Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-04-04


lists agree with the gentleman from Ohio il
fIabusing all Shareholders, and the distinguishe,
statesman (H. Clay,) to whose extraordinary
efforts we are told, we are indebted for thu
admission OF Missouri. The Southern People
sir, will heed these things; they shall know
how the abolition democrats, and the anti-abo
lition abhorers of shareholders, such as thi'
democrat from Hamilton county, Ohio, abuse
this great man. Sir, have no compliments &c
bestow, no eLlogium to pronounce upon his I'll
IClay's) character. He needs none. The
whole country appreciates his merits. am
not skilled "to paint the lily" shall not at.
tempt "to add another hue unto the rainbow
will not enter into competition with the Rep.
resentatiye from Ohio, either in pastering the
characters of those admire with fulsome eulo-
gy, or in villifyng those with whom ! differ in
opinion Sir, he is well selected instrument
TO bespatter with praise Mr. Van Buren,; his
new Senator, the pure patriot and good demo-
crat Mr. Tappan) Mr.. Kendall, and his dear
sir at the head Of the Treasury Department,
and TO vilily the favorites of the South
If had time could give him many nstan-
ces of democratic abolitionists. Only one more
now, sir: You know, sir-for there are many
things you know, Mr.. Speaker-that there
was an election recently held in Massachusetts,,
in which brother of Mr.. Woodbury. received
the votes of the abotlonists; they refusing to
vote for either of the other candidates. Now
sir, the Globe, (Which never departs from the
truth you know, sir0 in the paper Of Thurs
day night, Dec. 9th, 1888, has the following
article:
"Another abolition Misrepresentation
mentioning the result of the late election for
Congress in Mr.. Parmenter's district, where
the choice was prevented by abolition votes,
several Of the Federal papers, and among them
that model of candor, the Intelligencer, have
remarked that great part of the abolition
votes were thrown for James L. Woodbury., a
brother of the Secretary ofthe Treasury.
"We regard this transaction, upon the facts
which have been communicated to us, as one
of the most palpabe illustrations of the in
Itrigues aud management between whlggery
and abolitionism that we have heard OIL
While they unite in opposing the Admlnstra-
ti6R on account of the unhinching support it ac-
cords to The rights Of property guaranteed by
the Constitution Of the United States, they hace
sought out The name of a person who is the BROTH
er to member Of the Administration, well
known throughout his whole political life to be
totally opposed to their designating schemes,
and This brother clergyman, settled in an OBJ
Scure parish, and have cast enough of their
votes for him, undoubtedly against his consent,
for the double purpose of defeating an election,
and, at the same time affording some possible
ground for suspicion and prejudice against the
sincerity of the Administration! This scheme,
iE refinement even exceeds the joint manage
ment of the abolition wings in New York and
may afford beneficial lesson to the Public"
1t is not often sir, see that paper, and the
article might have passed without notice, but
that soon after saw the letter of Mr.. Wood
bury, the brother of the "My dear sir'' of the
from Hamilton county, Ohio
| want this editorial article and this letter toI
appear together in my speech.
"AcToN, Dec 10, 1888.
"BRoTHER PHELPS: The resolutions of our
late ant.slavery meeting at Concord, as they
passed, pleased me, particularly
those about questioning candidates. | could
not we'll stay to meet you in committee on the
same, as | desired and designed On rehec.
ton, see the propriety and the necessity Of
holding the candidate to his first answer. III
that answer be doubtful or defective, think II
must be designcdly SO; for the interrogatores
are few, and unambiguous, and simple.
al believe We the People, of the North are
beginning faithfully and consistently to DO it.
| believe that this carrying our abolition to the
may, with great proprety, be made
a test question. What is the amount ofall our
talk, if we refuse efficiently to act for the slave
The Richmond Enquirer man just begins toI
,remble about abolition. What! 60 to the
polls and vote for man as Representative toI
the United States Congress who will not de
clare himself in favor of Immediately abolish
ing slavery in the District Of Columbia and the
United States Territories, and the internal, or,
if YOU please, INTERNAL slave-tradeY could,
with my present views, no more do It than
could be O STAKEHOLDER in the District OF Column
bia, or own one Of those slave ships that ply
between Alexandria and New Orleans; for the
one, in effect, enacts the laws under which the
other carries on the bloody business. And
any man, on slight reflection, must see this. Il
am confident that all true abolitionists will We
nv soon come up to the mark on this point, and
let all the world see our consistency.
"Yours in labor and sacrifice for the slave,
GAMES T. WOODBURY."
| hope this will satisfy the gentleman that a
democrat, friend of this Administration may
be an abolitionist."
But let us return to the letter.
Every thing the writer said in the last ex-
tract (ercept fen Of the wealthy proPraetors,
"ooks as if pcstilence and famine had been ma
king their said innovation" 1t is remarkable
how fond all these followers Of Mr.. Van Buren,
are of railing against wealth. In this sentence
we have little of it. The gentemans speech