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,1114 ).VItit,II•I3IIBELL,
:In the U. S. ..floisSe4),iiii4sentatives,. oittl i. 25th
of February, 1850, in Connniaseof the Whole
on the state of the :Union on, th e Rapti+
refirringe the Prerident ' e 'dinntsal Xeisage to the
apPreriete'Stetnitnt Cotrunittiee. -
.Mr. 1118SELlt; Said,: . •
Mr. CYIAIRMAN: Our discussions in this
•Cominlttee haVe already ,produced a pro
found and 'painful sensation throughbut the'
:Union. The pnblio mind has become •'
ted and anxious, and oppressed with-Oppre
hengibas ot iiapending calamity; This state
.o: things, sir, ought not to.continue ; at
any raib, that uncertainty which makes the ,
Inane ,inore terrible, than would perhaps the .
.realization of our mired fears, ought to be
removed. .If this Government of. ours is
really no near its end aS gentlemen here de
clare it to be; or it ;its. longer.vontinuance
depends upon contingencies-so uncertain, it
were well that we knew.it now—that we
might make timely preparation'. on the
. other hand, the apprehensions 1 have splijcen
of are groundless, thitrilysople ought in mercy. -
,ta be undeceived. TVy ought to be
„ende
-calved at once, sirpin order that they rimy
.have that repose and conscious security to
which they are entitled under a government
:created and sustained by their own hands.
Reluctant asil am to add to the public anx
iety, I yet do notdeel at liberty to_witlaheld
the expression,:ot - my - own - opinion upon-the—.
.absorbing topic of dins discussion, end of the
day. And II do,nct hesitate to declare, as my
.settled conviction, that, unlefs representatives
who have assumed to .speak for the slave
holding ,States have greatly mistaken the
purpose and intentions of the people of those
•Statesywarand - bloodshekconsequent upon
an attempt to
_overthrow this Government,
are inevitable: Thia declaration I desire
should go forth to the country ; and. witli.it
the reasons upon which my opinions
,are
baied. These reasons are found in the ex
tracts which .1 shall quote, rust from the
speech of the honorable gentleman from
Brown,) •Here are the ex-,
tants :
"Whilst you have been heaping outrage upon
outrage, adding insult to insult, our people have
been calmly calculating the value of the Union.—
The question has been considered mall its bearings,
and our niinds,itre made up;"
"We owe it to you, to ourselves, to our common
country; to the friends-of freedom throughout the
world, ro warn ypu that we intend to submit no
longer."
years of outrage upon our feelings and
disregard of our rights ;have awakened in every
smiliern heart a feeling of stern resistance.—
ZUrik what you a ill, say what •you will, perpe
trate again and again if you will, these acts 01
la wlrNs tyranny ; the day and the hour is at hand
when every southern son will rise in rebelliiin,
when evvry tongue will say, givemsjustiOe or give
us death."
"Go home and tell your people the.imuo is made
up ; they mistmow,eboone-between-non-interfere—
,ence with southern rights on ono side, and a dioso
lution of the Union on the other:"
"Ifyou fancy that our devotion to the Union will
_keep us in the Union, you are mistaken. Our love
far the Union'coases with tho justice of the Union.
We cannot love oppression, nur hug tyranny to
Our bosoms."
. .
"I tell you candidly, we have calculated the val.
tie of the Union. Your injustice has driven us ta
it. Your oppression justifies me tollay in•diseuss
inn the value of the Union, andi ito_Bo freely and
fearlessly. Your press, your people, and you pul
pit may denounce thieas treason ;be it ear You
may sing hosannas to.the Union—it is well. Brit
ish lords called it treason in our fathers when they
resisted British tyranny. Britiph orators were elo
quent in their eulogiums , o the British Crown.—
Our fathers felt the oppressions, they saw the band
that aimed the blow, and resolved to resist. The
result is before world. We will resist, and trust
to God and our own stout hearts for the consequen
ces."
-The South.afraid of dissolving the Union l-t
-why should we fear? What is there to alarm us
.or awaken tbr apprehensions? " Arc we not able'
to maintain ourselves 1, Shall eight millions of
freemen with more than one hundred niillions of
annual exports, fear to take their positiefo among
the nations of theparth 7 'With our cotton, sugar,
rice, and tobacco', products of a southern soil,
yielding us annually more than a bundled millions
of dollars, need we fear the frowns of tire world 7"
"Have - we h`ny reason to fear a dissolution of the
Union ? Look at the question dispassionately, end
answer to yourselves the important inquiry, Can
anything be expected from the fears of the southern
people? Do not deceive.yourselves--look at things
as they really are. For myself, I can say with a
clear conscience, we do not fear it; we are not ap
palled at the prospect before us; we deprecate
.disunion, but we do not fear it., we know our po
sitiOn to well for that:"
"Have we anything to fear from you in the event
of dissolution 7 A little mtaconado, and sometimes
a threat or two."
"As to there being any confliet of arms growing
out of a dissolution, S havemot thought it all probe
bk. You cdmplain of your association with
slaves in the Union. We propose to take them
out of the Union—to dissolve the unpleasant asso
ciation. Will you seek a battle-field to renew,
nmid blood and carnage, this loathsome associa•
•lion 7 I take it for granted that you will nut. But
if you should, we point you to the record of the
past, and warn you, by its blood...stained pages,
•that we shall be ready to meet you."
The extracts from the speech of the gen
tleman from Mississippi (Mr. Brown) are
sufficient for our present purpose.
The gentleinan from N. C.,(Mr.Clingman,)
tells us "what is the view presented in pros- ,
yea to many of highest intellects of the South;"
and it iu substa tinily this : that as a separate
conlederacy the alaveholding States "might
expend as mu es the Milted States ever
did la time of p ce up to Gen. Jackson's
administration, an have -on hand
twenty-five millions of dollars to devote to
the making rail-roads, opening harbors and
rivers, for other domestic purposes." The
same gentleman has thus disposed, in ad
vance, of some little matters pertaining to the
interior regulations of the "southern confed
eracy" to be : "The northern tier of counties
in Kentneky," says he, "would perhaps be
obliged to remove their slaves to the South.
But there would be to her advantages in the
change similar to those of Maryland. Ken
tuoky supplies the South with live stock to a
great extent; but she has to encounter the
competition. of Ohio and other northwestern
States. If the production of these Statis wire
subject to a duty, she might for a time have a
monopoly in the tfade." d doubt not, sir,
that it will astonish the people of the great
West and Northwest to find that the lathers
01 the msotiikern ,confederacy" have disposed
of the navigation of the Mississippi, with such
celerity, es much as it will the people of
Ke.ducky to learn that their slaves are hence.
forth to be removed South—lnstead of North.
Tho same gentleman, (Mr. Clingman,) has
divulged hia plan for removing—though not
so gently—,-all those in Kentucky and the
other slaveholding Slates who hesitate about
swearing allegiance to this "southern con fed
racy." He.•intimates that it will not take as
long to long them 1111 it did the "Tories in
the Revolution."
I think,
_Mr, Chairman, that I ndw
given extracts enough to justify the opinion
I expressed •at die outset of my remarks.—
We ,cannot, tail to see that if' die feelings,
purpkints, and intentions of the. people of the •
slaveholding shoes, are correctly represented
in those speeches, our countrymen mayi
^ 6 ' apprehend the most fearful' calum hies.; i The
subject has been tialmly•considered in all he
aspects byllie hfgheseinfelleds ol; the 'Sandi.
" It has,been Maintained by calculation' that,il •
PAP enukt)erp §uoets Were separated trom Ilia'
!within ii,r,not only would they. escape sfrom
..."northerm'aggression" =in future, , but, they '
would also-derive a direct ;pecuniary advan- ,
tage, of '.li2s,;(loo;tXß'''per - , And
`Aliqugh; t dOe not ` appear that the,amount of
, the,,People
4,tand NoithWelitito.:Abe Yeouthern.ponfetlera.
ler, thelprivilegeof nevigating.the
river.lgis,.yet.,been .fixed r it neverthe-''
doesitipperklyitti,lo,h a •Outy is to 'be.'
