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Show 334 "Pricnrls," one of whose N;tnhlil·lllr<l mn:xims is nn abhorronco of war in all its forms, and the cultivntion of pence and good-wi II am on O"St man ld rHl. rl'he next r]n,ss con!)iHts of nppnrcnL abolitionists-that i~, tl1oso who, having hcen pcrRuaded thnt. tho right of pet ition has bern violated by Cong rpss, Ct)-opcrntc with Lh abolitioni~-;t for the sole purpose of' nsscrti11g and vindi<'nting that rig ht. An<l the third class arc the real ultm-abolit ioni sts, who nrc r esolved to per:eYero i11 t.hc p11n;uit of their obj('Ct nt nll hazanls, n 11 d without regnrd to any consrqucnecs, ho'rvcvcr calamitons they mny be. vVit h them the rig hts of' property nrc 110 _ thing; tho drflcit'JH'Y of' the powers of tho general government is uoth in g- ; the uckn owl cclgcd and in co nt cstnblc power. of the tales nrc nothing; ·ivil war, a di.'solntion of the Union, and the overthrow of a <)'uvel'llment in whi<'lt ar·c concentmt ed tho fon<l e. t hop<'S of the rivilizc'd world nrc nothing. A single idcn. lw. tnken possess ion of tlJ<'ir' minds, and onward th uy pursue it, ovc' rlooking all harriers, rC'ckless aml r<'g:trdl ci-is of ull ort. ·cqucnecs. With this cla.s, the inllncd iatc abolition of Hln.very in tho District of Columbia, an<l in the 'rerritory of Floriclu, tho prollibition ol' the rclll ovn l of R lnvc~ fro1n Rtat to State>, n.nd tho rcfu. nl to admit nny 11cw tntc contprising wit !tin itH limi ts the institution of' domes tic slavery, nr<: but so many mean , condnei ng to the ace om plishmcnt of 1 he nlt imate but perilous end at which they avowedly and boldly aim, o.rc but so many shor'L stages in tho long n nd bloody road to tho distant goal nt which they would finally arrive. 'J.1hcir purpo 0 iR abolition, univcrRnl abo lit ion, pcacea l>ly if it can, forciblv if it mn. t. Their objr ·t is 110 longer conccn led by th~ ihiniiCHt vei l ; iL i: avowed nnd proclainH'<l. Utterly de. titute of constitutional or oflH' I' rightful }10'.\'er, living in totally di: t inct com niullit ics, ns alien to t he comm nni ties in which tlJo subject ou which they would operate resides, so far ns concerns political power· over that subject, as if thev SLAVEHY AOT1'A'l'TON. 83G lived in A fri ·a or A .·iu; they tH'Verth<'l<'RS promul~atc to the world their purpose lo l.w Lo nmtllllllit forthwilh, and wilh out compen ·atiou, nud without morn! preparation, three millions of negro sbves, un<l<'r jurisdidion~ ultogdhcr :epamted front those und er whi<'h t!H·y liv '. I luwc said lhut imm 'd in.Lc nlwlition of t:llavcry in tho District of Columbia and in the Tenitory of l!,loridu, and the exclusiou of uew SLates, were on ly means towu,rd~ the n,tLaillmcnt of a much more importa11t entl. Unforturmtcly, they nrc not tho only mean H. A uother, and Ill uch 111oro huncntablc one, is lhnt which Lhi::; class is endeavoring to em pl oy, of arraying one porlio11 ag:tin:t another porti on of the U11ion. \Vith llmt view, in all their leading priuts u11tl pulJiicat ions, the a]kgccl honors of slavery ttl'C de pi <'led in the most glowing and cxagg 'rated eolon:'l, to cxei te t IJC imagin ations an(l st iuwln.Lc the n1g' of the people in the free StntNl ngai usL the people in the slave ' latcH. The sltwcholder iH held up ~w<1 rcprese11Le<l n.H the 111 o~L utrocious of human b(' in g·s. Adverti:scmcnts of f11giLivc t:llave!'l to Lo !~Old arc care fully collected and blazone<l fur'Lh, to in fuse u spirit of detc:Lution and hu.Lrcd a~nin ~t on' entire and tho Jtu·gcst section of tho Union. .And like a notoriom; agitator upon nnothcr theatre, ( .Mr. Da11iel 0 Conrtt'l l,) Uwy woul<l hunt down nnd proscribe from tiro pale of civilizc<l socieLy the iulmbitants of thai ent ire f)e<·t iou. Allow me, Mr. Pre: i1l cnt, to say, ilutt whilst I recogni y;o in tl1c jm;Lly woun<led feelings of the Minister of the U nited States at the court of St. .James mnch to cxeu .. e the notice which he was provoked to Lake of that agitator, in my humblo opinion, he would h Ucr have conRtllt!'d the (1io·ni ty of his station and of his country in ircatin<)' him with conlempLuous, ilcuec. rl,hn.t agitator would cxelu<lc us from IDuropcnn society-he who himself can only obtain a contraband admission, and is received with scornful repugnance into it! If he be no more desirous of our society thuu we are of |