Democratic banner., 1849-06-18

for great mischief, which I have a right to
oppose, and did oppose in my placeOf Sena-
tor in the United States, and which Lean
not cease opposing without personal dis
grace and official dereliction of public duty
land because Think itdus to the people
to give them an opportunity to consider iof
proceedings so gravely affecting them, and
on which they have not been consuitsdSatt
i appeal to the penple-the whole body
of the people. 1t is question above par
ty; and should be kept above it. ! mean
to keep it there. ~
And nov 1 have a secret to tell, in rela-
tioR to these resolutions, which have
guarded long enough. l marked their first
appearance in the General Assembly, knew
their origin and design, and determined to
let them 60 on. 1t so happens that there
are a few citizens in this State, successors
TO others who have passed away, and who
are denominated in the Accomac resolutions,
adjuncts to Mr.. Calhoun. The denomina-
tion is appropriate. Adjunct, (english is
from ad ndjmnetus, (latin,) and signifies
joined to; which this set Of citizens seems
to be, both soul and body, with respect to
their southern leader. These few are in a
state Of permanent conspiracy against me,
either on their own account, or that Of their
leoding friend at the south or both, and
hatch a perpetual succession Of plots against
me. To 90 no further back, ! refer to the
summer Of 1914, and the plot on the Texas
annexation question, which ] will call the
jews-hsrp plot, IN consideration of the music
which was to be then made upon that instru-
ment, and to discriminate it from Others.
That plot showed its head, but hid itself af-
terwards. It failed, and its eontrivers wen,
back into their perpetual state Of incubation.
When the Calhoun resolutions were moved
in the General Assembly, and that was al
tile commencement of the session, ] saw
that a new plot was Matching, and deter
mined to let it quit the shell.
! knew that il ] gave a hint Of what they
were about-if ! had communicated the
tythe Of whatI have said to you to-day, il
would have stopped the proceeding. But
that would have done me no good. Hwould
only have postponed, and changed the form
of the work. determined to let it go on,
and to do nothing to alarm the operators
and for that reasons wrote not a word MOI
a word on the subject-to any one of the
Hundred members who would have blown
the resolutions sky high if they had known
their origin and design. | did not even an.
swer a letter from my friend who sits there
,( Lieut.. Gov. Prics.) The resolutions were
r introduced at the very beginning Of the ses.
. sion i: they lay torpid until its eud. The
I~plotters were waiting for the signal, from
the pleading friend"-waiting the Calhoun
address. The moment they got it, they act
ed, although it was too late for the resolu.
{! tions to rave the effect of Instructions
They were passed after Congress had sd.
journed, and after it must have been beliey.
ed that the subject to which they relate hat
) been disposed IF; for it was notorious thai
> the territorial government bills were in pro.
{ cess of enactment, and in fact they only
, failed after midnight on the last night of the
session, and that On disagreement between
the two Houses: and their failure, on the
: Sd Of March, was not known at Jefferson
on the 7th-the day Of passing the resolu'
] l%tions. Il was too late to pass the resolution.
E for the purpose of instructing me how tc
i, / vote al washington IL was 700 safe Ioi
tina. ; but was early enough for the SUM-
= mer campaign at home: and, therefore, the,
were passed! and now ] have them. linear
: the plotters: and between them, and me
Z Ihenceforth and forever, a high wall and 6
deep ditch! and no communion, no compro'
mise, no caucus with them. Nor does i
require any boldness, on my part, to give
yIthem defance. There are only about
{ dozen of them-a bakers dozen perhaps
: and half of them outside Of the Legislature
We to judges, if any such there are in thi.
5 work The children of Israel could no.
5 stand the government Of judges; nor car
we.
: Citizens: I have finished tile view which
I proposed to take of the subject whichha.
induced my appeal to the people: but there
are other matters upon which my constitu.
| ents desire to hear from me, and in which
I desire it is right they should be grati6ed.
'Bsrnburnsr.' And what did ! 60 t.
,lNew York for, last summer but to use my
: utmost exertions to prevent Mr.. Van Buren,
and bis friends, from engaging in the Buff
calo o.nvont;on2 want fhera- that IN Ger