The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-04-02
united states senate.

The Washington papers of yesterday are silent
in reference to the occurrences in the Senate or
: Tuesday, when the resolution to dismiss Messrs
Blair & Rives as printers of the Senate, was un.
der consideration. The correspondent of the Pa
triot, however, furnishes some particulars He
says
An attack on Mr.. Clay of Kentucky was made
! by Mr.. Smith of onnecticut; and Mr.. King. oil
/ Alabama, followed, and made studied attempt
to be as offensive as possible. He was, however,
though exceedingly uapGrtinaentarily, not very Sc
Uere-for the whole pith of his assault consisted
in the attempt to bring down Henry Clay to level
with Francis P. Blair.
! When Mr.. King finished his harangue, MI. Clay,
rose, and said he saw he the object Of attack
concerted attack and, as on former occasions of
similar kind, he stood firm and collected, ready
to repel assault from whatever quarter it might
come. He had spoken of the Globe and its prin-
cpal editor as infamous. Certain gentlemen SEEM
ed to think, by an irregular inference, that they
must be regarded as participating in that nfamy.
1t any Senator had thought proper to ask whether
he meant any such thing, he would have prompts
ly disclaimed 1t. No one had done so-but The
man IN The corner Continued Mr.. Clay, pointing
to Mr. Smith, of Connecticut) whom / do not
think worthy of my notice has chosen to make
the inference. make no answer to him. A gen.
tlemen, however, who considers himself resD0nSi-
Ole, Mr.. King bowed) has gone one step farther,
and undertaken to classify me with this partizan
Editor of the Globe.
This added Mr.. Clay was an unparliamenta-
~ proceeding. He had right to comment on the
journal and the character of the men when under
consideration. He had spoken of the libeis and
calumnes daily published in that paper. He
never saw any article relating to him that was not
full OF untruths and Misrepresentation. He had
reminded the Senator from South Carolina of its
attacks on him as "John Cataline Calhoun" as
"a man who never spoke the truth when an un-
truth would serve his turn.n He had said, he con-
sldered the Globe libel, and its Editor hbeller.
'sAnd now, under these circumstances, lsaid Mr..
Clay with peculiar distinctiness and emphasis for
the Senator Of Alabama to put me on the level
with him is false, untrue and coaCardly /"
Mr. King made no reply;-b but was seen to write
for few minutes and soon after to leave the
Chamber with DR.. Linn. 1t was Immediately rue
mored about among the large assemblage that he
intended to send hostile message to Mr.. Clay |
and the excitement became intense.
Mr.. Smith, of Connecticut, made poor, abusive /
speech Of few minutes, which nobody seemed
to notice.
Mr.. Preston then rose and made powerful ar
gument in favor Of the resolution for dismissal
The remarks of Mr.. Huntington and Mr.. Hem
deTson, in the early part Of the day, on the same
side, were also peculiarly forcible and conclusive
At three O'Clock the Senate adjourned without
taking any question.
Mn. CLAY AND Mn. KING.-We learn from
Washington, that IN consequences Of what occur
ed IN the Senate, yesterday, between Mr.. Clay,
f Kentucky, and Mr. King, Of Alabama; steps
we're Immediately taken by the rgeant-at-Arms.
8 prevent, By process Of law, any hostile prose-
ution Of their differences Mr.. King was bound
yerin the sum Of $4,000 70 keep thepeace.
a gentleman who came in the cars this morn
10 from Washington. states, that it was under
TODD that the difficulty had been put an end to BY
lie intervention of the friends Of both parties
We hope this will be found TO be correct
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