The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-01-20

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Mr.. Foptc. l)hat did the gel,
4 tlemans say? 81 40.
Mr.. Butler. Tsaia that. the Dol, i,
tleman freq lYagrccd with, ant
was great admirer Of, 6Ir. Calhoun,
Mr.. tFoqte, (ins lis. isea..0 Oh
some questions / 1aidaareo With him
!. butJon1most I dian s.. !; s. s..i
Ihe President. The conversation
must Not go. oil ID. that way. III,
Sonatofis always Mt liberty to make
anSeXplanation, WIN the conscnt;Jo
the gentleman ha35uss the floor, tbu
ne is not atliber. Yto sit in his, ,cllaii
to make comments ayhile the speaker
is going on.EssSs 3-sS
Mr.Foote ] understand MY d1
ty aswcll as the Chniecan inform, me,
Mr.. Butler.a q, am inclined tc
think that injustice lns been tlone,
perhaps unlntentionably, j to my late
distinguished colleague; 5and,pcrhaps;
some newspapcirco correspondents may
make out oft something tributaryqto
thclstate ofthe publicsmind. tl.ihks
however, that the book is not in dan,
ger from such commentaries. orfanv
that can be madeSupon it by the
Senator. They villliot add to nor
take from lis merits; They may, it
is true, make false Impressions for
the time, upon superficial minds, who
lock not into the boo,k itscli.; but, those
who arc capable ofappresc:iatiins ii,
and seek after the truth, will read
for themselves, and Form an al F4tc,nlial,t-
ened and honest Judgment. TITS Rot
true, as the honorable Senator Las
said, that Mr.. Calhoun shoni.a.iE .a.iEtthc,irlicp
should be two Executives Win the
sanie powers. lItiisa historian and
he knows very weilsthat there We're We're
two Consuls in Rvlae,with Tribune
to controls them. ;Bgsa partition Of
power, >antR sael5 sess;lfol afits. b4 tbss
fsSH aSfSHaAsiSH paBfs S5 aiise b
andlenergy. l8lresumc tilat Mr..
Calhoun might very wcllhave enter
taincd tie idea that two Presidents
might be very well: one perhaps hav.
ing jurisdiction Of foreign and the
other of domestic affairs, or some
such partition of duties. / presume
he intended that each should be indie
pendent ilrtllis own sphere, ana that
no law should be passed without the
concurrence Of both. | am very SIRE
that such a proposition as that, If in-
grated OH the Constitution, might
give it better operation than ittnow
has under the combination Of interest
and numbers. l do met undertake to
he the exroun,lcr of Mr.. Calhoun's
views, nor do | say that | am nre-
Jared to adopt them. ] am sure the
gentleman has not done justice to
them. | 10 not enter into the views
Of Mr.. Calhoun; fot henever. mention
ed the subject to me in his lifetime,
aha | have not yet bad an orportnni-
t.,, and | regret i, to read his book
| only noticed tie remark Of the gen
tlcman, in ,,ass y, with q view to
show that irr Some respects his inter
probation Of the book might not be TIE
Interpretation Of everybody. There
are other minds besides his to look at
the subject: and when a great work
Of the kind is to be mcasurad, it musl
DC measured by an enlightened pub
lie opinion after full discussion upon
the subject.
Sir, l have touched uron these
things with regret. Tie Senate.
from Mississippi is in favor Of The
compromise: and he dcnounccs, in nc
measured terms, al! those opposed te
ii; not that the gcntlcman seems to bc
governed By unklnd feelings to many
embraced in the sweep Of their cen
sure.
Mr.. Footc. l have hero. else
where, and everywhere, wherever
have attempted to speak Of the strug
sic which occurred In two Houses o
Congress, i'll reference to the qucs
tons contained in tie plan cf con,
promise, said. uniformly and cnphal
lcally, that SO far as Tie conduct o
Senators and Representatives va
concerned i'll that struggle, i had N
censnrcs whatever to bcstow; no
that | wished them to be ccllsured il
any shape or form by any patrioti
man in the country. The Presilen
of IL body knows what my views OF
this subject were, for we have tallse,
together. All that ! have said was
that now, when these measures hay,
become the law of the land; now tha
the great experiment of comprolnis,
was in eonrsc Of trial, / did concciv,
that it was The duty of all parties
North and South, to make . fair OK
IsNcrlment!ofs those measures, and no
to geinSiolcut citations ag4ins
\ my fnotnra f.f fhn,, ,Li l,yn oi,n,,l ,