Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-02-16

for any deputy postmaster in any State, Ter.
rtory. or District, knowingly, to receive and
put into the mail any pamphlet, newspaper,
handbill, or other paper printed or writtcn,or
pictorial representation, touching the sub
jcct Of slavery addressed to any person or
post office in any State, Territory, or Dis
trict, where, by the laws Of the said State,
&C., their circulation is prohibited. Nor
shall it be lawful for any deputy postmaster
in sal State, &C., knowingly to deliver to
any person any such pamphlet, &C., except
to such person or persons as are duly AL.
thorized by the proper authority Of such
State, Territory, &C., to receive the same.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, &C., That
it shall be the duty Of the Postmaster Gene.
raj to dismiss from office any deputy post
master offending in the premises, and such
deputy postmaster shall, on conviction
thereof III any court having competent ju-
risdic,ion, be fined in any sum not less than
-, nor more than -, at the discretion Of
the court.
Sec. 8. Dc ii furtt G eaacted, &C., That
it shall be the duty Of deputy postmosters,
mail carriers and other official agents OF the
Post Office Department, to Cooperate, as
iar as may be, to prevent the circulation Of
any pamphlet &C., in any State &c. where
by the laws of said State, &C., the same are
prohibited, and that nothing in the acts Of
Congress to establish and regulate the Post
Office Department, shall be construed to
protect any deputy postmaster, mail carrier,
or other agent, &C., convicted Of knowing.
ly circulating the same in any State, Terri.
tory or District.
Sec. 1. BE it further enacted, sc. That
it shall be the duty of the Post Master Gen.
cral to furnish to the Deputy Post Masters
and the Agents Of the department, copies Of
the laws of the several States, prohibiting
the publication or circulation Of such pam.
phlets sc. for their government in the pre-.
misses, and make such regulations and give
such instructions in carrying this act into
effect, as may not be contrary to law.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, &c.
That the Deputy Post Masters, where the
pamphlets &c. may be deposited, shall un.
der the instructions of the Post Master Gen.
teral from time to time, give notice to the
same, so that they may be Withdrawn by the
persons depositing them: and if not with.
drawn in the space Of one month thereafter,
shall be burnt or otherwise destroyed.
The Bill was read and ordered to a Sc.
cond reading.
On motion Of Mr.. Mangum 5000 extra
copies of the bill and report were ordered to
be printed.
The consideration of Mr.. Benton's rcso.
lutioi. was resumed, and debated by Mr.. |
Mangum and Mr.. Clayton, when without
concluding his remarks Mr. c. gave way to
q motion to adjourn.
Fcbruary5.
bir. Benton, from the committee on Mill.
tary Affairs, to wnom was referred that por-
ton of the Presidents annual message on !
the subject Of our relations with France, re.
ported bill making appropriations to a.
amount of about S2,O00,OOO for the threw
Gus fortifcations in the country; read and
ordered to n second reading.
Monday, Feb. g.
After receiving and referring to the Com.
mittee on Foreign Relations, message
from the President concerning the mediation
of Great Britain, (which will be found in
another column) the remainder Of the day |
was spent in discussing the question sug- |
gcsted by Mr.. Benton's resolutions.
Mouse OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, Feb. 4.
Abolition Of Slavery.
Mr. Pinckney, of S. c. asked the unad.
nous consent of the House to present a re.
solution in relation to tho abolition Of. slave.
~.
Mr.. Granger called for the reading fthe
resolution, which was as follows:
Resolved, That all memorials which have
been offered, or which may hereafter be pre-.
sented to this House, praying for the aboli.
ton Of slavery in the District Of Columbia,
and also the resolution presented by an hon.
orable member from Maine, [Mr. Jarvis]
with an amendment thereto proposed by an
honorable member from Virginia. Mr.. Wise]
and every other paper and proposition which
may be submitted in relation to this subject,
be referred to select committee, with in.
structions to report,
That Congress possesses no constitution.
alauthority to interfere in any way with the
institution of slavery in any Of the States Of
this confederacy, and that, in the opinion Of
this House, Congress ought not to interfere
with slavery in the District of Columbia,
because it would be violation of the pub.
lie faith, unwisc, impolitic, and dangerous to
the Union.
Assigning such reasons for these conclu.
sions as, in the judgment Of the committee,
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