? jLMBsmsBsrnmmmm THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. BY cayis & trimmier. Dcnotcir to Southern litgfyts, politics, ^fjvicultuvc, nub iVtiscrUnmj. $2 per ahntjm. VOL. XIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1850. ~~ ^ ^3)7" THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. I bannor, and his countrymen havo awarded | njvico now. By nn horcditnry tio our f Mr. Randolph struck Mr. Allstine. the 11 lavit not trntiH info tlm ?nl.of no ???? 1 I ?? ...;n: ... ... BY CAVIS & TRIMMIER. X. 0. P. VERNON, Atsoolato Editor. Prico Two Dollars per annum in advance, 01 .50 at lh? and of the year. If not paid unti after the year expires $3.00. Payment will be considered in advance if inadt within three months. Ns subscription taken for leas than six months Money may be remitted through postmasters a ?ur risk. Advertisements inserted st tho usual rates, nu<' coulrnots made on roasonablo terms. Tho Spartan circulates largely over this ainl adjoining districts, and odors an admirable mediutr to our friends to reach customers. Job work of all kinds promptly executed. Blanks, Law and Equity, continually on hand or printed to order. ~ MB. BR00KS~AND MR. Sl'.MJilX EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH OF A. P. BUTLER, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, in tub senate, junk 12, 1S5C, Ou tho bill to enable tho people of Kansas Territory to form a Constitution and Stale Government, preparatory to their admission into the Union wliou they have the requisite |>opu!ulion. r l ^CONCLUDED. J Tlio liberty of spooch and of tho pross is tbo great conservative element of the Republic; it is to the political what fire is to the material world, a subservient and affluent minister, when under tho control of prudence and intelligence; but, when unchecked and uuregulatcd, a consuming foe, wbithering and blasting everything along its pathway of ruin. Render freedom of speech tributary to the proprieties, decencies, and restraints of social life, and you may crown it with all the ministries and supremacies of intellect and liberty; but release it from thein,and it becomes a blind and maddened giant of evil, tearing down tbo bulwarks of social order, and desecrating tho very sanctuary of republican liberty. What would you think of u reckless man who should set tiro to his own house, or should go about claiming the privilege of throwiug his fire whersvor ho could among tho most combustible niAtciials, nnd say ho had tho right to do so, on the ground that he was a freeman, and could do as ho pleased. Away with such liberty 1 Liberty that is worth anything must be in the harness of the law. Liberty of speech and libeity of the press most have two restraints. Tho lirst is the highest, which will always govern a class of tuen who cannot violate it?tho ^Ligations of honor, decency, and justice. Another restraint u|>oii licentiousness is, that u man may publish nnd speak what ho pleases with a knowledge that he is amotia bio to tho tribunalii of llio law for wliul ho has done. Cnngross cannot pass any slat nte to say that men shall not write ngniust religion, or against tbo Government, or against individuals. Neither can Congrers pass a law, nor can any State pass a law, depriving the tribunals of the country of tho right of saying whether you have gone beyond the limits of liberty, and have used your power, under that namo, with criminal recklo&sncss, with a licentious indifference to tho feoblenoss of individuals, and the consequences upon society. I do not wish to live in any community where it is otherwise. The press is losing its power, ami it ought to lose it; for it is now beginning to be an engine of private revenge, and individual expression, instead of being a respons bio organ of public opinion. Sup pose 1 wero logo to New York, and indict one of the editors thcro whom I could namo, for the most atrocious libel that has ever been uttcrered upon the South. I will not name tbo editor, but he has uttered a sentiment akin to one which has been expresses uy mo ruinator Iroin Massachusetts. I saw in a New York paper?I have alluded to it before?a statement that the Southern States are too feeble and weak to take any part in a war?that all they can do is to lake charge of their negroes! it snid that if a war should tako place between England and tho United Slates, the English licet would only havo to go to tlio capes of tho Chesapeako, and the ctferainate masters would ho kepi al home. Fifty thousand slaves, inured to toil, could be mustered into service, and they would havo tho power to put their masteis to tho sword; and when tho declaration of ponco should come, tho result would be the freedom