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Show 208 A POLITICAL TEXT-llOOK FOR lSfSO. p olitical difference!!, pe•·mlts th:\t other party ~est.s than tho~c whir.h, <'Vl'll if 1kmanding attention, ~:<ttl! as but f!U est i o n~ of C"\pedienc.v. shoul(llJe, as they hn.v? hecn, post pn11 ed to the ton>~idcrat.on or that one of vttal lru-portanc ·,fit, frl't'rlom r~l Oil!' lrtud. . /h.\ol,.ul, that 11' 1' think t•ontcn•pt:\Ou!ily of the mmd wh:l'h di>-t·m· •rs in th1· 1''\t ·n~ on nf the an•a of Freed om cnu~c for tl~t• d··~radation of tlw :'out h. Coul1ltmture t<O belie hcrH·lf tlwt the p t•,t'l'l' atinn of lh1•ir "inalit>tHthle ril-!hts" to any portion of 111Hnki11d, 11 1\1'1 he :1tll'lHied hy p111po t u11ilt1· >i'llation of lhost of a ny ot her portion, 11c :-ay. pe bh tho~c r ~~~ t~ d e pl'ndcn t on the ~l:t\C .V of o•l!er~, rathr thanPIJt• tillle nf thn~e he njurcrllhat nrt• con,-i~;t,·nt 11 ith the ril{h k~ of ul l ; tha t o •tr l'on ~ titution arHI our ft• de.ai/Jt~->lnryspt•nk to 11s tlli'Oiq;h 1he 10it'e:; (\f the Jctl'en<o tts, the l'in ckne.r,;, the l. ee~. and the ltatl· dolph;; of the i4outh, a~nin:,t thts llli~crahl c, fa l~t· prP· tense. It is n ot ~o 1 'll 11· ~un~1·ss l)f the frl' · p inriple!> for which ll'e COiltCn<l, willrt'Js t a hli~ ll the lost Cl(II<Liily o(' the ~tat ·s - lost in the in~idiou~ increa•e of th tj i'ln.n• ~t.n.tcs from six, their Migiual atlll constitutionalnnmbe. , to fifLecn, the p re,ent aggrc~~ iVl' and uncwt::H ilutional number- lost in the twenty-one\ oil·es a1111 voles which Southeru chattel slaves JIOs~ess auwn~ the rcpreRentatives of aft ce people at \\ nshington - l o~t in the limit cd wealth, in the low intelligence, ar11l in the inferior ci vilization of the ~out h. \\ e would rc;,torc this lo~t ~;:qua li ty, and, so f;tr from dtJgrading any portiC'n of the nion, we me;m to elevate tit<: whole to the po~);e:<sion ofllmt l•'reedom which alone should he the National ch:tracteri~tie. Re~:~olrerl, 'l'lmt our senses rl'jet:t the audacious assertion that the l~xten:;io n o f ~lav e T erritory at the South will abate t.he evil tl.t the North. A8i<le from tho absurdity which it involves , that an evil declines in proportion to and expire:~ with the substance which it procures, experience has taught, anll the history of the " P eculiar lnstit.ul on" it:-~;:lf manifests, that the sla.veowncr of the " Old Uotuinion" breeds an increasing gang, and amasses an acr•unui.Lting hoard, just as the demand for slaves increa~e~ 11 ith the clill'usion of Slavery over free t erritory nt the ~ollt.ll. ln tlt1• year 17!10, when Alabama, .Mississippi, Loubi on a, A rkausas, 1\li~souri, 'l'ennes~ee, K entucky, and Florida, wet e free ~oil, the s lave population wa<; (j\Ji,"% Jn the year 1"10, 11l t1'n ~l':l.very had spread OVL'r this fr(•e soil, it ,,umbered ~ • ..t~:iT, :Ib3, hcing an Increase in fifty year:; of 1,7 7.·157 :.hLvcs. The exten~>lon of ' lavery to new territtn.v, in~t.ea(l or ahating the evil in Maryland, \'irgiuia, Kcutuck.r, anti !\lisSt)uri, where it numbe re1l iu the y ear 1 10, 590,0(10 s lave.;, has multiplied them to 715,000, in the ye:tl' 1::! 