Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-02-01

no, be allowed, and must then be stricken of he roll
What must he do; What sentiments must he n l,,
Must lie 30 with the member frcm South Carolina All
CaUun) every thing, and if he did not submit: was
he To he considered an abotonisle Mr. E.. only made
these remarks 10 show 10 Mr. Calhoun II Il were P'
slbe, the extreme indscretIon of The tone ana inc o'
argument upon which he had thrown HIMSELF lie pig
oed politics lie laid down. that every one must !oi
low him, implicitly else they were, by Necessity,
abnltOnisis To say the least, lie thought teit was
great ndiscre,on in such course; anc IL WAS S"uw
ever i, might appear otherwise TO lie nasty ana ho
headed seriously calculated 10 bring injury upon lle
Cause Of the South INSTEAD Of brneft. lie (Hlr. l.
was no more ahucn!st than MI Calhoun hlnlsei
there we're thousands sound as Mr. Calhoun could Oe
he might say soundrr, who yet were calm anu temperate
and quiet nd though he (Mr. O. was Far indeed, as
was we'll enough known, from being all aholionist, YET
he cuuli not IN The eXiravagant alarms when
Mr. Calhoun repeatedly sounding IN the ears OF Tue
Senate He could not agree with him IN The r&raVa
CANT expression Of such mental trrrors lie dd not
think the Soulh ruined The country ruined all ruined
every thing ruined, unless he (Alr Caih"un) was I'M
pliciily followed! Far fi"n IT, He felt secure; the
country was secure the South, the Union, all was Sc
cure behind the firm barrier Of the Constitution we
are (said Alr c. strong in the Constitutions; strong IN
public opni"n which is side; strong IN the Voes
which have always been for our rights and tor the No
slitutiuu; and lastly, are stronger thnn all "a 'e
strength oil the States which are aole 10 Plolec' ie'h
selves. go
MIR. c. said he could see no good whatever Us likely
to result from these resolutions. He did not think their
language decnrous enough applied 10 sovereign States
The S;airs the sovereign elements at tins Union
and shall we talk them Of intermeddling: If the
States were entitled to respect from any quarter OF TINS
Government, il here in the Senate that they ought
to meet with respect lie therefore deprecated The use
of lanuuape harsh offensive, INDIGENOUS and lrrutIng
especially when By such the object protested 10
be aimed at 10 unite 10 suothe and to alay excite
ment The means for this were in direct contradiction
to the end As to the Vermont resolutions which these
were especially framed to meet, he (6lr c. would laugh
lana nj surh
would no; officially treat severe gn State with indlsn'y
II was declared (Nr. &. said) that petitions Tor the
abolition OF slavery in The District Of Columbia were
direct attack the institution of slavery in the states
Mr. e. said this was an abuse Ot language II IL coulu
be regarded all as attack, it certainly was moi an
avowed direct attack Upon the institution OF slavery
in the States and he saw no propety III using Terms OIL
mere exaggeratnn and alarm. II the question oil Tie
power of Congress abolish slavery in the District was
controvrrted one, had not State right to petition on
the subject: And should they undertake 10 denounce
the conduct Of Il sovereign State?
Mr. Calhoun followed in reply. lie said that he was
at al! surprised tina, lie and The Senator from Ken
lucky should take such very different views of the sab.
rct We differ totally to the facts and ii is not Won
deriu that should differ ms to the remedy. win
such opinions the Senator enerlains, all attempts |"
resist thing innocent and harmless as abolition must
appear perfectly useless te danger in the
ganza,"n Of $50 600 persons inn societies, with pow
erlu press and ample funds iubulng the rising genera.
ton ut the North with the belief that the institutions oil
il was doing God service abolish them, if il
sond involve the destruction of half Of their nhablt
ants who represented murdrrers and pirates. II
would be in vain for him to attempt 10 discuss the subject
with the Senator from Kentucky, Willie he continues to
entertain such opinions. But thee years sincc
sdcrcd three hundred societies TO be Of ust nppre
hension and they number 500, and are increasing
nj the rate Of day, and the Senator nothing 10
excite attention. To what extent must The disease pro-
g,ess before lie BE- moved II should spread uni
vessally over the savrhnIdng States, That the
sections should consider each oiher as the most obi
of the human lace. could the Union EXIST And 4!
not he would be glad to know u what point must cx
tend before ii becomes dangerous, and when we would
be justified in resisting III He would be glad 10 hear the
Senators answer tn this question.
