The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-08-05
I III + REPU BIZ &c.

shai iLsy als.eIi at ass sssis "a s q sor II they
ep5ssa.d i,is pisn ~ ~ Pfftacht u Ga. senator
siA pfne tlsat tiseff ara b,A SEQ mtIAlers oi the
"a asa Siie afe safm.tea ifum uss elAirge' and
via hass nsi s,patly pleaded aith me friends .,
go ffusssiant nQa a. satstsia this measure. dare
a. HEl. ioaaaai ,raiussy shat sac senator
ito AfasiasipPi tsys. bssausf D. y a Senator and
islt.nfatis issss. n ilay ts ifas J cannot an
serf 90 ~ .npra.isaret ~ ~ meiuhgrs "a the
lapiftN tisrfs mas ~ npisgais "a Irritation and
sH,iifiUsfiti ahtn ~tfaa arr sV0ktn in regard %
saar tuigUlia tpt siftttlY bsrauine % gsntl'iDcn
in & ~ p,ssiit,iita thfas. ioesssi hoetng and
issEsftsiy, ssia gvnrfally iegftttud When 1he
tlaiiatats a rchsrtioh fstUsn aafr npi under
isks ~ say that th0sf saieutnp ssd $3.50, hrs have
500 hren misda hug ebai are ihsy wafth. az no
tlfaale hrfr when uy sft maat Slf, ought
dftit usanHef. silsr SHAT ~ hanuralte Senator
tfait kEaiye ay llaa stated They are worth great
deal siter chat kE ~ hsa stated si buI ior iht In
tttiercaos - the rfes4acni aud ifs cabinet, .hi.
AMI y ns.~hy o. thal b. tr1si u any tbng
ahilh sac frasiocni IA tanF i any uhng which
81 has i sisf IA So Way ~ iHuT u any p0eer II
putsshsssnt sht,h hs kl,as b. his hands cVaid con
%, 90 Eion "a sub g0tstru, tocn vote the tvlu-
uy, We, 80 81 a. huif Nhru auth scntlua.nt
Uau ba entertained hstt, snd announced " tbs
sosntry frozen th,s chainasr
,
Il. and % noi byiiose b. hsss already stated,
uith regard Va ths VI tHe President, that n
nay Judgment 4is ctlsslstfrcy required that after ne
lao announced his selitinieHis. t'lai Wa uR0uEh
Having a - Congress % sestc Ihh question: tllgy
h1as IA would thea have dr. har gud his whole
duty 10 the country.
nut dss senator igom EtniAgcky viii remember
that when b. made iai speech ~ tar rs, ~ May,
bidding np tn Firtd fent4aHt fhs plan vt tlts Pfce
ucnt saith that n the oonniiter. he accompanied
HE demonstrations with the utmost dcFtos Of . ofn
II manner -unt % say eaatrtnpt; sRi I'D he not
then tempt the President 60 tlc very BRINK oi pro-
pricty. " be- did mos take the leap, u hr not
iirosn "a hs vuard, d proof u she nobicst Zoe.
heafahCc Presidents, iikr othrf tDgu, are made ni
flesh aud hd, and pAftAke ~ all till ihtrmics 0f
humanity Il would 10 strange, therefore. u, after
such speech. the PTtsident should have shown
some irfiiation aud resentment And ! ask ihc
Senator from ksntgcky. Judging iroia his knowl-
edge OF human nature aud his own temper we're Il
has case, huw lar would such feelings BE- likely SO
be treasured up, aud find utisrAnco fr0m him, even
against the dit tAt,s OF policy and prupriety'
hut the honorable Senator from Mississippi Mo
Foorr) has made broader statements still. liz
charges that honorable grntlcmcn-- members u
Congress have been threatened with the ioss VI
their places by nenibers Of the Cabinet II they
should dare 60 vote or the plan 81 the COMMITTEES
II that be the cAsc trust The honorable Senator
will specify aud furnish the proofs, that the guilty
parties may be- dismissed and held up Go the con
tempt and sc0rn which they deserve.
Mr.. foOrE. mean that members of the Cab
met have told members Of the House that In par
ticular Staics not Wing would dare 20 vote for
this plan. That ia language hook upon az
nacing language, and can PARTICULARS, IL il be
Mr.. BsL | do not deny that il may be 40; but
appeal tS the honorable Senator from Mississippi
whether even such language ne that Is not the Ian
guage Of insanity, iatuiiy, inonOmauia, OF what
ever clsc you choose 10 term it
Mr.. FooTE. The simple fact of the dismissal Of
Messrs Buliitt and Sargent from the cditorship Of
the Republic, because they we're not every day de-
nouncing this plan, must satisfy every man how FAR
Cabinet Influence was brought 10 bear. have ~
construed il, and 20 has the country. and there is
no doubt that hereafter IL will be looked upon
one OF the blacklist pages of American history.
