Lexington union., 1840-08-08

,,;,ks, !" 'nc hoolition ~ "esLlie,,
w. ."onI ',, oeiog printed or re. H9rey, 's% ssO
on. 'hef action h.t "m upon
i passed, yeas 100, NM. d '''
only "a !, Twelve were Democrat, n 4 q whom
Northern Wigs. w. Tue balance
i A. The frs session of u.
10, S'a s,ss' The following procs,ai'.. @ai'nEfnA
House Of Rcp,.ss",.'l y 'i.e journals Il s ,'s
The House proceeded
Ind nimpty,~o = isa'ah a' Stoke. an, I1aieNor0s
and thrce brnd,ea "'''r g., and Of n pSo hadr,l
S"ts " or v' ,'ocN, ooro'gh un i, women, cf In
- and ~. ,'iinon' lroyng lie bmaIS%l'y, IN The
h;o ~ r,a ."s shve smde in Tho i'''ioh cfsla,s.
anI o,", Presented by Mr. Slalroa1 1Ilr'et ofCoar
@ dny = n .1e motion made by n, IS !, iSh hsrar,
uguy' Mot ne saia men.o,ial nit gt She on m"i
gsa m eo'''nnl'ee Wttn Mr. 81 {, r1tHtd6 a ~
mol'op. as lollous Thu i eM,'oe M modified .ai
iecned loa sell Of c. nmt,0. V 'ald rpcnotaIIh n" h
70 ffPoH q bW po,,djrr alM tshuio,I
Haiery and he stare T. o,s ~, NE dlobbn. :,
ipnbia. '0se y The Dit idoT J' cg 9
u was uron The iatrod.c,,.
moosirous proposition, I'm, H. : y us
q. members left the HaIlip toir @'anS'n r"'",'
t"g never to reiurn uaiil lI,e ons',,' 'S'0'v
,e'''ea. a" immediate call GA 'a so,a1.. vas
Convention and a di,spIDlica or 1a''G''a 4. c'
ernmcn' :, wos fan ilinrIy and coD.,,D@. NV,
=, ."lNss e I"faclsqch was iAe g..''y ,a.,, },
s'ads's ?, Reasonable molten. lb,, ~, n,.'
700lnefn "a men thought That the orIv ",
'''e sosih could dciend her institute. ''s Wy
| by a separation. ""
y southern members finally agreed
upon The CoIlowirg resolution. vbaS !,
Northern Wing aud Abolition poD',,
~ nave s,lgmllzsd as "PoNoa's soe r,,o
Hesoired, Thai all petitions, memo,;o,. :,
papers touching tie aboiition o. sn,,ry =, a., aa
!hg' selling, or The Transferring sny', y n 'ul.
S'a g D'shlcl, cr feriio,y, Of he Uo;,ol St, a1t
ne hlld upon u c table Mnlon Lt;ng ,I,t'a' L"''
nih'ed, read, OF referred, aud II At M 6n,L,. L'''
'ion whatever shtll he had l,eron, N''"'' u
Inc House agreed 10 lhe resolution.
yeas i22, nays ANITA SINGLE Mi,
r.
rom Me North, ro'ed in he qfrmalre,
While cut Of - voting ia The negative.
there was mol q man Ilom the South and
@nly II ontofs0 aorthern democrats Ieay.
ing 90 Wnr VOTES against Mr.. Pultona
lcsolutiou!! With such vote starip,
them IN The face, how in the name Of
comnon sense, and Proprely cun any
Soutltern man, be he Wig or Democrat
act Tith, rote Nth, and CONCERT MEAS
uREs, Win these bloody minded hnalcs :
Or Il The South or any portion Of doe,
league With them, what can they expect
III the end, but the overthrow oI their own
institutions, and The sacriice Of The II mos,
sacred rights uPoa the altar of the d moa
Of Abolition?
Bul let US proceed vilh the evidence :
Aagain, during lh9 lhlrI session Of the
25 III Congress, tie Aboliioaists commen.
ced thair wofk Of agitation. This occa-
sinned series Of resolutions, introduced
~ Mr.. Ahtricn, a Democrat from NelU
Hampshire. Tie first reads
Resolued That this Government is Govern
! mcut OF ljuiej powers and that, by the Con-
stituticn Of the Uuitcd States, Ccngess has no
! jurisdiction whitcve, over .hc subject Of slavery
IN The several Stansi il the tonIederacy'
Against this, only six voled-dlI rais'
VIZ: j. @. Adams, George Evans, Horace
Eserci, David Potts, David Russell, and
William Sladc.
The second resolution reads
! n, ,soiaed, That petitions for the abolition o.
slavery in The District Of Columbia, and leo
Territories Of the United States, aud against wv
cmoyal Of slaves from one State 10 anolhe'' a'''
part Of p'aa Of operations act on foot 70 enO''
the institution Of slavery IN the several s'aeS,
and indirectly 10 destroy that institution WIZ
| thtir limits.
| Yeas 1876, nnys 65. OF the nays o''g
three were Democrats, Ieaying62 WING
Tie third resolution reads
Rcsoircd, That Congres, has no right % ~
that indirectly which i cannot do dncc'iy'
Thirty ouly against this, ana ."
single Democrat.
The remaining branch Of tho 'i'''
resolution, reads
And that the agitation Of the SUBJECT o. sr,s
II IN tie District Of Columa, or tbe le1I''"s ays,
rs a means OF with view Of disturbing o. ",'
throwing that inslitution in the several eas c'',s
asains, the trac spirit and meaning Of ins VS s'.,
tuition, an infringement Of lhe rights o. 'ae s t' or
affected, aud d beach Of the pophc "i''"
which they entered into this Conituel"'y
For this, 1854, -ngainsI il, 90 o' W"'''
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