Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-07-30
POLITICAL.
MIR. CALHOUN,s ANSWER
TO COLONEL BE.NTON1S SPEECH

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a nth after had fulIy discussed The n-ic;as If mi
rssofions Did he see that all this ,,rnu have been
manifest At once without word fon me fbe had Given
The dates and was not Ibis his reasonfr mt irving
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C Psot.n seems f. he conscious that If was naces
sqrv Gar explain why he had not ass,ed nv re-
s1tos and the base and corrupt motives he attributes
IN me fur Introducing them long before and in his place
in fine soma and 9ccorlnrly he has aennted IN make
one. He asserts that MIR Cahoun's resolutions are
those of the Missouri LEGISLATURE They are identical
One is coped from tie ther When the original is in
vilalpd the COPY is of NJ avail. am answering his
res u+is and ehose f. do it. Ii is lust and proper that
should d. So He is the prime mover and head conri
yer have lad no chance to answer him in the Senate
and it will Mt do to allow him t, take snap judgement
upon me il Miss juri !; in carrying disunion resolutions
in nv own State. which he has been forced to abandon
in The Senate Duty to the country requires me to an
sver him and pprsona reasons reinforce that public
DUTY"
Ills explanation nPn Is tldi NOW MS Durr-
ing zeal to defend the Union and lis own character against
these wicked resolutions she could oct no chance before
TO answer Them" What could get no chance from
February SAL until June lS49 (he date of his speech
period of upwards of TWO years Could get no chance,
when they were first Introduced and discussed None
during the long and foil discussion the Oregon Terri
toral BILL when te principles of the resolutions formed
the basis of the argument the side of the SOuh None
70 reply to me, who fully discussed and may say
ta5llShed them beyond controversy None, during the
discussion Of the report of the select committee of which
Mr. Clayton was chairman None, on the discussion Of
the bill from House of Representatives which applied
the w mo PovIso to the Oregon territory, and which
was passed by his t. and his friend Gen. Illusions
Nome during the whole Of the last session. and still more
wonderful, none IN making his last speech! say none,
for he confined himself to denunciaon and abuse of the
resolutions, without even attempting to answer them
NO, he never could getand never can get chance to
answer them. For every other purpose, he can get
chance whenever he peases. No one is better at getting
chance when he Is disposed lie had no difficulty IN
getting chance to pour ont torrent OF abuse. to empty
seats against the late General kearny day after day for
the greater part OF week. and that toe just at the
close session. to the utter disgust OF the Senate and
ut the hazard OF defeating many bills then ready fr
HhaI acHHn. might 60 on ana repeat similar cues
TONS, until they would I'll pages, but enough has been
sad 10 prove tlat his explanation Is PuerIle and hul-
low:
lie had many and fair chances to answer the resoIu
tons, and could have made cne he desired 1t at any
time bu there were two reasons which prevented him.
Inc rstS that although he had made up his mind TO
desert you and your cause before the introduction OF the
resolutions, he saw the hazard, and was unwilling to
take mat step hastily he Missouri Resolutions forced
MN 10 disclose his intentions and 10 proclaim his deSeon
before he was fully prepared to execute his design, and
hence me Depth 10 "hch they nave excited his ire. he
o'nef IS mat ne had too mnch discretion to address such
larrago to body 100 well informed to be imposed upon
by Old stale and OFT repeated charges knew besides.
nat Trey would nave neeh promptly met and Iepei'edand
tnal we ah'lup'e WOULD 20 WIN lhe poison. lie Knew
nus rom experience. lie had tTled II before 1t Ren
lailed most sgnaliy IL was IN me session OF lo4|,
lew Gays after had introduced te Resolutions In that
attack ne paraded nearly IN the same words, all that he
mas charged in ts about the orda treaty. and
almost every other SUBJECT tie had taken time and pre-
pared deliberately II was given out that he would de-
mosh me. The Sena'ewas crowded by those who wish
ed to witness the sacrifice rose and repeled oil hand
ms charges. leave those Who were presehtto decide,
with what effect was certainly not to his gratiica
ton OF satisfaction. lie dd not even attempt reonder
Bat what becomes OF his apology that he had no chance
to reply to my resolutions lhey had been introduced
but shortly before and then ne had full chance to
sWer them lie then assaled every act Of my life which
ne thought he could dstor, So as to make plausible
charge against me. w ny then omit to answer resllu-
lions winch he now holds up as the worst and most ob
jecuonahe oa Can any answer be given, except that
he IS either not sincere IN what he now asserts. that
the time hadnot arrived at which he could safely ven
ure TO betray you!
But, according to his own statement. he is mpfled in
making his attacks, by private grief, well public
considerations. He says lnstgated attacks on him for
twenty years. | lnstgate attacks on him lie mus:
have very exalted opinion of himself never thought
of such thing. We move in different spheres. My