Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-02-25
Vol. XXV.--No. 60


the senator himaelf. end Il WAS therefore. in view II
hoso facts that he (hIr 7 asked how it fa' f'e
tena.or supposed tie Mexican war 10 be unjust hav
ing originated IA the annexation Of Tfxs There We're
but very few he gatfed ossy. who were disf sti
10 Withhold money end men necessary to prosecute the
war What theconrsn ofiEe might be IN relation
10 the three nlin bill he did notl now as from tieir
elections afforded by hs speech they len hun free u
act either way The elhtr They were, then, LETT
utterly te dark hut he had heard TINT the senator aud
his friends intended 10 vote il ds~n.
Mr. Butler here made remark which wa, not snd-
be
Nlf Tuyney p.oce,ael lie believed i. be cause tho
totr.sp, nienl q ssuhcp paper which bad fequohtly
nrdeirJ truly tie coufse 81 The senator from, Souhtsf
dlina Lad given om such ialwalion. lie had been
charged with ileling the senator, hot because, as tho
senator said he Mr. Calhoun lad denounced the eau
Gus party. He (Mr T) DID not telong to that cancrs
party lie Ind taken ground against il, boldly
CT the senator from South Carolina had, ard that grad
lie expected TO .,nsnain No freed &C was therefore.
entertained ~ hn account ol tie ecna'Ws peehlist
opinions tho su'iecnot ut all, Bui whatever pre-
ndices might 10 in s (Af r's) mind against caucases
and thaeo who conducted hem, they should mol have IN
Gcrce al all bis aeien either way CT the other On
the gfea, mtaeures affecting tie interest q The county,
and he really could nj perceive vial nntStn tie idea
of the enuonsrs could have with the discussion involved
in the question iofre the Seeae, II tie stnatr from
South Carolina meant totay that he did mel lnierd toa-
side ~ the eaueuscs in the nrM PRESIDENTIAL elec'en, 10
(Nr + had no objection Hut rs he YVES charged with
lellnp senator, be wOu asb what party that s.natr
had he0ngod 10? During he last session Il Gen. Ja, h
sons administration, he believed that he he'ugtd 10th,
Other AIDE 81 the House. aud was bsr asrny Of hem
In 1851 be bbck TO this sale e the House, and
he Nlr T. were disposed 10 hold Lin nple could
show that almost every prominent measufe that hal
originated under this government, the gentleman tram
Saalh Carahnl could le E nnd uu 10th side Of it. Wa
II much Of il libel then2 Would NOT the facts be found
stubborn powerful and undcnatle fie'sl He knew of
M great question which had dNlcd the two parties o,
the country upon which the senntot hom sonh Carolina
would not be fund upon both sd,s Consistency was
very beautiful sui no doubt every man bad right
tlcaangc his opuiun. lie (Mr r would consure
man + dung that when his Judacmeni led him to alter
his opinion. It was the fate ufa hqnes man To change
hs opinion whenever his Judgment nsnaed him Of hii
error. All thcy tadound lult with VIVA. that the gen
tlemen ehond SHIT t1m hr orc side lotho other, cen
sis'cni only in tbs hitting, Certainly gentleman VIII,
80 troqell1 chahgos his quarters, engt mol 10 be very
hasty in den,uncug Others f.r lbels upon him. lie
iAir y dl not know whether the seuemna ever had
been candidate ior the presidency. Petlars he wal
WY moderate md hadro fmlahoes AieNs--no asPm.
tons But If were So the county certainly lahore
under ve1y grest mis- axe. II The gentleman was not
an asplontfto had desire TO rise higher all that hs
tNir T. could Wa. that he had been very mu' mis-
tlken- and with him the Whole American people. IA
hr AS he could Judge The PEOPLE seemed 10 be pretty
Will assured at the Eenll, man lad entertained sona
sfnl ambitious views wlh rezppet II Ia elevation u
the presidency that lie had IN fact lcen Just ahoa a.
