thnshed in the District without me consent q inc
Js Msrcoc thus recognizing contingent a0c'"'1"'
Which Mr. Pinckney and his coaou'ofs expressly u''
claim. ,,.:,.o uo, 5,d bv -, Jo,dno Whio,
,lsn reported bill declaring negroes brought into the
| District, tree!! -,
Mr. Barney of Maryland, and on the subject, and
on his notion laid on the table, and ordered 10 oe
printed. Mr.. AlcDute, the great Orator OF South "a
roIna objected to the printing, but expressly admtted
the rght of Congress 10 grant TO the people OF lie
District any measures which they may deem necessary
to free themselves from this dcplorabe evil; conccs
sion which | never made. ,
On the 18th Dec 1881, Mr.. Adams presented similar
memorials and they were referred to the Committee on
the District composed entirely of s1aveholcers OF winch
the late Philip Doddridge of Virginia so justly ceebat'
ed as LAWYER, Chairman. The Committee report
ed .bat until the adjoining States act on the subject 1t
would be (r5> not uHcoHsrlTurIoSAD unw!se and I'M
polite if not unjust for Congress to interfere NC -
The Report agreed 10 Oh the 18TH Dec aud The ques
! ton put to rest.
n 1916, John Randolph Of Roanoke recommended an
inuuiry into the porely Of abnlshlng Slavery in the
District Of CoIumbia; and mere assert That many OF Tie
Opposition members from The SCUM, ana all OF Inc same
class from the North, admit the power u IoheesS "
| do ,
now leave it &c my constituents to decide whelher
Mr. Pnckney has not occupied b"der ground than many
of his predecessors and whether deserve to he Stigma
tized as an AbolItoRisi, for sustaining Report which
certainly goes farther in the defence oil Southern rights
than any heretofore submitted When 1t came to be
acted on on the 25th May, it carried through the
House Of Representatives with an nnanmlty approach
inr TO cnthusiasna large portion Of the Southern Re-
representatives., fail partes voting tor the resolutions the
entire Democracy and many Of The moderate Wings OF
! the North.
The first resolution in the following words:
| hiatt %
authority to interfere in any wuy with the institution OF
Slavery in any of the States of this Confederacy,'
Was adopted with only "iae dssehng Voices and they
| all belonged mt 10 the party with which act
On the second Resolution,
Thn Congress ought no; to interfere in any way with
Slavery in the District Of o,umba,
The votes were Ayes I32-Nays 45.
On the following Preamble, and third Resolution,
"And whereas, tits extremely important and desirable
that tie agitation of this sub ect should be finally
rested for the purpose of restoring tranquility to the
public mind, your committee respectfully recommend
the adoption of the following additional resolution viz
"Rcsoircd, That all petitions, memorials, resolutions.
proprs:tions papers relating in any way or 10 any
whatever 10 the subject of Slavery, tho abolition
of Slavery SHALL without being either printed refer
red be laid upon the table, and that further action
whatever, shall be had thereon,
The vote stood ayes III, nays GS.
The result Of the whole movement from The passage
of The original resolution down 10 the day Of the adop-
ton of the report, most triumphant tor the South
and gives abundant that secure and in
vulnerable in the enjoyment Of our rights.
In the language Of the report ITSELF the obligations of
Congress to interfere with slavery any where aftcr
giving its sanction 10 the resoutions fully bind
inr aud parable. Gs positive constitutional inerdict
or an open acknowledgment of want Of power. How
infinitely preferable Ibis declaration would be to rcjec
tion, by Congress- OF resolution denying to that body
the power OF constitutional action Oh the subect-how
disleartenng the former is, and how encouraging the
latter would be to fanatic adresaes let every can
die and unprejudiced mind dccde-and yet there
Southern who would reckcssy urge the resolution
above referred to- although morally certain Of adverse
result!