The Senator next objects that these resolutions are
mere distractions, aud therefore worthless. The Sena
TOR could he ignorant u the rise and progress OF The
important poltica! revolutions recorded IN history and
he would appeal TO him, il what he calls distractions did
not lie at the bottom ol most Of them. Have not almost
all Of the revolutions IN our parent country. from Mag
ma Chara down 10 that which placed the present Royal
family the throne, ginaed in abstract principles
Did not revolution o.! Inate in distractions OF
the highest order: We did wait for actual oppres
sion to to resistance; but, as Burke SAID, we
snutcd the approach OF tyranny in the tainted breeze
To come down still later did moi the abstract resolutions
OF his own State and thai OF her hunOred mother. strike
down blow tie Alien and SedtlUn acts TO the ground,
aud effect rev"uiinn which will he felt long we
are 4 People: With these striking examples, can the
Senator Consider atStFaclt1S 80 very
fact is that is abstract truths only that deeply impress
the understanding and The heart and effect great and
durable ulu"rs: and the higher III" intelligence q!
People, the greater their Influence II Is only the Igno
rant aud the buIe crealiun whom they have M
control.
The Senator next accuses him of Inconsistency. He
rests his Charge The assertion that despair, aGd then
iniers that he Mr. Cah"un) acted ncon>semIly IN in
Producing these resolutions. IL painful 10 be
represented frequently he in drJalc. lie had
never uttered lie Iaauage III despair; though he had
often said that the dark and fell spirit now Abroad III The
n"n.sIuveho cling States would eud III catastrophe, II
not arrested II il continued ~ advance without resist
ance it would terminate in disuuinn civil cnnimutiGn
Ii uuavodaJe. But he had never said that ii could
not be arrested, If timely met, aud IN the decided man
nrr it should be. He had also said thl The battle mast
he Tough the North, the South must take the
,nedy into lis hands Oilers had said the sale
and for using Ibis language, the Senator comes to The
conclusion that he drsplrd, and this slender luun-
daon raises lie charge If Inconsistency. In The same
spirit ie charges hun uS!nI angry and vi"cn! Ian
guaue, because he had thought proper 10 Gra" up the
resolutions in strong and trcided TERMS and defend
them in the terms IN t"bate.
The Senator next takes offence because he relied
the States rights party to oppose the nboonlsls IN the
nonsavrhod"g States aud asks il, by the Slate rights
party meant the SNAIL party under aitrrcd und
torn banner lie supposed the Senator meant the nui.
hfying party, and, II he feared it would be very
unequal conies, in the Northern States.
Mr.. Crlttendrn cXpiaImcdj
MIR. Calhoun rcsu!urd lie used the expression
another occasion: and IN restricted than
when he used II on the present.
The Senator next inquired what was mean. by the
State rights party He did not expect The inquiry from
that quarter but, us it made he would reply
He The party who believed that this Federal
Repubc--a Republic, Tie constituent parts Of which
were States in cuairltisnctiOn q iona canyuIi.
dated Republic, in which the constituent, parts the
aggregate of the American People, taken c"Iiec
lvry and in which the States bore the same relation
TO the whole US counties do to the States
He is next accused bv the Senator with charging all
who were not Of the State rights party as Seng aboIi.
tioaSls. This has lille foundation the other char
yes Of the Senator So far from making such charge,
he expressly stated again and again. that he acquitted
the great at ali parties Of abolition, and that lie be-
lieved that had the g"od ishes of the great body
Of the national Consolidated party, and who
ready to that it inrxpedleht touch the sub