of the slaves and tho proscription of the masters! Suppose I should go into the community where this libel was uttered, and indict a man for such a sentiment as this, what would be tbo conse^uenco iu tho present etato of public opinion? It is idle, worso 'than idle, to talk about that as a remedy. Libetv of tho press! Sir, that man bad /franked twenty thousands of bis speeches; and some of them, ifl am not misinformed, svoro printed long before it was delivered. To bring him within tho privileges of* parliament is a mockery?a perfect mockery. Now, Mr. J'rosidcnt, I approach another most painful part of this caso, and I como to it in no bad temper; for, (Jod knows, if my heart could be read, thoro is no one who would sooner thnn myself havo avortod the state of things which now exists, if I could, consistently with my honor and the honor of tho gentleman to whom I shall allude. Tho resolutions of Massachusetts undertook, before any evidence was board, to pronounco sentence on Mr. 15rooks. Sir, I will tell yon who Mr. lirooks is, and why be felt so deeply in referonco to those abominable libels. I do not allude to him now as my hereditary kinsman; I think that is tho smallest view to take of tho matter; but I am his constituent. I livo in "Ninety-Six"?a district through which, if you pass, you will road upon the tombstones epitnphs which would reproach him for tamo and ignominous submission to wrong and to insult. He has as proud and intelligent a constituency as arc to bo found in any part of tbe globe. I am bis constituent, lhit moro than that, ho has worn tho epaulet and the sword; he has marched uhr flic Palmetto to luni a sword lor iiis gooeforc. I bad rather ( to morrow tako ten blows inflicted on iny ] body, than havo tho gas of tho rhetorician 1 poured out upon my character and Stato. < The Senator from Massachusetts chose to t make his placo boro ono from which to as | sail tho history and reputation of South . C.arolinJi- n.ml fo nn emialilti. ent of tho gentleman who has taken redress into his own hands. In such a condition of things who could ho placed in a situation more difficult! Surely, Mr. President, something is to bo pardoned to tho feelings of a man acting under sensibility, and under tho dictates of high honor. If any one was liore, placed in a situation to feol the touching appeal made by tho ghost to Hamlet, "If thou bast nature inihec.boar it not," ho was tho inan. Sir, a man who occupies a place in the Senato, representing a great Commonwealth like Massachusetts, or representing any Stato, as one of her Senators, occupies a very high position, from which ho can send forth to tho public what may affect tho character of almost any man, except General Wa&hiueton, or some one upon whose character the verdict of history has been rendered. There is scarcely winy man who can withstand the slander which may ho pronounced from the Senate Chamber of tho United States. For this reason I would never look, and I never have looked, beyond the public position of a member hero, to go into his private and personal character. 1 would not do it, because by so doing I should do a wrong which 1 could not redress. Kven a word escaping my tongue in this Chamber, as a Senator, inigbt go far to injure a man where he could not correct it. Wo are in a position which requires i high considerations for the regulation of our conduct. 1 agree thoroughly with Gen. Jackson, that the slanderer who involves third persons in difficulty and danger is an incendiary, against whom we ?hould guard more than any one else, in a parliamentary ooint of view. 1 will mint/i . (Jon. Jackson's language, lie said: "Over | the doors of each iluu.-o of Congress, in letters of gold, should ho iuscribcd, "the ; slanderer is worse than the murderer.' " A single murder is horrible. It may lake a | single individual from society. Hut when I look at the mischievous influence of slan- j tier 1 lind that it pervades a whole com- ; inunily; makes war in society; sets family < against family; individual against individ | ual; section against section. It is the most < cowardly mode in which war can be con- 1 ducted. I With the stalo of opinion to which I < have alluded prevailing, what did Mr. Brooks do? Of course he did not under- s a., i. ?i??i published testimony. Mr. Brooks, not find- , ing him nnywhoro else, came to him whilo ? ho was sitting in his scat here, after tho 1 Senate had adjourned, lie caino to him in front?ditforcnt from tho statement made c to tho Massachusetts Legislature. He was half a minute in his proem or explanation, f He said; "Mr. Sumner, I havo read vour ? speech. I have read it carefully, with as f much consideration, and forbearance, and