have shown, fellow citizens, that fiom the orsanza-
ton OF the Government down to teprescnl session. it
has uniformly been the practice TO receive all petitions
not personally dsIespecttul 10 Congress, and if am
cesurabe for voting recevesd refer are all your
former Representatives in both branches of the National
Legislature. IF this vote tsss upon the badge of
iboi!ion then you mus, put the dsgracefu livery
every who has represented eholding 81 etc.
i have, also hope, demonstrated that the
taken ty the House Of Representatives, this session, de-
claratoy OF The rights Of the South effective
than~hese adopted at any former 2eTod-and were. III
fact stronger than MIR. Tyler (onc Of tie Wing caadi-
dates for the Vice Presidency proposed in his ressl-
tons Of the 2lst January las subusd, but not aaoed
on the Senate Here is the Resccloa the strongest
oil the series:
Rcsoced, That to alter, change esbe.sh The right Of
property in the District Of Columbia, without the uon-
sent OF the OWNERS would be ust and Gespoilc Rad
iryoIaton Of tie Constitution OF he:Usited States"
From his itSiIl appear, tat Mr. Tylss cxpIesss sd
mits The night of Congress 10 abolish sle very, aV Ae
consent IF tic people Of Tie DStrict-anat.nssion aici
NJ. Plnckney made, aud against which P-o.
test NJ. Tyler himself believes, thai,ezen with sach
consent, any interference would be: Improper. 20
farther; it would DO, in my opinion, Er. only Hnpao-
per. but unconstitutional Those gentleman, therefore,
who have freely charged ec with trsschery 70 the
South must Of necessity admit. that The Hon John ly-
er distinguished Nuller is the greEcE caltor d; the
wo Let me here observe, that it t!le cessent CO the
people could have authorized the abUltlone Slavery in
he District, las Mr.. Tyler maintans,) l. would long |
since have been given Several Yeas era the project
yas decidedly popua.-ald 'a2Ds Gus I,stions lu ,hat
effect most s,rorg supported by ;an az:ey Of l2n in
auen.sEs :gnatnrcs, were presented totCongress
It row only. remains for to show that the party to
which belong not chargeabe with rae agitation oil
this subject in Congress, out oft. 4 an constrained
o.do this in seii:defence; because it IS we'll known, !
that as freeman and voter, have always expressed
my determination TO supper, AR Van Saen During my
canvass every occasion, freely avswed my conf
dence iE his patriotism and exemItuNr1m all sectional
peiudccs but there those whoronsantly de lounce
him aud his isndG tnclu1ed with abolition 10 this
charge will succincty reply: without snimadVerng on
the Conduct mpeaching the motives OF assallants who
are much Vulnerable themselves.
Mr.. Van Burens UpinoEs 0a the movements oil The
Aboitionsls well known, aad have repeatedly been
EXPRESSED No portion of his friends have comb :
dence in his regard Tor the rlgha OF tile South, than his
Southern friends who are i!iIia- with his views 1t is
wpllhnown that in the event o. his election to the Ere
sidency would never saction any act going to destroy
impair the guarantees uatEeTe been thrown by the
Constitution around the institution OF slavery The stale
charges that have been made against him, his be-
ing Missouri rcsttictioniet cad voting for negro suf
age, &c. hnve been trumpEanty repealed, and it tasks
my charity to believe that these who repeat these char
ges think them susceptible Of proof On the contrary,
Mr. Van Buren, has alwayse.ood for the vested rights
of every portion of the Union, and only few days since
when the Senate TO vote upon Mr. Cahouns bill
"to prevent the circulation Of incendary documents by
mail" bill of such vital importance 10 the tranquility
of The South he gaze Ee.cssriSG IN taror Of tho
bill. Had Mr. Van Buren, voted against this bill, how
loud and bitter would have been the dcnuncialions Of
the Opposition press He would have been held up as
an enemy of the South, while Clay and Webster (who
uaad anainsI Ibis bin suffered without