The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26
HIS ACTS IN CONGRESS.

HIS ACTS IN CONGRESS.
The KEYNOTE Of His Political Faith
speeches About the Mexican War.
In his first public appearance In 1913 Mr.
Davis had uttered the keynote or bis polil-
cal faith BY moving 10 instruct the delegates
from Mississippi 10 vote for John 4. Calhoun
~ a presidential nominee I'm National DEM
Ocratic Convention.
Calhoun was. as he regarded. 1.-THE most
trusted leader of the south. and the greatest
and unrest statesman Of the Senate and
while he did not concur in LIS doctrines Oh
notification. he adopted otherwise ms CON
stitutional views, and In the most psIt VIC VIC
politics which he advocated. taking Ms hch'
In the House Of REPRESENTATIVES In Decom'
Der, 1sis, ne no once launched INTO me Woik
and debates OF that body, ana win ms hisl
address made that impression OF eloquence
and power which he maintained Throughout
his parliamentary career. John quincy Al
ans Is said 10 have predicted on nearing IL
that he would make bis mark ana his prom
ecy was very soon fulfilled lie advocated ln
a resolution offered by himself the very frst
month oil his service the conversion OF some
Of the military posts into schools OF lnstfuc-
| ton. and the substitution or deiacnmenls
| furnished prOpOrtiOrately by the states LOT
| the uarrisons -Of enlisted men and on the
29th OF the same month made ioiclDit
/ speech against knOw-Nothingsm, when was
I then becoming popular. Tie had parey leen
]
! .peoches on these and other subjects, sucn
a. tho Mexican war and the oregon question,
ere ne resigned 10 take the lcld ln Mexico
and when he returned 10 public life after the
Mexican war 10 was as a member OF the
/ Unite states Senate.
lie ENTERS THE SENATE.
II was i'm that body that his rich learning.
/ mis- ready Information on current topics, ana
his shining abilities as an orator aud depatei
/ were displayed 10 most str king advantage
IN. great triumvrate Clay, Webster. ana
/ calhoun were in the Senate then, as were
/ also Cass. Douglass, Bright, DICKINSON, Ming
and others Of rcnoWn. ana Wnen Dain"ui ere
/ long departed this life the leadership OF me
The compromise measures Of Mfr. Clay OF
/ 1850 he opposed, and insisted on adneung 10
/ she line Of the Missouri compromise OF ln<o,
on the ground that 'paciflcation had neeu
/ the fruit bome by that tree. and Is should not
! nave been luthlt ssly hewn down ana cust
into the FIRE. Meeting MI clay ana MI.
/ Berrisn. Of Georgia, together IN inc Naplloi
grounds one day., Mr. Clay urged MN ln q
! friendly way 10 support his Dill, saying ne
thought 10 would give peace 10 the country
for thirty years. and then he added 70 N .
I Befricn You and / will be under ground be-
fore that time. but our young friend mere may
Mr Iayis replied. "T cannot consent 10
transfer 10 posterity an issue that IS as much
ours as theirs, when 10 IS evident that inc
sectional inequality Will be greater tnan now
fUU iFMNEE NNIflfrn All' NNAttAtiA+Nttr 80 af+"
mis- WAS his disposition, never 20 evade or
| shift responsibility, and that ne did meet it
is the reason why tho Issue Is now settled
aud tina. ourselves, not our cnildfeh, were III
| VOWED I'm civil war.
When CLAY on one occasion bantered him 20
future discussion. "nOw is the moment was
his prompt rejoinder. But these cJlllssions on
debate did not chill the personal relations OF
these two great leaders. Henry Clay was
full OF that generosity which recognized the
fOeman worthy Of his steel, ana frequently
evinced his admiration ana friendship LOT
Jefferson Davis. Besides, there was ne
between them that brcathed peace over all
/ political amtagOnism. lieutenant-Colonel
Clay. the son Of the Wing leader lad been
slain in the battle Of bueua y lsta. My poor
bov +, said he 10 senator Davis, casually oc-
cupied about one-half of his letters home ln
praising yOu." and ms eyes nlled win tea. s.
