Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-03-15

Mr.. CLAY AND THEl ENI6N.-In the
course of the debate which took place in
the United States Senate on Thursday,
when the subject of the admission of
California was under deliberalion. Mr.
FooTE, of Mississippi, made remark
which elected the following reply from
Mr.. Clay:
v II is totally unnecessary for the gem
tlcman TO remind me of my coming from
slaveholding State. know whence |
come, and know my duty, and am
ready TO submit to any responsibility
which belongs to me as Senator from
a slaveholding State.
Sir, have heard something said on
this and on a former occasion about al
legiance 10 the South. know no South,
no North, no East, no West, to which
owe any allegiance. lowe allegiance to
two soverelgns, aud only two; one is to
the sovereignty of this Union, and the
other is to the sovereignty of the State
OF Kentucky. My allegiance is to this
Union and to my State; but if gentlemen
suppose they can exact from me an ac-
acknowledgement of allegiance to any ideal
or future contemplated confederacy Of
the South, here declare that owe no
allegiance 10 it; nor will /, for one, come
under any such allegiance if can avoid
it. know what my duties are, and
gentlemen may cease to remind me- of
The fact that come from a slaveholdlng
State. -
NSir, if choose to avail myself of the
opinions of my own State, can show
resolution from the State Legislature, re-
celved last night, reported after due con-
sideratloD by committee. This resolu.
ton declares its cordial sanction to The
whole of The series of resolutions which
| have offered And | must say that The
preparation of that resolution was IN
prompted by me; for have neither writ
ten to nor have | received single letter
from any member of the Legislature of
Kentucky during this session on public
affairs. beg pardon for this DEPRESSION
These are the sentiments entertain, and
am neither TO be terrified nor irighien-
ed by any language. | hope gentlemen
will not transcend the limits OF legitimate
parliamentary debate in using any Ian
guage toward me; because fear could
not even trust myself if they were to do
1t. l shall use no such language toward
them, and l hope ON this floor for reci-
procity of parliamentary dignity and
propriety. ask it, because do not
know how far | could trust myself if
language of personal character were
applied to me, | care not by whom.
In the continued debate on this subject
which followed on Friday, Mr.. Butler,
of s. c., said:
The Senator from Kentucky had said,
on yesterday, that he owed no allegiance
TO the South, East, North or West, and
would recognise no allegiance to any
southern confederacy; that his allegiance
was due, first, to the Union, and next 10
Kentucky.
Mr.. Clay said that he did not remem-
Der having used the words North, South,
East and West, but they expressed what
he did say-!hat he knew neither North
nor South, but the whole Union.
Mr.. Butler said that he differed from
the Senator from Kentucky, in the order
of his allegiance. He (Mr. b. owed
all his allegiance to South Carolina, and
through South Carolina to the Union.
He owed no allegiance to the Union,
save what he owed through South Caro-
lima.