The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-03-07


And by various other counties which need not name.
The State Convention assembled Mt Williams
burg on the LIST of August, 1874. They adopted
this resolution
ID Resolred We will neither ourselves import
purchase slave slaves imported by other
after the first day of November next either from cd the
Vest Indies, or any other faLace"-Page 6S7.
This Convention recommended Congress to
meet at Philadelphia on the first Monday of Sep
TENDER, IVA. THOMAS JEFFERSON, the great
apostle Of liberty, could not attend the Conven-
tion but he sent to it letter expressing his opin
ions and wishes | read an extract from page
696
For the most tring reasons and sometimes for
ceivabe his Majesty has rejected laws the
most sslutary tendency THB ABOLITION OF DOMESTIC
SLAVERY Is THB GREATEST OBJECT OF DESIRE THESE
COLONIES where it unhappy introduced in their infant
state But previous to the enraDohsement of the slaves
have Is 10 exclude all further imporatons
from Africa Yet repeated attempts to effect this by
prohibitions and by imposing duties which might amount
prohibition, have been hitherto defeated by hs Msesys
negative thus preferrng the immediate few
african Corsairs 70 the LASTING INTEREST Of the Aner
Staes, and 10 the RIaHTs OF HUMAN NATURE DEEPLY
WOUNDED BY THIS INFAMOUS MASTER"
How do gentlemen relish Mr.. Jefferson's views
upon the moral and political questions now raised
on this floor
North Carolina held her Provincial Convention
not at Mecklenburg, but at Newbern. The hon.
orabe gentleman from that State on the other side
of the House, Mr. AsHr, the other day ex-
pressed to my colleague Mr.. RooT desire to
know who from North Carolina had been opposed
to extending slavery. hsve "the documents"
here for his information Nearly every county in
this State was represented in this Convention.
There were sixty-nine deputies" IL was con
vened on the 9th Of August, l774 and passed
this resolution. On page 1873 the gentleman will
find the names of the deputies and the resolution
@Resoired That IRE riH import dmy Stare slares
purchase any Stare sGpes imported or tTougM into
The Prorinoe By others from any part efHe wo'ii after the
first day Of Norenber neIfp
Mr.. Chairman, will not go further into details
of the action of the Provinces separately. The
deputies they appointed and instructed assembled
at PhiladelphiA on the 9Th Of September, IVA.
Let us look upon that assemblsge of our patriot
fathers 1t was in the dark hour Of our political
history 1t was the day that tried mems souls"
Yet they resolved to redress the grievances ndict
ed upon them by Great Britain, or perish nobly
in the attempt We are men Of rords-they were
men of action, What was their design? To form
UaioM The Provinces must be united. have
here the Jond Of their Uaion-the first Union! IL
is called the "Articles Of Association IL was
the bond of our fathers with the Almighty, whose
all-protccting arm they desired as the shield to
save them in the unequal contest they were about
TO engage in; they pledge by their I" prtm and
Their honor"
Sir, listened the other day to the honorable
gentleman from Georgia Mr.. STEPHENS with the
most profound satisfaction. The power of his ell
oquent appeal in favor of the purchase Of Wash.
ington's Farewell Address, married as it was by a
repetition of the unjust. charge Of "Northern ag-
gression,' could not, did not fail to awaken the
tender sympathies and feelings of every heart not
wholly lost to the impulses of patriotism. He
spoke Of the incalculable value Of the autographs
of our revolutionary forefathers. Sir, call that
honorable gentleman's attention to these auto
graphs Of the members of the First Continental
Congress. Here Mr.. C. held up the Articles of
Association, unanimously adopted by the CONT
mental Congress, containing fac-simile of the
signatures appended to it Look at the bold
hand of Washington, Of Patrick Henry, and of
Lee; Of Hooper and Caswell Of Jay and Duane
of the Adamses; of Gadsden and the Rutledees, |
and Of Stephen Hopkins II the gentleman |
prompted by those nobler feelings of his nature,
would regard as priceless an old manuscript letter
Of father to his son, containing advice upon his
leaving the paternal roof TO embark upon the |
stormy sea Of this world, what should be his ven
GRAFTON for this document How much should |
he, how much will he sacrifice to preserve invio-
late this written pledge OF our fathers to the God
OF battles that they would check this scknowleds