The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-12

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Mr.. b. +. BUTLER, In compliance with the loud and
mportunate calls of the assembly then assembled the
with loud cheers. He said that he was placed in
unfortunate position having to follow the eloquent
speakers who had preceded him. The last gentleman
mate acquaintance with history, that the in
ueuce of his powerful eloquence WIS entertained
well as instructed. He had also admirable ia
ciity of touching upon variety of TOPICS and passed
"FrOm grave gsy. from lively to severe" y -s
with such and interest that each transition gave
treated the subject he took in hand For his own
part he could FAY nothing that would delight the
fancy, tickle the imagination. He was perfectly
well however, that he would reach the heart OF
that great audience He said so with out any display
Of vain egotism, but from consciousness Of the
great power which truth possessed belief that the
prn ri m thpy me would
for and conviction that wha tever opposition
the Of liberty might meet with, it was yet des
tined revolutonize the world, though that great
and eratic genius from the South a. {. Calhoun,
presume) had pronounced it to be false. cloud cheers
barrcades against the Bourbon when they drove out
Charles the Xtb there was one, who though he might
not have broken his sword, Qaughter) shed his blood
in behalf of his country and put himself at the head
of the people Of Paris. That Louis Philippe
He was the first republican king the French people
ever had and in ali kelhoCd he would be the last
He proclaimed the charter granted by Louis the
18th, and which Charles the 10th promised to sup.
port, but subsequently violated to be a truth and
upon that engagement did the confdng ParisiaHs
elect him to a throne. II found however, that the
faith pehted was never intended to be kept, and
nothing remained for the people of Paris but to
the barbados and win back the power which had been
sbamefulIy abused. They all knew what effect this
had produced throughout Europe; and from what was
going it almost appeared as If the spirit had passed
oyer to them. (Cheers) II not, however, for the
purpose of abiding to the audaions of this monarch
by General Cass that induced him to refer to this
subject He might indeed, overlook that If it could
be attributed only to bad taste. He could overlook
also the bad taste which the General lately exhibited
ut Washington, with regard to his hero; and from
whom he received the most cordial hospitality at the
Chateau dNeniy. He did believe however, that Lewis
pulsion Of the aged king from France the more espe
cialiy as be had bestowed such great encomiums on
tahem of his hosptsty fCSeers He alluded to the
circumstance. however, because Louis Philippe had
paid the righteous forfeit of his violate p Of
good government rested not with any man,
(Cheers) Now, he would ask, what was the path of
duty for them Each of the gentlemen who had pre-
ceded him. had already spoken that point with great
propriety and felicity Of thought and language
pear ed to him, that the circumstances under which
they were met there as a convention were of o
remarkable nature. The convention was COM
posed of delegates sent from fifteen States of the
Union, some of them from a distance Of thousands
of miles, "a voice-Seventeen States) and differing
as they all did they had done before and engaged
they had been in serious and exciting conflicts of
the greatest neutrality-suspicious. in this all the dis
tinctions which they formerly differed and con-
that could occupy the mind-ths appeared to him to
be spectacle as pleasing and celebrating it
we're then, under those circumstances ~ question
then which they had to decide would hey allow
the American Congress to plant the curse of human
slavery 400 500 miles of the territory of
this Union? He wished every democrat could hear
and answer that question He would go first to the
declaration OF independence. That the starting
point What did the trainers Of this great charter say
in 177G? They began with the great truth, that all
were born equal" Now, having referred to that,
be would ask them to look to the other great charter
of human berty-the Bible. Would they not find
there that from one blood all the nations OF the earth
were born! (Cheers.r As well might any reasonable
man attempt to Perform the miracle Of Joshua and
stop the SUP in his course. to stay the tor
rents OF tne Niagara, as to resist the overwhem-
ing power of these great truths: Applause)-
The speaker here referred the various settlements
and compromises, with the protracted negotiations
that took place in the early history of this country as
distinct nation, for the purpose Of showing that
compromises OF that day were not lightly looke1 Upon
syme of them requiring from three to four years
complete The greatest solemnity, caution, and deli
beraton were used and the people of the several
States appealed to before any final decision
agreed upon At the present day. however, continued
Mr.. Butler: instead Of sendip" ,cs hr.,ro,. s.o,,
oS7 Congress to another they did then and taking
the other steps which the Importance of the case re-
red-and be said 1t with ali respect to the Senators
who lately brought in and passed the territorial bill
same caution solemnity, elaboration or regard for
the opinions Of the people. (Cheers) Let them, IL
they wished, pass plain, straight forward BILL that
SION deception, and q fraud In the name of all
that is right let not remain any longer subjected
nations of the earth Let the House of Representa-
tives take the proper course which their bounden
lor wings for the course they had pursued; and
If second attempt be made Of the same kind, he
hoped that they will again repeat the same conduct,
the table not by majority of fifteen but three times
fifteen. (Cheers) The honorable gentleman having
diposed In the most eloquent terms of the usual arsu
ments in favor Of the extension Of slavery to the
territories, which, with tn replies, well known to
our readers, from the ample space we have lately
given our columns to both partesthen REFER ed to
the article which appeared In the Washington Union,
with reference to him. He then alluded to the circum
stances under which he accepted the situation he held
as District Attorney, under the present cabinet.
The present question he considered o. the greatest
now before the congress of the minds Of the world It
was question az to whether they should prove false
to the memory either pilgrim fathers and their Chris
tian independence as well ~ the sacred spirit Of
liberty now traversing the wordwhcther they should
contradict all the institutions and charters Of their
country and set themselves in opposition to the gress
movement now going on the other side OF the Attain
tic, breaking every chain, and emancipatfng every
mnd-whether, in short, they would lend the mselves.
in any shape, PLAN manner, to the extension and
pcrpetuation Of the degradationof human slavery
that stain upon this and curse upon huma nifty
loud cheers) It was aquestion that concerned all
those who lived on the soil and those who come
from the oppressed nations Of Europe, to find here
an asylum and a home. II was, he believed, the
question ofquestions II far exceeded In importance,