The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-22

THIS H00r which nave again ana again hedtus and
which have never heard uttered but with shudder q
apprehension We told thet IN certain contingencies
upon the occurrence oil certain events The South must
ss prescribed course Wsa, p
ourselves 10 ourselsescan we aequt ourselves 10 civ
ilization-can we acqut ourselves TO that religion
acqu ourselves % the great God OF Heaven himself il
upon measure OF this magnitude this transcendant i'm
porance We are TO take regardless OF conse-
quenees know OF no condition OF man. individual
associated, wherever he may be- whether solitary and
alone IN the widest prairie OF the West, or upon the
oceans pillows, or amidst her storms, acting in de
Lucrative bodies-l know OF no condition where re
glous moral rational, responsible being take step
regardless OF consequences. is precisely because do
regard consequences-and apprehend them net in this
or that State Of the Union but al parts Of the entire
Unionconsequence not only affecting US, but to affect
all mank ind, in greater or less degreeconsequenc
which affect the existence OF selfgovernment-con
quences which affect the preservation OF liberty itseit
Is because do look at consequences do regard them,
deliberate upon them, consider hem that led to the
conclusion to make every effort every exerton, which
can make, with every power which is yet permitted to
me topossess, TO avert that worst of all human caam
ties. not only that could beall this country, but that
could befall the whole race Of civilized man
Mr. CLEMENS. did not expect to hear an argu-
ment in the Senate chamber Of the United States,
mating from gentleman OF the distinguished character
Of the honorable senator from Kentucky 10 prove that
i was right 10 dowIong: did not expect 70 hear him
undertake to prove that il moral, religious. and pa
rotic to refuse to do right, because something might
happen from il. | understand religion and morality
70 incucate the doctrine that we must 40 right and the
consequences that may follow from that right to be
considered resting the responsibility not upon us. but
upon those who have forced us 10 pursue that course III
the senator from Kentucky meant 70 assert that my Ian.
guage capable OF that consruction-,ha meant that
would and should act regardless oil consequence at all
hmes and under all circumstances he has put con-
n ny H. winch = M Ssa4
meant to assert general rnhthat It was the duty Of
every one to rightly, honestly justly. and conscen
ously and must learn morality another school. and
laaru nd else hafOra
retract these sentiments. The senator asks me what
right have to comment upon his conduct have the
re pobc e pue
Mr.. CLAY, dnterposing) Certainly, certainly; but
not upon my private conduct and intercourse
Mr.. CLEMENS. saw nothing OF the scene which
senator from Missouri did not know OF at the time.
was not in the Senate chamber on the day on which
this meeting occurred. alluded 10 that concord which
exists between them in relation to this matter to this
Enlistment of territorial governments heard the
ator from Kentucky proclaim when he presented his
olutons that they intended compromise, to be
taken whole, and all acted upon together, that il
wrong to stop leak in the vessel OF State and
not TO stop all understood him so when he intro
duced his resolutions and made his speech and also
understood when the senator from Missouri introduced
his motion to refer This matter unconnected with the
other matters to committee and with instructions to the
committee to have California admitted into the Unionl
then understood the senator from Kentucky TO abandon the
ground which he had previously aken and coincide with
the sentiments Of the senator from Missouri This was
waite intercourse that had taken place between them
knew nothing and cared nothing about that The mo.
ton and the resolution were precisely the same N effect
il not in terms and the senator from Kentucky declared
that he SO understood It. What right had he then to
complain, If we chose TO comment upon III He says:
had been taken \ CaosGs and there
here now and asked admlsson-he asks me II IT would
not be right to admit her would reject her Yes sir,
fraud Referred /, mSsn
by agtations in Congress, in the State legislatures in
conventions -agitations everywhere throughout the
fraud. preventing them from having an equal chance
in adopting the constitution would reject it on that
ground alone
The senator is mistaken ii he snpposes am to be de.
tered in any manner from expressing what conceive il
my duty TO do hope shall never on any occasion for.
get what is due to his age and position, and any
where forge! what s due 70 principles OF justice and
right; and intend talk about them in the planest Ian
gnage that / can possibly command intend to use
Anglo-Saxon words. which mean something, that the
] country may understand me.
have something to say 10 the honorable senator
from Michigan. IMr. CAssl did not intend 10 call
forth from him any remarks. did not make any allu-
sion to him in splnt OF unkIndness meant no charge
his Nicholson letter and say that it meant thing and
his speech the other day meant another thing. did not
e alads to i 10 any %anne. wnaeve Bu,
puts upon that Nicholson letter was never put upon
il by his own party in the State OF Alabama tell him
that have been greatly instrumental in deceving the
people OF that State because told them did
anything OF the kind | have in my hand paper
which received here this morning, and will read TO
him the construction put upon by his own party in the
1 State OF Alabama.
/ [Mr. c. here read extract-whch regret our
inability TO oblanfor the purpose indicated in his
marks An inference OF its character may be drawn from
the remarks made by MIR. CAss.l
That sir is the construction put upon his letter by his
party friends throughout the State IN which live am
sorry that misunderstood him, but did not mean to
make that theme Of discourse in the Senate. must re-
mir he with
matter A distinguished gentleman-fomery member
OF the other House-a leading democrat read out OF
the democratic party in the State Of Alabama because he
said precisely what the senator from Michigan says
in regard that Nicholson letter We put the ban upon
him. We excluded him from the ranks OF the demo
cratic party. | allude 10 Mr.. Yancey. He not the
only one; for half dozen other democrats were ex-
cluded from the party for putting the same construction
upon that letter that the honorable senator from Mch-
gan now puts upon 1t.
The senator tells that he has right TO speak for he
has been broken down for standing up for the South
Well what does that establish Does il prove, il il
annhlaed for doing what he has done for standing up
only 30 far he has for the rights Of the South What
hope have we that the North will suggest any
promise that accept Does il not prove, beyond
the shadow of doubt, that all hope is gone forever
Why sir, he proposes 10 admit California. lie promu-
gates doctrine which will exclude slavery from all the
Territories OF the United States, and yet because he will
not out and say that the Wmo Proviso is const
tutional, he tells that his political existence the
North is terminated. Then say that want other
evidence TO prove that all hope oil acompromise is at an
end. fa
Mr. DAVIS. Of Mississippi. Irose for the purpose Of
La he