Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-09-08

p'rs ea the same terms Win the lIllsh. /
since Great Britain enioye the puv te ei /
ha0uL hsrEdols, Boo her sh,s. brlu-Htl our I
pfls on the same coni'inus - hug /
brought in American vesls. Mr. Mans 4
TOOK ihg5 and aus,ere Er1ud on tbs nfief' F.
81 "ae ol r-h' on tn" principles Of relpT n.y. I
Bot the English Govemmnt woul nqhear /
Oft. Aud Mr.. Van Burpi toll NJ. NlLsne Z
I1 lbs Instruction., to vida th polf 'he +
ground % right t0jlselaim the ratcnSou7o i /
Mr.. Adams aud b. then went to ~ that I
tbe Administration that is. Gen. acksluA AL Z
miuiStrs'ioa, oush not TO he apuIfd from I
Che enjoyment OF bat which b waswliIing
10 c1lI boon. or privilege. n a"Punt OF
the mishchsyior oiMr Adam adhinisira- /.
ton. That was te sun aci ubsihce OF il /
sl.
Well genllemst one Of the mos painful [.
duties that ever h- devoived on mss Rep .
reseniatve Of Semor OF my COUNT in Con T.
gross, was to relus my assent to u confirm
alton OF Mr. Van ,urens subssquet nomina
ilon IS Minister England. BuH ouceiv-
ed II to be a new hing in this cinry, or in
the eiplomauc hieory Of any otlsr country, .
that when new mr,y happened to-ome ~
TO power, it shnubTrptdia,e the dohgs OF It's
predecessors, IN is Intercourse win foreign
powers. 70 ablrlona gt7und Of ight held
Hd maintained tr ytas, and conant to re-
Ceive what was ,ught pTyileg, or boon,
held to be undgeili-d unHoHh, of an A
mrian chanctei Wkn it happened that
| entered the depalmot OF State, Under Gen
erll Harrison, | fundmanv things which |
could have wi,hedto 9 otherwise. Bat dill
retrdct any thin, Int my predect ssor hail
adyanced} Not p1ticle-not jot nor III
tie. ! took the cas- she left IT, aud should
have held myself diBaced il | had not
suppose. for insaits with regard 10 the
boundary treaty Nlllt2ngland, | had said to
LJfd Ashbuftcn, ~, ny Lnrd. consider
that we are more ss,stb,e peuple than our
predecessors; o9ly iebsct hpw much more
aeDlabe friendly a& humble am than Mr.
torsy Ia ever was, gnd therefore accord 10 us
this on that bouI." WAT would have been
the public f5eiig lntednot say.
But, gentlemen, .as . this subject Of re-
sistence to tie slave potter | would by no
means do any Injustice y MIR Van Buren,, and
II ne has come UP 60 theopnions laid down
Ia the Buffalo plttfosm am glad OF it, And
OF his own partJ or wilt has been his party,
ne Is nucn the less dansrous candidate Of the
wnlIe he was Presaenfof the United States,
am amazed that lie hould be found at the
head oil d party, claiming above all others, to
b. the friends OF lbsrty. Why, what was
the FIRST thing for Inn to. declare, after having
been elected to TIN, Presidency. but that il
Congress should pas bill TO abolish SLAYER
IN the District OF Columbia, he would veto it
ihat Is tue first instnce | am acquainted viii
oil veto IN advant. In his inaugural mes
sage, in 1887, Mr. Nu Buren, sad:
81 must 60 into M Presidential chair III;
lnilexib'e aud uncsnpromislng opponent o
every attempt on llr art OF Congress to a
bonsh slavery in The District Of Columbia, {
gainst the wishes OF he slaveholdiu1X -.ates
d4d also with determination equally deCl&
ed TO resist the slightest interference with i
III the States where il exists" Aud in Iii
inaugural, he adds, 81 submitted also to my
fellow citizens witbfGlness and irankness tht
reasons which led me 10 this determination
lie result aunorises me to believe that
they have been approved and are coniided II
by majority OF the p-ople OF the JniteC
States including those whom they most i'm
nedldtely afleG.
III now onlYremains to add that no bill
conflicting withthe.e views can ever receive
my consutuiioml sanction"
The e is hisdecaatun.
In the next place you know and remem
~, '''at Nit van Dufen casting vote was
gwen III the Senate to measure Of yer,
doubtful proplety, which empowered post.
masters 10 open the mails TO look after and
suppress any documents in opposition to
slavery. will not say that Congress has nc
right TO pass such law but its MASSAGE Ger.
,alu'y iho'cs'es qWle sufficient drgtee OIL
80 10 V'e ieeiiiIss ana WISHES OF lne
49, hrt liie lioI DC misunderstood, DC
l"' % i'sats ule l'ie ana properly oil oul
t'o"''ipsi ieHo"-ei'zehs' SO lar as 'hey may
,,. N,o''' si'eauseieo 80 ,a' asfee .aa' i
~ f,opei ~ Oo'i6'ess 70 exercise l1a reg
D., 'oae,e - PieNet' any suSn result.
ms ,.yt@s.i-.',i 'o i''dli IN 'his country
yer IN. ,,nnJ,,', "'p'e oonuo'lins unn"euce o
Tins very mailer thdni MIR a6 u r5 le'ation y
ii that one of the most IMMIGRANT events :,
our recent history has been Inc an,exat;o, y
Texas. And as to Alr Van Bnren n.her.
was he then} Where was he2 he had for
merry been at the head OF the "spoils" mart,
he was not then, at least, at the head OF he
Tree son party. And every friend of Nh
Van Barren, in Congress, so far as | know
sutp3' 'eu ','ls 9chrne 0 Annexation: The
'"o -'e" lo'h senators favored lind aIlo"
'i'' ~ 81! ,ia' no men out me his7' no par
:? oH, ,ue "9 iaf'y-anl say tAis TO the
' 'i''' "o'1o,-oPPosed mat measure OF an
" Adt'oi iheft was no BODY OF party bat
- " pd''Y' "l!'ch hf'hly ana steadily re-
''',e" 'na' 'HHeAd'"h'
a aiit no" 'nSy-'hc gentlemen at buffalo
I'm ''i9 u'o'a'lo'i % me s'aVe power.-
: Ky ,p'" " - ooli l. ihsy laik OF the
q tn1 SCUM over 'ae north. There
: i'o' o'ie "o'0 81 run III H. say upon
~ 's ie''Ce' .eal eNli as tte inndehce OF
-, 9'o' 'us'''''Ii, - 'lle norm has borne
- '"I' s''"'e ""u part III t'idt e'll. Northern
o'ts "'Ne pee" gwen IN every Instance OF
5''J1 ~" save i"cfedae' Fhh gentlemen,
= : ~" - me NoitN'-Dut there has been no
,'o'',' AZ 'Fds' MOI 'of years past think the
NoI'l s'l' mas al 'ast been discovered, bal up
- we C'"ae o' '1e 'ale session oil Congress
Asie nus p'en no North.