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11 ii ,n, , if M ms c Pin EMflniii xsEjC -v. w v w ntai ii il l' til f i f f i i i ev m j'-rv- - . -ts i i i m i i l ' j i f 1 ' ' t i liii it (ujfcaiMj yj jJJ U UJ IL Jjj -LEfl'KE VOU'KEKIGHT, llthXt.O .t-l(K.W.." CW Irorirlor. toil 4 tiii: WIFE. Mie clung lo him ith Woman love, Like ivy io the oak, WliiUt o'er his head ilh crwhing force, Kartla clnllin tempests broke. AnA when the world looked on him, And Slight hung e'er h name, She toothed his caret with Woman' love And bade him rise again. And never did that wreath decay, Or one bright flower wither, For Woman'i love e'er nourished llieinj And they might bloom forever. 'Tie ever thin with Woman' love, True till Life si or m haa panned, And like the vine around the tree, She braves them to the last. PI. HIT tt (C A 1L From the Washington Union. Vote of Truman Smith and Jacob CoHanier. Upon various alolilion pro po sitiom. during the -Z'ilh and 30th Voh press, of which thuj tr ire mem bers of. PR0P0SIT10.1 TO ADOPT THK 21st RILK The question being upon the ad option oi trio rules ol the lormer ses sion. Mr. Chapman of Alabama moved to adopt the rules of the first session of the preceding Cnnercss Mr. Mc Dowcll inquired of the chair what rulo prevailed during the former part of the last session which .l: l -i i ..l um noi prevail curing mc latter part of it? The chair directed tho clerk to read the 21st rule, prohibiting there cepiion of abolition petition asfol lows. v !'1'2. No petition, memorial, reso lution, or other paper, praying the r.bolition of slavery in the District of Colubia, or any State or territory, or the slave trade between the States or Territories of the United States in which it now exists, shall be receiv ed by this House, or entertained in any way whatever." On the motion of Mr. Cliapmam, the effect of which would have been to adopt the 21st rule, the yeas and nays were taken, Truman Smith and Jabob Collamcr votintr in the nca. tive, and against the rule. Blair & Rives's Congressional Globe, pace lb, JVtli Congress, 1st session. VOTE AGAINST THK ADMISSION OF TEXAS On tho 10th of Decombcr, 1645, Mr. Adams offered a remonstrance of certain citizens against the admis sion of Texas into the Union as a State. Mr. Boyd of Kentucky moved that it be laid upon the table. iiu uvoiiuu vw.ui luntit u y ycaa in ami ill nil C, and nays, Truman Smith and Jacobyotor of the Wit mot Proviso i iuamtr votcu in uie negative. i air k Rives's Conir. Glnhe. 20th Con., 2d ses. p. 41. Again: The bill for the admission of Texas being pending, and the pre- question having been moved, on t'..i question, shall the main question ,be i ,w put? Truman Smith and j ' j Collamcr voted in the ncga- , ti t Ib-, p 61. The main question having been or dered which was, shall the bill be read a third time? on this question, Truman Smith and Jacob Collamcr, rated iu the negative. lb., p 61. The main question having been ordered; which was, shall the bill be '' id a third time? on this question "man, Smith and Jacob Collamcr v J in fhe negative. lb., p 62. Thus these two worthies- voted a gainst the admission of Texas into lie Union, after it had been annexed in comfor.rity to the joint resolutions of Congress, passed at the previous session, V.- - SlASe; TRADE IS THK DISTRICT OF CO LU.VIIM, On the 11th day of December 1S 46, Mr. Culiver of Now York pres sented memorials from Washington county, New York, praying the aho ljtion. of slalcry and the slave trado in the District of Columhia. Mr. Boyd of Kentucky moved that the memorials, ho lajd on the tabic. On this question the yeas and nays ; uiucreu, ana 1 rumen Smith and Jacob Co'damer voted in the na- gativc. lb.