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xxxIId CONGRESS. Fir., se..ion.
SENATE .WAsHiseros, Dec. %, 1851.

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Several petItloLs were presented
Mr.. ATCBisos moved, ara II was ordered. that
when the Senate aoJcurn II be to FRIDAY.
The CHAIRMAN LAID before the Senate coGmn-
nlcatIon from the Navy Department, IN reply 10
resoiuuon calling for all correspondence Nth the
Department by officers, relative 70 logging Ia tne
Navy. The communication was ordered to De
printed.
Mr. GwIN said he would call up to-day the me-
morla on this subject, on which the seas,or from
New.Jersey intended 10 speak. but he gave notice
that be would call II up on The 6th OF January
Mr.. BR0DHEAD Of Pa. presented petitions praying
for the purchase by the United States OF The Louis
vile and Portland Canal.
Mr.. CLEMENS, from the Committee on Military AZ
fairs, reported favOrably the JOINT resolution Gre
atng the bIevet rank Of Lieuten ant 6 eneral, a1d
authorizing the President TO confer that rank oy
bTeyet, for merltoTiOus services.
Dir. SHIELDS gave notice oil bill TO increase tue
efficiency OF the army, by providing return list for
disabled officers
MIR. MALLORY. of Fla, offered resolution direct
ing al inquiry into the expediency of establishing
Naval Depot at Key Wet, Adopted.
Dir. JoSRs, OF Tenn, offered a resolution allowing
the Pension Committee Clerk. Adopted.
Mir UNDERWOOD, Of ny, offered resolution OF
examination of payments by the Executive Depart
ment in where fraud or mistake is supposed to
exist. Adopted.
The Compromise resolutions were then taken up,
when, Mr.. CLEMENS having yielded the floor.
Mr.. CAss thanked the Senator from Alabama Tor
Welding him the floor, and said Though have ex
pressed the honorable mover OF this resolution
my regret Introduction, yet here 1t Is, and am
required to vote upon ii, TO testify my satisfaction at
the passage of the Compromise measures, and my
convection that the arrangement was Just, ana
should lie final one, no more TO be disturbed In
whole or III part l have before taken occasion, IN
my &C at here, when practical subjects involving ALL
these subjects we're before us, 10 state ny views,
and shat MT now repeat them. When Inc course
proposed purposes no legislative action, am not
generally IN favor OF mere legislative eeciaratons
leading to no practical results; Yet the cncum
am dino
importance, and 1t may well rect upon IT'S own
our peculiar claims The peace OF the country mas
been assured, trust, by this series OF measures
but reports have gone abroad m0re or less imposing
ia theT character, that they would fan In Congress,
and some Of them repealed, or 30 modified as TO &C.
sIoy their efficiency and acceptabllity Agitation
is thus kept alive by the expectation oil chsn8e, pre-
pared to renew its fearful work and in this state OF
things, find myself face TO face with resolution
which asserts as, believe the true character and
lust inviOabilty OF these measures ana seeksthere
by TO remove from the public mind all apprehensons
that the penlous contest, through which, by the
kindness Of Providence, we have safely passed,
will again be renewed and l would now dis
charge my duty as faithlessy to my constituents
Us to myself If did not meet this proposition win
fraLkness, and support II With tTan9ness And es-
pecially, Sir, am unwilling TO be misunderstood In
this grave copjuncture after the denunciati0ns we
have he ard for the first time from an American Sena
tor, In the American Senate, against the Conte1era
ton and Government of our common country. III
such sentiments are TO furnish motives to any one
for the rejection OF this proposition, they Will furnish
motives TO me for its support as desire equally by
my voice and my vote, TO mark my disapproOa,ion
of them. Mr.. President, the words that fell from
the honorable Senator from South Carolina,
(Mr. Rhett) were 70 me as unwelcome as they
were unexpected. They fell upon reluctant Il
NAV say Indignant earsand they vent TO sorro wine
hearts have not the most distant idea OF follow
ing the Senator in his bill OF indictment against ms
country against my cOuntry-aganst this glorious
Uplol-the most precious political gift OF God to
man since the exodus OF our first parents from me
garden of Eden. will not follow him the task would
be too iiksome In has arithmeficai calculations OF
what the different portions OF our country have iosl
or par ed in the collection and disbursement oil the
revenue, III the disposition Of the public lands, nor
even the amount OF pensions granted to the
poor and time hOnOred, but poverty stricken
relics of our Revolutionary struggle, not only be-
cause many of the facts, and almost all the conciu,
sons erroneous, but still more because after ali
the inequality which really exists not but when
may be Swallowed forth by the most distempered I'M
agibaton, there remains sum of freedom ana pros
perity, OF enjoyment and blessings, such as Va.
