The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-06-24

operaionsl Can he be elected 10 the presidency 1859
Can he be reelected 10 he United States Senate from
Missouri feel confident tina, a negative answer may
be safely given to both these nterrogatones, Will
briefly give my reasons for so believing And first, il is
plain that he cannot be elected to the presidency by
abolition and free soil votes alone. You and |, and
every intelligent southern man. know thai it is impos-
sibe for him ever to obtain the support of single south
ern State. Can he obtain the rank and ME OF the
wing party' think not; for though he evidently con
with the wings IN regard to the question OF IN
ternal improvements-and has lately brought forward
grand internal Improvement scheme far surprising IN
exorbance any project OF this kind which has ever ORR
ginated with wing statesmen though when the present
1916, he expressed the strongest dselish for it though
he concurred with the wings the Texas annexation
quesllon-on the Oregon questonon the Mexican trea
W and IN his recent opposition 10 Mr. Polk and his
cabinet personally and policalyyet predict that, on
account of old offences, and two recent Ones he
will not eanno be cordially forgiven by the wing party
him, his former signal ingratfe to their great leader
Fhis ground was powerfully enforced by his col
league Mr. Barton, in the debate on Foots resolutions
that beg leave call your attention to it, Mr. Benton
It seems, had been very unklnd IN his crimlnaon OF
Mr.. Clay and all his friends Thus did Mr.. Barton
respond:
humble shrub. the earth, not reached by this mid
heaven thunder and lightning My associates are tai
the oak of kentucky, towering among the clouds and
within the range the bolts this modern Jupiter
NOT Of the west! He is 20 native Of magniieen
valley Of the Mssssppi You say the Percy is dSwa
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species OF saaniy that always rises as It's an.agons
S sssd he T. s
1nlyng AID nse'o[ng II manner,
hrus. in the Sish "a ysa,s and he who gave !. no
Of of v.n TO a"d
'ioa; desired our hospitality and auspices. and i'ls
Z room to lie down and repose The Percy found him
medicned himput on his collar and inscription at
ge with special %, pointing to The words cousin to
alton, and Introduced him grand hunt. Withoui
the help OF this collar and inscription it would have been
as would be to drag up from the depth of the ditch by
tra wooen thread some pondeloas and inert mass.
have since had regret it, and washed their hands
ateul thrust And why it made now at the frs,
such an audience attracted By this partisan
and piagea accompanied, too by full remuneration of
sizing the lions hide into the bushes or Therses pulling
off Achilles amor and dashng il against the pavement
sering in arms, the plains for fourteen
years
1T ungratefu stab for, but for the kindness of
assaed there would have been opportunity TO have
seed mn, Surrounded and ham .truuy by hs Ca,inss Of
the day, stumbled the fallof leapine, with a
circus upon the back Of the parallel and winning
or are Ey .a ind the
riding, gross jockeying The assaled stands the
Dsly pulled down and devoured their master who had
kindly fed them with his hands The minority the
man the adder found chilled his door, which, when
brought in and sufficiently warmed suddenly threw Itself
into coil, and stunR the avor't- of his bsneacor.
We found the assaiiant and
scrubby political scion and thought tbearng pe
political bohon upas, and bishted and desoarea all
miles around its stem"
The friends of Generals Taylor and Scott can never par
don Col Benons ungenerous and .presumptuous attempt
to supersede and disgrace both these distinguished officers,
when he claimed as junior major general the authority
OF commandment chief OF the armies Mexico. Other
reasons for wing opposition could be easily given; but
hasten to state the opinion, founded upon some nvest
gaon that the democratic party SUCH never take
up THOMAS HART BENTON. OF Missouri, for the pres-
dency. And, ls They cannot and will not do SO, be-
cause it is undenabe fact, that for some years
past, he has not cordially co-operated with them,
either in the Senate or elsewhere. 3D. Because he
VIGOROUSLY unsound upon the tariff, having already
suggested expressed strong objections to the present
Wmot Proviso man out and out. and is doing all he
this time to build up and establish the lreeso
faith, in opposition to Baltimore platform and Cass
Nicholson letter, under which the whole party were raj
lied in the last presidential contest 4th Because he is
unsound upon internal improvements having. at the last
session OF Congress, proposed such system as adopt
ed would inevitably lead to consolidation 5th Because
he opposed Texan annexation and very near defeat
ing it, 9th. Because chiefly by his ins'rumenality, we
part Of our VALUABLE to which n
many sterling democrats elsewhere, clear and
questionable" 7th Because he did all he could in the
secret session of the Senate defeat the Mexican
ty sth Because he voted with few wings, free.soil
and abolition senator's last winters to defeat the compro
of the question OF slavery Territories and to keep
the question open for his advantage and TO the deep
peril of the Union. 9th Because he indiomsty aboed,
in the last moments OF Mr. Folks administration, to set
the Protocol called. against the Mexican treaty,
and thus defeat title to California and New Mexico
10Th. Because he attempted to instigate an mpeach-
ment of MIR. Polk. by the action OF the House OF
Representatives, designing thus TO disgrace HIM and
X his whole cabinet, and to bring most profound dis
honor upon the whole democratic party. This may
need little development. | will not dwell upon it,
hough, at present, in my place in the Senate last
winter charged his guilt upon him to his face, and OF
ered to- supply proof of all said the subject, should
be dened-having such witnesses present Senators
Mangum and Clay and he replied only by crpress-
ive silence 1t perhaps right here simply to say, ad
diiion that if Mr. Benton will deny that he handed the
copy of the protocol to Mr.. Clayton, which was
after wards handed certain gentlemen in the House
these unknd and unjust proceedings were commenced
in the House against the lamented Polk, designed
= TO result in his impeachment, pledge myself as
of honor, to prOue the facts to be precisely as
have stated them to be. His conduct in this proceed
ing most aggravated, when you recoect that Mr..
Polk had never injured him-had done him un-
Kindness any time, but had put the popularity of his
eracy questions that this act of ntemeddng the part
of Mr. Benton not open and manly but steaihy and
secret that the wings Of the Senate became so DIS
gusted with the whole affair, that they resolved to have
discussion of it in that body that the new admins
raon OF General Taylor, after thorough scrutiny of all
the facts, with true American feeling, not afraid to
do them nstlce) refused to sustain Mr. Benton in his
protocol movement, and noby resolved to MAINTAIN and
vndcse the and policy in reference to this grave
NATTER adopted and prosecuted by the administration OF
Mr. Polk; Mr.. Clayton formally sending for me, (,his
much | say without violating senatorial secrecy)