The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-10-22
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of
Texas claimed his territory having belonged was
Republic The United States claimed by
commanding general Stephen W. Keaney had the possession
of the very abe men Of the day tb Wbi % I oot pose
at that time about to close his public offered the
for consideration certain bearing upon slavery
questions which known the omnibus compromise 1880
One object the organization of New Mexico
toy and IN the boundaries thereof was included the territory in
dispute with Texas As part OF the general compromise
territory OF which she about be deprived and September
an act was passed organizing the Territory and including therein
m IT., may not % be improper call attention while passing the
taken by the Government dispute with the probabilities
Virginia West Virginia the slightest doubt as to
title for Virginia had held the land without the shadow dispute
long before the organization the National
Of bill tor the % % Texas provided that
against State but on February g. 1855 the Government
by supplemental BILL after it had in fact paid account
Tor the benefit the creditors and thus appears that that part
Senate in reference to these compromise
ures of 1850 is perhaps the notable discussion which had
occurred therein since the foundation OF the Republic
cPaed in by great number OF its eminent statesmen The speech
made by Henry Clay upon that occasion the last notable public
he ded two YEARS e e m q om h gTen adr a
southern thought in his place for the last time upon
ms manuscript to ms tin friend and eomTade lanes Mason
days his death was announced to the Senate 1t was
this bill that Daniel Webster March 1880 made his great
Question OF slavery osaezed him from friends the North and
bic Many prominent spoke upon this qsteon in
Guiding Thomas H. Benton who subsequently became the historian
many questions in the discussion but there was not in
payment the State of TeSas Of h 0 dnated @ e s
riory of which supposed she about be deprived
1t Mr. Chairman, that the opinions
OF the great men OF our country may well be taken as
arise and refer them constituting strong argument the
position which assume this resolution There have been
and still other this country whose
strctive this ago, discourse
three distinguished men who have occupied high stations in the minds
Of the people of this country II you will allow will
country produced three men the condolences in whose
chance. highest
within the gilt of the peoRe two Of them upon three occasions
party and once by the electors at the polls One OF these Henry
half of the nineteenth and he has been described the lead
lee H Isl statesmen Of fl his period A%oher James
troll the Of
thee e Constructive policies of the Naon Th b o Wa% en
rngs Rrvan has for fifteen wears or more formulated the no1c
and the LEADING principles of the great militant Democratic pa
acknowledged only true
right justice which have engrad upon public policy
me country ue assistance OF ue very men VINO deead MN lot
Republican Bryan Democrat the great
represented trio We
o a Ee Continuous eg 9e om b creation OF t world it's de-
stron by the Deuge and that they carried down in their memories
and histories 5 9a OF Gg Pd t point oft the fact that Henry CLAW
born twelve years before the adoption OF the American Constitution
He died in June 1852 twenty-five years after the birth Of James G.
Jennings Bryan born in 1860 tir-three old Bryan
may long his upright and useful will APP
that the Joint lives Of these three men extend from period
antedating the formation of this Government by twelve down
the present day and these three ustrou could have easily
handed down by OF mouth without change of verbag the
ston of the country though had been reduced writing
cvis the Henry Clay
brilliant genius of James c. Blaine and the will when
the third parallel William Jennings Bryan the consideration Of
the great deeds which ne has accomplished for the benefit of
will be spoken Of only in the highest of praise and honor
Chairman, show that each of these three
mtted the policy Of this resolution have already shown that
of 1850, advocated almost the
identical considering The difference the
propositions is this In the Texas the object
and settle for the time being bearing merely
governmental policy Of the country In the Of the division
Virginia organization West Virginia the object
the Of the Nation and when feared the very
life of the Government stake.
That Mr. Bryan committed the substance Of this resolution
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