When turning 10 him once I'm debate. ne salc'
sffv friend from MISSISSIPPI. ana trust tilal
he viii permit me 20 call him my friend for
between us there Is a tie the nature OF which
We both understand
Without following. as indeed could not I'm
this Dilef hour. the bearings Of questions tnhl
came before the Senate during lis service
or p0rtraying the scenes Of cOllidation in
which they were dealt with, but pronounce
the general verdict when say that ms great
parliamentary gifts ranked him easily win
ihe foremost men Of that body. lie was
measured by the side OF the giants Or lbs
time and ina nothing found unequal
SOME OF HIS SPEECHES.
In connection with the Mexican war two
speeches were made Ia the House or Repre-
sentativrs. which were flied with the doe
trinos which all Americans have inherited
from the fathers of the republic,
The one q them WAS made hy man VINO
with mind as broad rs the continent, adNo,
Gated the railroad 10 connect the MISSISSIPPI
Valley with the ~ est, and who poured oul
from a heart thrilling with the great lfadi'
i tiOns Of his country, inspiring nppeais LOT
fraternity and union. ..
owe turn. -" said he from present hostility
10 former friendship, from recent deiec-
fiOu TO The time when Massachusetts anu
Virginia the stronger brothers OF our family
stood foremost and united % defend our
common rights. From sire 70 son iHa uf-
scended the love or our Mon IN our hearts,
as Ia our history are mingled the name, ul
Cone nd and Camden. Of Yorktown and Sat-
at0ga. OF MOnctriO and Plattsbureh, or thlp-
pewa and Erie. Of BOWyer and GuuiOrd, and
New orleans and Bunker llll. Grouped %
gethcr they form monument 20 the com.
mon glory OF our common country anu
where lis the Southern man VINO would Wish
that monument even less by one OF inc
Northern names that constitute the mass?
Who standing on the ground made sacred pi
the blood of Warren, could allow sccuOuhl
feeling 70 curb his enthusiasm ar le looked
uDOu that ODelisk which rises monument
10 freodOms and his country triumph, and
stands a type Of the time. The men, and
event 10 commentaries; built % material
IN n INnEkH tue MNNEn Ul Nlllff mANlNAN AA'NA'
or moulding for parasite or creeping thing 10
rest on, and pointing like finger TO the Say
% raise mans thoughts 10 phllanthiopic anu
noble deeds
when there arose another I'm the House Of
representatives. on cOruafy j., loio-one
who had Just voted that the war with Mexico
Was unnecessary and unconstitutional, anu
who now based his views Of the rights at
taching by the conquest on the rights Of rev
OutiOn. lie said:
"Anv people anywhere being inclined and
having Tho power have The right 20 rise up
and shake OF the existing government and
form z new one that suits them better.
This is q most valuable ana most sacred
right--a right which we hope and believe Is
10 liberate the world
"NOr Is this right confined % cases Ia which
the whole people Of an existing government
may choose 10 exercise n.
ANY portion OF such people that can may
royOlutlonize putting down a minority IN
teminglcd with OF near about them who OPP
pose their movements.
"suCh a minority Was precisely the case OF
the Tories OF the Revolution. 10 Is qualify
OF revolutions lot TO 90 by old lines or old
laws, but 10 break up both and make new
ones
Who, think you. my countrymen. were
those spH kesmen2
The one who thus glorihed the Union was
the Kentucky boy who had moved 10 Missis-
sippi and was about 10 lead her soldiers un-
der the stars and stripes IN battle. and who
now mis- the grave OF a disiranchis,d citizen
The other VINO thus held up revolution "a
the right which Was 10 li0erate the world
was Abraham Lincoln. the Kentucky boy
who moved 10 Illinois and who ~ now hailed
las the defender and pieseryer Of the ma.
( tiOn."
DAVIS AND LINCOLN REvOLUTIOSIsTs.
Success has elevated the one 10 high
niche IN Fame's proud temple. But can fail
ure deny 10 the other enhance there when
We remember that the Temple OF Virtue n
the gateway Of the Temple Of Fame? Both
of them In their speeches then stood fOI
American principles; both Of them In their
lives afterwards were foremost champions OF
American principles; both OF them were rev.
OlutiOnisis. and as such must be judged; and
Jefferson Davis never advocated an idea that
did not have IT'S foundation in the Declam-
ton of Independence; that was not deduct.
BILE from the Constitution Ol the United States
as the fathers who made 10 interpreted ia
meaning; that had not been rung into hid
ears and stamped upon his heart nom the
hour when his father baptized him In the
name OF Jefferson and no rrst saw the light
in a commonwealth that was yet vocal with
the State's-rlghts resolutions OF l10S.
AN AMKRICAS.
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