Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-01
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

Lewi Edward Slanly, Waddy Thompson, Jr.
and Henry A. Wise. AZ.
On The same day motion was made by MT
Rice Garland, chat the rules IN relalion 20 Inc
order OF business be suspended, TO enable MN &c
moven a series of resolutions upon inns suolec.
two ot which are in the words following, 70 VII
aResolved That the interference, by the Gill
zens Of any of the States, with The view 10 the
abolition Of slavery in the District OF Columbia
is endaupering The rights and security OF the PEG
ple Of this District and that any act or measure
Of Congress designed to abolish slavery in lhi:
District would he violation Of the faith implied
in The cessions made by The States OF Maryland
and Virginia of said territory, just cause o
alarm 10 the people OF The slaveholding States
and have direct and inevitable tendency 10 dis
trac: and endanger this Union.
Resolved, That The House will mol consider
any proposition, petition, remonStrance, memoir
al, resolution motion, or paper, asking or requi
ring or in any manner relating 10 the abolition
of slavery in the District of Columbia or The
Territories; nor will This House consider any
proposition, petition, remonslrance, memorial, re-
souion motion, or paper, asking or enquirng, OF
in any manner relating 10 The abolition OF The
slave trade in The District Of Columbia, OR AMONG
THE SEVERAL STATES OF THIS UNION"
"And on The question, shall the rules De sus
pended Tor the purpose Aforesaid there appeared
yeas lO7 nays 49,"
Twoihirds not voting in the affirmative, the
motion % suspend was lost.
AgainsL this notion also, we find the names o
John Q Adams, Thomas Cor'cin, MlLLARL
FILLMORE, Joshua r. Giddings and William
Slade.
In fauOr OF II, we find Linn Banks, WILLIAM
0. BUTLER, William l.. Gosgin, Dixon Fl
pwic Bdv, IL O., II ond Wnddv Thorn Noon Tr
We ask the reader TO take particular notice
OF the companions selected by these two opposing
candidates for the Vice Presidency, when they
voted upon questions involving southern rights
and 10 mark nell the difercncet
On the 3lst OF December, 1889,
IA motion was made by Mr.. Coles 10 suspend
the rules in relation 10 The order Of business, tc
enable him 10 move that the House do come TO tht
following resolution:
RESOLVED, That every petition, memorial, reso
lulion, proposition, or paper touching or relating
| in any way or 10 any extent whatever TO the abo
lilion OF slavery in The States Of This Union OF
either OF them, or in the District OF Columbia, oil
| in the Territories OF the United States or either
OF Them, the removal OF slaves from one Stale
10 another shall, on The presentation thereof
| without any further action thereon, be laid upor
| The table, without being debated, printed or re-
| ferred.
"Ant on he question: shall the rules be sus-
pended Tor he purpose aforesaid there appeared
yeas 49, nays S."
| Two-thTts not voting in The affirmative, The
motion was lost.
Against his motion, OF course, The ABOLITION
lists voted, and in happy companionshiP we hnt
John Quincy Adams, Thomas Corwin, MIL
LARD FILLMORE, Joshua R. Giddings ant
William Sade.
In faDor d il, however, we find men true TO n.
.Souh, amotg whom are Linn Banks, VIM. o
| BUTLER, VIM. L. Goggin, Thomas Butler
King, and Dixon H. Lewis.
| On The same day. motion was made by Mr.
Wise, thai he rules in relation 10 the order o
business be suspended, TO enable him 10 move the
same resolution which he desired 10 offer on the
10Th inst; ind on the question, shall the rules
be suspended for The purpose Aforesaid there ap
peared, yea 81, nays S."
| Two thrls mol voting in The affirmative, The
| motion waslost.
Against his motion John Quincy Adams
MlLLARD FILLMORE, Joshua R. Gliding
and William Slade voled, while Linn Banks
! WILLIAM o. BUTLER, William L. Gogsin
Thomas Blilcr King, Edward Stany and Wad
dy Thompon, Jr., and others, who were promi
nenl in delnce Of the Constitution and The South
voted for j.
