The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-07-21

cussed? None during the long session which folio
during long and full on the Oregon Ter
rXorsl Bill when the principles OF the resolutions
form the basis OF the argument the side Of the
South! None to reply to who fully discussed and
| may say, established them beyond controversy (,
None during tie discussion of the report Of the select
committee, OF which Mr.. Clayton was chairman! None
the discussion OF the bill the House Of Repre-
septatives which applied the Wilmot proviso to the
Oregon territory and which was by his vote and
his friend General Houston's' None during the whole
OF the last session and still more wonderful in
making his last speech say none. Tar he confined
himself to denuncaton and abuse of the resolutions
without even attempting to answer them No; he
never could get and never can get chance TO
them For every other purpose he can get chance
whenever he pleases No one Is better at getting q
chance when he is disposed He had difficulty in
getting a chance to pour out torrent of abuse, to
empty seats against the late General Kearney day az
ter day for the greater part of week and that
Just at the close of session to the utter disgust ofthe
Senate and at the hazard Of defeating many bills then
ready for final action might go on and repeat SINH
lar questions, until they would NIL pages; but enough
has been said to prove that his explanation is puers
and hollow
He had many aud fair chances ta answer the reso-
luton and could have made one If he desired it. ut
any time but there reasons whieh prevented
HIM The first is, that although he had made up his
mind to desert you and your cause before the intro
ducton of the resolutions, he the hazard and
unwilling to take that step hastily The Missouri
resolutions forced him TO disclose his intentions aud
to proclaim his deserton before he fully prepared
to execute his design and hence The depth to which
they have excited his ire The other il. that he had
too mucb discretion TO address such farrago to body
Too well lafomed 10 be Imposed by Old stale and
oft repeated charges He knew besides that they would
have been promptly met and repealed and that the anti
dote would 60 with the poison He knew this from
perience. lie had tried IL before tfaedmost nally
IL wa in the session Of lS47 few days after had
introduced the resolutions In that attack he paradd
nearly the all that he has CHI srued in this
bout the Florida treaty Texas, and almost every
other subject. He had taken time, and prepared de-
hbtIately. IL was given OUT that he would demolsh
me he Senate Was crowded by those who wished TO
witgess the sacrihce rose and repelled of haad his
charges leave those who were present to decide,
with what effect IL was certainly not to his graft
cation or satisfaction He did not even attempt re-
joLder But what becomes OF His apology that he had
no chance to reply 10 my resolutions! They had been
introduced but shortly before. and then he had full
chance to answer them He then assaulted every Of
my life which he thought he could distort to
make plausible charge against me. Why, then, omit
to answer resolutions which he now holds up the
worst and most Objectionable OF all Can any answer
be given pit that he is either not sincere what
he asserts. that the time had then arrived
at which he could safely venture to betray you
But, according to his statement he is impelled,
In making his attacks by private grief well pub
lie considerations He says instigated attacks on
him for twenty years instigate attacks on him He
must have very exalted opinion Of himself | never
thought Of such thing We move ia different spheres
My course Isl and has BEEN ia have nothing to do with
him never wanted his support, nor dreaded his OPP
position lie took the same ground in his speech just
referred to- and endeavored 10 establish the charge by
what purported to be extract from letter, which
he states. was delivered to him by some person
named. and written by an unk nown person to an
unknown persoD lie introduced it into the Senate, in
manner TO make the impression that was its author
arote and asked him II be intended to assert that
He stood mute at fret; but forced to ad init
was not. then repealed his charge with
which the bare insinuation that had any knowledge
or connection with IL whatever, deserved lie was
covered with confusion and he has the erontery
10 introduce IL again to the public accompanied with
the same insinustOD which covered him with disgrace
AT its hrst Introduction.
