Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-06-27

tuChIu no lover Dt TIE luIuu-
Mr. Morehead Of Funhlin said be Sas viii
ing 10 NEE, the subject fully aud 5irIy. lie bad .
no doubt as 90 the Satisfactory response when .
General II. would give, and be wished also o. .
ae undertook the business q cafechziug the can /.
d.da,es, 70 move the additional iuieuucaloues on .
many other subjects of importance to The Union
and 10 The whole county.
Nh Turner Of Madison was also wiling TO
meet The subject fairly, as was Mr.. Hill Of Mari
On, NJ Buckner, sc. Gentlemen were not then
prepared TO act, but pledged themselves, It the
House would agree to lay dIe preamble aud res
oluilons on the table, for he present, they would
call them up again, and meet the question fully
and fairly before the close Of the session.
"THURsDAY, Feb. 20.
esquire Turner moved to take up the pream.
bic and resolutions on The subject Of Abohton'and
ihe motion prevailed. Mr. Turner stated that,
having pledged himself to call them Up, be had
redeemed that pledge. lie WAS fully prepared 10
meet the question, thong he deprecated egIsa-
tive Interference an Presidential election, and
argued that il would be d.courtcous, and imply
doubt on the subject. should the House call on
General Harrison iut al expression Of ms views
on the Abolition question Mr. /. had no doubt
that the opinion Of Gen. Harrison on the subject
accorded with those entertained by The people OF
/ Kentucky, and that # addressed en- the subject
! by any gentleman, or set Of gentlemen, he would
promptly and unequyo IDEALLY respond to any lnqu-
~ or lnieuogalunes that might be put to him N
decor9us manner.
Z" Mr. 4. Marshall, of Lewis, sail the question
was one Of vital importance to the people Of the
slayeholding States. He did not pretend to say
whether General Harrison was OF was not an
Abolitionlst lie reminded gentlemen however,
/ that II was by Abolition and Anlimasonlc votes
/ that Mr. Clay was dcleaed--laId on the SHELF
| by the Harrisburg Convention and the Abol-
tonIsis claimed triumph in the nomination OF
| Harrison, proudly boosted that il was death
blow To what they termed the 'SidreocTdeg' and
openly declared that no citizen Of slayehodlng
State could hereafter be elevated the Preslden'
cy Alr NJ. SAID he saw enough Ill these move
men's' II he had not previously seen enough III
the patriotic and bold declarations, the eloquent
appeals and solemn warnings Of Mr. Clay to a
rouse The sIaveholding Sra,es 10 a sense OF She
danger which mcnaced them.
d" Mr. {. 5. Morehead and other Wing mem.
bers addressed the House, all dcprccatng legs
alye Interference in the Presidential election,
and pItdgng themselves that General Harrison
"ou'" promptly answer IN the most uneqnYoca
manner any decorouS heterogeneous that may
be put to him on the subject Of Abolition Two
OF me gentlemen referred to the fact, ,hat a letter
from General Harrison, in answer to political in
qutles propoundcd to him by an humble either
OF Missouri vas to be seen in the Louisville
journal, which had been received the preceding
evening and they called on the Democratic
members to say whether they could Ieasonabl,
suppose, niter the occurrence they had just de
tailed, that General Harrison would hesitate Il
f respond iuy and candidIy to inquiries put to hin
on 'he vitality important subject of Abolition
some oil The gentlemen went so fai as to decar
. they wished General Harrison 10 be in,errogate
n on The subject and that if no friend Of tue Admin
!. isI'aton would do it, they would do il thcmseye
q or cause It To be done by some Wing. After
/. proiracicd and warm discussion.
4 Col. Pierce Butler rose and offered a subsl
lnle' embodying the following resolution
n. " R'solrcd, That We view with indignation tn
o attempt OF sect, calling themselves Ahoionist
/. to disturb the amcable relations subsisting b;
e tween The Sloyeholdlng and non.saychodin
o, States OF this Union, and would not, by our vote
n ald ~ eleva6ng 10 0fiice any citizen allied To h
Of ruthless faction Of misguided latallcs, or come
:; dung IN Their views, opinions, and plans"
q. Colonel Butler addressed tie House in SUI
Il. port OF the substitute he had offered. He,
ty course. deprecated Abolton-.sad he did n
e. believe either of the candidates for President b
q. longed TO the ruthless (action'-was oppos
We to ca'ech2jng; and after declaring that be d
=, not doubt that General Harrison would prompt
n. answer any gentleman who might think proper
Nv address him on the subject, Colonel b. clos
is with hgh-wrought eulogy on his ayorite for /
Presidency"
nv by this synopsis Of The discussion on the 81
ter jet Of Abolition in the House of Repfesentaiy
as Of Kentucky, you will learn what the Wing n
ut lorhy then thought Of their f,yorle for the Pre-
ith deney They estimated HIM as lhey had be
a accustomed 10 estimate Mr. Clay--ns man "
nj did not lack ncrye-Nho would openly and rot
m. avow h's sentiments on all proper occasious--l
time has proved they we're wholly deceived.
en-, Their pledge IS yet unredcemed. iIonora
The trends, who view the Abolinoniss with indel
- ton are lett to their fate. Patriots, who deSp
is the moral traitors, are tacitly told that the cand
AR ate iheyar supporting cannot endorse then s.
cry tmenis. The House of Representatives, al
VI. solemnIy pledgne itself that General H. SIC
ms opposed 10 any and every sect that would in q
ned umnner disturb the relation between master :
The slave, IS met with the cold response ftot he,
the make no further declaration Of principles for
der pubic tg1, His friends, who stood IN ior
in. so generously and earlessly, are expected 10
the mil qn.dIy 70 a Justification, jy his conduct
he The pledge they care, that he ,roald ansoer f
wal and aHsqairocaIly on The subject sC.4bohlion
To Is not such conduct disrcputable7 Can KeEtu
,hy lans, worthy Of seats IN the Legislature, rest c
and tented under circumstances which prove that 1
he. have been dured by General Harrison, or W
heir DESTROYS for his benefit Of making dupes of Il
ina. ielowcltlzcns We think not. We believe
ows gentlemen made the pledge in good faith