The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-16

dolu mere than him for free soil, and with more |
merji. hs.lug himstaf an iphahitani Of alays soil
frfd nm at rh1ytu my frst cdftou,f7y, TIE
Senate Of stse ButHsf States, four days after he
Rui hr e-brsat resolutions, In my speech |
~ sibsx hin 60 be The true author Of the Mexi-
sAa- var Ts,is Is what ! then said To- him:
I 8. Thia conduct af The Senator, in givinguway
Tsxss whep he bad her, and then making war
70 grther back, is an enigma which ha has Never
yet concescended 10 explain, and which, until
explained, leaves him in state of self-contra-
diction, which, whether IL impairs hissown con-
idence in himself or not, . must have the effec
Of destroying the confidence 81, others in him,
and wholly disqualify him for the office OF cham
lPfon Of the slave holding States. II wan the l
heaviest blow they had ever received, and put
an end, In conjunction With the Missouri com-
prenfise and the rermanent location Of tbs In
disss West OF, the Mississippi, tc'ti:e.r future
growth or extension, as siive States hey ond the
Mssissifpi. The eompro mise, which was then
ia fall progress, and established at the next ses-
SION Of Congress, cnt of, rhe slave States from
all .tarFifory d orth and West of Missouri, and
South of ,ttirty-six and a half degrees of North
latitude; the treaty Of 1873 Gecsd. aearly all
South OF that degree, coH,prehending not only
all Texas, but a large rars of the valley of the
Mississippis On the. Red river and The Arkansas
70 foreign power and brsught no rs ,lavehold-
ing empire TO the confines OF Louisiana and
Arksnsasi the permanent appropriation OF the
rest Of the territory Tor the abode Of civilised
Indians, swept the little slaye-holding territory
west OF Arkansas, and lying between the com
promise line and the cesaion line, and lett the
/ slave States without ONE inch Of ground for
their future grawth. Nothing was LETT. Even
! the then territory Of Arkansas was encroached
upon. A breadth Of forty miles wide, and three
hundred long, was cut off from her and given 10
the Cherokees, and there was not az much slave
a. Ii r. a.,
could have rested the sole Of her foot upon. IL
was not merely curtailInent, but Il total ex-
tinction of slave holding territory, and done at
a time when the Missouri controversy was
raging, and every effort made by Northern abo-
lition.sts to stop the growth Of slave Suites
The Senator from South Caroline, in his sup
port of the cesson Of Texas, and ceding part
Of the valley of the Miss ssippi, was then the
most efficient ally of the restrictionists at that
time, aud deprives him OF the right Of setting
up az the champion OF the slave States now.
denounced the sacrifice Of Texas then, believing
4 Mr.. Adams 10 have been the author Of II, de.
nounce il now, knowing the Senator from
South Carolina to be its aithor; and for this
his fragrant recresncy to the slave interest in
their hour of utmost PERIL hold him disqua-
fed for the Office ef champion of the fourteen
slave States, (ior Delaware cannot be eounted,)
and shall certainly require him to keep out Of
-
baiiiwick, when he comes 20 discuss his string
Of resolutions" '-
+ In these terms I reproached him 10 his face
for his recreancy to the slave States when he
was catering for free soil votes He was forced
to answer, and 10 admit the vote in Mr.. Mon
roe's cabinet ia favor Of giving away Texas,
and Ia conformity TO which vote the treaty was
made; but with respect 10 the Missouri COM
promise, aud the abolition question, he gave an
answer which appeared to be plausible then,
but which has turned out 10 be one Of the most
unfortunate of his life. lie said in his reply
TO me: @ .f ..
al have now met, and trust successfully
, repeled all the charges made by the Senator
from Missouri, except those relating to the Mis-
souri, compromise, and the abolition question at
t that period for which am in no way response
1 BILE. / was not then in Congress. filled the
office of Secretary OF War at the time, and had
e no agency or control over it,
This was his sRswtr-lhe whole that ne chose
+. to give. did not then know Of the proofs OF
the cabinet consultation, and Of his opinion al
: the council table in answer 10 Mr.. Monroe's
two questions. The proofs had not then come
10 light, and he was safe for the time in dis
claiming ell responsibility for the Missouri com.
promise, and the consequent abolition of slavery
by law OF Congress, in upwards Of one-hali
= OF all Louisiana; he was safe in taking refuge
NNNNi nv oSSAsho iou budh iiC was OtCfttdry VI
e War, and not a member OF Congress, aud, con
: sequently had no agency In this act, or any
= control over il. This was plausible answer a
the time, and he stood acquitted for the mo-
u ment. The discovery OF the proof the mex
l. yesr, lle4s) rsyers.s the neutrality-suspicious.
l. his agency in the Missouri compromise act, hi
l. control over it, and his responsibility for it,
: True, he was not a member Of Congress in ls20
> to give a vote amounting 10 but little amons
III fuyr,a T..
y Missouri compromise; bot he was a csbine
y minister, 10 give heavy vOie--one in five, FOL
? or against is approval. lie was not part o
u the legislative power, but he was Of the ret,
= power; and he gave his vote for the approval
G aud against the refO. This shows that he hae
u agency in the question, and control over il, anl
: is responsible for it. Considering his position
: as Southern man, and hisweight in Mr. Mon.
roe's administration, and he is the respo nsibls
e man for that act. The majority Of the cabinet
r were Southern, and II he had made the stand
;. then which he does now, lie must have vetoed
9 the acton the contrary he went for il, and
: passed ii--oassed the act OF Congress legisatn e
o upon slavery in territories, and abolishing II
s over million Of square miles-and now treat.
: such a law as a violation of the constitution
and an INSULT TO the slave States, for which nul.
lification, disunion, and civil war are the proper
[ remedies --f
am Hloftined 10 dwell Upon Mr.. Calhoun
1t is neither my habit ray pleasure TO speak
: OF men. In near thirty years that have been
in Congress- have never brought the name OF
any man before the public, am now forced 70
do it.. Mr.. Calhoun's resolutions are those OF
the Missouri Legislature. They are identical
One is copied from the other. When the origi.
nal is invalidated, the copy is Of no avail. am
answering mis- resolutions, and choose to do It,
IL is just and proper that should do 30. lie
is the prime mover and heal coptriver. have
had no chance TO answer him in the Senate
: and 1t will not do 10 aiIow him 10 take a snap
judgment upon me 10 Missouri, and carry dis
union resolutions in my own State which be
has been forced TO abandon in the Senste. Duty
to the country requires inc TO answer him, and
personal reasons reinforce that public duty
, He has been instigatng attacks upon me foI
twenty yeafs-ever since l stood b.y Jackson
ano the Union in the first war Of M LITIGATION
His Duff Green Telegraph commenced upon me
!. at the same time it did upon Jackson, and for
i the same cause--because we stooc by the
nioni Last summer, in his own State oil
South Carolina, where never was, he dragged
a my name and that Of Gen. Houston before his
constituents. and denounced us ir a public
. speech, and held Us up to public reprobston
lie accused us of detection 10 the south--the IN
/; depreciation being that we would not Join him in
> his scheme of southern Convention. TO array
one half OF the Union against the other, and
form a southern confederacy IL was an auda.
cious attack upon two absent gentlemen, and
who, as Senators, were entitled 10 Senatoral
courtesy from him. Neither General Houston
nor myself thought IL right TO suffer such n
attack % pass with impunity: bat we did moi
81 i'll al ~ a al.