Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-06-28


r,,sr,.,,,y far the author. have been all nv
HE cauyiur ou warfare against h,s Po"U'''
measures, aud DO no; lhink II wolid De A'0'
g,,ber IA good Taste tor me to mdi'Ss ~
,rtyaraut guo,ies Of a mao whose po'ic hea
.ues ne1er dlI approve, aud whose ia'rs' acts
has been Geadl, blow at THE rights ana inter-
ests If my constituents. For his personal CHAR
srtert have that re.ptel and admiration which
Genius and bich talents, combined with great
bofdness. never C4,l to inspire; but long age he
made his choice betwcen The North ana we
South.
AZ tas he senator endorsed
Again il says:
"Tbs admission Of CAlitruia will do nothing
towards arres,ing the current Of ahehuoh az
sressious. II vii be regarded every where as
An ami. slavery triumph as one more ouIWoTh
Carried. from The shelter Of which the assalttng
party may the more etlecldally annoy and har'
fass he assajled, Yet The senator from Ken
tueiy says hat Age Weld nothing 10y asserting 10
il. lquote the seniors own language
"Weu, now, /. there any concession IN thus
resolution by either party 10 the other know
tha, gentlemen who comes from s!aFehoolnE
States says tbc North gcts all that i desires
but by whom does ia Does It get Il by any az
ton u Congress Il. slavery be lntrrdIt'ed
with tLe limits Of California, has II been doae
by Congress by this Government No sir
That iute,dc,on is imposed by California her,
! self
, answer that crcrg hiRe Il conceded by The
admission ii California. The whole matter IN
4 ,nntr5lrr,y terminates at once The North gets
All she has ever asked Gets il by the action Of
. The eteat legal principle that the wrongdoer
, shah not profit by his own wrong,
Wha among o. does moi know that agitation
1 IN ,bc State Legislatures and in .the National
Congress has prevented southern emigration 10
California, and placed the country IN the power
" III those wbo have imposed this restriction T.
II Who i there 50 blind as not 10 see that this has
been the result 0. ageresslons commenced herei
! And who does not feel HAT Congress 's respon.
, -ib!e hr the fact that slavery has heen excluded!
Propcry il proyetbaiy umd. The shareholder
would not carry his property there with threat
hanging over him THAI Il twas to be taken away
!, hy onpralion Of law the moment he lanaed.---
,fi Agitation then in Congress repeated declara
/. tons made every where lin State legislatures
}, IN Conventions the public pres'-'ron
4 the pulpit cyen.--thut slavery should be excluded
r by law, has deprived u- Of orr constitutional
4 rgdts as certainly aud ctEactualIy as any posi-
Il tive enactment could have done, and we are mol
on!y asked To submit 70 il, but 10 accept i as a
h noon, and be very thankful for an outrage. eir
prefer the Wilmot prayso direct | prefer II
a because il Is holder palmer, and more manly
N The fobber who meets me on the highway aht
;. demands surrender Of my property, leaves M
al least Inc option OF contest; and Is entitled
!, to Tar more respect than the assassin who 'afk
behind corner, End stabs IN the dark. 80 SIR
"a he Who undertakes 10 deprive me OF my lega
- righls hy open means Is always entltedto high
n er respect than he who seeks to accomplish th'
at same end ty deception and lrickery. ] hex
r. that whatever opposition Is due to the Wlmo
:. proviso-whateyer resistance it demands, !
douby due TO lha scheme Of smuggling soy
|, ereigu State into the Union.
tHMts the senator endorsed, declaring "ha
in whatever opposition was due to tho ilmot Fro
y. visa--vhaeYer resistance II demanded, wa
be douby due 10 this scheme Of smuggling SOY
l. eren State into The Union, under Mr. Clay
10. resolutions of compromise. short lime alier
OF wards, when the senator most unacconnIabl
he changed his entire course, and became the Tat
ii tefinr adnirer of Mr.. Clay, as the Chalnns
~ Of tbs Committee Of the pretended Comproms
n. measures Mr., Clemens witnessing with won
eli der aud surprse the extraordinary phenomsno
he in the cocduc, Of the senator reviewed his coufs
sgyerely IN the Senate, and inflicted Upon him
RS most wilhering rebukc. 10 an effort TO e1cu.
he himself under this casigaton, to show you ho
n, orkmadly the senator sometimes retreats no
his positions, and how ,sclh'y he succeeds III h
N. explanations, read you an extract from h
be speech in the Senate, May 20h 1880, in rep
nv 70 this infection upon him BY MIR. Clemens, r
m. ering to the same speech OF Mr.. Clemens, fro
the which the above extracts are taken, and d whit
her he endorsed all that is said "touchiug the II
Sir, character and effect Of lho Resolutions Of I
to senator from Kentucky Il isas follows;
yer "1he honorable senator, by way Of maxi
he out case Of rank inconsistency against II
Of averred that had sanctioned bis speech a. rei
tilh and then declared that he had no doubt that
ave would now pronounce il altogether treasonao
asst In both these points as it seems to me, The SCI
ned tor 1, laborinc under some deuslon. In the 4
has place have certainly not the least fecoect'
sci Of approving the views contained N the hon
lie able gentlemans speech at all, though II IS c.
feet tam Tia! felt gfatiiedas one q his eaf'yineh
Ger. that As made 80 brilliant an exhibition in {
that body. Nor d. now recoilect that ever re
Of the speech. o. any part Of it. in ny life. c
tainly heard IT, and was pleased with " 50
ma a. was able to catch It's meaning In The
lch. eond place, ara by no means prepared 70
olu- nounco that portion Of the honorable gent
one man speech which has been read his nom
was as at all trea.onal5le and, iadeed, am rat
his inclined to think that, making allowance tor
u Of being little uud1ey burdaned with anta
figure, Of speech, and swelling words Of so'
and fury, should even now, il formally ca
lay, unon to pronounce concerning the views
jded tanned in H. be inclined 10 express an opia
his not altogether uufayotable. | am sure Iha
ylng thought the speech at the time quite ski
needy prepared for effect, and particularly calculate
res produce an impression upon the audience
onai whom il was addressed and il uttered
q for or less 81 commentator upon il and lts aut
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