Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-02-25

party man. lie wcn, for those measures which hr
believed TO be right, and with the party who advc
Gated them. All his life he had occupied an indie
pendent position. lie had joined in no caucuses
on either side, except IN al. when he believed i
necessary TO defeat series uf measures which he
believed 10 be wtong As TO the insuuation about
the President, every body saw that Il pointed 81
him, aud it would have been more manly, at least,
ifthe Senator from Tennessee had named him.
As 20 the war, Mr. CALHOUN said he deplcred its
beginning-he deplored the way il had been car
ried on. When told chat Gen. TAyLoR had been
ordered TO the Rio Grande, he would scarcely be-
lieve 1.-THE did nos al FIRST but when he found Il
was 50, he told the Senator from Delaware ,has his
march ought 10 be arrested Mr. CaLHorN said
that why he did not interpose was that he did not
wish to lose his influence with the Administration
pending the danger Of an Oregon war, and he de-
sired TO get out 81 that difficulty hrst the most
important aud still hoped il might be done in time
10 save war with Mexico. But for that he should
have moved a resolution recalling Gen. TAYLOR
from the Rio Grandc. Upon the Oregon question
he was free to say that he believed he had render.
ed some service to his country.
Mr. YuLEE denied that this alleged tlrd party
had any reference 10 PresidentmakinF Thq Sen.
atos from Tennessee (Mr TuRNEY) in declaring
the annexation ofTexas 10 be the caus@ Of the war,
had given fatal stab 20 the Democratic party aud
nau run dTecuy IN opposition 10 the fTesluent, VINO
had declared the war TO have originated from the
outrages aad the per6dy Of Mexico. The old
Wings laughed Til their sides ached.
Mr. BrrLER.-When the Senator from Tennessee
says that for the balance Of his life he intends to be
honest, hope he will try that little decency she'll
go with IT, A laugh here broke out. which was
universally coniagious-even Mr. WEBSTER laugh
ing outright, and the vast crowd in Tho galleries
making all ring again. Doubtless the Senator from
Tennessee kacws that the recent remarks OF my
colleague on this floor have attracted soae atten.
tion and the efforts at dsparagement by the seaa.
tor from Tennessee, remind me Of the fable Of the
eagle and the crow. And will here relate the
story. An eagle, on one occasion, descended into
shepherds flock, and scizing lamb in mis- ,alons,
bore him away to neighboring cliff A CROW
who had observed the demonstration. said TO the
birds "Jusi stand of little that's noting 10
what | can do" So, determined upon surprising
the eagle, he flew down and fixed his claws into the
wool OF the largest sheep Of the loek-the old ram.
| believe aud there be stuck, till the shepherd
came, took him of, and cooped him W, - the
laughter Of oil the other birds. THE hint was
taken, and all the beautiful birds in the gallery
joined in with everybody else in hearty laugh.
We have only given the substance Of shat pai-
sed our limits not permitting us TO copy the report
at length. MIR CALHoUS's explicit avowal tia, il
his anxiety to give security to Slavery iha, in.
duced him to enter the TyLER cabinet. VIII attract
particular notice. No sensible man can doubs thai
this was the motive that lay at the bottom Of the
whole scheme Of Annexation.