Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-03-27


the employment of ihen Butt beg leave to assure MN
my ierIinas of perfec, and entire reciprocity.
The Senator appeals 10 his present party, rallies MS
allies, and cries to them that victory is aheed 10
which he will lead them. Pass the bill, he exca'is, anu
d. ce the lorg vexed question, and TINS put an enc 10 w
nlrovsrsy. But does the Senator and Do any OF us
friends suppose that if their bill shall pass ''s Sr""
fy majority IF one or two votes, ana Tue olpI'
~ similar majority it will pour oil on Inc 'ro"oiu W.
ers and give peace this distracted country: II" "
no. The uplurncd business the embarrassment All" Tue
reatencd ruin of the community, are mol 10 Oe So'
ed order and prosperity III That way. Sh"" ''aI "
other countries and in other tines has beer com
men calculation with tyranny, that when the tyran mods
his will! to be obryed ynd submission to ensne But
Senators need not '.lay Tia, ia';eIng u"cnn to Their
souls The people Of this country are lon enlightened
loo well acquainted with their interests and rights, and
Inn firmly resolved at all hazards To maintain them OUT
city TO submit To fraug with such RUIN ana
danger to their liberties as this IS lie supporters ~
this bill seem determined i they TO reverse The great
principle which lies at The foundation OF all our lnstIln'
lions Tina, principle is, That The popular will flows
from the People into tie Legislative Halls and controls,
directs and nudiss all measures intended for Tie au'
yanccmemt of their happiness. But THIS bill treats the
known will d! the people with sovereign contempt. ana
substitutes the will of the servant for the will of The mas
ter Ii proceeds upon the faaci"us assumption that
the servants OF the people know better Than the people
themselves what will best to promote their happiness
Il is in vain that YOU pu: the screws aud attempt
10 ,ce from them reluctant acquescence by cutting oil
every other prospect OF relief IL IL IN vain That yon
pronounce your veto against National Bank, and pro-
muIga,e The world your solemn declaration that the
People shall not have one although IL should he mani
fest that there clear nri,y of them demanding IT,
is in vain tIa, you should denounce and lay your I'M
hallowed hands the domestic institutions of the States
endeaed 10 them by long habit and cherished Affection.
DO not deceive yourselves. There may be those VINO
are bold while here, acting in the sunshine oi Executive
power; bu, when they return their constituents whose
vii! whose instructions they have deiled, they VIII
find in their frowns, their indignation and their malet,c'
tons that the power of The people Is superior 10 the
power aud influence ut their most eXa!led magistrate
whether in Office or in retirement
TWhen Mr. CLAY resumed his seat, Mr.. Calhoun ana
MI. Preston both The Chulr gave The hoor to1
Mr. PRESTON, who said that nothing could be more
unexpected painful to him than The necessity nnaer
which he found himself %: nterrupting tor moment
the Discussion bpwcen the Senator from Kentucky and
his colleague. He well knew that in The general expec.
taiion of The public and by the acqueScrnce OF lhe BE
the day and the occasion were appropriated 10 ano
set apart for those gentlemen and he bad taken lS seat
not doubling that he should listen in silence to which
his health as well as all the prophecies OF The OCCASION
seemed 10 cons On him. But, (saId MIR + } no condI,
ton Of my health dread Of violating an unexpected
order Of proceeding rule crremonous observance,
compel me /" silence under the remarks Of the
Senator from Kentucky in regard to my Stale u they
had been personal to myself might submit IN silence,
or postpone reply for a fit occasion, wilhnut
breaking in upon the unity Of the present scene but
the honorable Senator has thought proper to indulge
course of remarks upon certain recent aud conspicuous
Of my State, pressed, as it seems 10 me- rnneces-
sary into this discussion which will at once resent
and repel
have remained silent when vulgar vikings have
sought to nmuse themselves others b. poor jest on
Nufcatinn and have heard, wih"u emotion, The ct.
forts Of underlrg politicians. wh" ever ana anon. sup
ply yncuiiy OF by puuy aud innocent TRADE
against South Carolina Such things to be expected
from such quarters and may be well submitted tn IN 81.
