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wo is me if I preach tliem not." I know not of but onc proper enectual wtoy to vrcrcnt this apprehended evil. it is for mnihlers to cease to rphnld thc Detil's pol Uics it is for tlicm to do thcir.duty and preach God's politics and to be no longcr ilumb dogs that caunot bark.' Witb,this ciiangc thisHeavcn demandcd ohangc ih them all thc danger in qucstion would vanish; and not only those CAcn Iess fit, but myself also, would cease to be preach ers of this neglccted, this unprcachcd part of the gospel. I frecly admit, that my cducation, my habits, niy pursuits unfit me for preaching the gospel; and that my only jnstification for preaching the part of it which teaches rightcous politics, is.that they omit to preach it who are chosen and coinpctcnt to preach the gospel." So the gospel is politics, and politics arc gospel, according to this lay preach cr's notionsl It may be so, but if so, bath politics and the gospel have been vc ry iinperfectly revealcd and interpreted to us. Wc have never heard Mr. Gcrrit Smith preach, yet, howcver, and thus has it chanced pcrhaps, that we are in such utter darkncss 011 thcse topics. Ncxt to Fourierism, Dialism,Socialism or wliatcver "thc new social revclation" js most properly denoniinatcd, we have had occasion to comment upon nothing richer in thcir several wnys, for sometime past. thin -Mr. Smith's abolition sermons, arid Mr. Burritt's lunatic cpeculattons. But Keriou?Iy, how can men of this stamp be cmtent to make such noodle3 of them frelvcs! Troy lYh'g. FORKIGN NEWS. AKRIVAL OF THE IUBERNIA ! SIXTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. rrelajid. The State trials have hecn adjoitrncd until tlie 15th of Jauuary ; aml O'Councll has rc tircd for a whilc to his 'inoimtain home' at Djrrynanc. 11c is lo take Limeiick 011 his way to thc 'f;ir west. whero a dinncr is to lia givcii ou Monday ncxt to jMr. V. S. O' Bi'ion, one ofthe meinliers of tho county, n re;ent couvert to rcpeal, at which thc agita tot prcsidcs. Hcports are in circul-ition that the trials ivill he abardoncd ; anJ amonjrst the partics w.'io have hnzanlcd that opinion, not oncc, lvit f-ciiucnUy. is Sliiel 110 bad authonty, as fa as opinion goes on the sulyect. Sir Kob crt Pcel, it is said, seeing the protractcd tiinc OM-r wliio'i tho trials will exteml, 6cvcral nmitlu proliaMy, aud the unccrtniuty, froni t!u natiirc of thc circunistanres, rcspcctin a onvictiou, has dctrnniucd to apply to parlia m 'iit for summarr powcrs to put down the aitatiou. Th it measnrcs of amclioration arc in pro grcssis ucdcnialile. Thc cotnmissinn, hich will conuaencc its sittings iu Dulilin iinme l.atcly, to inq.iirc into and sift the workings oflhc laudlonl auj teuuant qucstion, is, m in nppoiutmcut, a proof that the goverumcnt mjaii to do soir.clliing ia the way of redrcss ta all practica! Rricvaiicess. Jivcry thinn fliows that rcpeal has takcn s'rong iiold of tho nation's fccliiigs, and how cver llie proseciilious, if coutinued, may tcr minate, v.hethcr in a couvicticm or an ac- ipiital, the miuL'jter must satisfy the pcople of Irrland. In court, on the State prosccutioas, no n:w poiut has lurned up. At thc usi:al weekly meeting of thc Rc-p-nl Assodatiou, 011 thc20lh, ?.Ir. O'Councll 1 gan the proccciliugs by caying that not a inouicnt siionlil be lost before they cxprcssed t'lcir Ycneration for the Right Rcvcrcnd the Cathnlic Prclatcs of Ircland. He rcad tho f-s ilctions, reccutly passcd by thc archhish ops aml bishops, repudiating a state provis i .a, aud proceedcd to culogizc thc hierar c"iy. He moved rt-solutions, which wcrc carricd Hii ln'iniously, cprcs-ivc of the vcncration aad ralttudc ofthe Catholic laity of Ircland ta thc liierarchy for thrir refusal of the "filthy inimmon of the world." Several rcceipts werc handcd in from the IVited States. O'Councll still conlinucd to cheer on ths Rcpealcrs at the inectings ofthe Association, aml to urgo forbearancc. A srizurc offirc anns has bceu made in DuMiu, which has causcd somc slir. They wcre srnt froin Livcrpool to be fonvardcd by a vessel to the coastof Africa. O'Councll has issticd anothcr proclama lion to t!n pcojilc of Ircland, ethorting them carnrstly to avoid evcrything tending to dis tarli the jisace ofthe rouutry. He auiniad v:rts in severe tcrm npou Rihaudi-iin, aud thc praetice of lijhtiug boufircs npou frivolous occasious, aud ccnrlutlcs with thc following 1-nguage: "AVhatcvcr may bt? ihe evcnt ofthe pend ing trials, let evcry :nn stav at home iu nui- and. be not tcmptcd by auy body to r.ny s.icics ofl.reach of 1J13 jieacc is au eucmy of minc and of Irelatid. Tiiis is my advicc. Ko Ribandism. No 'IH'.ly Smiths.' "No bon fircs! Pcace, qniet, tr.impiility, aud within tivclve mouths the Uepcal of tlie Union will 1)3 at linuJ. Grcccc. A letter in tho AugsSurg Gazettc, datcd 'I'routiers of l'oland, 2Tnti October," says "Icancow announcc to you, without thc fc-ar nf contradictiou, that the Euipcror Nich olas has formally expressed his displcasnre attheGreck Rerolutinn; and that he has de,rivcd JI. Katakazi.