The Arkansas banner., 1850-03-19
fCOrespondeacs of the B.unsr.l

WAsms0Tos CIE. March {. 1850.
 This great metropolis of " magnificent distaDcss'' has. for some days past. bssa more thsa usually crowded with visitors. MOst of them seeB to have been attracted by the anRou neement that the de- livery of Mir. CALRocS's speech would take place to-day. With this expectation the Senate chamber was filled to overiowing with the throng of eager listeners at an early hour this morning. The greater part of audience of the airer sex whe not only filled every saat of the gallery assigned to them, but with their accustomed alconqncring tyranny possessed themselves of privileges hitherto denied to fame and slasion pouring ia like an ava Iauche of beautsous rose buds and occupying every nook sni eranny of the floor of the chamber.
 After inc preliminary business of the day. Mir. CALHOUN, who was in his seat, looking very feeble and attenuated, ross and in few words requested, on account of his continued indsposition, that the remarks he had repsred upon the slavery question might be read by Wv. MAsoS, of Virginia. You wiIl receive with this printed copy of the speech It was listened to with almost brsaihless attention, as if upon the words about to be uttered hung the fate of the Union. Hs dealt chiefly in statistics, show wing the past, present and expected future re- a,ons of the northern and southern sections of tn country. Bya clear, succipct aud frightfuly con elusive array of facts he laid bare the causes of the present agitation of this alarming fire bell in the night" the slavery question, showing that the opinion of the people of the southern States that they conld under existing circumstances remain in the Union ' consistently with their honor and safeiy, has been caused, not only by the continual agitation of abolitionism and northern aggressiODs upon southern rights, but by the fact that the equilibrium between the two sections of the govern men,, ss stood when the constitution was ratified and the goverum mt put in action, has been de- stroyed.' and the peculiar legislation of the gov ernmsnt in excluding the South from vast portion ofcommon territory, in adopting an unequal system of revenue and disbursements and class of polii- ca messures by which the original character Of the government has been radically changed. The whole beech was in fact but " plain unvarnished tae' of the wrongs and grievances. which, since the formation of the government, the South has suffered the hands of the people of the north. He proceeded to show that is matters were permitted 10 progress as they had done hitherto, the whole south would in fsw years be red nced 10 more
 
 state of colonial dependence upon the North, and subjeeted to a tyranny as great as ever was at tempted to be wieIded by England over her OpPres- sed colonies. He argued that when government has ceased to be able to fulfil the objects which it was intended 10 attain, when il becomes mere engine of oppression in the hands of majority aganst minority, a last resource, that minority, as has been done and may be done again, have an inherent, iualienabIe right to sct for themselves in such & manner To insure to themselves the objects for which all government is intended. He strenu- ously opposed the admission of California as a State, at present, and insists upon full and final settlement, without compromise, and upon the principles of justice. of all the questions at issue between the north and the south, the only means of permanently terminating the present agitation and saving tine Union. Yours &c., C.