The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-04-10

/
commend him for il. But he was denounced
.! various southern gerllemen-by Mr.. A.
'. Brown, afterwards Guvefner Of Teanes
see Mr.. Cobb, Of Georgia, our Speaker;
"r' oti'es, Of Georgia, and by M. T. H.
Saunders, of North Carolina. Some ex,,ac,s
d Their speeches are before me, AID will print
mem, To show them how much mistaken they
we're. Mr.. Brown. of Tennessee, was argu.
ng Against mixing the petitions "he sub.
hall. "Our safety" said he :" depends up.
on IT," H. begged the real friends of the
South, # they could not altogether exclude
those pr'i',nns, not 10 ieier them Cor debate,
&c. Aud he added:
The South vii bold no man gullless
y 10 shal % cnr !neh bes ond the ign, II pc
ltt"r. IL rg.l answer ftr every h,e ibAt
may be kndIrd, ard Cor every o,op Of blood
that ma, be shed. Yes sr, viii say 10 the
gen'emsn from New York and from North
Carolina, Wr. Cingman,) # tins House Shall
20 one inch beyond that, they may have To
stand answefabie for the shattered and bro.
ken fragments of the Uuon Itself = Soc
Append. Cong. Globe, 25lh Corgtess, 1t
SESSION.
Mr.. Cobb, of Georgia, afier complmen,ing
the northern Democracy for their devotion
to The interests of the Suu.h, for their "sin.
cere frienship," referred to the lac / ,ha, some
of the Northern emncracy were abandon
ing the rule, on account of the opposition
OF come few southern members 10 II and he
said
Thus il is that the DETECTION Of our north.
ern friends Is attributable to our own dlyls.
ions. Let the fac, then be published to The
country, that the responsibility OF this meas
ure may rest upon those who justly deserve
II, upon whom an indignan, and outraged
people may place The seal of their condemna.
iion. trust, however, that no such division
will be found 10 exist; no Southern Demo.
cral, ain sure, will abudon has pos, =; aud bu,
few, II any, of the southern " hlgs will be
found following in The wake Of The gentleman
from North Carolina. u Appen. Con. Globe,
2ath Congress, Is, Session.
have an exlfEc, before me from the speech
Mr.. S,'ies sp ke under excitement. and very
Wildly.
Extract form the speech Of Mr.. Stiles, o
Georgia, House Of Representatives, Januar,
% and 80, ls44, on the twenty fifth RUE re
laling TO abolition petitions. ln replying /,
the remarks Of Mr.. Cilngman Appendix t.
Congressional Globe, 2sh Congress, Is
Session, page 262-he spoke of the Consl
lution as a citadel, fortress; and this rule
wss Ga barrier" and he said:
Wills, thnt remains, the for,res. stands
when it is gone, the fortress falls. Thai
barrier can be removed only by some one
within. The fortress can be taken, the cita
del lost, only by redchery in he camp.
will pursue the simie no farther. But lei
me tell he member from n. Carolina, that
/ if this rule is lost from The relation in which
he stands to, and the part which he has borne
! in this transaction, he may go home to hi.
constituents and to his grave covered with
the unenyiahle Immortality of having belray.
ed The interests OF the South, in having sur.
rendered the Constitution of his couutry."
/ Mr.. Saunders, of North Carolina, though!
with others whose remarks have JUS, quo.
ted
/ Mr.. R. NJ. Saunders, arguing against the
aTgument iha, to receive petitions would 81
lence the "clamor about the right Of peIllon,
said: They nigh, as soon expect to ex,
.lngush the cothigration by adding fuel 10
the flames. repeat, then, there is but one
aftermath, rejection without action, or re.
ceptlon and action. There is no middle
ground can satisfy those who are resolved To
press this mailer, whatever Its Consequences. u
-(Appendix 10 Cong Globe, 2Srh Cong, Is,
Sess'"n-January, 1874, page e5.
How much mistaken Since the repeal
of the rule, how seldom we see an abolition
petition
MIR. Saunders appeared to have been sin,
cereIy dsr' ssed. lie Appended to the dough
faces IN an extract befure me;
Mr.. Saunders SAID: ask the gentleman
from Maine if there be any here, who have
hitherto stood by US, why they should now
give wa, ! | tuin to our friends from Con.
necticut, and ask them why they should
yield II lappeal IN vain turn TO those
by whom know the appeal will he answer.
ed-to patriotic New Hampshire, whose sons,
like her graol,e basis, have hitherto breast.
ed the storm; they | know, will not give
way. 80 call upon our friends from the
keystone State not to surrender, because a
single soldier in the South has deserted Us on
this Try ing occasion."-[ See Appendix Cong
Globe, 2sIh Congress, Is, Session
How much mistaken, say again, these
gentlemen were Mr.. Clay always argued
receive these petitions, and much OF this
clamor will cease. The iesul shows he was
right. Whe" had the honor Of being 10
Congress in 1889, while the twenty first rule
was IN force, | do not think ! exaggera,e
when say, that during the period oi three
nr Gnnr innnihs hnd .hut h