The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-04-10
SPEECH OF
Edward Slanly, Of NonhCarolina,
Dei,ptred in The House Of Representanres,
MARCH 9, 1850.
SPEECH OF

id.,e ID % a. much IS possible. ! ~,ll Try
ard do SO, ths, may not wriie u, any thing
more than shalt cay.
.ish 10 cay aiew pam thircs in plain
wsy. wi.h to cay q lniie Tor Bupconbe-
u.t aniy the ~esesn bn, thu eastern Ban
conbe, ~h,eh rep ssent; std, f hororabl-
gentlemen a,e no desuous to hsss the, aG-
wise the N 10 take hsmsei,cs, of this isiay day,
10 more comfortable place thsn this. %
lend mcst Of what say for NY constituents.
| have m, spoksn br!o'e. bscSu,- ihuuga'
rh-n matters e such vast usln,ivde see
involved, We ought 10 ~uit snd hear What the
peouIs at hone have 10 50, oi them. Nos,
| feel prepared NJ, ne'rly 10 express my op'n.
,oo., bu, those a-o Of n-y honest Constituents.
| hrpe 10 say no'hug n, ns've 10 any gen.
tien,nr. Certainly, have no such cesne.-
| shall INST carefully svo.d TO strike The FIRST
bio.. l. I sm sssoui,ed. ! must take care Of
m,.elf IN the bes, VA, | may. Aud now 10
cone tight =, ~.
have heard q grea, deal shid loic, ard
read much recently, OF 4" enctoschneni 90 The
S Suth-asg,e.sions on the Scuh;" AID
though knoS We have csu.e IN SINE respects
to couplain Of the conduc, Of cur northern
pyopl., | csnno, include III. ~hol- N,rth III
tbr i tst c.rssre due Ia be conduct oi,he az.
Rtc.sos. ] have sitrnt"sly watched ihr de-
b,,e hefe and 10 the Senate. ! have looked
al the part, nr~spspers OF the DAY, aud have
h..p brought to the settled belief, yea couyic.
iinr, that much OF The he ant cty ~ caused
By a malignant wish TO enbatfuss the Admin
sif,ntn. and TO boz d up the party whom III"
tenp. hurbd from po~er iD No,cmb 7, lsis.
Many Of 'he speeches hefe, relative to the ad.
mission OF Cs'io'n,s. ate marked by ubknd
slIuson TO the PtesrIent. and soNt tunes 'n
proper and futious, though t,eb'r, s.pefsIons
ss 10 his motives.
I, seemed to ne that If gentlemen, from
the Sao,h e.reclaly. believed ou, peculiar IN.
aiu,ieus aete 10 danger. they would destfe
to produce harmony OF etne, TO speak calm.
ly'ns TO brehfrn IN the mtd.l of common
F, osuset; that they ~ou d ,r, aud produce uni.
ted action. But ins'esd o! uanlft ng such
. disposition, the Adn.nss.rs,sau is ~ h!ess!y
ss,slled. sod The Wing patty fiercely denoun.
ced. Far example, Of these parry speeches,
refer nits, of the grutrman from MIs,s
srpi. (Mr Bfo~n,) rnd of the gentleman
from Msr,l,nd, (uf. McLtnc,) ~ho IN rhI,
matter nude party speech. ard tiled. ss he
Jd BE- fore the House VAS o,gsniz d, 10 blow
It's bea's~sin's whistle and pipe all hands on
hi, side to du'y. There were o'hef speeches
Of a like character. ] want TO show this sgi-
tatioa, this attempt 10 excite alarm. l. nov, as
i, ~as is,, summer in the southern S,a,rs for
party purpo,rs. believe | csn shos II.
iu 1897, when W., Van Burcn sas Pfesi
den', an .bo'i u petition. presented by gen
ii.msu from Vermont, Ihrak, produced a
great tutuuu here. A southern ueeiIog VA
held ta a commitiee.roon dosn stars. Pat
ten. resolution, ~h,ch ri cited abnl,ion pc
tt,n., sss the fuIt ot ihd meetrg. i e
sentng this prui,nn was OTTO OF Mr.. Calhoun,
"enrtusuh,n,nts." Nh. Vsn Boun'. iic, d.
found Il necessary to sustain hlm, ess " north
ern man ~th southern prime 'pi-s," aud Ihe'
he made this sb iirion excitement the plat
fof m for his lection to the 2 eHdency. IL
VAIN did The Wings q, ,hs, line warn 'h'
southern country 10 would be traitor; iha
his pas, life had sho~n he was unsound upor
the question Of slavery. No ma te, ~ha
should b. The cons, qpence to the South, hu
game ~a. to BE- pls,e ed. lp 1898. ~hen Mr.
Woodbury. ~ss 10 Van Buten's cabinet, snC
~ss engaged IN that inte testing cor'rspon
6ence To his sub.ueasu'srs. Mt. Ar'h, r,oo, o
New il,mpshue, ~ho VAS called the prince
Of humbu2s. introduced hi, ~ooden nutmeg
dough scrd, chisslry Hsl'u'ioHs; caucu'
was held in winch southern Van Bnrcn De
nocrs's sat sds by eide puh The rorN anti
slopef men from which tc,e' caucus all the
II md fh.se
re.olutions, N, n denounced as iuuslsct sn
doub e.mcsnlne. ~sre the b, bud ofspring o
that caucus. Ths,e resolutions we're 10 que
ssnanon. | dcnouuc.d them. and refused ,c
vote iof them, and ] was SUSTAIN, at home
They wers also denounced, If ! m,s'nke not
bv other sou hcrn gen lemen, ss bssra, ing ihe
South.
Wh n General Harrison vas nominated, h
was dcnou, cd Ne an Aboi,ioni.'. Mr.. Cls,
We. an sbDluion,st +: aud Mr. Van Buren,
duughfscrs we're ths TREND. and "sllies otths
South" hope the race Of doug hisces IL ex
linc.. They wore m'se'sbls 80, Of beings
mere pupp,,s Of V,n Buren,. --srl SLAYER,
men at hone, ulhcs OF tn. South here. Nov
aud th-u, onu u si.vr. mou'n'n: for tho los
spoiis. aud ednIng paper ths, u'-s TO slarH
the Saa,h by the old song OF 1881, "fh'
Wh,gs are shol,,,onts,s." Once We ~e,e told
thefs are ne Democratic Abal,t,en's's ai ths
Moth Nov hnw changed Even IN 10,
Senate. smembsr of h, body W.. Clemens
OF Alabama. on the l7.h January, 1850,
ssid:
III SAID Tho people Of the South had beer
heretofu- labor,ne under the ds'usiun iha, tn,
northern Democrats were their friends.
sa'd it was a deluslon, and | was glad TO hsv,
an opportunity Of explaining tito them. Goo
detiper me from surh fricnds az the norther,