The Arkansas banner., 1850-04-09
BENTON AND Foorr.


 \ mos, disgraeefal altsrca,loa took a,,,. United States Senate chamber oe the a,,A IulL. between Senators ReNroS and .Foo., ring ihe desaie upoa motion 10 talk. n, organizing territorial governments ia U,,A
 Mexico, Mr. BEsros called upon ,A. ,.- California net to sUsEs the question of he, sion to be thus postponed Mr. Foorx ia atsaesed Mr BENTON 's course. irnauN., hl. and inIimated that BExroN's over anx,.,v admission of California as State. ws. Ina, people, but on account cf his family rrl,,,on
 who presented himself ss Senator ftap i, posed nsw State. Mir. BEsros pvonouuc.3 <, tack upon hts motives false and cswaraly. The following remarks ensned: Mr Feose replied to ,hs charge of eow,rs, ,aid feel bound ts say now, that when lh, j Tor removes csrtaia stainn which eiinw "a seatcheon, of which know the his.efy ., II sany Inan in Christendopl. taiIasion ,o whirh ! to cause his cheeks 10 be sutFased with blo.l shaine,) or II the Senator remains la his ,,e,. iitade without that special discredit witA wb knows l asn familiar, and which that aaer 'kaowledges, as well as lhe terrific fear wh knows have witnessed--wheneYer he cas frankly aud boldly. insiead of shssl,jioy him. hind his established eowardice- wheneyer prepared to hold himself amenable to the Jaw, ! govern gentlemen, ain prepared to meet ! thai footing Mir. BeutOa.-I pronounce it cewaraly Id iasuts where they cannet be chastissd, I cries cf "odrsr,'') Is Senator 10 be bisekrasl Mr Fooie. lie is black guard. Mir. Beuton --ls language ,o be used here I |could not be used in an oyster cellar or ,aver, Vice Presldsnt.--The Senator is called to o.l Mr. Benton, contributing 1t ls ti,ne to sios here ia place where a cudgei eansl applied 10 him.
 Tie Wee President repeated the call of ord, After sofne further eoiEoqay. Mir Foo,r Il would stand by all he had said, and II Mr a1 was willing to proceed in the matter. he woasll him.
 On the next day, Mir Benton rose to a ppr IexpanatioB. He charged Mir Foc,e win i, rectiy reporting himself yesterday and det,s lrightof any Senator 10 modify his espressie lpersonal matter IS reported. Mir Foo,e WV, resented to have said. that Mir Benton was .l. by his age, and his open disavowal ol the ot tions of the laws of honor. 1t was false Is. man offer him Benton) an insult. where t ,s properly chastised and he would sooD .ar |age, He would now give notice to the ssRsls, il il failed 10 protect itself from the use Oi lang which coald not be used in the veriest brc,b, would heneeforth protect himself, eosi vi might.
 Mir Foote said, he made no uujustihabs I tiou, and avowed ths report as his own. iu d sion. he wanted to know if Mr. Benton con.l |hiInsef amenable 10 the laws of honOr' f as aot, lei him say so.
 Mr Benton made As reply, bat iRdalgs.
 coatemptuuus laugh.
 A tesgraphic dispatch frsm Baltimore, [ 20th uIt., says tha! tight is anticipated as b
 suit og these shameful proceedings. Here.olo l lbiliingsglts and bullying ia Congress has bes' { fined to the House. The senate ~as loohea as the most orderly and digniiied Legislative ever assembled What will the people ssyl will the world say oi such scenes! That |" and reverend" Senators should so far forgs only their own self-respect, bus the e0hsie'
 due the body of which they are members, al
 place in which they are assembled. as 10 { themselves to give utteranee to language onhI < for brothel or bar room. that those walls,
 have &, often echoed pure patriotism and die ieloqaence, should now be defled wiIh soa' abusive vituperation. Is a sad evidence of deges among the dignilaries of our Rational legslaii fui Fsncontres during the peneeney of q e'i soeh moment to the country as that now eii l the people have cause to tremble for the fate leoaDtry aud the Unisn.