Southern telegraph., 1838-02-06

slave Of all h,pc, and goads tho S.uIncln
owner. formerly AMI naturally ,pc''"'u.
lo.ren the hands, to a more reso'n'e oc's'.
m;nation l., maintain the mastery o'o' "''
without any relaxation. :,
MIR. Il. had heard mach SAID abo," inc
.;,a, re pct;,ion as in danger of yina.'on
from the nassape ufthesc resolutions. "nH
was the rig,t Of petition, as giarnn''en py
tho Federal Constitution? II was supply
tha, Congress should pass no Ia" p.ese',"..
The People from assembling to petition ''' :
redress of their grievance, >, WI" ~. p.onl,.
of tho North aud tho Northwest II It was
the Federal Constitution. the Federal ia
ion, was then a grievance! Did the resi-
luton propose any such law as to prohin'
asscmblages Of the People to petition ior
any grievance Of their own, or TOR any gr'c-
vance not their own? Did they propose
any thing Ike iti Bit the liberty oil the
press and of speech was in danger! ihe
assertion was destitute Of all foundation -
What was daily going ON here, what was
daily going on in a!! the N,rshern States,
demonstrated the idle nature of the allc2a-
ton. The resolutions left the freedom of
speech and Of the press where the Constr !.
tuition placed them. They offered no re-
straint 10 any of the constitutional rights OF
the People. They only declared that thus
Government should not be .,'sed as an m
s:rhment of attack upon the States, the do
nestle institutions of the States, the rescrv-
ed rights Of the States, or the union, peace
and tranquility of the whole country
fha. WAS their import; and he trusted that
this Senate. as the pecuiiar representatives
OF reserved Stale sovereignty would always
| firmly maintain the ground assumed in these
rcsnlutions. The Federal Union could on
| ~ in that way be preserved. Ifhe were
/ disposed to look at the abolition OF South
ern slavery as question of interest and
happiness in lis effects upon the Northern
| and Northwestern States, he should pro-
| no'lnce the measure to be fraught with IN
| ralcpl.hle evil TO them. II would bring up
on them, in shoals, species of Idle, va
grant, worthless, black population, stamped
with inicrioriy by the hand Of Nature. Il
would degrade the high character Of the
| discor.lant Saxon race, by whom our soil is
cultivated, our intellectual condition i'm
proved, and all the arts and comforts Of life
elevated and extended. 1t would bring us,
our wives and Children, into association
with description of human beings whom
the Author of creation has set apart rs a
distinct caste; and, finally, our population
might become a mongre! race of nuattoes
and quadroons. What f,thcr, what mother,
what brother, could look upon such state
of things, without shrinking buck with
loathing at the contemplation!
Bat taking views, as he did. of The sui
jet, he could not agreeato coufer upon tins
Government, BY implication, any right to
give Increased stability, security, and
strength ;othehomes,ic institution OF slavery
in any Of the States. He was not willing
tn pledge this Government SD TO adm mister
lis affairs as at all to interfere. on one side
or the ether, with subject which the Con-
stituton had not confded to it. The South
cannot desire this. All that the South
asks on this subject is to let her alone. To
this extent he would chcerfi!v pledge the
Government. lie would conn,ii-.., .,,;a,s
and soul, TO sustain the Constitution as il
was; TO protect the institution and the i'm
forests of every part of the Union, as far as
to 90 for tina, purp,ss. The resolution, IL
monde.l as he proposed, was strong enough
Il pledged the Government not tn interfere
with the stability and security of the domes-
tic institutions OF the South: it made 1t the
solemn duty of the Government To resist all
attempts, whether BY petition or otherwise,
to use it as an instrument of attack upon n
ny of those domestic institutions. If the
South could ask more, she would ask that
which would hereafter be used as pre,ex,
and precedent for an interference, on part
OF the Government, to weaken and destroy
her domestic institutions. He, therefore,
hoped that his amendment would prevail.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
.Ass. tas.s JANUARY II.
TIE MISSISSIPPI ELECTION.
The following resolution came M in or
der:
"Rcso!ued, That Mcssrs. S. s. Pren.iss
and T.J. Word are not members of the 25,h
Congress, and are not entitled to seats in
....s iieuse as SUCH"
Mr. Bell moved an amendment ITO rc-
serve the affirmation of this resolution.
Mr. Prcniiss Zone of the applicants) adj
dressed the House at length in support of
the amendment, and in vindication of his
and his colleagues RICH, to seats upon The
floor of the House nc ,,,,,l r !, g.,