Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-03-24

! argus ACTS Al iht norm are allied Win The dDO
ionisls, and that We had he facts to prove il
We now proceed 10 state few Of these facts
many others might be adduced, but these few vii
be sufficient % establish the correctness Of GU
statement.
/. Ia every State at the North. and in ever,
) district Of every State where the bank or fedora
party have majority, the aboliiionists are stron
gest, and it is from such States and districts thai
nine ienhs Of the abolition petitions are sent to
Congress. The Argus acts rcith This party.
2. There is scarcely democratic paper at the
north that flyors the views of the abotionists,
while many of the leading bank papers openly
support them. These papers are the coadiuors
Of the Argus IN attempting to pull down the pres
ent administration, which is solemnly pledged to
tEro any bill passed by Congress to interfere
with slavery in the States, Territories, or the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
3. From the free States there arc rs of the
Representatives in Congress friends Of the Ad.
mnistration, and 65 opponents. On Paton's
Resolution the grand object of which was to stop
all agitation on the subject of slavery in Con-
gress, and put down the insulting memorials Of
the abolitionists, ofthe 10 friends Of tho Admins
traton from the north, all but nine voted in the
affirmative, while Of the opposition members not
a single one could be found TO vote in the affir
native, and sirty four roted in The negatire !
This was test question. and every political
friend of the Argus, voted to open the question of
slavery 6r agitation, thus clearly eyincing their al
lance with the abolllonists.
A. In the Pennsylvania Convention TO amend
the State Constitution, which has recently adj
iourncd, on a motion to allow negroes the right
of suffrage, nearly every bank man voted in the
affirmative, while every democrat, with but one or
two exceptions, voted in the negative, and succee.
ded in putting down the motion. Again, in the
same convention, on subsequent occasion, a
motion was introduced by bank man, Mr. Bid
die (fnot old Mic, at least one OF his reIations)
to allow runaway slaves the right of trial by jury.
The bankItos sustained this motion and the DEM
ocrais successfully opposed it. These two acts
of the leaders Of the bank party in Pennsylvania,
The party Nth ,chich the Argus ac!s-look very
much like iavoring the views Of the Abolitionists
Can the Argus gainsay any of the above facts
Mr.. CLAY AND THE ABOLITIONlSTS.
Will our readers pause, and read the following
article from one Of Mr.. Cloy's prominon, mouth
pieces, the Louisville Ky City Gazette They
will perceive that our southern members. who
justly retired TO consult among themselves over
the alarming crisis, are denounced and condemn
ed in no measured terms. We had heard before,
that MIR. Clay did not countenance the course Of
the southern members, and that certain gentlemen
from his State, known to be devoted to him, at
tended the meeting, and threw cold water on ev-
cry thing, and that his relation, John Bell of Ten
ncssee took the same course. We perceive too
that Judge Underwood, a distinguished friend of
Mr.. Clay's and the leader Of tho Kentucky dele
CATION, even went SO far as TO vote openly with
the aboltonists for the repeal of Paons reAolu-
tion-we had heard that in the Convention which
framed the present constitution of Kentucky, MI.
Clay advocated general emancipation clause
and wo are told he is now in favor of tho abolition
ofslavery and will use every effort to have ma
lorty of members favorable TO his views returned
to the convention which is shortly to be held All
this we have heard on good authority but we nc
yer thought his party would carry their opposition
to the south so far as to wish that those who re,
fused to hear the aboonsts should "reccirs
MERITED oPPRoBRlUM, aud nerer be returned 10
The National Legislature :" Yet this is the
prayer Of Mr. Clays organ---a paper which APP
pears to manifest very deep interest in the sue
cess OF our bank attorneys PrentsS and Word,
Dir. Clays dinner candidates. But TO the ex-
rac,-Read aud think.
From the Louisville City Ga-eife.
STRANGE PROCEEDINGS OF A PORTION OF
THE SOUTHERN MEMBERS OF CoNGREss.-W
had prepared an abstract Of the proceedings in
| the House Of Representatives on the 9th, copi-
ed from tho National lntelligencer of the 2lst;
but the very comprehensive letter of the cores.
pondenl of the Baltimore Patriot, is so much
more explicit than any abstract we could make,
lhatwe prefer copying it entire. Ii also contains
later intelligence than any we had received-the
result Of the meeting Of the Southern members.
We arc compelled to limit our editorial re.
marks, to-day, but we cannot allow this subject
to pass without expressing our disapprobation of
| the course of conduct OF the Southern mpmbers
The citizens Of the United States have right to
peltion-they have an inalienablo right to be
heard by petition or remonstrance, let the subject
be what it may. And however the Southern
members may dislike to hear the evils of slavery
ding donged, and know that petition after petition,
to make the ten miles square" free district is