i fairness as I could; hut, sir, I havo como to ( punish you now for the contents of that s speech, which is a libel on my State, and ( on a gray-haired relative." t Instinct would have prompted most men * to riso immediately. Mr. Stunner did rise. s In the act of lising, Mr. brooks struck him s across the face?not, as has been represent- t ed, over his head, for that is not tho truth, f nor is it borne out by the testimony. On ) the second stroke the enne bioko. It is the 4 mil fortune of Mr. brooks to have incurred ) all tho epithets which havo been used in regard to an assassin like and bludgeon at- [ tack, by tho mere accident of having a \ foolish stick, which broke. It broke again; j, and it was not, as I understand, until it l came very near tho handle, that ho inflict- | cd blows which lie would not have iullictod t if bo had an ordinary weapon of a kind t which wonld havo been a security against v bpcnking. His design was to whip him; c but the stick broke, and that has brought 1 upon him these imputations. ti It lias gono through tho country that: f Mr. brooks struck him after bo was pros- I a trato 011 tho floor. Nono who know this t young man could entertain such an idea. I have known liira from child howl. I used t to have some control over him; but the t scholar ban become the master, him! I sup- t pose ho would not Late much about my r families are moro closely united than any ! two wlthom rls I liavo been acquainted, i But that is far apart from tho question.' Independent of bis filial feolinga for mo, j and bis regard for mo as bis constituent . and Senator, 1 buvo no doubt ibat a jkm- | scnal feeling of regard for myself Individ- ! uallv inlluenced him. lf? approached tb.it man with no otliei i purpsoo than to disgrace bim*as far as bo could; but the stick broke. After it broko ho was reduced to a kind of necessity?a contingency not apprehended at all in tho original inception of tho purposo of making the assault. Notwithstanding all that has been said of his brutality, lie is on-l of tho best tempered follows I over knew?impetuous, 110 doubt, and quick in resentment, but ho did not intend what has been assigned to him. After all that has been said and done, on a helium examination, what is it? A fight in tho Senate Chamber, resulting in two tlesh wounds, which ought not to have detained him from tho Sonato. Being ratlior a handsome man, perhaps ho would not like to expose hsmiclf by making his appearance for sonio time; hut if ho had been in tho army, thcro was no reason why lie should not go to the field tho next day; uul he would deserve to be cashiered if he lid not go. What does his physician say? Ho says thcro were but two tlesh wounds; hat ho nevor had a fever while under his ?aro and attendance, and that he was ready .0 come into the Senato tho next day, but or his advice; and his advieo was, that ho ihould not come into the Senate, because t would aggravate the excitement already .00 high. 110 did not recommend him uot :o go into the committee room to ho oxamned on tho ground that his wounds had jnfcobled him, but for other considerations 1 :? ? * ? ? uvuiuou .1. iiugiii nggriivnio mo excitement already prevailing to an extent which night lead to mischievous consequence*. This, then, is the mode of redress to which Mr. Hrooks resorted. I do not say what 1 should have advised him to do, but [lerhnps it was fortunato that 1 was absent u one respect, for 1 certainly should not :iavc submitted to that insult, l'ossibly it night not havo been offered if 1 were present, though 1 do not know the fact, because [ cannot 6ay exactly what would bo the ourse of ono of those persons w ho havo a way of fabricating speeches. Perhaps, bong in liis speech, he would havo had to cad it; but 1 think it possible that on the ippeal which I would havo made cn my liscrction, his friends might havo induced lim to reform it in somo way so as to con brm at least to tho requirements of com non decency in public opinion. If ho had lot douo so, 1 do not know what would itivo becu my course. For this transaction, as I have detailed it, uid without the intelligence which 1 have letailcd before them, the Legislature of Massachusetts have 6ciit their resolutions jere. These resolutions are without a pre- | rodent in the history of this country. I iopo other Senators will speak to them, for | hey aio not only an insult to South Care- i inn and her representatives in Congress, >ut I think they assail tho Constitution of he country. Before commenting on them, [ may l>e permitted to allude to the first irecodeut of a congressional fight, which ' was between two members from New Lug and. This affair is said to be an evidence of j