Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-07-10

spoke of HIN, and Of DINER ilusttious sohs OF
South Carolina:
There is ore State in Tie South, The name
and praise of which The events OF this deoa'c
would drag from The stones OF the west u 'ney
could rise up in this place and speak ! - 'he
name Of that Srale upon which Inc Viais, nlieu
with the accumulated wrath OF years. have oeth
suddenly and Unexpectedly emptied before US, on
motion 10 postpone land ccoa,e; mai oia'e
whose microscopic offence, IN The obscure pa l'h
OF Coeton. is 70 be hung up IN equipoIse WIN
the organized treason aud deep Gamnation y!
the Hartford Convention; that S'ale whose pre-
sent dislike 10 tariff which is tearing out ner
vitals is to BE- made The means OF exciting Inc
IVES, against the whole South; ihai Sale,
whose DISLIKE 10 The tariff laws is 10 be made the
pfrie1! for setting up despoiic authority IN me
Supreme Cour; that State which, in the Old
Congress in 1855, voted lor the reduction OF ne
plIce OF the public lands 10 abou, one-ha! oi the
present minlmum; which il 1856 redeemed, al
Ter i! was lost, aud carried by single vote, me
first measure that ever was adopted -! tie pro
lection q! kentucky-lhat q the t~o companies
sr:.t q tn Fails Il lhe Ohio; that State wnicn, IN
the period Ut the a,e war; sent US Lowhdes
Chcves and Calhoun 10 fight the battles o. ne
West in the Capitol, and s!ay The Goilalis .! me
North; that Stale winch al his day has sent y
this chamber the Senator Mr.. Haynel whose II
berai and enlightened speech on he suoJec.
OF the public lands mas been seized upon ana
made he pfeteIt Tor that premediacd assauh
upon The whole Souh which We have seen met
viii prompiiure, energy, 2allantry, an effect
thai haze forced the assallant 10 cry on an nun
drei times that he vas sill alive iolgh We
cuu!! al! ste thai he vas most cruelty pounded
No one, think, who carefully examines The
extracts OF Mr. BeHIon's sgesCh on Foo's re>o.u-
tons will b" a. all inclined 10 doubt thal for ma.
nv ycats past he has looked forward 10 ~ time
when The slavery question was 10 play a 2r"a
AMI efficient part il Inc Presidential roC'iua..-
A. first h. dreaded Ina Others You'd succeed 10
floating into The Pre- dcncy upon The wages y
anti-slavery excitement now ne wishes e - -
himself lie uttered curious prophecy on ms
sutIec' in bis speech u 1880 il regard % Nj.
Webster II is evident that b: j roW eagerly
expecting a vcrfra'ion Of that prophecy ~ ms
own person. Here is he prophecy; mt /, 4
you please:
Look al the excemen,s getting up ahJu; H.
dams, slaves, masonry Sun:ay mails, -. and
see i, there are no materials iuf wtrnI.1 upon
reliqi n OF ianaicism. The Senator from Mas
>achuse,ts (Mr Web>ler) mad VISION - The
alter part Il his second days Speaking. lie saw
l.
major general OF South Catoiina, the Senator
who its on my right (Gen. HayneD matching
forward upon the cusiom.house in Charleston,
sometimes expoun!ins Iaw as civilian, souie-
times fighting a a general. Il Was pleasant
vision, sir, bur no more than a vision. Nov,
can have a vision also. AMI u a banner WIN IN
scripioGs upon H. 0oaliug over the aeai u the
Senator from Massachusetts Nr. v eoSierI
while ne va, Speaking. The words Miss I'm
question, Colonization Sacicly, anli.slav.ly Geof.
ola indians, Western idntS, more taih, nlcaal
improvements, atti-SuaGay mails, anti.ntd,0nr
a cavalcade Under The baantr--a mOi!ey group
a mo>l miscellaneous concUurse--ihc sprckIet
progeny q many corIunctGnS-Ve veteran Federal
isis benevolent iema!cs-pclitcans who haze
lost their caste national rcpubicans--a all march
ing on 10 The nexi Presidential election, am chant
iC2 TIE words on Tie banner, AMI repeating unaer
these signs wc conquer
"Did you see it, Mr.. President Your LOOK
says no. Bul cdnno; Le loobed out q nv II
sion. Gil see something shade al east, II
. substance, The appafi.ion Of real event ma.
king is way from the womb OF time, AM rast,rg
is ,hadow before. shall SEE i. again al PhiIip
pi, and lha, before Inc Creek kalsnds, about The
IDS o! November, 1882
| haye thus, my dezrsir as Iar a. deemed Il pro-
per or necessary 10 60 written 70 You, and through
YOU 10 me good people u the whole CEiOn, in
Of Mr. Bentons nalevoen' accuse.
lions against the signcrs ui the Southern Address:
ami have even carried The war more IL les IN
10 The cnemys couDlrY, with view 10 ohianing
ior The pas and security Tor he future.
