Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-01-18
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81 attachment to the liberties 81 hi
country or to the Union ofthe States.
wish, indeed. thatshs Union ,..o,; la.t t.....
srs and, as one important means Of secur;r., Il.
EsauI waeh for the abolition Of slayyerv ti,,o,,
one the union. Ibeleys thia 20 b.. ;rs;sr.r.s, !,
" hs preservation. and 90 think il viii t,,r,
cut But. then, I wish ii to be effected peace,
~ ana quietly, BY The win Of those who nov
n0io the's.svss in bondage: convinced as he.
new aAey VIII be, that snch an actis as much the;,
own lnteFeat a. it possibly; can be Of thosa ,vb,
snail be diaenthfaIled faDish. no ,nteyfsr.nc.
a0nateUer with the institusfons of the So,,1 ]
.o'se % AaOe noihiak to Dc Nth them. That !,
.ns prayer OF many whose petitions are now
before the committee on the Judiciary. These
Pes1lons ask not that Congress should interfsre
WIN slavery rs il exists in the States. but only
tnat they may be liberated from all connection
with It. They ask 10 be delivered from burdens
that they fees 10 be 700 onerous upon them. For
myself IEish il to clearly understood that ]
disclain' sHPurposo or desire to interfere with
tne institutions Of the South. Ieiains to enter.
tain as strong and ardent a desire for the con.
ttnaance ef this Union, as apv nan in this
House, or in the community; and such believe
to be the. feeling OF the great masses whom I
represent, and ofthe people of the State of Mas
saehnsetts, who passed tIle resolutions, have
had the honor to present.
After this open and definite nvowal of Mr.. ADJ
ANS, of his relationship to abolition societies: of
his indisposition to interfere with the slavery
institution of the Southern States, and his de
voticn to the Union ofthe States-it is to be ho>
ped from self>resPect, and the higher cOnsidera.
ton Of duty, the members of Congress, from the
SlaYe states, wilIlearn and practice moderation.
and cease to believe that to play the Hotspur, is
amnah higher duty than to be governed by the
precepts ofYisdOm and liberal policy. The SUBJ
ject Of slavery is one in which this country, is
most deeply interested. The object of the most
noble minds of this age, as well as in the DAYS
of the Fathers of our Constitution, has been, not
toproyide means or substitute measures to per-
petuate slavery; but to enquire and to find out,
by what political device, by what god>like effort
of ingenuity shall we be able 10 remove from
our national ARMAMENT. this dark, lurid and
portentious cloud, ere it, from the fulness of its
own explosive nature, bursts with ruin and de.
struction over our own fated heads. And for this
wise forethought, the narrow-minded, penurious
and selfish of the country, have made ceaseless
war upon these only capable patriots of the
land. Let the warfare, hencefortll cease, and J.
@. Adams and the thousands. that feel and in
heart and mind, act with him for the common
welfare and permanent prosperity and endur>
ancc of our much cherished Union, receive from |
the citizens Of the whole country, that kind con-
alteration, and elevated respect, which they |
so faIig and so nobly merit. And let those or
the representatives of our Slave States, who |
have heretofore, made capital Of their thought |
less reekiessness, and most uncourteous rash- |
ness upon this subject, Learn that the people at
home Will no longer, consider such service wor>
Inv of applause, but rather to demand of them a. !
cool and deliberate condemnation The press
entation and referring of petitions, whether COM
or otherwise, to appropriate commits
tees, can never prove pssjudicial to any portion
of the Union. In this country. the masses must
be permitted to petition the legislative bodies.
without restraint, and danger need be SpPre-
hendetl for so lati:udinous privilege; as it is.
will, the Legislative bodies, so petitioned, TO
bring no the subjects of these petitions, to the
consIderation and action of these bodies, or to |
Law Them on the table; and thus silence them |
forever. They can determine and pronounce |
mon the constItutionality of these petitions
thia IL their right and duty, and they can, at all
t;mes. guard the country against any evil that |
NAV be threatened from this source.