(lhe Russian Jliuister) f his situatiou, and oniercd tliat his couduct ia lnviug manifested too livcly a sympathy in the new order of thiujs, be submittcd to a court ofinquiry. ItisadHed that the troops concentrate .1 at Klew. be directcd to march to thc Pruth." The Monite ur Parhien adds, that a Comntission?r Ettraordiuary had been aent to Athens with a protest aniiist the rev ohition. It is also said that the Kiug of Prus sia has recalled his reprcsentative. The Gazttlc Unherselle of Lcipsic, gives a letter, dated Athens, Oct. 21, in which it is statcd that the English and Frcnch Miuistcrs Sir E. Lyons aud XI. I'iscatory, had had an intervicw with the Kiu; of Greece, at which they d-clared on the p irt of their respectivc S'lT-ninients, their rcrnuitioa of the Grcck G'lvcrnmsat, as sctth J ly the rcvolution of 3-.i'm,ior. Th? accounts rccsivcd from Grccce by thc .L-vaut mail, state thit ths elections hava ;oa3 vry much iu favar of the constitutiounl ptrly. Aaioag U13 2i merabcrs of which ihe sJ3:ubly U cou-';5-I, 90 only bclong to the Rusr.iia pirty : '.'!. l:j" lieloii-to the pa.-:y w'lirii auvocarr ihe coiistitution. Of ' i Mitiitioaal party, about 80 consider r,j. Colletli as their li3ad. The enthusiasm a faror of the Rcvelutiim appears in no way ta haTi diminlshed. The supporters of the coastituaoa arc evcry where receivcd with th ; m5t marked applunse, white the Russians a.i I G ;na mi are glad to eseape observation. G ia -m1 f ll"tii app;arto b? particalarly high ia popular favor. A letter from Athens of tho 21st October, states that thc Russian Ministers had leftthat capital for the frontiers. Proper persons were cmployed in drawing up a form of the constituuon for Grcece, aud copies of the constitutions of France, England, the United States, and Belgiuni, have been laid before them, for thc purpose of euabling them to assist thcir decision. The Belgian constitu tiou is considered the niost complete, and will form the fouudation of the Grccian Con-stitution. CONGRESS. Disvosal of " the Prolest " of the General Tickel Case for the present) Mr. Ad ams relilions, $-e. tC. WASnixcTojf, Wcdnesday, Dec. 20. The resnlulion of Mr. G. Davis on the subjrct of the rights toscals of thcgene-Iruptions ral-ticket mcmbers, modilicd at llie sug-'ot orccr, unn me gcncrai quennuu u. getionof Mr. Elmeii, so as to inktruct ! right of pctition, was debated by Mr. Ad. the Commitlce c.n Elections (o inquiro and 'ams at some Icngth with his usual abihty report on tho certificates of elections or and power, and at limes indignant and othcr crcdcntials of all tho mcmbers re- earcaslic eloquence. He urged upon the tiirnctl to scrve in thc House, and whetter , Jlouse thc duty of rccciving and giving a olected in conformity to tbe coMtitulioo fir hearing and a repoTt upon the pctition, and law?, was taken up. l ridiculing the pretext (i. e- that it was dis- - Mr. Cave Johnson moved to lay tho jrtspeciful to tho IIouic thc point raiscd resolution on the table, but eubscquently by Mr. Hazelton of Gn.) by which ils ex wilhdrcw tho molion. clusion had been attcmplcd. " A prayer eration of the prcvions qucstion, adopted, bv Ycas 149, to tho r0Howint Navs : - ... c -r, . i t IVays messrs. Atkinson, iuwara j. Black, Jamcs A. Black, Bowcr, Bowlin, Boyd.Jacoh BrinkcrhofT, Aaron V Brown, Jcrcmiah Brown, Burt, Caldwell, Catlin, Chappell, Cobb, Cullom.Haralson.Hughcs. Jameson, Andrew Johnson, Gcorgo W, Joncs, Kcnnody, Lumpkin, McCajtslcD, Maclay, AIcDowcll, Reding, Robinson, Simpson, Slidcll, Steenrod, Slilcs, Taylor, 32. Mr. Biblack gavc notico of a bill for Ihocnnstructionofn Nnlional Fonndry. 31r. Barnnrd's amendmcnt lo the Jour. nal to insert thctcon his prolest nnd Ihe facts accor.ipanying, again came up, Mr. Dromgoole's qurslion of reception pend ing. A molion of Mr. Steenrod to lay this on the table prcvailed by ncarly a parly vote Yeas 116, Nays 59; thus finafly dispoxing of the mattcr, supprcss inc aml excluding from the Journal evcn tho rccord of thc protest. The prcscnta tion of pcliiions was thcn rcsurncd from Saturday, Mr Adams having thc floor.and thc scene of cxcitcmenl and uproar usual on like occasions bcing rcactcd Soulhctn Members on thiir feet in all parls of Iho Hall. inleiitly wntching the ' old man cl oqucnt ' and vcncrable.' (and formidable on such occassions to his comrades and to thc Speakcr, for the cxcrciso of whoso powcrs of discnrninalion and nico con structinn thcre is frcquent occasion,)as ho takes from his drawer and presonls one by onc the pcliiions, upon which they nro rcady and eagerto pounce and dispose ofj by tho applicnlion ol thc 21st (now oitij rule, by motion to lay on tho table, icc. The pctition of Mr. A. from citizens of N. Y. askir.g to bo scparated from all conncction wilh Slavcry (which oa Satur day had been dccidcd tobo cxcluded un dcr tho rule) the Speakcr, having more fullycxamincd the prccedenls &c. on thc case, now dccidcd was not cmbraced with- in thc slrict Ictlcr of thc rule, and Ihe rule bcing rcstnctive, he did not feel justificd in excluding it. Mr. Cave Johnson raiscd thc qucstion of reception. Ho could not any at time conscnt lo the reception of a pctition for tho dissolulion of thc Union. Mr. Adams said it was not a pctiticn for the dissoUition of tho Union, but for tho adoption by Congrcss of an amendmcnt to tho Constitulion, pcrfcctly consislent with thc continuancc of thc Union, and, indccd, depending tipon it. Mr. Thompson of Mi. movod tolay tho qucstion of reccption on Ihe table ; carri ed Ycas 07, nays 80, and thus this dis- posed of. Aftcroneor two on Frcnch Spoliationr, &c, camc anothcr obnuxious one praying for thc abolition of slavcrv in thc United States and in thc District of Columbia. i his, thc Speakcr inlormcd iur. A. was cxcluded by the rule. " Bring it back " said