southern violence and Southern ruffianism. Some papers speak of the bowio knife and .lie revolver of Southern blackguards. Why, sir, the first tight which look place n Congress was between Matthew I.yon uid lioger Griswold, from Connecticut. Our ancestors in those days looked upon a fight with very little of the importance which is now attached to if. They said it was so unimportant, that they wcro vexed hat so much of the time of the House was occupied in considering it. It IIPOIII! llint M.'ltlllnw 1 Vf\n - ; | in officer in the army, h.nl boon cashtored uid awarded a wooden sword. Mo then j ived in Connecticut. At that time, and it this, too, in Connecticut, there was a iretty pressing opinion against a low man, . uid lie could not stand it. lie had to move >ver into Vermont, a now State, then the J rontier of the country. Ho was elected a neiuber of Congross fioni Vorinout. Ho v as one of the Democrats. I supjiose he, Vies one of the lied Republicans of that day ' igninstJohn Adams'administration. Who 10 a Democrat! Mr. Foot. Yea, sir; ho was a Demo- I rat. Mr. 'tulcr. It was before tho gentleman rom Vermont taught shool there, and l.yon issumcd to bo a kind of aj*>>tlo of Liberty ind Democracy. Not satisfied with instruct ng tho pec pie of Vermont, Ikj .vent to Mr. iriswold, of Connecticut; stood behind his eat and told liim, '"Sir, you do not represent sounocticul correctly; I know these people; 1 hey are mean poople; lliey will take $1,000 j is soon .as $'9,000 for a salary.'' Ciiswold tood it for a great wliile. Finally Lyon till 1 44 I Will cr? ? s\v.*r I/x i Vm ?>ao? ?..?? I %? - ... X. v . .f III V*VI V*.' V/V'JI I IW i l\ II I | I v* I I I j n!k to these people, and I will have an in Inciicc ipon them; I will show whether ! 'ou on,'(lit to occupy your sent or not."' j iris wo! J said, *'1 hope you will not go with our wooden sword." Ho repeated this twice; and after some- : ?ody suggested to l?yon that the third tiuio ras too much, he - pit in (iriswold's lace. A ;rout hubbub was raised, and Lyon was rouglit up, I suppose, to his perfect do- i iglit, to bo tried as to whether ho should ! >o oxplled from the llouso of Uopresenta 1 ives or not. lickory slick and wont t?? Lyon. Ho did tot give him any notice at all. They ouglit with hickory sticks, and spit-boxos, i md tongs, all over the llouso of Iteprosen- | ativos, while the House was in session. fur hardy ancestors at that time did not hink a fight of so much importance that hey should take it into serious consider.! ion. They said, let tliem both go. They , otusod to e*|*l either of them. When matter was bronchi before tbo House; but i none of iiicso tilings wero considered of a < sutliciont magnitude to invoke the high ' function of a legislature sending its inissivo j to Congress to tell tlioin what to do. Mas- 1 sachusells is the lirst to set the example. 1 She has not only administered a reprimand 1 to Mr. LJrouks without any evidence; she i lias not only assumed to pronounce jtidg- i i ment beforo hearing the evidence, like a < judge passing sentence on a criminal beforo I healing his defence; but sho lias underla- t ken indiscriminately to say, that slio do- I mauds of tho Congress of the United States t to carry out her behest# in regard to what s she considers to bo an outrage upon tho I privileges of the Senate. j f Can anything bo more insulting to tbo ; I Congress of tho United Stales than tho 1 spectacle of a State sending down a message to its "faithful Commons"?a mcssago that c they are to pronounce this or that judg- r menti Are wo to submit to this? i did * not wish to make tho contest; but, in iny 1 > opinion, these resolutions, in the terms they j r import, ought not to have been received by ! t the Senate. Taking all llieso things iutocousiJeralion, J i indicted, a# Mr. lirooks has been, by an . I tjc jxirtc accusation, without evidence, with- i out even tho finding of a grand jury, what i is his position? If his case could go before 1 any impaitial tribunal, and I could employ t counsel such as 1 would select, probably I ' would choose my friend froiu Calafornia, <[Mr. Wollor,] who lives in a 1'ieo State, t who is an impartial man, an advocate, a i gentleman, a man of honor and courage. 1 If a civil action wore brought by Mr, 1 Sutnnor against Mr. l.rooks for assault and , I battery, 1 pledge myself thai, with all the , t resources he could biing to his command, i lie would bo able to reduce the verdict to a penny damages. What would be the state I of the pleadings? Mr. I'rooks struck Mr. i Sumuor, would l>o tho allegation. It would t bo admitted that he struck him, and in I dieted two llesh wounds. Mr. .Sumner I '.I ? ?