The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-09-21


Obligation Of tho compromise on the future
action OF those who might vote for il, and
on any subsequent Congress. You may re.
menlncr, sir, that Mr. Webster excused
himself IRON asserting 10 The COMPROMISE,
by saying, that, should he do so. he should
feel himself bound IN honor 10 defend !, TO the
last. lie added that he had no right so to bind
his constituents; that be was sure they would
not be willing TO incur any such obligation !:
that, at The proper time, they would insist
on repeal OF the law, and shoIld he, by
his own act disable himself to do their will,
they would supply his place by some one
not so manacled by pledges. He had there.
fore no mind TO do that which would force
his constituents, in duty to themselves, TO
turn him out Of their service.
On this, Mr.. Clayton expressed his sur.
prise, that any gentleman should be re
strained from adopting the compromise, By
any such consideration. For his part, he
did not understand himself as coming under
any pledge. He should vote for the bill,
and should vote for the repeal, whenever II
might seem expedien'.
MIR. Sprague then said, that he should
vote for the bill, and IN dong so, should
consider himself as coming under some sort
Of pledge. But, he expressly declared,
that he would not explain that pledge. 1t
vas hard 10 understand his drift lie pro.
tossed not 10 mean TO be understood, and
declared he would not be catechlzed.
So much for the boosted sanctiy Of the
boosted compromise To hear MIR. Cal.
houn, one would suppose that these gentle.
men, alarmed by the terrors of Notification,
had not only voted The compromise, but
bound their consciences, as with ielters of
iron, TO hold il sacred, deyoting themselves
to the internal gods, ii they should ever vlo.
late 1t. Nov, SIR, you will bear me OUT, In
saying, that no other gentleman, North OF
the Chesapeake, uttered one word on that
occasion, and that neither ofthese said more
or less, than | have set down.
Where, then, is that pledge, on which
Mr.. Calhoun would have the world believe
that he has right to rely so confidently
here IS his authority for vaunting his own
good faith. and for saying, as he has 20 of
ten SAID, OF late, tina, he would be careful not
10 touch the compromise, lest, bv so doug,
he might release others, from their pledgesl
BY whom made
lie knows, SIR, as well as YOU or | but
since he has taken service under the usur
per, hs~~il be careful not TO tell. He
would rather have II believed that the great
danger OF the violation Of The compromlse
Is from you. And vet he knows, that the
only inieIhgibie pledge upon the subject was
given hy you.
10 speak, is. with you a matter of every
days occurrence. To hear you is rare
privilege, not easily forgotten by those who
enjoy 1t. heard you. sir. and though YOU
may not remember your words, YOU will
recognize them as reported by another.
lou declared, that, n voting the com
promise, you considered yourself as coming
under sacred obligation to preserve it
! nu al the same time said that YOU had the
less hesitation IN doing this, bccau~- YOU
were sure that long before the year SAG,
the Southern States themselves would have
become so fully sensible of the blessing of
the tariff, as 20 re enact il, If necessary By
their own votes. You added, somewhat
playiuly, that you had no apprehension of
burthenIng your conscience with pledge,
which they who had exuc,ed il would ca.
gerly rellnqush.
can never forget either your counte
nance or Mr.. Calhoun's az that moment
the slightly sarcastic expression of the one,
or the wretchcdness and helplessness of the
other. | marked the smle, sir, which &c
companed your last words, and have often
pondered on It's import. Was 1t suggested,
IN part, by a consciousness, thrt, whatever
construction, IN after times, might be
put upon the compromise, by those IN pow.
er, that gentleman would be ready to adopt
as the true one, sooner than again try con.
illusions with the Federal Government, and
again provoke the danger, from which you
were then IN the act OF rcsculng him?
The triumph OF Notification /! Has it
ever happened 10 you, SIR, 10 the adjustment
Of any little persona! difficulty, to have to
do with one at once chary OF his honor and
his skin, and who, while ready TO concede
any thing and every thing you might re
quIre, vet threw himself on your nagnanim.
iry, not 10 disgrace hun, by requiring too
much On such occasions, have YOU 10;
felt pretty much as yoa felt at that time
and has not your adversary looked pretty
much "a Mr.. Calhoun looked? Whv An
GENT PIsToL never chewed his Ieek more
tamely Did II enter yeur hsad, sir, at
the time, that YOU were making concessions |
to save Yourself your principles, or your
cause Such must have been The fact, il, !
indeed, that day was the triumph of Np'Ilti /