Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IJ 1yoLo hem which I IS roposed in tihionendient, for th reasons FoMAtded .~,did not get. -the quppgtrofianticipated; and I- will .he r.bE tshob hdCfter froml uthe t(ab I'iJ?.hJ verigopoh Igtit.i 'go ii trV.II, cdk tncm ' L tha o a) .teritrl, gl, er hold be establisheud.,a an tih j4 Lt ai lj y in, the-. Urtain e e i .t, wi theoinnhis r e e Sdoltrih: ener .tv .b tos pl d iv' C lfri 'sifpl'pditions thate t e v im. ne nmn to c ta 0 nt yeI t admitie, in tlwi i Ja4 thiWe1 val iidIly in'to the unioni, u llo .otreated, with soe. mco res-peodasiot-ihavetconsent to this 4fie4il.. rertiinnto asked. That te 11oeni. "Whe Snvor tha..introdluCes a1 pro pos i1W tero ,!to divide California * llver Cun iusent, by the line of 36i so or 85' 30' treating Iter in -allt thesies'pects as -a. s<)vereint All vote for io anld some of will vote r it ion pg ynt iper avte in ail Un 4WF;tkolly-repugutnt to their forur f~lli~ iI la'apooiint Then the iSenator aA u i t b1 h's to'makce t ve Sol-,prome immutable, hbe is ung to change it when hisa laa ialtyo cie- h lould vote for thiat r a '~toialIter the boandary Iiiy- - other Staxto in the Union d~ axresl apoitonrto ~j~1pow~p r a dYr k,' nef Sthose ireisa new an. to bei ind ili thr imitsu Whilie atapronaine to ber , a -, '$Ojtt, I~ d6'titoli aaifrstituionsde' the 5- 3 a s't e>esl gieai~ C ons - of aditt aw ing w.Ste :erln~1sp ;pYroci utemn. tos e tht up hich h~ my'e se 1bas Aiconider thle ardhilshe nitsony *4nsh(i gese iovpihisn pho Aney bnty be slios48 taistitchliown end .pin: ovory, dIS#5 his4uipo d tions, .upon true wyeasiite fipy .t he country, .~ ii6j~jt~';of answering tl em tall~re.iu~gendane rmer. an *swerany' quiestions, l'put ;to* themR 'b1itelwtilsiOd' t e p"otionndin o 6 e uom Eny" idrearv. t of. 'l ,lgdh. n ator in his speech referrel .to th'e resolutibns of the Mississippi Con ei*". 'I Wisi to hsk him a question ai ( do riot a isi distilSitlOi in, i;eply. I observe. that de that, there _is no! otherremedy or abuls1e of the Conlstitution but revo. hti-minry rdsistance; that there is n riglit in an o e of the meuib Of the Confederacy to resist the Qov crineit and formn a new governinqnt except, they incur the penalties of treason 'and rebellion against the Federal C'onstitution. . The gei-, tlenian has chosen: to denouce, in n icasurI ., lahiginae, the State of South-Carolian. -Vow, I think lie will- -find himself in a dilemma from nOiih he CannoteScalpe if he answe thie.-question. I now p wropound. Tie Mississippi Convention has said that for an'teeec with slavery in the Saes-interferende with the conm 1eIce in slaves between States-the abolition of slavery within the Dis triet of Columbia- the repea I of the fugitive slave aw-the abolition ofI .lavervy in the Territories, would c.onstitute a ground fur the dis .aol ution of their connection with the Fede ral Govenmnent; and that flor thtesa causes which they have as sigued, Lthey would dissolve by revo 1utioIaI-y resistanco their Conileiction, with this Govermieit. Now, the entleman must be placed in this si i nation: Sup; use Mississipi i, for ai Of these caucs's (ar all of them, add determine u.on quiting thi Utr n Or assume a position i hi c e uIN ot e i leso!i e:ld ul-ll O i.&C ilLCS 14ti-if,. Misissipopi ori the Federal Gov eCriirenit, which wouldl be prefer? Mr. Fol)tC. 1 shall reply in dute sea.1401 if the gentlemais Wilie tie Ai opportunity, but in the first plvace I ,ust tell hi:n that I coisider it insuliig to the State which 1 repre selit here, which has always proved true to the Constitution, to put her in any SuCh prech'aimnci t as that dlescried. Never will the State of Mississipli, im my opiinioi. be in such a position as to call on aly of h1 sons to -male will upon the Federal Government; aid whICn she shall do so, I ~shall deliberate the question and decile accordinlg to my sense of pro priety. I acknowledge ily respect, Ily vprofoin respect, for ihat I doeeim the supreme law of the 1lnld, ani tlose wlo do not, in m11y opinion .1r-e traitors wherever found. Mr. lutler. Well, tiien, I gen tdenan, - in a coitest between Mis sissippi and the Federal GoverioieiI. would coisider himself a traito-r if lie were to fight against the Federal ha ane r. Mr. Foote. The gentleman may make his own commuuienItary; I shall state my views in full hereafter. Mr. Butler. Mississippi here mneant something or shec mecant no thiing. If these causes