The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-22
COLONEL BENTON IN MISSOURI.
his SPEECH AT ST. LOUIS, On raR 9TH INST.
HIS OPINION OF HIS TREATMENT " MISSOURI

General Assembly, winch had occupied me here
during The summer; and ihns, tn carry back To its
source, and 10 The place ff",n which u came, the
war upon the Union, aud upon myself did not
redet m that pleoge; and nave never stated pub
licly, the reason Why | DAD not. The time has
now come 10 tell that t-sson, aud ] shalt do IT,
When got 10 Washington, | found Mr.. Calhoun
in no condition Ia sng ~ he violent contest
which that discussion W. I'D involve. lie was
evidently sinking iato the grave; aud had no
heart to Thlse "a coBrruv~tsy with dying man.
When IN health and vignr | had of Gu engaged
him. But dying, he hrc ne Il slc'ed object Ia my
eyes. He soon ceas'd 10 ate nd the sen ate; and
his written eech, thr la-t he ever made, read by
Mr. Mason, (for ht Was ton weak TO speak IL, or
even read II hsIReli) c"uld not tempt the 10 reply
much less 10 dttacs heu Tat last speech laid
him open to new a,>adit--harrd his side 10 new
blows; but would not IKE advantage Of Il. And
when the next day, -tw htn brought back upon
a couch, by the hrlp ct fi-ud-, to repSlse The at
tackswhich were mfd~ npou nj u when saw him
borrowing force nom ,ndIguauOn and contend
ing cOurageoask aeHId-t double numbers
felt more like 4. tcudtng than attacking him
defending, not upon th- pr'ncple of right O
wrong, but on the Inpui-- u hrUHDity which takes
the part OF The sick ,nd The dying, against In
well and the stfous VITO nd jumped up)n him
That Is the reason dth MOI redeem my pledge al
the opening OF he seton ! could no, attack
d. ing man; and atei I'll, DEATH | would not at
tack dead man | -ut-'-d The time 10 pass on
without opening toe o's"n,si"u; aud soon there
was no occasion tor ~ The "nIect | had in view
was accompti>hed, mo IN m4nnrr more agreea-
bic 10 me. | had OPP u'n the dIscussion n this
State, and made -p,r ~ 10 The people. not for
any personal object myS lt-not for any OBJ
ject limited III the St-t~ at issOufI--but for an
object general aud ,ioual ~ us NJ .ure, ana CO.
extensive ia Its scope VITA The Inns Of the
Union. My Object 10 wake ur the people
of the United STATES IL tn know ledge of the
fact that there WAS scheuI-. npe for execution,
for the dissolution o the Union; aud that the
State Of Missouri wa pI dg.d To Cooperation
IN that design by th| nuliihc tiIOB party which
had been long nesting III her bosom This was
my ohject--the obJtct at uy Appeal-oi my So
months speaking IA the S'a's-and the OBJECT Of
my further intended sprHhIog IA The Senate.
expected II To NJ nrc-s-4ry follow up ~
Warrington the blows " hlch [ struck ia MIS-
sour.-but 1t was not That labor was spared
me. The tack VIZ takrn "ti my hands; and
taken oil hv tbo'e who 'nd execute it better
than ! cOuld--by IN ~. who io,tuded to DO the
worh--by the oP+r tors ihrh selves. The de-
sign WIS avuwed gu n floor of Congress. and
justified under The d-lI-I,t mile that the people
OF the non slaNh holding Stdits attended to polish
slavery ~ the slave Stairs and that consequent
ly, separation at the NInr- we the oniy mode Of
SAVING iheif properly irom ctstrnction. and them
selves from Tho horrors at san Imi1go insurrec-
lion. The hfst irV m"n'ts 1T the session pro-
ductd those avowal~ aud t-iIncdnons; and thus
made out my ~ tor more fully aud ellectual ally
ihan could hav- nadr D "nt myself and re-
Lev6d lne irom all further trouble a6oltit. lncre-
guilty then was yuUqnishri The blind cav. The
deaf heard. Add tbu-r WIN had called me false
sarmist--who has h~r.V.d tnrrr waR no scheme
Of oisunioD--crn- Hud thaukd me for the vigi-
lance which he'd drec'td, aud the courage which
Mad proclaimed TIM Then telt part
10 b. at an end. kur~ Ihat the people would
take care Of th.m-cV-s whvo they saw the dan
goi-ibht hey ntrctd no man, ar set of men, 10
save the Union; ,hat the .t-t, ~ themselves;
and that all they u'rdrd va- >puun.l TO give the
aleTm-a waichman t. th- bre
We have had n tu"g s-s.luu ~ Conqres7-rbout
twice as long as u ou@h To have beea, or would
have been, n oil IA X ~ the track President
Ieylor, Senator 'i-N, Srnainr Beut1n, and
many Others, all starred u4-thrt- standing upon
one p'atimm-thr pl'u"ru at common sense.
