The Arkansas advocate., 1830-04-14

in 1t. The Senator from Missouri in.
 sists it is not a Western measure, and
 that it has done no good to the West 1 The South comes in, and ill the mosi
 earnest manner represents to you, thal this measure which we are told sE is oi no value to the East or the Vest is
 < utterly destructive of our interests. ; We represent to you that 1t has spread
 ruin aud devastation through the land. and prostrated our hopes iii the dust.-
 We solennly declare, that we believe the system to be wholly unconstitution-
 al, and a violation of the compact be-
 tween the States and the Union, and our brethren turn a deaf ear to our complaints, and refuse to relieve us from a system sswhich not enriches them, hut make us poor indeed.'' Good God
 Mir. President, has it come to this? Do gentleman hold the feelings and wishes ot their brethren at 50 cheap a rate, that they refuse to gratify them at So small price? Do gentleman value so lightly the peace and harmony of the country. that they will not yield measure ol this description to the affeetionate en- treaties and earnest remonstrances of their friends? Do gentlemen estimate the value of the Union at so low a price, that they will not even make one effort to bind the States together with the cords of affection? And has it come to this? Is this the spirit in which this Government is to be administered? If so, let me tell gentlemen the seeds of dissolution are already sown, and our children will reap the bitter fruit.
 The honorable gentleman from Mas sachusetts, (Mr. Webster, while he ex- onerates me personally from the charge, intimates that there is a party in the country who are locking, locking, to disunioil.- Sir, if the gentleman had stopped there, the accusation would have passed by me as the idle wind which l regard not. 7 But, when he goes on to give to his ae- casation local habitation, and name. oy quoting the expression of a distin- guished citizen of Soath Carolina, Dr. Cooper " that it was time for the South to calculate the value of the Union,' and in language of the bitterest sarcasm. adds "surely then the Union cannot last longer than July, lS3l''--it is im- possible to mistake either the alIusion or the object Of the gentleman. Now. MT. President, l call upop every one who hears me to bear witness that this controversy is not of my seeking. The Senate will do me the justice to remen- Der, that at the time this unprevoked and uncalled for attack was made upon the South, not one word had been ut tered by me in disparagement of New England; nor had made the most dis tant allusion, either to the Senator from Massachusetts, or the State he repre- sents. But, sir, that gentleman has thought proper, for purposes best known to himself, to strike the South through me, the most unworthy of her servants. lie has eros ed the border, he has in- vaded the State of South Carolina, is making war upon her citizens, and el- deavoring to overthrow her principles and her institutions. Sir, when the gentleman provokes me to such con tlict, meet him at the threshold.
 } will struggle while 1 have life, for our altars and our iiresides, and if God gives me strength, will drive back the invader discomfited. Nor shall ] stop there. If the gentleman provokes the war, he shall have war. Sir, I will not stop at the border, will carry the war into the enemies territory, and not con- sent to lay down my arms, until shall have obtained indemnity for the past, E security forthe future" Itis withun- feigned reluctance, NIT. President, that l entered upon the performance of this part of my duty. ! shrink almost in- stinctively from a course, however ne- cessary, which may have tendency to excite sectional feelings, and sectional jealousies. But, sir, the task has been forced upon me, and proceed right on- ward to the performance of my duty; be the consequences what they may, the responsibility is with those who have imposed upon me this necessity.
 The Senator from Massachusetts has thought proper to cast the first stone, and fine shall find, according to home ly adage, z that he lives in a glass house. --on his head be the consequences The geatlelnaa has made a great four ish about his fidelity to Massachusetts, shall make no professions of zeal fol