Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-02-22
ltnNGKESS.


The question Of the reception Of Ambition pc
,itions Is yet expressing The time and attention Of
the lower house Of Congress-
The Speech lately made hy Mr.. Adams seems
TO have given a new impulse 10 the debate. Mr..
Wat,erson Of Tennessee. was the Las. admins
,ta,iop Speaker. The whole aim and object OF
the speech appeared to he to indemnity the Wing
party with the abolitioai.ts. He pointed TO sever-
al wings who held Offices aud we're sboli,ion.
lists.
Mr.. Stanley OF N. 6. replied to Mr.. Wauorson
in A msnner characteristic Of the mantle
proved that although some wings were undeniably
abuli,icni-,s yet that all abolitionis,s wete not
high men in Office who were ahoIi,ionis,= and
still belonged to The administration party.
The following estrac. from Mr.. Slauley's
Speech we think ~besPeaks a man Of liberal and
enlightened views aud feelings
Though ! yield to none 10 devoted attachment,
to my own State. ! am not Of those who arrogate
to themselves the exclusive guardianship OF
Southern interests. | cannot always rcpress the
exhuberance Of feeling when speaking Of my ma.
tive land. Attachment 10 our native land is n
feeling common to humanity; il burns in the heart
of the Seminole in Florida: you will find it in the
inhabitants Of tho cold regions beyond tho ST.
Lawrence: it lives eternal in the heart of the pa.
trio,ic New Highlander; 1t comes from Heaven, i,
inspires us all. Every American patriot mus.
love the name of Boston. Az u North Carolinian
il ~ especially grateful to me. love 10 refer Ia
tho period when North Carolina first declared her
Independence Of Grea, Britain. Those acquain,.
cd with the Revolutionary history of the g ,od old
North State will remember that for two years be.
fore our national Declaration of Independence
the People in their public meetings declared that
..the cause of Boston was the cause Of all" Be-
fore our Mecklenburs Declaration. the example
Of Boston stimulated the People of North Carroll
no. while her wrongs were deemed sufficient
cause of quarrel with England; and when the pa.
uiots Of Mecklcnburg, on the Goth Of May, WIS,
..dissolvcd the political bands which connected
them with tho mother county, when they alb
solved themselves from all allegiance to the Bri-
ish Crown, when they declared themselves a free
and independent People, and for the maintenance
Of that independence ~soltmnly pledged to each
other their lives, fortunes, and most sacred honor,
one powerful cause which operated upon them
was, that the blood Of the American patriots in
Lexington had been inhunanly shed By British
soldiers. One feeling animated The whole coun-
Try, one sympathetic chord bound all The Colonies
together
Mr.. Adams in the lower Hou.c Of CONGRESS-.
moved the following amendment to the resolution
on the subject Of petitions.
Every petition presented by the Speaker, or
by any member, after a brief or verbal statement
OF lis contents, shall be received, unless objection
be made to its reception for special reason; and
whenever objection shall be made TO the reception
of 4 petition, the name of The member ohiec,ine.
aud the reason of the objection, shall be entered
upon the journal. The Question in every such
case shall be, Shall the petition be rejected2 and
no petition shall he rejected bu, by a majority of
the members present."
Mr.. Webster has presented to the Senate a re-.
solution embracing several very judicious though
severe enac,ments for 'he security of passen.
gers and goods in Steamboats,. &c"
The intent of these enactments is to make all
owners and masters Of Steamboats, responsible as
common carriers, and that any accident or dam.
age suffered by persons or goods shall be prima
facie evidence Of negligence sufficient, 10 charge