But the deepest wound, Il seems, inflicted by .
statement in my address to the people of charleston
my home after the 70 ~ As that
yo for the bill establishing the territory Of Oregon,
con- aiming the principle of The Wilmot proyiso and
4 haiti (tss ltns he mi Nh III
ern members who voted for it-that, without their
votes 1t would not have been defeated followed by the
Expression OF opinion that tor doing they de-
served the reprobaton the whole South Neither OF
them have denied the truth Of my statement
ever can Every word Is true as the Journals OF the
b, nate show The statement itself Is in plain Ian
guage, and free from distortion exaggeraion The
tact stated related to official acts which IL was i'm
portant my constituents should know. la expressing
my opinion abstained from impeachng motives All
done within the rules of decOru and those that
govern parliamentary proceedings. Wherein then,
consists the offence. at loss to perceive, except
the principle be adopted that the greater the truth
the greater the libel IL may be that IL was regarded
offence, because IL calculated TO embarrsss
him and thwart what he then meditated and has
since carried into executionan open deserton to the
abolitiobists.
pass nov to his next charges lie asserts that
gave away Texas and to make 1t out he asserts that
Texas belonged to the United States when the treaty
with Spain Was made, by which che ceded Florida to
us lie claims that Texas was part OF Louisiana aud
that its boundary extended to the Rio 0rande that
vas all slave tcri,-ry and looked to a. the natural
outlet for their great Increasing slave population; aud
finally. that 1t nderea by the treaty OF tor
ds, made in 1919, during the administration Of Mr.
Monroe, Of which was QUE Of the members. On this
statement h. rests his charge that gave away Texas
IL ~ difficult for who lacks sincerity, and Is actu-
sistency and contradiction In drfe ndng himself OF
saii others, IN making n long speech, col Benton
furnishes strong illustration of the truth OF this post
tion, and never more 40 than In making the above
statement In order TO aggrayate the act Of giving
away Texas, which be charges With. he has made
rtions entirely insonsisent with the grounds he
~ X ND he on bS %
The annexation OF Texas was before the Senate lie
now as,.rts that the boundary Of roxas n part Of
Louisiana. exteddrd to the Kio Grande when the
treaty 81 OfidA made in the very teeth OF this
s.Tons he made when the question Of anne xaton
b fore he Senate. Ia the speech hs made In May,
ls44, On the trray for snnesing resss he asserted
that The Texas which acquired by the treaty of
1903, that ct LousiansD never approached the Rio
Grabde. excepting near ITS mouth To show that by
" Its mouth he did that IL touch I'd the
he SAID, spsakng Of ramsupas " tue states
Of Mexico that II covered both sides Of tue river,
iron, it's mouth for some hundred miles up tie ss-
ttrtoo IN the zane SPEECH that all Nes Mexico Chi.
huabua, Coahua aud ramaulipa. made no part Of the
Texas which We acquired by the treaty 81 Lo1i-iaus
lie estimates the part belonging to mexico lying on
the esst eide OF III. Rio rsode 10 BE- OVo mites long,
m lies brad aud concluded by saying he washed hs
hands 81 ali attempts TO dismeIib-r the republic Of
Me kico by teizirg her dominiOu- In New siexco Ch
b Oahna toahuis sn0 Tsmsulipas"
Jbes. we're his a-s.rtion-, sulsmny made and as he
states after the fullest examination when his object
~as To deisat the treaty wnich nsg 'tated WITH the
Of Texss for its anErxstion For that
rpose he attempted show that the treaty covered
large part OF Nexico which never belonged % texas
although the treaty specified no boundary aud left the
boundary open the side OF Mexico Intentionally In
order To settle " by treaty With her But nov. when
bis OlJ' CT IL to show that gave away Texas by the
treaty of tlrida he holds very different Language
lie does not indeed say In many words that Texas
severed the whole region from the Sabine to the Rio
rsBde for that would have been too openly aud pa,u
], direct contradiction to that he contendsd Tor
bis 1bjsct TO defeat annexation. but hs DIES
The zane thing Ia a covered and objectionable
way by using Language that could not TAIL To make
that impression all who heard him, or who may
read his speech
lie goes further In order to aggravste the charge
a siost me he becomes apparently warm advocate 81
slavery extension he calls At sod uses strong lao
TO show the value Of Texas To the south IN that
tspect liz says IL all save terrtory that 10 vas
looked TO the natural outlet Of the southern States
With their Increasing slave pVpuaien aud u ~s large
enough TO make six large States or ten cnmyn ones
Such IL his lang when his object " - prOs- that
gave away Texas You would suppose, tom thts lsa-
that he slavery extensipnst ~ ne calls all
those who defend yeur rights aud that he placed high
value ON Texas outlet Tor your slave population,
aud TO your Just influence aud wrgnt la tns
him One would conclude that wstb Theses Feelings
aud vie~s e wunla have been -roag advocate " tho