10, ::.howillg an increase in thirt.y years of 18;),000 :;l:tve.:l. The cxistencu of Slavery depcu1ls ou it:; tlill'Lision. GIU.:l!:NE (;. URONSON\; Ol'INIO:-.' IN 1848. In a letter dated July lJth, 184.8, Mr. Bronson, after dcdining an invitation to attenJ a political meeting, Hays: Slavery cannot exist whc•re there is no posi tive law to uphold it. ll is not necest<:try that 1t should b~;: forbid flcn · it is enough tlmt it is not l'peci:dly ;wthor ize1l. If tl1~ owner of :;laves r~;: on o ves witl l or s•·nth the 11 into Htty country, State or Territory, w.tt·rc ~lavery docs not exist by bnv, they will front thaL lllOill t:nt het;O IIIe free 111en and will have as good a righL to COlllii i:LtHl the tlliiSII!r, ;~~ he will have to cummJtlllthem, ~late l11w~ have no c'xtntt e rrltorial authorily; ancl a IHIT o f Virgini1L which 111akcs l\ man a slav~ tile r,·, t':t.llnot llllLkc ltilll a slave in NewYork, nor heyond lhl· lt o~:ky Mount :dus. l~ntatainin g no tl ouht upon thnt question, I can sec n o occasion for a~king Oougres:! to lc•,i-late again~t the t1X· tension o f Slavery 1nto fr·~c terr>to;y and a~ a qu~:stion of policy, I think it hall better be le t ;,Inn;. If our ~outhern brethren w1sh to carry thctr slaves to Oregon, Ncw- 111 e~ico or CalifornhL, tlot•y will be under tloe rw ces~ ily of a.skmg a law to wurranL it; and it will th,·n be in time for the lo'ree States to rc-; is t the lltt:aMur e , a~ I cannot uouut they would, with unwavering firmness. I would n ot needleM:lly 1nove thh; question as It is one of an exciting n<Lture, which t end:~ to sectlo~al division and may llo us hu.rm as a people. I would leave It to th~ Slu.veholtling States to decide for themselves, and on their own re8ponslbility, when, if ever, the matter shall be agitll.ted in Congress. H may be thll.t they will a ct wl~ely, and never move at all ; eRpccially as it seems pretty generally agreed that neither Oregon, New-l\lexico, nor California., are well adnpted to slave labor. llut If our Souther~~ bre~hren should make the question, we shall have no chotce but tn meet it; aud then, whatever conseq~ enc~s may fo~low, I trus~ the people or the lt'ree State1 Will KIVU \\ uu1ted voice against allowing Slavery on 1\ single foot of soil where It Is not now authorised by law. I tun, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 0RRRM~ C. flRON~, To M e512 r~. J. CocnRANB, and others, Committee. N~:W-HAMPSlllRI<; FOR TnJ<: WILM01' PROT'ISO. The legislature (then Democratic) of ~cw Hnmpshire, in June, 1847, pn~sed the following resolution: /?1'80lVv(l, '!'hilt In nil territory which shnll hl'reaft!'rb~ lidded tn or Hcqulretl hy the United ~t.nteil , 1\lwre ~lavery d n('S nut t•x i~t a t the time of such allllitiun,or H<'fJIIIrcnH•nt ll t·it ll!'t' ::!lavery or involuntnry ~ervil.wl e , t•xct·pt for th~ Jllllli · hiiiCilt. o r <:rimt•, wh,•reof the part y Las been duly ,·ollvictt·d, ought ev.:r to ex i" t, hut lhl! ~!tmc !. lllluld ever l't II lain free j a !Ill WI' :trl! nppo~e\1 tO the e x 1e 11~i o n of ::'tuvl·ry m·cr cvt·ry ~uch 'J\·rr itory-a11d that we ul~o :tpprnv"' the vote of our ::-l t• nat nr~ nnd H ·pre. entattvu; io Congre sin fav or of tlte 'rll tuot Pruviso. 01110 FOH. l<'JH;J~ ~OIL . In the Ohio Honi'e of Rcprc~cntn.tives (!'<'R. ion of 18l7 8) the following resolution was pa~!'cd hy a vote of 4.;~ to 12: R eROl?l('(l, By tl.e Gent:r:tl Al!