Litchfield enquirer., 1840-01-16

UD}COtAou was ttldI u was IiOk EGlcrE6O laiFtF
10 the old and new, where each party might
have some opportunity Of looking to its inter-
ests, and taking care of them. So far as the
private relations of the gentleman were con-
cerned, 1t was the last of his thoughts to in
quiFe into them ;sbut rumor did not limit the
connection 10 private friendship-it spoke no
less loud of political connexion, of mutual
support; if that were true, when great
measure was brought before the nation, was
j: not of some importance to the country to
ascertain the fact ?? Was it a matter Of no
importance for us to know when the loud and
angry denunciations Of the gentleman a.
gainst the Executive, were still fresh in our
ears, whether he had made his bow at court,
kissed the hand, and become the Iege sub
ject ofthe monarch! and ready at all times
to do his bidding? lie repeated that he desi-
red to know if the measure was one which
the administration fostered, or whether it
was committed or uncommitted in relation
to it! ~, M. E., -,.f...,~, rs.-! ,,,.:. .t.
Mr.. Calhoun thought the chimeras which
the Senator had conjured up about compro-
misses and understanding with the Executive
must have grown out of the recollection of
what had taken place some thirteen or four
teen years since. Now, as to what pledges
had been given or received between the par
ties. of that time, he had never asked of the
ing in the footsteps of that Senator in any
case. Why his (Mr. C.'s) personals elations
with the President should be dragged before
the Senate, he could not conjecture. When
the Chief Magistrate recommended mea-
sures, which he conceived to be for the good
of the country, he felt it his duty, as man
of honor, to sustain them and he would go
farther, and say, that the leading features of
the present Executive commanded his most
hearty appreciation. He had no understand
ing, expressed or implied, with the President,
he had made no compromises, and would be
the last man to make them-he stood now
where he he'd always stood, the fearless ad-
yocate Of state rights, and against the Sena-
tors American system and false interpreta-
ton Of the constitution. Neither friendship
nor enmity could swerye him from his course
his sole object was to bring back the vessel
Of state, 10 which the Senator from Kentucky
had givcn>a wrong direction, and place her
on the right track. ~, - "a .s.'...
Mr.. Clay said the Senator from South Ca
rolina seemed to felicitate himself DIR the op-
portunity thus afforded him of once more.de-
timing his position. Hetells US that the mea-
snres of the Executive meet his views, and
shall receive his support. 1t turns out then,
that all we have heard with respect to the ru-
NOR is true, and that the acts of the present
Executive command his hearty appreciation.
With regard to the allusion, which the SEN
ator had been pleased to make, of some thir-
teen or fourteen years ago, he could assure
that Senator, it gave him no pain to be re-
minded of it. 1t is an old story, (said Mr..
c. and one long since consigned to the obi.
Won it mcrited-and the recollection of it Ii.
mited to n few, such as the Senator from
South Carolina. l was at the time referred
to, member Of the other House, when the
three candidates were, presented, one Of
whom was out of The question on account of
i'll health, the candidate for whom had per-
sonal and political predictions. What,
then, was my course? To give my vote to
that man who had filled so many public sta
tons with honor to himself and usefulness to
his country. And might go back step
further and appeal to history TO show that it
was precisely the same choice, which the
Senator from s. C. had before urged on the
American people. made this selection, and
have never regretted Tiny constituents sus-
tanned me in it, and the wise and good,
from that time to eternity, sciU rally that
choice! ,s i rs ...,.g r...' .a.,.... IN s,.5t
Mr.. G. then made allusion to the conpYo-
mise of which he was in favor, and said that
a Government like ours must be administered
in the spirit of mutual conciliation. Some
seven or eight years ago he had made a
compromise, and no man should be more
grateful to him than the Senator from S. c.;
for had it not been for that compromise, he
might not now have the opportunity OF meet
ing him face to face in tho Senate House.
ME-, C. went on to state that the intention Of
the bill was 10 take from the old Suites for a
mess of pottage, and the Senator from 8. C..
would lend his support to measure that
acould rob serenteen States of their patrinaony
To- glue IL 10 mine. If that was his fidelity TO
state rights, he prayed God in-his mercy to
deliver himfrom all such agency. ab aia
e. Mr.. Calhoun again replied, giving SEINE
explanation of the proposed operations OF the
bill, and then went on to the compromise. he
denied that he was in any degree indebted
to the Senator from Kentucky; that he (ME
Calhoun) had forced the measure on him
he was his master on that occasion--the SEN
ator was fiat ON his back and could not help
himself, and was compelled to the compro-
mise. Mr.. G. then went on TO declare that
the American system was plundering the
South, and that when jackson came out with
his proclamation, another Senator, not then
in, his place, (Webster,) was in a fair way to
supersede the Senator from Kentucky
Since tho Senator had gone so far out of his
way to allnde to this subject, he would appeal
to his letters, which were written at the time,
to show that he considered the Senator pow
erless, lie (Mr. -Calhoun1 had yielded a
great deal more in the business than he
ought, he thought the matter ought TO be set;
tied intime, and seven yenrs,was the period
he had fixed ON, there was nothing 70 thank
the Senator for. and hereafter all obligations
were cancelled between himand South Caro-
lima and the South. It was not the work of
the Senator but of that gallant State that
broke down, the system and gave the, firstd
cisive blow, which had the effect to bring
back the governmental its original purity.