- p. U. I'OLORKU tlTlZh.VS OF MASS.M II ISKTTS. On the loth of December, 18-16. .nr. Adams orcspntpr thn lutions of the Lecislniiiro r,r fnJ sacnusctts in relation to the wrongs allcdged to have been suffered by the colored citizens of Masiachu setts in theS'tatcs of Snmli rrni; and Louisiana. Mr. Hurt of South Carolina moved to lav the resolutions On motion the yeas and navs were -.J I n . . - . uiuureu, nuu iruman Smith and Ja cob Collamcr voted in the negative. lb p OJ . wu muuu uayoi marcli, J817, we lind the lollowmg record of the pro ceedings of the 1 louse of Representa tives in Blair & Rives's flnin-rnitinn. ai uiooe wr mat session, page 673 THE THREE .MIUIO.X BILL. The House resolved itself into com nilttee of tho Whole, on il, Kmi., r the union. (Mr. Cobb in the chair) and took up the threo million bill as u p.isseu me Senate. hlr. Wilmot nim-prl in in il. bill the clause I'l-iwr.illu I ., . .v. ....u UJ in,. the Wilmot T rOVlSO. ill tllf fallmtiiirr worus: 1 rovuled.t hot tliere slmll ho cr slavery nor involmit Arv Ri.rvitii.l. in any territory on the continent of .-imciica Hiiitu snaii nereaitcr licac otlircd hv or nnnnvoil i.. il.o T".,:..i oiuies uy virtue oi tins appropriation. or in any other manner u)i.ii-v,r except for crime whereof the party siiau nave ucon amy convicted: 1'ro vided. iilu-nv.i. flmt ping into such territory from whom iauur or service is lawiuiiy claimed in any one of the IToitnil stMi..a i. - .jn-.v-r, Oliuil fugitive may be lawfully claimed and conveyed out of said territory to the person cia ninir ins or hi.r con- , Mr. Graham "moved to amend Mr. Wilmot S proviso bv KtrikiiKr nut .if. ter provided, and insert- If any territory be acquired bv the iiini.u kjiuius iiuiii .HL'Yirn. inn i c. sotiri Compromise line of 36 deg. 20 mm. snail be extended direct to the Pacific Ocean: that is. sl.ivrrr clmll ue proiiionea north ot that line, and - I I I . , r. . anoweu souin oi it. "Disagreed to nvrsiU nun nn "The question recurred on tli nrn. viso movea by Mv. ilmot, and it was agreed to ave 00. noes 80. 'The committee then rose and re ported the bill. I l"Mr. Rathburn moved the prcvi ous question, which was sernnile.1 and the main question was ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree to the amendment renorted hv tli mm. mittce of the wholc?(the Wilmot'Pro viso.; ii was decided in the nega tive by yeas and nays' Truman Smith and Jacob Coltn mer voted in the affirmative, and in TO ABOLISH THE SLAVE TRADE Uf THE DISTRICT OF COLl'MBIA. On the 21th davof Den . lSl7.9ntta Congress. 1st srssinn 1 Mr. (',1,1,11 n rr of Ohio presented a memorial from v(.ihaiii .ibi.i;iia ui IUC iisil ICfc Ol VOl- lumhia, representing. "That the slave trade is now pr. ried on in the District of Columbia to a larce extent. therefore ask that all laws anthor ising or sanctioning such trade with in said district may be repealed. William Flaherty, William Blanch hard, George Savage, J. C. Gricr, 15. lUilburn, V. S. Fowlers, T. M. Mil hllnl. Charlps C Atnnn Tnpnh Schollicld, Columbus McLcod, Will iam Green, John T. Whitaker, Jam es Ilandlcy, Martin BucIL J. F. Cal lon. 11. Tavlor. Thomas IV Vial. Thomas Fitnam.'' A motion was made to lay the me moral on the table, on w hich the yeas and nays were taken Tru man Smith and Jacob Cullamcr vo ting in the negative. Blair &. Rives Cong Globe, p. CO. On the 13th day of December, IS 18, (30th Congress, 2d session.) we find the following record of the proceedings which look place in the Houso of Representatives, on the subject of "SLAVLRY IM Tilt Dt.xTKUT. "Mr. Palfrey asked lr.ivn in ducc a bill, of which previous notice was given, io repeal all acts or parts of acts of Congress establishing or maintaining slavery or tho slave trade in the District of Columbia. Mr. Holmes of South Carolinia objecting, 4 The question was then stated on granting leave. "The yeas and naya were ordered and taken." And Truman Smith nn,l html, Collamcr voted in favor of granting leave to introduce a bill tn l,!i.h slavery and the slave trado in the i nsinci oi Columbia -Lilair 5c Rives s ton. Globe, p. 38. Fl'CITIVE SLAVES. On the 8th of January. 