Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-04-05

uays since offered a resolution as the foup-
iafion OF proceedings on these petitions.
gentlemen, as If operated on by al, electric
shock, sprung from their seats and object
cd 70 rs introduction. Aud when You.
SIR, decided that il was the right Of every
member 20 Introduce such motion or reso-
luton as he pleased, being responsible to
h's constituents and this body for the
abuse OF this right, gentlemen seemed TO
wonder that the Senate had no power to
prevent the action Of one Of its members in
cases like this, and the poor privilege of
having the resolution printed, by order Of
the Senate, was denied.
Let the Senator from South Carolina be-
lore me, remember that, at the last session,
when he offered resolutions on the subject
oil slavery, they were not only received
without objection, but printed, voted on,
and decided; and let the Senator from
Kentucky reflect that the petition which
he offered against our right was also receiv-
ed and ordered to be printed without sin
gle dissenting voice ; and call on the Sem
ate and the country to remember that the
resolutions which | have offered on the
same subject have not only been refused
the printing, but have been laid on the ta-
BILE without being debated or REFEREED
Posterity, which shall read the proceed
lngs OF this time, may well wonder what
power could induce the Senate Of the u.
). TO proceed in such a trangeand contra
dictory way.
Permit me TO tell the country now what
tins power behind the throne, greater than
the throne itself, is. Ii is the power of
Sidrery. 1t is power, according to the
calculation of the Senator from Kentucky,
which owns twelve hundred millions of dol
lars in human beings as property and If
money IS power, this power is not to be
conceived ofor Calculated power which
claims human property more than double
the amount which the whole money of the
world could purchase. What can stand
before this power! Truth, everlasting
truth, will yet overthrow it. This power
is aiming to govern the country, its consti-
tuition and laws but it is not certain of sue
cess, tremendous as it is, without foreign or
other aid. Let it be borne in mind that
the Bank power, some years since, during
what has been called the panic session,
had influence sufficient in this body, and
upon this floor, to prevent the reception Of
petitions against the action of the Senate
on their resolutions Of censure against the
President. The country took instant
alarm, and the political complexion of this
body was changed as soon as possible
The same power, though double in means
and strength, is now doing the same thing.
This is the array ofpower that even now
is attempting such an unwarrantable course
in this country and the people are now
moving against the slave, as they formerly
did against the Bank power. 1t, too, be-
gins to tremble for its safety, What is to
be done !? Why, petitions are received
and ordered to be printed against the right
Of petitions which are not received, and the
whole power Of debate is thrown into the
scale with the slaveholding power. But
all will not do these two powers must now
be united an amalgamation Of the black
power of the South with the white power
Of the North must take place, as either,
separately, cannot succeed in the des-
truction Of the liberty Of speech and the
press, and the right Of petition. Let me
tell gentlemen that both united will
never succeed as said on former day,
God forbid that they should ever rule this
country. / have seen this billing and COO
ing between these different interests for
some time past; informed my private
friends of The political party with which !
have heretofore acted, during the first week
of this session, that these powers were
forming a union to overthrow the present
administration and warned them of the
folly and mischief they were doing in their
abuse of those who were opposed to slave
nv. All doubts are now terminated. The
display made by the Senator from Ken
lucky, IMr Clay,l and his denunciatons Of
these petitioners as Abolitionists, and the
hearty response and cordial embrace which
bis efforts met from the Senator from South
Carolina mir Calhoun clearly shows that
new moves have taken place on the pollti-
cal chessboard, and new coalitions are
formed, new compromises and new bar
gains, settling and disposing Of the rights
Of the country for the advantage of pollti-
cal aspirants.
The gentleman from South Carolina,
[Mr Calhoun seemed at the conclusion OF
the argument made by the Senator from
Kentucky, to be filed not only with delight