Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-07-02

states in eventual civil war-because they
ire copied from resolutions hatched ior
.reat mischief, which have right TO OPP
pose, and did oppose in my place Of Sena-
or in The Senate Of the United States. and
which | csnnot cease to oppose without
personal disgrace and official dereliction Of
public duty-and because think 1t due to
lhe people to give them an opportunity to
consider Of proceedings SO gravely affect
ing them, and on which they have not |
been consulted.
appeal to the people-,be whole body
Of the people. 1t is question: above par
ty; and should be kept above it. | mean
10 keep il there.
And now | have secret to tell, in rela.
ton 10 these resolutions, which | have
guarded long enough. marked their first
appearance in the General Assembly, knew
their origin and design, and determined TO
let them 60 on. 1t so happens that there
are few citizens in this State, successors
to others who have passed away, and who
are denomina,ed in the Accomac resolu-
tions, adjanc:s to Mr.. Calhoun. The de-
nomination is appropriate. Adjunct Eng
lish) is from ad and junctus, Latin and
signifies joined to; which this set OF cItl.
zsns seem to be, both in soul and body,
with respect to their southern leader
These few are in a state of permanent
conspiracy agains. me, either on their
own account, or that Of their "teddtng
friend at the South," or both, and hatch
q perpetual succession Of plo!s against me.
To 60 no further back, refer to the sum-
mer of la44, and the plot on the Texas
annexation question, which | will call the
isws.harp plot. in consideration Of the mu-
sic which was to be then made upon that
instrument, and to discriminate it from 9TH
ers. The plot showed its head. but hid it.
self afterwards. 1t failed, and its contri-
vers went back into their perpetual state
Of incubation. When the Calhoun reso-
lu.ions were moved in the General Assem-
bly, and that was at the commencement OF
the session, | saw that a new plot was
hatching, and determined to let it quit the
shell. | knew that il gave Il hint Of
what they were about-if had communi-
Gated the tithe of what have SAID to-day.
it would have stopped the preceding
But that would have done me no good. 1t
would only have postponed and changed
the form Of the work. determined to
let it go on. and to do nothing TO alarm the
operators: and for that reason wrote not a
wori-not word on the suhject-to any
one of the hundred members who would
have blown the resolutions sky-high if they
had known their origin and design. | did
not even answer letter from my friend
wao sits there. (Lieut Gov. Prica.) The
resolutions were introduced at the very be.
giuning Of the session: they lay torpid un-
al its eud. The plotters were awaiting for
the signal from the ''leading friend"-
waiting for the Calhoun address. The
moment they got it they acted, although it
was too late for the resolutions to have the
effect of instructions. They were passed
after Congress had adjourned, and after it
must have been believed that the subject to
which they relate had been disposed Of;
for it was notorious that the territorial gov
ernmeni bills were in process of enactment,
aud in fact they only failed after midnight
on the last night Of the session, and that
on disagreement between the two Houses:
and their failure, on the Sd of March, was
not known at Jefferson on the 7th-the
day Of passing the resolutions. 1t was
too late to pass the resolutions for the pur-
pose Of instruc'ing me how to vote at
Washington. 1t was too late for that. bu,
was early enough for the summer cam
paign at hone; and, therefore, they were
D ,ssed! and now have them-I mean the
Il b,fu thoo
forth and forever. high wall and deeE
ditch! and no communion, no compromise
and no caucus with them. Nor does it re
quire any boldness. on my part. 10 Civ
them defiance. There are only about
dozen Of them-a bakers dozen perhaps
and ,half of them outside of the Legisla
ture. Wo to the Judges, il any such ther
are 10 this work! The children of tsrae
spnid not stand the government of jud ges
nor can we.
.
Citizens: have finished the view whicl
proposed to take of the subject which ha
induced my appeal to the people; but Their
are other mi:ters upon which my constitu
ents desire TO hear from MI, and in whicl
dssire it is right they should be gra.ifei.
"B.rnburner. And what did go Il
New York for, last summer. but to use m,
utmost exertions to prevent Mr.. Van Blu
rem and his friends from engaging in lh
Buffalo convenlon2 went there, that !
certain. Ny public speeches show that
went for that object, and the newspapers
in the interest of those called barnburners
all assailed me for doing SO, not with bill
ingsgate, and as blackguards. but with kee1
reproaches Tor coming out of my state. con
trary to the practice of my life, 10 inter
fere in the politics Of another state, an
that against those who had always been m,
friends. Ny answer was, that came Il
use the privilege Of an old friend, ito Civ
my opinion that the separate organization
contemplated was wrong in principle, AM
would be injurious to those engaged in it
and, what was more, injurious to the grea
party to which they belonged. Such wa
the object of my visit to New York, ant
such my reception. The event disappoint
ed my hopes and expectations. and hat
my trouble for my pains, and good dea
of newspaper condemnation into the bar
gain. All this was public and notorious
published in all the newspapers. and known
10 every body. There is no, a man in Mis-
souri, that does nct know it. And now,
what are we to think of the language ap.
nlied fo met Whv that il is nos, av