Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-13

haze some !iow or ot.cr failed Us. Tie AleAandfll
Gazette informs u, that Tuesday,
''Mr. Walker OF Mississippi, had The floor the Sc
nate, Yesterday, Oh the Exchcquer Pan--and, in the
House OF Representatives, OF Monday, after Mr. Mar
shall concluded, Mr. Underwood took the floor the
Treasury Note Bill, and continued the debate yesler
day, followed by others
Blouse IF Representatives,
To The Editor 10th Jan l-i2
81 find this morning, laid on the table of the
bcrs Document Of the most infamous character that
ever dsgraced the American Press. enclose you
Of them. Ii is time the South should be up and adong.
The Old Dominion looked TO from all quarters wall,
paternal affection tor movement that will secure
the Southern States from Northern iiends-whose only
wish 10 be, to the fair fields of the South
with ruin, desoation, and bloodshed {. j."
AT meeting ot tie LIBERTY PARTY held Decem.
Der 2otl ISL at the town 81 HWidm>bnrgh, kng.
County, i. J., Oh motion, JAMES WARNER, was
appointed Chairman, and WILLIAM H. PILLOW,
Secretary of the meeting.
The following Resolutions, after calm and deIlbe
rate discussion of the principles contained III them,
were unanimously adopted:
RfSOirrd That, in our opinion, the 2lst rule of the
House of Representatives, excluding all petitions
the question of Slavery, is UNCONSTITUTIONAL arbitrary
and iyrannical in the extreme and that hereby
| nestly request that the aforesaid rule be rescnded
RcSoired That if the 2ls rule be not rcscnded, il -
the opinion of this meeting, that the seat of Govern
men ought TO be removed Worth of "Mason and DIX.
on line, WHeTe zine peculiar institution does not
exist.
Resolred That the slaves Of the brig Creole who
and took possession OF said vessel thereby regain
ing their natural rights and Liberty, acted III accord
with the principles Of Declaration Of lnde
pence and the late decision of Supreme Court and
have proved themselves in their whole conduct worthy
Of their freedom; and trust that their noble example
will be initiated byaU in similar circumstances"
Whereas, according to the facts published in the pa
pers of the day. it appears that the American consul
at Nassau, ~ r., did attempt 10 the brig Creole
by violence and force back the frcemen slavery,
Therefore,
EeSofrcd That President Tyler be, and hereby re-
quested to order said Consul home, provided said facts
should be IS here stated
ResotteI That the Inspection Law passed by the .e
gslatnre OF Virginia, to take Effect in May, 1872, and
approved by South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama is
unconstitutional and calculated farther TO disturb the
present political relations subsisn5 between the several
States, and 10 produce dissolution IF the Union.
Whereas, The Slave Power, by striking down the
Right Of Petition, lynching citizens Of the free North,
breaking open the mails and passing inspection ana
other arbitrary laws is making continual encroacl
ments upon the Liberty Of the States therefore
Rssoired, That it is high time that these things
should ceasc for the time is fest approaching when
slavery must be abolished, by pcaceablc means, OR
Resoired, That this meeting view the correspondence
between our exAlinistcr, Andrew Stevenson and Lord
Pa!merston with feelings OF grief and deep ndigna
ton, that our Government should uphold the use OF
the American flag Tor The protection Of the Slave Trade
and other piracy.
ReSoired, That these proceedings be signed by the
Chairman and Secretary, and sent 10 every member at
national Congress, the President Of the u. $, aui
the Governors of tie savehoding States.
JAMES WARNER, Chairman.
WIrrI,u ~ Pr