"slf E 3 **P4'.ii` kAi l of.CAP'Aßtio, thing.; eir: , ta'
show,thaminutectleclaHonelthil'llliye been",,
c , entered intoitt.• Waimea to the ; ; ; altered con.'
•;,; ditto:Vol things conienbent:,uponl the', triedi;
ralgd dissolution...of t he' ' nion,. •TIOY ; oho*,
; advanced stage in' the' progiess•.
;irioey,ement ',Which, in, thy • jedgen,ieue,
.
astound the.eeentry. '
Now up see if; we can glean from
these gen Ilemen's speeches
by.,,whieh , this- moven? en t,'
4hutaarried , out. I •first ,;
he' iipeeolit'af: the genilemaifr.
'l',...kocrriiAlehatrucAlWriilrigawy,t.4l4...' 4
; , .,' , :i*ops;ilOwei nemberi e ldoetrags the' Cionstftm
degrade
,thp:pouth, byl the admission Of
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this . l'erritoryi(CtilifitrMa) isrilS,ttii‘;''Withoul 7 thii
offer of ebtife=eqiiiialentl.';.T...atiggest to thetn :to
rernetnbOr that . ye.are:myorn - .to support Con
stitution, end could :scarSelp , eit: inmate iiegniee;.
cease, a a dwi tit eigiiii open, and itinmefglArielation',
The' attempied , corietimatiMi - er:stiehlt 0 .der would.
4"thO overthrow oflbo::ColastitnfithrWhiCh'Abe
people' We'represent , Would ritaist‘'tolliiirlast eg.;
tremity... - .• We.arethere 'amßeprerentatiihs.hf.the
, caple,, but are ou r.eblfgatione ; to, the Constitution'
, nd • the , Sciuthiqsa than those of other.individuat
eitizenti,:wlM,in the aggregate are .the . ...mopiit 77i-
We asaumii r additionsit obirgationa.viben we lediricr
tie kepreSenfativisi but are We relieved from these
which ruitetinrins ait'ifrivain citizeni?'''Atrindl
vidual opinion is; that ifthe 'Southern ' , people ough, t
to resist a measure of aggressioncafter its coma+
mation,we here , am under the same or a higher: .
'obligation, to resist,its consul:nation.. These sugges
tions are inadf l , o not in the nature of threat or mi.:
mice. I dO , ot underrate the'..firtnness of the
NortWa s a imatter of discretioniik is alwaysTro
per to assume' hat your antagonist is.firm, even
if the fact be, übtful. .But the course' roper to
be pursued in y and.every.event is for shedeter
initiation of southern members. -I am willing to
suggest, and if 'my course is not approved, to fol.
low any path of-honor which may be pointed. out
I by those who are older and wiser. „I trust that we
shall stand together as one RUM, and preisent out?
breasts as the shield of the Constitution. '' .
This language, sir, scarcely admits of re
doubtful .construction. understand it to
mean this: That the gentleman considers
himself and other southern representatives
as acting.here.in a. doubtful capacitypfirst, as
representatives, in %%Inch characters they are
to resist the .passage of an unconstitutional
law, (as for instance, one admittingtCalifor
nia into :the Union,) in the manner and by
the forms 'prescribed by the , Gonstitution and
the rules of this House.; secondly, aaprivate
Citizens, in which characters they are bound
to resist the passage of an aggressive law in
_, ,
Me same way illat private citizens may resist
aggression upon their rights. I reel quite
sure that I have Rot mistaken the proper
construction lo be pin "TOR the gentleman's
languige. .But, as I have given the entire
paragraph, let it speak for itself. Whatever
doubts there may be as,-to 'the proper eon
struorion of that paragraph, there can be
none, none at all, as to.the one whiglil rfow
quote from the speech of the gentleman
Irons North Carolina, (Mr. Clingmand alrea•
dy referred to.
"But it is advised (says be) in certain portions
of the northern press, that the members from that
section ought to expel such as interrupt . their pro
ceedings. .Let them try the experiment. I tell you
gentlemen that this is our slave-holding Territory.
We do not intend to leave it. If they think they
can remove us, it is a;proper case for trial. In the
present temper of the .pub he mind, it is probable
that a collision of the kind here might electrify the
country. as did the little skirmish at.Lexitigton the
colonies in their then excited state. Such a strug
gle, whoever might prove the victors in it, would
not leave n.quorum here to do business. Gentle
men may. call this treason, high treagon—the,high
est treason that the world ever saw. But their
words are idle. We shall defeat their movements
against us."
If this does not sufficiently show, where and
him the revolution is to coo mence,let us turn
again to the speech of the gentleman from M is
siesippi, [Mr. Bnownj anti read another ex
.
•
tract : -
- "My own opinion is-this: that we should resist
the introduction of Colifornat.as a State, and •re.
aim it successfully; resist it by our votes first, and
lastly by other moons. .IVe can, at least, force an
adjournment without her admission. This being
dune, we are safe. The southern States, in con.
vention at Is4e..hville, will devise ntenne for vindica
ting their rights. Ido not know ",hat these means
will be, but I know what they may be, and -with
propriety and safety. 'They may be to carry slaves
Into all southern California, as the property of sov
ereign States, arid there hold them, as we have a
righA to do; nnd, if molested, defend them, as is
both our right and duty.
"We ask you to givens our rights by noN-INTER
TENTIoN i if you refuse, I ant fur (aking them by
ARMED oCciarATION.v
Resist the passage of a 'law admitting Cali•
hernia first by votes, and lastly by 'other means!'
MA Chairman, dues the Constitution which wo
are sworn to support. or.the rules of this HoUse,
peint out to us any "other means" of resisting
the enactment of a law, except by mean■ of ,
votea,/ We can adjourn. But how_lidjourti
without . voting an adjournment / — .srsoe err
adjournment,' says the gentleman. And that
force is the "other means" by which•the ad-
Mission of California is to bo resisted,' 'and re
sisted successfully:" And what next? Why,
the Nashville .Conseption is to meet. Then
What/ "Carry sluvbs into all of southern Cal.
'ifornia, as the property of sovereign Statos,and
'there hold them, as we have a right to dot and
'if molested, defend, as is both ?ur right and
'duty." And thusas California to be "taken"
by "armed occupation." Alas for the 100,000
men already there,or on their way thither,
from whom California is to be taken by force,
and held by armed occupotion, that shivery
may be introduced there against their will.!
I doubt not. Mr. Chairman, that by this limo
you and this committee aro satisfied, as I em,
that unless the intentions of the people of the
slavelioldlng States have been mistaken by
some of their Representatives here, a conflict
of arms between the Government. o f United
States and a portion of the citizens thereof Is
• o
inevitable.
'But. sir, I have never permitted myself to
doubt the patriotism of the American people.—
And I shall be slow, especially, to distrust that
quality in the people. of the generous, South.—
Left to their own unprejudiced judgment and
their own sound reflections, I shall have no
fear. I dare hardly answer, however, for the
effect which the speeches, esp'echilly that of the
gentleman from Misaissippi,Plr. Baowsjmay
have upon the minds of a gallant people, natu
rally ardent and impulsive. Indeed, sir, I shud
der at the thought of the effect which passages
like that;whieh I shall now quote, may, I had
almost said must, produce on the feelings of
our southern brethren. Receiving I 4 in good
faith, as we are bound to suppose they will, as
a faithful statement of the cruelties and enor
mities about to be visited upon them by the
hands of their northern brethren, it would be
strange, indeed, if they failed, to be wrought up
to the most intense degree of excitement and
exasperation:
"Our country is to be made desolate. We are
he driven from our homes—the homes hallowed
. .
by all the Sacred associations of family and friends.
We ate to be sent like a people accursed of God,
to wander through the land, homeless, houseless,
and Windless; or, what is ten thousand times
worse than these, than all, remain in a country new
prosperous and nappy and see ourselves, our wives
and children, degraded to a'social position with tho
black race. These, these are the frightful, terrible
conVoquences you would entail upon . us. Picture
to yourselves Hungary, resisting the powers 01
Austria and and if Hungary,. which had
never tasted liberty, pould make such stunt reek •
tance, what may you not anticipate from eight mil
lions of eouihrons muds desperate by your aggres
sion."
