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Show Entered, ~ordlnr to Act or Congre11, In the year l!I.S4, b1 JOHI< 1'. JKW.ITT A!"l> CO}II'AI< f, Jnthe Cierk'• Oltlce oftbelJiiltlctCourtofthe Di1trlctof hla• .. chu.ettt. ITEkEOTfPED ,I.T Till: BOITOII' ITEkEOTTPE FOUII'DkT. " The impression which has gone abroad of the weakness of the South, as connected with the slave-question, exposes us to such constant attacks, has done us so much injury, and is calculated to produce such infinite mischiefs, that I embrace the occasion presented by the remarks of the gentleman from Massachusetts, to declare that we are ready to meet the question promptly and fearlessly. It is one from which we are not disposed to sltrink, IN WHATEVER FORI'tt, on UNDER WHATEVER CIRCUI'tiSTANCES IT l'IIAY BE PRESSED UPON us. We are ready to make up tlte issue as to tile influence of slavery on individual and national character~n the prosperity and greatness either of the United States, or partictdar States. Sir, when arraigned at the bar of public opinion, on this charge of slavery, we can stand up with conscious rectitude, plead not guilty, and put ourselves upon God and our country.''-Speech of RoBERT Y. HAYNE, of South Carolina, in reply to Mr. Webster, delivered in the Senate of the United States, Jan. 21, 1830. |
