The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-03-10

JAMES ~. FOLK, fresldent, and We desplSe III,
man who would now attempt To tear the laure
from the worthy brow.
THURSDAY. March 5.
Mr.. Haywood resumed his remarks from yes
terday. He reprehended the denuncations he
yelled against the President. that he plunged Nh,
country ini" warcrlsiS. He justified the Pres
dent aud his course as strictly constitutional. pro
per. and deierentlal to Congress. In tracing hi:
course. he concluded il by saving that he had
placed the whole before Congress and the country
both what had been dome and what he, the
President, had dunr. It was for the Senate now
tn act. he President had placed himself ON the
49th parallel aud he hoped that we should either
say 54o4O or not but let us not wait and rest md
hereafter say that the President had not gone ia
enough, or that he had gone ,rfe too far, when
1t was in our puwer tn prescribe what he should
do. and he had asked our advice.
IL was tur Congress 10 determine whether we
should fight, or compromise at 40 In relation Ia
the vote In the House, ON The resolution that The
| time Tor compromise negotiation was past-it
received sumo Q or 10 votes. On this he remark
ed. that there was great difference between
speaking on "A question, aud voting on question
man who votes contrary To his speech, can
shew To one class of his constituents his speech,
and to the other class his vote-thus pleasing the
whole ot them. There is much difference be-
tween serving and pleasing the people
In maintenance uf his views, on another branch
of his argument. he read cupousIy from Wash
ington's writings.
AS to The President heing pledged TO 81 40 by
the resolutions of the Baltimore Convention. or
either OF them, (ior there were two.) voice
" there was three Baltimore Conventional.
don't count 1'yler's," said MIR. Ii (great LAUGH
\ Nm T. u. Al.
was nominated. The correspondence was very
brief, and in substance follows: the conven.
ton wrote to Mr. Polk, " We have nominated
You; will you be candidate; we can cleo,
you" Mr.. Polk answers : | will, | hope YOU
can" That is the subsance-not a word abou,
'1-exas or Oregon.
He was opposed to the amendment of Mr.. Col
quit because, in effect, it advised the President
TO do what if he, Mr.. H., was in his place, he
would not do, viz: to divide the territory bv a
line between the 10Th parallel and the Columbia
river After examining this and proving that
such would be It's purport and effect, he asked
" why alter the House resolutions on thesubiect ?''
In this way indicating what his final vote will be
When he had concluded
Calhoun made brief explanation as TO some
points in his correspondence when Secretary of
State.
Mr.. flanagan, after expressing his astonish-
ment a, the speech of Mr.. Haywood, and saving
that 1t was the most extraordinary speech he had
ever heard in the whole course of his life, begged
leave to put question, which he had in writing,
to Mr.. Haywood. 1t was whether Mr. Haywood
was authorized by the President to say that he
at was infavor of settling the territorial question
the 10Th parallel.
Mr.. HaywoOd's answer was unheard where the
reporter sat.
Mr.. Allen then said that he construed Mr..
Haywood's answer to Mr.. Hannegan as in the
negative.
Mr. Haywood said he had already proved Mr..
Allen to be bad construer
Mr.. Allen said he would then construe it the
other way but he would demand an answer as a
public right.
Some further remarks were made interrupted
only by Mr. WeStcult, who called alternately
both gentlemen to order, but whose calls were
disregarded by the presiding officer and every
body else.
Mr.. Allen said "Then the gentleman takes his
speech hack %
Mr.. Haywood said that he was happy to see
that his speech /" takes"
Mr.. Hannegan con,ended at length, to show thai
the President was committed to $40 40, and read
vonmniously to prove it, he was called to order
by Mr. Mangum for personalities to Mr. Haywood
and Senators generally and yielded but conclu
ded by saying that if the President had spoken
wnrds to Mr.. Haywood, that authorized thai
Senator's statements here, then had he spoken
The ,Oords Of tatsehood, and wiih the tongue o.
serpent.
The Senate adjourned leaving Mr.. Evans in
possession of the floor for Monday next.