The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-07-18
Senator BENTON.

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of Old Bullion, the letter of General Foo'e, OF
Mississippi in answer, some Of our readers may not
understand the precise questions in issue, betewen
lbeso Senator'S about which much has been said
LATELY in the papers. The Legislature ef Missouri,
last winter in view Of the lawless nggresslcs Of the
Free Socrs upon the lights of the South, and this
combined efforts Of the Southern members in resisting
any action of Congress prohibiting slavery from the
newly acquired Territories passed Resolutions snIlar
10 those OF la47, adopting the Missouri Compromise
lire as tile boundary of Free SoilIsm-opposing tho
Wimot Proviso. aud plcgiug that Missouri would be
found in hearty cooperation with other slavehoIdpg
States in any dcemed necessary for protection
against Northern fnatcisn. As these wero regarded
Instructions for her Representatives. Senator Benton,
who cntcrtans the opinion that Congress hns the rght
and ought to have tho will to exclude slavery from
California, turned over new leaf in dcmagosuis'r,
and appealed from the action Of the Legislature 10 The
people by vigorously stumping i! over the State. Ono
prominent feature in his speeches is most wanton
and bitter attack upon great sa,csma' oena.
Tor Calhoun, whose elevated character and command
ing position continues it often did before, TO excite
the envy and mnlice Of the hcariless dcmagosuc.-
There can DC no douUt, Dut liiat ho 10 NV" e'@'
present rcbuko to suc-a hated eycsore 10 their pot
cal yisone iis course Of action in tho Senatc and
his influence there and elsewhere, is constantly felt as
condcmning them and their schemes for power and
plumber.
The Calhoun mania has long been the marked dis.
ease Of tho Sir Oracle Of Missouri who for ycars has
permitted no occasion 10 pass without venting his
Spleen and pouring upon him his phin's Of wrath and
Indignation. Mr.. Calhoun's image must haunt his
waking thoughts and disturb his nightly dreams, and,
liks hobsobn dire" has frightened him out OF all
propriety and dcccncy. There is no principle, no
measure or tive Of action Too base dangerous to
the Union but what will, him originated or is sup
ported by MIR. Calhoun. He charges him with the
design of dssoving tho Union, and has even maigncd
his own people as coAdju,ors, by telling them in his
speeches that their Legislature was car.y'ng out the
principles Of Disunion originating in the Southern
Address, penncd by the Southern statesman An evil
penius is upon him. aud he nothing but through
distorted vision. Ills insanity is SO great, his mania
so intense, that in discussing ocala personal diff
cuty between himself and his constituents, he leaves
the fertile valleys Of their own Missouri and leaps over
rivers and States to thrust At the great Carolinlan
This appeal the people. to say the enst OF It, Is
wanton traI Of his inf lcnce over the Stdtean exper
mental test whether not Missouri is ono OF the
,hirv free and Independent States that form this Uni
on or whether, with his slaves in Kentucky, and scr.
wants in the city Of Washington, SHE is part and par.
eel Of the goods and chlttcs" Of the Father of The
Senate.
Senator Foote, in an able letter, published in the
Union rclcs his charges. proves him guilty of double
dealing Misrepresentation plagiarism and unprncpled
| ambition-vnIicates tho character of MIR. Calhuun,
and administers u severe casligaion upon tho pom.
pous statesman. At the request of his constituents
Senator Atchison, colleague Of Senator Benton, pub
! llshcd his views upon the Wimot Provso, und tho
Missouri Resolutions Senator A.. being one of those
who signed the Southern Address, condemns the Pro
viso as unconstitutional, unust-ackn ,wledges Tho
right Of instruction. and disagrccs in toto with his yer.
bose colleague. The truth is, that Senator Benton
has determined to hazard everything in the gamo tor
the Presidency, and such have been tho coalitions
lately effected in the North and East, bctweon the
Democrats and Wings and the Free soller', against
the extension Of slavery, that lie hopes, by taking
ground against the South against his own State, and
against his former position, 10 obtain the nomination
in 1852, and by their combined votes TO be invited in.
10 tho White House. If Arnod.like trcachcry-ii
abuse of Senator Calhoun. and spreading sails t" catch
the popular breezos of Northern fanatics will secure
his election, it is certau but regard 1t us scarcely
possible that the good Of tho Northern parties
the sober second thought Of tho Free Soiers them
selves, will ever mako serious effort 10 concentrate
tho dignity of this great Nation upon that mass Of
pomposi,y. 1t is nou or necer with him. If ho fai
in this cast Of the dice he is politically gone forever
The Missouri Legislature will hardly rc'e'ec, him. ane
the FREQ Solors must know that he is the most oh
icctionabls embodiment of their views that can bt
found between the two Oceans
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