Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-06-07
Number IA.

'NN' - "I'Si ehO udu UeCOiHe Slute In
stead of being connected with the pre-.
IlmInary act which authorized her 10
form a State constitution. Never was
such laundering seenl 1t is even CUES.
ionoble whether he is not mistaken in
the statement that he and Mr. Lown.
des resided together at the time that
Missouri presented her constitution.--
He says they did. My impression is
10 the contrary--that Mr.. Calhoun
lived with his family at tina, time, (ses.
slen '2O--and 2D in d. Street, and Mr..
Lowndes in a boarding house. II is
also questionable whether Mr.. Lown-
DIES did much towards passing the joint
Resolution under which the State was
admitted. He was in declining health
at that time; and altho' he spoke once
n favor of the admission after the
constitution was presented, and spoke
with the manly sens and patriotic feel
ng which belonged to him, yet he soon
ceased to attend. and went abroad for
his health, and died. 1t was Mr.. Clay
who consulted me about the Joint res
olution. and with whom ! agreed that
It would answer the purpose. and gave
my opinion that the State would agree
to it Immediately: which she did. By
that joint resolution the question Of ad.
mission was not to come before Con-
gress again, and did not, and was pur-
posey framed to avoid a second appear.
ance Of the State al the bar Of Congress
50 that oil that history Of Mr.. Calhoun's
about the manner in which the compro-
mise was seized, to avoid disgrace, after
the second rejection, of the constitu
ton is mere fgment Of the brain, coined
for the purpose of getting out of the
cabinet council Of March 9th, 1890
Far better TO have confessed what was
proved--to have admitted the truth of
Mr.. Monroe's and Mr.. Adams disinter-
esed teslmony-andt 10 have taken the
ground Of change Of opinion since that
time. Tina, would have been the dis.
creetest course. But, OH the disease
of consistency that malady of his mind
and The hard fate ola leader, almost af.
fecting the prophet, and bound, under
all circumstances, 10 maintain his infal.
ibilIty in the eyes of his followers under
the awful penalty of losing dominion
over them.
Some search has been made in the
of State for the written
opinions of the cabinet, without finding
them: but that weighs nothing against
the positive testimony that they were
put there. The wonder would be to
find them after &c years, and so many
changes Of clerks; and it is to be re.
membered that no one Of Mr.. Monroe's
cabinet has been Secretary of State
since that time but Mr.. Calhoun.
The fact is estabIished-established
by the rules of evidence which con.
vince the human mind, even the most
unwilling -that Mr.. Calhoun as a cabi,
net minister under Mr.. Monroe, SUD.
ported the constitutonality of the Mis-.
souri, compromise act. This fact be.
ing established, let us see what that act
was; and that will be shown by the ii.
lie to the act-by the &C, iiself-apd
by the actual condition Of the territory
in which ii was TO operate. This is the
title:
IAN Ac; to authorize The people Of tie
40 10 SS'' 'Nll'NSlI ~ WIN CSISlku.iOD and
State government, and for the admission Of
such State into The Union or an equal foot
ing with the original States, andio prohibit
slarery IN certain territories"
A very Ineligible title this, .espec.
tally in the concluding clause, and
enough 10 have startled Mr.. Calhoun
if he had held the same doctrines on Tho
powers Of Congress then which he
processes now. The act itself was in
these words:
Sec. s. That in al, hat territory ceded
by France to The United States under The
name OF Louisiana, which lies north OF Sc
degrees 30 minutes nor,h latitude, not inclu.
ded within the limits Of the State con,empla.
led by this act Slaue7y and involuntary ser.
rttuds othsrlciSe than in The punishment of
The crimes Whereofhe parties shall hare been
duly cOnUicted, shall be, and hereby is for.
erer prohibited.
Such are the words of The acl-the
very words Of the WiImol Proviso, and
/ if any modern copyist is 10 supercede
| Mr.. Jefferson in the paternity of that
provso, il should be John c. Calhoun,
and not Davy WiImol! Ii should be
called the Calhoun provisol and that
for many and cogent reasons. In the
first place he was near thirty years
ahead Of Davy in the support of the
Proviso. In the second place, his DO.
siton was higher, being a cabinet min.
lister, and his voice more potential be.
ing a southern man. ln the third place
he was part Of The reto power where
three votes were majority: Davy only
member of the legislative power,
where il requires a mojoriiy of both
houses 10 do anything, In the fourth
place, Calhoun was successful: Davy
is not. Finally. Days proviso is a
! weak cuntrivance TO prevent slavery