Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-02-28
CONG RESS.
IN SENATE, TUESDAY, FEB. &c


pointed to wait Oh the President and Vice-Pre-
sdent elect, made the following report:
1.-The Joint Committee appointed to wait on
the President aud Vice President elect and no.
tfy them Of their election, report that they have
performed that duty in part, aud have waited
on Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, aud informed
him of MS election to the Office OF President OF
the United States, for four years.commencins On
the 4th of March next, and received from INN,
in answer TO the communication made BY US, 'ha'
he felt grateful for this manifestation OF the con-
tnued public contitlence in his favor, anu wou'd
endeavor to merit a continuance OF the appfooa'
ton Of his fellow. citizens. BY constant efforts 10
discharge his duties, 10 promote the" eiare VI
our common country"
Mr. CALHOUN's RESOLUTIONS.
The Senate then proceeded to consider the re-
solutions offered some time since by MIR. CAL
HoUN.
After the resolutions bad been read
Mn. Calhoun took the foor. He adverted
70 alIus,nns made by the Senator frum Massa-
ehuset,s which he deemed personal to himself
lie mad gwen no provocation for this attack; and
he was al a loss to account for the motives which
had induced the Senator from Massachusetts to
Give a personal bearing to his observations. IL
the Senator intended any thing personally un-
kind, mir. Wehster-Certainly not he would
not pursue it If he meant to advocate his
cause BY this course Of attack, he must be aware
that he only betrayed the weakness OF that cause
by a resort to such weapons. Another motive
,nIsht be attributed to the Senator from Massa
chuse,ts, although he mir c would not impute
i;and that Vas desire TO propi,iate hish quar-
ter, to which more grateful offering could not b.
made than the immolation Of the individual who
now addressed the Senate. NJ c. then advert
ed to the charge made against himself, OF incon.
sistency: and stated that he should always be
ready to defend his own consistency, or to CON
pare 1t with that Of the Senator from Massachu-
sets, whenever a proper time should arrive -
lie then gave briet history OF the debate which
had taken place on the bill before the other
House Ia reference to the remarks made by
the Senator from Massachusetts on his (Mr C's)
language. exception had been taken 10 his treat
ment nf the Constitution as an adjective, instead
OF q noun substantive, and TO his use OF the word
"-accede.' Hequo,ed the authority Of the Sc
natOr himself for the fist, and the auth0rit, VI
Jefferson ana Washington to Justify the last He
wcrd amend hts resolutions, by striking out the
wo.ds which had given such offence. and by sub
shutting words which he had found IN the Ian
guage ot the Senator himself
He thcG defended his own view of the word
compact" against which the Senator had ct
reeted so tremendous fire of argument. insrn
Gus and well directed; but this fire had not so
completely demolished him Mr. c. as the
French artillery had demolished the citadel OF
Antwerp Not a rock had been displaced, rot
splinter vas exhibited He then read fran his
notes Of the speech OF the Senator from Massa
chusetts, some quotations of the language used
by thar Senator, With a view to show that there
was ambiguity and tooseness exhibited tnerein.--
IL 1,u ut thut In daft tn tnf
ability IN tia, Senator. On the contrary, his
mind was # a high order. perfectly trained in
the use Of words; aud admirably qualified to give
them their fullest weight But he attributed
them to the untenable ground which he occupied
when he made this attack on the resolutions
which he Mr.. T.. had laid on the table.
lie then reviewed The Argument on which the
Senator from Massachusetts, had endeavored to
overthrow the position that this government Is a
compact. lie disputed the proposition that
Constitution, being the supreme law Of the land
could not be compact, and insisted that trea
", which is also the supreme law OF the land, is
at the same time q compact He reminded tue
Senator that at the assembly OF the Barons who
forced Magma Char,a OF King John, before that
assembly broke up. that insti ument assumed the
form of covenant. He instanced also the de-
thronemeut Of James the Second, and the course of
in,tanced the ratlicatious Of the Constitution by
Massachusetts ard New Hampshire, to show by
the Language therein, that this Constitution was
ratified as compact. He also reGerred to the
resolutions of the Legislature Of Virginia OF 1898,
10 show that the same construction was there gi-
ven to that instrument. 1t had been contended
that compact could not be government, be-
cause government possessed powers to carry
IT'S purposes into effect. 1t was true that COM
pact and a government could not be the same,
but the Senator misunderstood the position which
he MIR. { had advanced, which was, that the
Constitution was a compact, not the government
compact. The whole Of the attacks which the
Senator had made on the idea that our Constitu.
ton was compact, had failed.
II was a compact formed bv the States. This
seemed to be acknowledged BY the Senator from
Massachusetts, although he made no such adms-
sion in his celebrated speech three years ago.
He cnnpratul afeh him OH m tha nrcr,aes ph,-k