And now an Interesting question arises What
is likely TO b. the effect OF Mr.. Benlons opera
tioasl Can he be elected ia 1857 Can he be
,c-e'ec'ed 10 The United States Senate from Mis-.
Sourll | eel conkden! that !, negative answer
man be safely given 10 both hcse heterogeneous.
will briefly give my reasons Tor 50 be icyine
Ard frs, il is plain that he cannot be elected
70 the Presidency b. Abolition and Free Sol
votes ai0ns. You and | AMI every Intelligent
Southern man know thai j. is impossible II. him
ever 10 obai the support u a single STA : al lie
South. Can ne obtain inc rank and f,c o. he
Wing pary7 | mink not, for, though he evidently
conculs win he Wings 10 regard 10 the question
u intc nal improvtments-and has lalely brought
forward grand internal improvement scheme
Tar surprising ~ e-orh ance any project OF this
kind winch has ever originated with Whis states.
men; though, when the present Democratic IA
riff aw was on lis passage in the Senate in 1876
re expressed the strongest disre sh Ter il: though
ne concurred win the Wings on The Texas an
nexa,on question, on the Oregon question, on
he Mexican treaty, and IN his recent violent op.
position 10 Mr.. Polk AMI his Cabinet, PERSONAL,
and pollically-ye, predict that, On account II
old offences, and one or tWo feCent ones, he wii
not te cordially forgiven bg me Wing parry ii
The friends Of Mr.. Cay can ncrcr
ofgive him MS former sigma instati.ud 10 their
srea; leader. TINS ground was So powerfully
enforced by his colleague, Mr.. Barton, in lh- de-
bale On Mr. Fools resolutions, that beg leave
q call your attention 70 what Tell from MIN. Mr.. |
Benton, il seems, had been very un.iint in his
elimination OF Mr. Clay and all his friends. =
Thus did Mr.. Barton respond
"ln my humiliation, am willing 10 imagine
myself an humble shrub, near the earth, not
reached by this mid heagcu ,huEGer and light.
ming My associates are tail enough 10 be with. |
in It's magnificent range Was il aimed a, The |
oak of Kentucky, towering among the clouds,
and more within the range Of the bolts Of this
modern Jupiter Tonans' Ii was an unsratcfu
bolt, and he who threw it is not CT tho Yves. i
lie IS no native Of our magnificent valley e the
Mississippi You say the Percy is down, pros
rate and decapitated II was a Falstaf thrust
There ia species of gallanlry ttat always rises
IS its antagonist fals-reyises es the blood
,pou,s from hls jugular; and, rice versa. always
sinks a. lie rises. This species is always blus
eriug, bullying and hectoring in manner mien
an ungracful thrust in the thigh la rsc5s, and
lie who gave il is no native of our valley. He
came to US unlimited; complained Of having been
lriycn by tyranny and persecution; desired our
hospitality and auspices, and little room 10 he
down and repose. The Percy found him weak
and dstempered, politically; and nourshed and
him-pu, on his own collar and in.
scrption at large with special IL pointing
10 the words cousin 10 Percy's VIE These
gave him currency and consideration, and intro
duced him to the grand hunt. Without The help
Of this collar and inscription, it would have been
as impossible to have elevated him to his present
rank as i, would be TO drag up from the depth
Of the ditch, By frail woollen thresd somr
ponderous and inert mass. Others thrus. fin
ger under that collar and pulled who have since
had cause to regret it, and washed their hands
OF the whole affair. In what you call the fallen
fortunes Of the assailed, and in his acknowedg-
ed absence, il was an ungrateful thrust And
why was it made now, al the FIRST session Of the
new and promising Administration, and before
sucn m audience attracted hy this nortiaau