The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-16

hOhol ne ASKS me under what commission de-
fend The House Of Representatives. Let me ask un-
der what commission he assumes TO be the excls.
slVe organ OF the Senate, and the keeper Of It's char
acted
Mr.. CRITrENDEN. assume no such thing.
| am one Of the body and assume the right Of de-
Tending myself.
Mr. ALLEN. He spoke for the whole body
as its assumed defender ] spoke Of an act Of The
Senate for which am myself responsible as a part
Of the body, though not responsible an individual
senator. have as deep an interest IN the honor Of
the Senate as he or any other offs members am
part and parcel Of IT, and the proportion which
bear to il can neither be augmented nor diminished
by his remarks. His jeers, his grimaess, have no
effect upon me. His eulogies cannot elevate, his
censures cannot depress me. | am really at a oss
TO know Mr.. President, what cause have given for
the assaults Of this gentleman. | am at q loss 70
| know how have offended hin-how should have
provoked him, that on every possible occasion he
should make personal attacks upon me. Has he
any private pques TO ayenge' | know OF none
can imagine none Or is 1t that he feels bound 10
step forward the especial champion Of the Senate
10 whom has been committed the guaTda nship Of u
character If 80, ! do not question the senator's
right; but il does seem to the TO bespeak some self.
| c0mplacency-sOme ioenbe estimate Of himself, at
Ieast-tha all occ sions when anything Is utter
ed against the wisdom OF all the action Of the Sen.
ate up he jumps assuming that abused the Sen
ate He is not at all justified on this occasion BY
the facts. spoke Of the public acts Of this body
as he speaks Of the public acts OF the President and
! House Of Representatives.. When the message Of
the President Is freely commented upon, 10 t regard
ed as an attack upon the President' Certainly not
And are we not liberty to speak Of our seia
Ia censurng any act, are we liable to be sssaled
necessarily attacking the agency in that aetl II
| so, in no instance could an expose Of the In
| EQUITY Of an unjust Law, in order 10 OBJ
| tain It's repeal be made without rendering the
| individual who performed this service liable 70 the
/ 81. If he Lave
| You mus, not point out the iniguity Of the law
| you must not seek It's repeal. Why Oh! because
you would be attacking former Congress! The
fact is the gentlemans imagination has misled him.
His long practice as Attorney General has perhaps
given his mind turn for defences Of al sorts Of
things connected with the action Of government.
Perhaps he forgets that he is not now a member Of
another part Of this Capitol That charitable sup
position may account for his singularly distorted
views Of this subject, and his extraordinary sppre
citation Of his duties here attorney general Of the
United States SsnAts-foT bis perpetual rushing
forth with shield and buekler 10 The defence Of this
body, against all imaginary Assaiants. As regards
his personalities directed against myself, am as |
said, utterly unable TO- account for them. He says
that am in the habit Of speaking here dictatoriay
When, sir, have 80 spoken
A SENATOR Con the leit Of the chair.) Al
ways.
Mr.. ALLEN. He speaks Of my manner Well
every man has his manner. IL is his manner to
make faoes-it is mine TO make gestures. He
thought that alarmed the audience by my vehe-
ment gesucuatlon Well, they must have quite
forgotten their terror in amusement created by his
grimaces. People come here, 1t would seem,
cordng to the gentleman, for enjoyment Of the
splay Of human passion. He says give them
tragedy. Well, he gives them comedy-high or
low comedy, | will not pretend 10 say. And now,
to turn from these very dignhed remarks OF the
gentleman, let US see how il is with regard to tho
hill TO which alluded The other day, and which az
forded the gentleman occasion for another grimace
There was an essential difference between the Eng
sh legislation on this subject and that Of the United
' States In both the English acis--one passed in
u 1901, and the other in l62i-the British lay
was extended over the parts Of North America
where there was no organized government. They
perfectly indefinite, extending from the frontiers
Of the Missouri to the Pacific ocean. They are per-
fectly general. Great Britain did not define her
claim We have been told here one hundred times
that she did not. She did not She passed general
acts sweeping all unoccupied parts Of the continent
But wha, did we do With the Characteristic ac-
ton Of our countrymen we went to work with the
compass and chain in hand. We left NOT hing to
implication as to the extent Of our claim. What 10
the language Of the law? 1t is designated a law
Extending the Indian territory comprising tho
Rocky mountains, and the country between them
and the Pacific ocean, south Of $40 40-the very
definition in terms OF our claim upon the face of this
bill for which the Senate voted and which it passed
y We then asserted tte, or else We were doing
something supremacy ridiculous. And besides that
bill provided for making grants Of land an act Of
sovereignty. Thus, then, the Senate stands commit
ted, have said to the whole extent Of title in
thus declaring our title in many words by degrees
and minutes ofdegrees The British left their title OPEN
Nothing in their acts limited them They were bound
only by the absence Of any other political jursdc-
uon. Not so with US. We adopted the system
familiar to the minds Of all the American people, by
the mode of regulating the public lands of the West
mi he INV
else limits, by square miles and acres We stepped
on the ground, and measured il off, and fixed
the boundary to minute. l have now said
all that deem proper to say by way of reply to
, the senator from Kentucky, and only regret that
have detained the Senate SO long on such theme.
Mr. CRlTTENDEN again rose and said: 1.-THE
rule OF the gentleman from Ohio was adopted, this
body could, on any occasion, be assaied by black
guard with IMMUNITY. am not the assumed advo-
cate of this body. But know the duty of each
member to preserve the honor and dignity of the
body from assaults. He says had | known myself
! would not have made the remark which offered.
desire to know myself and my duty, and am will
ling TO learn even from who has not the slightest
claim to the name of gentleman. l am perfectly
willing to learn my duty from any one--ay, even
from a biackguard. He says have acted farccal
part 1t was not intended, and doubt exceedingly
that what said was considered in the direction
given to my remarks as farcical. may not have
proper estimate OF myself but Of one thing am
instructive iefeSh-
ton Of blackguard; and on all occasions, when
ever it is my misfortune TO meet Them experience
irresistible impulse to trample and put down mpu.
dence and arrogance. And that propensity is ineu.
rabe No one can ever school me out of that. The
senator tells us that he has commission from Ohio,
and that Ohio is of the most respectable States
He can say nothing respectful OF Ohio that will not
have my hearty concurrence. The great State Of the
Westi None of her children can be prouder Of her
than !, one Of her nearest neighbors am. But
" ska r.
tile increduous Ohio may have given the gen
tleman commission to perform the duty OF
. a senator and gentleman in this body But she
4 never gave him a commission 10 violate any Of it's
y rules, the rules Of deoorum She never gave him
commission to stand up here with assumed SUI
perorty and superciliousness, Eliminating his hec-
toring addresses to this body. The commission to
do that comes from another source source which
wish could cons ssutiy with duty and proprc.y
name here But sosre natures are 80 formrd-some