Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-18
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HOUSE OF DELEGATES mtMday' J"a' H.
ABOLITION RESOLUTIONS.
The House resumed the consideration oil inc faPPotl
of the Committee on the subject of Abolition, the cues.
ton being on air. Watkins motion To- strike oui inc "a
resolution and ,r!cs OF resolutions submitted ny
him.
had unter,aken that of showing that by the amendment
offered BY the member from Goocl1nd the most mate
rial opinions expressed and hts asserted by the people
in their primary assemblies, passed by rvadr "r
renowned, he begged be qndulg"d IN few p'r.il'
nary observations, on topics connected win tue man
one by very close a!inltics
indulge hope, said Nh S, that the good huin0red,
and indeed Stortive, address OF my friend from Abcarr
will in some measure have caused abatement OF the
excited feelings which have been exhibited IN Ia" earlier
stages of this debate I" furnish we!l-grnundrd
expectation that calmer Judgment wi! hr exercised on
the subject now before the House the uIorc readily
indulge this expectation, because there has been within
the last two or three days, abatement Of hostility 10
Of the leading propositions contained IN the reS"u-
tons which have been offered by the majority and ei-
bers Who from the commencement OF Tins debate, have
earnestly deprecated application TO the non slave
hodinu States Us suprrerogalory and mproprr
in the poprlcty OF making The demand look TO tbs
fact good omcn Justliylng the augury that we shall
at last agree upon some measure Which VIII satisfy pub
lie expectation, and to some extent averlth certain MS
Chief which has been produced by the extraordinary
ner in which this subject has hItlrrt" been treated by
the House. 1t is with feelings of regret: modification
and chagrin, that have compared our proceedings in
laton this question. with those OF the nelghborlng
States with whom equally Interested on this sub
iect. Looking to the South, | South Carolina,
(which till very recently, has been the seat OF the
tercest party strife that ever threatened to sever the
Union passing the resolutions which have come 10
from that quarter with the most perfect unaninity
and concord Nulier and tnionist. have met togeth-
err and without the shew u dissent Disagreement
have agreed upon the propositions which have been
before us. Look at the State Of Georgia. where
the rival parties almost Laanccd excited by recent
political strugg lie in which parties have been brought
nearly to cqupose; more than mocty taken from
the former majority OF the dominant party ana where the
dominant party threatened with overthrow at the next
eecon and vet we see the Legislature Of Georgia una
nmous upon this subject Look at North Carolina with
parties arrayed aud imlei!eI W fierce uncomproang
hostility political questions connected with the Adj
mlnstratun VI the General Government, and where
parties are placed in peculiar attitude for while the
majority in the Legislature Is IN favor Of the Admins
traton, the vote OF the State for members OF Congress
shews that ma oriy OF the people are OF the opposite
opinion; and yet in that Stale there has not been the
sembance OF diversity OF opinion upon the i'm
portant questions belonging to this subject On
single question of constitutional law, like that which
up here yesterday. thc hight ot Congress 10
cPae the District oi Coumbl) there may have been
little controversy, but upon the great and primary
question OF abolition none. In all the Southern States
this subject has been acted upon with unanmity and
CELEBRITY and without any dcrrnpeuirnt OF party feel
ing. All seem TO have coucurred in sacrificing ind-
vdua and party considerations in order to give force
TO the adopted upon this important matter
Why cannot we, standing upon similar grounds, do
something to mitigate the evil which our dlssenti"nS
have caused In ORDER to do tiis-to discover
dy and the best Of applying it, Mr.. 5. said, it
would be necessary to take review of sentiments
vcyed to US by the people III their primary meetings.
and Of the past proceedings o! the House upon this sub
jec Let them in the first place ascertain, strictly and
accurately, the sentiments "i thu people relation To
this great question, ANA having done that adopt such re-
solutions truly expressed those scn,imeuls-
mould their action so as lu CONFORM entirely TO The will
OF the people. Let them do THIS, and although the past
might still; be subject of regret yet The mischief that had
been done mil ht be, by such course, cuirazcd: inot
entirely obYated.
This subject, continued Mr. S, WIS put early in the
session. into the hands of committee Various causes
retarded the action ol that committee; but, when it
brought its labors ermlnatI"n presented the
House set OF resolutions moulded 10 the expression oI
popular scrupuUuSly from all par
ty illusions from every thing calculated TO create dis
sension-prcscung no tAtamr"uS question. dcvIat
ing into any collateral topics and predominant was
the wish to avoid all unnecessary subjects Of dsscSon
that preamble declined, because 1t feared that
while mi ght agree III CONCLUSIONS might differ
in the process which led to them.
These resolutions were offered by committee the ma.
jory OF which was CONFUSED OF members Of the duIn
nant party this house. The resolutions were placed
IN charlottesville 10 every member OF the committee
before the vote, except the first rcs0utiuis was
taken, as to their adoption rejection hy that body
Ample time was given Tor consideration. When the re-
solution came before the committee for its final action
the hrst proposlion was unanimousy adopted The Sc
cond after an Intellectual attempt had been made TO sub.
stltute almost un equivalent was also adopted The
third was agreed to without dissenting voice Tie
fourth was Likewise adopted III u Snnar manner The
fifth encountered Nngl objection, and thai wos tho
coupling with the request TO the North the mode 0Lvn
nal inhbition in which they should suppress these Oh
jeclonable associations. Strike Out the words "pena
inhibition" and all objection 10 the 9th resolution yan
ishes For the 9th resolution il proposed to s,ihS.
tue nearly equivalent, taken from the passed hv
the Legislature OF North Carolina. This question to
then adopted. The 9Th then considered and adopt
ed with but dissenting voice; but immediately after
the decision another member (tlIe meuhe. from Buck
ingham Mr. Booker) of the committee expressed
doubt OF its propriety.
The resolutions being thus passed upon scriatm, el
tort was iudc to take the question upon them whole,
but 1t was rejected rs being ont OF order PROPOSE!
ton was next nude to supersede the resolutions by
rather 10 prefix to them, preamble, which has since
been presented to the House in the report OF the nno-
rity; that was also decided in the negative; and hence
sir, said Mr. s., these resou became the final act
of the committee. beg members OF this House whose
minds have moi been inaed by The events Of the last
few days Tor whose minds having been so numed have
cooled down 10 enable them mparliay 10 exercise
their judgmen 10 bear these facts in their mind Alter
the action which have stated of the committee came
the report Of five members of the minority land vet
these gentlemen did object TO the entire report of
the committee they had objected at all to the major
part Of it) l give this history, said Mr. Stanard, to
show that the infusion Of those pre- adces which have
led the headlong and incorporate hostility to the
report Of the committee, is seerrabe to some indu-