Southern Argus., 1839-03-12

account Ct aIs southern friends hey.
lli North Carolina, as was told by one
of them denied tie a0ihensicily 6 This
letter yes, sc, they pronounced 1 lor.
gerry TIE People had been taught t0
believe that Nc. Van Buren lad 90 abo.
lliion friends 10 friends oppa e e slave.
r. But here sir we have, from the pen
Of the Repre- sentative from Hamilton
county O-hi.s The ont-ponrine of riore
abuse, more hcllish sIander, deliberately
concocte5. on slave owners, than Il has
ever been my lot to hear from any agow-
ed abolliionlsl
1el, slf, this same abhorrer OF slavery,
SO deadly hostile to Il, IS, 81 all other
democrats the chosen advocate of slla
Globe the chosen champion of this
Southefn-loving Administration. Anoih-
er extract. want to give my ennslitu.
enls some information of The opinions of
this personal and political friend Of Mar.
tin Van Buren. The letter says, ID con.
tinuation:
les, gFeaterin is moral effects and
corrupting tendencies than all other hu.
man evils pui together. II IS not only d
moral ana political evil within itself, OF in.
trinsically SO Of the darkest and most
damning character, but in all its bearings
and effects calculated 10 produce the most
fatal effects on both the moral and the po.
lilical institutions of our country.
Here Mr.. Duncan asked leave TO ex.
PLAIN again. Mr.. Slanly yielded for ex.
plantation and Mr.. Duncan said he was
not an abolitionist and any individual
|or any newspaper that floats on the
breeze, that said he was an abolitionist, was
q vile calumniater.
tlele Mr.. Thompson, Of South Caro-
lima, rose, ard called on the Speaker to en-.
force the rules, and see that a gentleman
who was occupying the floor should moi be
thus frequently interrupted.
Mr.. StaEly continued. / have yield
ed the floor with pleasure to hear any ex.
plantations, but not to hear speeches oI
defence. ] must insist upon my right tc
the floor, and will not again be interrupted
for speeches Of this character.
Sir, 1 am not acquainted with the kind
of newspapers 10 which the gentleman re.
fers. have never seen any that foated
on the breeze that charged him with being
en- abolitioniSt. Sir, L would better be-
come the assumed gallantry Of the dis
tinguished democrat from Hamilton coun
~, Ohio, who carries rifle for person
al defence, 10 wait until he is chargeC
with being an abolitionisi, before III
throws out such bold denunciation.
have not charged hins and do not non
charge him, with being an abolitioniss
am wiling to admit that he and his newly
elected Senator Mr. Tappan) whom h,
has bepraised . IS sound a democrat, anS
as pure a patriot, as ever honored tll,
names and, withal, of the first order o
talents, and Of the most unexceptionabl,
department. are neither of them aboli
tionists. arm willing 10 admit that the,
are both rs gooI friends Of the South a
any Van Buren, caucus democrats. VIII,
voted on the resolutions of the 18th o
December last.
/ / will take this letter as proof of thei
affection for the South; or, if he pleaSes
| will take the reputed declaration of thi
democrat and patriot" Mr.. Tappan,
about the time of the Southampton insur
rection, as proof of his '' sound democra
cy AMI pure patriotism. =.
am willing, | say, sir, to believe they
are not aboliiicnistS. do not know wha
signifcation they attach 10 the words de
democrat and abo!itionist. But, sir,
charge him with being the author of lhi
letter, and he cannot deny that. cha.g
it in the presence and hearing Of my d.
mocratic or Van Buren colleagues, an
wish them no longer TO consider this
forgergl
But to the letter. The gentleman tOl
Us that be dealt in figures, and from th
letter can prove thai he does deal I
largely in figures of imagination as an
: member on this floor. Hear alittle MOI
: from this palent democrat, this herald (,
! anti-aholitiou, Of Tappan democrac,
Hear d little more Of what he says aboI
!. slavery
! Ii IS an evil that has, does now, aT
viii III all time TO come while il exists, j
2 Yolye n il, as wellin Il present. possessit
as ia It's future operations, cine, fran
! fReft robbery, murder, and death Il
: the truth of what say, as @ its prese
3 effects upon the Institutions ol our eou
: fry, nave only to refer you 70 view
: the slave States ia our Unions and cor
parison between the relative condition
9 the improvements 81 them and The tr
States. You see tie free States hapl
ss ss~;si9sFsrs ~ ffs 8 ifSY7 r71d Il