On you know, Mr. Chairman, of any nets
committed or meditated by the North 'against
the people of the staveholding States, that clan
by any possibility justify snob declarations as
those I. have quoted .7 I know of none, bad I
am sure the gentleman from Mississirlil will
find' it very difficult tropoint, them out to his
constituents, It is easy; indeed, to - dear In gen
eral charges - agoinst thoNorth; , :jind when re
quested to specify thoso cbargen, to ;oey;,tts the
honorable; gentlemenfrem MlasissiVpi does, "I
will tieh,recount. the' story of our wrongs."—
Dui such a course satisfy a peciPle, patriot
:io,AFgent and inquiring I, Future develop.
m 11shuiv;
An. - vitiatMr, are the causes assigned to
justify the act of dissolving this Union!: ['hey
are alleged aggreasione by the noti-slavebolding
States upon the rights of , the slave-holding, in
respect to slavery. , All the eluqges,pet 'forth
against the non.alaveholdiug states havO refer
-once to that qUestion Solely Lind tlkey,%,ftio
comprised - rind 'compendiously vet forth ;in
single tirief sentence 'welch I 'hire quote from
the speech beford`refified to ot the, gentleman
from North Carolina, [Mr. PLINOMAN.] After
referring at some length to the benefits and ad-
venteljea.asleycry, he bays •
• "In"- splie, ; hoWtiver;iif • thes° great facts; which,
ought to strike alliteptertial minds, the. course: of
,the North has been „constantly, aggtesswe on, .this
question." 1
Now, sir, on behalf of thS.lsierth;li relictMe
charge. And, I • affirm. that; Ihr ;anything the
North has done to justify - the overthrow of MN
Government; city attempt te' do so, is' 'naked
Irian!): What, - . `air, the , course of the 'flee
lj b e`,Aitin Sten ttY grees I v ta" upon the
Slovery.;question
~ , Let us see.--
Constitution.,
'teen etiites.tiase,betiri,admitted into, the..tinion.'
Dfthia:ntimberVoirie are sliveholding . Statio t
itiOght siriitlhosio
hapPenedtthit t .iieeiresitilltrut 'whon.ony oftiress,
:eleveholdinglititlee,heresPpiled admission,
' , the-North h ni!hkkd':cst 2 l 3 l ) ibte:WetithutoYi i' l 4 .6o th
ii.rantibeeof'Cirnaiesai'eonstiquentl,Htie.
to itzeindii ink:or 'of; thanWThey , ;;Oilre all
idmitteikilavehelditigino theiji:i . tvereoWit hAdit
Shohlornititittiens'efo'llier iaka
ray' iherneelieri. I. this a,part 4r , 4llixt . ”e gg res=..
sic. entitle' tho slavery ilitestiett.,which the
mirth boo !!nonstantly"-Pursued.
Again': 4„terratwy esobraq . thq
strienteen . Stited tlandolitldtl;'.l.lnU fr ie Staten'
'Comprise - 338,269'04E44d' Miletif , Anci the Oldie
s - 4
Stite3o,l76 10C , *4 .9 ' that',
'the' 'e..eteet 'of "slave'territery!,inlinitled.inte"!.;the
I:litkinehice'the.ndOptieMnf,,thq.g46ol4.lo96lB
corialdirahlyiriOktintn; tWiee...as;greet.ain.that, -
of the . ; free territory. Odes , tbielook dike a 02 7 ..
piwithi,on.the; Part °fine free Sta hes to -pursue
C
-cauise 'of "constant aggression"..teWards'.thi,
'flonth,pn thequbjeat - of slavery?...
• Agaitnr Th 9 annexation. of Taxes' was aid.
culiarly i e ethein.initisare;."The l .itecessity of
its' seqoAtion' Was'.diatinctly - Pfaced"..by Mr.
• Cithoon-;-lihnielf the - Mnbolment tittris
southern principles, and themaster-spirit of the
then admintefratiqn.-:ppon,th e wants of slave
ry. To the North the measure was.dikasteful.
.The North noTer desired, for its , own sake, the
sequieition of Vexes.; neverthelessthe oad).
earnestly deidring it, and Mr. CalhOun's great
influence bqing , brought to bear indui favor, for
, the-reason, ohie fl y,gust given, the North gen. '
-erously acquiesced in the ineasure,.tliough pop
leased
'.
of ample poWer to defoittit. , Texas was
,acguired 7 -and, at the cost of sanguinary and
expensive war, we took into. the .Union; at, one
swopip, an amount of slave territory equal in
extepPto.the entire original thirteen States.—
All this the norpolavehulding States might have
prevented, but did not. Is this northern "ail ;
:gression" upon the rights of the South on the
slavery question.? ' Is this'. one of the acts or
"aggression" on that spbject.which is to justify
gentlemen of the South in dissolving the Uni
on?
The power ofCongress toabotish the slave
trade and slivery-at the arsenals, forts, and
'navy yards, and in this District, will hardly
- be-questioned by any of our southern friends.-
And yet, neither the one nor 'the other has
-been abolished to this day in ,any of those
places. Even slave dealers now drive their
gecupation in this Districtatlsleasure. Could
--Aiot the North,- had she-chosen so to do, have
put an end to slavery end the -slave trade in
all these places,, long ere this? Shedig for
borne to do - so. Is that:forbearance-jiff? part
of the "aggression" upon slavery whiqh.now
justifies rebellionagainst-thelqmon ?
Now, sir, -let us consider those minor
• charges, so pertinaciously urged against the
free States, that make•up - the sum' totitVor,
those -"aggressions" which-justify thes gem. •
tlemen in dissolving the, Union. \What are •
these charges 'Why it is -charged, first,
that among -the people of -the free States li
there is a prevalent and increasing feeling
adverse to slavery. This statement, or charge
if it be one,•l cannot -deny.. But lam at a
-loss to conceive how that-can be regaTdid as
an "aggressioe•upon the South, or a justi
fication for the act of overthrowing theßiev
eminent. Is it required of the freelOtria--,
that they, in.aggregate, Shall keep a
vision over the views and opinionoftheir
indivkinalcitizens on political, moral, or any
other subjeetaq •Is not this a country of
freedom of opinion? And do not our southern
friends, •even,,recognize the principle thin
" error .of opinion may be safely tolerated
where reason is left free to•combat it?" But
are the people of the free States peculiar in
their views on this subject ? Does not tlitiP
"aggression"•come also from another quay-
ter ; and with ten-fold force 1 How is tbq
,feeling in Kentucky where,:at.a recent elec
.tion, more than ten thonsoncl votes (as I am
informed) were cast in favor of complete
emancipation? How is it in other northern
slave States where Van Buren, even, at the
last .Presidential election, found warm sop
portdre, and mita few votes? Now, gentle
men of the south, you 'cannot prevent these
things—this feqling, or sentiment, or what
ever else you tray call it—even among the
people of your own slav4 holding States, can
you? Are you not asking too. much, , then,
when you require us of the north and weit to
suppress it among our people? We could
not du so, if we would. And, if we had the
power, our refusal to exercise it would by
no meuns tend to justify the destruction of
this Republic.
Again : It is made an accusation against
the free States, that their ministers of the
Gospel make stayery a subject of pulpit die
thus increasing the hostility al
ready existing against that institution. To
some extent this may be the fact, Mr.
