Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-12-27

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rrsscncd, with the manner IN wach me war up'
,s,,r rris has been condaclcd-Eu today or yese'
d.v bat Tor yca:s htrr Tbs was ~. tie e1t i
c,ornd i.erjsaucn had been retard l'ag enoasi
t,,e Eel nys .. III 'g;5e.s OF t's lease ha o'c" y
md l,- enoach by sGch TRASH a tais 2ei'ioA VA
,,,,l. -. IL was TOO rfavs too =! MI m'itef u b.
involved P,'iiui issues OF pants o. "'ae' 'a
l,d raised t!is fearful q so", ttat II i'1'ed w"u''
ra.. harri "a ttIia Country yet " - va use
different nod III warfare; t.i;l vas "it i'ste"u =
al -, anon The S,saaec decide III. .:2ie adint-'
uol WA, Ne-, not Admitted, asea! OF asking Tor 'h'
n he in:eaaed 10 leave ii II The .al'; y OF Ni
II ;,as, t. tn rai9ft: % tns !'oi, u 'hc NcP'eSfH
t.e. from III. .o-ltvetoiitaI 81 liSS, II csGt / It
,,,i,r Tac So2th had en- d.arted 5y tAe Census
I whether IN. Representative lpaa tais Hh1' wani1
-,,ct the riyats ii ihe majority iron insult ana ~
rinrem n;-ii,at was, whether there vas y DC c"'
,tiioaa! re p,csen aon ii, would mol ask gentlemen
t,sck 10 the lc,tcr-sh ,u!d not be question h%5t
IN eort.1e any longer. lie assumed the responsibility
n slyinr representing he dbl t:te oldest aiS',c' "
VtTuin a "Gsntiemen, tske your COURSE aeae ~ me
.'nsit.;or aud abide by you, as we desire u uo
ew.. desire To aDde by you iorevsr-to DIE ~ INA
Mon whcn fore atlss established, consec'ale0
bv the blood Of heroes and IN, wisdom Of sagss IL
icnpe ii, and in infringing II you inringe cur 'shts'
and cal! upon God IL protect all.
Mr BEARDSLEi having asked and co'ineo oi 'iH
Ilu,e leave - y.ese renIn Ks IN reply PFnceeo
cd IN sure the House thu, h should net abuse TIE IN
d,J.nne which had TINS kindly been extended 10 'h
he agreed cntirely w;th III, gentleman from Virginia.
~. VS. ;hatt way n winch wha' had mere some
tines been aenonna,ed the respecting abolition,
Ibouyh he couli cons der that term as oy any
means an appropriate oac) had hitherto been conduct
cd VS. the very last 10 result al the iors eiircsa pre-
lection oil what that gentleman and eticrS cons u'icu
=, Southern rinh,s this great question Aif. D. af-
ulied ,hat ,rn however, III sense very uhe'e"t '"'
the qentleulan lis opinion IN relation = an Pc
,to5s touching III, sG5j=ci Vi slavery w&s iha ''S
constitutional coai5e first 10 fecei:e 'isi'' "'''
then If The minds 81 gen'l men were iuF "aae u, -
reject The prayer they preferred . We ie"Se' ~ ~
n. m on lii. ia!e bat, Il not, ard gentlemen aeen"o
II The more ps g prudent, aad exPcdisnt course ah'
lie course mos; conducive l. peace 10 lst ''t'i DC "
iarred then IL refer them. Such had otsh a'W af' '"e
nract.ce Of tie House unHl Within comparatively ie"
v.a,s,ast and il vas one which Alf. H. had hiinSe'
sustained AGAIN and a.a'n; but la'ey tie couise nav
been cbansed aud The pfa tee was d'p'eu - lay tue
question OF reception on the table Now, s'aoush "'s
own mind entirely made UP, taat congress "au d"
power in any way 20 interfere with Tue quest on, YET
he believed that the mode OF es !TinS peace auu
harmony here, and To qns Tie abolition excitement
ihrou .iolt the county, was, TO receive Tue Hs''"""s
offered and 10 rcieI ;ifm 10 COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED Oh
gentlemen The gios, iavoy-tl, in the House TO the aho
.ion OF slavery aud oG taei let Inc p'-cc"i iesPo
sibiliiy rest OF ds posng OF The question
Give all the petitions 10 coria'tse o! lle'I own
and thea Il that committee show what ths House was
u do i'll the mater. Cast that fearful responsibility
wholly on their own shoulders and they woad hnd II
n load ,iey could not bear. direct Infringement OF
satisfy thc pet onsl and when II came tn the p;Hc''
OF recommending 4 plum and open violation o. 'he
Constitution accomplish their purposes, was 'ne,e
any honorable gentleman IN TIA: lioase VINO would
not be prepared 10 take The position which had ever
been so el.iaa,ly advanced by Southern gent!tm
here, Did the South, could the South, s'berly be-
e2e that the North, mass, ~tn the exception o.
