The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-03-06
Fhirty-Firss Congrcss@-- Z E,Esss. Sea-
s sion.
MONDAY, February $5, ls5D.saa
Correspondence inf Me baltimore American
SENATE.

presented. Several Of the petitions were, as,
usual, for tho reduction oil TIC, rates OF pos,
iage. + .s,g4',-
Mr.. iuca reported against the petition.
OF the widow oi Commodore IDeKay.
MIR. Benton rose to make am appeal to this
body. He WAS referred 10 in Il speech by the
Senator from Alabama. (Mr. sClemene) and
he now rose TO speak in noint 4 He went on
to read the passage about thcs lion aud the
Iainb-the grea, expungcr, andk great expoun-
acr, and great conpromser, &ci--lying doSu
together. lie did no, wish to Arepsy 10 the
eloquent remarks of tho Senator from Al
bana, bnt he would notice cnGor two, DniG'
Here Mr.. Clay's reply to Mr.. Clemens ana
Mr.. Clemens explanation. s's E-4sg 9ss
Alr. Clemens said the passage was zinisre-
ported. lie had said that the explanation be-
tween the gentlemen Inlmaed ll,at California
would be admitted, and he considered Tint
measure as dangerous to the South. ~
Mr. Benton attempted the explanation, and
was happy TO be relieved from The necessity
! o; urging anything more. .5s 80,
The resolutions OF Mr.. Foote, III reIalipn 10
! tho establishment Of the Territories Of Cali
! inr!in, New Mexico aud Dcsere,, were taken
! UP. He moved 10 refer The same TO a select
! rOnmittc" ol ihirtccu--siX from slave States
and six from free States, snd Que to be chosen
/ by them. T IS l'55~,..1t1a
J
! Ia the acts OF the Tennessee Legislature.
lie referred to an article i'll the lnielgenccr
| on the subject OF the resolutions passed blythe
/ House in opposition to the Southern ConYen-
! ton. 4.szs,l g., tszs4
| Mr.. Turncy said the statement was untrue.
! The extract was crroneously attributed to
| the Nashville Unon. The Union was strong
| j. II favor Of the Southern convention. Again,
the resolutions were msrepor,ed and tend ed
I
! important part oi the resolutions was omitted.
| The statement assumed that the Legislature
condemned The ohjcrt Of The convention.
! This was untrue. Tho democrats had atila-
! jcrity IN the House and the wings in the Sen
ate. The House took greundagainst the adj
MISSION OF California and appointed delegates
| 10 tue convention ThesWhigs Senate t55il
the ground t',at he people should select The s.
! Delegates 10 tho convcntioa ii they choose %
gsnSsT fss = eS Go does does s,n,emsef.a. ihc
lnal i moi 'Ss scrvg The Union
The Union is not t63be preserved by the
carrying out oi the .ieNs %. Northern fanatics,
ani the admission OF tho SoDth. s.,, go
The pcnnlc nf Tennessee ara devoted 10
the Unon, but the L"rislature says it can
only be preserved by the preservation ..ff4 he
guarantees Of the Consutut'ou,a:., the Leg
isiaiurc pledged themselves 10. rrsst efsqg
Gro lcllncnts on them 10 the laSt extremity y
and at every hazlr, The Intel!igencer must
arpc II "a the North'rn pcop;e As we'll rs the
South. il they would preserve the Union.
Mr.. Downs said 1t had been stated thai The
municipal authorities had approved the as
scmihagc o: The convention, airi that Gcn.
! Armstrong wouli RESIST il. tl2
! Mr.. 'rurncy said both statements were un-
| true. Tor he had converted with Cen Arm
/ siron.: on the subject.
I I'll, ,.Nll he ,yt o0
! over The people ot IN. territory The principles
! at the ordinance established in l7ST.d .s5
Tie subject lc- over. s, s4HE
! The order oi the day, Mr.. Clay's resou-
tons, was taken up.
Mr.. Miller resumed and concluded his re-
III .rks on The subject. as
After Mr. Miller concluded. s-5,st
! Mr. Foote's resolution in relation 10 the or
! ganlZation Of ,crritort was taken up.
Mr. Foot" urged the appointment OF COM
! inttcc as the only means oi an adjustment.
Mr. Batter had little hope OF any good re-
suit iom 4 prrracicd discussion he would
consent Ia no compromise which Ord not re-
coTnizc Inc equality OF the South.
Mr.. FoO.c WAS ccrlaIn HAT nn plan of ad-
Justmcnt cnnd he agreed on by uie committee
winch was not lair and gust. ilIt WAS lmt lp-
proved, ,hc gentleman would vote >iga: nst Il.
Ii VIC would DO anything here OF practical
character, lie had assurances that the flonsc
would sustnIn II by a large majority. The
gcucra feeling was in favor Of compromise,
and that there was prevailing full bciiel that
the Union was in danger.
! ct Us give the committee week to act in;
and next Saturday plan can, am certain,
he ma,rred, which the whole Senate will rn-
Iiy. Each mcmhcr ol The committee would
he sustained by the other twelve, and their
opinions and acts wonld be respected by the
whole Senate. and tho House. and the whole
people. The experiment was worth trying.
Mr.. Walker made some remarks as 10 the
views "l Inc South; and declared that no com
mfticc could ever agree to them He refer
red particularly to The alternative presented
hy The senator rom Massachusetts, (Mr Da-
Us
Alr DAVIS explained. lie had great hope
from committee.
Mr.. Batter said that II the committee failed
. to agree 1t wonll aggr,vatc the difficulty 1t
would become source Of con,cuticn. He
VAS opposed to preciptatc acton. Let us
move cautiously, step by step. An impru.
dent measure might produce embarrassment;
r lie (Mr Bntlcr) had fixed upon nm ultima
tnm He bad no spirit of tehanrc. He
would impose guards on himself, and would
not, unless assaicd, on any point rccedc Jie
$ believed tha, rcpor, OF committee would
: only serve To entangic us the moro. y
i. Mr.. Walker did rot wish to- throw down The
L gauntlet or any other defiance, s s
Mr. Badger was decidedly in favor OF the
proposition OF The gentleman from Mississippi
: Mr. Clemens suggested ,hnt the difficult,
s would be to get conn.i,toniha hat would satis.
5 ~ the country. He would @ot, vote for,ii,e
h committee unless The SIX Southera men were
h elected hy The Sou hefn Senators.
S Mr. Badger could see no ti.fscuit
: " 10 arse from Tho appointment
l. mittcc. -
d Mr.. Dayton thought ca,G9
J. more harm than good. IS,
4 matter first,
nA &a Clemens urged tl,eSSs II