Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-03-14

hJlhe l0ng-antlclPated Spcech OF MI
Calhoun was read in the Senate on Mon
day last, and has disappointed every one
even his political opponents, who are firm
for the preservation ofthe Union, have ear
nes,ly hoped that he would assume a paci-
fc position, and bring the powers Of his
great mind to bear upon this question in
manner which would accomplish much for
the welfare of the country. But they have
been sadly and Unexpectedly disappointed.
He has assumed a dictatorial, overbeariLg
position, and is satisfied with nothing which
has yet been proposed. The very COM
mencement Of his speech has command
ing tons he says, " ! have, Senators, be-
llesed from the first" &C., thus entirely
dispensing with the Parliamentary style of
Mr.. President" Its tone throughout is
bold. tyranical, decided and cold his COM
plants are unreasonable, and his demands
are monstrous and absurd. He commen-
ces by alluding 10 the excitement on the
Slavery question, and how it has co..stant-
ly increased with the lapse of years; he
then goes on to show that when the first
census was taken, in 1890, the population
and the political power Of the country
were early equally divided between the
North and the South and that by the CEN
sus OF 1910, the Northern strength had
greatly augmented, and that there were
a5ou, two and half millions more of peo-
pie in The free states than in the slave states,
and that the influence and strength of the
former ha increased in a Ike ratio in
Congress. He then speaks of the new
states VIII ch are about coming into the In
ion, and anticipates the speedy accession
OF others. lie complains that this has been
effected, IN great measure, by the action
Of The general Government, in Territori, j
restrictions, BY adopting system Of reven-
ue and disbursements, by which an undue
proportion Of the burden Of taxation has
bean imposed upon the South, and an un-
due proportion Of is proceeds appropriated
to the North and the last is a system Of
political measures, by which the original
character Of the Government has been radl-
calIy changed. lie complains that the
South was deprived Gf a due share of the
Terrltones by a series OF acts which orgi-
mated with the Ctniederacy the ordinance
Of 1857 injured the South the Missouri
Compromise again cheated the South, and
finally she was excluded from the whole Of
the Oregon Territory. These positions
which Mr.. Calhoun has assumed are entire
IL erroneous, and cannot be substantialed
by facts on record. He is dissatisfied be-
cause the South clnnot carry Slavery into
all the new Territories, after having ex-
hausted the soil of the old States, and
thereby greatly impoverished themselves. -
The plai truth of matter is just this
the North is free from the curse of Slav-
cry, and she is consequently happy and
prosperous. We possess an energy and
enterprise th at is unknown at the South
our labor is free, and we are al united in
common enterprise, each working for him
SELF and each STRIVING to acquire wealth.
This is the secret Of our success, and this
is the reason why the population Of the
North has increased SO much more rapid
ly than that of the South.
The assertion tha, the South has paid IA
large proportion of the revenue into the
Treasury, by means OF import duties, is
most wickedly untrue ; on the contrary,
the revenue derived from the South is very
small in proportion to that paid by the
North. And even where impor, duties are
paid by the South, in the first instance, it
does not operate, in the main, as tax up-
on the South, because very considerable
proportion of the goods imported come to
the North, and the import du'ies are conse-
quently Ultimately paid by the consumers.
From these premises he goes on, in a
most labored manner, and endeavors to
show that The North has gained powerful
ascendancy over the South, and that the
character Of the Government has changed
from a Federal Republic to gres, nation
al consolidated Democracy. lie states that
the first grand organized movemen, a, the
North, on the subject of the abolition of
Slavery, commenced in 1885 this he tra-
ces inutely down to the pres ent time, al
50 showing i,s movement and progress in
Congress. He also goe. into religious
matters, claiming that disunon has al
ready taken place in Churches, on account
Of this Northern and Southern feeling. Az
ter arguing out all these matters, a, length,
he asks the question, How can the Tn.
ion be saved g In reply he says, To
this | answer, there is but one way by
which it can be, and that ia by adopting
such measures as will satisfy the States be-
longing TO the Southern section that they
can remain in the IIniCn consistently with
their honor and their safety" And this he
says, can only be effected by removing the
causes by which this belief has been pro-
duced. He says tina, the cry of the Union
the glorious Union, cannot save il. lie
is opposed to the Clay Compromise, he is