Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-04-15


oven believed that least hIccourtlis OF these peo
ers were children females but the whole NUMBER "ou'u
constitute but 4 small portion OF republic eio' He,,s
now population probably OF fifteen niiiliois MI
iii n, wnuJ make ono further remark on this SUBJECT
he did with regret he had been panied 10 sec the 'e'
of So many American females 10 these Petlohs' ~!
prared TO him exceedingly lndecatc 'iiat srns'''e
males of shrinking modcsty should presen tea
here as petitioners in relation to the doIeS'c
Of the South or of this District Surely thry wou'u oc
much better employed in attending to their donrstic uu
ties rs mothers, sisters, ives and daughters , va ,
,r.riuu with IL matter in regard to winch lhty were
entirely ignorant MIR. w. sait lie believed The iaues
nnd Sunday school children would lei Us alone, there
would b. but few abolition petitions Al nil events 'e
ladies and children could only be subject ol rdIcne'
md not uf alarm the People of the South more Us
necallv would the South not be alarmed by wonr"
and children when We have this day presented /" s tie
resolutions of the Legislature OF the Stale OF Mair:
unanimously condemnng aboonisIn in manner adj
| mrd TO he satisfactory ny the Senator from oou'n
| Carolina (Mr. PresOn) himself.
MIR Brown observed that it was with very profound
reprrt that he dctan the Senate Tor single me"
mcnt Nothing could have been unexpected 10 Inn
when he took his scat this morning. than To be engaged
in discussion of this nature; und he much regretted thai
he was now compelled, in selideence 10 Continue that
discussion The gentleman from South Carolina (Alr.
Calhoun) said he voted To refer petitions OF tins
kind TO The Committee the District vi CUu:nba, and
that no such vote of his was Dc found recorded the
inurnr Mark the words, Mr. President, "recO'"rd on
tic j0urnAi But there were numerous petitions on tins
very subject both at the last session and the session be-
fore that unanimously referred TO The Committee
on The District, without word being heard from amy
quarter in dsappr0ba ION Now, liz would ask, was 1t
probable that the gentleman absent all these dli
icrent occasions: Would It he pretended Tor moment,
that when the question propuunded, Shall these
petitions be referred the Committee the District Of
Columbia; and member obcctins-woud it be- pre-.
| tended for moment when such question was pro-
pounded ind the gentleman from South Carolina sane
toned the reference by his silence, that he did not vote
as A rpcp
the uurnal Indeed said MIR. t., the denial OF the Sc
naor that any such otiis recorded the our
| nal distinction without Il difference.
His colleague (Alr. Alangum) had made remarks
that he (Ar b. thought, any rate, pointed with
no lite application to himself That gentleman, too,
had discovered that II OF the unpardulable sins
OF Southern representative against Southern rights to
vote i"r The reception and reference Il" petitions the
suffice Of abUluu; votes let BE- remembered that had
been g ven from the earliest periods Of our legislative
history by as iglnindcd, clvaruus aud patriotic Re
publlcans of the SuulhDcmucrats ii suited the gen
tcman belc!-aS any who now clIlcd to be the cxclu-
SiYe advocates Vi Southern rights He would venture
to assert that there was no Southern representative who
took his seu previous TO The present session. but had
given the sanIe vote They too had committed tins
pardonabr sin; but the hitdcu influences of this aysle
riuus session o lo6 had .uddeny dissolved the sep IN
WHICH they were cnwsappcd; and they had suddenly
discovered that was outrage Southern rights aud
Southern honor I" receive petitions Of the nature
with those they had voted to receive and refer again aud
again.
Mr. Mungu,n here interrupted Sir. Brown by saying
that lie never gave such votes.
Dir. Brown continued. lie would ask the &c nieman
if he present when abolition petitions were
ccIvrd, and when The question prnpoundrd, " Shall
the petitions be referred TO the Committee the Dis
Irict Of Coui,ba:' aud whether he did not by making
lection 10 the p:inn aud reference, give his
qualified acguIcscencr tn both:
MIR. Nangum said lhIt hr did not know whether he
present On such occasions.