110 Mr Meade, of Virginia offered the follow ing resolution: "Reso ved. That tln on the Judiciary is hereby instructed to report a bill to this House, nrnvifi- ed effectually for the apprehension anu ueuvery oi lugii'ves H orn labor, who have escaped, or may hereafter escape from one State into anoth er." The yeas and navs beim? orderpd Truman Smith and Jacob Vnll t in fr voted in the negaiive.-Rlair-tt Rives's Con. Cli.be, p. 1M8. At this time Iruman Smith in. dulged hopes of being a member of lueeauinei, ana tlierelore, as did some other aspiring whigs from free States, bee an to skulk irm sml dodge the votes upon the question ol slavery. Lp to this time he had voted with Giddings, Palfrey, Root and Goot, for every abolition propo sition presented to the IIohkp Mr Collamcr, whose aspirations did not men rise mgucr man a burtau, con tinued to Vote lor all a in itinn nrnn. ositions, including the insulting reso lution ouercu Dy Mc Ooot of Aew York, pronouns that nerrnR ami slaves should be permitted to vote on the question ot the abolition of slavery in this district lesone ot these men . now holds . , sat in trie cabinet of n s aw ii.- i, -, . ----- -- - holding President, and the other is engaged in tho dishonorable and base business of misrenresentinf nl slandcruig prominent dcniocraU and me ueniocrotic nartv. i Ins m.in who is an abolitionists thromr limit and has voted for nearly every abo lition proposition offered in the House of Representatives while Iih was a member, has the brazen impu dence to falsely charges upon the democratic party a coalition with thp abolitionists, and to falsely inaliirn and slander, in pamhlets sent under hi fri i i . i ,",1"' 'i"; souuiern states represen ts rank to besecretely circulated jtatives on account of their slaves, in attlieboutb, prominent democrats order nmrp ..nVMunii., i .i...:. representing them to be Wilmot Proviso men and abolitionists, when in lact they areduectly the reverse, and have voted in Conirress in nnnn. sition to him on similar abolition questions "a work for which he re ceives from the corruption f.inil in this city a compensation at the rate oi eigni aouars a day. How can a man fillin? thn biph station of Senator of the t'nited States, guilty of such acts as these, hold up his head among honorable iiii.ui ici uc is uib coniui cnuai adviser and associate of Gen. Tavlor and ins cabinet. He is a sothe a - Iv of southern laveholdinr whis .Sr. -o r ' 1 recsoil ensraredbv them to aid thpm in the elections now pending in the southern states, is now buch a coa lition as disgusting as it isunprin- cipled and shameless? Comment upon such conduct it unnecessary, At a future time we shall continue our investigation into the votes of Postmaster General Collainer. The whi-rs are pourintr it dow n n on Col. Reuben Davis, because he exercised the right of withdrawing from being a candidate for Congress. Before his withdrawal the w higs were patting him on the shoulders with promises that they Vould stand up to him. To what perfection deception lias arrived. MonUraj A man without money, and none can he borrow, little is his credit and great is his sorrow. N e never atom !o coinjunv .otr to Urn I'ootr', Irllrr io Hun. Ilrnrv A. VI ur. iTI I i i nose no do tnc the honor to read the above letter, will observe that 1 have not entered atall upon the dis """""i "J' consiiiimonai (iies tion involved in the Wilmot Proviso. It would have been aside from the ob ject winch I had