New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-20
NEWS.
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SENATE --FRIDAT, Dec. j


.ommepced at l9i o'clock.
1r.rIs presented the CREDENTIALS o. 1Vna
xsp.sa. appointed by the Governor OF IA 20 ne
- an the vacancy in the Senate oocssi9'n,u sh,I
,s1apstion Of MI. DAVIS, w me oosarsd and was
sisrt a successor. Mr.. hcRBEA appeA0u ""- ""'
sT %, MILLER, Of ~ j., gave notice Of BIZ,
mailing an appropriation Tor the Improvements VI
n AZ RoRn.sp. OF Ark, introduced resolution
sor ALLOWING the Committee on Fihuhg ".eiA'
Mp SEWARD introduced Joint resolution for e.
..hli,hipg certain post routes IN New YORK.
M. Gw1s, Of CAL, introduced resolution,
wS,eh was adopted, calling on the Secretary OF Ine
Gsyy 10 Law before the Senate all letters received
Nav, 11.' '~-,...a IN s,.n,io,
.hs ,ct ,,gplatna the manner OF holding the United
states Courts in cases Of sickness or disability OF
NJ HusrER moved, that so much Of the Pfesi.
a.n,s Message az relates to Finances, Military ana
Nsval Affairs, Foreign Relations, Public ands, ana
improvements Of the Lakes, Rivers ana htroo's' 10
referred TO the appropriate Connillees' onoa,o;no
The Joint resolution from the House cOhcerhnI3
,he binding of certain documents, was taken up anu
passed. as, ,s 80 -. an,,osssd Yesterday.
~, TnpERwooD. OF KY, moved 10 take up the
bali for the repair Of tie Cumberland Dam. bo'..
The Compromise Resolutions were then taken up
sad Mr. FooTE resumed his remarks .
lie read letters VIZ ten TO Virginia con lefhils Ic
nyouyety OF interference by TIA. st4le 10 Plsfon1
Sol1;sou b<twsen SOu'h Carolina ana the noneIa'
oc'Ias,vn lie examined the Missouri Conpr0-
-. Inc which was demanded by the Nasnyine
Conyent,on, and considered II noioiDg ou. ehe WIZ
nm proyi,o upon all territory norm OF 5o.JV- 49,,
Nv The admission Of California, u was sau the
WilmO, Proviso was enacted lie wanted 70 NOV row
A II would not be equally enacted II Cdoen ~ a.
sdn;,ted with her Southern boundary IN 80 50 III
80 no,h;rg but the Wllnot PrOvso ABOVE that me,
and low il was left open. Ne thought as Cailio,
ma had full power to change hef constNaelon@l
provisions at any time tue SCUM naa gos pe,se.
Terms than II Congress had declared thdt slavery
should be forever prohibited north OF THAI line.
The Territorial bills had been denOunced by the
Senator from South Carolina. Those oils contalheo
no proyso and received every Southern vote save
two. lie denied that the President had seiecteu
Judges for the Territorial Courts, after hrst dscov-
eing that their opinions OF the slavery question
were adverse TO the South. Such an lmpu anon
wac unjust toward the President. lie had letIeI
from Judge Baker of New Mexico, ana ssla ne
would attach to his printed speech ieueis nol
others showing that the Judges did not entertain
such opinions He read Mr.. Rhetts speech In the
Senate last March, wherein II was maLt4ineu ina
the Fugitive Slave Law was unconstitutional, ana
seid Mr. r., by that and other speeches., dld more
than any other man to sustain and encourage oppo-
sition TO the law. The Senator had buitt no party
against the constitutonaty of the law lie read al
kpglh from the speech OF Mr.. Rhett on that occa-
sion, and from works and authorities cited IN that
speeeh. showing that the Senator from South Caro-
lima had said all he could to defeat the OBJECTS
AMI rights of the South. The Senator had
avowed openly that he was secessonis!
and q Dislnionist He was therefore an enemy
Of his county, enemy to his GOvernment,-an
enemy to this blessed Uni IN, which had given SO
many blessings TO the people, and which was
destined to confer still greater ones, II faction
and It's reckless supporters would cease their ell
forts to Cestroy IT, lie (Fooe) would hesitate long,
While holding seat here, to declare himself DIS
uniOnist While the oath he had taken when he
entered The Senate was on ms conscience, MS
tongue would become paralyzed n he were to utter
that he a Disunionlst. He left the Senate, hoH
s,er, TO settle that point with his constituents and
with his own conscience. He read lengthy ex-
tracts, and SAID he would publish others, from MI
Rhett speeches. showing that since 1882, that SEN
AioI had held the same opinions as now, and that
his secessionism Did not commence IN lsis'
- stated. The Senator was an older ohen-
der than he supposed himself TO be. That
senator went 10 Nashyille-was chosen to de-
liver the address, and had exercised great
iSAusnre over tho dshhsrations OF that body
He preached secession and disunion. lie tFoote)
aeIeed with Jackson that intoleraole oppression
only would Justify resistance to the General Gov
eminent. The Syracuse Convention OF Abolition,
sss sgreso I'm ,his do"sr,no OF secession Tn"y 700
woe for State Rights, and declared their ereat
sympathy with their brother State Rlghs men OF
South Carolina The object OF the disunionls class
il desiring recognition by the Southern States OF
NE right OF secession was that when they suffered
one State to secede, the others would be committed
sgainst any effort To contest that night The az
tempt, however, had failed most sisnally. lie re-
feITed TO The writings and speeches OF Jefferson,
Barbour, Madison, Roane, Randolph, era Word,
P0index ter and others, all taking ground against
secession as a constitutional night. lie dennded
yscksOn's famous PROCLAIM alton, and also Edward
Livin gston. the supposed author OF that address.
Who were now the friends OF Jackson Many De-
MOcTats now affected 10 admire him. who, II he we're
living, he would not recognize. jackson would not
recognize rs Democrats any Of your Secession De-
nOcrais-none OF your fre-eaters but, with one IN
dignant ffown, would drive the reptiles from his pre-
&nce. He was not to be driven out OF the party 50
long as he acted in accordance with the principles
Of The illustrous Jackson. He read from Jackson's
Proclamation that, at every hazard, by every sacri-
See, the Union must be preserved. Such were his
sentiments The Union viii be preserved, despite
all that factonists may do. He thought II hazard
ous for one State secede upon the hope that, BY
dong, the whole South would be dragged with 1t,
and the Union thereby be broken up. Read Rhett's
speech in Charleston, in which he exclaimS, IN the
language OF Patrick Henry, " We must fight" THIS
might mean something. In connection with this he
vesd report Of the ordnance and arms now beng
manufactured for South Carolina lie did not be-
hevc thai majority OF the people OF South Carolina
IN favor of disuniOn and thought the late cleo
ton bad 80 demonstrated, aad the Senator was ut
terly mistaken IN 30 supposing. In conclusion, Mr.
foo.e urged most earnestly on the Senate thai they
would adept the resolution.
MT HovsroS, of Texas, got the floor, but yielded
ato
MI RnErr, who desired TO reply to some personal
yoints and then the Senate adjourned.