lpnce mud indifference; but when these poor topics
rescued from contempt in The ony way by which this
be effected, By that adren'tlons consequence derv
ed o;n the dignity aud position OF HIN who uses them,
they become worthy of anmadvrrsion, not on their
account, but account Of The party resorlng To them
IN tie contss, which South Carolina wnged with this
Government, whether she right or wrong u" man
Of right mind, who knows The circumstances, will per.
ccire matter for Jest rdcue. Her course ia his
tory. She acted in patriotism and homer. Her prlnci-
Piles openly asserted, her purposes boldly nvowcd;
wrong right she frartsslv assumed her ground calm
Is arrayed herself against The whale power Of this Co
vernmcnt sterny re,orted the rowns of yrant armed
he was by the eager haste of serve Leg isature with
all the power of ,be country in or out of the Consu
ton; and when the personal passions OF The Chiei Ma
rsrae, ministered 10 aud inhamed by the ready zeal
Of the thoroughly devoted party which Ibis c"un
try saw, joined and sustained By the gtfed.
Of the manufacturing interest IN measures OF mill
tnry violence, there any symptoms n ir!esoluon.
Of giving back, amongst us? Did The honorable Sena
tor see any sign Of fear Of home le:tnncy amongst
those who so well and nuby represented here =:
Dad we not hurl back the proclamation in the teeth
of those who issued IT. Did not upon this floor an
argument by argument and threat by scorn while
a, home the State armed herself 10 repe force br force:
Did any one who looked upon The in this Senate,
and aclnrs in ii; did any who Looked Ia Us at
home, from this distance any where The bearing
OF men, whose could be mentioned, except in the
vulgar violence OF pampered power, IN any conneN u
with Grvminous death, or whose conduct and dfsI
ny could any be associated but with honor and
respect? Saug hPrtd mic have been, crushed and
overwhelmed, perhaps; but the honorable Se".'o did
not understand the OCCASION nor does he Know the poo
pie Of whom e speaks II he believes that the Crisis "i
1888 could have been passed by concession
the part Of this ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, It the
word he more pslaabr.
Well, Sir, the Compromise bill was passed and went
forth with healing on lis wings. II was hailed as the
harbingcr of peace and understand To- be the result
Of mutual CONCESSIONS made in high spirit OF Palro,
ism, Tor the purpose 1T sm",erlng the heats which
threatened the country In such spirit, unqntst"na
BLY, accorded TO The compromise sGrenderIng, tor
It's sake portion Of interests which in justice might
have bee insisted OH and, such SPIRIT we supposed
the honorable Senator, the representative Of The ma
nuiacturng interest, had given his consent to The mr.
raurenrnt These hiuh and holy purposes, attributed to
the honorable gentleman aud to those who ace" with
him. IN that occasion. thought him emitted TO The
glory Of having acted from no personal motive, from
nothing that savored Of party feeling but from broad
patriotism The broader principles oil that code which
PROMISES blessings the peace makers And, on This
high ground, have always understood the gentle
man then placed himself but his declarations To day
show that he is dscon;enied with that position, and
hr prefers 10 have it known that his Object TO drive
good bargain for the manufacturers; aud that his views
of peace did extend beyond saving good fellow
two from Iguomin"us death Tint iIe did not be-
eve that danger existed that South Carolina intend
I'd aught bu, chlds play The honorable Senator has
right to establish the relation which he stands the
transactions Of hut day, and 10 corrrc, the history of
Them which had falsely, il now appears assigned
different, and, in my Judgment much nobler al
,,ude TO The honorable Senator. lie nnw permits
it to be understood, that. when he seemed to con-
promise with South Carolina, it was, in fact, but
curing The Tariff against Gen. Jackson; and that, when
he talked of the harmony of the Union and the peace of
the land he did not in fact consider either in the slight
danger Ia all This he totally mistaken much
mistaken in regard 10 us, we were 10 him. We were
anxious to avoid but not afraid 10 meet collision
We, at least, in earnest, when we said We were