immediately in view to have done so. Besides. I i.n. fur some time of opinion that the tunc I. ... I . r nail gone uy ur ,crc argument in reference to a point noon ul.iph v.. many powerful speeches have been mauo in ana out or I ongrcss. A man who has read .Mr. Pint speech on the Missouri question, Gen uass iMcuoison letter, and the spee ches of Mr. Berrien, of Georgia, at the two last sessions of Congress, & yet suppose Congress to have consti tutional authority to legislate upon the subject of slavery anywhere, ci ther in States District of Culumliia. riilipr ixr I.wllro. ll,- ....... I... - I l. w. iiiimn.iij, iiiui ui; a iniiuiliau. 11 there were no other fact connected with the question which might serve to convince an unprejudiced mind that it was not desiirued bv tl.p tv.i. mers of the constitution to allow Con gress to intermeddle with shneiy anywhere, it would be sufficient, it seams to me, to show that the con stitution would not have bepn i st.nh. lished without the fullest guaranties upon this whole subject; to have it proved to be not only true that thr constitution would not have been agreed to and ratified without these guarant ies, but that it would not have been made, or ratified, unless the States had been allowed to import additional slaves from the coast of Africa, to be protected in the same way, and to the same extent, as those that were here at the neriml nf adoption of that sacred instrument in i i s . l nose who w ill read Mr. Madison s account ol the debates in tho federal convention touching these matters, will find the farts ail lldrd fit mnl mil. clusivly established, will here, for uuiuniHgo oi those who have in ' r .. . the advantage ol those who have no no ioiuiiiuv oi examining :ur. Mail- is'0''s writings, append a w act from his account of cmiiPiitinmil i bates, vouching most solemnly for the accuracy of the quotations. Mr Patterson. He could repaid negro slaves iu no linht but as prop erty." 1 1 Mr. King said "eleven out the thir teen states had agre.id to consider slaves in the apportionment of taxa tion, and taxation and representation ou'.'ht to go together." In the debate upon the proposition io unow iue southern Mates represeit ricl.t of property in them b GoUVOrnelir Morris taut. Tl.n.n ' ' : can be no end of demands for securi ty if every peculiar interest is to be - I entitled to it. The eastern States may claim it for tlicir fishery, and for To this Mr. Butler of South Caro lina replied: "The security the south ern people want is that their negroes may not be taken from them, which some ecutlcmnii uitli Ml fir unlirtiit doors have a good mind to do." Mr. Uouvcrneur Morris, speaking of the part of the tying slavery to tho southern States n . anu allowing mem to go on impor ting from Africa, said- The mission of slaves into the represen tation, wnen ifiriy explained, comes to this: Tiiat the inhnliii.iiii nff !.. gia and South Carolina who go to the coast of Africa," ic.. "shall have more votes in a ted for the protection of the rights of mankind than the citizens nf IV.m. sylvania or .New Jersey," ckc. "l ie would add, that domestic slsv cry is the most prominent feature iu 1110 aristocratic countenance of the proposed constitution. And what is the propos ed coinncusatien to the iinnhprn slates.''' cvc. "They are to bind themselves to march their mililia for the defence of the southern States," occ. " n the other side, the south ern slates are not to be restrained r : . . ironi 1111 lorimg jes 1 sunn hes m wretched Africans, at mice to increase the danger ofaltai k and ihe dilli.-i.ti.