Chairman, though I confess that, so far as my
own knowledge extends; such instances are
exceedingly rare. But what then? Can we
plevent that Ought we to try/ Why, on
this point we hav,e 60-authority of the gen
tleman from Mississippi [Mr. 13r2wn]
self, in favor of the• practice. 11%u will re-
collect, sir, that lifter treating us to an ar—
gument of considerable length designed to
show that the moral and religious condition
of the negro fs'iMproved by his being held
in bondage—and rifler declaring that, in his
opinion, slavery is a. " great moral, social,
political, and religious blessing—a blessing
to the slave, and a blessing to the met§ter ;"
be drops the subject by saying: It is no
part of my purpose to discuss this proposi
tion. The subject, in this view of it, be
longs rather to the pulpit than to the halls
of legislation." Surely,, sir, he will now
.complain no more of sermons on the subject
of slaveryi—and, when he comes to draft the
'declaration' for the southern confederacy'
—(1 trust that has not already been done)—
he will certainly not include this us one of
the 'causes which impel us to the separation.
But again It is charged also against the
free States, that we tolerate antislavery so
cieties. Yes,l sir: we tolerate antieslavery
societies,'native American societies, tempe
zance societies, moral reform societies, miss
sionary societies, sewins, societies, and pos
eiblp7-though I am not certain—other soci
eties. Indeed, sir, we are tolerant towards
all sorts of societies. We urn so, because,
first, we have no right to lie intolerant in re
ference to such matters; and, secondly, be.
cause there is no necessity lor meddling with
them. We must hunt for other Causes than
this, sir, tojustify a dissolution of this Union.
Another charge against us is, that we per
mit men to perembulate the country, lectur
ing on abolitionism; thus increasing ' the pre
judice already existitg against the institution
of slavery. There are such men, no doubt.
My mind recurs to one just now—one who,
in that way, has probably exercised more
influence, in the north than all the other anti
slavery
lecturers put together. This man is
Cassius M. Clay, a citizen of the slave hold
ing State of Kentucky. When our southern
friends will agree to seal:his mouth on that
subject, or confine his efforts to abolish sla
very, to the southern States where he be
longs, it will be _time' enough for us o the
north to set about devising some mode
confining itinerant lecturers, or prescribing
subjects for the exercise of their eloquallte.
I might - mention, other lecturers of the same
sort for wholn the north isindebte'cl z to the ,
slave States. But it is unnecessary. '
It is also made a matter of accusation a- .
gainst the tree' States, that anti-slavery
presses are kept up there, and that the papers '
supplied by them are circulated throughout
the northern States, and even into the south.
ern; and this is one of the principal causes
which render it necessary to establish a
'southern confederacy,' winch shall embrace
just exactly the fifteen slave holding States
and' no more. We cannot deny, Mr. Chair-
Man' that such papers do circulate (pike Sic.;
tensively in some portions of the free States, .
ind,•some of them, probably, may be found
• eiren• south of Mason ' and Dixon , s
line. 'l'
have a paper of. that that character on my desk
now. !Here it is, air,. [Holding it up.] It
is a 'fair; looking paper,..Mr. Chairman; and
I observethat its artieles are written with
great power: But, secure , you, sir, it 'is
fearfully severe on.sievery. ' And it circu
lategreiterisivelY in the , north, too; :the num.;: ,
'; her. mit beitig less, I;am',told;.than.fourteea
thousand) weekly; besides, some ,thotisands ;,
..
;which find,iet . fy; into the, elave:holdiolii
Now,/gen thnt sup...,
puss thie paper, to be'publiehed yermoht,
Youniemtstakele, Ade:, :It - is+ notpnAbilietC.'
there, noriri:;,Massachusetti, nor.;evetilierth" , '
of Mason and Dilton's"fine: It is published—
slave terrttoiy s infrr tight lieretw'sight 0f,,,
' - :this' Capitol , ' and, alynoit' va ltlifn'spunit,..Of my
',1:0140.e. he r e,; Sit; ,ittafir the Very •spet- •
• froni,valich, the •gentleinetiltont North
• . "Ol [Mr?: , ,
driveri,,beganag tt. is • hia; , !iiktie
• Tee, gentlemen•otthe icinth; from your awn
Midstv frOM ;the very .:doors: of: yonr • housee,
, ;•surrounded by.your ;live population, do you
send •4ottlit-auti-glavery papeia, in:nit mber••••, ,
more than, fourteen thousand' per 'ivielc;;tolT
• - delugp':.the, north, 'and f,mannfaiatur ,
theta: - make, the circus;.; :
•
titian ()films papers, and, thepieValance of
.- a sentiment-which they cannot but engender,
aNpretext tivittlitowinkthis GOvernment:,,..,
Silence YOutiovin-abolitijin ireasel; keep for:
,„ your own pielheigurteen'theitiand atipjitialn
miperis" Whinfi',7.9o''• 'Weekly , .040
thistatifth,' end then,elepri;
•'[
,
ib'eliticn•preepel,. ,
,• Yon
for
thei',Union'W
EMI
..:I,remem r, als., the., there was 'another
antildav yes, in vigefousand fiery, effec
-4
tive'operat n for Immo time iniKentitaky-L—'
•;t Mr; BROWN.' ~
Widestroied It.- t: , t I
, - Mr. • IhssEr.x.:- So you did, hy,vielencetr' - '•
But, by your own laws and the decisions ,0,( j ,„
your own courts, you were punishid - ffirlt.
You were compelled, to make compensition
in damages for yotir lawless( act. Now, I:'
ask our southern friendsOn'till - good -feelint; '
if they CfliljuitlyAnge as it,idasoit for dissol
ving the Unidn ehnoyancei consaquent upon
is state things in the free States whiCh they
cannot Prevent'gt their ciyvn doors r ' ' '
We are met by , the gentleman from North
Carolina with another- difficulty, for which
'he , holds the north reeponsible. lie suggests
that tbe increasing anti:slavery sentiment in
the north will 'prevent the Preeident from
appointing slave holders to 'office.' For the
present let a single fact allay the gentleman's
fears. The Presidency has been given to
the slave holding States during forty-eight
of thrlast sixty years. And this, too, though
the white papulation of the slave holding
States has rarely, if at any time. exededad
one-half that of the free-States. Of the for-'
eign missions, of all grades, mere than a ma
jority have been given to the south. Of the
Cabinet appointments, very nearly, if not
quite half, have been given to the south. , Of
the officers in the army and navy, it will be
found that, considering the relative popula
tion of the free and slave holding States, at
least three out of five have been given to the
south. How is it at this very moment, sir,
while these very complaints of outrage, in ,
sults, tyranny, and loss of office are being
made? Why, sir, the President—a majority
of the Cabinet—a majority of our foreign
ministers—a majority of the members of the
Supreme Court, and the presiding officer and
clerk of this House—are southern men and
slave holders. Doe@ not this satisfy the gen
tleman from North Carolina I Surely he
might, on this subject, rest quite easy.—
Another difficulty gravely set forth in.,that
gentleman's speech, I ought, perhaps, to no
tice with becoming seriousness. I allude to
the refusal of the New Epg,land spinster to
take the southern gentlemires'artn I That
was Wrong, unquestionably. ' But then, these
Yankee girls are very, inde'pendent, and will
do just as they please—as some of us have
learned from very painful , personal experi
ence. But Ido not think that a dissolution
of the Union need to follow as a necessary
consequence. It is a proper subject for ne
gotiation. And, as the lady cannot fail to
perceive by this time that she is in danger
of becoming a secoed Helen, she will doubt.
less be more yielding.
Another charge against the free States is
that of aiding fugitive slaves to make their
escape. That we have vicious'people as well
as deluded people among us, we do not deny;
and that they have aided slaves to elude the
pursuit of their owners, is, I regret to say,
more than probable. Such acts are not in
consonance with the spirit of our Constitu
tion, and they tend directly to destroy that
good neighborhood among the people and the
States of this Union, which every true-hear.
tad American desires to cultivate. They
are acts, against the commission and for the
-punishment of which' the General Govern.
Merit ought toprovide. I hope such pi o
, ieiltion will be made before the close of this
session. It need not be expected, however,
that any human laws, however rigidly en
forced, will wholly remedy this evil. There
are bail men in all communities—in the north
as well as the south—and one unprincipled
man, by enticing, away or aiding the escape
of a slave, may bring reproaches upon a
whole State. lam confident, however, that
the number of such men in the free States is
very greatly overestimated by, gentlemen
from the south. They should remember that
it takes but very few men to occasion all the
annoyance they have seffered in this respect.
