The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-27

Mr.. MAn,HALL.-wni sentlensn state on III.
door, that said would vote for receiving such pen
Mr. ADAMs-Not this, but the other petitions; and BY
voting for their reception he admitted that vas opPreh
sive the people Of the Uaon to reject them Whei
he make his defence before the House. he would
show other expressions not only actual bat intended
andhow that the portion Of the country from which that
gentleman came endeavo to destroy the right
Of habeas corpus the right of trial by jury and all thu
right. of which the liberty of the country consists He
would lock into the controversy between Virginia and
New York. and between Georgia and Name in order to
prove that there is settled system and purpose to de-
sroy all the principles Of civil liberty in the free States
not for the purpose of preserving their institutions with
in their limits but to force their deesed principles
of slavery into all the free states He would show by
documents and show by arguments 80 thstevery man
in that House and in the country should be convinced
Of it: He would show that measures were systema-
tcay pursued or projected to force this country into
a war with England, TOR the purpose Of protecting the
African slave trade One of his purposes to show
to the people that ives time for them to take ALARM
they would be smuggled into For that purpose,
the most false principles have been advaebed the law
OF nations by our Minister in England r stevensen
under the pretex of resisting the right uf Search which
have never been admitted into the law of nations Now
was matter, to be sure, of importance to him
what the decision of the House might be- but il was of
INFINITELY more Importance to the section Of country
from whence he cameto the freemen Of the Union to
force the spirit Of slavery upon them That the state
olar.tou Of independence and Il there was no other
remedy for it, vas the right and duty Of the peonie Of
that portion of the Union to take that remedy; II the
right Of habeas corpus and the right of trial by jury,
are to be taken away by this coalition Of the southern
slave holders and the northernJDemocracy, was time
for the northern people to II they could not shake
Off and it time to present petitions such he had
done He said that not yet time to do this till other
means have been tried He said that the ON re-
fsred end would satisfy the petitioners He said
slarge number Of the people will be propriatd They
would there other to be pursued
which they had been struggling for years-that same
principle which the gentleman makes high treason, and
the violation Of which first began when petitions were
tricto Columbia, which Congress he'd the undoubted
rghto do well as the suppression Of the Infamous
slave trade for the protection Of which they to
to war with England. He said, that they had right
TO petition for dissolution OF the Union, and that
House had no power to suppress the right lhe doc
they would next have declaration, that II was high
treason to ask for the prohibition of the slave trade in
the District OF Columbia that was high treason to ask
for the prohibition of the infamous slave trade and il
repeal of the bankrupt law hurried through without
the ordinary forms Of legislation was objected why
1t was only necessary to make high treason If the
gentleman daclared all these to be high treason, he
would not do worse than he has done. When he had
saltonsai from whose district i came, to write home
and ascertain whether it genuine petition coming
from people OF respectabity and the answer having
sent it the House. The petitioners were OF most
spectacle class in society not perhaps Of that pure as
boosted that he came from, but good honest re-
spectacle citizens, whose opinions were entitled to
lin
of the resolutions and to be heard in his defence when
they should come up for cousideratioa
Mr.. EvERKrr said that the resolutions presented by
the gentleman from Kentucky, involved one Of the most
most important ever Submitted to the dec
Ss
If we cam forcibly if must" And this not because
there existed the Eastern States any settled intention
aas TS that
and applied. Did the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr.
WIG na| in.euu " say INA. tneie was no Peaceapie
%s mus, be which might result in blood
ment bacome mast hear;ny naaceehie rsnaav end n,
perfectly competent people to take
sosme an n % ae the
and dread as being the sep the
OF which could neither be foreseen imagined but
buttons ofthe country He had not risen de.
bate the resolutions but that the further consi
deraton OF the subject be postponed until Tuesday next
and that the resolutions may laid upon the table and
printed. 1t was question which demand the gravest
deliberation that could be bestowed upon it, and it be-
them to look well to consequences before they
proceeded in it.
During the delivery Of these speeches. the House pre-
seRted appearance Of great solemnity. The Of
every member open, and all appeared impressed
with the deep importance oil the proceedings The gal
leries were oppressively crowded in every part
voice from the tomb. He prayed that the farewell ad-
dress of the Father ofhis country might be read.
The House assented in solemn silence.
The CLERK accordingly read the Farewell Address of
Washington and at Mr. Wses solicitation the following
passage was again read: -
The unity of Government which nsu,es vsv one peo
plc dear to you 1t Is Justly so for il is main
pillar IN the edce Of real Independence the support
oil you tranquility at no re- your peace abroad OF your
~ o. yu R p,ospey o. very noer Mmeh Vou
caus.s And Trcm cna,tr, ,rc nans ~, he ,eLsn
any aIfees empoved 10 weas.n in our nina, the con-
vcon this truth this the point your political FIR
trees which the batteries OF internal and external
,s Ss m9s sId scisy nSush often co.
ou sban anu nnnerIy ,,met & rs o. ssnne @ 3
ToSAL uslav 10 your COLLECTIVE and Individual happiness
that should cherish cordial habiiual and
attachment iomhg think and speak
Of as the palladium OF your political safety and prosperity
g ,ob ,s vaon Win !a.ous snMeV
in an eset he and nd;@nss Srosnns nn,r
the ST dawnng of every attempt to ali enate any porsio
country tn. euieebe red which
now link together the various parts.
During the reading of other portions of the nestma
BILE document, Mr.. Wise occasionally cried out Tread
tn again Mr. Clerk and pertinent
were read again and again. When the Clerk had r. lad
the whole