Richmond palladium., 1849-06-13
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, June 49, ls49

vested in it hv the Constitution to make a resu
Ia,iou prohibiting slavery in Territory"
lis the e,h section Of the act hich passed DO Il
Houses on the Sd instant for the admission o
Missouri into the L Uniou, consistent with tn
ConstItution!''
W it'll these questions was an orig inal draft O
IA letter in Mr. Monroe' hand writing, not lated
signed or addressed 10 any one, out supposed T.
be written to Gen. Jackson. which letter show
that these two questions were put 10 Mr.. Mon
Toe's Cabinet, were answered by them III VII
ting. aud that they were unanimous in answer
ing the questions in the aihrmative.e
Mr.. Calhoun, when his Notification Resolu
tons in the Senate thus confronted by h.
Cabinet Opinion, having attempted TO escape
from the predicament in which he was placed by
evasion and "want of recollection" Mr.. Benton
adds to the testimony of President Nonroe's au-
tograph, eviden nee afforded by extracts from the
''Diary of John O. Adams" bearing date March
Sd, 9Th and 9th, 1890; and it must be aeknowl-
edged, that he makes his case strong.
From the full survey Of this part Of his sub
Ject, Mr.. Benton, never very charitable when
Mr.. Calhoun is the object Of his thoughts, come.
fully TO the conclusion that the Southern Sena-
tor, when a member Of Mr.. Monroe's Cabinet
did belieue that Congress had full power TO pre-
vent abolish Slavery in the United States Ter
ritories,-and that he remained of this faith. till
he fixed his eyes upon the Executive Chair, and
began to lay the foundation for steps by which
he might ascend to this einlnence. Then came
his foster rsip of the peculiar institution,
his Notification hobbies, his ''fire- brand Reso-
lutions the subject of Slavery in Territories,
&c.
Mr.. Benton thinks Mr., Calhoun was particu :
nate he Of nt
to extricate himself from the preGicament in
which he was placed by Messrs. Westcott and
Dix, in his endeavors "to rehabiltate himse If OF
assuming to know all about the Missouri Com
PROMISE. And if the Missouri Senator's state
ments about the matter are correct in all partic-
ulars, the South Carolnian certainly acquitted
himself lamely, for almost every sentence of
Mr.. Bcnton's rejoinder is contradiction of
some statement made by Mr.. Calhoun II his
torica fact. To make the following passage
plain, We need not quote the extract taken by
Benton from Calhoun's remarks, for he gives a
full and fair representation of them. As "vin-
dicating the truth of history" this part OF Mr.
Benton's speech at Jefferson city has interest
and value:
every part Of this statement is erroneous
and 10 such degree to destroy all reliance
upon Mr.. Ca!houn's memory. He says that du-
ring the compromise session he and Mr.. Lown
resided together. and that at the preceding ses-
sion Missouri had presented her constitution,
made under the act of Congress, and applied 70 r
admission into the Union. Now this is error
The constitution of Missouri followed, and did
not precede the compromise act.
That act passed March 9th, lS20. the COR
sttution framed under il signed July 18th
of the same year, and was presented to Congress
in the month of November folIowing-C ongress
in that year having met the second Monday
of November. Here then is an error Of Year
naeilt a6 fact. The constitution of Missouri
W az 4fer 3he coI6romise. and in p,.rsu-
al .G r; and 9,ot u now that much was to
now nothing = all abYst it. Mr. Calhoun says
thy adm, l.n 4 resgd; and the SUBSTITUTION
TSs aes "i Conn
under vii the Missouri cons Itf ,iorwas
nUds a4ioINed Haven4h Missouri. asd he con-
stitutio, Stculd rot b. cfnd vas net, refused Jon
that grqend. the admission was harefused
anything in reiatio" to slavery, by. the direct
opposte.-for a-clause in relation to frse pc ople
q color, and 2y WHICH, it was contended. the
removilE to tie State Of Missouri. The clause
n"1 se"S ,.ss,s,s t. and ,"s in dis STATE
This grovi1 on waz ound in aSse 4, fiction
26, oe ticIdD of the 6onsftstion, and aas OBJ
,soe byng inco'sister; sitlr1he c9estitu-'
Ii;s.' G 81 -: rs.s,s i 'ss Of
Solor nigh, sitAo. -fhs was the clause
'bjec~d to. aSdJioi We one saactiasing Slavery
Mr.: caIhouays I Consitntio ifxas nand-
ed Pr < to 'hY statsio have the prerySrIause
81 %.s ha II the cpntPsfy
ITO i've sohie,hinDadded,At to obtain II Iegis-
1atOassent Of the State the J&nt Reg button
the aass n quesl 8n should ne.er be SO cog>a
,hs soa c,ssas sS,.9'sH OF si asa siar
emi eting7o Missouri. Mr.. O6houn<ays1lv
S 4a, sn 'hi Tss n'csa so,s
ll,sS "sa ,nameaNslyi syi ne Issia.'r.asse to n
ss"s q"'ss ssen en ,ss ss Sf 9a T
same year. =
lie says, the State knocked again with her
constitution at the door Of Congress of the next
session, and that this gave rise to the most agi-
sat'n3 discussion that ever took place in Con-
gress. This is the very error of the moon
The State never applied to Congress again. but
was admitted in the recess, md be fore next meet
ing OF Congress, and by Proc Iamaton from Pres
ident Monroe. The Proclamation was issued
luth August, 1870. in pursuance TO the joint res
olution OF Congress of the second of March Of
that year, expressly framed the State
from applying to Congress again, by refe ring it
10 the PRESIDENT to proclaim her admission
soon as she assented to the required construction
Of the obnoxious artcie.-The fact Is that Con-
gress did not refuse to admit the State at all
on the contrary passed joint resolution at her
hrst session of the presentation of the constItu-
ton, fur her admission ''On certain condtion''-
on compliance with which condition her admis-
son was TO be complete. lthout further pro-
ceeding on the part of Congress. and was to be
SO proclaimed by the President Al this ap-
pears IN the Legislative history of the country,
and was automatically recited in the Proclama-
nation issued on the OCCASION
Cincinnati Gu-ete.
JoHS Quincy ApAMS.-A life of this
good man has just been published by Gov.
W. IL. Seward, of New York. The last
scene OF his life is thus impressively des-
cribed in it:
''He could not shake off the dews of
death gathered on his brow. He could
not pierce the thick shades that rose be-
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