The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-03-03

INTO alabama Tie sent II 10 the yeomanry who he says
VIII De aslonshed at the he depicts. / have no
doubt that they will be podgiousy astonished TO hear
lhal abolition senator's this floor applauded and cheered
me when spoke, and probably will never be undeceved
70 he lruhiulness OF what they hear and read in his
speech Inc senator must do one OF two things TO get
Ild oi the predicament in which he has placed himself
He must sulufy himself as TO his knowledge OF the Eng
sh language, or he did mean TO say that these
did applaud and cheer me here in the Senate Was that
assertion true II is totally untrue Ii is untrue in fact
and untrue in the he assigned for its existence
tie has not attempted to show that the words he used
meant anything beside their plain, undoubed sgnifca
ton.
He says further, that acknowledged myself 10 be
traitor, acknowledge myself TO be a traitor When
and wherei Here is another OF the senator's facts
When the late senator from Mississippi Mr. FooTEl
thought proper TO that secessonisls were traitors
did stand still here under the imputationi could be
traitor, under my view of the constitution unless were
ike The senator from Alabama, rank consoldaonist.
TO her my sovereign cannot be traitor in
obeying her mandates. And If she thinks proper to
cede from this Unionas she rghtfuly has the power
domy duty and my allegiance due TO her. Sir the
traitors TO this government, il any there be, the con-
sodatonists They are traitors against the States to
whom alone they allegiance because they deny their
sovereignty. II is they who would break down the
whole fabric OF the government and make it simply
Austrian despotism in which the reserved rights would
be taken away from the States. do not say they
traitors; but say between the two classes OF politi-
cians-the Sate-rghts men, who maintain the rights of
the sovereign Sates affirming that they parties to the
constitutional compact and have right to secede from
whenever they please-beween them and those who
deny The right of the States to secede who deny that the
States are sovereign and contend here for consolidated
despotsm-if there be treason, II is on the part OF the
latter II any are traitors. they are the iraorsfoul,
usurping traitors TO their States
The senator from Alabama further says that brought
here into The Senate private aairthe statement
cerning him which Judge Buford and Mr. Mccall have
put forth in Alabama for than month past When
came to the city found this statement here. The sen.
ator says Is private matter Ii was private matter.
II was matter affecting the representative OF sovereign
State, and the dignity OF this Senate And while he
talks Of expulsion and says that wished to vote
pei John Quincy Adams-an assertion entirely gratui-
tous-l can tell him that if the facts which these gentle
men assert, and have published in the public papers,
be irue and they had been brought forward before the
Senate when he came here to take his seat, he
would have been received among his compeers in this
lusrous body-no, sir; never. And am not sure if
he had taken his seat and resolution had been offered
TO expel him from the Senate, but that majority of this
body would have passed the resolution On this point
will take nothing for true but what the honorable senator
himself admits. Mr.. President you know Judge Bu-
ford. know you do and more honorable, and up
right, and truthful man does not live in this broad land
know him do not know Mr. Mccall. But now, ad.
miltlng that there is mistake 10 the fact that the
senator gave written pledge to uphold the whig party,
which these gentlemen assert and read by them,
signed by him. what is tina, understand the
admit understand him 10 admit that which asserted,
That at the of the democratic party in Alabama he
and r Fitzpatrick were the candidates for the Senate.
Mr.. CLEMENS. No. sir never admitted any such
thing
Mr. RHETT Were you not voted for in the caucus
Mr. CLEMENS Ii you wish to know the facts in
relation to the matter, will tell them to you
Mr.. RHETT. | wish to know the truth.
Mr. CLEMENS. Some fifteen or twenty members OF
the Legislature go, together for the purpose of consua
ton not 10 hold caucus. Mr. FHpatrick's friends,
finding they had majority OF those present in his favor,
turned in and nominated him. The very next day that
met. and escinded their resolutions There
never was any more OF that: and the democrats who
voted Tor me represented majority OF ten thousand ot
the voters OF the State
Mr. RHETT. wish TO know the truth of this mat
ter understand the senator now 10 say that there
no OF the democratic party.
Mr. CLEMENS There regular caucus
few members met for another purpose, and the friends OF
Mr. Fitzpatrick, being majority OF those present, nomi
mated him but the next day there caucus, and the
other resolutions were rescnded.
Mr. RHETT. Well, Mr.. Fitzpatrick was the nominee
NE cIEMES cf%s ' Hs e%sd fG 70 s ss p denied it
Mr.. RHETT The senator, then. denies that caucus
held, that Mr. Fitzpatrick the nominee OF The
democratic party, He certainly was not its nominee
Mr. Davis, whig in the whg caucus, (who the senator
says a man oi honor, and was bis rend was ahhor
zed by him express his views and opinions to The whg
party a whig caucus Do understand that TO be the
casel
Mr. CLEMENS, lin his seat) shall answer more
questions now
Mr. RHETT As the gentleman has corrected me in
one respect take for granted he will correct ne again
il should fall into He to the whig caucus
lie authorizes friend, wing IN the wing caocus, 10
state his opinions public matters. say nothing about
the written pledge said TO have been given; but what is
for him in the legislature, and he s elected senator
OF the United States and further still, they have been
his supporters since do not wish at all 10 assert
anything concerning the senator which is not true, but
thus far understand hun admit Iue and they place
the senator in position very little different from that
which the assertions OF Judge Buford and Mt Mccall
place him in As TO the conflict OF veracty between the
senator and the writers OF these letters leave that TO The
people OF Alabama 10 determine. The facts asserted were
not private matters They public matters-public
men acting great public interests, and affecting the
well being OF whole State and the dignity OF this Illus
trious body.
shall not notice all the points the senator has made
this morning his vlndcaion, but only few, rather
on account OF their public importance than for bis discus
sion OF them stated that the current OF our legisa-
tion in admitting States that Congress passed
law previous the State beng admitted into the Union,
for her TO make constitution and become State and
that alter thus being Stale she was admitted INTO Tue
Union. That my proposition. The senator asserts
that Florida and other States into The Union with
out any such act. Sir, he is totally misniormed Be
fore those States in there was an act passed by
Congress by which they authorized TO form State
and 10 come into the Union II very true, as IN the
case of Florida that the people had, previous TO the act
OF Congress- made constitution; but they dd not come
in here until Congress passed the law by which they
were authorized 10 make themselves State. Congress
The constitution which had previously been made organ
zed themsevee and presented themselves here Tor ad'
mission So 1t was with the other States Ihe question
between the senator and myself this lie INSISTED
ba, California was constitutonay admitted INTO the
Union because il was the practicetbe universal prac
tce-in this government 10 admit Territories as states
into the Union, and that the fact oil their admission 'aaoe
them States: That the proposition which ne as,
serted. | said that. the contrary. the practce had
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