Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-03-21
ANOTHER LETTER

Pio00euhiSs yoSteIuay, addressed by M
! drew Jackson, President of the /.
States, TO the Hon. John C. Calhoun '
also present the substance of the ran.
made by Mr.. Calhoun, after the ra"s
of the letter by the Secretary of tho ' y
ate. W
But that the public mind is fullv
pared for any course Of conduct, hovvar"
extravagant, on the part of the Pres;Sa,
this epistle might excite surprise
menacing tone and coarse style, reNa
most faithfully, the character of the ny
ter Had it proceeded from the bro,b,
where lewd vagabonds and fuddled b,,n
lers meet to vent their noisy wrath ink;
ferrous billingsgate, it might have bss
passed by as unworthy of notice; but cor
ing, as it does, from one who holds NJ
station of Chief Magistrate of thi, R.
public, it cannot but excite feelings Of y
greet and Indignation. How it mus, ~
pear in the eyes of other nations. ~
know not; but here, in Or own couD,,vA
it must be regarded as di8graceful aI
audacious.
This is the first fruits cIfhe expunpinI
process--that midnightr of shame sn
degradation. In the remarks made N
Mr.. Clay, he called upon Senators to nail
the fruits of their conduct. Here wa1
not only gross insult offered to menN
Der of this body for words charged to hav,I
been uttered in debate, but a llapran,I
breach of privilege committed by the 81
preme Executive power. What couD
they do? He had waited, he said, under
the hope that some member of the pary
in powe' would move in some way to pre-
serve the dignity and rights of the body
But all sat silent, bound by the chains they
had forged for themselves. For his own
part, he would make no motion, and h,
trusted that no one in the opposition would
When he had finished his observations
in the highest degree solemn and impps
SIve, there was, for few moments, tns
most profound silence. All ewes wen
turned to the administration benches, m \
1ot word was uttered. They sat Xix.
criminals with haltcrs about their necks
Messrs. Grundy and Walker had alread,
'orne testimony to the truth of Mr.. Cal
nouns statements, but none other uttered
Uttered word, or proposed any measure
0 vlndIcate the honor, dignity, and rights
It the Senate, or of its members.
And this is the Senate of the United
states Of America! Where shall the hon
st patriot turn his eyes to shun the deep
md damning evidences Of national dis.
race and degrade ton? Do these men
Iellght in dishonor? Do they bow 10 in.
ult without even the blush of shamelI
10 they submit to outrage without even
he feeling Of resistance? Have they lost,
lot only the ennobling emotion of geaile,
zen, but the common sensibilities Of mem
} Shame! Shame! Shame! Rights9
'rlvlleges? Resistance? These words
re not In their vocabulary. Would thew
ave resisted had they been kicked out Of
heir seats? Mol not five of the whole
lumber would have dared 10 say ST am a
reenaan and a Senator" 1t is of such
laterlals that despotlsm has made instru-
lents to enslave mankind in all AGES of
ne world. And were this modern tyrant
command them to strike down the con.
tltutIon of the country, removing the fear
the people from before them, we do sol.
mnly believe, before the God that made
S, they would not hesitate one hour,-U
Telegraph.
In Senate, February 9th, 1887.
Mr.. CALHOUN said: | have received.
thin the last forty-eight hours, a com.
unication from the Chief Magistrate, B
with the bill now before the
,nate, OF such nature that duty to my
If, as well as to this body, renders ii
'cessary that | should lay it befs,xo the
,nate.
Here Mr.. c. sent to the Secretary the
tier, which was read as folIows:l n
"WAsHINGToN, Feb 7th, 1887.
"oT: In the Globe of the 9th instant,
ind the report Of speech made by you
the 4th, upon the Land Bill, which con,
ms the following passages, viz:-
Was it not notorious that the President
the United States himself had been con.
cted with the purchase of the public X
1dss Yes, the experiment. (Mr. Cal.
un delighted in the word) was the cause
speculation in public lands, and if this
should not be passed, speculations
aid not go on, and the price of public n
Ids must consequently be reduced. He N
attended that every man could not but
that it would be utter ruin to those
o had borrowed money to speculate in
olic lands, if the system was not to 60
In former part Of your speech, as
orted, you say
The speculation which a particular
e Of things had given rise to, had been
duced by those in power. They had j
fitted by that state of things; and should
he naScod ~ uyauIJ onI,, ,-..-..--...ota N.