The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-10
THE .ADJusrMENrr-MR. CLAY.

dressed the SENATE at length Ia opposition to Mr..
Clays plan Of Adjustment and in defence Of Pre-.
sident Taylor's policy and course. While speaking
of the President, Mr. Clay interrupted Mr. Bell, and
said:
"He desired to remind the Senator that some eph,
days before that speech was delived he had made a
concliatory speech, in which he had expressed the
hope that the TWO branches of the Government could
unite on some plan of adjustment. The next day af.
ter this speech an article appeared in the Repubc
newspapel-the special and confidential organ of the
Admlnlstraion-in which it was announced that the
PRESIDENT had not changed his views This was
| followed up by announcements that the President
adhered to his own plan and that the bill of the
mittee did not meet with Executive appreciation
Shortly afterwards the editors of the Republic who
did support the bill of the committee, were dismiss
ed because they did so. From these circumstances
and others, he considered that the Administration at
tackled the bill and he made the Speech to which the
Senator about to alude, in defence of the bill
against open, undisgused attack by The adsinistra-
tion upon IL. Had the administration remained 81
lent had it ven any evidence of desire to sup
port that plan or to meet with the committee upon
something, he would have been reoiced to have CO.
operated with it. But they had attacked it OPEN
ly, and he had done nothing more than defend it
making no war upon the Administration except
such as was necessary for that Defence
i Mr.. Bell resumed, and Mr. Clay again interrupted
him soon after, and said:
Editors Of the Republic for no cause but that they
endorsed the bill. These things might have been
suffered to pass without notice, had he heard in
addition to this, of the interference of the Admins
in Congress and out of Congress against this
bill had he not heard of Secretaries and heads of
departments all being engaged in active opposition
to the plan of the commitee-had he not heard that
the President himself. in speaking of it. sneeringly
said, I" 1t is an Omnibus bill'' He would, perhaps,
have not said any thing, but having heard all these
! III fho of tho nj r.h:.
and his friends and of their active opposition to the
bill, he determined defend the bill, and he did de-
fend it. And he would defend it still against the at
tacks Of thousand Presidents. [Applause.]
Mr.. Bell said the Senator might defend his bill as
he said but that did not make it right. He then re-
peated the circumstances of the two articles which
appeared in the papers, the one announcing that the
President had changed his views, the other simply
denying the fact to be SO; and urged that in this
there was nothing which could be considered war
upon the bill by the Administration. He alluded to
the sensitiveness naturally belonging persons in
power, upon any intmation Of want of consisten-
cy, &C., and contended that endeavor to protect
himself from an imputation of having abandoned his
own position could not and ought not to have been
construed into attack upon the Senator his BILL
The President and the Senator as Mahome, and
the mountain. If the mountain would not 90 to Ma
homet he would have to 60 to the mountain. He
would not say which was the position of either
party.
mountain would let him alone. [Laughter.]
Mr. Bell said that he not aware that the noun
; tain had, in any way, attacked Mahomet. Laugh
MIR. Clay said that he had before stated that there
were two modes of policy which the Administration
might have adopted, either of which would have
been satisfactory to him. One was, to lend its aid
to the support of the bill, and the other keep si-
lent, and leave the subject in the hands of Congress,
without any interference the part of the President
ar hio HID tt,opo hoon
ed there would never have been any difficulty in the
passage of the bill. For it was we'll known, it
in the mouth of every member of Congress, it was
the universal opinion in this body we'll in the
other that had the Administration kept silent, and
had not warred upon the measure II could have pass
ed both houses without much difficulty. Such was
the opinion of every member of Congress.
Mr.. Foote said that he wished the Senator from
Tennessee to say whether he was denying that there
had been any Executive interference to defeat this
bill. If so, he would take issue with the Senator.
He was prepared to meet him, and could prove the
contrary. He could prove that Secretaries and men,
hers of the Cabinet have waged war upon this bill,
not only beyond these halls, but also in Congress.
He would undertake to prove, if the Senator would
make the issue. that they have threatened members
of Congress if they did not oppose this bill. They
had declared to certain members of Congress, and
he could prove it, that they would prevent their
election if they voted for this bill. He could prove
the same on the President. He said that what he
meant to convey was, that members of the Cabinet
had openly declared to members of the House of
Representatives from the Northern States, that if
they voted for this bil they would certainly never
be reelected to Congress. This he prepared to
prove by evidence known to him.
What will honest Wings say to these astounding
facts-facts quoted from the Congressional columns
of the Republic, the personal organ of the PRESIDENT
1t is charged by Mr.. Clay, and not denied by Mr..
Bell, that the President has not only sneered at
his bill, but has labored, in common with his Cabin
et to defeat it, and Senator Foote declares that he
can prove these facts, if necessary! Dare the Ra-
leigh Register and Gov. Manly still justify and de-
fend Gen. Taylor! We call upon them to speak
out. The people demand that they shall come out
honestly, and say what they think of these things!
Are they with Clay. or Taylor! Are they ready, in
der to sustain their party President and his corrupt
Cabinet, to strike do,On Henry Clay?
We commend to the particular attention of the Re-
gister and Gov. Manly, the following extract from
Gen. Taylor's Allison letter:
/" Indeed have thought that, for many years past,
the knomn opinions and wishes Of the Executive have
exercised undue and injurious influence upon the
Legislative department Of the Government; and for
this cause l have thought that our system was in
danger of undergoing great change from its true
theory. The No. personal opinions of the indi-
vidual who may happen to occupy the Executive
Chair, ought not control the action of Congress
upon questions of domestic policy" -6@
! CHEERING.-We are to-day "wednesday in the
receipt of three letters, from we-informed gentle
men, residing in three different Counties in the West
all assuring that Col. REID will receive considera-
by more than his party vote in their respective Coun-
r.