Mr. A. "I will put it with thc rcst ; I have a hous? full which I am prcsctving for some futurc day ; I havo thc petilions of hundrcds of thousands of thc pcople cxcluded from a hsaring in this House." The Speakcr. " It 13 not in ordcr to de bate Iho subjcct. Mr. Adams. "I do'not. I submit with lamb.hke paticnce." Laughtcr. Ncxt came onc, against the annexation of Tcxas, which, soon entircly lost sight of by Iho accumulation of questions of!40uiid thr. inesin. r.ndsav to his Soulhern j reccption, points of ordcr, nppcals, &c.,jriends, " gre battlc at once .'" was laid ovcr j yir. yjs0 cxplained that hc was not to Mr. A. now said hc had onc from 22G ("old his arms on the subjcct, but that this citizens of llhnois, conlaining several fl0Dr was not tho proper battlc-ground. praycrs, somn on Kravc and imporlant sub- j Tho South was dwarfcd by the census.and jccts not within thc rule, which hc hoped be intcndcd toleavc it to thc majority of might not be cxcluded on account of othcr J tho House to tho non-slave- holdin" portionsof it. It prayed, first, that Con-; Slales to determino thcir own action on gress pass some law conlaining a confcss tuc subject. From tho oldcst District in lon of nalicnal sin. Laughtcr. He hop. i Virginia, he assumed tho responsibility of cd tho Housc would trcat it with tespcct ; saying : " Gentlcmen, take your course ; it came from persons no doubt of decp con-1 Bbide by the Constitution and wc will abide scicnliousncss. Sccond, for llio passago' by you ; we desire to abide by you for cv- of an act of some nature. acknowledging'er-to die bv that Union which our forc- Iho dominion of tho Lord Jcsus Christ ; futhcrs esta'blislied, consccrutcd by tho 3d, acknowledgmg thc law of God : 4th, blood of hcrocs and tho wisdom of sagcs. foran amount ofthe Constitulion orsome Infringo it, and you tnfrinTe our rights; law. (o securo lo evcry individual of tho and I call on God to protcct all." United Slnlcs thc " sclf-evidcnt " truths" j Mr. Beardslcv thought that the truc con- of tho Declaratioa of Independence, the stitutional courso on this dclicato subject, right" to life, liberty and tho pursnit ofl and Ihat bcst adaptcd to promote pcace and happincss." Ti.t,said Mr. A. I am afraid ' harmony in the Uninn and qutll tho ex- tho Speakcr will dcclare within tho rule. I citcmcnt on the subjcct or abolition peti-tl- ii - y .... . r t . i i . 1 . . i. jc ucciarauon o jnnrp enuciicc, inis House turns out of doors. Tho Speakcr decided that this was not cxcluded by thc rule, Mr. HaraUou of Ga. raiscd tho qucslion of rcccplioncm this, as d'srcspcctfiil to the House ; and before tho Housc had thrcad cd ils way out of anolher labyrinlh of points of order, an adjournment was mov ed and carrfed. In Scnatc, a cotnmunication was rccciv. cd from tho Staie Departmeut relalivc to Ihe changes n the Commcrcial rcstrictions of othcr nations : laid on tbe table and or dcred printcd. Mr. Woodbridge moved the printing of 500 copics of fllr. Wm. Ctwt Johnson's Report (intho House, nt the last session,) on thc State Dobt. Laid over, at tho in ffancc of Mr. King, Wasihxcto:?, Thursday, Dcc. 21. In llie IIouso of Representntivcs, tho sportivo intcrest and cxcitcmcnt conncct c:l with tho prcscnlation of Abolition pc titiona by Mr. Adams, nnd tho adventur ous atlempt of Sonthern vctorans as well as thnso Iess expcrienccd to thwart him ia his couroe, havo lo-day (towards tho closc of tho sitting) given way to graver nnd more intaresling debate upon tho direct qucstion of the reception or non reccption of Abolition pciitions and the courso po litic and proper to bo purwied Iherecn al the present crisis. The pctition ycslerday presented by Mr. Adams from IMinois for tho acknowledg- ement by Congrcss of thc authority of Je- hovah. and the secunng to eacn imiviuum intho United States Iho " self evidont " " truths " of thc Declaratioa of Indcpend- ence, 6ic. camc up, and amid many inter and rauch wrangling on points (to Ihis House 1 (said he) i heard of construclivo trea 1 . g. e.i. r I ' WhVi he had casons and he tho't thn framcrs ofthe Constitulion had nearu of them and of their crucl operation upon the pcople, but if this was constructivo in sult lo tho House, was it possible for the buman imagination toconceive what wol'd not bo considered an insult to them 1" One of the many calls for ordcr was hcre made by Mr. Saunders of N. C. a. gainst the discussion of the 21st rule on the qucstion of Iho reception of a pelition. The Speakcr decidcd that it was not in crdcr. Mr. Adams. " According to the con slruction of some human skulls, nothing is rclevant to the qucstion but what ogrces with Ihcir opinions ; and it sometimcs hap. pcns that the ekulU of thcsc gcntlcracn have a strong sympathy with the skull of the Speakcr." The Speakcr, rcmarking, as it was in cumbcnt on him to- prescrve dccorum in debate, that hc could not pcrmit rcflcctions of that kind lo be made upon him or upon gcntlemcn upon thc floor, callcd Mr. A. to ordcr. Crics of " That's right " from various quartcrs. Mr. Adams. That's right.' says nll the slavc-reprcscntation in Ihis JIousc.' Tho Speakcr. " The genilcman will take his seat." (Wilh which Mr. A. com plicd.) Afler a farther long dclay on many questions raiscd, Mr. A. was pcrmiltcd to piocccd, " in order." At tho close of his remarks, on motion of Mr. Wiso, the qucstion of reccption wns finally laid on tho iabieby Yeai 9S, Nays 80. Mr. Adams. still rclaimng the Hoor.pre- scntcd resolves ofthe Legislature of Mass acbuiclts for an amendmcnt to tho Con. titution of thc United States to cxclude the rcprcsentation of Slavcs ; of which he moved the printing (which was carricd) and rcfcrencc to a Sclcct Commitlce of Nino.