reason, justice, md parliamentary Law! that is
thut every me s'r~ ,hunid rest upon its own
nerits-C ai"rUt, nv hr'~-l, nrs' ana foremost;
Urah end NV NJ AZ" by ~ m-clves; Texas t,
htT-sif; the Fuuuy- STAY, bli aud ms District OF
ColuT bIa Slave rTtc. ~.pJ-s~sIuu bit, each by il
self 1his u the way ras'o. Civ, Benton aud som
Others stated Ndtlui ksti Ihr track TIL hs died
Benton the emo at r"r 90. Clay hOlted. Ill
change his coUfss, rud "."k 80" back ,rack-au
operation easy ioT am - ~ ha serve I an apren
tship 10 The bu-Iu' 60 changing tie changed
his course ard r-y- ed ~ las rai OF separate
consldt ration iur 'Ntty -Hsure Tor winch he had
set our, he NUT havr a c"ueio n rate consids-
FatiCn a. The whole together. lie must have
all the bills hUnnlsd ,ul' in,r, ind all tied in
one, ara all muds hrourht tn unite IN one
harmonious Voice tut Heterogeneous mass at
dscoT6spt NEE THU came on the struggle
which consHm'd mnn'h' IN getting the bills
Tied iogrthet-tpt pths ~ vain ilufis 10 az
them together iuoott- ~ iiuris To unite them.
And whsD, ~ 49,, thrt wrre united, all tn,
meafcfes pasted nm ut.Idi,, each NJ itself.
by large frFjouti.s, 'nd ~ h"ut any aid from Mf.
Clay. Ard dis tr- raus- uf IN" l.ngtn OF the
SESSION. htlV caused h, Mr. Give changing
ground ca he vital piu' ~ .r,,rair. or conslone-
rate confederation ot the dtilrtent measures.
We have had 'uuy sers,on and almost all oc-
cupied wi'h QUE sarirct; fud II ~ lot tile in
quiry 80 irstu Who nv ~ Or - iCng, and wh1
cHtttd y tu be- - o3ruuird trrrH inlnry O. uts
pubic oCcuru'd iIor. - B--it-s IN wasl,ful con
Sumption Ot uwr, th-t- w.. III iuss ~ much public
busnet sths lo-r At 1l4u, msprts u hiilsall oyer-
laid and crowosd oDt p, fhi- iulr Struggle Ghout
the moce Il pessiug d. hsnrh,y measures. RI
"A D.. ~. 80
and fomyfuits frr ~ road. CatifCfut4 l8ud bills
fer preventing i'uyd-t,d shout lad titles, aud
regulating the wrtk'rg 81 The god mines, the
California mat hIli 9" the unugrs from being
pluudetrd c tbeu got BY thDrrS aui couuter ~
these, ard many uh'r tmuurtaut bts. we're lost.
tUId over, or buIisdi, y isc 30, t1g want ut time
20 cOpro,r thru, ~ Consequence uf the long tune
consumed ia Struggling over th- mode ~ acting GA
few lesClng bills " ~ not idle inquiry,
10 esk who uccasiousd al thit vain consumption
~ time. and the cons qreu los ~ 80 many valu.
aele bills IL ~ iudu'fv worthy for the peO.
pie 20 make. bat one Which | should never have
maze u u had NOT hesp Tor attempts, here ant
elsewhere, to place the h'dme on innoceat shout
defs, aud 10 besiow applause where condemnation
IL due. There can BE- 20 dispute about it. The
On nihus did the uttchsi' thu fllss measure,
condeu ned nv psr tfusu'rrv lew. cpodt wned by
TeseCn, ard Afterwards condemned nv two.thrd.
OF the Senate, aud three. iourhs Of the House OF
RetreeeUts,ivss There we're hut seveute votes
ia the Senate tor all four 81 the M sures which
the OnRib-s Contaioed-couotIng Nj Clay, who
WIS abteri, ard ~ woult be eighteen. Eighteen
vOts, all counted; aud that was the strengih OF
an Omnirus when memhs fssere eit free % vote
"a they pleased. rammsllrd by The con- lnctoa
at other rfmhers TneTe were but four of the
R-snd comniife 81 thirteen hat voted FOR all four
OF the measures ant vet this az mi lorty were
able &C. keep the vehicle i's wheels for many
mnDthr, and have " celehratsd "a al v Of stfey
instead OF Cursed az the wooden h1rse OF mischief.
The mea sUTes were ali passed by large msicriues,
got ont Of the Omnibus, and intght have
been passed at any time during the session, before
they were put m a.
The section r'ned violently for dsunicn long
before 10 was over The disu lion speeches had ceas
ed 10 be heard They han died out Everybody
knows that sBd he Omnibus party, Selling rpos
the event. soy they didtthst thrif great sp-ecne
did It,. They h4o as well say u was Noah's Hood
that did II The fact il, that disnaion speeches
died out before ths Omnibus wac c0nstruc ied-be.
be NH aI.lr nflM .LLllsr rlnin