They should remember, too, that these things
are done secretly, and ore by no means coun
tenanced by the mass of the people. For my
own part, I am ready to go any retionable
length to secure such legislation as will'
henceforth prevent, as far as possible, this ,
grievance. I desire to see a law enacted this
present session, which shall secure to you,
es far as practicable, your rights in this re
spect. The slaves are your own -property;
recognized as such by that Constitution,
every line and every- intendment of which I
hold sacred. But let me a@k gentlemen if
they have not negro stealersAn their own
-States---if they have not every variety , of un
principled characters among them? Neither
they nor we can free our respeictive States
from such . men ; and they should consider
whether, if things were reversed—they oc
cupying our -position and we theirs—they
would bd likely to keep themselves freer
from just reproach than we have done. lam
not so unmindful of truth as to deny that, in
respect to the subject now under considera•
tion, some of our southern friends have good
cause to.complain. But it must have been re
marked by all of us that the Representatives
from those States which have really been
aggrieved in this respect are not those who
have threatened us with disunion. These
threats have come from the Representatives
of States from which, I venture to say, on an
average not one slave escapee in five years.
Who ever heard of a slave escaping from
Mississippi or Alabama? Where does he 'go
to ? Who helps him away 1 Certainly not
the people of the north.. Kentucky, Virginia,
Maryland and Missouri, the only States that
are really sufferers by' the escape of slaves,
do not seem to have dreamed of dissolution
asa-g_ismedy; while the Reprehentatives from
a NW of the extreme southern States,whence
slaves could no more escape than from the
island of Cuba,
see ample cause and impe
rious necessity for dissolving the Union and
establishing a 'southern confederacy,' in the
alleged 'fact that their slaves are enticed a
way by the citizens of the north.
I believe there remains now but a single
other.' charge against the north' for me to
examine; and that brings me to the subject
more immediately under consideration in
this committee—the California questibn.—
The proceeding which has resulted in bring.
ing California to the door of the Union—is
characterized by the honorable gentleman
from Mississippi, as ' unwise, unpatriotic,
sectional in its tendencies, insulting to the
South, and in the last degree despicable.'---
'lt is,' says that gentleman, 'in derogation of
the Constitution of the United States, and
intended to rob the Southern Motes of their
just and rightful possessions.
It is also objected that these proceedings
are likely to introduce into the other House
of Congress two 'Free Soil Senators' which
will destroy the equilibriuryr now existing
th*re between the north arid the, south, by
giving to' the Free States the majority.—
Well now, sir, what are the proceedings
complained of, and (or which the Union is to
-be dissolved an& the north held responsible?
The "
President, himself a southern man end
a slave holder, with a Cabinet, a majority of
whom are southern men and slave holderig
send Thomas Butler King, a southern man
and a slave holder, to 'aid and comfort, en
courage and advise the gold diggers in their
efforts, to, join the sister-hood of States. Mr.
King returns, bringing as trophies two south
ern men—one a Mississippian and the other
a' South Carolinian—(and both slave holders
I belleve,),vrhorn ourlouthern President de
sires' to introduce int 9 the Senate of. the U.
States as members of that body. And,
thereupon, mir southern friends declare that
if this Infamous measure of " northern ag
gression" is carried out, the Union shall be
dissolved and, the'north , held 'responsible I--
But what, I pray, has the north had to,db
,with all this? , Where can you discover the
slightest traces O a, northern rotni?k, finger in,
the whole' rnatte'r? Nay, sir; wild' are 'they
in Congress who ere Understood Mihrtie dis
tinctl,y desearedm
ttieselires , ' in ' favor, or rho ,
admission, of California since•the reception
of, the, measage,on that sublect 1 „Milo but.
Clay„ Houston , of the 'Senate And ,
Vey, of dile House=alj,slaxe hoidev i ;.,''" ',
'And this {California`,•proceeding ( fills thb
measiire,bf northern (aggression . ; dn '
ti makes ,
it imperitive upon ,( I ,every rsouthern t eon to
4" ,,, AF , ' 411 4 igh , 1 1 0 „ex9latirl„,taienorth
' giy. tuf ,liberty or give us deaths!' me:
OtetirriuninmaPis it that title Matter is ex
pected never , to be Understood by the people,
of the Sciuthl) ,Surely their. Repivientatirk*
do not, intend 'to. deceive them--Ithey co u ld
not hope to'do io,im A eubjectsio -, plein and
rialpable. ' 0 ' , ,`; ~ - ^ ',- - , %,, ,: ~
, Now, 'ell; kiqing dispoiedecif Op chargis
of ((northern riggreasion,!'„of whfeh - tve halo
heitrde6 Much' since the meeting At Cinigresi,
I appeal to lontlemmlo, say
,whether, Aber*
is, anything, iii ~ „ thettic t alcen, seperately or fit
Ibe,atifirefiale,w)liCh.,n l 3) l o elightest - , Ogre e
justifies their ; threafrigiiinst the:Millen? 'I ,
appeal tcotheirehm i tosey,whetber the °vet,.
threw of this Goedrnmeht And ,the , 'establish:
ment of ,a !(,;anthers conferleracyt',Woubl mit
igate in' any,,deiree, the evile they complain
of, ' Would anti-elevery'eocieties. go down;
would - antl•elavery, presume cease their is
, , 1 . ,‘, ~,, ') ' ',,,' ~'-', „.. ' '
ME=
sues; would, lecturere give up their °coupe'. '
ticin•4ooaMre: . :Partingtton., vvitliold,ber
istigJ`olirilens toorelitYof •slaverYq",
MidAvould sleveititicapeho'neorefrcirri north !
;eru:Sloveholdieg;States No,'gentlemen,evi,"-
,ryi. eel.grievance that now exlstriviroalfftlreir
be aggravated hie tenfold degree. I striate,
less to conceive how on this point there Cart
be any diversity of opinion.
Seeing r thee, that all these complaints are
groondless, or exceedingirtrb•
vial when 'considered'. in the ljght'Orcatisee
justifying a dissolution of the Union, I am
constrained' to believer and - I so declare as
the firm conviction of my own Mind, thatif
thilelavery question' were settled today up.
on terms' entirely .unobjectionable to the
South,the scheme oftlismembering the Union
would still be proseeliffides now. '
Sir, I feel no little remorse for the wrong
did an eminent citizen litst,s4ninier, 'The
distinguished Senator from Missouri, COI.
Benton, distinctly and boldly declared to the
people of that State, that there was a small
but active party in the extreme South—at
the head of which was an eminent statesman,
alike distinguished for his great genius and
his restless ambnion—who were seeking a
dismemberment of the Union in order to the '
establishment of a separate ‘‘sonthern eon
federacy." For that I denounced Col. Ben
ton in my own State, and to my constituents.
May God forgive me for the wrong I did him.
was was wrong—/so was right. Yes, sir ;
with that party, small but active and influ
ential, this slavery agitation is but a mode of
affecting the destruction of this Union. It
furnishes a convenient pretext anda powerful,
powerful lever. But be assured sir, bad they
not in the slavery question a plausible pre
text for currying forward their desi g ns, they
would hunt for such a pretext else:here—or .
invent one. The people, however - Nike pat s
riotic and vigilant, wilLdeleat_thvr designs;
and in due time,they will visit with just ret
ribution those who have sought tp mislead
them.