- Mr. Wiso (who had bccn woirving him- sclf and the Housc, not only during tho day but for about thrceqnarters of an hour, in opposition to thc reading ot tho potition abovc upon which ho himself finally tnsisitod, but in a little dillcrcnl manncr from that proposcd) rose, and with a trngi-comical air rcmarkcd, thal his part of thc conntry had been wholly worstcd in the fight, and that henccfor ward, to day and for cvcr.hc should cease (hc war in this Housc and opposc nolhing, but lcl the gcntlcman from Massachusclts (Mr. Adams) nnd those with him take thcir own course npon this subjcct. Mr. Ilolmcs, ofS. C. said on thc cnnlra ry, frnm this day hcnccforlh, he shonld re new tho battlo. Hc was not in dcspair of thc Rcpublic. Much cxcitcmcnt hcre prcvailed, and Mr. II., dcbale not bcing in ordcr, was allowcd lo spcsik by a suspcnsion of the rulcs. He agrecd wilh Mr. W. that tho action of tho Housc had been any thing but nuspicicus to Southcrn rights, but in. stcad of rclinquishing any idca of giving battlc, whcn it camc with so much potcn. tiality from Massachusells, who had stood with them shoulder (o shouldcr in thc mighly work of discnlhrallmcnt from a forcign foc, that Ihe South and thcir prop crty wcre no longer to be reprcscnted on this floor, as by Iho compromiso of tho Cr.nsti'ution it had been providcd,he xcol d tions, was to rcccivc and lav them on the table if tnc Housc has detcrmincd to re jcct them, and if nct prcparcd thus lo dc cidc, to refcr them to a Iricndly Commit lce, and let them bo rcsponsiblo for a re port upon them. It was a load they could not bcar ; when it camc to an inlringmcnt of thc Constitulion or a dissoluticn of (he Union, thcro was not a Northcrn man hcre or at homc,who would hcsilntc to take tho ground so gallantly occupied by Soulhern gentlcmen. He would not Irench on Ihe rights ofthe South or thcir propcrty reprc scnted here, but bclicved the best course was to receivo and act upon thcso peti lions. Adjourncd. Congress-the ' Old Man Elcquenl ' in de fence of the RigU of Pelition. Fkidat, Dec. 22, 1843. In thc Senatc, nothing of intcrest was donn in public. An Esccutive Session was hcld. In tho Housc, the unfinislied busincss .f yesterdav was the consideraticn of tho folfowingJo'int Hcsolution of Iholast Lt-g- islaturo of Massachusctts, presented by Mr. Adams. viz : Resohed. That the following amcnd- mentto the Constitulion of Iho Uniied States be and bercbv is recomrncnded to the consideralion of Congrcss, to be nctcd on accordin to the fifth article. Thc 3d clauso of the sccond section of ihe first article shall rcad in the words following : Reprcsentativcs and dircct laxcs shall bo I T ,. ,J nvnnnr t ll II cnvnr-ll Rfntoa -h!ch aroor mav be iocluded within this Union according to thcir rcspcctivc num- bersof frcc persons, tncluding Indians not I 1 Which resolution Mr. Adams had mov ed to refcr to a Stlect Coinmitteo. Mr. Iludson of Mass moved a supen- . r .1.. T. In nArmli f. Ia speak. Iy, by tho will of those who now hold tho P3 h '"S b w"'ch .s A!r.R.D. Davis cliuied the floor, if lavcs in bondage : as I believe they will "'c grcat thoroughfaro of thoso splcnd.d ny onc was to have it, but tbe SpeaLcr be, that such aa issuo is,as much their counlnes in Ver.nont. lyins along Lake aid n o. , own int-rest as it Posa.bly can bo of those , Champlain to Lonnecl.cut R.ver. ano by Mr. W. Uunt of N. Y. aSked tho Ycas ' who shall be discnlhralled. I wish no in. j wI,,ch ?,nl' lJic tra'le', w,,,ch ,now Soes, a and Nayson Mr. Uudson's motion.which ; terforer.ee whatevtr wilh Ihe institutions ! Sst a'1 ,Nc,w .Yo.r' ",aybo, i3nc,i " j.j nA i J.-nn . Ynnx i m . Vnv. 1 r (, c,.,.fi, . f ...t.i. i i. . Boston. All ndnnr, tnurefuni. that tho io.vJ 40 viz : Almost all the Mcmbers holding seats in .iolalion of the law. voted against al lowing Mr. Adams to be heard in his own dofencc, wilh four from this State ; but not onc Whig. So, Iwo-lhirds volirjg in Ihe afTinnative, thc rules were susponded, and lenve was granlcd to Mr. Adams lo addrew rhe House. Whereapon Mr. Adams said it had not bccn his tntcntion. nor was it nov his desire, lo trespnsa on the tiroc of thc Housc, nor would Ibis be a fit return for Ihe cnurlesy jnsrt exieih'.td unto him. A propofilioii had bcea miilo to refcr the re kolutions ef the Lcjirslatiire of Massachu settf, prcscnled by hiin last ovening, to the Committet) on the Judiciary ; to such a disposition of tbt'm hc should very willing-: lv submit ; ncd thi-rc Iw.d loen anothcr to r'cfer thi-m to a Seloct Committee, to con s:t of one member from each St.