The North-Carolina standard., 1845-04-02
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) = r. .Es PHVABL = IN yADYAsNCE-5 lb ed3
feet as / thepght 10 re-aHiHate their hopes. ah9
to stop surrendef Of Texas that mig b.; | put
Gown that senator as no ordinary man. 10 this
opinion was hol singular. Whether the con.
yersations alluded TO had Che same cffct upon
others TINT they had upon me, cannot ceItaihi$
know. and, perhaps, only suppose they. Ea4
[ have b,en the Chief mcans of terminating the
hopes Of bis Brother senator's because feIt con.
scious that the manner and declarations Of tkS
senator had thai influence over my own-jndg6
for yourself saw Blair of The Globe. there;
and Piainiy perceived that bis hopes were re.
vived and his fcaFs diFpelled, BY the sonveF
lof Mr.. Haywood. noticed how several sena-
tors around mr. were treasured, from some cause
or other; and in few minutes heard one and
the resolutions as ancndedt will pass, after ALL il
Benton stands firm" meyer fear kins," was
the laconic, much meaning answer. Now, iheh;;
there was honor in the act OF passing The Tex.
as resolutions, docs it not chiefly belong to seRe:
tor HayweOd2 Let Kim have it-Ict the History
tef it be set right, He may shrink from any Psb
I}c assertion or bis clai9s to such a distinction,
btt that does not diminish his lille TO the gratilnds
| of the democratic. party. -!
ment that passed, aud Without which Texas would
have been rejected, Then let it go by his name:
He was most efficient, (hough not alone) in hiS
calm and collected warnings TO his party al mo.
ment Of great peril 10 the cause, especially on lie
Enight of Mr.. Bagby's speech, and, as believe,
| he did much that night TO save his own child.
Mr. Walker to be sure, offered the amendment
name; bal doubt not that he would himself
have AWARDED TO brother senator is paternity,
as he ought to have done whel he offered il, had
nc made speech when he made his motion, But
had probably been arranged that Mr.. Wnlkar
was to make bis motion. without a speech, fot
fear OF further debate, 1,he PIN was 10 get the
rote and prevent delay. ,IMr. H'a. conduct shows
mat he desired to serve the country, and: not 10
strive for the eclat of his doing it, understand
upon good authority that Colonel. (Eenton, has
publicly declared, SINCE thr passage OF the Texas
resolutions that Senator Haywood wasthe ,aulher
Of D." Be9on's bill" and that all the compliments
bestowed Upon it belong 10 Hayaoood in a.mueh
greater degree than they do TO BenHtos SO faf
from thai bill having Been sinister movement q
defeat annexation, seems that it was not until i
had been iascertdined by the North CGrsIin9 sea-
etor that i would be impossible to pass the HouP
resolutions as they were, that he (Mr. H devised
Bentons BILL" and after consultation with Cel
Bertor, by tropg arguments and patriotic appeals
he induced the COtoaa TO hihcr itand proPose
It as better plan, and one more likely to Ripe
success to The Texas cause, and to unite the den1r
ocfatic party, Sc, This. generous conduct. ef
Cox Benton is jast Ike him; aha sieh noble
candor towards political associate and friend,
much younger than himself does him more
honor ls than The sole anth9aFslip Of bis 9A could
confer on hlal. Whep any one. talks about linGi.
digds legislation rnd aims 10 connect Il with Ben
tons name, let him turn to such fact as thiS,
and he will there read its refutalion; refutatoa
that must stop the mouth Of gaiRsayersf Upon
the whole. now appears that when the subject #
Texas annexation was, pending Ii the House,a ,aI8
the friends of Il were distracted By multitude II
plans for acquiring Texas and annexing it to The
Union, the senator from North Carolina. made .
manly and :ndepend"nt move In the Senate 10 dtps
connect and separate the question of The terms Of
annexation from all the questions about the man.
ner Of aeqaifi4g Texas: You saw bis bill and
his speech on it., The House having determined
contrary TO his Judgment, lwisely OF not Tins
wifi sho@,) to actnpon'the latter question ffsf he
acqdiesced in that decision by not calling up his
bill, and instead ot waiting TO- see lhee House re;
ffpfutiots rejected as they would have been so thst
be might enjoy the selfish gratifcation of having
public. good, it was the senator from North CAR
CHINA who set about ascertaining, By PerSonal in.
quify; whether. there was any hope Of passing
the House resolutions 10 the Senate; and finding
they could moi pass in the shape they stood, i
was BY, his fundamentally, and BY his aid, and
upon his counSPi, ,-that Brnton's bill " was offer;
cd; q biH which has been. everywhere dpphdded
for IFS, wisdom, statcfmnnshiP,, and forecast al
though mahy, who did know the motives for Offer
ing a new scheme at that: tirpe, too hastily de.
it as ifilimed. and. alsely suspected and
unjustIy charged CPL. Benton with an intention.
TO defeat Texas by ii. And when it had become
to harmonize the friends Of Texas
by judicious compromise, that good work IVES
likenise m9inly accomplished ~ the sifne scna.
tor from North Carolina. Thus, IN The ,hrit
Congress ne has served, 10 say nothing of his
other iaboIs the senator from North Carolina
more than any other. May lay claim to the honor
of having carried the Tezd5 ftfotukio,1 Others
deserved well OF their country, but be more thaa
any other. Il IS a dis.incion which any man
might ctvy him, that 61e 50 young in the SERVES
has left-thfs deep impression Of his wisdom and
nron the great measure Of the
CongresS@-the great measure OF the age. Aid
it abstracts Holhing. from Senator HIS reno~p,.
thalhe shoiId now silently and without complaint,
suffer his co:workets to appropriate in the public
mind alf9he hqnoIs Of what were emphaticallS
The enlightened achievements Of the senGtor tTost
N0rth CaroltAG aHonor to whom honor is
due" Such Inch cannot long remain unkhowa
10 the people Of the Union. -
Yours respectfully. &c.
From the Mecklekbuftg jefet4oni d.
LGr9e Hopx Some of 0Hr MeckIenb1rR