this mon is dissolved. That 1t Is the freest Gov
einment the ever shone upon, requires no
clearer proof than is furnished by the very denu-
Citations II uttered in this high place, In the
prescnce Of the portrait OF the Father OF MS Coun
ny, haowing not mercy adjoining ines walls, anu
who, IN his last solemn act, warned US against
sectional feelings and their consequence mat
Government has not been merely assalled, IN
stan OF nycCtye, rare even In the contests Oh par
ty hut the determination has been avowed, III IAN
pusge not loss clear than unqualified, to break up
The Union BY breaking the prestige OF It's integrity
and 10 reduce II 10 kind OF Temporary parhe,shp,'
feeble and inefficient in its operations both al nome
and abroad and equally contemplate TO It's own cit
izeus and to the rest OF the world Does
the honorable gentleman behsve there Is Anothef
Government under the face Of heaven where
such language could be uttered, and such objects
| avowed with mpuniiy And does he not ma ih lhe
great prime pe OF the right Of speech OF free speech
unshackled by conditions or Limit atoms unknoHh
inde III its extent elsewhere throughout the world
does he not ins, say, retutatlon OF his own pc.
siions that We live under oespotism,-a praclicai
/ .,A. fl.. HI la q
| them. ms harsh denunciatonsI As to the ruin
confidently asserted or predicted. where is II, or
even sign of it as big as mans hand IKE .ls'
seen by prophet more truly iLspne1' trust.
than The Senator from South Carolina
Has the eye of man ever rested upon more
prosperous country than this and sucn a
condition is fuinous, or pregnant with yum, wherc
shall We find prosperity but IN some new PSra0lse
specially created and governed by God Though
even liz such place, sad experience has taush. Us
that tee OF evil may be found ana the TiChes'
blessings rasGly rejected, IN spirit OF impauence
and discomfort North and south, east and west,
the sun rises and sets on happy land; teemng
with an neliiseht people w wih .ven es Aa %
position and employment open 10 ali, ana ao'
vancng in every element oi power ana prosperity
With rspidiiy which outstrPs human eIpecIs-
,ions II has outstripped human experience, and
with nothing 10 fear but our own ciineS ana iohes
and the Just judgments OF God Wmle kepuoncs, ana
Empires, and MonarChies have fallen anu are stti
falling before US, marking Ihls as nc age oi sVOlai
and political revolutions. our institutions nave oeeh
preserved, our boundaries enlarged, our power
augmented and the beacon light OF hpci,y
SIN shines from our shores. inviting tho
struggling nations Of the earth, tossed upon
a sea of oppression, TO follow US 10 haven Of
safety For almost three score years ana zen tAs
has been my country--my happy, glorious country
and for more than half century snce have been
old enough to appreciate and to love 1t, It's Govern
ment has protected me and mihe nom 'ofsish as
erosion and domestic violence.
The Senator seems to.measure the value ii
free institutions BY standard adapted 10 his
own peculiar notions Of the operations OF nscS
laws, and the assumed want OF equality, which
he has strangely and strongly asserted, but mas
failed 20 prove, may be the knell-ths passing
SMELL he hopes and beieyes-ot his world watched
Kepublic but our real equality, the srue American
equality of condition. by which We have neither hgh
ror low among us. and which freely offers fortune