~ernhly of the I late or Oltio, l hHt thl! ~e1wtors and H t- pn:~t: ntativc~ fro111 this 'talc in the Congres~ of the 11ited tate~ he and th•·y 11re h erehy n ·quesled, to pt·oc11re tl>e passap-e of t11 en~u rcs in the 1:'\atinll:tl Lt'f{t ~lntttr t!, provitlillg for the t•xdllsinn Clf ~lave ry f'ro111 the 'l'crrilcq·y of Ore!!on, lltlllal ~o from nny ollter '1\• tTitnry th ;Lt now ls, or hcrcaltcr may be, llllllcxcll to tl1c United 'tales . ILLINOIS IWR .f'RU: SOIL. The following Resolutions were a(loptca by the, enn.te of Illinois on the 8tb of .January, 18.J.!), aiHl the llonsc of RcprcsPntativcs on t!Jo following day. The Lcgislattu·e w:tfl larrrcly J>emocmt ic in both brn.nclics n t the ti 111 : Re:wZ,red l,y the Senrtfe of thf' State of Jl/irl(liR, the Dou.~ e. c~( RepreRentatives conclll'ri1t(}, 'l'lntl our l:lcnRtor in Congress l.Je instructed, nnLI our J! cpre:-:cntatil'es requestecl, to use all h onorahlc mca11s in their power to procure th e enuctm ent of :;uch htw~ hy Congress for tho I{Ovcrnment of the countries ancl tenitories of the United ::,tates acquired by the treaty o f peace, friendship, limit:! ancl sett lement with the ltepuhlic o f 1\lexico, concluded l•'clll'ua.r·y 2, 1 . , as shall contain the e0'211'€N8 de<'la1'at i()n " that there 8halt be n eitl!eJ• Rlu'Vt'r!J nor involwvtcu ·y 8er~'il1Ule in said teJ•ritm·ies otherwise tlian tn the pnni~hm ent of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convict ed." R eRolNrl l1y the Hou.se of Rep1·e,qentativeA, tlte Se1wt6 cmu;urriii(J herein, '!'hat the 0 ovet nt)r IJe respectfully re (lucstetl to transmit to each of our ~cn ators anti Hepr esentatives in Congres a copy of the joint r esolution of the :-;enate, concurred in by the House on the ()th in8t., for the exclusion of Slavery from the new t erritories aoquL ·cu by our lute treaty with the ltcpublie of Mexico. SOUTll CAROL! :-lA }'OR 'l'IH: l<'Oltl.:IGN SLA n:-TRADR. IN the nnnnal message of Governor Adams, of South Carolina, for the year 186ti, he pro· cccued to a.rgne iu favor of the rcopeuing of the sla. ve-tra.clc, n follows : It Is apprehendecl thnt the opening or tills tracle will lessen the value of s laves, anu ultimately destroy the ln~titution. lt is a sutlicient an wer to point to the fact tllat unrestricted immigration has not diminishc1l the v~\lue of labor In the northwestern Conf•dcracy. 'l'he cry there is the \vant of labor, notwithstanding capilnl has the pauperism of the olll world to press into the gr!ncling crvice. If we cannot supply the demand for ~;lave lahor, then we must expect to supply with a species of l1Lhor we do not want, and which is, from the very nature of things, antagoniijtiC to our institutions. l t is much hetter tl~nt our dt·ays should be driven by slaves, that our fat:tonea should he worked by slaves, that our hott·l~ should be served IJy slaves that our locomotives should he mall!L~ed hy slaves, than tlutt we should be expo!'!e <l to the introrluotlon from any quarter or a population alien to m1 by lJirth, training, and ellucatlon, and which in the proc •ss of ti~1e must lead to the conflict between capital ami luhor. which makes it HO difficuiL to maintain free im~titutlons In all weaiUly aud civilized naliollll where such lustHutiona aa UR. IIA~fLI~ AGAISST TIIE DEMtJCRATI~ 1:" ARTl 20!) ours do not exist. In all slnveho!LIIn~.t St:ttcs true p olicy n ce•'i!~ nry to a continuance of oul' n.or.