The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-21

nor minated that the lntelligencer approved an'
endorsed that party in its SEPARATE party or
gsnixation. We know that il does not thini
II eIpedient, at present, 80 TO approve them
as separate party. On the contrary, It's who'll
course shows that it is waiting for them L
come into full fellowship and communion with th'
wings in New England by merger and smalgama
ton Of their doctrines with the wing doctrines, be
fore il gives them its full approval. And, mean
time, il only goes so far 10 admit that they
"eapseientious Sect and to claim for them tina
they stand, even now, on the same political plat
form, in respect TO slavery, with Thomas Jefferson
IL ia not true, as alleged in the above specification
the Intelligeneer, that the epthet conscientious
was'eOnhned by that Journal to some Of the "lbery
men," On the contrary, the terms ga conscientious
sect" were distinctly applied to the whole "hberty
party" as party.
As to the moderate party" in Massachusetts,
sbolitionizing wings, that is--whose leaders fur.
nished four-ffhs Of the eoquence to the wing con-
yeDtion, and drew the rank abotionist resolutions
which received nearly one-haf Of the votes Of the
eonvention--as to this party, which is professedIy
the Intermediary and negotiatOr Of the political ALI.
ance offensive and defensive, in rapid progress
between the Told wings" of Massachusetts and
the separately-organized "libery men"-of this
go-between party of"moderates" in Massachusetts,,
the ntelgeneer in lis specification quoted above,
now, fully and distinctly admits that it did say jus,
what we charged il with saying.
As To the "south." The Inelligeneer, entirely UNI
able deny the elimination Of that region which
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and reiterates that elimination in different and d.
luted form.
And finally, as to agitation. II is not true, as the
lntelgeneer specifies above that in the article re-
ferred To, sit denounced agitation whether on one
side or the other, being the policy of ocofoco.
ian, and of pernicious President-makers and dema-
gogoes" We have looked through its whole ar
tiele, and we find no such ayowal or denuneiation
SO hueh in refutation Of the IntellIgeneers
charge, that we have msrepresented il. Is not the
lntelligeneer satisfied with the odum and disgrace
offs course in urging on the ilstarred coalition be-
tween the organized abotonists and the abolition
tzing wings Of New Engsrd' Will il add yolun-
tnrly 10 this shame, most vain, and impotent, and
palpably untrue disayowsl offs eourse-and this,
iial forgery" against journal which il kso,e, to
be wholly incapable Of any such proceeding
We now proceed to demonstrate that the Intel-
genrer has, we charged, grossly eaIumniat,d Mr..
Jefferson, in its statement of his views as to the
abolition Of slavery. We dehed the Intelligencer
'to show that Jefferson had ever placed himself on
the platform Of the liberty men, and avowcd his
readiness to break up slavery by The action Of The
dtral government in dsrOgatiOn Of the exclusive and
gunanisd rights Of The States, and Of course at the i'm
'Hintnt peril II not certain sacrifice, Of our federal
Union" This challenge the Intellgencer, at the
beginning OF ITS article of the 18th instant, accepts
as follows;
"The Union, in word, claims that we shall pro-
duce any passages out Of Mr.. Jeiferson's writings
which contain the opinions upon which the so-called
liberty party-te political aboliiioniss Of the north
and northrrea-are acting, or protesting 10 aci."
To execute the task thus proposed and accepted
by it, the Intelligencer refers to plan Of gradual
emancipation formed by Mr.. Jefferson, acting with
two other public commissioners Of the State OF Vir-
GINA, on a commission appointed by the State Of
Virginia to revise the laws Of that State in the year
HI, that is, treirs years before the adoption Of fed
srai constitution. This plan, thus formed by the
commissioners Of the State Of Virginia in l777 Mr.
Jefferson published in his "NCtes on Virginia. in
the year srentsen hundred aud eghty-i,oo-being aptn
years before the adoption of the federal constitution
This proposal of State emancipation before the federal
government eriaed, is described in the "Notes on
Virginia. as follows:
"To emancipate all slaves born after passing the act
The bill reported by the revsers does not itself con-
tain this propositions; but amendment containing
was prepared be offered the legislature when
ever the bill should be taken up, and further direct
ing that they should continue with their parents to
a certain age, then be brought up, at the public ex
pense, tilage arts, Sciences according to their
geniuses, till the females should be eighteen, and
the males twenty-one years of age, when they
should be colonzed to such place as the crcum-
stances Of the time should render most proper
sending them out with arms, implements Of house
hold, and of the handcra arts, seeds, pairs of the
useful domestic animals, &c; to declare them a free
and independent people, and xtend to them our al
lance and protection Till they have acquired strength
and to send vessels at the same time to other parts
of the world for an equal number of white inhabi-
tanis; to induce whom to migrate hther proper en-
couragements were to be proposed"
In reference to this State emancipation, and to the
expenses attending it, Mr.. Jefferson held the fol-
lowing language ina letter to Jared Sparks, dated
February 4, 1924. This language is quoted by the
Intelligencer:
Sand from what fund are these expenses to be
furnished Why not from that of the lands which
have been coded by the very States now needing
this relief And coded on no consideration, for the
most part but that of the general good Of tho whole
These cessons already constitute one-fourth of the
States of the Union. 1t may be said that these lands
have been sold the property of the citizens
composing those States; and the moray long ago re-
ceived and expended. But an equivalent of lands
in the territories since acquired may be appropriated
to that object or SO much at least as may be suf-
fcient; and the object, although more important to
the slave States is highly so to the others Also il
they we're serious in their arguments on the Mis-
souri, question. The slave States, too, if more in
teresed, would also contribute more by their gratu-
itous liberation, thus taking themselves alone the
first and heaviest item of expense"
In letter to John Holmes, dated April 22d, 1870,
Mr.. Jefferson used the following language which
the Ihtelligencer also quotes: .r.aE.
al can say, with conscious truth, that there is not
a man on earth who would sacrifice more than |
would to relieve from this heavy reproach in any
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