few a very few, wrong-headsd and enthusiastic men
for himself he did mt know sng'e m.",l w9uia ue-
sa,elv 40 Tor violation of the constitutional rights
o; the s,aget ,lt,n M States nj this Uuon No; there
was not one IN forty 10 be found in all the North any
more ready disposed to trench on Southern rights,
than were Southern gentlemen themselves III mem
her presented in his place certain scsolat cos oil the
Legislature OF Massachusetts, praying for an alieTa on
of the Constitution in relation to Southern represent
alton tina. House, aud the paper should Mt only DC
received, but referred TO committee, was thai any
declaration on the part G. this House that was favor
able in the smaes: degree, 10 the proposition contain
ed in such resolutions: Surely not. f2F himself, he
did not know, he repeated i, single man iron the
Stale of New York who would vote IN favor OF any
measure Of the kind L i, in order 10 refer TO
oar pol teal divisions that oor he wou'd say, lnat
SO far as he knew or believed. the Democracy every
where East, West, North and South, were utterly m
disposed violate the rights of property as EXISTING
and understood in the Southern States or to interfere
all with the peculiar saecies of property whch was
hell and claimed BY Southern men Ihe true mode oil
dealing with all propositions and pettons which vent
10 assa it. to reee them TO the abolliiont gentle
men themselves, and le. them out here VITA re-
port and show their HANDS.
As long as gentlemen refused TO do this, they
would be pressed aud pent in by the doet'ne OF tn"
right Of petition which might be used and vas used,
with great effect against them. For himself, Mr. Is
believed that that right el@ars, To some extent,
violated, whenever the reception OF petitions was re
fused lie had voted Tor such -sus1l ana never
should lie was ready t, vote 10 lag these petitions,
when received the tih., dispose Of them IN any
other way bot he never would vote scans: Their
hcng received tIe firmly and deliberately be!le'ed,
that the he had suggested was the tfne course
of sound policy Let the war cease, a. the gentleman
from Virginia had suggested Let gentlemen take their
own way; ard If they should ever veoture II PROPOSE
IN 4 report, such that proposed IN these
Massachusetts resolutions, eight out ct every ten me
beers tia. floor would reject 1t, with the utmost de-
cision and prompuds. Leave II to them 70 chaik ou
their owa plan Of acton for the House. Tn's never
had We; been done. The burden Of such responsible
lty never, In thus hour, had been cast upon Their
shoulders try il, and see what The result wouli De
If an Aboonist Committee should dare II propose 10
the House course which went To abragate the Cons-
non and p,os,ratc the rights of the Southern States,
his VOID for IT. twenty -n,ne, out Of every 'hty men
IN that House, would rise, as one, 10 put IL Gown
There was no general feeling at The North against
Southern rights it very sight, indeed, and not
worthy of consideration. The great body OF Northern
men stood for their rghts and less s!ouy or
resolutely for the rights Of their Southern brethren
Give gentlemen Just such Select Comtniee as they
themselves could ask put the honorable ana veneer
and let the House see aud let the country see, what
il was that they would have Congress 10 do
Mr. WISE rose as he said 10 sugges; 10 Inc gentle
man from New York (Mr. Bsardsley) TO make mot'"n
which Mr.. ". could not himself make, for he had
resolved to have nothing further I, do with The sub
ipc, VIZ: for just snch select committee as he had
hi;ns Il now described and let tn gentleman from Mas
sachrse,s have oil his mass Of memorials, and many
o,e as he chose referred 20 it, and et be seen what
j. was he would be at
Mr.. w. reminded that S;:ch ;ao.on all a!'eaoy
been made aud was now pending
Mr. WELLER was earnest in his request for leave "a
speak reply Mr. Beagds'es; aud, Gu notion he was
permitted to proceed.
lie commenced by expressing in The strongest man
ner his dssen, from the doctrine Just laid do"n by the
honorable gentleman from New York, viz: that The
best way 10 put down the aboltionts of the county
was TO encourage them by receiving their petitions
was very true The gentleman had stated 'h1 there
had once been a time when these petitions were re-
ceivcd and referred and elaborate report upon then
in due tine made 10 The House. And what had beer
the result: At the very next session, fifty thonsanf
L.ia rha am1 n