Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-03-16

tnc puOuc lanuS IN t0e new State8.S / took
it, therefore, that he had used them deliber-
ately, and was not disposed to take back
word that he had uttered. being from the
West, sir, a repre- sentativefrom anew State,
supposing that, on some future occasion, it
might become necessary to make reference
to that debate, took note Of what was said,
- near % I could, in the very language of
the speaker, in order that ! might Be aeon
rate, and not subject myself to the charge
Of misrepresentation which has been made
in the course ofthis debate !
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"Mr. President, since commenced these
remarks in defence Of the position occupy
in this debate, an ezkSact from the speech Of
the honorable Senator from Indiana, lMr.
TrProS, on the subject Of the pre-emption
bill of the last session, has been placed in
my hands, containing the Senator'S TMr.
CLAr's] own declaration as to what he did
say on the occasion referred to; and for the
purpose of showir & that / did not misrep-
resent him in attributing expressions to him
which it has been intimated he did not utter,
lbeg leave to read the extract to the Senate. !"
~General TirroN. said: Il will repeat, as
nearly as can, what was told me yester-
day, and if / 60 wrong he Mr.. CLAY can
correct me. understood that he denounc-
ed the settlers on the lands as a LAWLESS
BANDITTI OF LAND ROBBERS, un-
justly grasping atthe public treasure. Here
Mr.. CLAY rose and said, that he would re-
peat what he did say on the occasion refer
red to by the honorable Senator from Indi-
ana: He did say, that the squatters on the pub
J Tic lands ,pere LAWLESS RABBLE;
that they might as well seize upon our forts,
our arsenals, or on the public treasure, as to
rush out and seize upon onr public lands !"
Here, sir, is an exposition of what was
said by the honorable Senator, Mr.. CLAY,
in his own words, as taken down by the
honorable Senator from Indiana, Mr.. TIP
ror;] and in what does it differ as to the
material part of my statement, as quoted
here to-day? Mr.. President, in the course
Of q very few remarks which | made at the
last session, read at my table here, from the
notes had taken, from this same paper
used here to-day, portion Of these same
expressions which have attributed to the
honorable Senator, mfr. Cray and did
not understand him as then DENYING them.
| Here Mr.. CLAY interrupted Mr.. YOU'VE,
and said it was untrue that any such pa
per had been shown to him; that he did
not know that such paper was in exist
eEce, until very recently informed by a
member Of the other House, from Illinois,
that such an one had been used to his pref
udice by the Senator from that State Mr..
You've during the recess Of Congress-; and
he was also understood as DENYING the cor
rectness Of the statement.
Mr.. You've resumed. He did not saw
tha he had shown the paper to the Sena-
to-, CMr. CLAY,] but he did say that he
hid read from the same paper at the last
| session, at his table, when the Senator from
Kentucky lMr. CLAr1 was in his seat,
and must have heard him. He may not
have seen the paper in his hand, but Ger
tain it is he [Mr. Young] read from it a
portion Of the same expressions which he
attributed to him to-day, and he did not
then understand him Mr.. Clay as deny
ing them, or as disposed to take back a
word that he had said.
Mr.. President, l do not undertake to
] say that the expressions attributed to the
Senator liMr. Clay] were used in connec-
ton, as I have L,.cc:n' noted, and as read
them. They were us.d in he course of
his remarks, and such only wee taken
down, as he went along, as were deemed
most exceptionable and offensive to the set
tiers on the public lands. When he had
concluded, and before / left my seat, made
the copy from them used here to-day, and
at the last session. All that have now
to add, is, that whether the Senator from
Kentucky [Mr. Clay] saw the paper or
not, the statement it contains, as read from
my place to-day, is correct and true, and
very nearly in his own language as | un-
derstood him. 1t is for the Senate to Judge
whether have misrepresented him or not.
Mr.. LINN Of Missouri, observed in an
audible voice, ssIT is TRUE, EVERY
WORD OF IT,
Mr.. Upton observed that he did not
rise to prolong the debate; but as his posi-
ton on former occasion did not seem to
be understood, he thought it right to make
brief explanation. He would Just state
how it happened that he made any remarks
with regard to the speech of the Senator
from Kentucky, which he did not hear
When the pre-emption bill was under dis
cussion at the last session, he was absent
for short time in committee room, pre-
pairing bill, and when be returned to his
seat in the Senate, the Senator from Ken
lucky was reading from newspaper. He
Mr.. T. inquired of a friend what was
going on, and was told the Senator from
Kentucky was reading newspaper pub
lished in Indiana, and he has been SAYING
harsh things of your constituents. The
next day re took an opportunity to reply
to the remarks made by the Senator from
Kentucky; defending the squatters on the
public lands, and quoted the words which
he was informed the Senator from Ken
lucky had used. A few days sf,er this the
Senator from Kentucky called his attention
to report of his (Mr. T's) speech, as
published in the newspapers, and stated
that he did net use the words there attrib-
uted to him. He repeated words which
he said he used on the occasion referred to.
/ adopted his own words, and they were
published in the pamphlet copy of nv
speech. Ifthese are the words now quot
led by the Senator from Illinois-and I be-
lieve thew are-thev are the very words