The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-06-24

toral speech which has been already freely quoted
FROM IN which Mr. Barton thus graphically deneates
the llus,rous deliverer OF CaLoundcs He is referring
to Mr. Benton the former conductor OF newspapers
The st. Louis EaquIer-not then edited by the public
Client bargain the NJ ssisspp for fishing privilege
the Northeast and alter npressing and rveng The
triun reutaion! No. sir Truth has not VET even
discovered the author of the East letter. His place Of
residence became an object of ,nuch curiosity and in
qniry as the birth place OF Homer. Some located him
Rlchm' md Vrginla-some elsewhere Pablic curiosity
wa. 90 ta alert Oar frank huutsmen of tie West lovers
OF ashng,on and OF holy uth-that dau gher Heaven
sent on earth 70 cement and hold together civil society
figures from my owa country aud the of own
and civil dscord deep and dark recess amidst The
vast prares OF the magnificent valley OF the Mssissppi
until scofched his very nose enveloped him
in smoke; aud st he lay sulen and silent, and
iorh again upon the pow for human reputation and civil
dcord in the darkness of night under the mask OF Amer
ieanus, and committed outrage f,gious than
the first He will be hunted ag1in pro pubiieo
that SUCH unniatprs and tatdiaes should be kaown
ay, and impaed on high-hgh Roman cross Amer
lean p,ofy could place hem-as warning to young
men beware OF the fate of a convicted caumnator-be-
ware OF the fate OF an american Cataiae :"
wish heartily that could now let Mr. Benton off but
he sometimes says In order TO vincaie the truth of
history" must send or two shafts at him.
Would any believe who Is only familiar with Mr.
Bentons recent history that lie raving
and sKcEssIoNIsr and an advocate for armed
of the established parliamentary formula. and
backed and sustained by the decisions of the Supreme
Court of the Union Strange these accusations may
appear some, will sustain both and Immediately, by
rrefragabe proof.
And now Tor his being at one time nuier and Sc
cessonist 1t will be recolected by you that General
Hayne OF South Carolina, in the celebrated controversy
between himself and Mr. Webster, asserted boldly and
fully all the extreme doctrines OF the nullfyng school
then prevailing in his State In this grand strife Of arms,
q Mr. Benton actually closely associated with
the South Carolina champion, that Mr. Webster thought
proper to take very special notice of their apparent com
bination against him, complaining particularly of their
mi nal nj nd
the characters i'll the Drama assigning to each his part
to the attack, another the cry of onset " and said
q farther:
IS offer myself, sir, match man; throw the
challenge of debate at mans feet But then, sir,
the honorable gentleman has put the question
manner that calls for answer, viii give him an an.
swer and tell him that holding nv self 10 be the hum.
bles OF the members here, yet know nothing in the
arm of his friend from Missouri, either alone when
aided by the of has friend from South Carolina, that
need deter even me from espousng whatever opinions
may choose to espouse from debating whenever may
choose to debate; or IRON speaking whatever may see
! fit say upon the floor Of the Senate" Mr.. Hayne had
cited the Virginia and kentucky resolutions OF 9S his
leading authorities he had cited Malisons report, JET
srso"s protest written for G hs Virginia legislature in
which language was used going far, very far indeed,
beyond thing stated in our Southern Address. You
will recolect Mr. Jeersons language but for the benefit
of others, and fix the charge OF notification and
sion upon present accuser beyond the possibility
OF denial, | will quote it. In the protest, designed
to be used in of the tariff and internal i'm
provemen policy of the federal government, Mr. Jetfer
son. after declaring the laws on this subject "nul and
vod, proceeds to say, that though Virginia would
slider dissolution Of the Union among the greatest
calamites that could befa Them yet is the greatest
There is yet greater-submisson to government Of
w sa the Gps 5 a
y could not be induged" In his letter to Mr. Giles he
reasserts the doctrine in still stronger language
saying And what is recoursei Reason and argu-
= ment! You might well and argue with the
marble columns encrclng them sc. Are zoe to stand TO
our arms &c No. that must be the last resource, We
must have patience and long forbearance with our
brethren, &c and separate from our companions only
when the sole alternatives left dissolution Of our
Union with them, or submission to government
of unlimited powers Bsi,ceen these t,co eUls, tohen
must make choice there be no hesitation" Such
were the authorities relied on and expounded by MIR:
Hayne-such his speech. What did Mr. Benton say of
that speech and its author? These bis words:
81 resume my speech (said Mr. at the point at which
suspended when gave way to the natural and au-
sits my right Mr. Hayne,l TO vndicate himself his
State and The South from wat appeared 70 me to be
Much as he had done before estqsh reputation
a, 'ats ss , a@ sa Ta ,9 s ss
is eaioai ,rtic his friends and his country 'oM
look back upon ruth pride and er,a!tation"
Even Mr.. Calhoun himself, then recognised through
out the Union as the great exPounder OF me nutyng
and secession doctrine though his personal presence
ought in good taste, to have excused him from the in
fiction, came in for his share OF commentator IRON
the then champion of southern interests (Mr Benton
Thus he spoke of him., and of other iusrions sons
of South Carolina: "Thee is one State in the South,
= The name and praise OF which the events of this
debate would drag from the stones of the West, if
they could up in this place and speak II is the
name OF that State upon which the vials hlleJ with
the accumulated wrath OF years, have been sudden
~ and Unexpectedly emptied before us, motion
to postpone land debate; that State whose micro
scopic offence in the obscure parish OF Coleon is TO be
hung up in equpose with the organized treason and
deep damnation of the Hartford Convention; that State
whose present dislike tariff which tearing her
vitas, is 10 be made the of exciting the West
against the whole South that State phose dislike TO the
tarlf idrs 10 be made the preteri for setting des
pot,c auhoriyin The Supreme Court; that State which
in the old Congress 1885, voted for the reduction OF
present minimum which, in 1876, redeemed, after il was
lost and carried by It's single voe the hrst measure that
ever adopted for the protection OF kenucky--thal
of the two companies sent to the Falls OF the ONO
that State which, in the period OF the late war, sent
us Lowndes. Cheves, and a CALHOUN to fight the
battles of the Vest in the Capitol and Stay the Got,ahs Of
the North that State which at this day has sent to this
chamber the senator Mr.. Hayne] whose liberal and
ghened speech the subject OF the public lands has
seized upon and made the preex for that premed-
ated assault upon the whole South which we have seen
met with apromptude, energy, gallantry and effect that
have forced the assaant 10 cry GU. an hundred times that
he was still alive, though we could all see that he was
most cruelty pounded"
No one, | think who carefully examines the extracts
of Mr. Bentons speech Foots resolutions will he at
all inclined TO doubt that for many years past he has
looked forward to the time when the slavery question
play great and efficient part in the presidential
election. AT first, he dreaded that others would succeed
in Heating into the presidency upon the of anti
slavery excitement now he wishes to do so himself
tie uttered curious prophecy this subject in his
speech OF 1880 in regard to Mr. Webster 1t is evident
that he Is now eagerly expecting verifcation OF that
prophecy IN his person Here is the prophecy: note
II, if you please;