Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-03-20
DEBATE IN TIE SENATE.

DEBATE IN TIE SENATE.
Mr.. Wcbsrcr's speech on Thursday on
the Compromise resolutions Of MIR. Clay,
was emphalically arrnt speech: noble
in language. generous aud conriIiaring it,
Iour, and in lIe matter having one gene.
raj, broad and powerful tendency towards
the p"acrahlc and honorable adjustment Of
Ihe existing controversy. Nothing has oc
CURED duriag this sessinn 10 give US so
lively resfet as cur inability 10 publish the
ample and admirable rep"rl Of this speech
which appears in he Inteliscucer and
Union of Friday. The latter paper has
paid we'll deserved tribute 10 this greal
eilhrl If lhe Massachusetts Senator, in Ian .
guase equally truthful and felicilous. We
cordially respond 10 HAT testimony Of ap.
prnval, and, take The orcasiun To say, that
whether or not we merit the character Of
uIIraisn, so literally allowed To US, we
have never had any Of that uIlraism which
could prompt US 10 view sucl, discussion
Of great public question as Mr.. Webster
has here presented TO the. country, with
any other feelings than adniraliun aud
delishi.
Not that we wholly agree with him; moi
thai there are not many points Of Disagree
mcn', hun nowhere has he urged his npin
ions utltusivrly; and when lie reaches the
Iue grounds of the present controversy,
he marks his way 50 clearly, and 'reads 50
Iuya|ly Oh he plain Track Of the CousliIu-
., 4 ,ft !,
the difficulty is nol 10 agree butt t"..disagrce
viii hin. With such spirit as Mr..
Webster has shown. it un, longer seems
Ia, pn ss,!I!o Il, serIiIi,uE cuntest Ia
:, cusn. and we feel nnw, for'lhe FIRST lime
sircc Congress met, a hope that it may be
50 adjusted.
NDr Ill! the question Of The continuance
of this Union was boldly raised aud forced
upon The consideration Of public men as Il
practical study, cuul sucI, speech as
This "f Mr.. Web>ler's be made. So long
as it was unlr Slavery au.i Anli.SIavery
the triumph of The Nonh ur The South
in matter of sectional dispute, he could
only have so spnken with halter round
his neck, and The arrnnt for his execu
linn waiting bul the close Of his remarks
IThe North would have listened to him
only with anlaZement deepening into rage,
an.l he woul. have Souc forth from Ihc
Scnatc, To meet Il Storm 0i JenuncaiIonS
al home. But on the question ST the dis
solution of the un!nn, he may so speak
and hope 10 he heard aud hecded-cvcn
hope 10 be bnrnr forward on the Srea, tide
of public approval, For TO no other State
is the Union so certainly Tie foundation of
all power and growth as to Massachusetts:
aud whoever saves This. the fountain head
If her prosperity, the very lI!e-blood Of heI
vast and varied industry, may look to he
forgiven. though he contradict Il multitude
of favnr;c and cherished prciu'lices. They
will moi he blind To the excellence of the
thing. however scnlmcntaily they may
arieve that in The manner Of doing it, innre
Difference was uol paid to CoIlon Mather's
precedent, in tho cxlirpalion Of Salem
Witches.
Mr. Webster will certainly NOT escape
denuncialiun altogether. THAT whole brood
nf fLcii.ui,Is who live On the hitter fruits
of AhuIllirnisaI. aud 10 whom he cDnde-
sccnds 10 give q look ur Two "f broad scorn,
will come out Of their holes and dens aud
hiss around him with vennnous mali9uily.
He seems, however, quite prepared for
this. aud makes his footprints the clearer,
precisely at those places where the contest
n.;os, certainly Involves great Practical 5te,
s,Its, He@pu
.ES sielg ions, fad
ioooo determined Ia Jelenl them 10 the slast,
The last speeches. Of Nj. Caldonu and:
Mr.. Webster, are de<Iinedlo great fame,
aud 70 produce lasting effects: Perhaps
they are. either Of Them, The srfatestcffprt
of lis author, aud if they were. 10 be The
last, they would each form atftting key
stone 10 The arch OF fame won by forty
wears Of distinguished public service IL
is nohlo 10 lhnk that such minds should so.
preserve their powers that at time when:
they have alnns, reached the term Of hu-
man life, they can meet. an eyisency more
trying than they have ever yet encoun-
tered, aud make it the scene Of their most
.lriumphanrinrelec,ua display. The oc:
casiun smut greater lhan: the men who
have COPIED with it. If evil spirits do not
mar their work, we may yet look to them
as having given new vitality 10 The Union
-Chartrston Nprci,ry