Mobile register and journal., 1845-03-11
SENATOR RAGBY.

SENATOR BAGBY.
 Mir. BAoBY's remarks in the U. 5. Senate, in rela'
 lion 10 the assaults upon him in the Richmond En-
 ouirer. Reported in the National lntelligenceI
 March 4.
 Mr. BAeBY rose to privileged notion He ob served that in these times of general deianation when slander upon stills is walking over all the fences o ndivld reputation, the Editor of the Richmond Enuurer a gentleman, as he understood ot disiln guished intelligence, venerable m years, and amiaDt in he of social IIte, bad admitted in'o hi' columns an article e1ecng on him (MrB person' ally, which Mr. B. would send to inc Secrelars's 'a ble to be read to lLe Senate.
 How far the high slaudlng of that Editor was com patible with the circulation of gross and malignant caumny Il was not for him to determine That was question he should leave to that senleman's calm reie ton, if of reflection he was capable His pa ner was puhlished in the land of Mr, B.'s birth, in the land where his ancestors Tor past generations were enromi,ed, aud where resided the companions of his childhood he friends of hls youth, and the brothers tr his heart He did not know 'shu was the author and, w.z ,s more he did not care, l, lght he one ol/ ,ss of harpes who frequent this Capi tol, .cupa,on is lying. whose life is Il per pr,t,a ger on the good name of other men; Il so, he & to i,at inlamy and general detestation to which his ccrupation consigned him. ,t Il had pro- cecded, was possible, from one ol class from which better thmgs were expected, he left him to Heaven. and to those lhorns wi hin his bosom which could mol hul sting him in secret.
 What dil this article asser,9 That MT. B.. in lhe face of the Senale in the lace of the American Peo plc and in ihe face of all Chrsteu1om, had been n- duced to recede from position which he had as- suned on the subject of the annexation of Texas, and that from motives which had place within his breast IL went 10 assert that after his honorable colleague (Nr LEwis) had risen and taken lhe floor for the purpose of giving Mf B ''whal," accordlns this writer, Che deserved,' Mir. B. had taken the ,I,.r, ,.f tl.aa tharH Mir PAYNE, of Alabana) 10 say him tIa, if he would spare Mir B. from ihe nhci ion of the rod he would vote for ihe House resolution with slight modihCa- tiOn.
 Mir. BAGBY deniad the truth of this statement Desrnus as he might have been of concurring with his colleague in seni ment and aelion as II had gem erally been his happiness to do, he denied that he had, at any time, or under any circumstances, sent either ile member alluded t0 any other human be- ing to deliver message 10 him in relation to MT B. vote on Texas. And he denied with equal ex- nciiuess the other chnrge, that he had said he would ,nre fer lhe resolution uf the House of Rep. resenlatves with slight modification He never had saiI "r inina,ed timI he would do so on any otheI condition than that the amendment offered by the Senator from Mississippi. (Mr. WALKERD org' hating with his liieGd him, from Missouri lMr. BENToN,) should be ado, ted
 Mr. B. avaied himself ni this occasion solemnly ly to dccalc his duty 10 himself, 10 this honorable aud honorcd body, To his constituents, (whom he had deserted or betayed,) and to hs chi dren that, in respect to his conduct, his speech. and his vo;e on the annexation of Texas, ihe whole. article in the Enquirrr foul and villa nous ialsehood
 Mir. WALKER added that it was due to the Sen a,nr from Alabama To say that Mir. w knew, be fore the Senator's speech made that the d. mendmeni which Mir. " proposed to offer had his sanction, and would receive his vote.
 Ret,arit of Me Richmond Enquirer. -Amsnde Honor
 able 10 1Mr. Bag6yi
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 "WAsHISGroN, March l.
 "Beiore seeing vour paper or yesterday, wrote you to make the amende to Mir. Bagby. if you had made article on my letter of "Wednesday. l sec you have published il, in ertenso, which did not de sign It is the to be regretted, t seems the information or which the letter was written was in accurate in several respects, and especially stating MT. B as having requested Mir. Payne to say 10 Mir Lewis, # lie would mol speak, he would vote for tho resolutions wilh slight amendment. The remark: made ahout Mr. B. were l,arsher than stated in m, letler-but were, mostly, undeseived, as his subse queni and explanation showed.-Ihal expla nation was, in substance, this, as understood it He anxious for annexation m any c0nstitutIom mode. The House Resolutions did not present any such, but the amendment did 1; that the latter coulC not be carried without being coupled with the former He therefore voted for both, with the declaration made, that if the annexation were secured by the one alternative, he would confirm il hereafter; q by the other, he should oppose it.
 Although he may he wrong, It generates hiu from wiliul violation of the Constitution or d wan of proper maulness, as would be inferred from my letter Please to make this correction"
 With the greatest pleasure We have not the honor of an acquaintance with Mir. Bagby; Honor able," it is the absurd and ant Republican custom he country 10 call the members of Congress and oth CTS ) but beg leave to assure him, that If the let ter was written in an indignant spirit it was pub lished with similar sympathy of feeling But ou correspondent makes the amende honorable, and ir the same candd feeling we make n similar repara tion, by publishing his letter it is written, ant with similar ietraxit any unknd feeling toward the Senator from Alabama, which the pubcatio ion O his letter would seem 10 convey on our part. w say therefore, let the words be plotted out forever -tRichmond Enquirer.