- ? - r . i ? - I ' ivyj, a iuu oi'ii.uur oi me i illicit i Stales; and ail In nigh the Scunlo was not 1 " in session, I was in that sacred temple, and j i my character is so sacred undur the privi- j C leges of the Senate, that I am not to bo as- I sailed." What would Mr. ]?rooka\s counsel 1 rejoin? The rejoinder uould bo, "Sir. you 1 had profaned and disgraced the seat you r occupied, before you were struck." v Then the question would be, what is this t privilege so much spoken of? ficcdom of c debate! 1 lie court would examine the 1 question, whether what was said was pi hi- v leged within the mlea of the .Senate, or I whether it was a libel. If il should bo pro- 1 nonnccd to be a iibel, and I were iho judge i before whom an action were brought?if a 1 man brought before mo could show that t another insulted his mother, or his father, j or his sister, or himself, or his country?1 " would sav to the man who indicted the blow, j t "My duty is to fine you; you nro not justi- n fied by the law; but it is 1 it privilege to say 1 that, whilst 1 will enforce the law and main \ lain its dignity, 1 shall line you as small 1 s a sum as I possibly can within my discro- " tion." Now, let me state the testimony in such an action. It would be that, in tho absence ' of the Senator front Sonth Carolina, Mr. Sumner lose in hi* seat, and pronounced * what northern papers themselves sav is an ! unparalleled insult, not only to the State of 1 South Carolina, but to her absent Senator. * It is ono for which I cannot account. 1 ought to thank one of the ltoston editors? 1 it.;..1- .1.0. .. I;. ,. .1 . . < . 1 uiu tuiyi <>i mo courier?tor a beautiful, perhaps nti undeserved compli- 1 ment, which ho has paid to my speech. 1 ought to thank him heto publicly, as one ' who lias independence enough to express ' his opinions in opposition to the lido pre- ' vailing in his part of the country. In my s absence, language was used of me which, I 1 venture to say, no one who knew mo l>e iieved. 1 might put that question to the 1 Senator's colleague. 1 know nothing against either of the 1 Senators from Massachusetts personally or J privately. I dare say, as neighbors and individuals, 1 should not have the least right to complain of their judgment out N side of the intluoncos which operate upon 3 them publicly and politically. They have 3 no right hero to attack any in tn's private | character. 1 never transgressed the limits * of propriety to reach over and look at any man's private character. 1 do not know ' that I have anything against Mr. Stunner's ' private character; but tfint has nothing t?> , do with the matter. Hero, in his place, in \ ' rolurc offirii, as a Senator from Ma-sachu- i setts, he undertook to traduce and calnmni- 1 ato the revolutionary history of South < 'aro lina, and to make returnks iu regard t > one or 1101 Senator* on this tloor, a coo-pud with J him, to which no uito could have submitted. . : It happens that Senator was the constituent ' of a member of the House of lleprescntalives, who was his friunJ. That friend, ' finding thai his own blood was Misulte 1 by : an insult to his absent relative, was goaded ' r on by the necessity of circumstances to take c some mensuro of revenge. As I said yester- c day, surely under such circumstance-, much I is to be pardoned to llio feelings of a man acting under such motive*. n With thcoO reinaiks I di-miss the rco- ^ lotions of Massachusetts, hoping that someI tody else besides a Senator from South , ' Carolina will say somethiu ; of them, for I ' do not wi-h to identify myself too much with s them as a |H)rsonal matter. 1 have attempt- 1 cd to keep aloof from that. I have a copy of the Senator's speech be 1 foro i>ic, and now 1 am going to turn hi* 1 gun upon him. I a*k the Senate to see if1 1 I do not turn it upon him to such an ex- I 1 tent as to allow mo to apply the apposite 1 1 quotation of which I have of ten made use: v " Kabula nnrmtur: Muiaiv iiumiiic, ilo to." Here is what ho says of mc: "With regret I coino again upon tho J Senator from South Carolina, | Mr. I hitler, ] | ^ who is omnipresent in this debate," 1 t Wliv, sir, I have counted the Congres- j ( si on a I (?|nbo, and my remaik make but j s twelve put of the debate. Ho says that I "over lowed with rage at the simple siiggestioi hat Kansas had applied lor admission as j State, and, with incoherent phrases, dis barged tho h>o.->c expectoration of hi ipeech, now, upon her representatives, an* lien upon her people." 1 said it was i raud, and the Senate said so. Why dh 10 single me out? Again, alluding to mc in said: "There was no extravagance of t' o nn ient parliamentary debato which bo di* lot repeal; nor was there any possible do riation fiom trulb wbieli he did not make nritls so much passion, I am glad to add is to save him from the suspicion of inton ional aberration." 