Washington telegraph., 1855-03-07
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Se ~ ass,
This yeirmn statesman. .ia bficf speech hei5fe
the United states Seniaic. delivered Ten or twelve
DAYS ago declaring lIs purpose not 10 coniom To
the instructions which tue Fusion Legislature OF
his State have been pIrasel 10 gFc hIu. IN com.
mon with bis colleague, Nr SfuAHI, closes with
the following nmafks, which shauld be- read and
poulefea by all the friends OF the Union
I am iiHalY persuaded that The adoption of
either of The measure. mlah More al both. ds.
manded hy the Legislature al Michigan WauId be
the slslal iof the bfraf.Hsu this Government
and iar dissolution Of ihIs feHIalefaef ! kHaW
there are many hnae,f men who ssdHt At eFtry
idea ol daHssl# aHl MANS oiheu WIN. Wlila adj
mlitins IT. afe Eei HIeraf,1 Ia meet u, let st bring
what a,sasiss 1t may prepared 10 sacrifice iHi,
mlsHiHesli sifH'tufu al Ifeeihm "a ars agefnaW.
ruus impulse. Which e1ls captive alike ths daaTi
ani Tue understanding. lbis IS N time 10 suf.
Iei.def lar aaiWuIss 1.-THE citadel Ia ahindau iHr
sseufiIlcz which wisdom anal nItfiaiism have pro-
hiltd. aud lo idruW away all thf ehscks vs. pls-
sess asaiHst fa.a and ianseoa, iuaofaanusl for
ml cit ar. ID fuFiarHte fmnii, ! saaIl fftHair
lu The pazIHaa ozaaFF aunHE the rH,Ilaa ii ms
term Of Hrsier. uaes. ialeta tie Democracy 81
Michigan shaul rsla.re ne ia 10 whai mY
convictions niiaiy would pnhihii NE iTnm dung.
~ which event ! should RiiTe Wiibaut hesitation
10 private life. where. indeed ! am sufficiently
wsuri bY the IeaIs that have passed. over mr /
muel snaH fciiHs rome Nhtt maF Ilui a. ms
Hia dfAs Upwards it- tosr, agc as i advances, ia.
stead ui Cuirrl,ius ada, strength il my love of
country and continues TO console me- With hfieh'
hopes OF her iu'un. power aud stability. What
lear alo,c all ,, that in The Providence of tod
Ne may be struck with that judicial blindness
with which nations arr punished Toe national at.
fences, and tho, add another to iAr melancholy
ll'i ni people who bad n1i wisdom enough io ap.
pfecil'r ,4c value oi lreg Institutions, u1r ail,ue
ah fmurss enough 20 MAINTAIN them
I.is b. ni nstllarl MhIs, HNul Cav ilg-
tInr. We afc g.ai ihe veteran senator o. getting
right a. Boz smWs older aud inn' that Ais setting
s1u miy he Iiko iAli 0i ihg >'saoi Ashland mou
hi more glorious maw plIr.y shusrll as Dc
touches ihr verge oi .ir's horizon, and that 81 ben
70 goes down iorrvtr aIi Intelligent aul patriotic
men may ,ortoW Over b, departure
Henry Clay once aii when question, ul vast
moment Wgrs pressing rpUr h.m when iAr pro.
PIE we're d.iiliFi illm one extremity of ilH Jn.
ion 10 The other Mhrl De- was looked ~ 30. aul
irlt tAe kc'm.mlu Of the ,Aipoi State iu Con.
grrss and when an intimate friend aud eloquent
Senator called up1n and lo'l him that ihc paifl-
uilc policy hc wls pursuing would ropln. his lu.
ilfr political pmspccis--"l would rather Do riehf
than President On another ncea,ian hr said
truth Is ommp1icn, and public Justice certain
MI 'iiuih dil nor commence exercising iis "um-
mpoienro until 'lc shadows Of The grave were
gathering amuub ihe form OF The GRAND old siates.
man. Iueu ihr people began 10 realize the ca.
!, hmiiY mat was upuu them, GOD all with one AZ.
cord. olnri ln paying unaffected homage To heart
and an Intellect that bad never known one ihfob
OF one motive. that did not hook 90 bis couiry's
honor aud Interest,". Truth uu,siuppel false.
hond bci1rofhe portals oi the tomb closed upon
all that was mortal OF Henry Clay, and the pub
Tee Insire' be- had preached and believed in, was
accorded him Just as he Was about sufrgulefinr
his soul 10 the Con who gave NJ
But rather too much OF depression. We look
upon The course ul Gen CAss as wise and patriotic
aud trust be will not altcf IN wcIl.dolug unto the
end. lie Is one of The lew men len us who pos
sess national character one Of the very few who
have any claims 10 The title ol statesmen. There
lore. BIZ rcbukc 10 the fusoniss OF Michigan car
nes "ith Il a Significant Importance which ought
not 10 be lost upon the country. His closing re-
marks arc peculiarly patriotic and apmp,s. aud
cannot be pondcrcd over with too much earnest
ness For ten or fifteen years We have been ?sp-
IDLY travelling the road which has led many ua.
tons 10 lmp1youshmcnt, degradation and ruin.
4 politically and socially speaking, We mean. It
high time We took the back track
II would have been better had Senator Gas, 70.
pldiaiod the modern aud false doctrine Of n,lrur-
Ton altogether The doctrine is dcmagorical n
fcNy and will prove disastrous in practice Be-
sides, 1t is reflection upon the wisdom and rat.
rotlsm OF the trainers ot the constitution II
strikes a deadly blow At one OF their most impar.
tant pfincipes-ihe tucst safest aud wiscst pro.
visions in our national organic law-because it
does away with the safeguard against political
social aud sectional commotons and agilations, 10
rNhch unlimited popular soyereignlies are ever
liable, erected by the grand old sagcs and war
fiors Of the revolution. The Senate was created
to guard the pnpularc against Themselves more
than anything else, 10 check the House OF Rep
resentatiyes and the prccipitdtc action Of the pe1.
pie through the members nl that body That is
ihc reason why Senators are elected Tor SIX year,.
and Representatives for two. Admit the doctrine
Of instruction, and It necessarily follows that the
object Tor which the Senate was constituted isdr-
slroYed and the body itself might as well be- abol.
lshcd 1t loses is most valuable pierogatiyea-
those ofconscryalism and pemanoncc-and ccas-
es to be what WasmNGroS, and 1.-The fathers OF the
nation designed IT, [N 0. Baiian.