Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1856-08-30
VOLUME XVIII-NUMBER 6.

slaves Tor me- nut pnfrOnu hhNlng Hnlltn
time are bought by the slave dealers an
sont whore redress 10 hopeless;
Others,ars kidnapped and carried ava
before ib'y san be rescued,
instances of death from anguish and ds
spa,r exhibited IN the District, mark III
cruelty ol this traffic.
Instances Of manning aud suicide, exc
Gated ur attempted, have been tKhibite,
growing cut " this traffic within the Dis
/ tiot;
Flco persons Of color coming into the Dis
/ lrict are liable to arrest, imprisonment, anC
sold into slavery for life, lnr Jail fees, II un
able, from ignorance, misfortune or fraud, q
/ prny0 their freedom
Advertisements beginning, We will give
cash for one hundred likely young negroes,
Of both sexes from eight 10 twenty.fve years
/ old, contained IN The pablo prints OF tho
/ cily under The notice Of Congress, Indicate
| the upeuness and extent Of the irniic
Scenes ul human beings exposed nt public
venduc ave exhibited here, permitted by tho
laws oi the general government woman
having been advertised TO be sold at Lloyd's
tavern, near the Ucu,ral Market house. dur
ing the month Of December.
A grand iu,y Uf the District has pl plesentcd
the slave uade rs q grievance,
A writer in o public print in the District
has set forth that 20 those who have never
seen a spectacle Of the kind lexhibiled by
the slave trade no description can give an
adequate idea Of It's horrors;
To such cxten, had this been carried in
lel6, that member Of Congress from Yir-
ginln, introduced resolution into the House,
" that committee appointed 10 examine
into the existence Of nm lnhuman mud illegal
traffic in slaves, carried on, in and through
the District OF Columbia, and report whether
any, and what measures are necessary for
the putting a stop TO the same :"
Tho House OF Representatives OF Penn.
sylysuia, at their last session, by mn almost
unanimous vote, expressed the opinion that
slavery within the District of Columbia
ought to be abolished
Numerous petitions from various parts of
the Union, have been presented TO Congress,
praying for tho revision Of the laws IN re
spect 60 slavery, and the gradual aLoiRioao Of
sIarsry ir2im Tic DwfririQf Columbia.
h. \ petition was presented at the last ses-
sion ut Congress. signed hy more than one
thousand inhabitants Of the District pray
Ing for ihe gradual abolition Of slavery
therein;
And, whereas. the ten miles SQUIRE conf.
dnG t0 the exclusive legislation Of Congress,
uusHt iur the honor ol this republican gov.
crnmeut aud The interest ut the District, To
exhibit specimen OF pure and Just laws
BE 10 resolved, That the Committee for
the District of Columbia be instructed 10
take into consideration the laws within The
District, in respect to slavery thst they in.
quire into Che Shave trade MS it exists in, and
il carried up through the District, and that
they report to the House such amendments
to The existing laws as shall seem to them 10
be Just
RESOLVED. THAT TIE COMMITTEE
BIZ FURTHER INSTRUCTED 10 IN
QulRE INTO TIE EXPEDlENCY OF
PROVIDING, BY LAW FOR THE GRAD
UAL ABOLITION on SLAVERY Win.
IN THE DISTRICT IN SuCH MANNER
THAT TIE INTEREST OF No lNDl.
NIpUAL SHALL BE INJURED THERE.
BY.
We bcspcnk an attentive perusal of this
preamble, and of the last resolve. The first
reads as = :, ,.rc...; ,,rrued from tho abolition
memorials Of Quaker and Friend Societies.
aud is embclhshcd with the selectes, Lam
guage in the vocabulary Of iana,icism. II
paints in horrible phrase, II grossly cNag
geratei picture Of slavery and the slave
trade, and refers 10 th,se abolition petitions
which MIR. Buchanan 50 liked 10 present, as
the outcry Of the popular hsart against it.
and as a justification IF the measure pro-
posed in the last resolution, which is the AB-
CLIFTON OF SLAVERY IN the DIsTRIcr or Co
LuMBIA, the first love and darling of Gid
dngs aud his Internal crew.
When the above preamble and resolutions
were read Mr., Weems Of Maryland, south.
ern man, and representative from one Of
the States which had ccded this district 10
the general government moved the question
Of consideration, by which he desired tl test
the sense Of the House on the proposition,
aud which motion is by parliamentary law,
regarded as II test question. Mr.. Miner de.
manded the yeas and nays on the question
whether the House would consider, and the
the House ordered the call Of the roll. The
question was decided in the affirmative, and
james Buchanan stands recorded AYE.
We will not enlarge upon tho enormous
wickeduess Of this proposition. Every South
'ih hhlhh 'hh't W bbN' ~ 'NN ~ ~ iNo 'NbiV
comprehension, and revolt from it. Suffice
1t 20 say, that its enactment would have yr-
tually destroyed the existence Of slavery in
the States as well as virtually destroyed it
in the District The former would have
been the next aggressive step southwark Of
the "blood-boltered" Attila Of an,i-sayery
fanaticism, and with the first blow OF his in
vasiOn would have perished the integrity Of
the Union. To abolish slavery in the Dis.
trict and dock-yards and arscnals Of tho
United States, was the first step in the war
of the anii-savery crusaders against the in.
stitution, to be followed by an attempt upon
the institution in the States, and the records
prove that james Buchanan, sympathized
and sustained by his votes in Congress, this
unhallowed work. Let Southern men read
this again, and convince themselves of tho
fact. Let il sink deep and take firm hold in
their hearts, for if by eleyating this abuli-
tion nider and abettor to the Presidency, the
slavery question were to assume II still more
aspect, a fearful milestone would
that act be around the necks Of the con-
sciences.
Will not Southern men, in this dire emcr.
gencep, forget party, and place their faces
against the man whose whole course has
been a war against their most delicate and
sacred rightsi