Litchfield enquirer., 1839-02-14

tVtlu anu 1tetS az we tu93 lno0e 30 Tue con-
troveEsy against the high tariff. 10 come for
ward and say at this late date that the Union
was in danger Of consolidation, not dissOlu-
toni Surely, Mr.. Calhoun must feel him
self BUNDLED from the company he is assOci-
ated with. Politics like misery makes US ac-
quainted with strange bed fellows!
MIR. Southland spoke long, loud, and elo-
quentIy against any attempt to interfere aotfh
the compromise! However others might re-
gard it, lie conceived himself bound by every
principle Of hoIN,r ami PATRIOTISM 10 adhere
10 it. tie would not touch single item OF 1t
with sacrilcgiO.is hand, nor suffer others To do
1t without ut least raising his voice against
such an attempt. The Senator from Nilsson.
ri had said III Is WIS tux ievellrL against the
poor. Now he (Mr. s. made no professions
Of Sympatties for the poor man, though fhc
chose to indulge in them, he had no doubt
but he might do so, with as much sincerity at
! least as that Senator; but he left such mat
tiers for other times, aud for other places
God forbid that he should, in the great duties
OF legislation, seek 10 discriminate between
classes. Mr.. S. went Oh to show the effect
this repeal would have ON the great nursery
for scamen; our magnificent lakes and riv-
ers no longer bred sailors; steam had usurp-
ed the place of sails, and if this last nursery
were cut of, where should we look for brave
and gallant tars, Natice American SeGmen, on
whom alone we could rely in the hour of
danger, to guard our commerce and maintain
The honor of our flag! He spoke too of the
diminution of our seamcn, and the danger OF
doing any thing that would have u tendency
to lessen the number. ..t
Mr.. Ruggies, Mr.. Williams, and Mr.. Davis,
made sound and forciblc remarks against
partial legislation on the subject. The vote
was taken by ayes and nays, and stood 20 to
| 10; Immediately utter which, Mr.. Benton
moved reference ofthe salt documents to the
same committee that has the bill in charge.
virgins Celebrated Defaulting BiH
Mr.. Wright introduced his bill this NOR
ming Of countless sections Give are to judge
| from its bulk,) for the purpose gilmore effect.
ually providing for the safe keeping of the
public moneys in the hands Of officers and
agents OF Government, and for the punish
| ment of defaulters.-ibm.
o% ea WASHINGTON, Feb. z.
The galleries and Hobbies of the Senate
were crowded at an unusually early hour
this morning, attracted by the rurnor that
Mr.. Clay was about to deliver his views on
the subjec, of Abolition. Dense as was the
mass ofhuman beings, the Senate was as 81
lent as the grave-not a word was uttered
from the commencement of Mr.. Clay's re-
marks until the close, the audience (among
which was very large portion ofthe House
of Representatives. appearing completely
spell bound. desire to call your particular
attention to this speech. feel however that
the reporters cannot do justice to the mighty
effort-though understand they relieved
each other every twenty minutes, in order
that they might prepare it for the National
Intelligencer of the following morning
There were ladies in the gallery from every
section of this wide spread domain. One Of
them sitting near me observed to another,
"this speech will be Of incalculable advan-
tage to the South" yes" exclaimed the
other with some degree Of enthusiasm, 1t is
,corth no less than the Union !" What gave
rise to Mr. C's remarks was petition from
the people of this district praying that Con-
gress would not interfere with their domestic
relations. r..-,.
Mr.. Clay classed The abolitionists into
motives of humanity and philanthropy were
opposed TO the existence Of slavery second,
those who were apparent Gbolitionisis, who
sought, for sinister purposes, TO make the first
class believe that there was q disposition on
the part of the south to violate the right Of
petition, to abridge the freedom ofspeech and
press and third class, who were ultra Gb0-
iitionists, regardless Of the rights of property,
of honor, Of patriotic feeling-that sought to
attain their aim, reckless Of all the fearful
that must ensue among which
might be named ruined families, deserted
fields, and tho overthrow of all the fairest.
brightest hopes Of humanity. He called on
this latter class TO pause IN their career, if
they had one spark OF brotherly feeling or
love Of country alive in their bosoins! He
called on the reverend clergy, whose duty it
was to preach peace and goodwill among
mankind. not to desecrate their affairs by
seeking to array hostile spirit in their broth
rem against the STAKEHOLDER of the south-he
appealed to his bright and beautiful country
women Of the north. who were lending coun-
tenance to these mad schemes, to forbear, and
to reflect that the very ink shed from their
fair fingers might be the means Of shedding
whole torrents Of blood Of their white sisters
and brothers Of the south. The black and
white races could not exist together without
the one being subject to the other, and was it
not better for both races that the black should
be subject Would they turn loose three
millions of slaves, worth at the lowest COM
putation twelve hundred millions of dollars.
the property of widows and orphans, and
without compensation to their owners, with
out knowledge, without capacity for freedom
in themselves {? Ifso. what is TO be the con-
sequence? 4. trt.t5.t vs
He spoke of the Colonization Society as
one of the very best means Of ameliorating
the condition of the negro-it did not inter-
fere with the right of property-it was peace
full in itself, and sought to restore the African
to the lands of his fathers in an improved
condition. Yet this society has been de-
nounced as oppressive and Injurious to the in
terests of the black by me ultra abolitionists.
What did they seek Ifthese negroes were
liberated, would this not come in pinching
competition with the free labor Of the North
Did they require the unnatural and revolving
process Of amalgamation to go on. and have
by the dark ndmixture oil black demons