The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-03-15

ton OF the report, give YOU few extracts (;
selecting such as have, at least, some remote
bearing on the resolution.
Col. Hayne of South Carolina, having
moved postponement of the resolution till
Monday next, with a view to afford time for
ascertaining whether the information required
might not be more fully and correctly sup
Piled from other sources, Mr.. Randolph rose
and observed, that he had not intended to say
single word on this subject, but had wished
The resolution TO pass without debate ; he had
expected no opposition to it, and was surprls-
ed to find it proceed from a source which he
had considered as friendly to himself and to
the resolution. He was forcibly reminded,
on this occasion, Of very favoriie Spanish
proverb (for says he, though | have not been
seized with the Spanish American fever, |
like the Spanish proverbs for their peculiar
pith and point, Save me from my friends,
from my enemies can save myself" To be
sure, it was no long time TO Monday, but the
season was advancing, the session was draw
ing to close, time pressed, and he, for his
own part, must soon go home and plant corn.
However, the Senate would decide on the
gentieman's motion, and he would bow, with
respect, to that decision but, at the same
time, his own opinion would remain unchang-
ed. Here, Mr.. Randolph concluded his reply
TO Mr.. Hayne, and here, had he been sincere
in his protested wish to remain silent on this
subject, he might have submitted both Mr..
Haynes motion and his own resolution to the
silent decision of the Senate; but such was
not MS wish nor intention. The main object
of his resolution was to afford him pretext
for speech for an attack on the administra
ton, and for public exposition OF the views
of the opposition on the Panama mission.
This opinion is confirmed by the faet that, at
the conclusion of his speech, he Showed an
utter indifference as to the fate or disposal of
his resolution, and by the rtnlor that the OPP
position members of the Senate have made
earnest but vain efforts to have their deliber-
atoms on executive business, SO far as the
Panama subject is concerned, conducted in
public.
Mr.. Randolph proceeded, and alverted 20
some circumstances, which, he said, rendered
him reluctant to present himself ofen to the
Senate. This was a place where people
would not be heard for their much speak
ing" and where g vain repetitions" were of
as little account as they are elsewhere. He
was aware too that from some defect, wheth-
er OF nature or education, he kntw not, he
was incapable OF making regulai speech,
sort OF thing he said, which, like many other
things that were regular, were Oxen times
very dull. But standing, as he did, in a va
cant place, the sole organ of the State of Vir-
ginia, he felt himself pound on this OCCASION, TO
lift up his voice. The State of Virginia. il
was with pride that he spoke it, had put her
self in array against this governmeh-no, not
against the government, said he, bat against
the administration of it. The State of Virgin
ia was, in common with the who'll. southern
couatry, keenly sensitive on this subject of
Slavery: subject which the Constitution
had Vainly sought to blink, and which MANY
men, both northern and southern, thought too
gross or too delicate TO be made matter of
public discussion. From these gentlemen he
differed t. toto cello" 1t was not dry rot
which could be covered with carpet, and
concealed, till the house tumbled about the
ears ofits occupants; it was volcano. raging
under our feet, and threatening Us with in
slant Observation-Disclosures objects Of inestima-
bic value, he said, were assailed even bv
small danger, we under more concern. |
than when the greatest dangers assaed OBJ !
Jects OF inferior Importance. The peace of !
the southern States, and their security from |
servlle nsurection was one Of those inesti- !
mabic objects one which concerned fathers.
brothers, sons and husbands-which interest
ed matrons and maids, wives and widows. and
even the little ones which were now slumber-
ing IN the cradle, in happy ignorance of the
events passing around them. OF the danger
which threatened these objects SO dear TO the
south, he wished he could say it was a small
one. Ii was danger great and increasing.
Here Mr.. X. adyerted to the proclamation OF
Bolivar, which he admitted had been pro
nounced spurious on consular authority; but
when better evidence was at hand. he would
not look to that which was worse. The
President could, in compliance with the
proposed call, refer TO the minister-he did
not know his name-he had never known any
OF the South American Ambassadors, He al
so adyerted to the black empires which are
rising on the South, to Hayti, Guatimala and
to another, (which the Panama Congress
might add, Cuba. south America had raised
the banner OF universal emancipation. Glib
erty aud equality" were her watch words: 80
. LibeTfe and FrdteTnife (pronouncing the
words withFrench grimace and accent1 ~as The
cry OF The French conyentionists when they be-
gan TO cut the Threats Of their neighbors by
way OF making them allies. lie alluded to
the exertions which had been made. during
the last thirty years, by abolition and enamel
patton societies in old England. to saw NOTHING
OF what had been done in the .Y'elc, to the sup.
preston of the slave-trade, to our own law
which made it piracy, and might be said. as
well have made it witchcralt, to the black
fever which prevailed in the north, and had
begun to prevail in Maryland, especially on
the Pennsylvania border, and in the grain
and clover districts Of Virginia, where Slave
labor was useless. For the moment, he said.
when the slave becomes Improbable, if he
does not run away, his master will desire him
away. He was himself once member Of one
of these societies, but he did not keep the
faith, he became backsider; he left the
society or the society left him, he knew not
which. He spoke Of the views and FEELINGS
entertained in England, by many men, whom
he called virtuous and enlightened, --by vii
berforCe, Stephens, Macauly editor of ,ba