But do these gentlemen see no difficulties
in the way 1 1 know..that so far as the free
States are concerned,cthey have only to fear
"a little gasconade and et few threals"—for
they have told us so. - put is "there nothing
to tie apprehended from the patr a iotism and
firmness of the people of the slave States
,themselves 7 How about all those who may
choose to hesitate in the States/of Maryland,
Delaware, North Carolina, Virginia, Ken
tucky, Missouri ' Texas, and Tennessee 7
'Defy are to be hanged—hanged at once, as
.t 4F learn from •the gentleman from North
Cdroline, [Mr. Cliegman.] Now sir, when
the gen t 1 ema n proceeds to .that operation in
Kentucky, the hemp growers of that State
will have•no siccasion to desire& contract for
furnishing the Navy with hemp—for they
will not be able to sappy the demand for
home consumption. Truly, that day on which.
all the people of the slave States who are op t
posed to disunion shall be hingek in the
air, and among them dLxy, URDERWOOD,
BERTON, HOUSTON, BADGER, and others of
equal distinction—that day, sir, will be one
to be remembered I Gentlemen tell ue again
-and again, that they are not appalled at all
this—that.nothing need be expected from the
fears of "southerners," and the genlleman
from North Carolina, especially, seethe :ex
ceedingly anxious to impressus with a proper
appreciation of the prowess of himself and his
friends. This is all unnecessary. We have
never impugned their bravery, and never
doubted it. We do not doubt it now, They
unquestionably poseess that quality to an
equal extent with other men. But their con
stant disparagement of the personal courage
of the people of thafree States, can certainly
not be expected to heighten our opinion of
their own. We may come to think;bye and
bye, that they have fallen into two' errors--
the one the error of underrating the courage
,of others; and the other I need not partici'.
arize.
The gentleman from North Cerolinatspeak-
ing for himself and his friends, says: "I fell
gentlemen that this is our slaveholding terri-•
tory. We do not intend to leave it. if they
think t a ) , can ferhove us, it ixa proper case
for tri I ;"and he delights in the prospect
that such a-bontest would not leave a quorum
of live members on this floor. The gentle
man must exctise us for declining the invita
tion to so delightful an entertainment. We
have no doubt that he and hjs friends would
defend with great resolution this "slave
holding territory." I wish this particular
spot of "slaveholding territory" had been
always thus defended. I think the capital
Stands now where it did in 1814, does it Mk,
Mr. Chairman 1 Yed sir ; in the same place.
Do you "tot remember to have read that,
in August' of that year, the British, after
spending something like it month on the wa
ters of the Chesapeake, quietly landed a hand
ful (4,500) of sailors and soldiers—enervated
by the effects of a long sea vo7agesoine
forty miles from this place? And do you
not remember that, dragging) by band three
pieces of artillery, two of thdm three pound
ers, they made their way over this very
"slaveholding territory" to this very Capi
tol; and, having destroyed our library and
putilia.archieves, and reduced the capitol to a
heap of smouldering ruins; spending nine
days the while on this "slaveholding territo
ry," leisurely reembarked for other scenes of
operation t Now, I do not charge, sir, that
ocr friends were wanting in bravery. Not at
all. I think indeed, they were as brave then
as now. But somehow or other, I could nev
er help but think that.on that occasion they
were—rather bashful.
The gentleman from Mississippi, [Mr.
Crown,] who thinks that the resistance o
he free States to the overthiciw of our Gov.
eminent, would be confined to tita little gas
conade and a few threats," is nevertheless
kind and considerate enough to give us some
advice to be acted'upon in the event of our
not choosing to confine oar resistance to a
dissolution of the Union within so small a
compass. Hearken Mr. chairman to this
voice of wisdom :
"When you leave your homes in New England,
or in the Great, West, on this mission at love—
this crusade against the South ; when you come
to take slavery to your 'bosoms, and to subdue
eight millions of southern . people, I warn you to
make all things ready. Kiss your wives, Ind your
children a long farewell, maks peace with your
God, for I warn you that you may never return."
The profound emotion with whidh this
sage admonition was received by the Iniche
lore in this part of the Hall, must have satis
fied the gentleman, I think, that due heed
will be given it. Ile also admonishes us more
than twice or thrice, of the enormous popu
lation now comprised within the slaveholding
States. He sets it down at eight millions of
'freemen. Now the lust census, if
.1 am not
mistaken, shows the number to have been
four millions and six or seven hundred thou
sand; end by none of the ordinary modes of
calculation can that number now exceed six
millions. If the increase has really been so
great as the gentleman would haVe us believe,
it may be sot down •as 'a circumstance, the
lika of which has 141,ttrbeen known in any
age or country and.the gentleman may just
ly claim that his constituents are as emirfent-•
ly distinguished for another quality as fox
prowess. But this is a shoal! matteroir ;
and I merely, refer to,lt as an illustration of
the proneness of our southern friends to ex
aggerate all. their 'capabilities.
This proneness, l ' however, is not` always
harmless; and -I must now refer teia suhject
which I would gladly have avoide d. I allude
to the claim put forth for a.southern regiment,
by the gentleman from Virginia [Mr, Se&
don,) of having met and repulsed the enemy
on the field of Buena Vista,at that most criti
cal moment. when the, ,2d Indiana, regiment,
through an unfortunate order of their colnnel,
gave voi, te'the' well as
thoseiii who fell o n that'oecaeion, deniand of
ii'prstmpt corr ection of thielmost.'erriine.:
ous'itatement.., And .Fallitm: distinctly; air,
and such the, fact,;that:at the.tintiathe see.
ondlhiliana Figiment gave way,. tha,..Hiseis,
ragiMent, tar whom. iiiis,claintja•thus
gratuitously set up, was.' not withiif . v.mile
and a half of ~tha scene of action; _nor_ hid it
as yet_lited,argimotArawn.fitffeiggbre___Laft_
,fituk.forha4,sic,:thathii,AroNs, , xv,hicli at
that: time - met 'and '.rosisted7tha.'enenti;und .
thas, to use' hicientlemehts oVvit"langtiege,'
tft patched vvictory, frorit,the y.Rw'a of
..Oecoliithlcept ky,,ltiei second 111 V.:
noip, and portion
:motet: At'dives;;trienO. H . pleas* , Ili, to'
W
be
compelled:allude tOthissu West; no t.can I
'perceive jirhpriety of i tii. in.
"troduct lon 'into - ilthC debatto?.. , 7lt' having.' helm
ititictiticadihiieser,'l'c'ciuld not oft n silence
Rifdtheilitljetioit"Uf such Chief Inj up
il,lool.,Y * 119 "
ititpecr .ti:.tn;otiitor , not to
iitfiteeti•• ~.71iSfitie'Jind!,lit:titie,;; I pait S:0( too,
#nuty I#Y 4 o itl r.COY—lr'!"% l ed.
with ,the . eoil,of alcireigh.coitntryl . bn,e,their
q . lttime . upon , thequatice pll:thSVp-countrien
can never cease,. not.'„San.: nii7, Obligations' , to
them looser forgotten ie regarileii. , ' No,
Sit, the Solctiof
EOM
. .
eo beeriibenrcr,.tbia,.;:!alt
i dejlthoi s gb,fiti ; ..more el o qu ently-.the yoice‘of,,
;!.'lltittlirWayiikland 'of: IVg/Ite,; and the flacon:3-i
now, izt , his' - •
Voices would
e rrosth
idffP9tikliiiiiityoind lfki*,iir this ep awr
- ,..fastideiniqtriim rind the Otherii,Whio fought and
You • ••• • • • •
WiltiWisPect me , Chair m an, of ha
ee imp , on this.subject. So I
Lave; ( and' I-have given them utteranaMas a•
matter of duty. In all this, however, I by
vi o•menns detract from the
. gallant conduct
and bearing of the Mississippi regiment. At
other - times and. places on that bloody, field, '
they 'did all that their, warmest admirele‘r••,/
coeld have desired: But let me ask age -0-”
why we's this subject introduced into this I
debate? Why doe* the gentlemarreay,
troops of the North gave way" when he
means only a single regiment? Why. is all
this but for the purpose of disparaging the
• North for the benefit of the South Why,but
for the purpose of furnishing materials for
that ceaselesi, never•-endlnt, eternal theme
of "Southern chivalry 2"
Mr. Charribith, the people of the free States
linve as strong an attachment for their breth
ren of the South at this very moment as they
had during the days of the Revolution, or at
any subsequent period ; and they will not suf
. fer that attachment to be destroyed by dims-
Monists or designing teen in the North or in
the South. We have our disunioniate in the
North, sir, and they annoy us not a little.—
Were your troublesome man in the North,
they would be the Garrisons, tkajappans,
and the Gerritt Smiths; and welkaur Garri.
