Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-01-19

as ,ny RESTRAIN, upsn that right. II The people
had ughi 10 prrscpt thea petitions. the t'ght VAS
fcsuysrd to Congress to receive or 10 fciec, them
ias, as much ~ 20 cay they shall OF hall not BE-
granted and Il uas the 5a'y Of Congress to re-
cc, any petition which asked fot violation oi The
Connnuiion. uElcss ihess petitions arc rejected
they ups M expect to see ibsn prcscnicd day AMER
day. keeping lsSge poftia Of The country N con
slant ani dangerous agl,ai on. and yet when they
ATTEMPTED tn rui a check o. the ladies aud gentle
men Who iLcse petitions, they we're to be told
iha, they 6en,cd The figa, n petition they were
20 b. charged thus because hey could NJ; AT there
and sn,r them selves to be baanded he robbers ana
murdeccrs. n the persom sho sent 'aete pe'l-
lions resly pussessed The religious feelings which
they proisssed, he desired o see more OF them eS-
bibted IN their language Ud their scts, and not 10
be striving to take away firm their fellow citizens
the property which belonged TO them, IN many cas-
%. the only pitSnoe Of tn widow aud the orphan,
aud when they did the, b, should call On every
Soutberu member 10 pu, is feet on Tho petition,
sud not CA The Constitution.
Mr Prcsion reminded tie Senate Of what was
said by the Chairman Of Committee on the Distinct
OF Columbia two years sgo, that when these pet-
lions were referred 10 that Committee. no more
would be heard Of ibsm, that IT would be to them
n Lions den from which there would be no feet
prints to show that any thing returned. Bot the
southern States we're now IN that situation that
they demanded some more explicit action, cspe
ciay after the occurrences Of the last summer
Inccndary publications had inundated the Southern
States and the apostles of abolition were roaming
abroad IN every direction. Thus dread had been
stricken into every Southern bosom IN regard to
the security of their property: and now the Sen.
utp "a read IN apll ind flu a. ht.r
lhrough the District of Columbia. lie could not
cit and bear he powers of government invoked on
this subject not that he feared the action of the
government, which could not interfere by law or
by physical force, for the South would defend her
rights to the last by her voice, and If neediul by
her arnor She was bound by an memorable ne
cessiy o defend her rights by all the means which
God aud mature had put into her hands. lie i'm
plored gentlemen to look at her condition, and to
that the effect of this Interference would be To
wrap her cities IN flames aud cover her fields with
blood Mr. p. continued al considerable length TO
depict the consequences which would result from
the course which he now wished TO check.
Mr. Buchanan declared his conviction that Con-
gress bad no power to interfere with the domestic
policy Of the slavsholding States, although he ad-
nltted, that on The abstract question of slavery he
felt just as the Stale did which he assisted TO rep
resent. He said That he had for some time kept in
his drawer the annual memorial of the Society OF
FRIENDS, on this subject, and he regretted that he
could not uequcsoe ia the,r opinions the sub
lect. lie suggested that from the feeling of the
Senate, there was good reason to believe that some
union might be effect d upon measure, salts
facinry 10 ell, &c tho discussion pos: poneJ
I'll Monday and concluded with motion to that
effect.
Ii = Al.
nlbited picture which had been thrown into his
room, exhibiting tree of liberty, with a crowd OF
colored people underneath it in degraded attitudes.
He warned the abolitionsts that these pictures
would result in consequences which their lives
would not remedy, and sta,ed that a settlement OF
quiet colored people had been jus, driven from the
vicinity of st. Louis through the interference Of
these fanatics, and were now seeking home
where they could find it.
Mr. Tyler was of the opinion that the motion o.
the Senator from South Carolina did not go fal
enough to correct the practice of sending petitions
here as the rejection of the petitions might be re
presented as merely owing to the indecorum of the
language, and not decision Of the Senate not ,C
/ admit petitions Of the same kind hereafter a. il
did Int touch the question of the competency d
Congress. lie wished to see some specific and
explicit resolution on the subject, which should SCI
the question forever at rest. He would have sen,
the petitions TO the District COMMITTEE, who would
have reported such resolution, and he believed
with the exception Of the Senator from Ohio, that
every Senator would vote for it. Virginia, he
said, was able to defend herself 10 the open day,
but she had to fear the midnight iucendary and as
sassn.
Mr. Brown complmenled the Southern gentle
men on the tone Of their opinions, aud SAID he
feared nothing from that quarter if the Southern
/ Senators did not provoke agitaing discussions.
lie con,rasted the silent manner in which similar
petition, few days ago, laid on the table, with
The scene of excitement which was now exhibited,
and insisted that the the subject was stirred,
the more difficult 1t would be to put it down.
Mr. Leigh, Postponing any remarks he should
make on the principal subject until the question
should again come up, adverted to the pain be had
felt IN consequence Of some extracts sent to him
from review by DR.. Claiming. aud said that II
many Of that genileman's admirers participated in
his opinions on this subject Gudging ON the ex-
t'acts) there was more danger than he had pre-
yiously believed.
Mr. Benton and Mr Calhoun. in explanation and
reply, went more at large into the subject, prnci-
pally to repel the charge made by Mr. Brown.
The motion Was then postponed till Monday.