Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-07-23

Il ls base calumny, an arocious outrage upon the hdehty el .hs. Setih to it's ulist We c'I,- not inibear qnotina in full al Is deiatIhit, might he seen in all iis hideoas pfoporlInns.
 He ssys:--''AiI we all know that Mir. Van Buren was elected IS h,ef Magistrate ul the Nalion, "'tl the seliineh Jast then eNiorted tmark tlat) Iron hun, ltll wllh the lights lhen heore hH, he Mas no prepared to say Congress ,ii not possess c"nstlt" ioha power to abullsl slavery ln the Dislrei al Oo lmnlbial And thai nS Stntimeat neS fee0sn'Sso and adopdef og fhe ,rite paify to winch Il Was ai lched, constituting It dld either at t'e Ihie o ms election or al subsequent period uf his aihiiiiis lrat'on, ms]o,Hy in erey SOmh9n Mate m Inc L hl on,--adopled, SD far any senllment al phi'lie- agent can be recognized b the support oi tine consu lucnl body
 would mol submit the Hon. Genll-man if coule 10 he sescres ordeal Ia which he is justly nnen, he, So gross and palI,ale perverslon of irnlt meets with sufficient penalty when It ls eit 10 ms own conscience, and to the scOrn and indignation whole Soutli-tllat South, whom he would Stisna tize before the Country, recreant to its own cha raclel, It's own honor, it's uwn sell presclialIoh will repeat To him what was sail to Mir. Blackstone by Jnnus, and permit him if he peases to apply tht benelt,-lt IS painful to men of party ana abl- lty gwen o the most uhiUohy dtHces ,ind descend ing so much below their true line of character. bn h they are not the dupes of their sophstry (which hardly to be conceived) ia ten consider tHf "ey ar' | somahng much Uorse.''
 ReseryIng for another number the examination o the Hon. Gentleman's opinions to the right e Pet fiOn, would be we'll to remark that m hs desull0fN and unsupported views, he exhibits a perfect specl men Of one well yersed in the drgunlentam ad a6sur- dnm Jumping at conclusions, he falls into the mos unaccouqtable iollies, yet notwithstanding, finds ia vor in the sight of those who believe and pronounce them ''sound, correct lucid and cunning" But heal the gentleman bimself-''Suppose my own consttu ens, and the whofe sorehoiding poputation of the Dis trict of Columbia were to unite an application tt Congress upon this subject, is it not apparent that should be taking very high ground to refuse to rece' their petition.''
 Suppose they sky were to fall-why then, wt should catch larks. Suppose man commits suicide would lt not be cruel to make it punishable witl death Suppose any other unsupposable case ant what tIlenl Why his proposition and conclusion would be at best but suppostons Is il requisite tt imagine that the constituents of Mr. Botts, or o any other Southern Representative are likely 10 unite in such chinerical crusade; and if the phantasn were pagnabe, cat need to petition Congress 10 a6o ish sia,ery wdtla their o,oa domrons' h the power not in their own hands Are they not as able to a hate the system they both able aud Teady 10 de Jead dni proteot IL?
 IL is our property in the widest acceptaion of th' | word--recognsed by us as such--ack nowledged a, such by the constitutional apportionnent which i carries to representation the national councils Represented as such, by those staunch and untnch ing republicans, who contended inch by inch for ou rights in the convention which framed the constitu tion-and finally, acknowledged more effectually thal theory can demonstrate, by those humane, philan thropc, tender hearted h, pocrites, the English Qua kers, who, owning slaves in the mines of Braz ant Cuba refuse to entertain any project for their unisslon," yet are clamorous with their mawksl sympathes for their neighbors' souls !--and re gious. zeams to piier, tas am nefas, their neigh bors goods
 In he committee appointed to draw the articles 0 confederation, Mr. Chase of Mary land, while admit ting the prpriciy of taxation being in proportion pg,erty, anI acknowledging the number of inhabi tans tnlerably good criterion of pror1ty, ob serves that negroes areproperty, and such can mt be distinguished from the lands and personalities held in those staes.' Alamuscrpt memoir of Thos JefersOn.l Ht .0-...a .'4
 Asai,,, m Bayard's Exposition, already referred to, the author in his comment the representation If slaves, says ''to compute them among the numfer represented, would be giving them importance t' which their character did not entitle then or rather would le introducing representation of Tpe1y contrary 10 the general tenor of tie constitution omit them altogether, in the computation, would b, to reduce the influence of the southern states in manner to rhich they unouid nfr9 consen' Page 49.
 And in :he face of these truths the representativ, from Virginia "supposes" contingency irrational al it is unlikely, and completes the climax by makn, it incumbent that men, and those men, freemen should crave permission to dispose of their pro perty. How amentaby true is it that ''there is bu one step from the subiime fo the ridcuious'
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