Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25
COZ. pgNroS's SPEECH,

COL. DENTONS SPEECH,
DslVEaED IN TaE RoTuNDA OF THE
Cousr -HousE, CirY OF Sr. Louis,
Nov. era.
FeLLow-ClTlzxxs: When left this
Stats last fall, tosat,end the recent session
Of Congress, | was under q pledge to renew
In the Senate, tbs discussion OF the nulllil.
cation resolutions of our last General As
sembly, which has occupied me here during
the summer; and thus, TO carry back 10 its
source, andto the place IRON which itcame
the war upon the Union, and upon myself.
] did not redeem that pledgs, and | have
never stated publicly, the reasol: why did
not. The time has now come to tell that
re.son, and shall do it. When got 10
Washington, | found Mr.. Cnlhodn IN no
condition to engage in the violent contest
which that discussion would involve. lie
was evidently sinking into the grave; and
I had no heart to raise controversy with
a dying man. When in hs,l,h and rigor
had often engaged him. Bot dying ne
became sacred objnct in my eyes. ite
soon ceased TO attend the Senate; aad hrs
written speech, the last hs ever made, read
by Mr.. Mason, flor he was too weak to
speak il, or even read il himself, could not
temp, me to reply-much less to attack
him. That last speech laid hin open to
new assaults-bared his side to new blows:
hu, would not take advantage Of it,
And when The next day, saw him brought
back upon couch, BY the help Of friends,
70 repulse the attacks which were made
uoon him when saw him borrowing
force from indignation, and contending
courareously against double numbers
felt more like defending him than attack
ing him-defsnding, not upon the princ;-
ole Of righ' or wrong, but on the impulse
Of humanity which lakes the part OF the
sick and The dying, agains. the well and
the strong who had jumped upon him.
That ID. the reason: did not redeem my
plsdge at The opening Of the session.
could no, attack dying man. | suffered
the time 10 pnss on without opening the
discussion; and soon there was no occasion
for il. The object had in view was nc.
complished, and in a manner more ngfeea'
bio 10 me. had opened the discussion in
this State, and m.de my appeal to the Peo'
pie, not for any object personally to my
self-not for any object limited to the State
sf Missoufi-but for an object general dns
national ia its nature, and co-extensive il
lis scope with the limits Of the Union =
Nv object was to wake up the people ofth'
United States TO the knowledge Of the fac
that there was a scheme, ripe for execution
for The dissolution Of the Union' and tha
tie State Of Missouri was pledged to CO
operation in that design by the nuiItica
lion party which has long been nesting
in her bosom. This was my objecI-,h'
object Of my nppeal-of my six months
speaking in the State. expected it to b
necessary 70 follow Up at Washington th'
blows which struck in Missouri; but j
was not. The labor WAS spared me. Ih'
,ask was taken off my hands: and takeI
off by those who could execute it bette
than coull-by those who intended TO d
tho work-by the operators thenseives!-
The design was avowed on the floor o
Congress, and Justified under the delusiv'
b,lief ,ha, the people Of the non ,slavehold
ing States intended 10 abolish slavery II
The slaye States! and that consequently,
separation of the States was the only mod
Of saving their property from destruction
and themselves from the horrors OF Sal
Domingo insur.sction. The first fe"
months Of the session produced those avo"
81, and notifications! and thus made out NJ!
ease more fully and efectually than
could have made it out myself, and 'rei'ev
ed me from all father trouble about IL. In
credull,y then was banished. The biint
saw. The deaf heard. And those wht
had called me false alarnist-w who hat
believed there was no chance OF disunioI
.-carne and thanked me for the vigilance
which had detected, and the courage thn
had proclaimed the danger. Then Tel
INV mart to be- a, an end. | knew that tn
naonle would take care Of themselves wher
thsy saw the danger-thut they needed NJ
NAN, or set of MEN, to save tho on1on;-
that the safety was IN themselves! and thu
all they needed was sentinel 10 give IN
alarm-a wntchman TO cry the hre.
The Senator here goes into history {
The doings Of the late session IN rsierssc'
10 Glars Omnibus Bill, and claims 10 Pu
praise and censnre where it rightly belongs
OF this measure he said:
l. gave my opinion Of that omnibus trap
and its name, ia certain speech IN tn
Senate, commonly called the Sarsaparlll'
speech. You have no doubt heard OF II
and shall not repeat it to you now. Bu
have great affection for tin fact
grateful affection for it. II is tho ONLY
spesch that ever brouget me q reward
dliief speakers receive continual rewards
have only received this ono. u wa
from old Doctor Jacob Townsend-tw'
large boxes OF tho real genuine double com
pound extract of the root, prepares IN ut
hest manner, and accompanied W mos
fia,tering letter. accepted both; ant
now make my public Acknowledgements 10
the same; but being in perfect health
have not yet tried the article. ! have
allun.ouched; and mean to have il brongh
out 10 ST. Louis early next spring. BY
Adrrn. A. Cos Eypress and shall distflb