The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-08-03
CHARLOTTE. NC. AUGUST 3D. 1s49

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they would q pages, bu, enough has been
said to prove, that his explanation is puer-
lie and hollow.
He had tnany and fair chances 10 answer
the resolutions aud cou'd have made one, il
he desred il a, any time, but there were
two reasons which prevented him. The
frs, is, ,ha, although he had made up his
mind 10 desert you and your cause before
the introduction OF the resolutions, he saw
The hazard, and gas unwilling to lake ,ha,
slap hastily. The Missouri Resolutions !
forced bimto disclose hs intentions, end to !
proclaim his deseriion before he was fully
prepared to execute bis design, and hence
the depth TO which they have excited his
ire. The other is, that he had too much
discretion TO address such iarrago to
body too veil informed to be imposed upon
by old, stalls and of repeated charges. He
knew besides. that they would have been
promptly mel and repealed, and thai the en-.
tdo,e would 20 with The poison. He knew
this from exper ence. He had tried it be-
fore. Ii failed most sgnaIly.
1t vas in the session OF lS47, few DAYS
after bad introduced The resolutions. In
tina, attack he paraded nearly in the same
words, oil that no has charged IN this, a
bou. the Florida treaty. Texas, and almost
every other subject. He had taken time
aud prepared deliberately, Ii was given
OUT, that be would demollsh me. The Sen.
, ete was crowded by those who wished TO
: witness the sacrifice. rose and repealed
, off band his charges. leave those who
were present to decide, With what euiect.-
/ Ii was certainly not TO hls qualification or
. satisfaction. He did no. even attempt re.
/ loihder. Pui what becomes Of his apology,
that he had no chance 10 reply TO my reso
Iuiion' They had been introduced bu,
shortly before, and then he had full chance
8 TO answer them. He then assailed every
E. &C, Of my life, which be thought be could
!, dstor,, SO as to make plausible charge
? against me, why then omit to answer reso
+ lutions which he now holds up as the wors,
and most Objectionable Of all 7 Can eny
u answer be given. sscep, that he is either no,
J. sincere, IN wha. he now asserts, or tia, TIE
o time had no, then arrived, al which be
1 could safely venture TO betrsy you.
i But, according TO bis own statement, he
K is impeled, in making his attacks, by pti
&, va,e grief as well as public considerations.
!, He says instiga,ed attacks on him He
it must have a very exalted opinion ofhlmself.
9 never though, Of such thing. We move
ii in different spheres. Ny course is, and has
x bsen, to have nothing TO do with him.
.. never wanted his support, nor dreaded hi
IL 4
!. his speech, jus. referred TO, and endeavor.
y ed 10 establish the charge by what purport.
d ed to be an extract from letter, which he
9 states was delivered TO him by some person
J, unnamed, and vas written by an unknown
i person 10 an unknown person. lie intro
/. duced Il into the Senate, in manner to
u make the impression that was lis au
thor. arose and asked him. | he in,eD
!, ded TO assert that was. ls stood mute
e at first, but vas forced 10 edmt was not.
q then repeled his charge with a scorn
n which the base lnsnua,ion that had any
s knowledge or connection with II whatever,
c deserved. lie was covered With con'usioni
J, and yet he has the eftontery to introduce ii
e again 10 the public, accompanied with the
e same insinua,on which covered him with
;. disgrace at its frsl Introduction.
= But the deepest wound, il seems, ives in
!. hlcted by a statement IN my address to the
d people of Charleston on my return home af-
e ter the session Of II aud AZ, tina, he voted
e for the bill establishing tho territory OF Ore
J. gon, containing the principle Of the Wilmot
a proviso, and tina: he and General Houston
n we're The only Two Southern members who
n voted for it that without their votes, il
j. would have been defeated, followed by
. the expression OF en- opnlo0, that Tor SO
J. doing. they deserved the Reproduction of the
whole South. Neither Of them have ever
4 denied the truth Of my statement, nor ever
n can. Every word IS true, as the journals
Of the Senate show. The statemen, itsel
is in PLAIN language and free from dIstor
), ton, or exacreratIon. The fact stated, re
!, lated to official acts, which II was important
! nv constituents should know. In express
, ing my opinion, ubstsined from impeach
| ing motives. All was done within the rules
of decorum, and those that govern parlia.
mentary proceedings. Wherein, then, con
, sss the oience | am al loss TO per.
ceive, except the principle be adopted, tina,
the greater the truth the greater the libel.
Ii may be, tina. it was regarded as an Of
fence because it was calculated 10 embar.
rass him, and lhwar, what he then media.
ted, and has since carried INTO execution,
an open deserlon TO the abollionlsls.
pass now TO his next charges. He as
serts tina, gave away Texas, and TO make
i, out, he asserts, that Texas belonged to
the United States, when tho treaty with
Spain was made, by which she ceded Flori'
da to us. He claims that Texas was part
of Louisiana, and that lie boundary exten.
ded 10 the Rio Grande that i, was all slave
territory, and looked to as the natural out
let for their great increasing slave Popula-
lion, and finally, that i, was surrendered by
the treaty Of Florida, made in 1919, during
The admin, ,ralion OF Mr.. Monroe, of which |
| was one Of The members. On this state.
ment, he rests his charge that gave away