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TiIIRTf-SECOND co NGRESS-Fi First
Session.
SENATE
SENATE.

SENATE.
Mr.. Hunter presented the credenti2 ais Of Mr.
McRae the new Senator from Mississippi, who
was sworn and took his seat
Mr. Borllnd reported flvoraby upon the
resolution for printing 5000 copies of the re-
port upon iron in the Lake Superior req lon
The resolution was adopted. he also reported
in favor Of the resolution that the Committee
on Printing be authorized to employ a clerk.
The bill granting the right of way and land
for railrond from Brandon towards Mont%o Il
cry was taken M and passed
Nh Hunter moved that so much Of the
Presidents MESSAGE as refers to finance, mill
tary and naval affairs, FOREIGN relations, public
lands, and improvements of lakes, rivers and
harbor,, be referred to appropriate committees
On motion, the Senate then took up the Spc-
cial order, the Compromise resolution.
Mr. Foote resumed his remarks, and spoke
for upwards of two hours. lie replied to Mr.
/ l;hett Of :. c. IN a caustic manner, ond quo
ted from Mr.. Khe,t's speeches to prove ms
early avowal Of dIsunion sentiments. He ar
gued against the doctrine of State rights, be-
cause he believed they were calculated to
overthrow slavery. He further showed how
the Abotionis,S patronzed the State rights
men. lie rdiculcd South Carolina with hcf
and in conclusion argued very forcby for the
adoption OF the resolution.
Mr.. Houston obtained the floor for speech,
but gave way to Mr.. Rhett, who wished to re-
| ply 10 Mr.. Foote. Mr. Rhett, however, gave
way to a motion for adjournment
The /. otse Is not III session to-day.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, ISL.
Tho Senate commenced businoSS AT h1 #. nn y
/ II. Mr.. Seward presented the petition of the
| Industrial Congress of New York, praying that
the Government will adopt such policy with
regard to foreign nations as will secure to peo-
! pie struggling for liberty, justice from other ma
! tons.
Mr. Foote's Compromise resolution was then
brought up. Mr.. Foote read from Niles Reg
lister extracts from r. Rhett's speech made in
1888, in the South Ca olina Convention, IL
which he had declared IL preference for disun-
ion to acqulescence in the Compromise OF thai
year.
Mr.. Rhett said it was of no consequence
when the gentleman said he first became Sc
cesslonlst; he was one now. In 1888, he wa,
struggling for reform in the Government; il
lel4 he had abandoned all hope of obtaining it
and since then had been IN favor of his STATE
seeding lie desired no alteration with the
Senator. During the II years he was in tn,
other House, he had had no personal alteration
with any one and it was well known that tho
Senator had had more quarrels since he hat
been IN the Senate than any one else.
Mr.. Foote called the Senator to order. The
Chair decided that he was not out of order.
MIR. Rhett considered he had said nohin!
but what every one knew to be facts. He ex
planned that ms charge, that the Senator from
| bad 'nlh
based entirely on information received by hin
from two Senators and three members of the
House. These members had told him of the
effect of the Senator's attack on Nr. Calhoun
aud that it had hurried his death. He hat
never charged that the Senator did this design
eddy. lie saw nothing III Calhoun's proposed
lmendmen TO the Constitution which justified
the Senator's attack He was a member of thu
Nashville Convention, and he had never henrt
OF any amendment to the Constitution being in
tended lie lRhett) was content with the Con
stItuton ms 1t was; he wanted the Constitution
administered as it should be. The Constitution
does rot sanction Abolition agitation in Con
gresS, or unequal taxation; the Constitution
was not carried ont In its spirit or letter the
practical Constitution under which the Govern
ment was now administered was the will of the
North to shape and construe it as the NortI
| pleased. The Government now could never
be brought to administer the Constitution as rs
trainers intended. The late Senator from Mis-
| sourl, 'r. Benton, told him that the Senator
from Mississippi had thrust Calhoun into his
| grave, and he Benton) at that time, would as
soon thought Of attacking corpse as to attack
! Calhoun. He differed from Calhoun he had
! supported the Mexican war, and had supported
/ Mr.. Cass for the Presidency. On both points
/ he had differed. The points amounted to po-
! llt'cal rivalry-it was a rivalry which should
have been supported by the Senator from Mis-
si'sppi. lie never had opposed Calhoun with
un'ren ncsS he had defended him TO the
best of his abb tiles. lie had spent more ink in
defence Of Mr.. Calhoun, personally and politi
cally, than any other man living The Senator
from Mississippi was hard to please. If You
onposed him he denounced you If you agreed
with him, he attacked your motives. lie had
n''er said the Territorial Judges believed ;ho