-.le: nor hadho auy objec'ion to that. He was willinjj that they hhuuld go to any nppro. priate committce. And if the Ilouso should scnd them to a selcct coramittee he was willing that thc Speakcr should omit his namcas being.under tho circumstances, scarcc likcly to act with petfect imparliaU ity upon the subjcct ; and. bcsidcs, he had no desirc whalcvcr to act in any way on thcse rcsolutinns. Mr. A. would lake tho liberty lo rcinind his good fricnd from South Cnrohna (Mr. Holincs) of Ihis, nnd to express his hopc that that gentleinan would strip olT the giitteringarmor in -.vhich hc had clad liim sclfcnp-a.pio ; Ihat he would throw asido his cpaulcts ; and take olT his sword ay, thonghit might bo asgtcatas Ihat of I)u rnndana in ancicnt fablc, or capahle of cvcn grcater miracles than thc far-famod wcapon of Orlando whcther Inamorata or Furioso ! Much laughtcr. The gentleman surcly niust agrec, on a littlo rcflcction, with the opinion of his friend from Virginia, (Mr. Wisc) Ihat this was not the place lo brandish that sword. Mr. A.said Ihis bccause Ihesc gentlcmen, and olhcrs who had spokcn on thc subjcct afler this most lerrific thrcat to prostralo tlie Union, had all rcsolvcd thcmsclves at last into thc position that (hcy would sland upon the Constitution. and by implicalion ccenicd In intimatc Ihat thc abolition pc iitions (for ncithcr of the gentlcmen rc fcrred at all to tho resolution ofthe Legis lature of Massachttsett?, thc rcfcrencc of which was ihe qucstion before tho House) wcrc violations of llie Constitution ycs, that pcliiions wcre violations of thc Con slitution 1 for that was what it camc to. Thc gentlcmen, in Ihe very midst of their military fury, all dcclarcd that they werc most dccply, most duvonlly, to tho very bottom of thcir inmost souls, altachnd to thc union of the States, nnd scemcd to in timatc Ihat thc Legislature of Massachu sclts, (though they made no dirccf rcfer cnco to the icsolutions of that body.) nnd ' ' t more cspecially Ihe abolitiomsts who scnt their petilions hcre, wcre not attachrd to the Union. Sir, fsaid Mr. A.) I am not here to an3cr for the purposo or vicws of any abolition sncicly, or of any individual abnlitionist though I am, in one sensc, an aboiilionist myself; in that sensc in which Thom.-.s JcfTerson. in Iho sevcnty sevcnlh ycar of his life, dcliberately com. mittcd to paper his opininii, which hc ad drcsscd to all the slavclioldcrs of Ihe cnun- try, namely, that abolition must comc ; lliat thc oncr it catno Iho bcttcr ; and if " Fato has decrccd I wdl change tho; word tho God of Naturo ha3 decrced tho frecdom of that pcople, and Hc will makc them frcc in His own timo not, as I ex- pect, in my day, but somo day hcrcafler. In that sensc. then. that Thomas JcfTerson . was an nbolitiunist, and wasso all his life, ' I am onc. I hope with all my soul that i tho day will come whcn " slavcry shall be a word without a meaninrr in the Eu glish language nnd in all othcr lnnguagcs whcn Ihcrc shall not bo found a slavc up on all thc earth. This, in my judgment, will be tho consummation ofthe Christian religion ; that will be tho long hoped. for day whcn thcriq&sball lic dnwn with thc lamb, and whcn all tho glorious promiscs and prophccics of the Old Tcslamcnt, promises and prcdictions repcatcd nnd con firmcd by Jcsus Christ, shall receivo thcir complete fulfilmcnt. In that day I believe thal man will be anoblcr, a purer, a more clcvatcd being by far than wo sce him now ; when ho will approach much near. cr to thc angcls. In that scnso I am an aboiilionist: in thc sensc advocatcd and . avowcd hy any abolition society that I am now acquainted with, I am not, nnd never , have been. I believe, howcver, that in these societics, and in many of the anti slavery associations ofthis day,(and many I of them have publishcd most severe ani- madvcrsions nnd dcnuncialions directcd I against mc,) tbcrc arc men of as much nrtf 11. .1 ...nra.i ,fMilrl nnctifi 'Unvr 1 J . . .. ... . . . VIIUU U .iiuii. i-1 iwh ..: uuyyu ,.., me uoiiinmieo iiumu Cu,i513u , tyh;.,,i v.,. Ymk.nn "c"'",: Jt't!1" entin.yofMass.ichusc.ls men. -.ha, cl onW 10J only of :a L ruay.SC0 W,,at Kw,n. d.- ?r- J-lMC-!fromBo.st0n. (il is 331 from Wbitehall to against "I , " , Vr"" i " r ue;c-7,n. 7M'ew uu. mo,,on 0 - Kcw Tork.) and on Iho north, lo Burling. can honet , iu wuuiwui iiiui.u, uuiu mi ..um, .10 ier 10 me u uuiciary -ommnicc, cnu inc , ii,.j. Ti,; ,a.i i,nv.,.AniAf 'II,nioiir,t ;i ..vntnnndd. "bn.. r. ,.J n , t l0" an( t'Onada. ims rontc laps cr- prospcct of idcX "f"nJm Tfill o,W r '".montin.her.gh.pIacc.it laps New Yorlt ; tIl093 ,vho intolligonce, as much virluc, as high recjpld Burlington. Thc result of tho delib-! titude, and as ardcnt patriotism as is pos sesscd by any man upon this floor : still; as to thc measnrcs they pursun and advo cate, I think thoy aro oficn and greatly mistaken. Thc (cndcncy of their courso is to rclard the comin. ng of that blnsscd day I al a futurc mf-eiing. to b ca!M l y. tlm cen h. They no doubt rul commii if, on the besl rjule, to ih- for which they all si think jtist thosame thing of mo ns I thin!; of thcn I have had little intcicourso with thcso socielics generallv, and I hc.M comniuui..n with verv fow of them. Tho ooininns I hohl I ho!d from God and from my ow.n jndgcrner4, r.wc!l as from the langnng.-of the Ueclaration of Imlepcn- dencc, nhich still, I Mieve. is ponnitted to hang in this hall. hoivever any porlion of it mav. in nractice. be turncd out of doora. But white saying this. I wish to makc no unmcaning, insigniflcant profcssions nr.H.nWniiinMA I l.n litiarliAo noin. trv or the Ji.K.n of Ihe States. I wish. indcrd, that the Union may last forcver : acd.as one imporlant means of securing PAbitlt T . . r.-V. Cr.w i I , nltAKllAnAr.-l.rn. rM.llf.T ih rnrll.onhntlltnnnfil.nrn: ry throughout the Union I bclieve this to be indispcnsible lo its so 1 think it will turn out, ...7 l. ! . 