Litchfield enquirer., 1830-02-25
Mr. 1napme'S SpeerD.

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 Not having room for the whole Of the second SPe0C" or Mr. Hnyne in the Scnate on the 2lst ot January ,vh.r Mr. Footes resolution was under conslder@non' ,vo make copi5us extracts The exordium follows:
 Mfr Havne said, when he took occasion, t,vo days agO, to throw out some ideas "lth resnect tO the policy of the Government, in relation to the public lands, nothing certainly could have been further from his thoughts, than that he should be compelled again to throw himself upon the indulgence Of the Senate. Little did expect, said Mr. H.. to be called upon to meet such an argument as was vestcrtiay urged by the gentleman from Massac chusetts. [Nr. Webster. Sir, l ques- toned no mans opinions; I impeachcd no mans motives; | charged no party, or State, or sectior of country with hostility to any other, but venturcd, l thought, in becoming spirt to put forth my own sentiments In relation to a. great national question of public policy Such was my course. The gentleman from Missouri, [Mr. Bcnton.] it is true, had charg- sd upon the Eastern States an early ana con tinued hostility towards the West. and refer red to number of historical facts and docn- ments tn support of that charge. Now' s'r. how have these different arguments been met! The honorable gentleman from Massachu- SeI(6, AIlSN NfNNeEatIuS N "6"S ~f'" his course. comes into ttis chamber to vindl- cate New England, and instead of making up his issue with the gentleman from Missouri, on the charges which he had preterrcd, chooses to consider me as the author of those charges, and losing s,ght entirely of that gentleman, selects me as his adversary, and pOurs out all the vials of his mighty wrath upon my devo- ted head. Nor is he willing to stop there. He goes on to assail the institutions and policy of the South, and calls in question the prin- ciples aud conduct of the State which have the honor to represent. When find gen tleman of mature age and experence--of acknowledged talents, and profound sagacity, pursuing course like this, declining the con- test offered from the West, and making war upon the unoffending South, must believe, I am bound to believe, he has some object in view which he has not ventured to disclose. Mr. President, why is this Has the gentle man discovered in former controversies with the gentleman from Missouri, that he is over matched by that Senator? And does he hope for an easy victory over more feeble adversary? Has the gentleman's distcmper- cd fancy been disturbed by gloomy fore6od. ] iprs of thew alliances to be formcd," a, which he hinted? Has the ghost of the murdered COALITION come back, liAe the ghost of Banquo, to "sear the eye-balls of the gentleman" and will it not "down at his bid
 ding?" Are dark visions of broken hopes and honors lost forever, still floating before hi' heated imagination? Sir, fl it be his objec
 to thrust me between the gentlar1aD from
 Missouri and himself, in order to rescue th'
 East from the contest it has provoked will the West, Fhe shall not be gratiRed. Sir, Il will not he dragged into the defence of my friend from Missouri. The South shall no be forced into conflict not its own. Tn gentleman from Missouri is able to fight hi , own battles. The gallant West needs no ai' from the South to repel any attack which ma.
 be made on them from any quarter. Let th
 gentleman from Massachusetts controvcrt thu facts and arguments of the gentleman iron
 Missouri, if he can-and if he win the victo
 ry, let him wear its honers: I shall not dc prive him of his laurels.
 The gentlemen from Massachusetts. in re. ply to my remarks on the injurious operation of our land system on the prosperity of the West, pronounced an extravagant eul0giuna on the paternal care which the Government had extended towards the West, to which he attributed all that was great and excellent in the present condition of the New States.- The language of the gentleman on this topic, fell upon my ears like the almost forgotten tone of the tory leaders of the British Parlia- ment, at the commencement of the American Revolution. They, too, discovered, that the Colonies had grown great under the fostering care of the Mother Country and must con- fess, while listening to the gentleman, thought the appropriate reply to his argument, was to be found in the remark of a celebrated orator, made on that occasion: "They have grown great in spite of your protection"
 The gentleman, in commenting on the pol. icy of the Government, in relation to the New States, has introduced to our notice certain Nathan DaNe, of Massachusetts, to whom ha attributes the celebrated ordinance of '87, by which he tells us, "slavery was forever ex- cluded from the New States north of the Ohio." Alter eulogizing the wisdom of this provision, in terms of the most extravagant praise, he breaks forth in admiration of the greatness of Nathan Dane-and great indeed he must be, if it be true, as stated by the Senator from Massachusetts, that he was greater than SOlon and Lycurgus, Minos, Nu- ma Pompilius, and all the legislators and phi- losophcrs of the world," ancient and modern. Sir. to such high authority it is certainly my duty, in becoming spirit of humility, to sub init. And yet, the gentleman win pardon me, when say. that it is little unfortunate tor the fame of this great legislator, that the gentleman from Missouri should have proved. that he was not the author of the ordin,n of '87, on which the Senator from Massachu- setts has reared so glorious monument to his name. Sir. doubt not the Senator will feel