Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1850-01-26


special eommsndaiion Of lhe honorable S,naiof
from New York. both as 10 sigle and substance.
He pronounced { 10 be uory tersely pressed !:
sass ista ssy. "aeaily" etpressed-~csy ar t-iih
az peFpesfty." regarded the Gms If he
honorable Senator from Massachusetts As a Ia.
eTary maa asQaite well esiabhshsd before no
OBe vito defers TO the critical acumcn ofthe hon.
oFaele SenateF ir0m New YOa will hereafter
doubt the competency Uf The distinguished gen
ueman ihss commended 10 draw % short a.
mendment N suitable parliamentary language.
hope may De here INDUCED in comparison
withou. mourning the charge oi profanity nhen
che GFess Aufhor ofthe Universe .in the begin,
sng created The heavens and the earth" and bad
brought bis goOdly work to a conclusion. lie is
represented 10 have locked upon it's 10 have pro
nouDced !, every geod" Aud so,in ike manner,
the honorable Senator from New York, CHANGING
over the amendment oil the honorable Senator
from Massachusetts, and finding Ito correspond
in substance with bis own, gravely pronounced II
10 be ''yery good, and proceedeA TO act upon it
without delay. Il took Mr.. Webslers amend.
ment'" says he, ''and, having shown il 10 Mr..
Ewing, rho tsf the rhsle subject 10 my orn
JHdgmeat visited many members Of The House
Of RepreseRlatives and urged the adoption Of il.
Mr.. VialoA chairman OF the committee Of WAYS
and Means, soon informed me that the committee
would report the amendment. with some slight
qualifications, to which did not object" II
spen,n says be. '1he residue OF the day in urging
the adePlisn Of the amendment OF the COMMITTEE
Of Ways and Means upon the members oil the
House"
But bic labors did Hsl here end, VIZ. President
--no,hiag Ike Il. To be sure he had swept all
obstacles before Am In one hose Of Congress,
bu, be had yet ts eHessner still more serious Oh.
stacles the Senate. Besides, the hour ofmid.
night bad arrived, and all ihe surrounding cir.
cumstanees we're strikingly unpropiious 10 re-
newed deliberations In this body. And yetlhere
was enc ciFcnmsiance--possit " quite unthoaght
OF at The taae--noi altogether unflvOable to the
contemplated scheme Of operation. The mem.
beTs Of the Senate might be found overwearied
with their severe legislative labors--some oflhe
ifiends d,he WALKER amendment, and Of course
the enemies of the new one, might, At that late
hour Of The night, be perchance asleep or absent
and the dark deed which had been plotted might
be accomplished even after the constitutional
term oflegisatien had expired. Note, Mr.. Pres.
ident, if you pease--and call upon The country
to observe that the honorable Senator from the
Empire State had never then occupied seat in
either house OF Congress, aud could not be Undue.
ted ino the seat In this hall, then adorned by an
accomplished gentleman, now no longer among
US, until the succeeding Monday. Aud yet he did
not hesitate 10 take upon hmselCt the performance
Of Legislative funeilons more ample 10 their scope
and more difficult Ia their execution than any A.
mericaa salesman had ever before thought Of
assuming. Having been formally put in charge
ofihis matter In the manner described, and he
whole "modus operaRdT having been left TO his
judgment, when bis labors had Terminated in the
House Of Representatives. elided most dispatch.
fully In the ball ofthe Senate and there, says he,
Il eEeted myselfto procure tho assent Of the
Senate u tho amendment, and insisted that no
different provision ough. 10 pass. continued
my etars until the Senate decided TO disagree 10
the amendment, OF the Committee of WAYS and
Means Of the House. II Is well'known that the
whole design of government tor California
failed by reason Of that disagreement"
Such are the statements Of the extraordinary
letter published ia The National InteIligcncer, gu
the 29th Of March last, over the signature Of The
honorable Senator from the Empire State, now
present. And nov, Mr. President Is not this a
wonderful epistlei Does il not abound In sur,
prising statemenlsl Does Il mol desire most re.
narkable achievement upon the parliamentary a.
renal IL not this letter destined to awaken the
astonishIaent OF all posicriiyf There is nothing
think, so striking In all the pages of hislory,an.
cieni and modern, from lerodotus down to Mac
aulay, as these exploits Of the honorable Senator
from New York. as recorded by himself have
several times seen noted quesrians Of the cir.
Gus perform high ieats Of horsemanshp that as.
tonished all beholders. have seen Harlequin
himself asride OF two horses al the same time.
riding around the ring with AN affected clownsh,
ness Of manner, fitted to awaken among the un.
initiated serious alarm for his safety. and vet pres
emily descending again TO earth unhurt and even
exullan,; but never did hear before OF n single
individual however skilled in the mysteries of
law'making successfully taking cha,ge Of Two
Houses ola National Legislature. representing
twenty millions OF people and so controlling the
g@at and complex machinery Of parliamentary
proceeding as to make every part Of il perform
its appropriate functions, strictly according 10 or
der, in both departments without himself enjoying
at The time the privileges of membership in either
OF hem, or even possessing right to raise his
voice In debate. Indeed, in his instance il seems
that the experiment attempted did, in point Of fact,
ultimately fail, as the substituted amendment, Of
the House was not ratified by the Senate. And
yet must tho efforts OF the honorable Senator from
New York be regarded as not altogether success.
less, since he aided so efficiently in defeating the
amendment Of the honorable Senator from Wis,
consin, aud thus managed to keep the question Of
slavery In the Territories open, so as 10 secure
10 himself some faint prospect oIpresdenta hon,
ors in tutsvo by means Of its fierce agitation in
the free States otlhe North.
And now, speaking Of the Presidency, let us
return for moment TO the remarks OF the honor.
able Senator, 10 which am now replying. He
calls himsef'the persona friend--he unwsver.
ipp friend" (Mr Dodge. az Iowa fran, Me SCAT