The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-07-10

| ""'S "Ob Sop0 iHto tnc SutJtCi al rs great
a length as my friends from Alabama, Mr..
Clay,l Georgia, Mr.. Toombs, and others
My speeches all put together on this sub
Ject are but twelve pages, and his are thr.
ty'two, while those ofhis coadj tutors amount
] suppose, TO a hundred more. Yet he said
l was omnipresent in this debate I will
not say that he is omnipresent in this de.
bate, but he Is omnipresent everywhere
out OF the debate. lie says that | "over.
flowed with rage at the simple suggestion
that Kansas had applied for admission as
State, and with incoherent phrases, dis
charged the loose eXpcctoration of his
| speech, now, upon her representatives,, and
then upon her people" | said it was a
fraud, and the Senate said So Why did
he single me out? Again, alluding to Inc,
he said:
"1here was no extravaganza Of Ito an.
cient parliamentary debate which he did
not repeat; nor was there any possible de.
Walton from truth which he dil not make,
with so much passion, am glad to add,
rs to save him from the suspicion Of inten-
tonal alteration"
do not know that have ever been an
imitator in my life. Those that knoW me
best say that | am rather SUI generis.
never borrow from Dcmosthenes, aud palm
II of rs my own. AS for my deviation
from the truth, Let me ask, did ho tell the
truth when he quoted the Constitution Of
South Carolina, and there was no such
clause in il as hc statcdl Did he tell the
| truth when he undertook TO say, that her
imbecility was shameful during the Revo-
luton! | have shown that she has abso.
lutely sent bread TO Massachusetts,. Did
he tell the truth when he meant TO impute
to me what he has charged here? retort
upon him everything that follows.
retoIt on him the very language which
he applies TO me. lie accused me Of such n
a procIivity to error that could not con-
form 10 the line Of truth, or was continual.
ly deviating from it. have convicted him
before the Senate, by the evidence which |
have adduced, of calunnia,iug the history
and character cf South Carolina. and of
msrepresenting her Constitution lie has
done this, not IN response TO anything |
had SAID, or anything which was egit-
lnaiely connected with the debate He
has undertaken TO charge me with igno.
range of the law and the Constitution,
which is perfectly Independent of lis arbi
trary d,ctam-the dict0Ba, allow me to saw.
ot man who has never conducted great
law case H. this country. believe no one
would buy an estate worth $4,000 upon
his opinion of the title. would not en-
gage him TO conduct 4 cause, not that lie
Is not clear man, but would not trust
him As lawyer. And yet he undertakes
to be my judge. What right has lie TO
pronounce Judgment on me as a lawyer?
am reduced 10 pretty predcamet at this
time oil life, IT am TO be subjected to such
aJudgment! a 1t is a judgment about which
care II:tle; and do not suppose any man
would give fifty dollars for il even in Mas
sachusottS.
"lie cannot ore hs mouth bu, ou, there llics
biundcr."
sincerely hope that what lie has said is
blunder. do not know but that he NAV
have thought he would escape scrutiny and
exposure. hope that, when he opened
his mouth, and said what he did in reference
TO these matters, it was bunier. lie
said Of me, the Senator touches nothing
which he does not disfgure." | can saw OF
him, he has touched nothing which lie has
not misrepresented, except it be in his gen.
eral defamation, and there is no detecting
man in that; it is n matter Of taste.
appreciate highly the compliment | receiv
cd tins morning in the Boston Courier rs
to the merit of my speech. The Senator
says OF me. that the Senator touches moth
ing which he does not disfigure--w er-
ror sometimes OF principle, sometimes Of
fact apply this to him, with this cx-
ception: say error neatly always Of princ-
pie, sometimes of fact. leave the Senate
TO decide between Us in that respect Again
he said OF me:
"lle shows an incapacity Of accuracy.
whether IN stating the Constitution or in
stating the Iaw-whether in tho details of
statistics or The diversions of scholarship"
shall not compete with him in scholar
ship, for shoull be vulnerable there;
but men who live in glass houses should
never throw stones. OF all the things
which that Senator ventured To do, | think
he exposed his house most when he made
that assertion, with the detection which |
have fixed upon him of error, injustice and
magnity. 1t is nailed upon him. and he
cannot get rid of it. | care not how far
fanaticsm may undertake TO Influence the
judgment of public opinion, it cannot alter
.he truth. Irli;h. Is sometimes SLOW in ma
king IT'S impression on the public mind,
but, when made, it is evidence which pro
duceS belief that cannot be resisted. That
belief will grow ont of my statements, my
remarks, and my references, aud is Just As
certain rs the truth Of the evidence, and he
cannot escape from it.
Mr.. President, have detained the Sen
ate much longer than | wished. When
gave notice that should speak to the reso-
iutions of Massachusetts,, il was with per.
feet confidence that the Senator would be
in his seat. Finding that these resolutions
were not here, on Monday last gave no.
uce that ! should speak on Thursday, still
confident that he would be here. Yester-