Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-07-27

spirited she may suppose herself be- competent
think herself TO WELD her separate power against the
power of this Union, will tell her, and will tell the Sena
tor himself that there brave, dauntles gallant
men and devoted patriots in my opinion in every other
State the Unon TO be found in South Carolina her
self; and il, in any unjust cause, South Carolina any
other State should hoist the flag Of dsunion and rebellion,
thousands of thousands, OF kentuckans would flock
the standard of their country dsspate and repess ther
rebellion. These my senments-make the most of them
! Mr.. BARNWELL do not know that have any thing
to exactly reply the Senator from Kentucky
that, when he such language raors and "their
DOOM he compes remind him of the old adage 'hat
there two ends rope and when the Senator
TO the condemnation of traitors may prove that they
The true men With respect the threats of the Senator
from Kentucky, if history speaks true there certain
British officer who promised, with regiment of soldiers
to drive the rebels from end Of the continent the other
need not say the performance hardly eluaed the promise
But made, make no threats institute comparisons
Far be from me to deact from the fidelity the eaIantry
OF the people OF OF the States of this Union should do
great injustice to my convictions to do With
respect 10 the justice of the upheld by South Carolina
the Senator has not learn that she sustained her
Judgment by the recorded opinions of the numerous States
who made common with The State of Virginia her
seron OF their rights And shall any State however feeble
sutect herself TO runous and uOus domination from appre
henson that tyranny might prove too strong for her, that the
armed heel of the oppesso might ample out the life which
ne only designed to make degraded and miserable trust
not sr and contend only for the duty and the right Of
asserting justice, even at the hazard of safety '.
MIR. HALE. do not intend to occupy the attention Of
the Senate but moment As the Senator from Kentucky
has taken issue with me ona point of history,
give what understand TO be the truth Of the He says
the Missouri compromise very beneficial measure.
do not undertake say whether not but if there
any truth in history, though boy the time when
the New England States of considerably more relative
and numerical Importance than they now the history OF
those men who went for the Missouri compromise has been
warning from that day this to Northern men who come
here the floor of Congress surrender Northern right
propita'e power think the Senator from Massachusetts in
my eye (Mr DAvts) will tell you that of the most
promising and talented Of the public in the State who
went for that measure, have recovered from the odum
with which they overwhelmed from tina, day. think
the Senator from Rhode Island could stand up and show that
they have living monuments of pubic odum the persons
OF Northern representatives who for that in
that State. | know il so in New Hampshire and
believe in that part Of the country there but solitary
instance OF Northern statesman that had vitality and elas
city enough TO reuvenize himself from the obloquy with
which that measure overwhelmed him, and he an nd
| 'dual well known to the honorable Senator.
| Mr.. CLAY. Henry Shaw ...a W.. .."-. -"
| Mr.. HALE. No, sir John Holmes; the only man in
the whole Of New England that ever able 10 recover.
The honorable Senator from Georgia asks if would
serve them so again. can only tell him that is said that
history Is philosophy teaching by example and when he holds
up the Missouri compromise and the fate of those Northern
men who went for it, something that is stimulate
go for it, does he think that am ambitious Of filing martyrs
grave I Laughter No, sir, not at all nor do at
this time to accelerate the doom which have doubt will
overtake every individual who shall for the of
promise very popular the South but when any ind
vldua undertakes say that it popular the
North, mus. he permitted to reply that with all his great
knowledge, he Is greatly mistaken regard the truth of
history When the honorable Senator from Kentucky travel
led in New England and received as he saws he was
and as have odoubt he was tell him he received
not because he voted for that BILL and the auhor Of it,
but be was received notwithstanding what he had done for
the Missouri compromise. ....
Mr. CLAY. 1t was after the passage of the tariff ac, of
1882 that visited New England. .." ...'.'.
Mr. HALE. Well he would have been 50 received in
1920, or at any time believe there is no public man in
the country that had enthusiastic friends, he did
have many in number. the honorable Senator No man
had the faculty of attaching his friends him like the
honorable Senator and there is part of the country,
wtasandIng what have said Of the cold figd empera
ment OF New Eng land, where that enthusiasm is ap
parent than there But the Senator mistakes altogether h
truth Of history If he thinks that that compromise popu
lar The who voted for it. No, sir those men arr
living tombstones to-day-'hose of them who above
giountom the odum and oboquy that has been heapet
on tlem. ...
Mr.. CLAY. One or two words in reply to the honorable
Senator He has conioInde very different epochs ir
the history of the country. spoke first the Missouri
Rcompronise and think know the much better
than the Senator does, though there great many
above twelve from the free Saes-who voted with
for that compromise. knew that time every OF
them, aud preserve the most friendly recollection of them
at this moment If the Senator says they all sacrificed
am he is mistaken. remember the names of Henry
Baldwin, of Pisburg; Henry Sorrs OF Whites,own,
Utica, New York Judge Ford Henry Shaw, formerly of
Lanesboro, who although he did return TO Congress-
the Legislature of his State whenever he chose,
and Of its hnnoied influential members long after the
passage of the compromise. recolec them all
this time. But as to New Hampshire and of the other
States we got very few supporters from them believe Gov
Tonlinson who favored it heart and Mr..
Foot voted for it, and here long after that sure,
you to look the list of Northern members who
voted for the Missouri compromise you would and that
| majority of them were sustained.
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sacrificed and he told U.s. what he need have done that
he not disposed to sacrifice himself. Laughter. He
certainly need not have told that nobody would suspect
Now any of these gentlemen were sacrificed in the cause
OF their country would write upon their tomstones this
epl,aph Here lies noble patriot who loved his county
better than himsef'-an epitaph which would be
able TO write. am afraid the tomb Of the Senator from
New Hampshire. Laughter.
! MIR. HALE. Mr. President, the honorable Senator it
seems to me, has been little personal. Laughter
Mr.. CLAY Oh, no.
Mr.. HALE. do not know whether the honorable Sena-
tors vocation is to write epiaphs; but tell him that
think the epltaph which the country will write and has writ
ten great many that have been sent here from the
North, and who have lost the little muscle they possessed
when they were with their constituents, is this Here lies
man. who sacrificed himself for his counrys good but
who sacrificed his constituents for the good of oice and
think of those men who voted for the Missouri compromise
know something regard ID their fate REMEMBER nearing
member, living, who member OF Congress from
New Hampshire and late chies justice OF the Supreme
Court, Arthur Livemoe) tell that upon his return
home, just subsequent the passage Of tie Missouri compo-
mise, in passing the of government TO New Hanp-