Mr.. BELL. have b ard that fact already stated
by the honorable senator from Kentucky. And
put IL To the candor aud OF Justice Of the hon
orabc Senator from kentucky aud the honorable
Senator from Mississippi, whether II the President
had not changed and did not mean 10 change ms
position, and the editors Of the Republic
derstood 20 spoak the general sentiments of the
Presdcnt-Dot by authority exactly bat standing
in such friendly relations 20 him that what they
said would be supposed u have his ssncuon--whe-
thcr IL they undertook Of their own accord 10 put
forth sentiments which were calculated ~ misload
the country, and 10 their readers 90 believe
that the President had adopted the plan OF the Com
mtcc Of Thirteen ough, they not either to have re-
tired from the press OF 90 have presented the true
opinions of tho President; whether OF honor.
they we're not bound % adopt one course OF tbc
10 misrrprcscnt the views OF the President I have
the pleasure OF knowing those gentlemen. con.
slider them gentlemen Of high honor. Hut pot u
30 the Senator from kontuDk y, II lac had been the
incumbent OF the White Iiousc-and 40 man. AZ
one period, laborod more faithfully than did tO
place him thcrc-and Newspaper understood 90
speak his scntimcuis, over which be had any con.
troll had taken the course Of the RsJaitlie, 90 say
what would have been las cOursc. | should like 10
hear what he would have say the editors Of such
paper the fret time lat be put his eyes upon them.
should like to see an exhibition here ia ts senate,
OF the manner la which ho would meet and adj.
dress them. do not mean 20 say that il would be
indecent exhibition. Not al al. But IL he had
not risen 10 the height OF biz p0wcra Ina expressing
his disnpproyal aud resentment, ! am much mis-
taken. And, sir, they would have had 10 retire, or
lose his confidence and support And put Il "a
him to say whether hc would consider Il any thing
more than legitimate exercise uf his rights aud
influence 10 replace them with others who would
more truly reflect his sentiments, Aud uas IL i'm
proper either In the President ~ dctirc that tlcy
should retire, or dshonorablc in them 10 do ~ an
der the circumstanccsi Had they been less honor
able in their principles Or icCngs, they would not
have retired but they fclt The position In which
they stood, and AT their option che retired And
what has tie country lost by thc change o. by the
example, IL has been announced through Eve
hundred channels, and By the trumpet tongue 1t
the honorable Senator from kontucky. thar they
were dismissed because they were b. tayor II tlis
plan Of the Committee Of Thirteen. ~, tso. Tho
President had a right ~ have b understood that De-
had not changed BIS policy, and there has b,.u 40
cOncoalmcnt practiscd upon the country.
When the Senator from Mississippi Nc FOorr)
interrupted me, was asking the senator frOn Ken.
lucky (Mr. CLAV) whether BE- had not driven the
President % the point Of resentment and Il opposition
10 the measure before The senate The President had
been Compelled 10 explain hs position. aud b.
scrt his'p policy. The Senator from ksntu,ky took
this a. an attack upon his hSorite plan and IN biz
speech Of the 2lst of May took casuu to dsuounrc
the plan Of the President q the senate and ths
country in terms Of scorn and dsfsion. and in tbr
printed pamphlet in Viii d that speech Wa cir1u.
lated arraycd the two conlicun plans In Opposite
columns, ia such a way, aud with such intcrnrcta.
tons Of the plan Of The President. that hardly q
man who read it considering The high source from
which the statements IN that speech cmanaisd--the
distinguished senator from kentuc ky--could have
any respect for General Taylor o. he policy.
Now, Iagain ask the Senator fflin Keuiuc ~ that
would have been his fcclings. and shat BIZ course.
II be had been placed la the situation Of General
Taylor, What would be have felt What cuufse
would have been left open for him, ~ ior any
Of spirit when thus Asssilcd but 30 yindiostc him
self from that position Of and contempt which
the leader par srceiicnos, OF the great Wing party
for the last twenty live yoars bad placed hifn 10
There was no alternative left General Taylor,
under the circumstances, but 90 maintain aud jus-
uiy his own opinions aud policy, or 81 surrender
them, adopt the plan Of the committee, resign biz
place, aud 10 be President Of the United States
Iherccould be but one Justification u such
III the President became convinced ol the areriurtv