1. fT 1 1 Ul.. 1 T i ' r do wilh Ihem. That is Ihe pravcrofmanv whosc pcliiions aro now belbro Ihc Com- mittec on Ihe Judiciary. Theso pcliiions ask not that Coneress should interforo wilh y. ini:au uviuiuiis Slavery as it cxists in Ihe Slalos, but only that they may bo Iibcraled from all con- noclion wilh it. They nsk to be delivcr - cd from the burdens that they feel to be I too onerous upon them. For mvseif t Ihat I ,iis ' . I " wish it to be clearly understnod that claim nll purposes or desire to inleifere with Ihe institutions of tho South. I claim to entcrlain as strong and nrdent n desirc for the continuance of Ihis Union ns nnr man in this House, or in this cnminunity; nnd such I believe to be thc feefing of thc great masses whom I repreicnt, and of tho pcople of thc Slr.ta of .Mnssachusetts who passed thc resolulions I havo had tho hoaor to present. Tho linrs ha b?cn nhcn, for prcsfnting here a pctition askin? Cougrts? to lakn measurci for pencoable itissoluiion of ilw mnn I 'i- -i I.rAit. I T . -.. l. ll.. . ,' Z M,C1P.V ' U! ISS or perjury. a ihat an instructioai of thn South ? - ntsiult on tho ', It was sim- p!e requst to wh.eh tb pHi-.nen lVNI.t;.r.- spIvm reduc-d by tbe ob,tia;e refu,al of i.'ii.t nuuiu iu ic(x;ivu ttiiMr pcliiions . auu if the South do not know it, I will tcil llioui that tl.is is one of iln very causcs which go , " . ' ' i- i " ,! oweaken.h.mmcl.ou.nior.he p.oplccf; Ihc v,hole North and iNorlhutst to tlw Ul.-, lon. It doc3 nc;i!;o.n au.i i iiouiu tliHriforc consider tho nlnndonincnt of these rcstriclivc ruics ag.iiml tho reccpt ion of pclionors as or.e of tliu most fiittun. nte occurrences thil can inku placo for tbe pence of thc csuntry and tha perpetuity of ils prooent form of Governincii'.. This would take out or llio mouth of tho cnem tes of both llio insidicus stimulp.ltoa lo scc lional discontcnt wliich they can now v.Iiis per in Ihe car : Your pelitions aro rcfused cvcn to be heard : vour right of pclilion is dcnied ; you are ttiri.cd out ofthe doorsof ypur own House of Reprrsnnlatives ; what is this Uiiion, or what csn it bo to you J" Such susgeslions, 1 lamcnt ! say, havo a .strong cfi'ecl both at North aud in the West. And no bcttcr support for thom can be necded than thc vote recordcd on tho journa's on thc sccond day ofthe sess ion. Thero is a portion cf llio rcprcsonta Uvc3 cf frecmaii in ihis Housc who still adhcre !o ihe rr.trictivc ruloi. Mr. A , in conclusiou, said, I have nl- rcady Ircspasscd long on iho palienco of tho Uouse, and I will ot prcseut say no moro ; unless it bo lo say, that. although I am not in Ihc habit of making broad and unqualificd profcssions of nltachmcnt to ihc Union, 1 am ncvcrllioless dcvotcd lo llie Union and dcvotcd to ihe Constitulion. My whole lifo hiiherto hos bccn devoled to tho support of both. and all my romaining days upon carlh, wliich in thc courso of na. ture can be but few, shall Le in tho samo manncr dcdicatcd to support and suslnin both the Union nnd tho Constitution. But 1 do not, thercforo, p'edgo myself not to present petilions eitherof my own or of my Stalo's, lo amend thc Constitution. That is within thc power of tbe Housc ; but it is not within Iho power of this llouso to rc. fuse to rcceivo n pclilion to amend tho ConMilulion in any of ils parts. The qucstion being now on the rcfcr encc, Mr. BEAnDsi.nr ofN. Y. hoped that Mr. Adams would have iust such a rcfercnco ns ho wished ICcNNltDT A great number of petilions for Rednrt. ion ofPostagc, In,cmnity for France Spo. liations, Intcrnational Copywright, fyc. wcre now presented, and tho bouiuodjourn. cd to Tuesday next. From the Boston Couritr. THE RAILROAD TO BURLING TON. FiTctintJKQ, December 12, 1843. Mcssrs, Editors, I liko your papor, (9'.art not, gentlcmen.) I liko it for its in dependence, for its freedom from the lit llencsathat looks to personal inircsts, and which conlrols to many of our daylies. I am led thus lo ipeak, from having seen io your pnper, ahnosl alone, an cxtendcd no tice of thu Fitchburg Railroad, ond a dis. position to la fuirly bcforo iho communi ty, any information conccrning its exten ion, iho succcss of which, l believe, is fuir more imporlant to tho city of Bolton, than icas even that ofthe ureal Weslern. Jlyolip'ct now is to givo your teadcis somo cccount ol a great meeling helc at Brattleboro'. V.., on the Cih inst., iu favor of ihe Fitchburg Railroad. It was a very lurgo meeting. composed of dclegnlions not only froni the Connecticut and Miller's Rivervalley, but from New Hamp'hire and the whole liocoftowns from theothor side ofthe " great pass," in Vermont, viz: uoiiand. t'ltlslord, Urandoc, Middlebury', erauons ol this great body ol ininiigcnt men wa, not to iccommcnd or counten- ance tho exlenston to Brattleboro', as was strongly prcssed by thc delegatcs on that routo ; but lo choose committcca to report, Mount Molly pass. wh-re ud t..e (..- cat ! concured th.t iht- road ri.mt co. .fit ter ; passi-s tho Green Siouiiiams. ''' i r readers v. sm havo rth.-ran in.i.r-is- U ktiowlodae of th:.t Pa-t ..f iNew IInr.i.- -hiro and Coantclicat, mav be surp.isii-I it ' 1 !'"''! "Wel; ; 'n0"'; " V'B" " Brut.l.-lK.ro , i aniJ tIl,! few nicuaiai.i i.nv!iS, ... ihis vicia ! .nt? ?" opnoseu 10 in rou. and in favor of o ie through n pari of iSew llampshire, ifa chartcr can be nbtnined. I nill stale a fuw simpte fiet,; which L-ad lo this.conviction. 8reat oLJct . 