The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-02-11

bill and the proclamation. The ssna,oi
from 8. G. said that be was fla. on his back
and that be was my master. Sir, would
not own him rs my slave. He my master
and compelled by him! And, ~ il it.~ere.
impossible to 60 Ear enough in one paragraph
he refers to certain letters Of his own, d
prove that was fiat on my back! and, ihq
| was not only on my back, but another Sed
ator and the President had robbedtYe!
was fat on my back, and unable to do AMI
thing but what the Senator permitted N,
to do! +
Why, sir, (said Mr.. Clay,) gIoried j,
my strength, and was compelled to intro
duce the compromise bill; and compelled
too, by the Senator, not in consequence O
the weakness, but Of the strength, Of mn
position. lit was possible for the Senatos
to introduce one paragraph without sbowino
the egotism of his character. he would M
now acknowledge that he wrote letters hom1
to show that he was fiat on his back. Will
he was indebted to him for that meaa,,s
which relieved him from the difficult;es :,
which he was involved. Now, what w..
the history Of the casef Flat as he was a.
his back, he raid he was able to nnod,c.
that compromise, and to carry j, THROUGH ,hs
Senate, in opposition to the most s,rr6uon5
exertions OF the gentleman who, Mr. Call
houn said, had supplanted him, and in sn;,1
OF his determined and unceasing opposition
There was sort Of necessity Operating or
me to compel me 10 introduce that meas
ure. No necessity of personal characted
lnhuenccd me; but considerations invoIyind
the interests, the peace and harmony of tbd
whole country, as well as of the State of s
Carolina, directed him in the course he pur-
sued.
lie saw the condition of the Senator from
; Z, and that of his friends; he saw the con-
dltlon TO which he had reduced the gallant
little State of South Carolina BY his unwise
and dangerous measures; he saw too. that
we were on the eve of civil war; and he
wished to save the effusion of bIood-the !!
blood of our own fellow-citizens. That was
one reason why he introduced the compro. I
mise bill. There was another reason that !
powerfully operated on him. The very in
terest that the tariff laws were enacted tol
protect-so great was the power Of the then
Chief Magistrate, and SO rapidly was that
power increasing-was in danger of being
sacrificed.
He saw that the protective system was in
danger Of being swept away entirely, and
probably at the next session Of Congress, by
the tremendous power Of the individual who
then filled the Executive chair, and he felt
that the greatest service that he could rem
der il, would be to obtain for it "a lease for
term of years, to use an expression that had
been hereto fore applied to the compromise
save the protective system from the danger
which threatened it.
He saw the necessity to advance the
great interests Of the nation, to avert civil
war, and to restore peace and harmony toa
distracted and divided country; and it was
therefore that he had brought forward this
measure. The Senator from 8. c., to be-
tray still further and more strikiugly tho
characteristics which belonged to him, said.
that in consequence Of his (CIay's) remarks
this very day, all obligations towards him
on the part Of himself, the State of 8. Caro-
lima, and the whole South, were cancelled.
And what right had the Senator to get up
and speak of the whole South, or even Of s
Carolina? If he was not mistaken u his
Judgment of the political signs of the times,
and if the information which came to him
was to be relied on, day would come, and
that bot very distant neither, when the SEN
ator would not dare TO rise in has place and
presume to speak as be had this day dane,
as the organ of the gallant people Of the
State he represented.
As to the enactment Of obligations, he
was not one III tl,Ose looking out to see what
would ensue to him in consequence Of them;
but he contented himself with having per-
formed his duty n the best of his ability, and
that was the highest reward that his smbi-
tom ever aimed at. His race was nearly
run-run by the course Of nature-run, If
you please, by the course Of political events;
and he had nothing to ask from South Car
olins, the South at large, or the whole csnn-
But he should 60, when he
chose to do 50, into retirement, with con-
sciousness that, during the period ola long
and eveniful life, he had served his country
faithfully, zealously, without being inflssa-
ced by hope Of reward, or any other motives
than sincere desire to promote It's bests
interests; and whatever the Senator from 8
C. might say as 10 the cancelment Of obli-
cations, he could not deprive him Of that
delightful consciousness.
Mr.. Calhoun. The Senator brings =
gainst nae ahe vogue Charge a esotism.-
He would appeal 10 the Senate. in order 10
repel it, whether there Is any member a the
body more exempt from speaking of him
self than he was, unless When ettacked.-
How stands the facli The Senator has