-l ol ili'U u. e: nay. they ,ire tn conr.iTod to it by liavin; tin be en- ; thcit votis in proportion: and iue at the ,imc tinio to hae tin ir exports and their slaves exempt from the contribution for the public service." Such was Mr. .Morris's view of this part of the constitution, as afterwards actually adopted. I pon the ri!iP"tinn w hether the ini partotion of slaves should or should not continue to -.-o on, Mr. Rutledge said: The true uuestion is. uhetlipr tin- southern States shall or shall not be parties to the Cnion. If the north- em States consult their interests, they win noi oppose the increase of slaves which will increase the commodities of which they will be the earriets." Mr hllsworth was fur leaving ;lin clause as it stands: let every State import what it pleases. The moral ity or wisdom of slavery are consid erations beloiifig to the' .Stales them selves. What enriches a part enrich es the whole, mid the States arc the best niflscs of their Peculiar interest The old confederation had not med- uiuu h uii uns iu in. anu in t in not iii . . ... . : - - see any greater necessity fur br.ncin I ";U P'y o t'W one. Mr. l'incknev. Njm i ( urn inn , .in .... .i i - - .! ever ce,e the plan, f it prohibits ; the sl.ue trade. In every proposed . ens.on of the powers ol Confess. th.it Male lias expressly and watch-! illy CNcep ted that of meddhng with the importation ol negroes. Mr. Sherman was for lenvin? the clause as it stands. He disapproved of the slave trade: yet, as the Stales were now possessed of the riidit to illlliort slaves, ns the linlilie n,,..l ,V,i , , (.-.v.. not require it to be taken from them, 1 i. anu as u was expedient to have ns few objections as Possible to the proposed scheme of government, he thought it best to ' leave tho matter as we find it," iScc. Gen Pinckney "declared it Io be lis firm opinion, that if himself and his colleagues were to si"ii the ron- stitution. and use their personal in fluence, it would be of no avail tow ard obtaining the assent of their constit uents. South Carolina and Georgia cannot do without'slavcs." Mr. Sherman said, "it w as better to let the southern Slates import slaves than to part with them, if they made it a sine qua iinn.'' And so the richt to mviort slave.-, from the coast of Africa was retained . i iu Slioirvin, (leCilllsl. 1110 liythe States respectfully until the Democrats in some of the non-slavc-)enr lsi,, and Congress was not . holding .Slates nre imitinr; once more bound bv the constitution even then and votinrj together you talk about to nrohihit it n.... , i. 1. .1 to prohibit it, I'at'ls lor the people It is a fact that a mainrltv nf tlie whigs inthe 1'uited States ' Senate, in is 18, voted for putting the Wilmot Proviso in the Treaty, bv whieh we acquired Califom ia and new Mexico. , . . --- It is a lact that not a single whig, paper iorth or South, condemned ! iiieiii 101 inui uuious anu aamnarjle vote. By their silence, they approve cd of the act. It is a fact thru a majority of the Whigs in both Houses of Congress have always voted for the Wilmot Proviso, and for evory other measure calculated to injure the South oil the slave question. Notwithstanding the se tilings, the w higs of this state have the lMITDfAf T.thp lUM'i'Y .1 f.. 4l. -.1! , , . , AFFROMTJSll V, to speak 'of the w ing party as tlie irlends ol the South. Again we say to the people 1)1 at the whig party arc traitors to the .outh. Trust them not, they are vour enemies. Jackson ian. The Yates county (X. Y.) Whig thus defends Gen. Taylor against the charge of being friendly to slavery: A new office has been established at lllov.sville,Preslon county, Ya., a place at which the illustrious Cu t Johnson refused to open an nfTicc. S. Heerinans, editor of the Fcllows vill Democrat, a whig paper is the Postmaster. .Mr. Hecniians. is slrrk- ngly autislavdiv in his cnlimcnts. and he constantly advocates, through his columns, noil-extension of slave ry, and emancipation where it exists, mid especially in Virginia. If Gen. Taylor means his Administration to be prn-.