00 ?"a.",ed. ,he cxtension of theFilchbiirg Railroad. is to accomtnodatc ormont, and to tncrcae t0 BinOUtil 01 irano lo auuiru.il uosiun, r. 1 . I r 1) - - (curioinly the latier would bo one of the prcscrvation, and iducements wby Boston capital shouU as t But then I s,st To e'recl bo,il objects, the PH ,'mi ,L. road mustbe o.xtended to tho Mount Itoliy . ,. must be carricd to Bellows Falls, or alio ihem, to iusure lliis trade. Its rx'eiiii'ni lo Bralllebnro' would uut du lliis, aml ,, , , ' wo"lu T01 ntlu sci!rce 0 Fouml. Jrc''" or cn "trapassengtr, lo sft'cll tbe rcccip's of lhn F'l'-bbii-g rond, bryon d w hai tho it.c ' na lv r.ece,v,J wlH-',cmP 'eu 1') l ",:: i if'bey i!l look at the msp, and llie con - tennjIii.teI rouie. do-.vn.Millur's Rrer, iu a southwest diirclio i, and up lo Braltlcboro', ilhout mnkin more than about Uclvc c,r fifleen miles progrens loward.s the point io be ntlaiucd :!iu M. irnit Ilolly pass. AU tho trado nnd trari 1 from Brattleboro aud thr mouulain toivnc, in tlie vicinily. including tho couilry of Franklin. Mass, . nnd tbe vaiicy of M.IIc.'s Rivcr, must necessiiv, to lo Fi'cliburg. It can go no- f ' ... I,- .i" i ,, ro.id mint bo 'nriied upGonorolicul Ittv. rr lo Belknvs Fa'N.to avai! any th::ig. XVhat tlunk you is tl.tf li-.!anrp, rili'ssf. Ediiors, r !,... ..... -V I?,..,, .... ) I " . ttleboro' to Bellows Falls ? It is at Ieat 'illl'y! u. li. 1-1:1 &ii.be. UilLl I u.ll k 111. (. t. 111 I s:xty. by t'w survvy, onu iweniy-lliree to B.-llows laU. bv Ihe s'nse route. ilusi .i-, ".,,, ,..,.J .;ii I nvrmin ,1,1,, any lar, ol thc roulc , , m . , :,lirt:no.n t nnl inrn1P,l. . I, , . . ) : , I, riim l l Chhlirs 10 IMlOUS I-uI.S thc -tage rotrc tlir.u-g'i ICcr.e, N. H. n or.i Iiiiy tiii.e, n saving ol llimy lliref .,?his MC,11IIU fo7 mPnt;anc(1, M4, a! ,!ie del.igatr, from north Lf Rratrtpboro' to Biirliugtr.u, are in favor'. ofthe loutc rtrough Kiiw Ilnip,hiro. But thnisno; lucotilv reason. As I roinnr. i kcd before. the Bruticboro routo adds mith- . . i ii i mg lo tho t itchburg imeiMt. Il nil! loo.c us a lcrj'c ainouut of busiaess, frnn lln tow wl:s h ing ilrng ll.o eaMcrii borJi-rs o( l.c-shiio mid Sullivan ccuutics, iu Non C Hainpihirc, which, i.i thst evptit, would cu ns now into ihe Concord and Nnihui d". pols. Your readt'M. M-sjrs. Editors, are ir.clined, peihaps. lo give mucli tmporlance io Brattleboro' a bcau'iful little niountniu ;oun, I admit, bul of lililo imporlance iu a busincss puinl of view. It has no wntcr pouir, aud the to-.wis arround il uo mouii tnin lovns of little vahiH. Tlie toivns in Clieaiiiro cour.ly, N. II., including Keene, tlhougli v.hich n iliroct ruulo w'iuIj pss aro or llirro tiinus thc vIu . Bi l!o-.vs ruads, Vi., tlone is of len liinei the iiiij-ir-tanco of Brattleboro'. Il l.asu ivn'er pow. rr grcater thin that of Lv.otll. iu our Statf, wnii a cannl alrca'ly cul ihrniigli solid rork. and llie foundaiinns Uid lor Iwge fhclotios, lliebuilding nf n h c!i -as supcu ded during lhe',hard limci" ur.d has nu. bccn rpsum"d. Thegrcat cndand aiin of Bustnn cap. italists, is. to add to iho amount ofth.-ir tr.ido and 'iravcl !o nnd from Bolton. This can bo dor.o only on this routo by cxtciidiug iliii Iinu fioni Fttchburg at lcast to Bellows PnU, and it should be in j and progrcss of which wc attcmptcd to cx ihc straightcst and bs-s: lino possible. It . plaiu. For whcu has the lovc of justicc an.l nill thcn ct onca msuro n vail ar.)oui;t ol l!u: L;:kc Ciiamplain Iradu ;.nd lravi-1 to rjoston, which uow goes to New Ybrfc mucli moro than ihe public nro gcr.erally nware of. Why, sirs, thc productions of Iho counlics of Chittenden, Addison, nnd Rutland, which lic along thc Lak shorc, aro about cqual lo all I ho rcst of Vermont pul lo gclhcr! and ihis trndc gocs to New Ynrk bccauso of tho cxpenso of reacliing'Bostan. Should Ihis road bo carried ihrouh Ihc Mount Ho'ly pass. wo through a vast platn 1 right piace ! aud wilh a Railroad which wo stiall yct sec uuiu irom ugocr.sourg ai . .. . ... n . .... Ihc outlet or Lake Onlario, (n Isko that is never frozen ovcr during the Winter.) to Plallsburh.New York, (a dcad lovel.) il will tap the Great West ia tho right placc? My object in this cnmmunicalion, is merely to ask invcstigation into this mat- ter, by capi.aiists, wno may do inouceo. uuucr vriuiiuuus imw?! iu iuiiu ini-ir ui'j iu a wronij ditcclion, and before sufiieicnt in formation is bcforn ihe public. Let liem louk carefully into ihc mattcr, and sce too, it I am wido of iho ma'k in in my statcment, ihat the extcnsion of tho Fitchburg road is yct destined to bo of moro importanco io iJoston than thc Great U'cstcrn road is or cver can Lc. F1RE. Wo regrct lo lcarn that the villago of Thetford, Vt. has been visitcd by a verv .severe fire for the placo- Tho store, out buildinss and soods of Dr. Kendrick the dwollmg house, barn and shcds of Lovel! Garoy. Eq., nnd tho law olHce of Abijah Howitd jr. Esq., wero on mondny cvening last coi.sumodjy fire All insured bv ihe Orange co. Mutual in tho sum of four thous' and dollars. TaHIFF Negstiatios. Tha Seerrtnrv ofStalo has sent in a report, commanica' nng a project ot a tieaty with tho Ucrman custnms Union, according to which we arc lo reduce ourdutics on German Good.i, of Flax, flemp, Silk,&c. and ask in return lo a reduction of dutics on Tobacco. Let iii rii'iiL ifiiiuL:. 11 iiiiii tuiiiiijti 111 ii irrs have pnssi j ,.n rll;rrl Mr WhiMlni mii.is'i r ot Fr, ,. ,, A' i-rs. from hi,., j, i,pr.Ccs n ni i,.-"ra,' are pretly!w'l n2irrd. li Bt.idd trs lk and pro-iobuco coii.ih.-k.;!,,, THE CAL h 1 r . MIDDLEBURY: Wednesday Jan. 3, 184-1. J3?