Mississippi Democrat., 1845-05-07

Mr.. B. maintained that he had II IN both.
LIST. Because Texas was slave holding
State every inch and acre Of il. Take
her in and say nothing about il, and she
would continue to be slave State. II
required express words crcladiag slavery,
and there were no such words in either.
But there were express srords guarantee
i,g the continuance Of slavery in bolh.--
"Texas shall be admitted into the Union
by virtue Of this act on an equal footing
,riM eristiag Statcs." There it is--ex-
press, positive and undeniable.
Mr.. Clay's letter and Fosters speech
against Texas produced total change Of
the whg party about Texas, and hence,
last summer, The whole tribe Of whig ora
tors started in full cry against it. They
traversed the whole State declaring il was
dishonorablc-tha il was downright rob
bery--that il would lead 10 war, and that
in such war, Heaven itself would take
1ides against US. Well--the people hear
ing of Mr.. Fosters vote, hearing Mr..
Henry say these things, Mr.. N. s. Brown,
Mr.. Bell, General Caruthers, &c. &c,
surrendered their own opinions and took
no those OF the leaders. Well--what nexla
In about two months Mr.. f. goes back 10
Washington and himself brings forward a
proposition Of annexation. Mr. Bell, Gov.
Jones, Mr.. Henry, and Mr.. N. $. Brown,
we're thunderstruck. II was like thun-
derbot falling at their feet. Several Of
their organs openly rebelled against this
course.
Ii was now (said Mr.. BROWN Fosters
tim to be thunderstruck He could hard
| ybeleve that his party would refuse TO-
follow him. They had never refused be-
fore-what was he 10 do--retreat, retreat,
was ever sounding in his ears from the
organs of his party III the State. He did
retreat, and recorded his vote against the
whole proceeding. | shall never forget
that vote, nor the night it was given.
thought the fate of an empire depended
upon his vote; and to have saved it,
would have agreed that Mr.. Foster should
have been Governor Of Tennessee all the
days of his life. But he voted against it,
and no persuasion of friends or foes could
prevent him. 1t was the greatest time ol
| his lile--the lights were all burning-the
Senate chamber crowded with the learned
and the beautiful-Senator after Senator
rose in his place to speak-you NIGH
have heard a pin fall-the scene was sub
| lme--lhe subject vast and momentous--
a nation was to be born in an hour;--l saw
my own Senator rise--my heart beat high
with hope that he would open wide tht
door of the Republic and lei Texas in.-
She had fled to us for succor against tn
Tyrant who was in hot pursuit after her
There she stood at the door of the Senate
chamber, leaning on her sword, with he
garments died in the blood of freedom al
She asked was to lay down her sword b
the sword of Washington--to plant tn
standard of the lone star by the side c
that of Brandywine, Princeton. and York
town. But Mr.. Foster slammed the doc
in her face, and said-begone, begone
your sword is the sword of traitors, an
the blood on your garments is the blood
rebels and insurgents
At this moment il was announced 10 M
B. that his time had expired, He gay
way Instantly, amidst the plaudi:s OF Dc
) lighted hundreds, to his opponent, wh
commenced in a very excited manner
reply. He threntened TO lash Mr.. l
from that time henceforward-compare
him to fox--shook an old circolar at hin
which he tried to make the people beliey
: Mr.. B. had forgotton-charged that tn
circular proved him inconsistent on tn
Bank-caled Mr.. B. Aaron Vicarious
: Aaron Vail' ;--vainly trying to retrlev
what he had lost in the first three hour
He forgot to take notice of you, which h
threatened 10 do--and forgot to take an
a further notice Of tho Texas question. M
Brown once more rose, calm and collec
ed. He alluded 10 the i'll humor Of h
opponent, and took it as rery significant
alluded to the use which his oppone'
made of his name, and then commenced
play upon Ephraim. Ephraim's iniquili'
had in old time nearly lost a nation, an
. his opponents had nearly lost Texas
this country, &c. He concluded by sa,,
y ing that Ephraim is joined TO his idol
I |, let him alone
TIE PREsIDENT,-On looking over o
exchanges we find that our wing trlen
= have very few complaints 10 make again
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