1 do not know that I have ever been ai milaloi in my life. Those that ktiofi nn >est say that I am rather sui orncrt-i. icvcr borrow fr?im 1 tomostliencs, and pain t off as my own. As for my devialioi roin tIre truth, let me ask, did lio tell lb* nub when bo quoted the Constitution o south Caiolina, and there was no wucl -.hiasc in it as lio staled? 1 'id lie tell tlx ruth when he undertook to say, that he inbe.ility was shameful dtuing the Kovo ution? 1 have shown that sho has ah?o utely sent hread to Massachusetts. 1 >i? ie tell the It nth when he meant to iniputt 0 ino what he has charged here? I retor ijion him everything that follows. 1 retoit on him the ver\ language whirl ie applies to mo. lie accused me of such * 1 proclivity to error that I could not eon ?rm to the line of truth, or was continual v deviating from it. 1 have convicted hin >efore the Senate, by tho evidence which lave adduced, of calumniating the histon md character c.f South Carolina, and o Misrepresenting her Constitution. lie ha: lone this, not in response to anything 1 lad said, or anything which was legiti iialelv connected with tho debate. !l? ias undertaken to thai go mo with igno auce of the law and the Constitution vhieh is perfectly independent of his arbi rary iliclum?the ifictum, allow me to say >f a man who has never conducted a great aw ease ir. this country. 1 heiievo no on< vould buy an estate worth ?10,000 Upot lis opinion of the title. 1 would not cu jng!> him to conduct a cause, not that h< s not a clear man, but 1 would not trus till) as a lawyer. And yet lie undertake! 0 ho my judge. What right has ho h renounce judgment on me as a lawyer? mi ieduced to a pretty predieuuiet at tliii imo of life, if I am to l?o subjected to sucl 1 judgment! It is a judgment about whiol care little; and 1 do not suppose any mai vould give fifty dollars for it even in Mas achusetts. ii,. ...... i i - -? ... ^....... ? ,, o 111x|*osuto. I hopo that, when ho opener lis mouth, and said what he did iu reforinci 0 i lit so uiattois, it was a blunder. 12? aid of me, "the Senator touches nothing vliich be does not disfigure." 1 can say o iiin. he has touched nothing which he ha tot misrepresented, except it be in bis gen ;rnl declamation, and there is no dctectin. 1 man in that; it is a matter of taste, ippreciato highly tlio cornpiimcnl I recoiv d this morning iu tlie Hoston C< uiier a o the merit of my speech. The Senate ays ot me. that "the Senator touches uolli ng which ho does not distigure--with or or sometimes of principle, sometimes o act." I apply this to him, with this ex option: I say error neatly always of priuci ?lo, sometimes of fact. 1 leave the Sonab 0 decide between u-> in that respect. Agaii ic said of nie: "He show* an incapacity of accuracy vholher in staling tlio Constitution or ii taling the law?whether in tlio details o tatislics or the diversions of scholarship." I shall not compete with hint in scholar hip, for 1 slioul I be vulnerable there rut men who live in g!a-s houses shoul* lever throw stoucs. Of all the tiling vbi h that Senator ventured to do, 1 thin! io exposed his house most when be ni id< hat assertion, with tlio detection which iavo fixed upon him ?>f error, injustice run indignity. Ii i-- nailed upon him, and Ik annul get rid of it. I care not how fa; anaticism may undertake to iiiilu. nee tin udgment of public oj>iniun, it cannot a'lci he truth. Truth is sonic limes slow in ma .ing its impression on the public mind >ut, when made, it is evidence which pro 1 accs a belief lliat cannot bo resisted. Tlia elief will grow out of my statements, tn\ euiarks, and my references, and is ju^t aertaiu us tiio truth of tlie evidence, and h< annol escape from it. * * * * * * Mr. President, 1 have detained the Sen ite much longer than 1 wished. When ;ave notice that I sluuld speak to tho rcso utioiis of Massachusetts, it was with ]>or ect confidence that tho Senator would U .. i.: . 1. . i: ? -? - .? .1 un -?.n. i ililt1mm uiese resolution vt-ro not In ro, on Monday last I gate no ice licit I should speak on Thursday, stil onlident licit In) would bo liero. Yotter ordav, Laving heard tLut perhaps bo wouh tut bo present, I inquired in as delicate i nannur as 1 could wlion bo would bo hero Mthotigh our relations aro not friendly, bn which it occupies in r?