, 1840-08-15

men-the Haytiens--and all the rest of thei
black brethren in the, islands neighbour,
our Southern States. Such am4lgamatioI
in our ships may stand hereafter, not mere
~ as an argument, but at some critical mo
ment, an Efficient force to aid their cause
especially il Northern white sailors coulC
ever be ndoctrinated with Abolition ideas
r With these dormant feelings ~slumbering il
the breasts OF the Ab%olitionlsts, the Southern
allies Of Northern Whigery dare not wake i
up by demanding a law to exclude blacks
not only as witnesses, but from fnming i
part OF the naval power Of the Union.-
These Southern men, therefore, preferring the
advancement oftheir Presidential candidate
Interests TO that of the South, have voted
down the tenders of the Northern and South
ern Democracy to vote the blacks out of the
navy, not only as witnesses, but as Sailors
The whole body Of the Democracy, as will
be seen by the reported proceedings, voted
to carry these propositions; and if the whole
body OF the Southern Federalists had united
with them, it would nave been carried in
spite of The Northern FederalIsts and Aboll.
tiOnists. The wretched p~retexts offered by
Messrs. B"tts and StanIy to rally their South.
ern friends against the proposition Of Mr..
Chapman. will be seen in the report. Mr..
Bolts pretended he could not trust the Com
nItfee on the judiciary to report a bill; vet
his friend Stanly held the balance of power
on II, and could have, by joining the four
Democrats. brought in a bill of three lines,
excluding negroes from the navy, and thei.
testimony from all the courts. Mr.. Stanl,
demurred 10 the idea that he could not be
trusted to turn the scale for the South, and
then showed that, under present circumsfan-
ces, he could not, because. although he must
know that it is not their policy, while the
Abolition dissension is gathering head TO,
man our vessel with negroes, yet for fear of
affronting his Abolition allies. he defends the
policy OF their enlistment. We are happy,
however, to state that the Secretary of the
navy has gone very far to abolish this old
usage in the navy. He has interdicted al.
ready the enlistment Of black sailors TO n
great extent, and we trust will abolish it al
together. not ~uihstanding the remonsirances
Of the ofcers ofAe nuvy Jhe has The right
TO do so.
Ii is a little remarkable that while Mr..
Boris would put the whole Administration
into the hands Of HARRISON and lis friends,
he should admit that he dare not trust the
committee, in which his party control. with
the question he has raised in the HooE case.
IL sproper to particularize that that committee
offuc Federalis,s and four friends of
the Ad Illustration. The five Federalis,s
are as follows: Messrs. SERGEANT Of Penn.
svlvania, HOFFMAN and BARNARD of New
York. and Mason Of Ohio, from free States,
and Mr.. SrANLY of North Carolina, from q
State; and the four Democratic mem.
beers Of the committee are Messrs. SanuELs
OF Virginia. CoLaUIrr Of Georgia, and TUa-
OF Tennessee from slave States; and
Mr.. CRARY of Michigan, a free State.
The Democrats were all ioi Mr.. CHApMAS'N
proposition. This will show clearly. (~unless
MIR. BORIS was opposed to Kidding the navy
IF negroes as witnesses and ~saiIors.l TO whom
MIR. Boris was afraid 10 trust Southern in.
~teres,s!
Is not their real motive now apparent to
he whole world9 Is not the paltry purpose
Tor which all this noise is made, as clear rs
he light of dayl Here was an opportunity
settle a question highly important to the
OF the navy and the harmony ofthe
Union, involving the highest considerations
II policy and justice; and what do these gen
lemen do, and where are they found?-l'
)odging the question:; herding among the
interest enemies Of the rights and institutions
ftheir constituents, and lending their aid in ;
these very evils Of which thew
Having answered their ends. e,
hey expect to smother all further proceed. f,
ngs. having made their stock of polite L.capi. !
~theyhope to sit down quietly in its eninv r
nent. ,
But we tell them they are mistaken. We I
to ring the changes on these sound. n
,g brasses and tinkling symbaIs, till thew =
cho through the South. We mean to visi, p
lem frequently, and pour out IN their heads /,
lie concentration of embittered scorn, un. r
they demonstrate the sincerity of their u
'otIves. by bringing the question they have e
Used to a final issue, which. while it settles a
'ints Of the deepest interest, the greatest
shall, at the same time, show to the b
people of Virginia whether these a
'ntlemen can be brought to vote upon 1t in A
TO the Abolition leaders-wHErH- al
THEY DARE COME UP TO THE BULL RING. p
Coon REBUKE.--Sir William B. being at a,
DarISh maetInp n,do Sn~, 1T