Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-31

intolerabiy OPPRESSIVE what IL Southern Insiitn
tons are stricken down by that Northern ma orty
~heh Is soon TO exercise irresistible predotninence
hercf what II the mode a worshpping G cd Is to
be prescribed 10 Us by another asctndancy Of fin,,
eism such os the word has seen, and may zee
ngaini Nuull not the South dissolre-earty gu
the jist aud true distinetion-LlBERTY hcs',
Union steendi Sutey she would. So We hope
would every quarter aud division and section IN,
American People. What then is the very amount
oil this iiave'hl peutIoL1 That il asks to bav,
done at, which al are &c dy to do when the ocea-
SION requires u. IL IS foolish anI finatieal an To
the cause, and absurd as to the time nothin, more
But eppests To us strangely illogical, that CON
munitY or portion Of community, may not ps,i
ton their Legislature TO do that, which the commu.
nifty has right to do by the fundamental PRINCIPLES
OF free Government aud the Constitution itself
We are not defending the Haverhll petitioners
We detost their motives and their conduct. But
We contend for the right Of American citizens To
petition for dissolution of the Union-when in
heir judgment 1t has become intolerltie-when the
evil exceeds tue benefit from our abho,rence of
Abolition would we be driven to surrender rirht.
which may at least prove an available mode of ma
king know to Rulers, the sentiments of the people
eeedinss IN the House, and will give as co, ious
extracts hereafter. as our columns will admit. We
annex an n strnct of MIR Bous remarks referred 10
by the Independent;
MIR BOLTS followed in a brief hu, oomprchen.
sive speech, which full of point and effect He
sud. that however much he might; and ca,tsinIv
did, ditrr from the gentleman from Mass i'm much
that he Ind done and said upon this floor vet he
sure that lac should 50 lar forget his self
respect, ~ To indulge m and wan,on inyecive
towards ono VIII sc age, and dignity, and lons ser.
vices to his country, entitled him to so much kind.
ness AMI forhrarancc. Others misht reconcile an
opposite course with their understanding of what
was n and proper among gentlemen hut such
were his sentiments He knew that there were
members here who, with full knowledge OF the
exel'abiny OF the temperament of the gentleman
from MISS, were always ready to provoke nnl
lwoud tie gentleman pnrdon the expression y be
devil HIM.
MIR Il asked, and what. after ALL is the end nro
posed 10y tie gentleman from Massachusetts IN re.
ference 10 this priitlOnl l. It not to answer, and
remorstruie with these petitioners and to show
them the folly, yes, the horrors of the step they wish
TO take
Here Mr. Wise shook his head, but MIR Ada ms
nodded ASSENT
Tie gentleman from Virginia denies this, bu, the
gentleman from Massachusetts affirms l., and
choose To take his construction Of his own motives
H. sad Mr. Il. the bare mention of d ssoution
OF the U"ion Is such hcinous crime, involving
perjury and treason, shall call Tor the trial OF
high officer Of this Government ut the other end
OF the avenue. The Secretary OF the Navy had
told him, m couversit ion. that this thing must he
done, and that It wOud inevitably be done; asd he
should move to have him, too, brought to tie bar OF
thi. House.
Mr. WISE here rose to denrl, and said that he
would undertake To answer for MIR Up,hur, that ha
he'd never sad thls-Ot lesS, without pualifc alton.
MIR BOl'GS sa thst II would not do for the zen.
temnn 10 question thu truth of what he had affirm
ed-titere the SPEAKER, probably approhend
ing s,rlous issue, interltredl
Mr. u. slld that he was prepared to prove, when
ever called upon to do so, that what he had stated
was strictly m accordance with TRUTH that the Se-
cretnry OF the Navy had been an open, avowei
and undisgused advocate Tor a disso.ut OF tho
Union
Mr. u. next alluded to Mr. Rhc;r's re outcns f,r
dissolution Of the Union, introduced not through
petition, but Directly by himself Where was the
eha'se Of treason aud perjury then MIR Bolts
then referred 10 The Proclamation of Andew Jack
son In '32 and asked II Il whO.e Stlte, that OF s.
CSrolinn. Ind not proposed a recession from the
uNion and what that but d:ssolution7
Mr. u. concluded with n temirk upon the crucl
severity which Ind been exercised towards the We
nerahc gentleman from Massachusetts, aud said
that Il hc wer" not under obligation to Weld the
floor. he would move to lay this whole suffice, on
the table at oEcc.