• sorts, and Tappans ' and Gerritt Smiths in the
South, they would be the disunionists against
whom
,the moderate men of all parties would
have to guard. I tell you sir, that we, the
representatiVes orthn North will aid you to
preserye._your constitutional-righter-as-we
have ever done. We are not klienatsd from
you ; nor have your ultra men yet 'driven us
entirely "to the wall:" We are ready to
meet you now On any fair groundreind fight
with you, side by side for your right hard for
ours ; and defend thbse rights under the Con
'etitution from encroachment in any quarter.
But, air,•we want to hear no more aboutldish
nion. We are attached to the Union.-aye,de
votedly are we attached to it. We regard it
as the ark of safety for the-American people.
We know that the realization of the hopes for
human freedom throughout the world depends
upon its perpetuity. And shall we rush.
lessly crush these hopes forever? Shall that
beacon-light which our fathers raised to cheer
and guide the friends of freedom he
extin
guished by. us? Extinguish itlf •you
but know that when you do it the world is
enshrouded in darkness more frightful than
Egyptian night. • .
• I know the people of my - State. I know
the peopleof the Great West and Northwest ;
~and I know:their devotion .to the American
Union. And I feel warranted in saying in
my place here that whet) you talk to them .
of destrbying this Union, there is not a man
throughout That. vas: region who will not
raise his hand and swear by the Eternal God,
as-I now do, it shall never be done, if our
arms can save it. Illinois proffered to the
'country nine regiments to aid in the vindica
tion °Mier rights ih.the war with Mexico.—
And should danger threaten the Union from
any source, or in any quarter, in the North
or in the South, she will be ready to furnish
twice, thrice, yea four times that number, to
march where that danger may be and return
when it is passed, or return no more.
dent estate:
Tan Yard Property For Sale. •
THE subscriber offers at private sale the
property'on which he lives, situate in Cent
treville, Dickinsob township, Cumberland coun
ty, containing 3 acres of ground, under good cut
tivation, on which is erected a TWO :STORY
• • • BRICK HOUSE, and brick back
buildings, also a 'FAN YARD,
! ; ;;Irp ' with eighteen vats out of doors,
,• two leaches, two limes, a pool of
running water and ?bur handlers
in the shun. • The whole is in good order.—
'There is rasa a large Berk shed and shop, and
good stables attached, with evory-other conve—
nience. The lot is well supplied [with fruit
trees of every kind. It is a most desirable prop
erty for any ono wishing to cotnmence the Top
ning business. ,It will be sold on accommoda—
ting terms, and possesion given immediately.—
Any one wishing, to sec the property can do so
by applying to the subscriber.
JOHN MIANICJI,
Agent for Elizabeth and Hannah Stoner.
Feb. 27,'1850-3m.
Valuable Farm for Sale,
VT ILL be hold at Public Sale on the prom
ices, on Saturday the 23 QT March. 1850,
at 12'o'clock, at noon of said day, the following
described real estate, viz: •
. .
A tract of land situate in Westpennsborough
Triwnship, Cumb. county, bounded by lands of
Wm. Dunlap, George Rea, Hoot Alex. Russel,
Jabezi Huston and Thomas Duffy, containing
about one hundred nd twenty acres of lime•
stone land, of which bout 90 acres are cleared
and in a good state o cultivation. and the real
duo exc 'Bent timber land, having
"V nn - , thereon reeled two story LOG'
• HOUSE and double frame Bars,
111:1 ,. with a never failing well of water
convenient to the house.
The terms of sale are, one hallof the purchase
money to be paid on the 30th of April next,
when n deed will be made to,the purchaser, and
the residue in two equal annual payments there
after without interest, to be secured by judf.e.
ments or bonds with approved security: lie
same will be sold subject to the lease of Simnel
Allen, which will terminate on the ist'April 1800
and the purchaser receive the relit under said
lease, the grain now growing is reserved.
GEORGE REA.
Admini9trator of done McKinstry. deal
. ALEXANDER ?ICKINS'I'RY•
WILLIAM McKINSTRY.
Feb 12, 1820-41. - •
N. 1.1.—1 f the whole of the above tract is not
sold, the undersigned in pursuance of an .:order
of the Orphans Court of said county will offer
at the time andplace and upon the terms above
stated, the one fourth and the fifth of a fourth of
the above described land, tit public sale; being
the interest of Jane McKinstry, decd• in the
St 1110
Public Sale of Real Estate,
, .
11
N pursuance of an order of sale from the Or:
pitons' Court of Cumberland county dime
to toi the subscriber, Guardian of John and
Jane Greason, he will expose to public sole rn'
the promises in Plainfield, on Semi day the 16th
March next, at 12 o'clock M. the interest of said
minors, being the undivided fourth part of the
following doscribod real estate.o •
No I—A lot of ground 'situato in
~f- ~ l'i> Plainfield, bounded by lands .of
;.: ll,James Greason, Georgc,Mussclmdn
is aft!. and others, containing 6 acres and 69
perches, having a good LOG house,
stable, - &c., thereon erected.
No 2—A lot of Mountain land, in Frankford
township, -containing 5 acres, 110 perches,
bqpitdco.l4,lria of John Fisliburn, Neidig's
hews, slid 4 'erg :''forms of sale—cash , on con
firmation allele. ROBT. GItEASON.
Fob. 111. 1850 Guardian, ,Sca.
TWO VALUABLE FARMS
For Sale.
iroliE Subscriber offers at private sale the fol.
. lowing described Real. Estate.
, No I.—Situated in Nerthmiddleton township,
4i miles. East of Carlisle, abaut.ono mile North
oLtho Carlisle and Harrisburg -turnpike road,
contatning'22s acres, more or loss, about lime
' stono'and tho residue' black Slate and Meadow
' land,' till 'cleared and in'a high' state of cultiva
tion i taccept 60...acrea well covered with heavy
l'helMildiegs are a very elinatto
'' . .ettirt.'-STONE HOUSE, and . a
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• o il 'triune barn' partly, new,: with
IL; orn cribs,' \Vegan - Sheds ! ko. 6-fino
11l • hearse ' anka"bever failing
spring,o6water near the door''of The
lionse; also; a good erehard 'of' Chtilec fruit. '
situated one and a half milca North,
~ .iif Carlielei'eteg*Oad loading from &them
-:,-Gap ; to CarlislriCOntainipg 165 acres of first rate,
' Slate . littidOhorcilighly dr., well Attinidi except, 35 ,
tibree'w h 'covered' , with Tiritlicril he
jrnproVernenta'nre twe''Etery:lianie‘ dwelling
' houet andA largo tro Pi c harp, alr , paceisarY,l; out
buildings ia`good ' condition,aleo,'Cgood 'orchard
Of Obalco friot [anti' 'hi.Welp opplkd , jterth.
*:itter,for:liteek in all tho.fielde: : ,'"'Also; SNVelleof
'water riebro'llio bonen:Aid never '::l"drehlis
wishing.to purChase or toexamine' ithe ; ilifernirti
,f. wlllnleake call o'n the sphscribitr 'residing in,Car;
lisle.; ' • AIIMSTRUNCtNEOLFk:'
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'banal and Rail' Road Lirio,lot Philailel—
• phia; Baltinaore;Pittsblit,Ad. W . ar
KERRi:Forwarding and Commission
Merchant, " . .HAnii.isnuno, Pp. informs hie
friends and the public, that from the liberal pat 7
lmp. extended to him during the.past year,he
has been encouraged to make More extensive an'
,ements foi . • die present seasbn, and has ad
two new, largo and splendid Boats to his
. ..LINE, and will be fully prepared after the op.
ening of the Canal, to forward PRODUCE and
ERDHANDIZE of 'all kinds to and linen
'Philadelphia, Baltimore, 'Pittsbargh, &c., at the
lowest rates of freight and with the utmost des
patch. •
Agents for Boats, d • • .
