Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-06

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which became debt TO bs paid by the present Ad
minis,raiion room as the services which were an.
thorised by the several appropriation laws had been
performed
Such was the inheritance to which the prcsen,
A Administration succeeded, by the evtrevasan, ex
renditures Of their predeeessors-by their nes!et,
tn provide FOR present wants. or future habilii'es-
Every resources WAS cxhaus;ed-the treasury pat
ter was bright in its cmp;iGes-no means CT supply
were provided but an authoti y TO issue treasury
notes And yet am required TO use my exertions
to reduce and modify the loan and revenue bills 10
an amount only which economy IN the public
vice may require. Why, this public service con-
sis,s not merely OF the current wants Of the Gov
ernment for the payment Of the civil list, the army.
navy, &c. &c. but also Tor the payment OF the debts
and liabilities LEFT by the last ADMINISTRATION TO the
present to provide for, and for which they will be
unable 10 make adequate provision foe some time to
come, unless a new Impulse can DC given TO our
commerce, by which imports shall be very
much increased unless there shall be greatly en-
larged demand for public lands. or unless we re-
sort to direct taxation. think with knowledge
oil those facts, this Instruction. would not nave been
given.
ME-. EvERErr's NOMINATION.
Tire vote which felt il my duty TO give on the
nomination Of Mr. Everett rs MINISTER TO Great Br-
tain, IS the next measure winch the Legislature OF
Georgia has deemed worthy of censurc. The ma
otity OF that honorable body have supposed that
the rejection OF this nomination would have gwen
an efficient check to opinions unfavorahle to south
crn interests in relation to saveIy-and they cen'
sure the vote for his confirmation, as not truly re
presenting the wishes Of either political party m
Georgia With great respect for those who have
expressed IT, think this superstition Is erroneous IN
both particulars. The abolition party wero anN-
iously expecting the rejection OF this nomination IN
the hope OF turning 1t TO advantage and the Jounis
of the day will serve to show, what flame II would
have lighted up in the Northern, Eastern and Md
die States, among those who no, the advocates
Of abolition, nor friendly TO those who were, but
who claimed the right TO think on the subject Of
slavery as their consccnces, their ussoaatous, and
their education had taught them without being dis
qualified on that account for holding Office under the
Federal Government. Mr. Everett is the citizen Of
State where, under the influence OF causes uncon-
necled with the morality OF the question, slavery
had ceased 10 exist before he entered the theatre
of life. The circumstances of his position, his
sociations his education all calculated TO give
him different views on that subject from those which
we entertained. Had he been born aud educated
among us, views and his would probably have
been Identical. As it rs, i, IL true that IN the
course Of political canvass IN which he a
CANDIDATE and in the discharge of his official duties
as Governor Of Massachusetts, he expressed opin-
ions which conflict with ours in relation TO the
right OF Congress to abolish slavery in the District
of Columbia, and TO in,erdct the slave trade he
tween the States and rs To the admission of terri
tories into the Union, where slavery prevailed But
he 40 early, believe the earliest, and certainly
Of the most decided advocates the floor OF Con-
gees ofhe rights ot the Sou,hol their exclusive right
10 determine the question Of slavery for Themselves
when TO the astonishmeni ofthe more timid, more
prudent OF his Eastern brethren, he declared his
readiness 10 shoulder his nuskei in the defence OF
them.
Besides the question presented to me as an Anne
rican Senator, acting under obligation 10 support
the constitution, was this: Whether a man whose
opinions on The subject of slavery were opposed 10
mine, was for that cause alone Disqualified from
holding Office, for which | was compelled TO al
NIT, as every body else did, tina, IN oher respects
he was eminenty qualified. No such test could be
found in the Constitution, and in my Judgment il
was the ultraism Of human weakness, for a South
srn man TO attempt to nerpolate It there. We could
have succeeded then, for Southern Wing Senators
would have been sustained 10y an almost undivided
vote OF the opposition, acting as parry, though
many Of them carried their hostility TO slavery fur
Their than MIR Everett did. But the recoi would
have been Tremendous. Ii with US, hostility TO
slavery was n disqualification for Office would not
our brethren of the non-slaye holding States have
attached the same disqualification TO its advocates
Neither pro,ence find any warrant in the Consitu
ton. The list OF disquahcaiions, too, might haYe
been increased. Some Of Us entertain peculiar OPT !
