The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-02
CONGR ESSIONAL.
va. pETTIT's REMARKS ON MIR. BEN
TONS LETTER;

WI proceed
NJ PETITE. Mr. President ask the indulgence and
attention Of senator's for a few moments while eal to
ter notice most remarkable letter which u going the
rounds Of the newspapers II i as follows
wAsaIsaroS, Saturday, June ~, 1854.
s: Your letter has just been received informing me
that Mr. PErT in public speech ia your town stated tai
had law passed by Congress, Annexing 10 the state
large territory, 4e Sir yoar senator great ar and
dry dog falsifyng public history icr criminal purpose
The Compromise line not violated ia annesng
he Platte oanry Both parties 10 The eonpoise agreed
a. ma n upon Il The general assembly q Missouri
requested IL We applied to The members perso ana IN
aivduay for their consent which ihey gave aa
their consent no made er wo1id have been
ade The journals prove this There ia sceosnt q u
in my THIRTY Years yisS" in the chapter beaded
ION Of The Missouri boundary also IN nay late Nebraska
speech briefly alluded TO- and thas + pr9eay an that
lie dirty dog knew ab0u it, and which be fased e answer
III criminal purposes. send you some Of my Nebraska
geeehes and hope viii ind The chapter IN the Thirty
ia from the northern States, and by them granted in
spirit Of kindness and IN 70 prove that they would not
~ rreat favor to the State Of Missouri and for which all
Missouri thanksnl al the time aad am sti Mr. PCT
~ rnps feel that his Is ylAlons when be thus
apd up before bis afy public history and
to justify his violation Of the Missouri Compromise BY
fsiins sRs-pscihsuIy. I = chGLI rHoaiAs H. BENTON
JANIS Howr, Esq.,
Lafayette, Indiana
This letter as ridiculous a il is strangeas absurd
az Il low coarse and vulgar If Mr.. Benton can mske
any one believe that liar, he win have done that
which who intimately knows does can or Will
believe have always sought after and enaeavored to
speak the truth in all things love her name, cherish
her form and adore her substance, and would not viii
ngy perrerf pouts either He who is devoid Of sln
carty ana truth Is without The necessary helm guide
him safely the dangerous Of life and wil inev
taby become prey TO counter winds and currents and
must strand upon its shoals wreck upon its rocks
Mf President. If do establish beyond oayi, thar
Colonel BESToy wicked and malicious alsiter OF truth
nbece and doard, will in all future time sub
nit 10 the epithets he has applied 10 me
the 18th OF june last was AZ home, Lafayette III
diana and made speech TO large collection o my inl-
mediate constituents and neghhrs. The speech turned
PRINCIPALLY upon the Kansas and Nebraska act and the
Missouri Compromise showed that the act Of ls20 was
not reai compromise terms upcn which Missouri
came into the Union but tha it Mr. Clays resolution
year afterwards that entitled 10 that honor or appel
laon showed that the act Of 1920 moi oompro-
mise compact in the sense in which It's friends cohiend
cd for il; hu that il was mere act Of Congress SUBJECT
as any other act repeal by the present or any other Con-
ress AS in their Judgment expedieney should justify or
require
sentaves had been Largely circulated and much APP
nealad then and those who eretoore had been heard
thousana times say that be tef ofmoney stolen in
North Carolina and sccreted IN BIZ eaVat and that he
had under the pneiece of honorahle due conrnisted
eold-hooded murdeItha of LGcasand tha, be had htn
guilty Of all the crimes known to the black catalogue Of
inarnv the ondest ara most nosteTous IN sing
ing his praise and referring 10 his speech To show thai
Wr BEyrox was NOT reliable and that he could NOT safely
tie followed and that the act Of le20 sacred com
pact that could be altered changed or violaed, SAID
that Colonel BISyoS had in 1896 sixteen years after its
procured the passage OF another ac of tOtes
Changing altering, repealing. abrogaiine, and eio o
aafo the act Of 1890 called the Missouri Compromise and
read the following acl and prociamsiion-
An act extend the boundary Of the State of Mis-
.ouri TO the Missouri river
BE II enacted b the seaats ard Hope Of Representative y
he Uafef Of Ameysea Congress asseabea That
when the Indian title 20 all the lands lying between he tae
Of Missouri and issoasi shall be extingubed the
jurisdiction said aads shall be hereby cdd TO he State
f Missouri and The western boundary Of said state sha bs
then extended TO the Missouri river reerTing to the United
the original right OF soil in said lands and Of dsposin
q he 1890 rhaS sh . aha nG' 1ass eIs M u M
dian title said lands las been entingsishs nor shall It
take effect until the State Of Missouri sha have asented 70
Approved June 7, 1856.
(United States StssEtes vo s. y. 31-)
Proclamation issued by the President q The United
States, under the act II June Z, 1896;
by tie Praident ef he United statas n Aassrieo.
A paoc1AMArros.
Wberea by an a of Congress Of The h of June 1886 it
enacted that the Indian title % all the lands lying
be eSnguished The Jurisdiction sad land should be
oee hy the sad The State Of Missouri and the wet
Missouri river oscrving the United States the original
right Of sell in said lands and Of dposing Of tn SAINT and
hould not take effect until the Presiaent shonld w procia
nation declare that the Indian tide to said lands Lad been
extinguhed until the State Of Missouri should have
sented to tie provisions Of the said and whereas
passed BY the general assembly Of the State Of Mis-
sftss la ste % he pTorso1 of he sas aes q Congress
copy OF which o the general assembly, duy astbent
and i now on fle IN the 'Departraen. Of state
Now therefore 1, Martin Van Burun, President of the
United States of America, do BY this my proclamation de-
clare and make knnown thai the Indian title TO all the said
lands lying between The State q Aisses and the AisoHTi
river has been extguihed and that the said act Of Con-
sress OF the 7th June s36 takes from the date hereof
Given under my hand the city ~ Washington, this 2sh
day Of March, A. D. 1887 ard u The inndependance Or the
NARTIS yAS BUBES
By the President
JoHN FoRsrrH, Secretary II state
tUuitsd States Statutes. VOL 5, Appendi1-)
This plain contradiction of his present oonr
and late speech that il damper his friends
and admirers; and Of them Mr. James Horn, who
was, and s. Is whig not knowing the history of this
matter, wroe 10 BEsrUy for light and io know suppose
be could mol make some apology Tor this lArng and
sbsurd Inconsistency. BEyToS goaded and naddened
actions thus brought TO light and be exposed 70 the gaze
and scorn OF all honest and intelligent men wrote th.
Gbove letter which would not De crpdsle To I,ssc IN
asylum or the euiltiest felon "a q yeniisntisrr
II wiz he that he admits in this letter ail charged
him with that is be procured the Tssse of the r hc
that violated changed, repealed the act Of ls2a by
taking part of this free trrog and making Il sizgl b1
act Of Congress in adding il to te State Of Missouri vhosf
constitution established and protected slavery TINS ,s
sVery in territory s-ger than two Of the Fna States bF
act Of Congress u did not leave people as t
Kansas and Nebraska act does bat forced slavery urr
them BY law This Is the only instance where slavery hes
been extended free territory since the organization q
this government and this done by act Of Congress
procured by Colonel BKyroS, and not by the pseyL
In this letter Colonel BrSroS unfortunately lor hirssl
and his consistency lior had read line in his worl
before, refers 70 his Thirty ears and turning to to-
beaded, Extension of he Missouri Question which is a
ioiless.
Thus measure o. great Eamsni to Missouri an,
fun of difficulties in itself and requiring double process Il