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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.
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^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 uh<l*>r flic Palmetto
to luni a sword lor iiis goo<l conduct 111 U10
war with Mexico. That sword was in Rome
measure committed to him, that ho might
uso it, when occasion required, to maintain
tho honor aud tho dignity of his State.
J Whon ho hoard of this apoech first, and
road it afterwards, this young man, in pass3
iug down tho street, hoard but ono aontimcnt,
aud it was, that Iiis Stato and his
; blood had been insulted, llo could not go
into tho drawing-room, or parlor, or into a
reading-room, without tho street common*
I tary reproaching him. Whorcvor ho went,
, tho question was asked, "Has tho chivalry
| of South Carolina escaped, and is this to be
a tamo submission? What ndvico 1 would
havo given him I do not now uudorlako to
I say.
But, sir, when ibis was said to this gentleman
wherever bo went, bo felt that if 1
something was not done lie could not face
bis constituents without losing bis useful- 1
noss, and without their being a taint on his
honor and on his courage, llo may havo
been mistaken in somo#espccts. His com- ]
ing iuto tho Senate house was no option 1
of his. When ho formod his determination. |
as I am informed,?and 1 havo kept aloof j
fiom conversation with him,?I judgo from |
tho evidence ho had no purpose to profane 1
tho Senate bouse. 1 say the Senate house ;
had boon profaned l>eforc. 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 <i -
mKo iu oiinuuiigo .nr. Duinncr to a list .
fight, or a stick fight, or any other kind of |
fight, ile thought Mr. Sumner deserved f
a castigation, and ho undertook to give it j
to him according to the old-fashioned no- f
tion, by caning him. I liavo not heard c
Mr. Itrooks detail tho circumstances. 1 j
have not conversed with him in regard to |
tho matter; I tako my information from tho >
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. <su the following day, (?iis
void involved himself in a difficulty with-I
?ut any consideration. Ho look a good >
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 p<igo?f while Ids are thiriy two. f I
0 ..... ..V ..a Jiiv.i
? length as my friends from Alabama, I Mi
HI ay,] tioorgia, [Mr. Toombs,] and other!
My speeches all put together on this snli
ject are but twelve pages, and his arc thir
ly-two, while those of his coadjutors amount
1 suppose, to a hundred more. Vet lie sai*
I was omnipresent in this debate. I wil
lot say that he is omnipresent in this do
jute, but ho is omnipresent every whet
>ut 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 111<min nui uui mere ires ;
blunder."
1 sincerely hope that what he has said ii
i blunder. I do not know l?ut that lie mai
nave thought lie would escapo scrutiny am
>x|*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,
b<l not wish to assume a position whirl
votild be even apparently inconsistent wit)
air chivalry and bearing. 1 inquire*
\ bother bo would 1m) in the Senate tvithii
? foilnigbt, and, if so, 1 said I would post
rone my remarks. Finding that it wa
ns purpose to go, in a few days, to Massa
hiibOtts and that ho would not be likelt
o return for three or four weeks, 1 couh
lot allow the opportunity to pass. 1 liavi
itated these faels to show that I do no
.(and hero taking advantage of his absence
i , i mo 10 wan any reasonable timo,
r. but I could not allow error to prevail long
?. er in relation to my State, my friend, 01
?- myself. This is my position.
Sir, if there is any olio individual wire
t, moro than another regrets the occasion on
1 which I have spoken, it is myself. I have
1 no temper for ?ii ifc. I am passing through
- the last chapter of my public life, and J
u have no wish to identify my name with
' 'anything liko a personal controversy. I
i have never nought it. When the qucblion
a comes to bo examined and solved, who
i- | was the aggressor, it will Ik; found that it
s was not I on any occasion. I admit that I
I have three peculiarities of manner?impa
i tienee, excitability, ami perhaps absentI
mindedhess. 'I hey aie peculiarities w hich
i, have followed me from the cradle. Hut, sir,
j I ho|?o I have never known the time when
! reason and repentance would not suppress
] i even a temporary injustice. If injustice is
1 done to me, or a wrong or insult offered, 1
, ' never stop to parley in words. I ask jus,
lice, and if it is not given, 1 never would
- ho in the wrong if I could he'p myself; but
when i am in the right I do not think any
i mnfi can blamo me for vindicating my
c | principles.
1 N-j\y, sir, 1 appeal to the good sense <?!
i this 'COUUtiy. I appeal to the I essoin
i which its grave history- inculcates. 1 ap
p peal to the po-iib>n 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.
thfl<iinn il,...., til c 1.1 '
?ucio nuiu SIHUU
; of in < stored Tm list-, in perfect order. Al
' llio Alleghany arsenal, 13,8 1U muskets and
11,000 pistols woro put in order. At, list:
I *M. Louis arsenal were stored 32,t7G stand
<-f tire anus of ail kinds. Theso statistic?
i, do not include tlio cannon, howitzers and
L. moitnrs stored at the above named depot?
A Mixtuuk for Wamiinu.?In Dorlin
Prussia, tlie washer-women uso a mixture
I ' of two ounces of turjienline and a quartet
j of tin ounce of spirits of sal ammoniac, wol
mixed togothor. The mixture is put in s
. bucket of warm water, in which half a pound
s of soap has been dissolved. Into this mix
: lure the dirty clothes arc immersed during
I the night, and tlio next day washed. The
most dirty cloth is perfectly freed of all dirt
1 and after two rinsings in frosh water, tin
i cloth has not the least stueil of turpentine
1 Tito cloth does not require ?o much rub
1 bing, ami line linen is much longer prosorv
i { ed by it.
j I Ntw Autiootes for Srwvr iisiNK.? I >r
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<e of success? (Cheers.) Can
; tlioy have tho madness or the folly to believe
that our Southern brethren would submit
to be governed by such a Chief Magistrate?
(Cheer* ) \Von!d he bo required
' to follow the fame rule prescril?ed by those
wlu> 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.