The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-02-04


,hsss la,,s,s "a necessary to full understanding of
mos ,mn,rtant movement The portions of the address
rsfssd ~ nv Mr. Vensble originally stricken out are
.,.,.sd in brackets The other alterations be seen
no any one who desires to do 80, by comparing the
,dd,ess as published to-day with the address in our
naDer Of Sunday last. They immateria and not
worthy of special comment We will only remark that
the portion stricken out relating TO the Oregon bill was
substituted by the following:
"At the of Congress- bill passed estab
fishing territorial government for Oregon, excluding sla
very therefrom. The President gave his sanction to The
BILL and sent special message to Congress assigning his
reasons for doing These reasons pre- supposed that
the Missouri compromise to be, and would be- ex
tended west Of the Rocky mountains to the Pacific ocean
And the President minated his intention in his message
TO any future bill that should restrict slavery south
of the line of that compromise. Assuming il to have
been the purpose and Intention OF the North to extend
the Missouri compromise line as above indicated, the
passage OF the Oregon bill could only be regarded as
evncng the acquiescence OF the South in that line But
the DEVELOPMENTS of the present session of Congress have
made il manifest to all that such purpose intention
now exists with the North to any considerable extent
SENATE CHAMBER, February 2, ls49.
DEAR addressed note to you on the Goth ult,
requesting to be furnished with certified copy OF the
address of the southern delegates reported and adopt
ed by. the committee of fifteen, which you were kind
enough say, verbally, you would furnish nae with as
you had leisure others opposed the address as
j
that the original should be published respectfully
quest you the secretary of the meeting to publish the
address agreed to by the committee OF teen reported
TO and acted upon by the meeting in the Senate chamber
on the 18th uimo, furnish me with copy Tor that
purpose.
THO J. RUSK,
Hon. A. W. VENApLE
CCoMMUNIcATED1
In with tha dactra IT Fan nQk mo
Der OF the committee of fifteen its first organization,
with great pleasure publish the original address reported
from that committee to the meeting oil the southern men,
bers of Congress the 18th of January. The modhca-
tons and changes appear by comparison with that pub
lished in your paper of the 2Sh. 1t will be that
many are merely verbal and unmportant whilst none
materially affect the spirit character OF the address
The subioned letter from Mr.. Calhoun will explain
them most satisfactorily. Two which are deemed most
important. made the evening of the 18TH after
the address read, and before it was recommitted
This was done in accordance with the declaration of Mr.
Calhoun its author that he would consent to any modi-
fcations which would not impair the truth of the nara
tive or materially change the character of the address
One modification consisted in striking out the paragraph
which referred to the Oregon bill OF the last session, and
another paragraph inserted the next morning. by his
consent another the striking out Of two sentences near
the conclusion which declared that, under certain c
cumstances for the North to calculate the value OF
the Union third, the expansion OF clause which re-
ferred to the northern members of Congress who had
uniformly sustained the rights of the South There are
other alterations OF minor Importance but all made
with the appreciation of Mr.. Calhoun
The three notifications alluded to above made
consented by the anthor the evening when the ad
dress reported. and before its recommment 1t was
placed by me in the hands of Mr. Beren with those al
ieraons the face of the paper, and slip which con-
tanned the substituted paragraph MIR. Berens address
considered in committee He returned Mr. Cahouas
address 10 Mr.. King the chairman and he reported to
the meeting the 22I Mr. Berriens address and that Of
Mr. Calhoun, with recommendation that Mr. Berren's
should be adopted a substitute. Ii was the identical
paper containing Mr. Cahouns address with the above
named notifications made before recommitment, which
voted upon in connexion with that of MIR. Berrien
at the meeting of the 22d.
The address of Mr.. Calhoun not read to the meet
ing of the 22d, because its reading not demanded
That it had been modified matter of notoriety 1t
equally well known that the author declared in the
meeting of the 18th that he would consent to such modi
fcatons.
When the vote was about to be taken at the meeting
OF the 22d some members hesated to vote because they
had read the address with sufficient There
general annunciaon that Objectionable passages, not
affecting the matter and character Of the address, might
be stricken out at the suggestion of its friends Then
there was passed resolution proposed by Mr. verson
that the secretary suspend the publication OF the address
until directed by meeting OF those who should sign It,
This gave opportunity to all parties interested mature
ly consider it and in order to facilitate that purpose
eight private copies printed and given to persons de-
string to read it.
After this, and at the instance of of the signers,
passage stricken out of the Introductory paragraph
the following Words "Not excepting the declaration
which separated you and the other united colonies from
the parent country That involved your independence
but this your all, not excepting your safety" There
were. besides, slight notifications, almost wholly of
verbal character.
The original is before the public; and | would
take occasion to remark, that if the journal of the
contains mistakes, those who have been Internationally
unsupported can, and doubtless will, inform of the
fact, and il shall be corrected
You will please publish the annexed letter of Governor
Metcafe, whose official statement places before the pub
the committee, who had asked to be excused have
thus given the facts connected with this whole
ton A. w. VENABLE.
.4 WASHINGTON, Feb. Q. 1919.
DEAR SIR: I am in the receipt of your note of this
instant in which you request me to answer the following
questions:
Was not the paragraph in my address, relating to the
Oregon bill OF the last session. struck out with my con
sent the evening the report made whilst
der consideration, and before it recommied!
Was not the substitute, stands in the address,
made with my consent, and accepted by me
Were not the two sentences in the conclusion, which
stated that was for the North to calculate the value Of
the Union. struck out with my consent, and by my d-
rection, the evening" and before the recommment
And were not the subsequent notifications, of any i'm
porance. all made with my consent and under the gene
raj declaration made by me in the meeting that would
any modification coming from those disposed
sign the address which did affect the truth of its
narrative, or materially change its characterl
To all the foregoing questions answer yes