-laver-, it seems to us he might have, found a man of 1 orres- poubing iews for Postmaster iu 1'cl- low sville V i .1 :i. ilsiU I.I.UUl Moit Dtirietu e again! Urn. Tatlnf W'nen Gen. Taylor firmed his cab inet, he tnanifpstp'd his friendship fur the Smith and lur the leclings of slaveholders, by ppoiiitin Jacob ( 'ollaiiic r,of Vermont, P. M. Gen. Tli is man. last inter, voted for the following preamble. "Whereas, the trade tiow jiroserii ted in this metr-jpolis of the Jiepuh. lie in huinnii ! i nirs. ns chatties U contrary to natural justice and tho fundamental principles of our politi cal svstem. and is notoriously re proach to our country, throiiphoni Christendom, and a serious hindew ancc to the progiess of republican liberty amount t.he nations nfthn earth." liy voting for the above. Collsmer said that every slaveholder is a ilcs. lonest man. Gen. Talor. bv piv- ihg him a scat in his cabinet, sanc tioned the odious sentiments con tained in the Preamble Are .. i.:, r i: , Hiiis oi jui.-sitsi opi p i-asea with ! follam.-r? Can thVy conscientious- ly praise and c.iloeiic the President ! r' . . i .. .i . i i i"i 'la, in; i mc lieno oi he J'o.sL off.ee Lepartinent, such jocol) follamcr Can thr y, without Llushilie, Gsk tlicir ci hbor3 tQ vo(c r,kI. r- . crclr!,will eo to Wa.shineion to (ain T" , . . nn poinuiienls? I hey cannot, if they are rcaliyflricmls ol the South. Jackiunian. II) imhtU-v ol' Mont hern Vliis. The uhig papers in tho South have of late had much to say about coalitions, because in rome of tho .Northern States efforts ere being made to heal the divisions in the De mocrnctic party that hp.vr. arisen on the slavery question. This is done to keep the people fmiu thinking of the unholy deeds of the whig party. The following pointed article on this subject, from the "North Carolina Standard," is worthy of particular aN tcntiom "You talk about 'Coalitions,' and l-ntl rxfl'nt 1... .I...l....l I . . uuau in in us . jj mi 1 me mere laci that they divided 011 the slavery ijucs li'Ui, proof conclusive that w'c have friends anion; them? How could they coalesce, if they had not sepa rated? And how could thev rate, if they !md all thought alike? .. . : j .1 . Von renroach ns he ucia uu um iiiiuhcis are uniting: Can vou Point to the first whi frnm". iters nd old Hunkers arc uniting! frCe Slate who ever voted ninst thn tlmot 1 roviso or fur the Missouri Compromise? Have vou, among all your Whig brethren "from Maine to Uhio, any man, big or little politi cally, who lias ever taken such a stand for the South and for the Con stitution, as Messrs. Cass, Eiicean an, Douglass, Dickinson, Ritrhe. Crnswcll, and Forney, have done? Who did you vote for, last fall, for Vice President! And who is it that 'off fits 'cheek by jowl' with old .acK nunc cainitct at Washington.' Hiving and Collamcr, abolitionist notoriously the union of the south ern plaute'r with the free soiler of the North! Have youc verthougt of that. The Institution ol' Ma.ery. The following u tract in favor of slavery, is from an Oration by (.liven Van Vacter,at Oakland College, Mis. in April last. "The institution of slavery, then however reviled by ignorant and un principled is a social and political blessing, and rests, for its mortalitv. on the highest authority. Its com mencement was announced In an or acle of the Most High in the prophet ic sentence against the uniilial llam: Cursed Ham a servant of (lie sei V.UltS shall he be Ullto his brethren.' And its continuance js foretold in the Vision ol St. John, when i, lisiaof coming cciitiuics, he saw the 1 nd of tlie "w 01 Id. and bcJuld boiidm 111' and fri enun' ;i!i!,t p:t ui. .;! :.iL ij.in; .ccac o 'imc