The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-09

an Auii.sityery Petition was 10 do "an Abo.
lition deed;" consequently, that all who
done such thing, were Aboll,ionsis -
Just at this moment, the discovery was
made, tba, Judge Saunders, the Van Buren,
candidate for Governor in this State, had not
only once, but trice, whilst a member of
Congress, presented Petitions for the Abol.
ton of Slavery, and had therefore, accord.
ing TO their oun test, done ian Abolition
deed" The thing was so apparent, iha, eS.
| PLANTATION or evasion was deemed impossible,
aud even the Judges warmest friends sd
United he was FAIRLY CAUGHT"
Under these circumstances, the Judge
"scolds like very drab," that any body
should have the reckessnsss TO accuse him
o! doing an Abolition deed. We admit,
that if ever any candidate for office had rea
son 10 exclam-" Save me from my friends,
and ! will take care Of my enemies Judge
Saunders is the man and we have been dis
posed to pass lightly over this act of his pc.
Iitcal life, on the ground, that he had been
betrayed into The dilemma by the indiscre.
ton Of bis friends. But when we see him,
as We do in his late Appeal, not only at.
tempting to justify his conduct, IN the par
ticuar case alluded TO, but making it pre-
text for charging Abolition on Gen. Harri.
son, we consider bin as no longer entitled TO
The benefit Of clergy. Old Tippecanoe can
safely challenge a comparison with Judge
Saunders, or any body else, as 10 his unwa-
vering fidelity towards the South. As rank
an Aboiltonist, as il may suit Judge Saun.
ders and his party TO sty;o him, one thing is
certain, he nerer presented 10 Congress da
Abolition Petition! He may be denoupc.
ed as an enemy 10 the South but his con
duct hos nerer been referred TO By Aboli.
tieniSts on the floor Of Congress, TO justify
them IN interfering uih our domestic iqSti
tutions He may be represented, for polt.
zeal effect, as member Of on Abolition So
ciety, and as DESTROYS of applying the Sur.
plus Revenue for the purpose of eoonlzlng
Slayes-but his acis are not seized upon By
Garrison and his crew, TO rebBke, by con.
tras,, those members from the free States,
who, friendly to the South, refuse TO present
ABOLITION Petitions Do these remarks ap
ply to Judge Saunders We beg the seri.
Gus attention OF the reader 10 the following
extract from the " Enancipator, Of the 5th
INST, aud he sill there see eha, deduc.
tons are drawn from Judge Saunders con.
dnci, as harmless as it may suit his purpose
10 represent II. We think proper TO give
the enfire article, lest NC should be accused
of garbtiag Il:
NORTH CAROLINA.
North Carolina and the righ. of petition.
New York, Feb. %, ls40.
Dear Sir II no:ice that among the gen.
tletaeu IN our presen, House of Representa-.
,lves who have taken a conspicuous part IN
the opposition TO the Right Of Petition, few
have made themselves more conspicuous
than Messrs. S'auly and Bynum, from North
Carolina. Insisting that every man who
votes against gag is an aboli,iouist, and
that every men Who presents an Abolition
Petition insults the South, violates the Con.
stltuiion, and is about dissolyiug the Union,
they seem to be utterly unconscious Of the
tact, that thor own beloved Carolina has
aboiIllonlsts within her borders, has or late.
y had an Abolition Society and has had her
Petitions not simply fof the Abolition Of
Slavery in the District of Columbia, and the
Territories, but for the " Abolition of Stare
ryin The United States" and for the g Pro
hibrtion Ofthe Stare trade, or Interaal Traf
fc betpeen ths states under apg pretence
rhatfperi"
| subml! to these gentlemen, who have
Wed with each other in their efforts TO prove
Northern gentlemen who protest against
the denominations and evils of Slavery, en-
thusIasIs and fanatics, dlsunionists and vio.
lators of the Constitution, that North Caro-
linlans themselves have Sc. he example,
and nave within the last fifteen years petI.
toned Congress to do as much or more
than any Northern abolltlonist now peti.
tons Congress TO do; that those Petitions
we're not then rejected by her own or 9th.
er Representatives, but were promptly pre-.
seHted respectfully receirtd, and duly re.
fe1ed to appropriate Committees for con
sideration. submit, the following extracts
from Tie Journals OF Congress, and the Pc.
tltiona now 90 file amongst the entombed
philanthropy Of the natIou.'
House Journal, Dec. 10, 1924, Pad SEES.
18th Congress.
Mr.. Saunders, a Representative from
North Caroiina,) presented memorial Of
the HdHVmissiea Society, for promoting
the gradual abolition Of Slasery, praying
that measures may be adopted for the grad
nal abolition of Slavery within the United
States, which memorial ras referred to tho
Committee upon the subject of the suppress
sion Of the African Slave Trade"
Extract from the Petition itself.
Cal This day it is given up by mos, men
of common understanding, That Slavery IS
wrong 10 principle; that it is wrong in prac.
tlce (; yet notwithstanding this s known and
felt by many, as our laws (Which are said
10 be founded on our free institutions of
government tolerate it, we still, as nation,
aud as individuals, persist. owe keep up