Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-01-17

rli story. l~nld Nir y. anu one IOnR since
Consigned 10 the oblivion II mcrlied"-aad
the recollection of it limited TO a few. such
a. the senator from South Carolina. was
at The 'inc referred to. member Of the
other House, when the three candidates
were presented, one of whom was ont Of
the question on account OF llI-hcalh, the
candidate for whom | had personal and
polI cal predictions. what. then. was
my course, To give my vote 10 that man
who had filed 50 many public stations with
honor to himself and usefulness to his
| country. Aud | might go back step
further and appeal to history to show that
it was precisely The same choice which the
senator from S G.. bad before urged on the
American pcope. | made tins selection
and have never regretted Tiny consti'u'
ents sustained me IN it, and the wise and
good, from that time to eternity. tclU raLJy
! Mni choice.
Mr.. C. then made aluson to the com
promise of which he was IN favor and sad
that government like ours mus, be ad
mnlstered IN the spirit OF mu'ual concl'la.
ton. Some seven or cgh, years ago he
| had made compIUmls Sc, aud no man should
be more grateful to him than the Senator
! from S. G.; for had it not been for that
compromise, he might not now have the
opportunity of meeting him face to face in
the Senate House. Mr. C.. went on to
state that the intention Of the bill was to
take from the cid States for a mess Of pot.
tage, and the Senator from s, &. would
lend his support to a measure that 'OOufd
rob Seventeen States of their parimony, to
gjce ii TO nine. If that was hts fidelity to
State rights, he prayed God in his mercy
to deliver him from all such agency.
Mr.. Calhoun again replied, giving some
! explanation Of the proposed operations Of
| the bill, and then went on 10 the comprom
Use, He denied that he was in any degree
| Indebted to ne Senator from Kentucky {:
that he Mr.. Calhoun) had forced the
measure on hm--he was his master on
that occasion-ihe Senator was flat on his
back and could not help himself, and was
compelled to the compromise. Mr.. &.
then went On TO declare that The American
! system was p'underlug The South, and that
when Jackson came out with his proclaim
alton, another Senator. not then IN his
| place. (Wcbster,l was in far way to su.
percedc the Senator from Kentucky.
Since the Senator had gone so far out of
| his way TO alnic to this subject, he would
! appeal 10 his letters which were written at
the time, to show that he considered the
Senator poweress. He (Mr. Calhoun. J
! had yielded great deal more in the bust
ness than he ought. he thought the matter
ought to be settled in time, land seven years
was the period he had fixed on. there was
J M tn, hon l., hn So tnr far nd hor
after all Obligations were cancelled between
him and South Carolina and 1.-The South. 1t
was not the work of the Senator but Of
that gallant State that broke down the
system and gave the first decisive blow,
which had the eff, CT 10 bring back the gov.
ernmcnt to it, original purity.
Mr. Cay would have made no al|usion to
the subject if the Senator had not referred
to il. 1t was to him somewhat e%ttaord,'
nary that the Senator should have gone
over To the au'hors Of tn. force bll, howcv.
or. IN the matter ofihc compromlsr the
Senator has sad that was flat on my
! back that be was my n,lStcr on that &C
caslon- he my nasier! Whv.s,r, ! would
not own h,m for my slave! The tome Of
roice. he manner. md nbare al. the tcither'
ing iooh Of scorn Ma, occompaajed his &c.
ciamatioo. must haze stung the "benef en-
surin"' Senator 10 the gerry soul With
/ his characteristic egor,,m he has ondeavor'
ed TO show that ,oa' competed by hlm -
that | was flat on my back --har another
/ Senator had robbed ne Of the ELECTION Of
the manufacturers, and that | could do
nothing bu, what the good Senator from
South Carolna permitted can tell the