New-York daily tribune., 1849-10-31
Col. Beston'. Latest sp.ses-A Rvmpu..

On the 10Th inst Col. BEsroS addressed vss
conecurse q TIE citizen, Of ST Louis a. ihs a 5u-r
nent q The Railroad Convention. The - Lous. D.
per' give abstracts Of his o5servtto1s among vhcs
| we fnd iaese
he said be had not through ih4 summer teer n.
sfiHs the STATE solicit Tor bis reeecton sg.ir
% ne senate. Iazt ae had no personal. 10 privrs
views, IN sdfTesfns bis fellow citizens In the
couD,es lie nsd never solicited VOTES for his
snce IN The senate snd he certainly should not row
| so. Inst he hAa BEEN continued IN the Senate for
| thirty years By his i-lOv cinzens That this a.
honor - him, aid s-so the honor rejected back e
themselves d'Proving ss It did that accusation ths
vss oi,er cast uPoa our people rom the other side Of
,he waller tbs, they took ra candidates riiaoa, efi;
and cast n.m aside without o-erte
lie ssid, tie Northern states had been ur usty sc
cuseo u bad been ius1smentAl statement M sde =
excite the Southern state hst the Northern -ts.es in
tenced 10 excite nsurrection sEoas Toe slsTes Ihs
Northern Stses have not sny OF them voted or endosv
orsd b. destroy GboHsn avery the States Tbera
were lev men In the Northern States who would 90
hi. n they could Bat these only few and they
met "iA 10 encouragement from the people Of their
own state great majority In every Northern state
discouD enanced H. They were 10 favor Of restricting
Slavery IN :ne Territories but not for meGcng with il
ia the states. They considered they hsd no power n
do this. They cssvo~ s Interference vf,h Ssvery In
the ctses ssd this csavoval Ia not coutradicted bJ
hsir acts What has been their coaduei in relation 10
subject The Free States hs7e me- oriiy of forty
In the House q Representatives. and, counting Des-
ware, they have majority 10 the senate and what
has been their lesissuoni
The Platte country, which formerly free terri.
tory 5sors u was par. Of State, hss been ADDED
70 80 use Slave territory BY northern Tex
50 vhi.l bad givsn AWAY, vss recovered again hv
northern vOtes and BY ihi. hal addition Of
territory sUh lent 70 form large Slave slsi.s-
forct w- .sieiy made Stats b northern votes aud
smother large Sieve state scntt-o l:o the confeceTac
And this state, Florida now forms one Of tso fopr
states @. The 5Cihern co1iedCrxcy which they
y % de.troJ the Union. Missouri, which northern
-otes gsvs ss.se sd,on u ssve .err,ory is also
~ D. tho af
:he country be. been doubled and that he, been done
1 by nor nefn voias
Nor :. thi. I'll for which the Slave States inds6
G. T. Horrhsrn Since have heen r Cca.ross
the Dcisrs have been remsvCc .EOm Missouri, Gsor
e. Florida, and from nesry every Slave 5tsto their
lands yurch,se3 by Northern yOlss FOR white slave
holders E, and .c- Inhabited by them. Nn:r vss 10
ine Plate country Lac; SUTpner, ard heard ss ire
guenly did, fneE accusations sgsinst the Norm, put
inem down by referring q these acts. al toac oy
Northern votes 4 sad y then, The very ground on
which you stand, from which yor draw your ,ubsis
tence ifit had tSsgue would tell YOU KAT Northern
bad given !. % yoa aud permitted you .c carry
Jour slaves there
Mr Benton then referred IN contrast to the action
OF OF the slave holding States He alluded 10 the
former and present Nuifcstlon and dwelt long upOn
and went fully .nto the pre'er position Of ths South
C1becerscy referred - the article In the S0ah-rG
Ess In which IsIouri and her citizens count
! es IN ,ne confederscy, and enrolled in its army
NGlhcaion, ne ssc, ,.ss not the proper remedy Tor
unconstitutional scts. Ihrre opposion the
Scdiu0n Law. but 1t opposed In another way
There other unconstitutional scts but they had
ali been re, aside n constitutional wsy by conssu
tlousl remedy.