-la f | lion to tho histoiy of ihe world, and to the i i high responsibilities which now rest on e ! this Confederacy, not to allow it to ho disr solved in blood. If we are to separate, let us have common sense enough to do it in - away becoming intelligent men, who have 1 learned their lessons from the highest soura ces of intelligence and wisdom. If'-ro are t to live together, let it not be on the tortus proscribed or intimated by tiic tone and i . temper of the licentious and nggressivo lani guage of speech delivered by the Senator - j from Massachusetts. It is impossible for I self-respect to allow me to sit hero and lisi ; ten quietly *to such a speech. If there I ? * * i .cpar.-uo eoniouer.icies to-morrow, he ' 1 dare not utter it without subjecting himself t'j to a pciil which ho will not encounter now, r Lie would then put his section in a jiosiliou I | to make war, and ho would be responsible - to a higher tribunal than that of those who 1 have erected themselves into it under an influence which 1 think must perish; and , I hope the day is fast coming, when the - (ires of that limited sectionalism will turn , out, or w ill be reduced to tho ashes of disL appointment and disgrace. , Cost ok the Wak is Ei hope.?The N. . V. Journal of (Jommerco comments upon 2 thocost of the war; to the'Allies, $400,000,i 000 to England, and as much or more to s ' Franco, l?> say nothing of Turkey and Sar, j ditiia. Including tho Kiminn expenditure, I the cost is supposed to be tico thousand , million vj dollars. , "If,"' adds the Journal, "to this sum bo , added the value of property sacrificed in , 1 consequence o<" the war, of the fleets des. I troyed, tho towns burned, the forlrosses, | harbors and bridges demolished?all of II which cost millions upon millions in I iheir construction? if account bo taken of * I die property of private individuals uttorly ?* ' devastated in tho course of the struggle, I j and of the untold losses occasioned by the 1 ' withdrawal of hundreds of thousands of B 1 men from tho ordinary industrial and pr> J duclivo employments of peace?some idea , I uini iiivi< wj loruieu OI IIIO uepiorauie exf I peudilures of tlio war. llut ail those arc *; insignificant iu comparison with the low * j of human life l>y tlio bullet, the sword, want, I fatiguo and pestilence?tlio dread conconii1 inula of war?even if those lives bo only : regarded for their material value to the rest s | of tlio world, as producers of food, raiment r i and shelter, liming the two sho t years of the war, it is estimated that upwards ol ' three quarters of a million perished on the ' field, in fight, on the way side, from col J | or want, or in the hospital from disease, * ' who, had they been left to pursue their or u dinary avocations might have enriched ' | thoir country and benefited their feliow j men." , i The l "nited States Government has twelve f large d**p?>u for anus, besides two national armories, which manufacture theui. In . these depot* there are 14'2,000 stand o! small arms, guns, pistols, carbines, exclusive I > of the number issue-! to tbe arsenals of the s I various Slates and the supply of the army k In 1854 55, the armory at Springfield, Mas. s.iehudts, turned out 10,000 muskets and [ 2000 i vairy mu>ketoon, while lhat at 1 Harper's I'Vrry, in Virginia, manufactured , 0,000 muskets and 2,571 rifles. Colt ha, manufactured (?,000 of his revolvers for the 2 army. At Watorvliet arsena', Troy, durili. thflr l Shaw, of Texas, has found sweet oil, drunk freely, a successful antidote to strychnine in two cases. The oil is to be poured down without any reference to the patient's vom iting. Professor Rochester has reported I i two cases of jHMsoning by the samo terribh ^ drug successfully tie.itcd by *? l??*e use c?l i i comphoi internally, and mu tard j?otdiiee> I outside. Important Speech of Mr. Fillmore. Kx I>r*??idei?l Fillmore wa* handsomely received lust week at all the towns along . the North River. rn his route fiom New ' I Vork city to llufiaio. At Albany lie trade : a speech of considerable significance in re1 ply to an ndurese from tho Mayor. Wo I inako tho following extracts? Wo hoc a political party promoting candidates for the presidency and vice pr-c'si dency selected for the first time front the 1 j free Slate* alone, with the avowed purpose ' I of electing those candidates by suffrages of ' one part of tho Union only, to 'rule over j tio whole United States. Can it l>e jxxst* bio that those who aro engaged in such a . measure can have scrioudy rellccted upon the consequences which must inevitably ' follow in ca elected him in making his np]K>iiit1 meats? If a man living south of Mason and Dixon's Line be not worthy to be president nr vl ? > - * I ... . .vv JMVUUI-III, nuiilU II 1>C proper IO KC r' lect ono from tho sumo quarter as ore of his cabinet council, or to represent the nation in a foreign country? Or, indeed, to I collect llic revenue, or administer tlio