Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1841-10-22

To be maguiloquent and talk about the
Empire State may we'll become the for
ty gentlemen who represent the State
on this floor, having reference to their
own numbers and the numbers Of their
constituents. or to tho extent, fertility,
and beauty Of her soil; yet this is dis
tinc.ion not recognized in the Const'Iu-
ton Of the United States They are all
as members Of this Union, equal; and
the State Of Delaware has as good right
TO be called the Empire State" as New
York. Now, If my forty friends from
New York choose to call it the Empire
State, will not quarrel with them. 1t
is only as to conseque noes that ! enter
my caVeat against the TOO frequent use
Of those terms on this floor; for there
is meaning in those words Empire
State" when used among co.estates,
more than meets The ear Suppose il
was in Delaware that such an event had
occurred, do you suppose my friend
here (Mr Rodney from Delaware
would have offered such resolution as
this? And, BY the terms Of the reso-
luton, should presume hat my friends
from New York think there is htt,e
more dignity and power in having forty
Representatives than ouIy one.
But their is another point of view in
which | ask The attention Of the House
10 this resolution Al the very time
when we have this great issue upon an
other point with the British nation, and
when this resolution, and every thing
connected with it, is blowing the Goals
TO make another issue. there is behind
it another effort to make yet another
issue between this Government and the
State Of New York. What is the OBJ
ject Of thai? Are you gong to war
with foreign natIon2 And is that a
lime to split hairs on the questions Of
jurisdiction between the Government Of
the United States and that of one oil the
separate States2 And are you going TO
bring up the question. (Which of the
two has the right, the precious right, TO
hang N LeodW Are you going to make
an issue between the Stale OF New York
aud the Government Of the Unned States
upon such an exercise Of power as
that? Are you going 10 show your
weakness at the very moment when
you are boarding the ion IN his den?
Is that time 10 make an issue between
the Government, which represents the
whole country, and a Stale as 10 lis
power? God forbid that | should ques
ton its power; but inquire, is ii polite
or wise TO make quarrel between that
Government and This, about the most
insignificant Of all questions, as 10 which
| Of you shall release M'Lpod? For
while some gentlemen talk of hanging
NJ Leod. others, more merciiul, tell US
that lllt should turn out that This man
was concerned 10 the affair oil The Caro-
line, yet that there was a power in the
State o New York that night prevent
his eXecuton-th the Executive haC
the power OF partoning as we'll as The
General q )veTnment, and that The at
tribute OF mercy would be exercised
with as much discretion by the Cover
nor Of New York as it would be by the
President Of the United States But
see nothing in The correspondence whct
has been laid before US that would Leaf
TO the conclusion that the course of the
law in the Stale oI New York would no
be carried out, according to all It's rights
and all It's dignlies, and he man be re
leased without the necessity OF d resor
to the authority oil The General Govern
ment.
am perfectly satisfied for my owr
part, if It should so happen that The
evidence is strong enough 10 convict hn
that the Governor Of New York wou
exercise the pardonlng power, and senc
him with an admonitlon to 60 and sir
no more. That can be done Wlthou
any entrenchmenI on the honor ant
dignity Of the State Of New York. From
the first moment TO the last, the queS-
tion which has struck me is, whether
you will or will not hang The MANI
That is The only question 10 issue be-
tween Great Brian and The UnlleC
States. Gieat Brtain will not go tc
war TO settle a question Of jurisdiction
between the General Government and
the State Of New York. They will not
60 TO war with you if the man is sem
home. But, after all the arguments
which have been used on this flour, il
ultimately comes 10 this: which OF the
two Governments shall release M'LPod
Now, say what is all that for? Why
is it that the Government Of the United
States must be arraigned by the Govern
ment Of The State Of New York. and
this made a question Of war between US
and Great BritainG Why should mol
the matter have been allowed to go ac-
cordlng 10 the correspondence between
The Two Governmenlsi No, sir, we