Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-01-16

| that Of State rights. But what was the character
Of this bill 7 Il was bill To strip seventeen oi the
States Of their righiul inheritance To sell II all Tor
a mess OF pottage /; 10 surrender II for a trho--a
mere nominal sum. The bill wns III elect mn at
Tempt To stipnnd rob seventeen States OF ms Union
of their property. aud assign over 10 SOME esu ~
/ nIne Of the States. II this WAS what the senator
called v,ndica,ine Tho rights Of the States MI I,
prayed God 10 deliver us from all such fshs anu
. all such advocates.
Mr. CALHOUN sad the Senator from kentne-
Ky entirel, nistook the character oi the bill was
not only n State rights measure. ut was 'nd1srrh-
bic To the peace and prosperity II The States, as lhr
only measure, that would well effect the object IN
view.
| Having used the word compromise, Mr. {, tell
bound TO refer the Senator 10 that particular com
| promise aud the Senator had said in reply that II
any one should be thankful 10 him for thai eompor'
mise----
MIR. CLAY. Not TO me
Mr. CALuouN The Senator always claimed 10
be the author of bat measure and am not III tue
smallest degrees thankful TO him for IL. knew he
could mol avoid il. | was h,s master on that ocea-
sion. and fenced il upon him. | wrote home at
that time half dozen letters. saying that the Sen
ator would be obliged 10 accede To the compromise
will now plain all that. The effect OF nuliie,lIon
is this that, when State nlcrposes. the majority
musi somiimes eld To iho minority. Those who
are To have I'll smallest share OF the plumber, in the
majority, are sure TO get away. In the american
system, the constituents OF the Senator obtained
very small portion they were rather OF those th,i
we're plnndercJ. AT The time when Gen. Jackson
occasioncd the force bill. the Senator from Ken
lucky had lost The manufacturers Gen Jackson had
supplnnied him and u Senator, not now present.
was also in the way Of supcrsedng him IN that inter
est. Tho Senator from Kentucky was therefore
Hat his back, and nothing would answer his own
purpose but the compromise. II was with hn ell
Their compromise q, annhlation IL was me-
cessary that either he or the American system
should fall. II was not my desire TO mention these
him. but the Senator out Dt his way 10
touch o Kindred subjects and therefore ielt my
self mpelled 10 make these statements ! have al
udcd TO my letters on that occasion aud predict
ed in them the third day OF the session Z ut tins
question would terminate as II did.
Sir will go further. ! yielded good deal IN
that compromise. IL was my first proposition
that /, should 60 out in 1870 proceeding in an equal
proportion for every year Of 10 per cent. Aud
will say further. that the session before we null
fed in South Carolina, | and Others said that the
question must be settled. 1t was seven years which
then fixed on for ils termination, aud II would
have been carried in that time but Tor certain cir
eumstances In regard To all yielded my colleague
tNr PnrsroN) knows why did it but do not
choose to state IL here. And ] should now have
said nothing the subject, II the Senator had been
silent himself But lie has no gratitude on my
psu F.; and South Carolina owes him no gratitude
he acted under the necessity Of the case. l.
hack ed by the gallant State which ] represent,
compelled the Senator TO break down the system At
one decisive blow ; and j, is my opinion thai II will
bring bach the government TO lis original primer
pie
Mr. CLAY. | am sorry 10 be obliged 10 pro'ong
this discussion. But made allusion to con-
promises ill il was done by the Senator himself !
made no reference TO the event Of s25, ill he had
made il aud did not, in the most distant manner
alludc to nulli6ca,ion; and ii is extraordinary that
the Senator himself should have introduced ", es
pecally at n moment when he is uniting with the
authors OF the force bill. and Of those measures
which put down nullfcaiiOn.
The Senator says WAS fat on my back. and that
he was my master. Sir, would not own him as my
slave lie my master and compelled by him
od as il were impossible to 60 far enough IN one
paragraph he refers 10 certain letters Of his own to
prove that was nat on my back and that was
not only on my back, but another Senator ana inc
President had robbed me was fat on my back,
and unable TO do any thing but what the Senator
from Carolina permitted me to do
Sir what was the case ] Introduce the com
promise in spite of the opposition of the gentleman
who is said To have robbed me Of the manniactu-
1t met his uncompromising opposition That
measure had, on my part, nothing personal in Il.
But saw the condition Of the Senator nom South
Carolina and his friends. They had reduced South
Carolina, by that unwiso measure, (of nuliieaion,)
10 a state Of war and | therefore wished 10 save
the eiiuson of human blood oi fellow ciiizqns.
That was one metve with me and another was a
regard for that very interest which the Senator says
hoped to destroy. | saw that tins great interest
had got in the power Of the Chief Magistrate that
it was evident that al The session OF Congress,
the whole protective system would be swept by the
board. | therefore desired TO give il at least a
lease Of yeas. and, for that purpose, in concert
with others, brought forward that measure. which
was necessary that interest from total annih
lation.
But TO display still further the circumstances in
which the Senator is placed, he says, from that We
~ day Of the compromise, al obligations were can
celled that could, account of II, rest on him, on
south Carolina, aud on the South. Sir what right
has he o speak in the name Jl the whole South
or even Of South Carolina itself For IL history is
to be relied upon, IL We may judge of the future
from the past the time will come when the Senator
cannot propose TO be the organ even Of the cbsal-
rous and enlightened people Of South Carolina.
Slr | am not OF those who looking out for
what mny ensue to themselves My course is nearly
run; il is 10y nature and in the progress OF po-
lrica events. have nothing TO ask Of the Senator of
the South nor of South Carolina, nor yet Of the
try at large. But will go, when do, goo rwhen
! | choose to go, into retirement, with the und,ng
conviction ,ha,, fora quarer OF century, have en-
deavored to serve and to save the county, faithfully
and honoiaby, without view 10 my own interest
or my ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and Of that delight
/ full conviction aud consciousness no human being
nor all mankind can ever deprive RE.
Mr.. CALHOUN. The Senator is in the habit
of attacking me, aud If ! were not thus compelled
to defend myself, | would pass over the whole mat
ter. | rise now simply to supply some remarks
which had escaped my memory, and they are mere
matter OF history. | was opposed 10 Mr.. Crawford
MS a Candidate Tor the Presidency; and after my
name was Withdrawn, look part in the election.
| was candidate 70, the Vice Presidency, and alb
stained from ,aking part and from all elrcoueer
ing When the electionwas deciied,l saw the course
which Mr., ADAMs was determined 10 TAX e, add then