The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-12-09
Rcminiscence Of the Hayne Debat

Rem iscence Of the Hayne Debate.
/ wsnr- the Rochester American gives this
.a..rrs,.as .kctch of the debate between Mr.. Web
SEE. aai q acral IIaync, Of which he was an eye
WINS
r. b,s pine Of physical manhood first saw Mr.
Webster. /, was when the Constitution threat
r'.a W ''e alt-taril party Of the South-the tariff
.. ,-.,3. in the gallery Of the Senate Cham
N.s Hci S of all political parties had tl"sci ted
H- .'.r use tn witness the splin,crno OF E,nccs
..ttrc Hl'crt Y. iia,ae, Of South Carolina, and
D...i IS -. s,er. When | entered the Hall, Gen.
i-f.u. "a Pes raAing. Tie was man Of youthful ap-
u his shirt collar turned over his cTarat,
a,4 fi. ,moothiy brushed across his forehead.
d.. s.- ' mlddiins stature, and of good personal
aat a-he appearance. He speaking
-rt.u-ti.--. eyes peculiarly brilliant, ard
s.- Ia. lively pale. lie moved up and down
,a. ai>l. . between the desks, with rapid step,
-..icliat ehelncntly.
s .s St , with his appearance and manner, an |
wI.l itc ,:ra evident sensation in the Senate
cAa.3-l. Ilr. Calhoun, the Vice President Of the
ir.r STA occupied the presiding chair, aud his
large. llsfs Isl, mixing eyes, witnessed the first
at mad. oi ms doctrines. lie seemed the very
-p.-t nt a.. lied interest. Not word, not gcs-
ri 'ic.oi llaync, escaped his listening ear ard
b. .iuu .lo>.
u L9.ua- : Of Gcnera Haync was +; h and Wig
o..u., s.d las powci iul sketch Of the mpost law
a. la ~o'thc description he gave of her people
..' e;;. h,l. and hazardous clocuton and npctuous
tearing. were evidently making a strong impress sion
20 t.- 'en1t. From time to time attention would
ID. '.r. ol.t IN him t. the Senator who was ex-
5..,. a,.s'. Il him. and whom General iIayne was
80 AID cover of terrible and CALLING fire.
''.i. .cna-. dark and nlnlancholy, that man, thus
ego art, bleak and tiowning mountain
ro t.r entity, however, felt the gigantic in
l. --s- th4t woii around him, but his pro-
..i1. i-1 strengthening itself for the combat.
t.. lan = solemn that hour, that nome nt
t'r ,.a.t It scene, and wha. the medita-
..rs, d., it-rall ings Of that dark, mysterious
f..n
ll e.aa nee wavered not during the whole of
.-'urr iCrs speech; assault after assault was
mod. urap t'n, but yet he neither turned the
rs nri ~ h; left, bat calmly and gaIlantly, he
-.e .-t ri- g. lth Ike soldier waiting the signal
i- .i-1 ..lai his hour. That time of retaliation
Game, sUif the thoughts Of vengeance TO Daniel
A ..-t.r ! ietly, like AJAX, master Of the seven
i..t bod, h' rose before the Senate, his eye dim
- -l', toAe't the marble tympanum of his brow
= a.-' ca '.v over the scene. Then that firm
c.eacnrl meti relaxed into uticrance. and onward
De o1lt n copiois river of his though bearing
tHwH "a. 4- ,rous sol;hstry of the Southerner, and
siren u'..f, ~ its equal and aii-cmracng force,
tia .i''.s piiars Of the land. Like AIneas bear
M ti- ttrer om the confla graton Of Troy, did
- -. leir he sacred rights of free people safely
I'D the ga ing tempest e disanion W no that
Gas ~ nc lii lorget the cNor,iium of that remark
.1' ioIt-;hr lishng sarcasm, the whitening tones
e.. - f'.re 1aj the temper of his ang,Iaee.
t..H'Ia' az, ne changed color and appeared much
.;'; &c did not look FOX such an outbreak
-a sash q During the whole of that speech
iia Hei,a ave made noise in dropping from the
lit f'l O.. . tdy, and when he reached the perosa-
t.-, t.- y Of man back to the annals Of
'lr "rr 500 an equal, AMI now those who
e.f" ateu sent, cannot but wildly recall those
"..f- pass of grandeur, that ma esic aIiusion
.f ." tas % cedom and of his country. Looking
- H4.L md Ill,trou eNp th-tuuh the glass
..a. gre ell imher, over which he could see that
10 h'o-in-, he uttered aiostrophc, whose in
ard uinscendent emotion accomplished the
..ni a lh- siant's effort.