Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-09-02

issue was permanently made when il wss made
on the Oregon bill. II we are 10 quarrel with
The North, let us be sure that in ell respects our
ground Of dispute is tenable for US. The vote OF
| the House hes been cited here as evidence that
this issue could no longer be avoided. He came
10 no such conclusion. He knew and felt the in
furnce Of too many synpa,hies with the North
Until vote Of Congress should. on the subject
Of the southern territories, actually separate the
Union, he never would believe that such a vote
could be given. As TO this question, he had vo
ted against laying this bill on the table, and
against It's postponement, because he desired 10
give his Southern friends an opportunity Of having
committee OF conference, from which he expec
ted nothing unfavorable.
Mr.. Westcou and Mr. Downs explained their
votes on the question 10 lay the subject on the
table.
Mr.. Bell resumed. He would vote against re-
ceding. and would then vote 10 insist. although he
did not expect any good from conference. He
desired TO zee the Oregon bill passed, even with
out this restriction; and he could not use il IS
means Of attack on gentlemen. Whether he
could vote for it himself was doubtful, regarding
as he did the feelings OF the friends with whom
he was associated. l1e controvered tie doctrine
tina, even il the whole country, north ard south
was opposed 10 slavery. Congress had no power
TO legslale on the subject. He thought The Mis-
souri, compromise had settled that point. He re
peated, in conclusion, his conviction that the
making up OF the issue at this time was premature
When the whole question rs 10 the Territories OF
California and New Mexico should come up, i,
would be time enough to tender the ISSUE
Mr.. Turney, Mr.. Butler. and Mr.. Houston
spoke in succession.
Mr.. Benton called the attention Of The Senate
10 the TACT that the Senate had agreed 10 every
word and every letter OF the bill from the House;
hut the Senate had added to i, extraneous matter
We now saw the opening OF that second chap
ter. which the senator from South Carolina had
spoken Of, as part OF the history OF the disso
luton oil the Union. Chapter number two"
was 10 open when both houses had agreed 10 this
Oregon bill. word for word, and letter for letter:
and when the Senate interected in the bill q for
egn questions question relating altogether TO
another subject-and the number two was TO 20
before the country as par, Of the history OF dis
olution.
He Mr.. B. had been tainted in the debate
with having relaxed in his zeal for Oregon at one
time, and increasing it at this time. For thirty
years he had urged the claims OF Oregon; and
with equal zeal he urged them now. He rsmin>
ded the Senate Of letter which he wrote year
and half ago. in which he treated OF the scheme
formed for keeping Oregon out OF the Union.
All this talk about the dissolution OF The Union
gave him no concern. He was peculiarly con-
sti.uted as TO the subject. His observation OF
public sffairs went back to that period OF our
history when Aaron Burr engaged in his enter.
prise Of disunion. He mi. b. was bow OF
sixteen. but WAS an observer OF events and rea>
der OF the public journals. He acknowledged
that he then read with morti6calion-and few
things from the same source had ever failed TO
meet with his cordial approbaon-he read, he
said with notification; the proclamation of Mr..
Jefferson in which he denounced the project oil
Burr as dangerous to the Union" For. at that
time, there was not neighborhood in The Yves,
in which Burr would disclose his project. fhe
had done so. the women and children would have
lied him down and sent him to the nearest place
OF justice. dragged by log chain. As long as
he presented mere designs Of dazzling nature.
and not concerning our own government, he was
listened 10. But when. on the lower Mississippi
he did disclose his reasonable objects, he was
Immediately obliged to fly into the wilderness and
become an outcast from society. There, in his
hiding piace-in his disguise-in creek, where
the alligator has his pace-he was accidentally
encountered. at night. by one who. before sffor-
ding him relief. demanded his name. Who are
you as soon as he gave his name. he was taken
into custody, and by string led into the Georgia
settlement Burr having heard of The sympathy
often excited in the hehalf OF great men struggling
with adversely. appealed to some persons in Geor.
gia for his rescue. lie addressed some boys as to
his case, and. at first. very naturally excited their
sympathy. But when these boys heard his name.
they refused 10 sfford him any succor. Such, said
Mr. B. will be tho end OF ell attempts to dissolve
this Union--to divide il by any line. He would
he said, think that man who might bring brick
mortar. and lrowe TO dam up the mighty Missis. |
s'ppi had commenced feasible and wise enter.
prise. in comparison with the project of tina, man
who might undertake TO run a dividing line be-
tween the states Of this Union. All this talk of
disunion was idle. 1t was like
"A tale told by an idiot,
Full OF sound and fury;-signfying nothing.
No influence had these menances on him. A kew
dropped into the broad atlantic would, as il had
been said. produce disturbance that would be
felt in the seas OF China. Just as little did this
talk OF disunon rufle him. Thus, he said, would
end the chapter number two
Finally, after much debate. Mr.. Benton's mo
ton was adopled-ihe Senate receded from the
compromise proposition, and the bill became
law by the approval OF the President The
Wilmot Proviso in it.
Norm CAROLINA ELEcrIoN-Thc Raleigh
Register of the 10Th, says
FINAL REsULr.-We give below the returns
hom all the counties in the State, with The ex
ception OF Cherokee and Curriluck. Il will be
seen that Mr. Msnly's n,esent ms;or;ty !. odd