ambition attain that position ans gentleman IN tho
United Sta'ee. l. mieh be euor in putleop noa-
The people right tc en'l#y wltfg ~ HE tu'n There
aiglt lc nothing Of it. Tot Il vas rndeunbe that tho
public judrnoal WAS entirely wrong on The point
IL MIR Il Lad only say that he libcllel NJ body
lie had PLAIN, ft.nt llnnl matuor getting along
ef speaking what lc thought and Lcleyud 10 e true
He had spoken in thai way Of tic resolution under dis
son whir Aad called forth Ills Interesting nyesiiga-
ton, and he thought he lad spoken plain enough TO ta
understood, without Icing called upon to lie N, exllcs
and distinct. Why, even de deraer Lin st!f, in taking
hts (Mr T.'s) illusions rrlmIiy home. dscoyere!
that be was uo altogether iastEsLle 10 the impre.so,
which Irc1aild ameng Tic lcoile With nsreet 10 h.,
aspirations. Huwheh,r the gentleman ugitaneJ such
aspirafiens {, thg very certain, and thai
HAT rs friends would most assm(dly run him any how,
according 10 the information With he (Mr.l hui
hort adley f1ro cut, winch were to he seen in slra
quarters lie might lie AZ anti taucrs candidate. and il
lbs pnc pies were sueh a5 lac (Nr - could supper ho
annd have 10 otioeto.s IN supporting linn. Eut hs
would support man who, IN l. judgment, lad con-
lrcl and defeated great measures intimately nneet'd
with the cause and inter ST ct his ci,n ~ He coil
gise support man who threw objections in the
ii the vigorous and successful prosecution of the
reed upon them by torolgn power llehad no prefer
cace for any particular gentleman who had been spoken
Of as a candidate for tie Presidency. lie bad srrlved TT
the period .f life in which he had firmly resolved novr
u form any personal predictions for any Of these
candidates, bat to lc governed exclusively Is ategrd 10
the principle which mfsue'a.nea.
Mr.. Calhoun ihel rssc and said: am really obiae
10 the gentleman from Ionutss iot 81 ,n{me an uppo
upon tbs very subject, and the ondeayor 10 fix upon
myself and lcrds the responsibility ct which he has slo-
ken He has getnp and made grave charge, thai ihfr,
on This SIDE OF the House patty combined iogeher.
ference 10 presidential elections, who controlled all
measures 10 reference 10 that. | have already dcniei
Hat was my canddat FIR tt o. presidency. appea 10
every ifendtu ty friends upon this laor. upon either
side Of tho House, and every N The STATE Of South
Carolina, fuy whole eUse ot conduct has not been ihs
thai would not accept the presidency unless IT ceres Il,
mo by tic voice Of TIE American people. and then on'y
from duty, and ,arH IS an obligation. At
time Of lie the presidency is noiugncthnl--and fr
many long srar, Nh President, have long aspired ioc
object far higher than he prosileacy-tha Is doing
my duty in all clreuus snccsin every tra,iIr srecl-
i've Of paFtics and without regard 10 tendshirsor eum
tics, but simply in reference 10 the Prosperity Of ihccoun
Try. lfmy life be reviewed hereafter, ! leave TO those
who nly review ii the settlement oithis question: What
charge has he made out against myself and the few OF
my friends who have voted with me during the present
session? Whcye has lie shown that we have rec ted
abandoned any measures connected with the conduct Of
this war; One sagc act cny and that is not voting
for the pr6p stion for a lieutenant general. New, Mr.
President on this need no apology. ] need not To
show that was governed by no motives but those fy
which other gentlemen governed. If the Amori-
can people have been unanimous On any one point th,y
have been that. NV this is only 1ne act, and ahi
happy that here in my place. in the presence Of this large
sudcnce that this charge has cen maGes that :he wh,e
bmay go firth wi h regard to It, In not single vote
been given ouwhicll us charge could rest. For if
there tad been another only it would have been addsd
to the long catalogue which the senator from T~nnrste