Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-11-30

l,her have Soisd dO,On the West, and III
measure would have failed" This sweep
. ing declaration, made win exhciness ant
emphasis, was a direct acceptance Of III,
issue made, between the North and South
in regard to lie -respeclivesc couduenof eact
section towards The. Weshsdle Sclosed By
!. apologizing FOR thus nlluding 10 local opin
ions and contrasting different portions Of III,
coun,ry--a course which. hasaid, had beer
forced nponahim by chargesand inspirations
on the public character and condue,iofsihs
State which he represented, which be knew
10 be undeserycd and unfounded. awhile
4 | stand here" said he, .'as, representative Of
Massachusetts, ! will bc'herrue representa-.
live, and, by the blessing Of God. j &ill vim,
! dicaie her character, rh6iisd& and history
4 rom every impulaiion coming from "a re-
specialize source" Col. Benton followed
Mr.. Webster. and al once commenced a
speech in reply. The next day (Thursday
The 2ls,,) Mr.. Chambers,ol Maryland ex-
pressed hope tha, The Senate would post.
pone the further consideration OF the subjeci
uni the next Monday, as Mr.. Webster, who
desired 10 be present whenever it should be
resumed, had pressing engagements in an
other quarter, and could not conveniently
attend in The Sennte. 1t was we'll UNDER
stood tbat the legal case OF good deal OF
importance, in which John jacob Astor and
the estate of New York were parties, and in
which Mr.. Webster was of counsel--was
pending in the Supreme Court, and the ar.
gumenl had actually commenced on The
20!h. Col, Hayne, however, resented the
suggestion of posponement.. lie said "he
saw the gentleman from Massachusetts in
his seal, and presumed he could make an
arrangement which would enable him TO
aliend." lie was unwilling that the subject
should be postponed until he could reply 10
certain observations which had fallen from
Mr.. Webster The day before. Unable, and
not caring, 10 restrain evidences of the feel
ing which MIR. Websier's speech had excited,
he confessed that some things had, fallen
from him on that occasion which ranked
here. COUGHING his hearl,) and he desired TO
relievethimself "The gentleman, said he,
''hos discharged his fire in the face of the
senale; and hope the opportunity will now
be afforded me Of returning the shot, The
menaces implied in this language. Of course
Ile(I Mr.. Webster no alternative. With
swelling chos, ard lofty dignity Of manner,
he exclaimed: "Lei The discussion proceed
| am ready. ] am ready now TO receive
this genlleman's fire." The discussion, Of
course, did proceed. Col. Benton finished
his speech; and Mr.. Bell Of New Hampshire,
then moved that the further consideration Of
the subject be postponed until Monday.
This was LOST by parry vote. And Col.
Hayne at once commenced his speech in
reply 10 Mr.. Webster. RiTee7r7 ha3 ,a1aagH@g
He spoke on that occasion for about an
hour. He begun by disavowing having had
any purpose of charging any section of the
country with hostility TO any olher, and by
protesting surprise at the manner in which
his remarks had been received. He had
questioned no mans opinion; he inpeached
no mans motives. The Senator from Mis-.
souri, had indeed charged upon The Eastern
Sln,es, an early and continued hostility
towards The West; but after deliberaling
whole night, the gentleman from Massachu-
selts had come inio the Senate TO .yindicate
New England, and instead Of making up his
issue with The gentleman from Missouri, on
The charge which he had preferred, said Col.
h., she chooses 10 consider me as The au'
thor Of those charges; selects me as The ad-
versary, and pours out all the vials of his
mighty wrath upon my devoted head. Now
is no willing TO stop there? lie goes on 10
assail theinsiiulions and policy of,he South.
and calls in question the principles and con-
duct Of The State which have the honor 10
represent" COL Hayne went on to sug
gest reasons for this course, on Inc part Of
Mr.. Webster. "Has he discovered,' he
asked, "in former controversies with the
gentleman from Missouri, that he is over
matched by that Senator; and does he hope
for an easy victory over more feeble ad.
versary2 Has his dis,empered fancy been
disturbed by gloomy forebodings Of The "new
alliances 10 be formed" al which he hinted?
Has the ghost Of the murdered Coalition
come back, like the ghost Of Banquo, TO "sear
The eye-balls" ol.he gentleman, and will it
no. "down al his biddingl" Are dark Wis.
ions Of brokenhopes and honors lost forever,
still floating before his heated imaginaionl"
And he proceeded 10 saythat he would not
suffer Mr.. Webster thus 10 thrust him be-
tween the gentleman from Missouri and
bimself in order TO rescue The East from
the contest vi.h The West; which he had
provoked. Tho South shall no, be forced
into q conflcl not ils own. The gallant
West needs no aid from The South 10 repel
any attack which may De made ON them
from any quarter" With this exordium,
well calculated to stimulate interest and TO
prepdre the way Tor a severe personal col
lisioh, Col. llayne went on to repel the idea
Ilhalthe West had grown great in conse-
Iquence Of the measure Of the general Gov
eminent, upon which Mr. Webster had
pronounced what he styled an extravagam
eulogium. lie ridiculed also the prelen.
sions preferred by Mr.. W ebsler TO promi-
nence as statesman, on behalf Of "a Ger.
tain Nathan Dane, of Beverly, MOssachu-
sets" who was only known to the South,
he said, as "a member Of celebrated As.
senbly, called and known BY tho namo Of
The Hartford Convention" His next point
was 10 show that in 1926, Mr.. Webster had
held aid expressed upon the subject Of the
public lands, precisely the views which he
himself had now advanced, and which Mr..
Webster had assailed. ain 1885,. said he,
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