On the anne day,
| "a molon was made by Mr.. Chinn 10 suspend
The rules j relation TO the order of business, Il
enable huto move that The House do come 10 thu
following esolution:
"Resoled, That al! petitions, memorials, reso
luions, ad addresses OF every description, touch
ing The ablition OF slavery in The District OF Co
lumbia, in the States or Territories, or in any
manner rlaling 10 the existence OF slavery or lht
| slave trac in the U. Stales BE- referred, withou
debate, too select committee.
"And q the question, shall The rules be sus
pended &c the purpose aforesaid there appeared
yeas ~ nays &C."
Two.lhrds mol voting in The affirmative, thu
motion vs. lost.
To accomplish The object contemplated by tht
above resolution was one OF the GRAND DESIGNS
OF the .Ablitionisis. They desired, Of all things
first 10 hae the insulting and annoying petitions
OF the meland women throughout The North anc
East who co-operated with them, REFERRED TO !
SELECT COMMITTEE, in order 10 give them great
er degree respsetability, and thus 10 widen ant
strengthertheir pernicious influence. They de-
sired TO ave their majority and their minority
reports upn this dangerous, exciting subject
spread npt the proceedings of Congress- 50 thai
thcv mighbe circulated and read as extensively a:
those proceedings. In This way they hoped TO po,
SON, by degees, the public mind North and South
in product The ABOLITION OF SLAVERY THROUGH
OUT THE uNoN.
Thereioe, we find John Quincy Adams, Thos
Corwin, hfLLARD FILLMORE, Joshua r
Giddings, md William Slade, voting for the mo
ton to susend the rules for The purpose OF adopt
ing the abve resolution; while Linn Banks
WILLIAn,O. BUTLER, William L. Goggin
Thomas Biller King, Dixon Fl. Lewis, and Ed
ward Sany voted as slrenuously against it.
On the Btu Of January, 1910,
"Mr. Lin:oln presented 10 The House petition
of ladies oahe town OF Grafton; petition of wo
men of the town of Hubbardslon; petition o
women of ne Town OF Ashburnham N; petition 0
women of ne town ui Shrewsbury; and a peti
ton of women Of The town Of Boylslon, all il
the Slate OF Massachusetts; which petitions, seve
rally, pray nat slavery and The slave trade ma,
be abolishe, in the District OF Columbia, and il
those TenioTies in which they exist and Mr.
Lincoln mUed that The said petitions be referee
10 The COMMITTEE tor The Dls.ract of Columbia"
The first lnes!on put 10 the House, after hi
motion, wa one oil order, decided By the speaker
from whichan appeal was taken. The decision
OF The Chaf was sustained by vote OF yeas
las, nays II. Giddings and Slade, in this in
| Stance, VOlHS bHt llt ODUlNcIH
Adams, CGwin and FILLMORE voting agains
them.
"a molhn was made by Mr. Gave Johnson
that he QUESTION that The petition be received, d,
lie on The able
"The qestion was pnl on The motion OF MI
Cave Johnson, that the question, shall the peIi
lions be Revived, do lie on The table; and passes
in the aflirnalive-yeas l3l, nays g."
Here, a.ain, upon The common ground OF op
position loerery movement of Southern member
10 put dow, every efor of The Abolilionists lha
was calculated and designed 10 interfere with III,
institutional Slavery, whether in The Dslrict o
Columbia he Territories, or The States, Adam.
FILLMORE, Corwin, Gddines and Slade ar
found voting together; while Banks, Bous, WILL
LIAM O.BUTLER, Dromgoole, Gogsin Hol
leman, Jhn w. Jones, Francis E. Rives an
Waddy Thompson, Jr, are banded together Il
put iolcn those abolilionisls and to p1otsct III
South.
On the 4th Of January, 1910,
"A motion was made by Mr.. Thompson
South Carolina, that the rules in relation to tn
| ordar NJ hnaness he ausnended "a on,h,o ~,