The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-03

ed the Quake Who appealed 10 him on the subject
some years ago in Indiana
We have read these gleanings twice very
carefully from beginning TO end, aud ma ma
they contain not one solitary word from whch
any inference can be drawn OF even extor'eu
that MIR. Clay has shosa " amore 'fac'ao'e dis-
position" 60 the Abolitonisls. The name OF
MIR. CLAY is not even mentioned or alluded 10
except in one article relating TO cheat prae-
Used by the Abolilionisl, Giddings, IN reaulng
TO public meeting a letter from Mr.. Cdssius
~ Clay, as if il were letter from Henry
Clay. The only article of the gleaninss
from hich il is intended 10 be ihieHeu
thar Mr.. Clsy's friends, or rather the Wings,
have shown a uaclsble disposition 10 the Abol'-
ionists, is one from The New Bedford Mercury,
copied into the Savannah Georgian, relating TO
the vote AT the commencement Of The present
session on The rule excluding Abolition peti-
lions. But the writer Of The article in question
forgels TO remark that on that occasion, out OF
the tpenfy- four Democratic Van Buren, mem
beers from New York, only fire voted in support
of the rights Of the South, while from the State
of Illinois all the Democratic delegation voted
with the South; from Pennsy lvania, eight out
of eleven, and from Ohio five out of twelve
This shows that the support which the South
derives from the Democracy in the free States
is wholly Independent Of Mr.. Van Buren,, while
the opposition which il meets with, even IN his
own State, he either cannot or will not control.
The Democratic party could not possibly have
had fastened upon them candidate more iet-
tered by Aboltionists, (and we believe most
willingly fettcred,) than MIR. Van Buren,.
Ifany thing were wanting to convince us that
NV IAN Buren's particular friends arc showng"a
lrac,able disposition" to the Abolionists, it
is the argumentupon which theGlobe insists upon
defending the rule of Congress excluding Abo-
llton petitions; and Of which, as we have be-
fore observed, the whole practical benefit is de-
slroyed by the cunning suggestion of Mr..
Adams, that Abolitonsts shall Put their incen-
diary addresses in the shape of petitions for the
amendment Of the Constitution.
According to the argument of the Globe, Con-
gress could not conslilutionay refuse TO receive
such petitions, however inilammatory or in
SultlD1 10 lnc Ill lHcH tcHOT. IL tnc
gument of the Globe be correct, then, according
TO Mr. Van Buren's admission of the corsttu-
tonal power Of Congress over slavery in the
District, the course of the House of Representa-
tves with respect to Abolition petitions, has
been continued. violation Of the right Of petit
ton, and MI. Adams is justified in his endeavor
TO excite in the People Of the free States
feeling Of indignation and resentment against
Southern shareholders. Thus, according to
the testimony of the Globe and Mr. Van Buren,,
at a time when the interests Of the South are
most in danger, and when she is most in need
of friends and defenders, she is convicted, fla
granite deiicto, of an objectionable aggression
upon the rights Of the People of the free States,
for which she must be prepared humbly to
apologize and atone, instead of expecting any
further sympathy.