lie referred 10 mr. Cahoun's votes for the Missouh
Compromise and other measures toe eject OF which
hsd been 10 exclude Slavery from certain territory
and said that ths vote for the Missouri Compromise
vote in favor Of the power Of Congress the
whole subject
The Editorial Correspondence Of the Chicago TrbuH,
writing Of the Speech, says It more bitter
onslaught sgains. .h- Nullfers than Col b. has ever
made. During his speech note written by prom
nsnt citizen OF the name of keunett. hsnoed
him. IL nsked him 20 sey whether ha vsuld vote for
the admission OF State into the Union With Slavery
prohibited south Of the Missouri Compromise line. He
read - paid no further attention 10 H. and went with
hs sDrech. 1hi. ws. taken insult snf smother
note containing threat Of chsssemeni was sent TO
him HE read :, put II under his feet and launched de
nlncc ~ all Of his enemies Al attampt to give dee
crpuon OF hs style OF speech. the way he looked
would fall far short Of doing him justice To say he
was ss independent as .ord and ss savage thou
sand meat Is about a truthful desorip
ton could ba given.
col. spoke several hours, and wa escorted home
by the crowd"
In the evening the anti Benton men held meeting
in the Rotunds at which were Judge Birch, Hon. Mr.
Green Of the Hannibal District, Judge krum, and va
rlous other no,ables The Rotunds wn full to over
lowing and thousands h.d 20 20 away not being able
10 effect en- entrance.
"lt coon became evident that there was TO be q row
between The Benton and anti Benton men, and
"'wh.n Greek neat o-..k ib.s cone, III. - Of -s
"Thc hrs. interruptions were hisses then catcsls
then shouts. and finally al together. For nearly
hours could hsye been heard sx inches from
his face. The noise and confusion exceeded soy
thlDg ever heard. and doubt whether IL ever
squsn,d The police were finally coled In. sad suc-
corded in restoring order TO some extent
Mr.. GKERN then took the stand and proceeded 10
very strong speech s.Ainsi B0uton d.sorsaniler
c.magogue, dictator, and scoundfei, with many
other epiihetf used .n political discussion In Missouri
Finally resolutions cOndemning Benton were proposed,
snd though voted down were declared o. be passed
1nc meeting adjourned at IL o'clock each party
determined ana bitter than ever, # such thing be
possibe.
Heretofore Col Peu,on has no, csnvs.sed Green.
district snd se regards Green's speech IN 81 Louis
an Oter Of ballle Accordingly Ike very Napoleon,
be changed his plan Of operations this morning. and
nounced kis determination to cary the war into sF.
In, ems county. He leaves for It this afternoon,
aud when Mr.. Green gets home be will probably no
Oh Bullion mas taken bis district by storm, and de
priyed him OF his power. Wherever be goes his s2.
psas appear TO carry ;he people Sough the array Of
poli-tHs against hn 10 every day becoming more Tor
miGsoie in numbers though i1 may not ln influence
ARCADE Mills BURNED.-We regret to earn
that the Arcade Miis owned by Hart Eli. Z Co A.
Battle Greek were entirely consumed yesterday morn
aE about O'Clock, lSsether with scrre coo bashes
OF wheat The totsl loss must - from ais coo 20
s.o COO of which only s. cco c. sl0QpO covered
by insurance 5000 Insured 10 the Columbus
Company, sud the balance could not ascertain
-here. The cu.nSsn Nils, .lsDdiDs Desr by, were
somewhat demsgsd, but no, seriously. Tue sFo =
supposed TO h.ve originated by friction n the mschia
cry the sTnat rooms. The Arcade 4 tno
best ais IA tee State. Detroit Advertiser, 27sE.
\ WoNDEkFUL SONIA gentleman stepped
into o+cc yesterday and told thu. 10 had seen
credoly informed by person Of uninp npe4osad versci
~ lhsl he had seen DR.. Coolidge .ow days since 10
tue vicinity of LvenEore. Or. Ham passed through
:ais plsSe on Tuesday II bot ns.t- lie might have
been on the track Ha'ioweii Gsz. 27.h.
ALABAMA On the siL inst, the coroer stone OF
the Mobile Cotton Factory wss laid at Mobile Ms
cs.nery for 5 900 spindes snd sc looms with two
steam engines II 81 horse power each. have been or
dsrod.
FIRE--Tne barn sn4 oot buildings Of Ralph
Conover in The township Of We. Wlnd.or Mercer Co.
(S were destroyed by IRE "a Friday evening, sup
posed 10 be the Work Of an incendEry. Loss esIi-
msied ~ s1.oOO
n Rev. James W. Alexander ID ID. Is % be
nsusur sted as Professor OF Ecclesisstcs History in
the Princeton Theological Seminary On the 2osh Nov
-mber next.
" The Towsnda Bridge scros. tina susqGe-
hannah has hssn nearly destroyed By ere