The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-03-11
From The Charleston Mercury.
AN buren, IS. SLAVERY.

I From HE Charleston Mercury.
VAN buren, IS. SLAVERY.
"The Editors OF the Richmond Enquirer;
Journal, Fayetteville, and Standard, Ra.
leigh, North Carolina Federal niou, Nil.
led4eylle; Augusta Constituencies, and
Savannah Georgian, Ga. Flag olthe mon,
tuscaloosa, Alabama; and Morning Post,
\. Orleans and all other good and taHhtd
Van Buren Journals published in the SLAVE.
HOLDING States, are respectfully requested
10 copy the following Preamble and Res.
buttons, with the names OF the Senators Tho
voted N their favor New York is an IN.
portant State, and her son Van Buren,, Is iba
nor, Tor certain reasons, an important per
saage. The people at the South are par
hcHtGriy DESTROYS knowing his honest sen.
llments on the subject Of Slavery, and as the
Editors OF the above Journals are known to
be independent IN thdr principles
great slcklers tor the rights OF the South
aud the People, We hope they will not DIS
regard our request IN giving en early nscr
ton 10 the proceedings OF the Legislature Of
New York, as sci forth below. o. Z.
Preamble and Resolutions, DC.
"Whcreas, the ifmJtting the further cScu;ion
o. Slavery % these United States, j. subject OF
deep concern 10 the pcopi, OF this STATE and
whereas, We consider Sasery as an rSI! much b.
be GtploTcd, ana that every constitutional barrier
Should b. iatefposcd to prevent lis further ,,en-
Sgu. and that the Constitution Of the luHgd
States clearly gives Couztc~, the righI 10 require
OF uc,, states not comprised within tie original
oou da'!ts Of tie United States, the ptohiltiau
OF Slavery, as condition Vi tAtir admission INTO
the Union. Therefore,
Resoirtd, II Tic honorable Senate concur
therein. That our : sators hs instructed, and our
Members IN Congress be requested, 10 oppose The
admission as State, INTO tho onion, Of any Ter.
utosy not comprised as aforesaid, without masiug
the prohibition Of slavery therein an iuarsPeusa-
Die condition Of admission.
On the 90lh OF January, l--9, the senate taos
up the Resolution, and passed tic same uaaHl.
moI,!y, the following Senators being present.
Mes,rs Adams, Aasliu, Basrum, Baraow,
Ra~ue, CmIds, Dudley, Dayton, Dtuts. Evans,
Forth ugham, Hammond, Hart Livingston, louus-
bcry MeMartln, Moons, Ma.la-y, Nio9rc, Neya.,
Payne, Ross R0sengrlnlz, Skinner, START, VAN
buren,, Wilson, lOuuG---'
Consistacy.-The organ Of Van Buren,.
ism, IN this CITY, charge, those Editors who
have been independent enough to resist the
adoption Of measures on the part the GOV.
ernmeht, the inevitable tendency OF winch
would have been 10 embroiI the country ~
an unnecessary War, with beng French
apooglsts, blue hight Wings and ~e know
not what beside. We leave the pubic to
decide with what proprety these eplthets
come from a supporter OF Mr., Van Buren,,
who, as Secretary Of State, gave Mr.. Nc.
Lane, our then Minister to England, ustruc.
tons 10 place our Government IN a BEGGING
posture at the foofSt0ol Of Great. Britain, aud
toask asa tdror, 10 consideration Of q change
, IF Administration IN tins country, what we,
as a Nation had rl-ht to demand The
supporters Of Martin Van Buren--a man
" ho opposed our righteous War with Great.
: Britain 10 -l2, aud he election Of Mr.. Mad.
lson, because be was the War candidate
dealing out auathcmas agans, the W hIgs
, Of 1896, for deprecating a contest by which
We could gain nothing, ard might lose every
thing Consistency, thou art a Jewel -
Raj. Reg.
Judge Hhite.--The coarse and ribald a.
buse winch the Van Buren, prints are every
where Iavlshng on Judge White, is a Inv.
ing commentary on the heartless seGshness
which characterzes the Spoils party"
So long as the Judge supported the Admin.
lstration, he was as pure as the untrodden
Snow, and noeuogIum was deemed too high.
wrought to be bestowed on him. But now
that he has been forced from his allegiance
l by political intrigue, the whole pack, Tray,
5 BIanch, aud Sweetheart are continually
yeIpmg at hun. Its however, a gratifying
D circumstance, and one worthy of especial
l notice, that amid all the Invectlve that has
l. been showered upon him, not one Of his as
saIIanls has dared to assert that he has,
= throughout long course of political life, in.
: troduced or urged solitary proposition in
o the least calculated to promote his own az.
) grandlzement, at the expense of the happ.
ness or prosperity Of his country. Partizan
zeal may continue It's assaults, but 1t cannot
deprive him of the support Of the rejecting
? portion oil the American people. Register.
{ The frs; branch OF the Richmond and
G Fredericksburg Railway was opened on the
.. I3tn instant, a. far as the 5, nth Anna Rly.
, or, distance Of twenty-five miles.