Me. Brown resumed But there petition that
lut,.
present session: when the honorable gentleman from
Tennessee (hr. Grundy) moved t" lay it on the table
lie believed that his colleague III his seat when that
motion made, and he did not remember that he made
any uhjcct,,s 10 IT, His col!ea roe had thought proper
" indulge in some gEatuitous advice 10 him, 10 what
ought 10 characterize the conduct Of Southern repre-
sentative when petitions rciclng on his constituents
presented lie hot III the habit O! gIatutous
ly giving his advice (" amy one much less 10 his col
league but if he was, he ght say to linn, that he who
ready to give gatuiluus lectures 10 Others, ought
To ealn first TO obey ,e, and that very wholesome add
munitlUn had been gwen him from highly r"s"rt"h
source which he wo.d do well mauIcly to consider.
1t said: both by the Senator from South Carolina
and by his colleague, that he ought to lave resisted the
reception VI these petitions, because they offensive
and INDIGENOUS III their language To those whom he
presented. What, sir, said Mr. petitions from
men and from large parcel of childen!-tor, it had
been proved that large number OF these petitioners
wo!ien and children. What, sir, said MIR. T., my
high minded and Intelligent constituents offended al the
lInulent acts OF Ignorant aud dcludrd minors and c
males! constituents possessed III
degree Ut lnellig"ncr, gaanlry and !g nIndr dnrsS,
that would give different to these ignorant and
msguIdrd petitioners than that proposed by my colleague
| 1t would be that Of silent cont, mpt
Without going any further this part of the subject,
he would express ii his solemn hcrt before God and
the whole world that all this agitation and cxcitnrnt
the subject Of abolition, had not been produced by the
miserable fanatics, OF whom much had been said that
SESSION. but it had resulted part from the drs ui
sagacious political party for the purpose Of opc-
rating the South at important CT isis. The time at
which it had commenced the in which it had
been Carried oil, the avlity with which it had been scz
ed upon and trunpccd forth by the presses Of 4
tan party the Sout-all these had produced, i'll
his mind, conviction that it would require world OF
proof to shake. The lime when these inccndiary pub
LEGATIONS first thrown abroad in such masscs, was
when the elections in North Carolina Alabama, and
Tennessee, and shortly afterwards in Gcorgia, were
about to Commence; 1t on the eve OF the import
ant elections i'll lhosc States, that these publications
prccipitard upon the South; and yet IT had been
said, that these lncendlaI the friends OF the par
ty now in power What, sir The friends Of certain
political party TO deluge the South with publications
subject OF such deicacy and well calculated 10 b. used
by their opponents to their Disadvantage Could any
thing be absurd than such suppnsilion No, sir
1t another party, aud far sagacious and cacu
hitting in their designs than the eludrd zeuots who
used to subscrre teir political purposes and what most
powerfully c0rrooratpd this opinion Tie fact, that
the presses Of this party Immediately seized upon these
ncrndiary publications. opportunity thrown out, and
welded them with great force and ingenuity against
their opponents lie repeated that the whole was not
lna,ical movement, but that it had political party in
alliance with it, and shown plainly Ia be so by suhsc
Qurnt events, hardly to need confirmation. How
then could he, Southern man, give his vote TO deny
the right Of petition, and sanction designs which from
The beginning to The end, he ut'rly condtnned' How
could he, Southern man, give his vote to uphold
Gecp.laid party scheme he believed, that had been
floating for 4 time the cmpcstuous waves Of po-
cal excitement, but that destined inevitably 10 sub
side into lis original insgnilicancc with the occasion
which produced It.
Slr said MIR. b the course took dictated by the
highest considerations Of public duty, and flowed from
Jealous regard Of the rights and hour Of the South, as
we'll as and ardent attachment TO the Union