The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-01-31
SPEECH OF MR.. CLlNGMAN,
or NoRTu CAROLINA.

VI MN Ih ahUliNA.
We regret our inability to publish the
very long but able speech delivered in the
House on the 9Th inst. Ii is so full an ex
posture of The Inconsistencies aud frauds o.
The Loco!oco party, that We must make 4
few ealracts;-
At the last session, (sald Mr.. Clingman,
when a proposition % repeal the 18th rue
was under consideration, II viii be remem
bercd that the debate was prolonged iol
nearly twelve months, aud as each speech
was concluded, more than twenty chivalrlC
gentlemen sprang 20 their feet and strug
glcd for an opportunity 10 manifest thelr
aldoT in behalf Of Southern rights. AnG
II was only, sir, by resorling to the previ
Gus question that we we're able TO tefmin
ate lie debate before the cuse OF the ses
sion.
On the first day Of the present session,
tue gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr.
Adlms) gave notice that he would on to
morrow introduce a proposition to abolish
the rule. Inereupon the gentleman from,
Virginia Mr.. Dfomgnole) likewise gave
notice that he would obi c, to the reception
Of the resolution, because II would be out
of order. On the succeeding day, the gen
tIeman from Massachusetts, Ia accordance
With his PROMISE offered his resolution TO
rcsclnd the rule, but the gentleman from
Virginia, though IN bis place, greatly 10 the
surnrlse Of every body, made no objection
to lis introduction. If that gentleman, or
any other member had objected to its re-.
ceptlon, it could only have been gotten in
by suspension OF The rules, and II was
well known that a vote OF two thirds could
uot have been CHAINED for that purpose. =
The proposition came 10 without word Of
objection tfom any quarter. ThereUpon, a
gentleman from Mississippi, acting under
The old di>peGsatiou Of Democracy, not ha
wing, presume, f,op his location IL the far
5 iuthwest, seen the new revelation Of light
IN the Northeast, moved to lay the resolu-
ton on the table. A vote was taken by
yeas aud nays and his motion was lost by
decided majority, making il eyident that
the rule would be repealed. The Speaker
stated the question to be on the adoption Of
the resolution TO rescind tho rule. The
previous question had not been ordered, and
the matter was therefore open for debate.
| looked around 10 see what bold champion
Of the South would first sound the tocsn Of
alarm. There was a full array Of the CHI
valfy around. There IN lis seat on my
right was The gentleman from South Caro-
lln', Trit' tttsv~ry1 -4ha-I Last session
declared, with SO much eloquencc aud zeal,
that q repeal Of The rule would be virtual
dissolution OF the uuion.
There sat my colleague, MIR. Saunders J
who went OF on this matter with a force
that gent him durieg the past summer over
the entire State OF North Carolina declam
my against the reception OF abolition petl.
tIons. lhete too, we're the gentls men from
Georgia aud OLDER States, who Wed with
each other IN their Remuneration Of all those
WHO did not sustain the rule. There all oil
these gentlemen sat, quiet and mute, us
though nothing unusual was taklng place,
and saw with much seeming unconcern their
lavorlte rule killed of by a large majority.
There was 10 burst cf Indignation no ex.
clamatIon TO the South, So Samson, the PHI
istines be upon thee!" Not even the note
Of goose, 10 give warning of the irfup;on
Of the Gauls. Were they asleep, like the
Roman sentinels Of the old time No, 10,
sir they were awake, but they we're false
watchmen Of the South-traitor sentinels !
| have right so 10 call them; for, in de.
mr. ut Io ioet =
them declared that any man who did not
sustain the rule by all proper meana, was a
renegade and traitor 10 the Southern
States. According to the form of the 10
gleIans, the proposition would be as follows:
Any Southern man who does not use his ef.
forts 10 preserve the rule is renegade tra.
tor. They were Southern men, and might
have preserved the rule by objection at the
proper time, b1. would not do it. There
fore, they ere renegade traitors. Q4od
fru de moaStrGaaum, rs the sophomores say.
How are we, Mr.. Speaker, to account
for the extraordinary change in the conduct
of gentlemen since the Presidential cleo.
tion? | told you all at the last session that
;bls 25'h rule was humbug, getting 10 be
SO wen understood that il would deceive no.
body much longer, aud must soon be aban.
doned by its authors, Will gentlemen come
out frankly and admit that all their parade
at the last session was mere humbug-
one of the most baretaced political frauds
ever attempted 10 be played off for party
Ii they will not admit this-it
they still insist that the rule is of any val.
up, why did they give /, up without s.rug,
gle ! Was it done as compensation to their
abolition allies ia the North, by whose aid
they carried the great States Of New York
and PeEnsy lvania, and thereby elected Mr..
POLK! do not wish gentlemen to evade
this matter by their silence. If the rule
was worthless, why he I" sound and fairy
Of last session! If valuable, for what cor.
did they surrender It, except ,ha,
Dst stated r! They must take one horn Of
The dilemma. They Cannot escape from it, |
Nr, Cllnsman went on to show The dou
Die face Of the party on the Tariff The Sub
Treasury, Texas, &c, and then exposed |
heir various frauds, their eIectioneerng
actics &c, their counting the abolition.
SITS, the Catholics, and foreigners general. /