The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-08-07

| CaroIins, was chairman, he had fully con.
cured in the sentiments Of the report pro.
.ented by that gentleman st the first session
Of the twenty fourth Congress; and further
examination and reflection had only served
to confirm him in the opinion he ut that
time entertained but mad and ianstcal Ms
he regarded the schemes of the Abolition
lists, and deeply ~ he deplo.ed the con.e-
quences 81 their course upon all sections
Of the Union, he could give no vote that
nigh, be construed into denial Of the righ,
of petition, and thus enable them to change
their position. and make up false issue
before the country"
| lie had voted once in the House 10 lay
upon the table the motion TO receive anti.
slavery petitions; but so severely had he
been handled for this, that he had becom.
more serupulous rs To forms. aud now
aimed to reach the anne object bt il'j0g
petitions on the tab niihou' de1uf, pnlt
ing. or considerable
And this is the nan whom ils New
York Eevening Pos represents as ln'inr
stood with John Ounce daus b., he lisui
of petition
December 81, 1890 Mr. Calhoun brought
forward his celebraiei fesul.u uns ON u..
srblect of slavery H. the pnnrt lnl,o
ries, and States. designed asow,j'f fo su.
press the diseussion Of all questions ID.
slavery
Several amcndmerts were moved o. ua
frs, four OF these Irap.uis0ns. intended i0
modify their phras, .1fv tl a. lo umu't
any implication agai -l irte discussiaai lu.
they were firmly =. -led by tslHouu tao
his friends. and j. every cnsH delicate
Franklin Pierce uniformly voting 10 b. hIm
Mr. Morris, of Oh. Tor e1supls moved
to strike out from tle second -ps lotions
the words, moral aad 'aIeinH-, Win q
view OF exemptiop ROM ier lncINu.p o..
moral and religious Ifcnssi0n Of slavery
and this seemed s. reasonable. that even
Mr. Buchanan rec ni~ HAwn boz iaVo'
Of il but it was iH-. tianA. Pierce
voting nay with NJ Calhoun.
Mr.. Morris move s.so, sn amendment
to the third resoluuoh. '..aHng TIE itae
dom OF speech and ile ess, o. 1911 $500
iects. indsputabIr. andv tn ,up,r,
vision only OF the Stafes Boz Which f1eh
freedom was exercised but ibis Was 20
j.risd we h"l.vs. hy tha same Tcie.
The first four esolutous. with some
slight modification were 'ten adopted
Franklin Pierce rec ding his vote la favor
Of every one OF then
When the fifth resolution earo Up. 49,
sorting substantial that ct e by ,hr
people OF the STATE ur thr TIES .hCn.
selves, to procure TIE hh4lHln Of smre.v
in the District or 1erfilori,s were ai-er.
and dangerous xt'srhs ON The Institutions
of the slaveholdin. -fates thUUgN ril Goo
States are made re nsihle by Che Coo -
tuition and Congr, 'Ht slavery 'r 'ls i's.
tict and Terfitori.e NJ fitrre took ccra
sion TO define his position. tnis r'so'1tar,
he said. WAS the 4 lnd Oh which i.s cu1-
ties, was to be dete n'ncd v'th perhaps
some modification 6 would present tle true
issue here and to ilr county an ISSUE
which would raise. No. Wcfe question of
esped.ncy, bu, ono 1i smuc0 higher char
acter, in which the public faith is directly
involved" Tie then proceeded to sustain
the resolution in its length aud breadth. ana
to .lndica,e the whole series ~ offered by
Mr. Calhoun against the assaults made
upon them
But, while Franklin Pierce wss anxious
to pu, through all these resolutions. Henry
Clay and other slaveholding Senators
though, the flth and sixth too sweeping
and unguarded and he moved by subs,,
tue. directed onlv against interference by
the citizens Of one state with the ins,iu>
uons OF ano'net' containing no uee!Hfn''on
'hal h'ten ''s 10 o''"g hp""' '"e hoo'''oh
OF slavery he's WIS o"eo' ~" a"mgs'
Gus attack upon inc 'ns'l'u''""s OF MI 'he
si"'eh"'u'ng STATES "u' 'o"s''A"e' W
cypress o'"'s' Wv IVY W :" re-
oe''e an" 'esi''"'"' "'"' -. '''''"''
ana "eeo'ous ,s"S"ase as'"" slavery W
'n' p's''''. "'s suo'u.''s "n ,o s''p'e''
~. w." p ,"o aad 81, @isy yo,,n, w..
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"'.'" -. w 80 ,Ao $3.50 an ,ha a.onn1 ,h.,
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.nn.on,is,ely discussed in counec,ion Win
,ha ,..oln,in,. introduced by him II, IN.
annexation Of Te,s, to the Union. The
vote. stood % to 9--,his time Mr. Piece
voting with the great majority agsinst Mr..
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