Year: 1861

bic obstacle to their votes for the bill if put


into IT," Mr.. Calhoun was given to under


stand that if he did not agree to that amend


meat, be and his party would have to be left
to their fate, and the bill should not pass in
any shape. With that the bill was laid on
the table, its friends being determined not to
take it up again. A Nights reflections
changed the tactics Of the Calhounites, and
they thought it advisable to vote for the
amendments but sparing Mr.. Calhoun from
the humiliation of appearing on the record in
its favor. "This was told to Mr. Clayton
[the leader in the conduct of the bill who
declared it to be impossble-that Mr. CAL
houns vote was indispensable" "When the
Senate met, and the bill was taken up, it was
still unknown what he would do but his
friends fell in, one after the other, yielding
their objections upon different grounds and
giving their assent Co this most fragrant in
stance (and that a new one) of that protec-
tive legislation against which they were then
raising troops in South Carolina and limiting
a day, and that short one, on which she
was to be ipso fdcto, a seCeder from the
Union Mr. Calhoun remained 10 the last,
and only rose when the vote was ready to be
taken, and prefaced few remarks with the
very notable declaration that he had then to
determine" which way he would vote. He
then declared in favor of the amendment, but


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ers to note; and which, being futile in them
selves only showed the desperation of his
condition, and the state Of impossibiity to
which he was rednced. Several Senators let
him know Immediately the futility of his
conditions aud without saying more he vo-
ted on ayes and noes for the amendment, and
afterwards for the whole bill"


1t is very clear, then, that the Federal
Government maintained its dignity andSouth
Carolina backed down. She did not resist
the new measure which contained provisions
so thoroughly obnoxious to her, because she
wanted an excuse for getting out of a very
perilous predicament. jackson never cared
for even the excuse for compromise which
was passed, but swore by the eternal powers,
that he wanted no negotiation and would 90
straight on with the execution of the laws.
Congress legislated, as we have seen; South
Carolina submitted, and it became unneces-
sary for the President to resort to coercion.





POPULAR ExrREMEs.-It appears that al
though the visit of the Prince Of Wales to the
United States cost in the aggregate several
millions of dollars to the various cities for the
expenses Of his reception, and though the
country seemed to run wild in all kinds of
costly entertainments incident thereto, the
visit promises to have the happiest effect in
reforming the extravaganza heretofore exist
ing in the Atlantic cities in the matter of
dress, The enormous sums from time to time
mentioned in the papers as having been paid
for this and that article of wearing apparel,
jewelry., etc, were sufficient to indicate to us
out here the popular tasror in this respect.


We have it now that the fashionable rage
has taken an opposite direction, and from the
example set by the Prince of Wales and suite,
of a palmer and more expensive "make up
the fashionable world tails on. So what has
been expended in one way and possibly re-
quiring an outlay abroad to supply the taste
and fancy, is likely to be made up to the
country in a moro fashionable liking for its
own domestic manufactures