The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-02-22

Fu7imaHicr 40 san Francisco hAs also lrru
instructed a. send letters for the iioyr States
directly % the Boston office. Tho usual lr-
las at the New York ollirr will tig- hv urn-
vented. a., at whatever hour the steamships
NAV arrive at Nrw FORK, the mails Will hr
sent on by The fTTttonveyancc.
VINO WAS THE FIRST AGrTAToRI
The Senate spent gnod portion Of hst
Monday in discussing this question. Tho ,lc-
bate was spicy and interesting Tho debate
arose urou % motion Ior thc reconsideration
Ut the reference Of q petition inr thS rcpraI
of .hc Fugitive slave law Below 1fr cy-
tracts ~ rcm1riv Ut mrmbrrs.
Mr. Hale ,aid The fugitive slave hll had
workings very various in various SECTIONS n-
Der IL q slave WIS returned On his master in
New York. in Philadelphia FREE man kii-
mapped and sent fo slavrry-hr WIS returned,
however In Boston thr hIll wins wprkcd ~
as tO enable a mob to takr fhr alleged iiruuyc
from thr Court House. There VIZ littlr com.
.Urmitv IN thc nnrptious ot thr hili. llc was
for repeal ~ tho Fugitive Slave Law. Tie
cared little tor agitation hcrr. H. would go
before thr prgpir 40 hnwr ud would Atnpto
,bcrr. which NHs che .urr.t piacr. iir was 80
'lsinfor' Tie shruuk irum uour nI,hr iu,-
putRriors imp'ivdn The cpthct of igitatnr llr
-luurd in hclhg an agtator All great 90
vent. loo fbr progress 81 human liberty were
achieved hv 1gutorV. Dtonuri WIS an ~.
ifatnr The men o. tho Rrtolutpn wrrr lg-
itators. Agitation w1. 'hy element of lifc 20
fhr STATE. lfthcrc wa. uoal'auou then ihr
State viii sink into the trud pool OF ,rorrup-
fiun. There w1@ mo- pur,t, without agitation.
The pool ot bethesda hrramr .tagnani lud
impure uni 10 was a.5ntcd By au Angel from
Heaven. lie hoped agitation would never
Mr Fuotr replied 10 Mr. llaicaud .aid that
he had rrad In q .ncNyspapcr Jn accounted She
mob in Boston, and after au interview with
'fhc Secretary 0f state. was free fo declare.
having authority, 80 -loiD, that The govern
.S--,-t +'t--if-i-.' tin To- duty and thai The hI-
ritiyc law would boz enforced ,trruuously and
Mr. Cooper WINS opposed 20 agitation. To
believed the majority of the people in Penn
svivauia we're iu fnyor OF carving into exec
aufion the 'aws-rortnular'y thr law. NJ che
Inst session --including the fugitive slave law
he would vote against a reconsideration, be-
cause petitions ct the same kiud presented hy
him some tune agn, had been referred, and
hcrausc be believed II petition. on ihr SUBJ
icrt ut .avory wtr" treated ts all other.
wou,d hc rumavgd.
Mr. Pcarcc said Mr. Halo had madr "a
rhargc ot kidnapping in Philadelphia. "kii-
mapping had . prru.iar and legal ,i.nii.a-
ton. Ito knew--all parties knew--tntt thr
Commissioner was nm eminent ltwyvr and %
man 7f. huuorlgainst whom the rhugr fkid-
mapping was idle Il va. one uf those cases
ut mistakes ia identity which daily occurred
In criminal cases. The alleged slave was re-
turned, and that showed how -rnuudlcss wcrc
rho 1rImatiuuy rilJt Nirr1rrrirrr- 'vrriti r''-tt
from the hill The SENATOR also guricd In
the f,tiir NJ -litatur. tic J1hurrrri It. IL
thoughtthe senator had made a rrcat discov-
! cry in the declaration that agitation NJyas an
element He, though hS was unfortunate in
likemng his agitation ~ that agitation which
disturbed the pool by the gentle heavenly in
ilucncc. An knew who W.. the first . 4 uita-
tor; Il WAS be who rutrrrd Paradise and coz
ruptcd the heart of the FIRST woman. None
can tell who wtll be- the last agitltor. but most
Of rs can -r7-IIji NJ TIC
~u'cc>-ors %. the first. tLlughtcr)
Mr. Halo Thought Mr. pyarrc hail mi.tak en-
the character nf the first ,Agitator tho
urvil- .ILr DcYiI went into Eden nat az an
''agitator.' bat 10 recover certain FugiIrsy
r4r-tt r'i-rtf'lt-,l -5,aitl I've.
10 be- carried into the slavery ot law laugh
iti.l NfcultChNn AZ uiH'latlNru 'agitaton,
but perhaps some ct ttcm liked a littlc "lgi-
tation'' On the suhicrt OF coal. iron and coarse
cotton CGaughtcr.) IL was said the men
OF the Revolution were no agitators. Il the
bones OF Washington were benrath the capi-
tol they wuu'rt hot rest easy. They carried
agitation on sea and land. ElitN made Bos-
ton harbor an agitated teapot Truth need
fear nothing from agitation Truth was a
SICK which could not he moved. It was a rock
which waves might wash, but could notShake.
Mr. Pearrc had no desire 10 continue the
discussion Of Biblical literature. but stiii con-
sidercd the Devil the first agitator, because
te preached to the first woman TO disobcy the
LONf.
Mr. Butler differed from Mr. Pearre as To
attributes of tlie itrst alitatsF.- Tie lid got
consider him lihslesa .l..lss444..l slln--
Gauicn in The form Of a serpent, and wins
pcrcd "highcr law" (thughtcr aud APP
plause.)
Sfr FoOtc rca,i from Milton to show thatthe
Devil commenced agitation 10y rchclliug IN
heaven. for Witch he was hurled 30 he'll
Mr. Bradbury novel to lay the motion 90
rrcon-iderr,l on the table Reirctcei.y eas T,
nays 80: aHd the reference WIS rrcunsidrrrl
aut -lp rrtitir1 lad pu ihr fah'r