- NOT VERY IMPORTA.NT. If we have never greatly admircd the Io-"-Icarniug or mcntal cnmprchension 0f j, diah Holcomb editor of the Voice, nho hjj. sceu fit to coustitutc himself the expoun&r ofthe truo abolitionism to the peopte of Ver mont, wo have till uow cver regarded hiiaas a very clevcr fcllow, but unfortuaately borc underan ultra star, and foryears so possess cd by the single idca, as to be seldom alle to arrive at auy practical coucluiion upoa ha favorite subject. We have not therefore herctoforc dcemcd it ofany avail ta ta-.ss any applicnlion of rcason and arguniiutto his frcquent aberrations, althowc huvebeea cver willing to givc him credit for man r gcoj .1.: i i i ... .u r . " ,u "'-" ioaj mtcnaU of correct mental vision. ur.-hoaU j Wo at this time have dcpa.-tol from oar usual tract had it not bccu for the very fecBa j , j so ''uel I ..ww..wM u.uuu.. ,4 uC uaa to misrcprcsciit us to the public. hether Mr. Holcomb has overllironn ! or Iu ,hs lest degrec shaken thc strua no,i- , tious takcn by the anthor of Juaias, bj h-s j long array of facts true enou;h pcrhaps, Itt j baviug no just bcariug upon th? point.- uaJ;r j Cou3ideration, we sha!! uot stop to cx.uuinc. Oursole object is with that portiou or tho six coumn3 ,vb;ch ho has chosen to ,!c,otc .. . , . . to tue hditor oftha Ualaxv.iuwlucUweare deS!;ucd to be cxhibited to the pubhe as a3 j cuiy to political abolition, by cudcaoring ! to couviuce the pcople that th? sbouMwait ! or . irn.-n cl.n.,t.l i, ! - " :he north against slavco-, and thcse ccnclu- s:ou3hc,IrawiI from '1C following extract f editorial of the 13th instaut. Adolitiomsm. Wchavc never i ? Inomut ihe propriety of agitatins ..be , 3l,,U5 ?r"ry 1U a 1?u'1 om, of de- ; JiLIIII IU lUlllUlfck, Illll .171llliuilll itn .,', U v.., v..t- for . n."i;,t:i f, ! CoiiKross who wc bclctvc would shrinkfroni ; brcastiii" him-'elf asaiust thc ndvauc.-ol alZiU j ed by the Coustilutiou. P.ut wc uev.r.n- tert.iincd strong hopcs of abohslun.t shver, by appcalmg to t :e cousciciiccs ol staviiiout- co" m s""c. 7eru"u , "l 'J'""-; I cy lrom self uitertst. wlucli r.re Elanlvb , cck unclt:ruliniI1R ,:e borrid fabric of slav but avc- rvr.t ilin South, aml if we will wait nati"nt- j y a ruartjr ofa (.ntury, we shall brhuU it J rapidly crumblingto its linal cxtictioa. In searcely a nunibcr ofthe Pcople's Pr-M siuce our couiiexiou withit, havowcfailM to npieul to tbe public against the tavnl guill aud dcstmctive couscquences of tlarcry upon tbe prospcrity of tbe couutry, thc ap grcssioii3 of ths sla-eocrey upon norlhcra right'i, aud thc truckling of north; ru locofocc m to thc doiniaecriug spirit of thc south, and dcclarin onrfirin rcsilvc not to stutaia auy man iu cougrcss, who v.culd mt siani up fir.nly for evcry cicasnre cousisteut iritli the cuustituliou, aud the cxisteuce of the ua ion, which would tcinl to liiait or reinedy tbs evil of sltvcry. And wc would aik llio rca dcr what is ihis extract from ourforiacrDius bur but a rcpctitiou of tha scutiraint.s wbirh wc have long urgcd upon the puMic again-t slavery, wilh tho cxpression of sTjiig adi'i tioual hoies that tha world v.onld uitucssiu fiual ovcrthrow iu a (juartcr of a ccutiirr. from cau3cs now iu active operation, dcriv iug thcir cllicacy from self iutcrcst, the naturo rchgion cver rclaxcd. the grasp of slavtT.oL- crsf iSo one exccpt the carping cuitur of Voicc, w ho has doubtlcss long bccn panua; for an opporlunity of dischargitig his Iisna- lcss missiles against us would have had llio j cool elfrontcry of givingitany othcr iiiterprc- tatiou. Ifhis object in doingso is to placc himself before the pcople of this rcgion as thc sole champiou of abolitionism wc spcrn thc rao- j tivc-which prompts this false intcrpretation. cver stood on thc broad grouiiu not opposition, but of immcdiate action slavcry iu evcry way m wlnchit tly be done with any rcasonable succcss. Nor do we believe tlist always appear in the niost glilter- mtr armour and make the most boistcrooi J c,a!m9 o cxcu3;vc Bttaehmentt0 aM!tion. ; . , . I "m- auu ""P""' "lruuS" we slalc l" T tain support for pubbcations which can Iive j only in ths misty atmosphere of ultraUm. ' arc cutitlcd to halfthe conSdcncc ia their ; sympathy for the slavc, and abhorrcncB j 0f opprcssioa, as those who set themseheJ j caImIy anJ d;3;nscnuousIy t0 work by everj practical means to strike ou" their chains. We wish to abolish slavery, but we would do it standmg upon tho constitution. would not follo w the example of the great ab olition convcntion held at Buflalo, in invok ing the authority of tlie great sovereign cf the univcrso against the constitution, dcclar ing that tce caftt to obty God ratktr than man, aud hence that a part of tlie coastim tion was null and vold. Wo would not set u? adivinecode inour imagination assupenor to the sapreme laxv ofthe land, a course at tcrly subscrsive of all governments, and our continuance as an united nation. We woula not gather abolition churchcs, and desecrato thc holy sabbath by preaching political abo lition, but upon. nll suitable occasionswe would appcal calaily, but strenuously to the consciencci of sbveholders against tbe enonnous sin of hohyng their fellow men ia bondage, as alikc inhumau and unchiisiian. and as calculatcd to bring down the swift judgments of hcavcn upon them. e woum not turn slave states out of the uniou, or trample upon rights guarranteed by tbe coa stitution by interfering with the relaioa o( master and slave vrtr which they bay an ex-