<~po;1 ln planta.tlr'ln dlt:tatcK that the supJ t·ior race l!houl(l dit·,•ct, anti the Jf.'Odltcts. I b elieve that they are ..tecessary to the ful! iuferio: perf<ll'lll all rneubd se n ·.ice. (~ompdit ion he~ WL'en u o v<:lnpntPnt of our whole round or :Lgricultural and methe wlute a tHI. h ! :~c k man fur tins servtl'e "',' tY nnt d~"tu1·1> chanica! r esourccH · that they are neccSSfl.ry to the r rstoNorthl'rll st:n~tlnlny, htll. lloes.nl)t <·xac tly stut out· latitude. ration o f the Hout/1 to an Cf!uallty or power In the F c<le-lrr e~ IH'rttve, howcvn, ~~f 1ute r,•;.t, the ad of Co ttJ.{r~s~ r :tl <loverntne nt, perhaps to the very integrity or slave cler~aru.'rr.the slav~·- t racle prmcy is~~ hraud upon. u~ winch ~ociL·ty, flbturh ·d as It has been hy cans •s which have I thmk 1t 111 tport:wt t.o rctUove. lf the tr;~cl e ue ptr:u:y, the l tntrodurecl au undue proportion o f the ruling rnce. 'l'o us pla~r~ 11111~t ll.<· plunder, 1\11<1 n o. ln g~·muty can :wOld the have been comrnittt•d the fortunes of this peculiar form of logteal n cl·eso.: ~ty. of such a co ,~ clmnon.. My .hopes and S<'cil•ty r e:m ltin~-: frorn the union of unequal racefl. It h:l.~ fortunes arL' uld t-;solulJiy assoct;Lt.ed .wrth tl11~ form of I vittdic:Lted i t-~ cbtim to the approbation of an enlightened society. I feel t.h:t.t I woulcl he w:Lnllllg In duty if 1 did hu111auity; it. h::t.H civilizPtl and christlanlzed the African· not urge you to withdrn1~ .it'tlr asse n.t Lf! a~ act which i:> it ha~ ex·dt L•<l tlw white mcc to higher hoprs and purpOSL'!l' Itself ~~ dlrl'd cond e n~n:LllOII of y<'ur ~n :-~t ttn twns. llut we and it b p,•rlmp-; of Ute mo:-<t sacr ed obligation that w~ have in l.ercsts to enfMce a course or s~ lf- respect. I be- shou:d ~;il•e It tl•e tn t·anH of,. · p:\ll~ion, nncl that we shollld Uovc, a~ l have a.lreadv Btated, th:Lt more slaNes are prc!ls it forwanl to :L pcrp~:. ,,;,y of pr o~rCS$. ".11\ rn. IIA1fLIN J.{ENOTJ..~N.. OES I'rrrJi2.'j DEi "l\\ rooi..,~. . . \.TIC pA..tl.. n~ ..TYr . ON the 12th of June, 18.>6, Mr. ITn.mlin rose in his pl.tcc in the Senate, and spoke a'! follow::;: ~II'. llamlin.-1\Ir. President., I ri~c for :t put·pi)HC pnrcl v pcr~ •lnal , SIICh II.'! [ h;Lve llCVe t• hcforc ri'!C!l f•>r in tl;t: tlenfLtc. l dc~it·e to expl;du s HHC rn:Lt.tct·d p •r:~onal to wy~l'lf and t.o '"Y own futur ..: cour~e in public life. ever a I 'en at ot·a.-Go on. Mr. ll <llll lin.-[ '"k the Senate to excu~e me from furl her ~crv ice ;L~ Ch.linnan of the Cotnmitt.ec on Comme rce. 1 <l•l ~n lwcan ~e ) fel·l th<tt my rdat. iou::~ !Jc re :tftcr will he of nell IL chMad1·r <LS to rt•n<l e r it proper that 1 s hould nv lol1.!•·r hold t .1at po.; lion . I owe thii act tn the <lolllin trll nwjority i11 the SerlltLe. When l ce:t~e to hannoniz·· ~Vi th the najnrit_y, or t co;t ·are 11 ppllccl hy th <Lt. party w1tlt which 1 haY .. · a cte•lto which I c;tnnot uh111it, [ feel llmt I nu)(ht nol<lng··r to hold th ·•t re~p t·Ct:\hlc position. 1 prnp ·•~c to st;ltc hril'fly the rea~ons whtch have brou"ht me Ln th at cond u~i•lll. 0 Durin){ n ine ye :tr~ of ~ervice In the Senate, I ha,·c pref~: rrcd 1\ lther to he a worldn!