New-York daily tribune., 1849-06-12
COL. BENTON'S MANIFESTO.


We have a. length, received the couclssion Of
Col Benton. late speech at jefferson City. Ms
sou-i. We make tie following extracts. which.
y vii be seen. are peculiarly Bentouian.
consider my propos ti'n-,h= one witn which
! ] commenced NY spe-ch-n0w made good
name.y, shat the Resolutions oi the Geaerai As
semn'y oi which complain are copied from those
of Mr. Ca.houu-that % understand thar de,ign,
| SOU mus understand has felgR-snd that. from
he words Of nis own resolution, and from his con-
dact Tor twrntg years past, the subver'ion u the
| JaIon Is intended. In the execution o. tins oe-
| 'iau ! cannot be an instrDnent nor can believe
! ths, tie people, or the mass # the General As
semby wish II sud deem 1t right 10 have isli
understanding tn my constituents on the whole
matter.
Therefore, appeal from the Instructions have
received because they are IN conflict with nstruc-
tiols already received aud obey yed- because they
| I'D hot emanate from any known desire, or undur
stood viii OF the people-because they contain
unconstitutiOnal expOsItions Of tue Constitution
which am sworn - suppOr-b cause they re-
quire M to promote d.sGnion-becsuse they
pledge the State 10 cooperate with other states ln
| eventual civil war because they are copied
from resolutions hatched for great mischief, which
| | have right 10 oppose, and did oppose Ia my
| place Of senator la the Senate Of the l nIted
states aud which | cannot cease opposing With
out personal disgrace and official derchction Of
public duty-aDd because / t1iuk It due 70 the
| people 20 give them an opportunity 10 consider Of
| proce edines gravely affecting them, And or
| which they have not been consulted.
/ appeal to the peOple-ihe whole body OF the
| people IL is question above party, and should
oe kept above 1t. ! mean to keep It there.
And now have secret 10 tell, IN relation 70
these resolutions which ! have guarded long
enough. marked their first appearance IN the
General Assembly knew their origin aud design.
and determined 10 let them 90 on. II 80 happens
that there a few citizens IN this state, success
sors % those who have passed away, am " no are
denomlnsted, IN the Accomac resolutions, adinncts
TO Mr.. Calhoun. The denomination Is approprI-
ate. Adjunct tEnglishD is from al and JunctHs
atm, and signifies yOiHed 10 which this Set OF
ctizens seems u be, both soul and body, with re-
spect TO their Southern leader. These lew are In
A state Of permanent conspiracy against me-,
either their own account or that OF their "ieqd
mr. TREND at ne South, both, and hatch per-
petua succession Of plots against me. To 90 40
farther back, ! refer 10 the Summer Of ls4i, and
ihe plot on the Texas Annexation question. which
I will call the iews-harp plot, IN consideration q
the music which was 10 be then made upon that
Instrument, aud - discriminate It from others.
That plot showed its head. but hid itself after
ward IL failed, and its contrivers went back into
their perpetual state OF Incubation. When the
Calhoun resolutions were moved in the General
Assembly, AID that " as at the commencement o.
the session, ! saw that a new plot vas hatchlng,
md determined 10 let It quit the shell. knew
that If gave hint Of what they were sbout-ifl
mad communicated the tithe OF what have said
% YOU to-day, It would have stopped the proceed
log. But that would have done me no good. 1t
would only have postponed and changed the form
Di the work. determined 10 let II 20 on, and to
10 nothing to alarm the operators and tor that
reas, wrote not wOrd-nOt word on the snb
ect to any one of the hundred members who
would have blown the resolutions sky high II
l /. fB..fr I ,ffA
not even answer l.tter from my friend who sits
there Lieut. Gov. Price. The resolutions were
introduced a, the very beginning OF the ses
son; they lay torpid until lis end. The plot
ters were waiting for the signal from the
leading friend waiting the Calhoun address
The moment they got IT, they acted. although II
vas too late for the Resolutions to have the effect
II instructions. They were passed after Congress
mad adjourned aud after il must have been believ
d that the subject 10 which they relate had been
disposed of Tor 10 was notorious that the Tent
toral Government bills were IN process Of enact
nent, and in fact they only failed after midnight
on the last night OF the session aud that on disa
greement between the two Houses and their
failure, on the "a of March was not known ~ JET
erson on the 7th--the day OF passing the Resolu-
tous. IL was too late TO pass the Resolutions for
the purpose of nstructng me how 10 vote at
Washington. IL was too late for that; but was
early enough for the Summer campaign at home
and, therefore, they were passed end now havf
tbem. mean the pioiters and between them.
and me- henceiorth and forever, hgh wall and
leep ditchl and no communion, no compromise no
caucus with them. Nor does It require any bold
uess, on my part, to give them defiance. There
are only a dozen OF them-a bakers dozen, per
paps-aud half of them outside OF the Legislature
Noe to judges, if any such there are IN this work
rhe children OF Israel could not stand the govern
nent OF iuiges nor can We.
Citizens, have finished the view W nch pro-
posed 10 take of the subject which has induced
ny appeal 10 the people, but there are Other
matters upon which my constituents desire to hear
rom me, aud il which desire It Is night they she uld
be erstfed.
"Barnburner." And what did | go % New
York for, last Summer, but 10 use my utmost ex
.rti1ns 70 prevent Mr. Van Barren and his friends
rom engaging IN the Buffalo Convention went
here that is certain. Ny public speeches sho"
that | went for that object and the newspapers IN
the interest OF those called Barnb1rners all as
sailed me for doing So. not with bullngsgate aud
as backguards. but with keen reproaches TOR COM
tns out OF nv State, contrary 20 the practice oi
nv hfe 10 interfere in the politics OF another State
and that against those who had always been my
friends. Ny answer was thst came 10 use the
privilege OF an old iriend-to give my opluion that
the separate organization contemplated was
wrong IN principle, and would be Injurious TO those
engaged Ia II and Whist was more. injurious Z
was the object Of my visit 10 New-lork, and such
my reception. The even: disappointed my hopes
and expectations, and had my trouble for my
pains and good deal OF newspaper condemna-
ton into the bargain. All this was public aud no
torious. published in all the newspapers, and
known to everybody. There is not man IN Mis-
souri that does not know il. And now, what are
We TO think OF the language applied to mel Why
that is a most excellent thing for me. Ii shows
the character OF the plotters, and that they will
nuhy and falsiiy public recorded history to vii
ty me.
The Wilmot Proviso.' Well think il is
the Jefferson ProvisO-the same that Mr. J efersou
drew up for the North Western Territory, in 1874
which IVES adopted in the Congress OF the Conied
GRAFTON Of l7s7, with the unanimous voice OF me
slaveholding States ratified by the Virginia
General Assembly the 30th of December, l7.s
which was applied by the Congress Of l,2O 70 ali
the upper half OF Louisiana; which was applied
by the Congress Of lsiS 10 the Oregon Territory
which was recommended for the new Territories
by the Missouri General Assembly, February s.
s47, and never attempted to be condemned unti
Friday, Ia day of omen, the 18th OF Feb l,47, just
four days after the date ofthe Missouri recommend
atoms when Mr.. Cahoun brought IL bis resolutions
declaring it unconstitutional insulting to theStates,
and subyersse 70 the Union. think Mr.. Jefferson,
and not Dayy Wllmoi, vas the author OF TINS Pro-