Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-31

-ote article upon ii, summed up ali That the General
had on the subject of slavery, and dened
fb v authority that Harrison had labored to IN
troduce slavery into Indiana, while Governor OF that
Territory. And while the Editor relies on the Address
as favorable exposition ofthe General decisive OPT
MONS on the subject of slavery, lie boldly denounces
President Van Buren, for the repeated expression OF
opinions which make him wholly unworthy ot any sup
port from the Abolition party ~,
Tn a subsequent expose, to be found IN the Phlan-
thropst of the Sd instant the Editor asserts that the
Administration party in The west mas raeSeo us
unity 10 discover new modes ofmanesng its subjec-
t;on 10 the South and hatred of Abolition The present
ag;slanre of Ohio now Democratc) has ou,strpt all
ito predecessors in this disgraceful policy Every thing
which enyenomed malice could suggest, or limited ca
pacity compass, has been done to convince ADotohss
that they have no longer any 'ii'iS ~ hoPo o'i ~"
This Abolition hatred of the Democratic party equal
" nervades the North In the fourteenth number OF
The sEyamner" an Abolition periodical, published IN
New York on the 18th OF last month, by the Ant'-sa
verw Society of which Arthur Tappan is the head, you
will find in large prominent Letters the names of the
members of the House of Representatives,
who voted for the following resolution lately offered
70 the House by Mr.. William Cost Johnson, of Ma
rvland and which was adopted by majority Of only
six: -
| ING rules of this House
Ono pctition memorial, resolution other paper,
,yng the Abolition of Slayery in the District of Co
| umha. any SEile OT VI TIC si"NS 'iaaN
between the States or Territories Of the United States,
in which it exists, shall be received by the House,
or entertained in any manner whatever
Those were the only members from the free States
who voted for the resolutions; and out OF the y, MT
Profit of Indiana, the only Hhg. Every Northern
Wbo with the exception of one, voted against it. The
Examiner, after shower Of malignant Inyectives on
the resolution hearty congratulations the progress
which Aboonism has made, and the glorious pros
pect of emancipating the slaves urges the people 10
dismiss from their service those % Northern auAha-
res TO Southern shareholders.
Under the terrors of this ominous threat, notice. that
motion will be made to rescind tbs r"ie, has already
been given in the House by the Hon Francis Granger,
of New York,-tlc same worthy gentleman whom the
National Whr party so lately and cordially supported
as Vice President of the United States, and whom
they placed on the same ticket with General William
Henry Harrison.
would impress on the attention of my tellow-citl-
Gems the unanswerable speech which Mr. Bynum deli
vered in the House of Representatives. IN January last,
on the subject Of abolition He proves by the votes by
the records and proceedings of Congress, and the va
rous State Legislatures, by evidence winch he pro-
duced and winch could not deceive, that the counte-
nance which abolitionists and emancipatIonsts have
received from the representatives, OF the people IN the
Congress of the IT, States and elsewhere has been al
orded by the Wings He proves, too, BY the publish
cd proceedings and resolutions of the people IN the
North East and West, that the aboonlsts are cease
less and perseverng, and have determined to oppose
the steady and consistent trends OF our hepuoiicah
Administration.
Wherever in the West the East or the North, the
Democrats have had the direction Of public affairs,
they have expressed public and decided opinions
against the right of the General Government TO inter
fere in the domestic relations Of master and slave
In the State of Ohio, truly Democratic, and re-
presented in the national councils with decided ability
the great Democratic Convention assembled i'll Janua
! nv last from all quarters oil the Commonwealth passed
| the following resolutions
"Resolced That slavery being domestic institution
recounised BY the Constitution of the United States
We as citizens of free State have right to inter
ere with it, and that the organizing Of societies and
associations in free States, in opposition to the Instu
tons of sister States, while productive OF good, may
be the cause of much mischief, and while such associa
ons for political purposes Dug Int to be dtscountenanceG
By every lover of peace and concord, sound Demo
crat will have part or lot with them.
"Resolred That political Abotonism is but ancien,
federalism under new guise, and that the political
action of Anti-slavery Societies is only device fol
the overthrow of Democracy.
"Resoired That should there be any members Of
this Convention who do not subscribe to the principles
contained in those resolutions relating to the subject
Of Abolition they be hereby requested TO leave then
names with the publishing committee, to be published
| with the proceedings of this Convention.
! On the subject of the above resolutions, the Demo
Gratis were unanimous. And iii their Legislature,
cordial response given, as the subjoncd proceed
i Imported for The Ohio Statesman
i HoUsE or REPRESENTATIVES, !
Tuesday, January IL, lo40
"On motion Of Mr.. Flood, the House took up thu
resolutions relative to the subject ofslavcry.
"Mr Waddle called for the question to be taken or
each resolution separately.
''The first resolution was then adoPted-yeas 4s
nays ., which reads as follows:
aResoired bv The General assembly of the State o.
Ohio That the subject Of slavery as exists in partcu
| l.r &C. la ettlc1 and nd
iused at the formation of the Fedora! Constitution.
"The question then being on the adoption OF the Sc
cond resolution, which is as follows:
"RcSOirrd, That, in the opinion OF tins General As
sembiy the interference of citizens of our State in the
internal regulations Of another is highly censurabt
and improper, and that view the unlawful, unwise
and unconstitutional interference OF the tanatical Abo
litioniss of the North with the domestic institutions
the Southern States, highly crmlna and that II Is
the duty obligatory all good citizens to dscounte
nance The Abolitonsts in their mad, anatcal and re
evolutionary scheme.
The Democratic Legislature Of New Hampshire die
early 18th January, 1887, pass solemn resolutions
declaring 'that Congress cannot without violation
of the public faith, abolish slavery IN the Dstr'c
Of Columbia unless upon the request OF the ctr
zens Of that District and by the States by whom thai
territory was ceded TO the General Government
/ And that the Union of the States only be main
tanned by abstainng from all interference with the
laws, domestic policy and peculiar institutions OF every
We have lately seen that in the lower House of As
sembly in New York. where the Wings and Abolition
lists had the CONTROL they passed violent denunclations
against the resolution of Mr. Atllerton which wa:
adopted by large majority of the House of Repre-
scntatives, and which resolution of Mr. Atherton was
practically the the one offered lately by Mr.
VIM. Cost Johnson, to which have referred.
That in the Senate Of New York, where the Demo
Gratis had the CONTROL the denuncatory resolutions o.
the lower House rebuked and voted down in the
following manner:
"ResOlred That the preamble and resolutions of the
Assembly be and are hereby rejected And they were
rejected entirely by the Democratic vote
Every where the Abolitionsts nterrogate even thel
gubernatora candidate for the popular favor; and de-
nand their written opinion the subject of slavery.
| In late number of the "Lberator, written by Gar.
rso of Massachusetts,, he says edward Everett the
| Governor Of the Commonwealth, has answered une
quivocally in the affirmative to the question, whether
he is in favor of the immediate abolition Of slavery in
the District of Columbia, and the slave trade between
the several States. Edward Everett now speaks the
language of patriot, republican and christian
We believe il is the real language of his soul And