Democratic banner., 1849-11-19
From the Platte Argus.
SENATOE KTCE1soN's REPLY TO THE
i go GHARoE OF CONSPIRACY.
70 4Ef tsefff OF MISSOURI.

r; ST 70 fxf tssff1 o. MISSOURI.
50 'Tphs Hon. Thomas II. Benton, in q publ
ASstion, dstsd BoOnvils, August 30th, ls49,
1AaS thoaeht proper to come Ct my name with
\ cunsgifsef against him and the union of
4Asss States. 7The obiecto Of the conspiracy
ks ssys VA 70 get SHIN cut Of their way;
and put Of the way Of him who plots the
fVhSolution Of the Union" The means used
iessthat psrpose wsreths IsJackson Nuili6.
eaten end disunion Resolutions of the last
,Gsneral Assembly, upon the subject of sls-
ysry, The conspirators were some Of the
asmoefstic members Of the Legislature,
Fvho voted for the resolutions, some Judges,
some 8Ahk officers, some presses, &c.
n; Hs;ssH: NCitissus, T. was attending to
year husinsss a. Washington, sndeavoring
b bring forward successfully the great plan
for he'cone,ruction Of the National Central
EEil Road, from ST. Louis to San Francisco,
9TH i5 branch to Oregon, when I had init
aaAtiDa Ut proceedings sgainst me, which in-
personal to mysslf, but which required my
Immediate personal attention. sllude to
the conspiracy against me at Jefferson City
lest winter, and which involved the cor
.Yuptisn Of. some members Of the General
Assembly, same Judges, some Bank officers
and sons presses" &c. s
In. thsspeech at Jefferson City, the Hon.
Senator Gays: "And now ] have q secret to
tell In relation to these resolutions which I
-hsve guarded long enough. marked their
Gfst appearance IN the General Assembly,
knsv their origin and design and determin-
cd TO let them 60 on" &c.
Again he says: "When the Calhoun res
~elutions were moved In the General Assem-
bly,. and that was at the commencement Of
the session, Esaw that anew plet was hatch
Ing, aad determined to let it quit the shell.
i knew that if I gave q hint Of what they
were about-if l had communicated q tythe
Of what I have ssid to you to-day, it would
hsvs stopped the proceeding. But that
eCouH A6gs done me no good. IL weald on
u hays postponed and changed the form of
the work. I determined to let it 90 on, and
20 do nothing to alarm the operators; and
far that reason wrote not a word-not a
word on the subject-to any one ofthe hum
drsd members who would have blown the
Isselutions sky-hgk, if they had known
their origin and design" &c.
It appears from the shove extracts, that
few lines written to any one of an hundred
members Of che Legislature, By the Hon.
Senator, would have stopped the proceed
6aR-would-hsvs hlown the rssolutienssky-
high, and have crushed the conspiracy
"But this would have done him no good"
Peftsps not. But il he had stopped the
proceeding, blown the resolutions sky-high,
according to his own view Of the matter,
would he not have saved the State Of Mis-
souri, from the degradation in which the pas
ssge Of the resolutions has involved tip
Would it not have saved many Of his old
friends, who wished charm neither to him
or to the Union" from the humiliation and
disgrace Of voting for the notification, dis
unioa, civil war, and high treason resolu-
tions, when, poor fellows, they knew not
What they were doingf Would it not have
saved the democratic party Of the State,
which has 90 constantly and devotedly sus-
iained him fur more than Q quarter Of q
century, from the foul reproach Of disloy-
atty 20 the Union, and from fearful dissen-
tons IN its ranks? sBut that would have
done me nogood," says the Senator.
II there be nullikcation, disunion, civil
war or treason in the Resolutions, the Hon.
Senator . responsible for it. If Q crime
has bsen committed, be is the criminal
From his own showing, In q moral, civil and
political point Of view, he Is one Of the
B,edtest crisssnais. Calhoun's, N~spton's,
and Jsckson's hands are clear, compared
With his. He stood by, he tells US, and wit
messed . plot to dissolve the Unicn and
plunge the country into civil war. when "s
hint from him would have stopped the pro-
ssSding, . word 10 any one Of an hundred
@smbsFs would have blown the resolutions
sky-highn How unpatEiotici ho~ dsrelict
te;the Union! how ungrateful to his old
friends and partizans, thus to permit them
20 plunge INTO crime and disgrace, when
1nahy Of thsas had served him faithfully for
tIahty,asnd some Of them, it IL said. thirty
yaatal And eli because sit would have
done me Chin no good" When put upon
his trial be fore the people Of Missouri, will
this plea i him? Does It speak veil
Set thsksest 6f q man Of shead and thoughts
.RAtthsFsis nsithef uullifcition, disunion
-eshisA treason p the resolutions ; nor wers
thAj "a ska~l.S TI. --L A. -