CARLISLE 4. GA SKELL,
Race street Wharf, Philadelphia.
GEISE & SON,
No. 48 Commerce at. Wharf, Baltimore.
CLARK & SHAW, ?
• J. McFADDEN & CO.SPitts'g
Agents for Care,
WUNDERLICH & CRIER,
No. 272 Market at., Philadelphia.
CHALORER & REYNOLDS,
No. 423 Market at., Philadelphia.
SITER, JAIVIES'& CO.,
Broad street, Philadelphia.
PENN'A. be OHIO LINE,
CAVINorth street, Baltimore.
.Herrisburg. March 29, 1848.—tf.
A MITIMAIRRISaI
GEORGE REA, Adm'r
iscellancpuo
Genera
asion_a.n.d..rormardi ng
Merchant, N0..79 Bowl3i's Wharf,
• BALTIMORE,
R the sale of Flour, Grain, Cloversced
Whiskey, .Lumber, &e. &c. Also, for
warding Goods, via Tide Writer Canal and
Pennsylvania Improvements. Orders (or fish'
Salt, Plaster, &c. &c. Supplied at lowest
prices.
Having been' engaged in the above lelSeleafil
ddring the last five years, a continuatiun'of
patronage of his friends and-the public is re
spectfully solicited.s
Refer to
PUNK & MILLER,
EBY, Harrisburg
ERAN:t &
JACOB EIIIIENt, Carlislo, Pa.
A. CATHCART, Shertherdstown, Pa.
GEouar, SiNutsv.a, MCClMllictibUfg, Pa
Feb. 14-Iv.
Hevrs Embrocation. for Horses.
THIS valuable EMBRO.
CATION will cure Sprains,
'f - j) , 4? Bruises, Cuts, Galls. Swell
ing, Rheumatism. and all
- complaints winch require an
external remedy. It gives immediate relief to
the Scratches,mid the incident to Horses having
white feet nod noses, produced by the St. John
Wort. It is also highly useful in relaxisg stiff
ness of the Tendons 'and Joints and produces
beneficial effects in cracked heels, brought on
by high feeding, splints,sprains. Title E 5115110
CATION is reCOMOMMa 10 FllttliCtS, Farriers.,
Keepers of Livery Stables, and private gentle
men owning Horses, and should be cow-minty
kept in their stables. The GENUINE arti
cle is prepared only by W. MArtsnA I. 1„ No 302
Race st Philadelphia. And for sale wholesale
and retail at DR. RAWLINS' Drug Store , W
Main street, Carlisle.
March
IVlcEillisters,all Healing Ointment
fR THE IVORLD'S SALVE, contains no
Mercury.—The following Certificate is
from a regular Physician, of extensive prac.
tics in Philadelphia:
JAMES McAtt.isTart—Sit: buys for t
last two years been in the habit of using your
Ointment in cases Of Rheumatisin
surf in TENIA Carrriss, (Scald, Heads,) and
thus fur with the happiest - elle - et. I think
from the experiments I havemade with its - MN
that it riOly deserves to be adopted as an are
tick ofevdry day use by the profession at largo
Yours truly, S. BEj.L , .'D. Phila.
READ THIS
Philadelphia, Dec. 29, 1847
James McAllister—Dear Sir: I take
pleasure in m eking known to you the great
benefit I have received by eying your Vegeta.
bre Ointment, o o World's Salve, 1 bad an
ulcer, or nning' sere, on the ear, of many
years standing; I havq applied to. srveral
physicians,-but all tone purpose; but by using
your Ointment a few days it war completely
dried up and well. I have used it for burns,
for which I find it an excellent article; also in
all cases inflaination. ED. 'Piton rt.
I certify the above statement is true.
T. O. CAD US.
N 0.90 Market street, Phila.
CERTIFICATE
I do eerti!v that I have used McAllister's
all Healing Vegetable Ointment for coldness
of my feet; also for Rheumatism in my limbs
and Corns on my feet, ond have been entirely
relieved. Believing it to t be a good Medicine,
I do not hesitate.to recommend it lb the aliove
complaints. . LEONARD VA ILE,
Norris tp. Washington Pu. Aug. 21, 1847.
I certify that I have used MbAllister's all
Healing Vegetable Ointment, or the World's
Salve, for a boating in my wife's, breast, tOieli
has given her incalculable benefit; alsokeene
of my children, for sore eyes, which giiis‘itn.
mediate relief. I, therefore, reciminiend it as
a good medicine. PARKER REED,
Hopewell tp. Washington Co. Pa. Aug; '47.
Around the box are directions for using Mc.
Allister's Ointment, for Scrofula, Liver Com.
plaint, Eyresipelas, Tetter, Chilblain , Scald
Head, Sore eyes, Quincy, Sore throat, Boachi•
gas Nernbus' afections, Pains, Head ache,
Asthma, Deafness,Ear ache, Burnt, Corns,
all diseases of the in, Sore lips, Pimples, 4-c.
&Selling of the Limbs, sores Rheumatism,
Piles,
.Cold feet, Croup, Swelled or Broken
Breaat, Tooth ache, Ague in the face, 4c., 4c.
If MOTHERS and NURSES knew its value
in cases of "swollen" or Sore Breast, they
would always apply it. In such cases, if free
ly used, and according to tine directions around
each box, it gives relief inn very few hours.
BURNS;—It is one of the beet things in the
world for' Burns. (See directions for using
it.)
PlLESThousands arc year:y cured by
this Ointment. It never fails in giving relief
for the Piles.
pr- This °Without is good for any part of
the body or limbs when inflamed. In some
cusps it should be applied often.
CAUTION—No Ointment will be genuine
unless Ilia name of JAMES McALISTER is
written with a pen on' every label.
PRICE TWENT-FIVF, CENTS A BOX.
For sale by my agents in all the principa.
cities and towns in the United States.
JAS. hi .ALIsTER,
Sole Proprietor of tho above Ifiedicinca.
Principal Office REMOVED to 28 N. TUIRD ST
Philadolphia.
OEM
S. Elliott, and S. W. Haverstielt, Carlisle
.1..& L. 'Beige', Mechanicsburg.
G. W. Singiser, Churchtnwn.
Rhoad Jr, Wherry, Newburg.
Jnsoph H. Herron, Newellle.
J. M. Lutz, & Geo. W. Bell, Harrisburg.
LONG SHAWLS, LONG SHAWL S
JHE • subscriber Imo just opened a general
assortment of Plaid Long Shawls, Bay
State Long Shawlsi of superior quality. Also,
Splendid' Broehr, Shawl mil ~ w ool), Muck/
Thihet Long Shavds, togother with 'Forked,
Caslimere, and othar..•S:haWle, at randeruto ,
ti,PP
vJust :recoil/ad a variety of Lynx Muffs, of
different , onalities, - ultra an ' , asdortmon,(cif low
ptieedMufferfar , sitle'low,
A$ H FIR ES MGU IVES.SDE . I I 4.
is 'navy beautiful
ts - s - fftWient - orDreas:GoOdsianteng . Whieh - may
be found Cushirinies.:fitotia: De Linnes;l4lohntr
lustres;;Alpaclins, Morirons, t rthiek 'and 'Col
'orad . Silyoind Other varicitiae of Dress Booth,.
, :TuEfiiocolvad a few, plees of. Bronze Cass'.
mores,: !Wet - a1V10. , , • '. Also,:l3lno.;and ,Bluek
,Clothe, Merino Cassimeres and Botinetts, for
•
MIL;LINE:',B,
, • .
thratighout/O'cotip(v: are
• infdrined thee n gebernl dasortrimneof
' ood s el no - Bonnet' Crowns,
Pleworie,'Face
ehen,..lllasiene colota . ; BOnnot,Wireti;"&c.
bY - ~•
;GEO.AIt,.DITNEE..
, ,
; "; ' ' • ritke''.oll: - .iA"
• •
,• WAR.RAIsiTEDput, Toi sale; for:1 - 6,,iteps?r
quart, at Dr. Rawlins'. Drug ,;
October 24, 1849., „,t-•
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