The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-01-13
POLIT TT G Al ].
speech. Of sar. Esasler:
.oF SOUTI.CAROLINA.

OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
III tie Senate, Mondoy, Dec.
Is, 1851, OF Tie Xcsolati0a
.e.fssed by Iir. Foote, Te'aN,nai:aty
tic T!omfromtsc Meds,uts. ,@'ri3f
The Senate proceeded to the con- con!
sideralion Of the following Resolutions
a Resolution declaring the
Measures Of Adjustment to be a
definitiye scttlementiof the qucsti> ns
growing out of domestic slavery. =
Bet enacted, That the series Of
measures embraced in the acts en-.
titled AN act proposing to the State
OF Texas the establishment of her
Northern and Western boundaries,
the REIMBURSEMENT BY the said State,
of all territory claimed by her cx-
terror to said boundaries, and Of
all her claims upon the United States,
and to establish "a territorial gov
ernment for New Mcxico,' approved
Sept. 8, 1850; An Act for tic
admission Of The State Of California
into the Union approved SEPT.
9, 1850; AN act to establish
a territorial government for Utah
approved Sept. 8, 1850: 'An act to
amend anl supplementary to an act
entitled AN act respecting .iinyitivcs
from justice, and persons escaping
from the service Of their masters.
approved Feb. y, 1793,' approved
Sept. IS. 1850; aud 'An act TO
suppress the slave trade iii the.
District Of Columbia approved Sept.
20, 1880, commonly known as The
Compromise Acts arc, in. the
judgment OF this body, cntiilcd to be
1rseeeee5n,izeI 1seee5 as q dcinilivc adjustment
and settlement gtf1tAA4ee gt He -dlskrac,ins
questions growing out of the system,
of domestic slavery, and as such, that
said measures should be acquicsccd
in and faithfully observed by all good,
citizens. ,..a=a-.,. .....as $. s.
Mr.. Butler. Nj. President, T am
very sorry that this debate has been
suspended, because, what | would
have said last week would have been
sail in Il very words, and distinctly
i'll reference to the topic before me.
10 resume and continue the debate
now will not obviatc the incidental
injustice to myself and Others,
occasioncd by SO long suspension.
| went into the debate last Monday
morning unexpectedly; that is to
say, spoke from information
acquired only the day before. l had
not seen any Of The notices i'll the
newspapers Of the honorable Sen.
ator,s resolution. | had not learned
that they had been proposed III the
Dcmocratlc caucus. Althou III,
ia some measure, 1 might have
spoken from informant IN TINS
acquired, my remarks we're made
mainly from views which | tool; Of
the subject whilst hearing the
honorable Senator from Mississippi.
While | denounced his proposition
as mode OF ratification OF the
compromise to which | had been
opposed, said not one single
word, made not single allusion to
lis own State, or to himself, cxccpt,
perhaps, Of political character,
and that rather by implication than
by any distinct expression. lie was
pleased to say | had conc into the
debate u1ops concilii. came into it,
however, with nothing like militia
prrcoWtata. | soon learned that
| w;s contcnding with one who was
conducting his movements with the
concert and skill Of political tactians.
But even regarding him as an organ
confnins himself to tie views aud
purposes Of himself and others, |
might have felt little inclination or
desire to continue and widen the de-
bate. When, however, the gen.
tlcman enlarged the scope and aim Of
his remarks, and gave them such Il
direction that they could not escape
me and others; and when lie made
illusions under a degree Of excite.
ment and passion for which | was not
prepared, l had no alternative left
but to make rcjoindcr. They arc
illusions and remarks which canuot
escape myself, in connection with the
measures he has brought up for rat
ification, as representative Of the
State Of South. .Carolina. lie knows
as we'll as any man upon this floor,
how painful it is to INC to have any
thing like an occasion to participate
ip debate Of this kind. There arc
incidents in our lives which he knows
very well make this painful to me.
| must, however, discharge my duty,
and | hope l shall do 50 in such a
manner that, whilst I may show to
the gentleman that 'he who lives in
glass house should not throw stoncs,'
Fr IL ,..