{ tluwatalking member; and "0 l have \) ,•en alruo~t. a silent one. On the suhj cets which h·Lve ~0 llll! t:h fL.!It 'Ltcll!IH;l COUllt.r.V, ' e ii iLtOI'd 1<11<)\V th ,Lt ~hav e ran·ly utt.cn:1l a wnr.L. I love my country more than [love 111y party. I love iny country above my lnvc fqr filly illtt' ll!St t lnL CiVI too d t•eply :tgiLILII~ or d isll!l'il i t ~ h1~rm o n y. I .~a w, in all the excil i11g scene~ 11n1L <lelmtcs throu~h whkh we have p:L~scd, no particulu.r good th ·1t woulclt·c ~ ull front III.Y active intel'lllill~ling in them. My heart IHli often been full, and the i 1 1tpul~cs of t.hnt. IH•art h1tYc oftl'll heen felt upc>n my litH; 1Htt 1 have repre~"e I them thcr .... ' tr, l ltuld that. I he repPal of the l\{i-;souri Comp,·omlile Wft~ '' gru -::1 mur;d anc l p o litical wt'IHtg, unequaleJ in the annal:~ ~lf 1he legislation of this country, 1Ln1l lt:trdly cqualecltn the ann:ds r1f :wy ot h e t· free C•Jilntry. 'till, •tr, with a de~ ire Lo pronwttJ harmony !L1l<l conconl and lit·ntltHly feeling, I was a qttict nun urul et· nil the e x ci t Ing debates which led to tlmt f:Lt:tl r~:::-: ult. I heli .:ved iL wront; then; 1 ca.n sec that ll'rong lying broadcas t all urou.nd 11~ now. A ~ a wron~, I op p o~H;d that mea~urenut, 111t~~···d, hy my voice, hut with con~i~t.o nt ltnfl .'lteacly fiiHI Utllf•Jt'll1 votes. l ~o r co;i~ t ed it. in obedience to thl! ol tci:Lteq of '"Y nwo j ud:;me nt. l did 11. al ~o chtJerfttlly, In ('0111pll ;ttl(:e with the ill s truetion-; or !hi! leg i-;l!tturc of ,\lulnc, whit:h Wt're pa'isecl hy a vote HliliO't urlltniuwu~. I 1 lh.'' llouo.:e of Jtcpre~ent.:ttives of lllain t>, consi!'>ting of ~~~1e 1111111lrccl and fifty one membe r s , only six, I tldnk. dts-lt:lll"d; an• l in the Senate, consistin!( of thirty-o ne lllt!tnbcr•, only one memhet· n o n-eu n eurrctl. But th .. ,\U;;ouri restr ictio11 wa"! ahrog:llefl. The por· tentono; l•vtl; tlmL were prerli clt!tl have follow ed, and arc Y~t fn.llow i n~, ll.lOng in its train. It was clone, Ri r, in Viulatlllll uf the p ledges of tlmt JHtrt.y with which 1 have lllwuy-; a.ctcd, and with \Vhi e h I have alw:Ly~ vot ed. l t. IVitS 1lon\! i11 viob~tion of solem11 pledges of 'the Pre,;i(lent ~f the Un •ted State:'!, made in hi:~ ln>lllguml Ad 1 lrc!l~. "~lll, s~ r,lwa~ ~i ~ posetl to suffc t' the wrong, willie I sh ould see th,Lt no ev tl res ults lVere flqwing ft·om it. We wer~ :;,lu, hy " .lmost every Scnat.or who H.flclrt•sse•l u;; UJHlll lilt ocell~ t n n, tlHLt no evil re·mlts would fo llow· · th <Lt no !>metical d t lf~•·ence in the settlement of the cou;ttry, Hn1l 111 the chnracte1· of t.he future SLate would t.nk • place Whether the aet were done or· not,. I 'haTe waite•l cal111ly nnd patiently to Hee the fulfillm ent of that prediction· ~nd 1 a111 Kricv~:d, sir, to !lay n ow that they htlVt! at least 1 ijt:n mis :1ken iutheir prol.licti"ns aud promise~ They lave all ~ignally failed . ' 1. That Senators might h'\ve voted ror that measure un•l e r the b~;:li e f th e 11 CXJHe~se( l u.nd the pre(lictions to which I have alluded, l c:Ln well understand. Dut how Senato··s can now cl cfcncl that mea~ure amid all Its evil~ which aro overwhcl111ing the la11d, if not threatenirw it '~ith a cooflagmtion, i'l what l do not comprehend. 