tans of t'io I'liiled States? If not, what new rule is tlio President to adopt in selecting ' mon for ofiieo that tlio people themselves | discard in selecting him? These arc soricin but piaclicnl quo-nion*, nnd in order to appreciate them fully it is only necessary to [ turn tlio tahle3 upon ourselves. Suppose I that the South, having a majority of the I electoral votes, should declare that they j would not only have slaveholder* for preMi dent and vice-president, and should elect i such by their exclusive suffrages to rule over tho North. I>o you think wo would submit to it? No, not for a moment. (Afplatise.) And do you believe that your Southern brethren are less sensitive on this . subject than you are, or less jealous of their rights? (Tremendous cheering.) If you do, let me Lcll you that you nru mistaken. And therefore you must see that if this sectional party succeeds, it lead* inevitably to i the destruction of this beautiful fabric rear! cd by our forefathers, cemented by their I blood, and bequeathed to us as a priceless | inheritance. I tell you, my friends, thai I speak warmly on this subject, for I feel that we are in danger. I am determined to make a clean breast of it. I will wash my hands of the consequences, whatever they may be; and I (ell you that we are treading upon the blink of a volcano, ihal is liable at any moment to burst forth and overwhelm the nation. I might, by soft words hold out dc-^ ' lusive hopes, and thereby win votes. Ilut I can never consent to be one tbing to tho V .rll. n.1.1 ?.- C~...K I -1 1 I i .?i?u mmwuivi IV 11IC wuill* X PiiUUlU despise myself if I could be guilty of such evasion. [Tumultuous applause.] For my conscience would still ask, with the dramatic poet? *'!* there not ? >mc secret curse? Some hidden thunder red with mortal wrath? Tu b'.wt the wretch who owns his greauu-te To his country's ruitif" [Cheers, lu the language of tho lamentod, immortal Clay: "I had rather be right than be President." [Knthuiiastie and prolonged cheers.J It sseins to mo impossible that those engaged in lliia can have contemplated the awful consequences of success. If it breaks asunder the bonds of our Union, aud spreads > ; anarchy and civil war through the laud, what is it less than moral treason! Law and common sense hold a man responsible | for the natural con-cquencesof his acts, and must not thono whose acts tend to the des| uuction of the government be equally held i | responsible? [Applause.] And let me also , add, that when this Union is dissolved, it > | will not bo divided into two republics or 1 two monarchies, but broken into fragments, , and at w ar with each other. uem?murkiko Sometiuno of a sen mon*.?Went to dine one of these days at ifughen's at Devizes Was taken l?y revercod neighbor Money in his gig, and ! re turn M with lrm at night. Our chief I guu.d, Dr. Thackeray, tbc Provost of King's. i An anecdote of Dr. Dames, who is.now t about ninety five years of age, rather amused nio. llcing sometimes (as even younger men lnicht be^ inclined to sleen a little ; during the sermon, a friend who was with | b'mi in his pew ono Sunday lately having joked with him on his having nodded now and then, Names insisted that ho had been , wide awako all the time. "Well, then," said his friend, "can you tell mo what the sermon was about!" "Yes,* I can," he answered, "It was about half an hour too long."?Diary of Thomas .\foorr. j The most remarkable dogma in the Jewish creed is undoubtedly the belief of the coming and redeeming Messiah. This belief, whether derived from the early prophe, cy of Moses, or from nnv other source, is most funily fixed in tho Jewish mind, and has l?cen most inflexibly adhered to through all the fortunes of the race. It still inakot ' the hope and consolation of the ileaeen, dants ??f Abraham, and it is remarkable that a similar belief was entertained by the 1 Vrsians. TTi e Jewish doctrine of the cren! ! tion, mid of the fall of man by the inst runt i:talil v of an evil spirit, corresponds to the i'ersiiin doctiino? the two principles of 1 good and evil, and of the final triumph of Amuid, tho principle of Good, over Ari' man, the Satan of the Jews, tiro principle and author of Evil, llow* to Makk a Kasiiiosaiilk Bo*nkt.?Take a handful of artificial rose*, each of a different eolo?; half a dozen yard* of ribbon, ditto; and half a dozen yards of laco. Secure the whole to your bump of amativcuess with two long pins, and the article is complete. So into w Haunks^kd. ?Selh Sober, I when "doing the pathetic," began a etanta s thus: "Sorrow came and loft its traces''? I whefoupou ft wag inquired if tire bard i could inform him how sorrow bad disposed of the rest of its harwst.