Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-08-08
MIR EEigCalI,s SocccER.

Mis WisCalI's Speech.
The Address of the southern members.
said Mr.. Wisfall, was objected To by our
Senators Ebecause The original draft con.
tuined the declaration that "rhe present
crisis wasas impurant as that which led
10 The Declaration Of Independence" But
Mr.. Benien's Address, for which holh
Senators gnled, aud would have signed,
decIures that the question is of all subjects
the most amportant." Can language be
sirouser!< is objected again, that the
original dEalt declares rha, .if our rights
are not protected under the consliluIinu, il
(Ihe conspuioni will become "a sword
for attack sand not shield for defence" Is
the proposition not selfevidcnt But,
strangegto say, neither OF the Senators
were everSSaske'l to vnIe for The original
draft-lhelol,jecIionahle passages having
heen stricken out. 6y the consent Of MIR.
Calhoun. 6eforeshe motion was made Cor
recomnitmeur, 1t was The Address of The
Southern iinemhers against which they
voted, ahd as an excuse for it they point
out sentences which they were never asked
To inlurse.
But uiei Southern Address. they say,
declares that The aggressinns Of the North
upon South would be tie cause Of war be-
tween foreign naliurs. This is language
which they could NOT tolcrarc-, is such
MS should aot be used towards our brethren.
But when Mr. l'erricn says "Such inter-
ference waHld not be tolerated between in
dspend dent 'sorerigntirS-t would be met
by renonstrahce, and, if necessary, IN
.;force." they see nothing objectionable. bur
vole fnr, indurse, and are willing 10 sign
il. The same sentiments in other passa-
ses. which were objected To by them in
the Southern Address, were shown by Mr.
Wielal lobe conaiuet in Mr.. Bcrricus,
and 10 haEe received heir entire sanction.
What cot6a euce, then, he asked, can be
placed in Heir sincerity. when they urge
the eyiscice Of these passages in the South.
x59 m 4 Aa4lsSs SF sa LheiL reason for not sign
General Houston said (NIr. Wisfal con-
Iinucdj that he had been dcnnuaced hy Mr.,
Calhoun on account Of his Oregon vnte.
WHEN grave charges are made, il is i'm.
portanl TO determine The character Of The
accGser. He General Iinuslnn.) would
rest his deIcnce upon the issne Of SHOWN.
that Nr. Calhoun was, and ever had been
upon all The great questions which had aGi
laIcd the country, l,i!hless 10 The South
and particularly TO Texas. Mr.. Calhoun.
said Mr.. W.. needed M defender. and he
(Nlr. w. could he neither provoked nor
| i,., 4, az 4 FL
Gen. lIUusun's conduct. and not Mr..
Calhoun'S was The matter under cnnslIe-
ration. But as Gen. II. had rested his de.
fence upon the establishing Of his charges
against Mr.. c., they became important,
and for That purpose he would consider
them. and tor that only. II was impossi-
be, within the lime allowed him, to cy.
plain and consider in deaiI The positions
which that great statesman had occupied
upon all the great qursIinnS upon which
| The country had been divided during The
last quarter of a century. lie would
restrict himself to one-Mr. C's position
as 10 Texas. lie selected this because his
audience were familiar with it, aud BE-
cause Gen. Ii. had laid great stress upnn
it. II upon this he could show that Cen
eral lis position was unsustained, the
facts upon which he relied false, and his
charges unfnunded, then he would call
upon The people To reject bis (Gen. H's)
cstimnny upon all ohcr points rs unwur-
thy of belief FalsuS in uaO taismS in ON
nibus. When witness wiIluIly misr"p.
resented as 10 one matter he could he he.
ieved as 10 none. Gen. lluusIop, charged
that Mr.. C., by dI!palchina the Joinl Res
olu'iuus, put ii out Of the power Of AIR.
Polk to tender the alternative rs he (Nlr.
P.l had pledged himself to do. Mr. w.
here asked General II. if Mr.. Polk could
not, al any time before the Joint RcsuIu>
lions had been acted upon by The Republic
of Texas. have Withdrawn them and suhsti-
iuted Ihe alternative. General Ii. was
understood 10 say "he could nol." Then.
said Mr.. W., uu, Of your own mouth |
will condemn you. ] hold in my hand a
letter signed Sam. Houston, wriItcn six
weeks after the joint Resolutions had been
dispatched, aud addressed To Maj"r J
Donaldson. 81 said," exclaimed General
H.. That Mr.. Polk said he could noI." Ii,
sail Mr.. W., there are any other modli-
CATIONS Of yonr answer To be made, ! will
patiently await them. There seem 10 be
nnne. Then l will read what Gen. j.
thought Of Mr. Polk's position AMI control
over the joint Resolutions Oh The 9th April,
1915, six weeks after they had passed from
Mr.. C's hands. "Now, my dear friend,
conjurc you TO use your influence in hav.
ins presented to This government, the al
tefnalive suggested by the amendment to
Mr. Browns Bill bclnre it is loo uIe, and
while there is remedy"
IL was moi even then "Ioo laIc" for
Mr.. Polk 10 undo hlr. C's work. lie
might according 10 Gen. HI sill subsli
tute The alternative for the Joint Resuln'
,ions. and, by Withdrawing from The peo'
pie The privilege Of deciding for Them
selves, redeem his pledge, and thus place
Texas in The hands of Mr.. Benton and hi
friend Gen. IL, But whatever may be tht