0 'l'he whole o r the .d;::;turhc ll ::;t;~t e o f, the country has its rise ln, n.nd is Mtr1hutahle to l.hat act alone-nothing else. It lies at the found 1Liion of all our mi 'l fortune.:~ and commollon~. The re wo11ld have been no ln c ursion!'l by llfi:lSOt,Hi bortleret" int.o Kan ~:L"l , either to est:Lblish ' ln.very, or to contro l e lectionH. The re woul1l have been no nece.'lsily, either, fot· other::! to have gone there pat·t.ially to aiu in preserving the Cl)untr.v iu tl;; thPn condition. All would ha,·o been p <:<L!'e then·. I£ ad it. not been cl one, that repose and quiet wh-ich p cn 'ad ccl the public mind then would hold it in tmnqu ll ity to-cll~y. Instead of starlling events we ~hout<l ha\' l! quiet anti peace within our borders, and Llutt fratern:ll fe r•l ing which ought to unlml\to the citizen:; of every JHLr t of the Union toward those ol all other scctiou::~. ,'ir, the cv ·ntH lh'\t arc t:tking place around us are inclectl st:lrlling. 'l' hey challenge the public mind and appe:Ll to the public jn1lgment; they thrill the pnblio nerve llll e lcclrity irnpart:ll\ tremulous moLI.on to the tcle· graphic wire. H is a periocl when all good m en s bouhl unite in applying the proper reme(ly to secure peace and h<Lrmony to the country. 1:; th is to be llone by any or us, by remaining a~sociatcd with lho~e who have heen lnstrument.: LI in producing these re,m lts, and who now justify th em? I do not Ht'C my duty lying in tha.t d irection. I have, while tempomr ily :tc.qui e,;cing, s tated here and at home, everywhere, uniformly, that when the tc ~t o f t.hose mca~ure:; wao; applied to me a'l one of party thlelity, I would suncl e r tltem as llax is suutleretl at tile touch of fire. 1 do it nnw. 'l'he ocr:tsion involves a rprestion of mornltluty; nnd self-r e,;pect allows 1111! no other line of duty !Jut to follow the dictate:; o f my own jud;;ment t\lltl the impul!le:i of my own h eart.. A j11 ~ t man ll~<t.Y cheerfully submit to many e nforced I!Uildlialinns j hnt a Belf- de~ra cl e1l man has cea:~etl to he worthy to he deelll ecla m<ul at all. Sit·, what h:t'l t.lic rt·ccnt llc lllOCmtic Convention at Cincinnati done? It hn :~ indorsed the measure I han! contll'lll1ted, ancl ha~ san ctioned its de::~truclive an<ll'Uiuouo; etrcets. lt. h:ts clo ne more-v:t.:>tly more. 'L'hat principle or policy of'L'erritOI'hLI 'overeignty which once h:tfl, ancl which l su pp o~e now hag, its advocates wtthin the e wall:~, i~ stricken clown; an1l the r e i::~ an ah!'lolute deni<ll o f it in the reso lution!'~ o f the Convention, if I can draw right conclusions-a clcnial equally to Congres~ , and even to the people o f the Territories, of the rix-ht to ,;ett lc the question of ' la ver.v th •rein. On the contrary, the Convention IH\!l actually incorporated into the plat fnnn or the Dcmocrat.ic party th <Lt doct.r lne which, o nly a few yea.rs ago, met nothing hut ridicule anti contcnlpt hero and e lsewh ere, n um c ly: that the flag o f the Federal Union, nn(le r· the Cons t:tution of the Unite(\ :-;tales, e:trrics ::llavery whet·ever it float !'!. If this haleful principle be true, then tha.t N:Lt:onal Ode which Inspires u ~ always a.s on a hattie-fi e ld, s ho ul<.l IJe re-written by Dru.ke, aud should re~tu thus: '' FOri'Vt1l' ftoflt th'\t Slll.nthl'fl Sh('P( ; Wh••l'!l hrcath•·s tlw fcHl hut fall>~ b••fot·e n!!, With Slttnuy'R Roll hl'llt' l~lh ou r f\•<'t , Ancl Slurery'~ bannl'l' str~:tuning o'er us f" Now, sir, what Is the precise condition in which thi1 :11atter is len }ty the Clncinna.•i Convention? I t.lo uo~ |