The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-08-29

l. from The UDlOHi ="
lilo ri, 1 1psn da' he Western States"
ipFi 'aa D,'Y .neb declarations. The re-
mae ne nv :" speech at Camden which ssI.-
lof' d u, . text. contained no such decla-
you q And you, Of course, koow pei,
' ,,s we'll, that you we've perv'F'lns the
tuth. .uoscb was prepared
Ins !, consulting me, by the secretary Of
l meeting at Camden, was never .. seen
e nls' mill after its publication (Which
o. aa. ~ 10 me,) and being brief
y outraged you tOsuse your petty arll-
a eu' G.,o,,ion. But the report, IN It's
''' p .,,le. i sufieieu. 70 convict you Of
c'aal s's .n. n~ractices, as was rendered
I.lnss" y The correction made Oya sena-
\ from Mi..ocri, Of ! mi'sta'' n. D,d IG io'
4 ,,usting to your %Verslon' ne nSu i"
averteDtly lalen. =.
w,,, : did say on these points was IN
1 VIVA. This: That. it California with
pO'' a : Constitution and usurplng
iS,,is. should be admitted Oy Con
oand :. , State, s,se o. should be lei, i" its pre-
.onaiiiop, excluding the South from
y 's 'vs ofrbe territory, the slavehOld'rs
49,. ought to secede from the pfesen'
I 'a's, sr and form a Southern confsd-
Thai if forced into a wal by Inc
..,i,s If the North, the slaveholding
miob, rely on sure elements oil suc'
.moocs, which would be the power
J,.iog ne Mississippi against inc
oftbe Northwestern States; 'c
j., section 10 terms. And that the
1; IT, uracused by The nOn-slaveholdins
,,,.. i attempting to exclude the Sou't
N share of California, and to Iot
,,,,, Of its territory, would justify INT
tsaf,dsracy Of the slaveholding Sia'eS II
sing pos, session. by force, Of the whole
any part Of California =.
The Northern man, who denounces thu
,,.,,on. would meet simply with detl
o,s-,be servile Southern s%ycoPhan'
mo- raises the cry proVOkes ihezpress'Ol
corn, .l;u.4
b. way Of apology for undertaking t
troign me before the Senate, you asser'e'
according to a report, which find in tn
Baltimore Clipper that it seemed TO D
pndered necessary BY the particular mer
IN I had made Of you. This is not mere
pervelsion, like the statements allude
4 above. buta fabrication Of your faucy.-
aid not say a word about you in my speec
hat | remember. AT all events, there
hi a word in the report Of it. But pc
Iaus, with the instinct Of "Sclub" in tt
lav, YOU telt that il | had spoken Of you,
mist have been in terms Of contempt.
Permit me now, sir, as you are in Il
lahil oflecturing Senators and citizens,
out Of place, (but ] must retract a part
he expression. I do not know that "
ave ever had sufficient sense OF decen'
o do it in place. 10 offer you a very she
cture for the amendment Of your ma
lers.
To pervert the language Of others into
ense notintended BY them, is not regard
IS reprehensible in a clown at a circus,
Jester over a convivial bottle. But 1t
lot very becoming 10 use this trick for
eet on the floor of the Senate, even
hese days Of Senatorial decline, VIII
Scrub may be a Senator. have point
put your perVersions Of the language
which my speech was reported. You "
make the proper acknowledgements or 7
according as you uay have any regard
ruth left, or as you may, among the Co
promises to which you are addicted, ha
compromised away what little OF the qua
Y you ever possessed.
You bantereda Senator from South {
DINA with the offer, that you would, if
eltsd, come TO Charleston or Columbia,
discuss the questions which have been
ioe the Senate.
When South Carolina desires instr
lion in the doctrines Of the Federal {
Consolidation School, she can send f
statesman worth listening to, Mr.. Webs
o. instance, who could perform the t
with some ability.
Butt would not be generous to hold
70 your offer, You will need to exeri
your powers, such as they are, includ
NoDf acknowledged power of brass, to
cO'e q palliate to the people of Mississ
me deliberate treachery to your State
. The South, so long premeditated BY
ana Tor a time concealed under the
g0l'' Of violent Southern feeling, inn
lng you 10 brawl lordlv u,;,h ~ Ahol;t