The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-05-27
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The following advertisement appearad 49,.
spicuously in the columns of the National IN ~
tetfigencer, last Saturday week
For Sdie-An accomplished and bandsor0o
ladys maid. She is just sixteen years Of a0e
was raised in genteel family in MarylandJ
| and is now proposed to be sold, not for AM
fault bat simply because the owner has no f,-
Their use for her. A note directed to n
Gadsby's Hotel, will receive prompt attention !
This is simply putting up girl for prostitu.
ton. The advertisement means precisely This
She is" accomplished and handsome and Co..
whose benefit is this information given And
the owner sells, not because she has anv faplt
but he has "no further use for her!r Is thera
| n father or mother who can read sucb m.
advertisement without loathing and exeerating
the system that can sanction it,
| As for the man who could thus deliberately
consign young girl to prostitution, we wouI3
rather take murderer by the hand
We must do the editors of the Intelhvsnesr
the Justice to believe that the thing could not
have found its way into their columns, had
their attention been called to it
| National Era.
What reason have you, friend Bailey, to sup.
pose that the editors attention had not been
called to this outrage upon the Christian feel
ings OF the nation Has the editor minated
the existence of such fact2 Has not that paper
almost constantly inserted such advertisements
tor the last forty years! Does not the editor buy
and sell women himseIfs What say you Doc
tor Have not both Mr.. Gales and MIR. Seaton
women beside their wives and women whom
they have bought? Do they both hold to the
right OF buying and selling women? Do they
not use whatever influence they possess to
browbeat and dishonor every man who exposes
the horrors OF that woman market? We fear
our old friend Bailey is getting too polite to-
wards those dealers in woman flesh! We hone
ne won't bow to brother editor because he
owns multiplicity of women.
Cleveland True Democrat
Thus publicly Intercepted, we answer
We are not apt to be too charitable, but we
would rather err ON that side than on the oppo-
site. No advertisement like that quoted has
ever appeared in the Intelhgencer before to our
recollection
The True Democrat misunderstands the
character of the editors of the Intelligence.
We differ from them in our views Of the Sla-
very Question, and on many other important
questions; but not one Of the insinuated charges
against them is true. They are gentlemen,
kind men, and estimable citizens. Mr.. Gales
never sells men or women /; but he has bought
some only to free them The same NAV be
said of Col Scaton. When he was Mayor he
gave universal satisfaction, except to .. certain
individual who grumbled because he was too
kind to free people Of color. We happened to
be his neighbor for several years and well
recOllect our emotion on being awakened one
New Years night by most delightful sere-
made given to the Mayor by the free colored
people, as token of their grateful feelings to
him for many kind Offices.
Finally, it is not fact that they use what
ever influence they possess to browbeat and
dishonor every man who exposes the horrors of
the slave market. They certainly do nothing
to enhance the influence or consequence of
Abolitionists and their prejudices at times may
lead them to do injustice to prominent Anti
Slavery members; but they are as little liable
to the charge of browbeating as any two edi-
tors in the country, We certainly have gone
quite as far in our efforts 10 counteraot the in.
Auence of Pro-SIavery members as they ever
have gone to break the influence of Anti-Sla-
very members; and our censure, we must con-
Tess, has been more freely and severely be-
Sta,uad- thou.h moi VIC t~,st IN n, olo t;o,, of
courtesy.
DEBATE IN THE HOUSE ON THE nth OF nay
A very lively debate took place in the House
Of Representatives on the 18th of May, in the
course Of which some interesting developments
were made respecting the Wing caucus and
other political movements
MIR. Cullom made a speech on Presidential
meters, vindicating the action Of the caucus
md censuring the conduct Of the seeding
because, had they remained, be said,
he Compromise resolution would have been
passed as distinct proposition.
g have now before me.n he said q a state
ment prepared by member of that caucus,
which shows that if our Southern friends who
had remained, the Compromise reso-
luton would have been passed by majority
Of four, taking as a basis those who voted for
the Compromise, the Jackson resolution in this
House, Hillyer's amendment, and those who
declared in the caucns that they were ready
10 sustain them. | say that according to this
which am assured is correct, ii our
friends had remained in the caucus, the Com
promise resolutions would have been passed by
4 majority Of FOUR
Mr.. Gentry replied to this by saying
"Those of us who retired from the caucus,
has animadverted, the resolution offered in that
caucus by my friend from Kentucky, tMr Mar
SHALL or that offered by myself, would have
passed ! affirm, in reply, that IL passed at all,
Il would have passed. by Southern votes
Northern members being absent or present
pitA a mental reservations, as seems to have
been the case in the Congressional caucus Of
the beginning of this session Of Congress-
Members of the caucus put different con-
structions on the decision Of the Chairman.
Mr.. Dockery submitted that gentlemen who
could give iairer report than gen
tlemen who left.
In matters where we Disagree 70 some ex-
tent who is likely TO best understand the ques-
lion ut issuei Those who remained there all
through until the adjournment or those who
left before the meeting had progressed hall
ihrough, and occasionally, after being absent
q while, returning to the door and peeping ID
and listening, to ascertain what was goingon-
perhaps some Of them walking in Q sep or two
and retreating-and indeed, there y run'or
put Of doors, that one Of those distinguiahed
gentlemen who left, was part of his @ns with
Billy Seward, taking drink 81 81 1sugn-
tor Now, how could he know wnss ~sS ~
ing on, ~ well ~ thoss who rsnA'ned an inc
one of my ft;sudA waiting for me 70 come rat