The North-Carolina standard., 1838-02-21
Nationals and AbOIitiOnists.

Nationals and AbOIitiOniS1S.
The NJ York Courier & Enquirer seems res
tive under the charge that the Northern Wings
are courting tn: aid and CO operation Of the A
boitionists. We may be in error as respects
the purposes OF the party; and should we find
any reasons to believe we are so, we shall be
prompt 10 lay them before the public. Bat what,
al present, are the facts? The Abolitionists are
exerting all their energies to delude the people
into the belief that refusal to Tecetre their Pc
titions is violation of the right of petition
Show us Northern Wing paper that is not CO.
operating with them on this point The aboli-
tionists demand that their incendiary petitions
shall be received, referred and reported upon.
Do not the Northern Wings, in Congress and
out of it, demand the same2 The Abolitionists
contend that the Congress has the constitution
al power to abolish slavery in the District, in
the Territories, and TO suppress what they are
pleased to call the domestic SLave trGde' be-
tween the States. Do not Northern Wing pa
pers and politicians maintain the same opinions?
Nay, some Southern Wings unite with them
also on this point. In short, is there any diff
ference of opinion between the Northern Wings
and the Abolitionists on this whole question,
save, in some instances, the former are more
controlled in their conduct by "eIpediencH" than
the Iatter2 We tax the Courier and Enquirer
to show the difference between them for we con-
fess we are unable to see any.
But to bring this matter to practical test, and
to show from actual facts, what is the true state
of things. We, and those who act with US have
been changed with desire to ogitote this ques-
tion We, however concurred In the resolution
proposed by the Southern members, and known
as "P0tton's Resolution" which was adopted
in January last-the object of which was to sup
press all debate. We concurred, only on hiS
account as we wished, and always have wish.
ed, TO put stop to this whole matter I'm Con-
gress Mr. Lincoln, however, "a Northern
Whig,) presented on Monday last a memorial
from sundry of his political friends, calling on
Congress to rescind this resolution and, by so
doing, open again this fountain of bitterness.
Forty or fifty, or perhaps more, memorials OF
the same character, were presented by other
members of Mr.. Lincoln's political church.
When they were presented, Mr. Patton demand
ed the question Reconsideration, of that is, he call
ed upon the House to say whether the memo
rials ought to be received; as they confcted
with the resolution which had been adopted in
January While this matter was under consi-
deration. Mr.. Dromgoole, OF Virginia, moved
to lay the question of reception, and with 1t, the
whole subject on the table. The object of the
motion was to get rid ofthe memorial--prerent
agitation, and leave the House TO proceed in its
motion? How did the gentlemen Of the quieScent
creed, the anti-agitators vote7 We present the
reader with the following table, prepared with
view to this question, which will fully answer
the lnterrogatory
A statement of the vote of the House of Re-
presentatives, on the motion to lay the question
of reception memorials, &C., on the table.
Character and number of the Representation
from the 7eOn-sLduehoLoing States.