The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-07-02


When arrived here, | found the subject
under discussion. l went 10 the Senate
worn down by travel; and then gave
notice that, when the resolutions from
Massachusetts, should be presented, |
would speak to them, as coming from a
Commonwealth whose history, and whose
lessons of history, had inspired me with
the very highest admiration-I would
speak to them from respect to Com
lnonweallh, whilst, perhaps, the Senator
who has been the cause Of their in;roduc.
ton ought not to deserve my notice, and
would not have received it.
We'll, sir, days passed, and those rcso.
iutions were not presented. Now they
have been presented, and presented in n
different way from any that have ever
known to be submitted from any Com.
monwea!tl before. They were not pre-
sented by one OF its Senators, but were
sent directly TO the President of the Sen.
ate and the Speaker Of the House of Rep.
rcsentatives waited for soma time
with the expectation that, when these res.
oluiions should come, would aaut N.Y.
seIfo tie painful task which circumstances
had devolved upon me. They did not
come until yesterday-more than two
weeks after their adoption.
In the mean timc--on Monday last-I
gave notice that would address the Sen
ate TO day under the confident belief not
that the present Senator Mr.. Wilson1
would I've herc-because | have nothing
to do with hiin-but that the Senator
who has been the aggressor, the criminal
aggresso', in this matter, would he pres
ent; and il give cre1ence to the teslimo.
ny OF DIR. Boyle, see 10 reason why he
Should not be present. For anything that
appears III that testimony, II he had been
an officer Of the Army, and had not ap.
peared the next day on the battle field, -,
he would have deserved TO be cashiered.
Sir, | am at a loss to know why he has
aimed his assaults at Inc Individually, and
at my Stale on more occasions than one
but am willing to adopt the cley afforded
10y the Rev. Mr.. Beccher; and, AS il is a
clew upon the subject, | rely on it. wish
nothing OF min 10 90 out that do not
intend to be entirely consistent with the
convictions Of my mind. ] ask to have
MIR. Beechef's remarks read. l adopt
them, and they will acquit the Senator
or they will go very Ear to acquit linn.
The Secretary read, as follows:
The only complaint which have ever
heard Of Senator Sumner has been this :
that he. by his shrinking and sensitive
nature, was not 1T for tho trough and
tumble OF politics in our day. He would
have he'll himself back, and avoided Civ.
ing the slightest offence, had it not been
that he was reproved and goaded into it
by, as ! think, t''e injudicious criticism of
friends"
Mr.. Butler. Sir, believe il, and i,
will acquit his motives to some extent.-
Instead Of making his speech here his
own, as Senator, under the obligations
Of the Constitution, and the highest sane.
tons which eau influence the con Iuct of
M honorable maB--insieaa of making il
the vehicle of high thoughts and noble
emotions that would become q man and
Senator, it is obvious now that he has
made that speech but the conduit will
use a stronger expression fang,
through which to express upon the public
the compound poison Of maignity ara in-
justice.
This is confirmed by his remarkable ex-
nrdium for, in many respects, this is the
mnst extraordinary speech that has ever
hahd It's way III any book, or upon any
occasion, ancient or modern. have nov.
er before heard ofproen or exordium by
proclamation and yet, before the delivery
OF his s. eech, by a telegrapllic proclama.
ton TO Theodore Parker, he uttered this
remarkable sentence: "Whilst YOU are
delibera,ing in your meetiug, am abon
10 pronounce the moSt tboyoaqh phiiippc
that was ever heard in the SENATE Of the
United States" This is in conformity
with Mr. Parker's opinion. lie was
flexible contormist invoking the spirit Of
Theodore Parker as his muse To sustain
him in tue strife for which, by his nati
and his talents, he was not fit. Sir, il was
the tribute and Difference of flexible con.
formist, willing to be rhetorical fabrica.
tor to carry out the views and sulserve
the purposes Of a ,nan who, as | under.
stand, is Of an iron will and robust intel.
lect; who loves controversy, and has abil-
i,ics which more fit him, perhaps, for that
than for worshipping the lamb as the en-
blem OF innocence, and IN the prototype
of that CHRIST whose doctrines he has pro.
tesscd. To conciliate Parker, the Senator
must make war upon South Carolina and
ppon myself IL lie supposed that he
would gain laurcls by any attack OH me
because was "foeman worthy Of his
steel" I might feel eomplimep,ed; but
there was no such purpose. IL was TO
pander to the prjudices Of Massachusetts
or portion Of Massachuset,s---for God
forbid that ] should say anything which
is not proper OF Massachusells---to pander
to q portion Of Massachusetts by assailing
South Carolina. Before finish shall
SAP what think. and IL he were here In
his place / would make him hang his
head in shame; for | viii demonstrate,
before ] conclude, that IN what he has
said Of South Carolina he has asperscd the
nearest and dearest comrade Of hh moth