Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-01-19

cIcor- Within the power OF Go,,s in
tie petiu'nS wa I:-n Ills body could act "ieht W. u
rad ons upo" necessary for such ncltoh 10 oe
ne'r we'll ennvnec that the !r''' ,hs subject; and
lie WIS VIZ" with himself: r,'"n '''s su'3' ,rn
the same 2;,d il n,,oG Faith s"n: them prttohs ~
that ths viii, .gla! oj ai'i, 'ney peieItu
lie auty u Con:rs L. pf"r:Gc "'eaS' " H.; ns
WV ,u,i ~. ,.r. ,.aGr should !e abolished IN ms pie
RI. rycs;:pn now is, have these petitioners "e
igbt 70 bee heard Ivy this body, who possess ptlliay
,onnlete and exclusive legislation upon thls
This right, be saa vas secnren Z, TO- c"ns,,on il.
eaE That instrument dc prves Congress OF al re-
make any law to abridge this right the d does
cognising the right original and nherei' interfere
not in the slightest degree, permit provision
the petitioners have placed their "r the exercise
rock. which cannot be moved Du That petitioners
Of this right. he willing TO necessary +" INC
ought to oDse.ss ina. ascsty c would not Containing
;f 1st IONS were presented to luz senaie or any
scprilous language and aDu' N be received but inc
of its members tial .r;y in this matter as no
Senate mao a through one ol ~, re-
R", II is objected in this Case tons NEST unwarrant-
fsc.in ihe la"guas,, as we as individual citizens
ably on sore. He said if the rig ht Of peilionlf r
OF shose -j.emcd Of so much Importance, a. C,norrss
ciaed By inc with what proprety then shai, "n
shoun IS Congress undertake TO declare lni rbcb
ss MT be received the ground tna 'e osr Of Con-
n o,;t;oners seek to obtain, is not III ' t,oners
tie - ,r,nt or that the words used ny 'ne - yan.
gress 10 n',rh, not TO be heard He would asA
ase r. this WAS not abridsng The 5'gnt W Lcb
;SCnnress could prescribe the Ass'e. ui there was
notitions should be- presented, ne 1o' He said he
an end to the right OF pettIonhs. M ,Se
atonee an enc 7n utinciple, in prescribing the
c"u :, which an act should be done, anu =" p,;
l;orc,Ler 1t seemed to h'm, .nat Inc ,nw
INTENDED Tor, would hold thus lar mon SUBJECT
pesehtso' Cnyress alone has The power OF
over MM messed themselves IN ihs Mu.'ti, ,; =
ihey N th,v Judged proper Tor lhe Hc:aso ;. viii
Their Inherent right the nosI 5sn for its abuse only
out restraint =, s lake care, then, how we lFeau
the law that in our attempts to MAKE .hi cepeti
= giounu' we do no, abrdgc the sacteo -ded for
.; ;rhh;s he was sure would mol De
S t.ea ang Senator a, In this belief he
sas petitions W. lno,on g. t ma
trary course. . '!a' would follow cont
ty 70 his cns .u' ne should but lily perform b;s The
withon, suens II he permitted this subac' ~, i
rem.L "osicins y by few remarks AMI SI eI na
1e"iaFks OF the Senator from, Or; a nfsl 70 Face
49, Win him that his CONSTITUENCY ul N.'I'at nau
1noLa on the Constitution a.d if the ,ssi
that nat ana fully considered all thSbis na NV tive
himself feel iba he suc memorials gentleman had
Constitute; na1 no mad been puttiil .swbn ,L,, b., |
tuition IN presenting them, ;s|ese"here, that ny
rsn one remark which he had le aus no w "meFe
icy nisSt go A o. petition to assemble and
s's the right of the peopi It was right which
po vote should asss of But he should be glad to
The no the So to Eve on ii could be- Consider
as res,ryi King the right of petition? Did the
er VIII conferred petitioners the right to make
lions confer Congress the right to reject theta,
REORGANIZATION, their prayer should be found unreal
nabe and UNJUST and il they had this right, had they
ho. also the right 10 say at once Did the gentleman
want petition to be carried to committee and debc
rated on when it contained language grossly rejecting
,uous as anv on the face Of the GIobc Were they
take petitions couched in such language, and commit
them before rejecting the He, fer his part would not
suffer these fanatics and worse tun tanallcs TO come
there and tell them that the people he represented
murderers-kidnappers
There was another reason why they should refuse
receive these petitions They proposed to take away
the property Of the people Of this District The good
people of Ohio exceedingly kind to wish to
cipale the slaves of this District to take away from
widows and orphans, because the tabernacles OF Ohio
endued with extraordinary spirit of phant!ro
ply. lie knew what was wanted BY these abo!tonists-
They wanted get Legislative action here, with
gard slavery in this District for the purpose ofbearng
on the Legislatures Of the South. But they mis-
taken. Did they suppose that they could ever induce
the people Of the South to give up the property &C
uured from their and by their industry p
Did they suppose, that because they had the example Of
the British Islands before them where the mother
try had been worked by Hypocrisy anaticsm and the
profound ignorance, that they ever could effect
their objects in the South? Did they suppose that they
could found any thing what had passed the other
side of The water: Did they suppose that the Island
crs would ever, of themselves, have consented to
the emancipation Of their slaves, if the measure had
not been forced upon them by the mother country p
No they never would; and it would be in van for tie
aboltioaiss upe for any thing Of the kind from
the South With respect to these petitions, he for
rejecting them at once Was he to be told that in doing
So he was rejecting the right Of petition This a
painful subject and he wished to avoid It, but he should
be traitor the State he represented if he consented
tina. these petitions should be presented there from day
day containing the grossest SANDERS on the whole
Southern country and calculated to keep alive that cx
citemen Mt of which they had already had loo much.
(DeGaic 20 he continued