Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-20
An Exclamation


the indulgence of the Senate for the purpose of :
brief personal explanation aud said that it wa
the first tine TINT he ever desired a similar ia
| vor
perceive IN morning piper tthe Union
10 which my attention has been directed since
entered the Capitol this morning. that the ds
tngushed aud nneh honored statesman Of Sout
Carolina Nh. Calhoun. with myself is charge
with the crime OF mutability in having voted 10
! the COMPROMISE bill of .luy ISIS. That bill
| while it excluded in California New Mckee
| the whole doctrine of what j. now called squat
| ter sovereignty, aud gave no right 10 aliens l.
vote IN these Territories, lid confer that right q
such rs had declared their intention to bccom
citizens in the then proposed Territory OF Ore
gon At the same time, TINT compromise, whicl
proposed 10 organize three yast territorial GOV
ernments-grenter than were ever included Ii
one bin beinrc-oilct,d peace Ia diNracte
country on the principle of submitting the Who'll
slavery question IN the Territories To the judica
tribunals, nnd for the first time excluded the Wi
mot proyiso, aud adopted for Oregon the boaste
principle of non. intervention, which was alter
wards copied into the compromise measures
1850
For this great measure Of pncifcation boil
John &. Calhoun and myself voted, although
known to every one who had thought our opln
ions worthy OF considerations To lac utterly op
posed To the clause IN that part OF thu bill organ
lzng the Government Of Oregon. which alinw@
the vote of aliens IN any form or under any pre-
text. We entertained then the same opinion
which we bad both expressed IN the dcbnte u
the Michigan bill III 1856, thai "A claim allowing
aliens to vote wns utt ry and absolutely uneon
sttutional-an opinion which wiz shared with
by many Of the most distinguished gentlemen II
both houses of Congress at that day But l.
obtain the great bl ssngs which We firmly he
lieve the country would receive from the fun
settlement OF the slavery question on the prinel
pies of that bill-a measure which the dlstln.
gui-hcd senator from NrEinia, Mr.. Hunter, III
the late debate ON the Nebraska bill. characterz
cd rs the very best compromise ever yet proposz
ed-wc both agreed attor full consultation geth
cr, To wuiye our objections TO the single cnuse IN
the Oregon portion of the bill, to secure the pas
sage of thai great measure oi peaee.
While this measure was before the committee
which reported that hill, Mr.. Calhoun called nj
my lodgings. 10 ronS Ter with me the course We
should adopt on this very question. We both
stood fully committed to the country ON the con.
stituhonul principle, that any act of Con yress
allowing aliens To vote in any Slate or Territory
of the t. States was pro tanto m act OF naiu-
razation. and unconstitutional. because it wis
partial and not uniform. But were given 10
understand by others that our compromise bill
would inevitably fail in the House of R,presen-
tativcS il the government of Oregon were urg1u=
zed without the Fifth section OF the Till which
was so obnoxious Ia US, The correctness OF that
opinion was fully demonstrated n short time nj
forwards, and after the failure OF eur compro-
mise IN the other house 10y small majority, by
til" passage OF separate Oregon bill, containing
that very section allowing the vote OF aliens,
which originated IN that same House OF Repre-
sentutiyes and became II law on the llth of Au=
gust Isis But for that bill neither Mr.. Ca
houn nor myself ever voted Had we voted for
that, for any provision allowing the suffrage
of aliens in any separate and distinct form, we
might. indeed, have subjected ourselves To the
censure of those who would rejoice in an opror
tunity OF charging rs with Inconsistency. Da.
| ring the interview to which have referred, we
resolved to make the sacrifice in Oregon to Sc
| cure the principle in California and New Mexico
which not only avoided the alien vote in thost
territories, but the Wimoi proviso, and tn,
| whole principle of squatter sovereignty. W,
| thought that in difficult compromise, he VIII,
won the two best in three had but little reasoi
to complain We thought, too, there was hu
little danger of alien suffrage in territory SO re
mote fIom the usual landing places of emigrant
| on the Atlantic, and 80 inaccessible, rs Oregon.
Sir, ii has been said that when the Trainers .
| the greatest of all compromises tthe consttutio.
| Of the United Statcs) came out OF the convento
| of l7S7 there WIS not one man who was not dis
/ satisfied with some one provision of that iustru
ment. The Missouri Compromise of lo2O wa
i voted for by men who held the sixth section of j
! t. be absolutely unconstitutional. The tariff com
! promise of 1888 contained the principle of tn
! home valuation, which,in the debates of that day
was pronounced unconstitutional by nearly ever.
southern senator. who afterwards voted, not onl
for the passage of that compromise, but for tn
! home valuation amendment tself-and that, too
on a call of the yeas and nays. fhesewore con
cessions made by great aud patriotic statesmel
to secure the blessings of peace and the safety O
! this Union. And if |, whose opinions agains
alien suffrage have never yaried-if |, who re
ported the provision excluding aliens from votin,
in the first act to organize the vast Territory o
Wisconsin, then comprehending the present State
of Wisconsin, Iowa, and half OF Michigan, whel
Territory was organized by my efforts and thos
| of the Judic airy Committee, of which was at til,
time the chairman- |, who also reported and 70
ted against the clause allowing alien suffrage il
the State of Michigan, can he charged with neon
slStency for sacrificing som ething of my fixed o
pinions to secure the peace of my country an,
the safety of this Union in ISIS, let those VIII
delight to eensure make the most of it.
The RiohmondCity Council has appropriate,
5000 towards the permanent endowment of til,
Virginia State Agricultural Society, and adopte,
a resolution to give $4,000 more to make arrang
ements for another State Fair to be held in Rich
mond in October next.
Senator Atchson has issued an address to tn
people of Missouri, scoring Mr.. Benton and con
demning his political cou Sc severely. The wa
in Missouri, between the Benton and anti Bento
factions, SO far from suhsiding, is growing mor
furious than Mr.. Atchison is the leader o
the anti Benton party