Mons in relation to our Federal Charter. We are
States right men, Unonisis, -Nu.lhers. These
several opinions are honestly entertained, avowed,
and acted upon. They are more Intimately con-
nected, too, with federal relations, than those
abstract opinions the subject OF slavery. VIVA:
would have been our feelings, dsting ushed ciii
zen OF the South, eminently qualified for n high OF.
fee 10 which he was nominated, should have beer
rejected by our non>Save holding brethren because
he enter AIMED them.
II the messages o! our Executive Msgis'Tltes the
public ,tions which had been made in the heat of
a po.iI cal Canvass had been ransacked 10 fix upon
him some opinion in politics, or IN morals, tepu-
dated by them , | am myself slave holder, at
least deeply interested in checking the progress.
OF abolition chose who question the correc.nc5 OF
my conduct on this occasion, for the whoe produe
tive property to which look for the support of
numerous family, consists Of slaves and the land
which they cultivate. Beyond nv personal lobor !
| have other resource. ! have every motive 1
therefore, So Southern man, and a slave holder,
TO RESIST the spread Of abolition. IL was Us such !
that looked at this question. 1t was as Southern
man, and slave holder that ! voted for Mr. Eve
reir. 1t did to check abolition thsn sny vote
! had an opportunity Of giving. IL manifested
10 exclude the subject o. slavery fon
the Senate Chamber. II deeply concerns US TO keep
this question from tho halls Of Con. res5. No,
with my consent, or by any agency Of miEe, shall
. ever come there. IL IS under our own br'gh.
Southern sun, around our Own domestic atlas,
that L. should alone be discussed. know that Sc
majors from the Sou,h, who absiaine3 from voting
On this nomination, participated IN this views, and
would have acted upon them u their votes had been
necessary TO sustain land one slinguished
Southern Senator, whose devotion to Southern
lights has never been questioned, Who felt con
trained from his par ocular position to against
hr Evefetps comm NATION, transmitted 20 ne, soon |
'fter, voluntary and unsolicited written assurance
II his appreciation Of my course.
Those who censure this vote are, am cure IN
Ter equal INTERPRETATION as 10 the judgment pro
nounced upon It by our own citizens, Of whatever /
party, who have looked % the question unrnuenc /
ID by pahizi feeling. While have been cheered /
~ the appreciation of many Ct our most int igeni /
.ilizens, conveyed 10 me personally and by letter /
10 contrary opinion has, IN a single Instance, been
expressed 10 me. Beyond the denuncialiOns Of q |
,ar.iZsn press, and would not now point n any /
me OF these saw this vote censureJ for the first
inc, by the Committee on the State Of the Repub |
&c Of the Legislature Of Geofcin. know, to-, that
While the nomination vss pending fore the Sc !
:ate, several Southern m,n, who we're large sl1ve
FOLDERS, expressed the strongest anxiety for rs con-
inna'ion. under conviction Of the impulse which
rs rejection would give to the spread OF abolition.
APPROPRIATION FoR MRS HARRISON.
voted for the appropriation TO Mrs. Harrison, |
in Obedience 70 the dictates Of my Judgment N ar-
cordanc' with my feelings, and under the sane; on
Of pfeceIe The vote IS susceptible Of the fullest
Justification but peace 10 the memory or the gal
ianl old soldier, the great and god snd vrtuJus
man, whose services It r,qu'cJ, whose eEpcn.es.
incurred IN the public service, o Unidentified. wi
not disturb his ashes Tor the purpose Of my Yirdi
cation. Rather let me commit myself % tho c4lner
Judgmen. AMI better feelings OF those who have en-.
sufci this nc: Of Justice 10 tho memory Of depart
ed friend and patriot.
CONDITION o. THE COUNTRY.
IL will not 10 questioned th1t the eondi ion Of on,
country is anomalous, full Of em5arrastmsnt. sni
WIthOuta parallel in is former annnls. Three sue
ceCsive administrations Of the Executive Deo,u
mCnt, conducted on similar uu0rfolea. and fto-irg