Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-03-11
Mr.. Calh0un's Speech.
WASHINGTON, March 5.


Mr.. Calhoun's speech was read by Mr..
Mason in the Senate yesterday.
The lines betng out of order, was the
reason that@a fuller report was not sen.
yesterday.
He commenced by stating tina, there is
danger to the Union, and traces the pro.
gress Of discomfort in the South. They
are not Of recent, but Of slow and patient
growth. He still farther traces that dis
content to the settled belief, that under the
present state Of things, the South cannot,
with honor and safety, remain in the I'm.
ion; and again, he still further detects the
origin Of that belief, in the long continued
agitation and aggression Of, the North. He
takes the census of 1900 and 1870, and
shows that the equilibrium between the
NORTH and South has been destroyed by tine
interference of the government, and then
laws down three modes in which this gov.
ernmental position has been accomplished.
The first charge is, that the South has been
excluded from all interest in the territories
common to the Union. The second charge
is, that the adoption Of 9 system OF
revenue and endorsement ruinous to the
South, had been forced upon the country,
taking away an undue proportion of the
proceeds of the South, and imposing upon
her, unequal taxation, for the benefit Of
the North. The third charge is, that a
system of political measures has been cher
ished, that has changed the original char
acter of the federal compact. He next
proceeds to show how it is that the equilbri-
um has been destroyed, and the whole pow
er centralized in sectional majority.
He refers first to the ordinance of 1857,
from the result of the provisions Of which
the North seeks to be the ruler Of three
fourths of the territory. From this he
passes to the Tariff, to manufacturers, and
to general survey Of matter pertaining to
protection, and concludes this division OF the
change in the original character Of the gov.
eminent, BY asserting that, instead Of liv-
ing in republic, we are swayed wholly by
National consolidaasd Democracy.
The government has assumed powers,
and as the Interests of sections are not one,
therefore there springs up hostility between
the North and the South. Here he enters
upon full details of the history Of the aboli-
ton movement, and adverts to the opposi-
ton to the right of petition on slavery
topics, and follows out the natural result OF
agitation till he finds it ending in Disunion.
From this point the ties which bound the
Union together are severed-church or
ganization and brotherhood severed, and
the influence of agitation upon them de.
picted. The Union then becomes the chief
theme, and with no sparing voice he glow
ingly declares the nature of the love Of Un.
ion in the breast of those who have car
ried on the agitation. He alludes to Wash
ington and the dissolution of the colonies
and the mother country.
The next step of his discourse is directed
towards the plan of the administration.
Mr.. Clay's proposition is scarcely no
ticed.
He draws the distinctive lire between
Wilmot and the Executive, and censures
in no slight measure the movements to,
wards the construction Of State out OF
California, He opposes the admission OF
that State. cites to the Presidents Mes
sage. and concludes with an appeal to SeD-
ators upon their duties. intimating that the
admission OF California will be a sufficient
evidence Of the future intentions ot the
North, and will enable the Ssuth to adopt