The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-01-03


som ,ars ago in Indiana"
~ have read these glcsnings twice very
ear lily from beginning to end, and find that
the onlan not one solitary word from which
any inference can be drawn or even extorled
tha r. Clay has shown more lractable dis
pos onp 10 the AbolitionisIs The name OF
M Clay is not even mentioned or alluded to
ex u in one article relating TO a cheat prac
.ts by the Abol.ionist, Giddngs, in reading
h. public meeting letter from Mr.. CassiuS
a Clay, as il it were letter from Henry
G. The only article of The gleanlngs
fro which il is intended 10 be inferred
tla Mr.. Clsy's friends, or rather the Wings,
haze showha lraetable disposition 10 the Adolf
d sls, is one from the New Bedford Mercury
g ed INTO the Savannah Georgian, relating to
II vote At the commencement Of the present
30 ion On the rule excluding Abolition peti-
ii IS. But the writer Of the article in question
Il yets TO remark that, on that occasion, out Of
n tarenty.four Democratic Van Buren, mem
b 5 from New York, only fee voted in support
3 be rights Of The South, while from the State
illinois all the Democratic delegation voted
n b the South; from Pennsylvania, eight out
! eleven, and from Ohio five out of twelve
This shows that the support which the South
le5ives from the Democracy in the free States
: rhtcay independent y M Van Buren,, while
fpposi,ion which i meets With, even in his
asae, he either canloi or viii not control.
# l9sng%ratir 'aysy ceald moi possibly have
lse fastened Upon shenr scapdidate more let
cred By AhalisoDisls, {and we believe most
willingly fettercd, than Mr.. Van Buren,.
Ifany thing were wanting to convince us tina,
Mr.Van Burcn's particular friends are showing ga
more lraclablc disposition" to the Aboitionsts, i,
i the argumentupon which the Globe insistsupon
defending the rule Of Congress excluding Abo-
ition petitions; and of which, as we have be-
ore observed, the whole practical benefit is de-
'troycd by the cunning suggestion of Mr..
Adams, that Aboliionists shall rut their incen-
liary addresses in the shape of petitions for the
amendment Of the Constitution.
According to the argument, of the Globe, Con
,ress could not constitulionally refuse to receive
such petitions, however inAammatory or in
ulting to the South, in their tenor. If the ar
,ument of the Globe be correct, then, according
o Mr.. Van Buren's admission of the corstitu-
ional power of Congress over slavery in the
District, the course of the House Of Representa-
ives with respect to Abolition petitions, has
,een continued violation of the right of peti-
ion, and MI. Adams is justified in his endeavor
Q excite in the People of the free States a
ceiling of Indignation and resentment against
Southern slave holders. Thus, according to
he testimony of the Globe and Mr.. Van Buren,,
i time when the interests Of the South are
most in danger, and when she is most in need
# friends and defenders, she is convicted, fla
granite delicto, of an objectionable aggression
lpon the rights Of the People of the free States,
or which she must be prepared humbly to
'poogise and atone, instead of expecting any
urlher sympathy. 49,