Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-01-22
From the Pittsburgh Gazette.
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.

The slavery question in Congress has assumed
a marked importance and is attracting great at.
lenIion. The sub ject was broached in The House
by Mr.. HING, Of New York, member of the ad.
mlnistraton party, who introduced resolution
to exclude slavery from any territory acquired
by conquest.
On Thursday last the Bill to increase the Ar.
my being under reconsideration, some southern gen.
temen took the opportunity to express their
views on the question of slavery; and on the state
offeeling evidently prevailing at the north against
the acquisition Of more slave territory. Mr.
Dargan, Of Alabama, addressed the House in
speech of much feeling. We take an extract
from his remarks, as sample of the spirit of the
whole:
Gentlemen should have this question we'll set.
tied before they proceed to acquire new terrific
ry; because when it was aCqured it would then
be too late. Mr.. d. was not estimated by his
friends "hot Southron;" on the contrary, no
was spoken of by them as rather cool consider
ate man. As a cool man, then, let him tell gen.
tleman his own candid opinion 'nnless, in the ter
ritory which we might win from Mexico and add
TO our own, the principles which had settled the
line Of SO deg. 80 min. as the compromise line
pN'"SSh uJC uilu oldNG lClIllOIy SIOulu DC per-
milted TO prevail, this Union must at once sink.
Other gentleman might enjoy their own opinions;
this was his. lie had been raised in the midst of
Slavery, and had never been SO far north before
as he now was. lie knew the people Of the
South, and he enreuted gentleman not to attempt
thus to bind them hand and foot.
The Union was intended for our peace and in.
dependence it was our inheritance from noble
ancestors. Oh that gentlemen on this momen-
tous occasion, for momentous he felt it to be,
would remember and manifest the spirit in which
they framed the charter of our liberties, and act
in spirit of brothcrly kindness and mutual re-
gard. Then might our common flag wave in tri-
umph and security forever, and be the emblem 10
the world Of the blessings of free Government
But if gentlemen were determined to push on, re-
gardless Of principles of compromise, and press
them to the wall, let them take the admontion
of one who, in all probability, would never ad-
dress them again; and believe him when he said
that if they did they might from that hour date
the down fall of this Republic"
Mr.. Scddon, ofVa., next obtained the floor
and addressed the House in a speech of very deep
excitement, in which he discussed the principles
Of Mr. Kings bill to exclude slavery from all the
territory we might acquire BY arms; of which he
spoke in terms Of very great severity, as in Ut
ter violation of every principle of justice and all
equality of right, and subversive Of the funda-
mental principle of the constitution.
Mr.. Grover, of New York, then took the floor,
and in u speech of decided ability, took the side
of freedom and the North. He was listened to
with great interest, and his speech produced a
marked sensation. In answer TO interrogatores
propounded by members to him while he was
speaking, he said he would 60 for the bill under
consideration and for carrying on the war, even
if he knew there would be no restriction of slave
ry in the territory which we might acquire. 1t
would be out Of place to put such restriction in.
TO the bill under discussion; but it was right and
his colleague (Mr. Preston King) had brought
forward. He did not fear dissolution of the
Union. Why was it threatenedl The North
granted to the South all that the Constitution sp-
uated. The North would adhere TO the COM
pact. Slavery might remain where existed; but
it was no part Of the compact for the North, to
yield to the South the privilege of extending its
peculiar institution over vast territories south Of
us which our Government might acquire. And
because the North will stand by the Constitution
and not consent to the extension of slavery over
new territory that may be admitted into the
Union, he said Southern gentlemen rise up and
declare that the Union is in danger and will be
dissolved
Speaking Of Mr. Grover, the correspondent of
tho U. S. Gazette, says:
| He is coarse, cart-horse looking man, with
about as much polish as the shOg bark walnut;
but he has mind as powerful as his body seems
to be- and he is able 10 give fluent utterance to
his strong common sense ideas, in language ap-
propriate and beneftng. The greatest objection
10 his speaking is u most disagreeable nasal sound
of voce-the very voice for reading or singing
one to old Stcrnhold & Hopkins Psams;-sucf
voice it must have been which called forth
from the Earl Of RochesteF the following i'm
promptu:
Sternhold & Hopkins had great qualms
When they translated David's Psalms,
To make our hearts full glad.
But had il been poor David's fate,
To hear him sing and them translate,
By Jovs t'wod drove him mad.
But voice aside, in his reply to those had pre-
ceded him, Mr.. Grover exhibited a familarit,
with the whole subject, resource Of arguments
and AN ability to bring forward his arguments a
the proper time and place, which showed him II
be inferior to few in the House, as debater'
Mr.. Toombs, Of Ga, followed tho next day
in 9 very moderate and sensible speech. ii
was utterly opposed to adding one foot more O
territory TO the Union, already sufficiently exten
lded for safety But if moro territory must com