, 1861-01-07

tho terms Of tho compact, and hence Soutl,
Carolina was no longer bound ly the Consti.
tut!on., hut was at liberty to pack up hrr
things anu march out, and resume her se,ar.
;ate AM: sovereign Independence, Louisiana
anu all Tie other slave States, Lc contcnIcd,
l,aa au equal right aud should exercise It.
susa t:a "as ff'c-thcory on which his speech ras
Baker denied his rrcmises-lenied that tl,c
Inion IS compact between sovereign States
at al. lie denied that It owes it's oririn TO
:ad:GS Tho preamble to tho Constitution
llscil sets forth By whom 1t WAS created Il
t'elares that ''Nc, tie zeo,ke in order to form
y 81, tats Consultation" Tie people OF the
1.";st'l States had rcposcd certain pow
"a INC hands OF n Federal Govern
::';'1. nnd certain other powers in the hands
= e !t.c:ft or state governments, and reserved
~ r'st IN their own individual hands, also re-
:s *ss.,;'s me tight. to themselves, {thc white
geople,} to change or abolish the General or
2ia!et1oSeInmcnts whenever they pleased. The
tie state Governments had no power OF right
~ withdraw the peuple Of tAoet States from
'he Union. The Union was one people rs
macn Us the people Of Great Britain
oi!, ooixssanee, o. ,iiussia, arc one people.
lhcy aec of common origin, common Ian
suagc, manners, customs, faith, aud literature;
atu occupy common country marked ont BY
tue hand Of nature for the occupancy Of ont
peopln States had not I, particle more con-
'utus'ohal right TO scce1e frum the Union than
bad counties 10 secede from State and set u,
separate State, The right Of revolution fur
came trom intolcrab'e oppression, from uucn-
oufa6E tyranny, which was acominon remedy
% all mankind, as sylfdc(epcc was The first
law OF nature. Tie Constitution itself had
provided remedies against nil imaginable
n, Mn,ongs tias might arise; 1t had provided 4
supreme Court aud lodged in its hands ampl.
1ur4sdiction-frzt, to protect the individual
etizen Of one State against the wrong doing OF
zcn-of another State Saconl-against the
infringement of his rights by State, and.
81, " the General Government. 4th. 1t give
. s9ase redress against the aggression or wrong
o. o. anotnerstate 5th, Against the wrong do
lng OF the United States. 9Th. Uncoustitu-
tional laws passed by Cung7css could be d.
clarea null aud yoid. But the Constitution
Aaa pro*iicd no such remedy rs peaceable Sc
cesslon OF State or any other sort Of scccs-
sion. Succession was treason araiust the pco-
pie, md mast he INC: aud overcome by the
people, The General Government had the
pcrnctuatc its existence.
From this view ofthc question Senator BIZ
her proceeded to examine the gricyan-
ees complained Of by South Carolina IL Co.,
and to expose their faliacies. Before conclu-
din::55, Senator King asked and obtained pcrmis-
slon for him to finish his speech to-day. Thus
Eir it has been n mas1csly effort, He has sus-
tained every point by the highest authorities,
IL has utterly demolished Bcn|amin's speech.
Tle Southelners feel 1t. 1t is Webster reply
iES to llayne, and crushing with elcphautint.
tread os be ,mArches forward. Nothing coua!
to THIS effort or the Oregon senntor his beer
lizard IN the Senate chamber for Il long while
I The style of delivery is easy and elegant,
t!te language accurately chosen and beau
fi1ultY pronounced. His ynirn ia Df
the tenor ordcr-rather thin and clear,
but musical and pleasing. He speaks
with much deliberation, never hesitatiny for q
word, Placing the accent properly, and empha-
sizing each sentence so rs to impress the Idea
strongly nn tho hearers memory. IL las only
had tWo days for preparation to make Ills reply
to Benjamin. But lc thinks with the velocity
and tase Of genius, and builds up by intuition,
III an hour, logical structure that would re-
11'iTe other and strong men tn toll for days to
rear. The palm oi cfoQuencc is surrendered tu
him by general consent, aud at one bound 1,e
takes his Place Mt the head Of the Senate rs an
Before he commenced lis speech, Jo. Lane
was guity Of the conteulrtibe 1neanncss uf
attempting to prevent his speaking, By moyin;.
to take UP some bill. Judge Irunlbull All
ntnistercd to him singing rcbuke on thu
spot, that 1nade him yrlnc.: through his thick
hide. Gwin next attempted the same trick,
but he, too, was lashtd for hrs bad manners
and mean envy. Thcsc fellows hntc with bill
ter nialigni'y the brilliant Senator from tic
Pacific, who 20 completely eclipses them both
But their political days. are numbered. The
places that now know them will soon know
them no more forever. Lauc it il reported,
on tho expiration Of his term, will return to
his natiyc State (North C:,rolina) and offer his
military services to the Sont1l Carolina rebels
Gvin will also subsile into some cotton State,
from whence he emerged. Let them 20 bacl;
where they belong. They both misscprescut
the 10, al people Of California and Oregon.
CHICAGO.