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these stringa, and harp they did, until the strings
were worn ont; and then the harps were hung
upon the willows. Now a new set Of strings
are furnished, and from the same 'leading friend
at the south, and the music to the
old tune set to new words, Benton--Whigs-.
Ab0litionism -Wilmot Proviso"-are now the
strings, and harps away again the word! and harp
away they will, the old performers and some new
ones, until the dropping willows shall again claim
the appendage Of their ~tuneless instruments.
I owe an apology to General Jackson's memo
nv for reading a letter in which he is quoted a.
gainst me. It was unjust to him, and would
have been Notifying 10 see his name quoted a.
gainst one of his best friends, by one Of his great
est enemies. ] never mortified his feelings by
letting him know that I had heard how his name
had been used: but when near his end l sent him
a kind message by Major Lewis, which he re-
turned in the most affectionate terms, and which
I think it right here to repeat. After giving an
account Of his visit to him., and how he found
him, Major Lewis continues:
He iSquired after many old friends and among
them yourself, desiring % know when / had seen
you last sad how you were, I told him that / had
seen you hut q few days before ! left Washing
ton, and that you were well, and at the same
time delivered to hin your message, he was EVIL
IDENTIFY much affected when / had repeated what
you had desired me to say to him. After a short
pause he said: i thank the Colonel for his kind
recollection Of me in my old age and sore Attic
tons; it would give me great pleasure to see him
once more, but that / fear is impossible, as my
life is rapidly drawing to a close" Here he. a.
again paused, and then added; the Colonel was
not only an able and distinguished statesman, but
q warm and sincere patriot, and his country is
under great obligations to him. I feel grateful
for the able and efficient support he gave me dur
ing the whole Of my Administration, and ] beg
you when next you see him to remember me TO
him in my name, for his kind and affectionate
message" These I believe my dear sir, are his
precise words; for as they were spoken with
much feeling and in a deep and solemn tone Of
voice. they made az inple ssiOn on my mind that
This is my second personal reason for dwell
ing on Mr.. Calhoun. 1t 10 to repel his attacks
upon! me. Public duty, in the Senate ofthe Uni
ted States, would have required me TO reply to
his resolutions, it he had ever called them up
there Their passage through the Missouri
Legislature makes it still more my duty to do so.
These resolutions are his, copied from his, with
such exactitude Of ideas, that some transposition
Of clauses, and some variation of phrase can de-
ceive no. one. II only betrays Q design to dis
guise, where disguiseis impossible. Ihave read
the original,
Here follows the resolutions passed by the
Legislature, which we omit, having published
them heretofore.1
The Calhoun resolutions were entitled: H'The
rights of Congress over Territories Of the Un-
ion in relation to slavery" and were introduced
into the Senate February, l847. Those of the
Missouri Legislature were entitled: "Resolu-
fSAna N pala(soo - a1axenp-1 - o-1 r,a.. srKro1roal
December, 1913; the object of both the same
to deny the right Of Congress to prevent, or pro-
hibit slavery in Territories, and to dencunce a
dissolution Of the Unioa if il did. One was pa
rent to the other, anc presume no man will de-
ny il. And here / make the exception which
truth and justice requires from me. / have no
idea that the mass Of the members who voted
for the resolutions in the last General Assembly,
had any idea that they were Calhoun's, or consid-
cred the dissolution Of the Union, which they
announced, as Q thingi in actual contemplation
But they are not the less injurious on that &C.
cosnt They are the act of the General Assem-
bly,, and stand for the act of the State, and bind it
to the car Of Mr.. Calhoun, md; encourage him
more than any event that has taken place. But
they are not the sense of the Suite, or even the
sense Of al 1.-The members who voted for them
The true sense oil, the State, and l doubt not, of
largo AyOIty u Lie mea0sOIS0 OF the last leg
~islature, was faithfully expressed in the resolves
and instructions Of the previous legislature,
which ! had received and obsysd not only in the
letter, but in the spirit. These are they: |
'tJoint Resolutions in rnelation to the Missouri
Compromise Act Of 1920.
tResoived, That the peace, permanency and
welfare cf our National Unioa depend upon q
strict adherence to the letter and spirit of the sthI
section Of the at Of Congress Of the United
States, entitled can act to authorize the people off,
the Missouri Territory to form a constitution and
State Government for the admission OF such State
into the Onion on In equal footing with the orig
inal States, and to prohibit slavery in certain ter.
~ritories," approved March g., 1890.
1ssolved, That our Senators in The Congress
Of The United States sss hereby instructed and
our Representatives requested to vote in accord
ance with the provisions and the spirit of the
esd eighth section ofthe said act, in all the dues
tons which may come before them in relation to
She organization Of new Territories or States,
out Of the Territory now belonging to the Until
ted States, o.. which hereafter may be acquired
either b. purchase, by treaty, or by conquest"
These resolves parsed the General Assembly
Of Missdufi on the 18Th day of February, l847l
just four dsyS before Calhoun brought into the
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