Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-10-03
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Shelton T. Lsake. Esl.. of AiDenire, sddres,e the
Democratic AS c,ain,u thus place last Monday night
return from his Bedford tour. dur ing
ihe preceding week. lis Ingenious and a.
ble--hut must be p.rm.d 10 add, in all courtesy,
that il characterized by of phslry Than OF
eunrnt bel 'naing Ia The Belia scbu9l Of logic. the
ehet element oi which Is the power 10 make the
APPEAR the better reason" We BIZ no means intend 10
anrnaJveit al length upon the speech for have
neither nom. Bat we will relrr single
pc, ,r the purpose Of shaving the power OF prejudice
yrr Intelligent mind. as well the jus,ce Of oLr
appreciation ol Mr.. Eeahes eflirt
In his the Texas question: Mr. Leake drag
ged in by the neck and shoulders. lo the sake ID effect
two other measures having M, the slightest connection
With IL, the Miss nf Compromise Of 1921 winch he
vehemenily denounced, and The plan Of cJonzng the In
dian tribes removed from the bosom of The States in
which they born and reared, the Western from
tier. These two events, he said, occurred about the
pernd at the cession of Texas 10 Spain IN 1919 and
al II them calculated 10 weaken the SOUTH by di
mlnIsliing s representation IN the naional councils.
he seemed IN think II fairly nierribe that hey were
each parts Of great scheme 10 rfosae The south, di
gested Al HAT ,tac,
il is that the cessiun Of Texas and the Assou-
II comp promise were cnnsumnated wilhn brief period
III each Others willing take for granted that
the plan Of c4lunizng the Indians was suggested about
the period. Bul did Mr. Leahe lofgel thai Texas
was ceded away by Southern Pesidehi. Mr.. Monne.
with tie advice and sanction OF Cabinet in whrh there
were three Southern men, (Cahpun, Crawford and
WIT aud only two Northern men, Adams and Smith
Thompson ot New York Did he forget that, of that
CABINET. Adams was The only opposed 10 the ces-
sion Of Texas Did he ioIgei, that that gentleman
IN his correspondence mlh the Saui. Minister. whcne-
elted such brilliant eu'ges from The Rchnond Enquirer
winch IN the exiacy VI us admlfaiun, exclaimed I'VE are
proud IL henng la the country which gave birth 10 such
man" demon raed our right 10 IeAas, under the treaty
Of loo3 "nh France I Surely he mast have forgotten
these things when e intinaied, by Inference, that
It's ces>on was part ui grand scheme The Northern
politicians sacrifice the interests para za The sreru
aud endangef the safety Of the South, Where was
Nlonr"e's pr'iund Judgment hee CmNiufd's saga
city wi here Wlrl's love Tor his native aud-w. ere
CalImuns foresight when his fatal was perpetrA-
ted by telr hands; perpeiia ed, loo, opps
ton To the ishes al Mir Adams whr, IN syulnu the
treaty, as the er otco neg;atr On tie pa oi his gov
erneni. by whicn the deed done. but the Den
IN the hsnJ of the President aud his constitutional ad
vsrrs! II the cesshn Of Texas t. Span IN 1919 was
treason to h. South, thai tre4snn was nlsed by
Southern men. who Responsible u the ~ tor the
Irreparsbe ,nschieis hci. II said, How FROM
at
The second step ~ this great schens 10 innre the
Slu,h, ascending Mr.. Leake lhe Missouri Com
pt,,nise, iof enrciiug which Mr.. Clay was sone hat
severely casiigajed Add Yet the country has fool
isi enungh, heretofore, applaud that one eyin
cng Mist saIts'nnnsip, cosibn'd with ardent patriot
lsn. Aud what S ni,s Ieiiaksbr, the .1D0ttioais,s
are al tins vary muneht c"inlng IN with Mr. Leaae m
abuse o MIR. Clay Tor his ae.ncy .tiecling That
great work OF conclai"a and ha.any. Bul Mr.. Leake
surely tr2ut that IN striking N Mr. Clay his blow ,Il
>on creiy Southern IN Congress, IN 1919, VIM,
with u SOLITARY exception, voted ur that COMPROMISE
white HE Northern representatives, with the excep
ton oi three or Tour, VIM were ponly repudlated ny
Their constituents Tor ircii alleged suDservleacy 10 e
Soulh voted against II Siranse-passis stange-ls II
II te Missouri COMPROMISE indeed either Intended
or calculated 10 nu,e the South, aggrandze the
Nnlth AT her expense, ai The Suu,h siuuld have gone
~ snlid body t the measure, and The Norm galsi ~
Strange II II he an Abolition measure that the Aooll-
iiunisls nov nake II oi Iher strongest objections
MI. Clay! II. ladetd, HE Inference Of Mr.. L.ake be
Tue, that fhs Is one oi the three great measures
dec Ia impair the relative power and Influence u the
sonth IN The Conederacy, then the action Of the
adverse sections upon 1t al the time presents the nsl
remarkable anomaly recorded IN The annals Of the world
the South earnestly urging measure which was des
uned ionflci upon II serious deifmeut while the North
less Nnohiu ot IT'S own Interests ttan OF Sout ern
neighbours. as ohslinatty opposing NJ 1t evnces that
TIE Southern men Nele all fools aud that the Northern
men can only escape The impuiaon. by sscribuu
10 ihen degree oi generous nlagnanImy which We
are sure Mr. Lake VIII be the hrs, protest against
A simple statement Of The facts VI the case strips tins
Gorcou OF all lis iancled tetrors.
The ,hlrd head m The Monster is the colonization of
the SemlnoIes, Cree ks and Chickasaws of Arkan
sas, which, being situated south Ut the 30 degree OF North
latitude (he line drawn by the Missouri COMPROMISED is
the boundary between the savehuldng and non sIa We
holding territories of The Union. W do net Remember
(and have moi leisure 10 The precise ne
riud al which this policy Was determined upun But It.
As Mr. cake says IL originated culemplraneuusly with
the ctssion of Texas aud the admission Of Missouri into
the Cnon, and IT, as he lniers, was, like these two
measures, designed 10 weaken Tie South, by filling uu
with Indians territory, which, but Tor that disposition
ui II, would have been formed or more sa y,ho
ding States. then we charge that this, like the other
Two measures, the work Of Southern ,nen Yes. If
all these ''srange coincidrncles resulted from deem
laid scheme 10 PROSTATE lac power o The South the