were ap. pended to the gentleman's resolution. I presume ho wouldi go for them or against them. Wh'lat is the supreme law of tho land of which lie speaks? I say the settled doctrine of Virginia, Northf Car-olinma, South Carolina, an I believe of Georgia and t.f Alabama, would be, that this a conifedeiracy of sovereign States, and not a con solidnfted Government, w~hichi has the exclusive right to..decide upon the duty of its members. I know thiero are questions of perplexity, and the gentlemnan miighit take timo to consider; bunt I know where my allegiance will b~e in a contest of thaL kind. I would not stop to chop logic .on. hte construction of papers when my -hearth anid fireside are invaded and I amn eglied upon to defend them. ff ti1y bluod is to be spilt in a contest bitigeni my State an~d thle Fiederal *Gov.ernmecnt, I would not take timec to dleliberate, as the gentlennum says lie -wguhi, wybero ny aillygiance was due. Tihe .impulse of mny h eart, and thec dibrates of a judgment long andi de oI bcatelffonmed, would mark out my puth ffuty. 4:Anothe. of thjtipiea upon w'hichl th& $4nato mui Mississippi dwelt. Ij"a~i . id never counsent to States ainem eod-ho said; lie anlted no ame~ndaetit 4o -thi.e ofptitution of Washmjrgton. Why, -l 'tirah Con sition senlf., wihh she wisdm that iber ate opimnt that if 'am efi nients .My deli -a that ji eingnth,,idbe utd~ aniswero the cxigiene tes andi oge.ssi t d llMopmeIt C of nth cpiuntiry, a noptdelia,'e been a happy Coiebd ration o&Rep'ublics. undo:'r a unio hAlinf -a sfancto'ry guaranties fqr tbl rights .and ingtdests :of' all; abut. .ii stt-d of an'chding; it accordinw to ,ihi orgdUnl ri ~Iion of' thicConsttiti we have now ibt toa timet v liti is declared that it shall never k auieled nd I ould say to til gen:tleman friaufkly thiat I cn iise iin occasion why be should wvisl i Aiine.nded .Le bas t 13 t anid' that II is in fno i a Otidato e1lniment, but. he bas. Maintained 1,ha1 this .-Goyernment and the Con stitution, in all tle difliculties nl.jel may be 'iiv<'IVed; niay be ovIerCon by compromises--the comproi~ises Qf the fujoity; anid if the gentilan chooses always to act with the ima jrity,.hae has nio occasion for ame..Cd Mr. Foote. Doe3 the gentleman uidertake to chirge me i'thl havinig s.id, at any time, that the Con stitution of' the United Siates could, in lny opinion, be put down by compr'oudises? Mr. Butler. No, sir. Mr. .lFoote. That is the way the gen tleman's reim arks will be uiider stood. I stated the other dia , that one of two reascns whyv I Suported the comnlrol ise was, that it was not only constitutional in itself, but .that none of the conlstitutional lawyers of this body had attempted to niaike an elaboratejtrgumuIent to this when jhey were A~al:'e.t Li as the najority can tuinke ti com Upie rd uestructions t0 te Conlstitutionl, it, ninot be. amenCIded, and1l the gentleman is elphatically a uimjori ty man. I did not say t hat lie gentletman would agree to what he i'0rardedl as a palpable violationi r the Constitution, but I said the tenentlcy of this iode of treatiig the Constiution was to have th-se exere seeuces in the foirmt of comproi:isCs to give it a valiility which it woul Iot otherwise have. 1 thiik wN C ought to meet the crisis and provide a reiedy. The getitlerrian says that I have proposed 110 mndilmlenluiit. TIruie, . have I-roposed none, but there ae i acudment s which I will vote f"r. When: the Federal Constitutifin wa uider Consideratiou at. Philadelphia, it was pi (pjosed that no umeasure al Iectin" tle regulation of commai;eIce, or the disbursement of the publie mo ne, sliould pass without a votc (I two-thirds; and 1 tell the gentlemanu] thiat 1 would noiw vote 1o such a frU visieni. if all ameincdmlent wi-s pro posed to alford new guarantees to the slavciihobiing interest., requiring Con Dress to give governments to Terri Lories, without i'eSt'iCtiOin 4s to shave ry, 1 should vote for it. If I weCre conisult the SecimIity of tlhis Governii ment, I would v'ote for amnenthneuuit that wiould give enforceable guar'ani tees to the miinority, anid niot, leav< the majority to fritter it away b construction, or deformti it by comnpro mises. There ar'e manny salutar"y amndmenits thpnt mlight be proh'(edl in connecWtio~n withI this subjet - and I say it to the Senator f'ruin al is siSippi', mioreC ill sorrow thanil ini au ge-1 n ~ish lhe had not thought pr per' to allude, as ho didi, with rathe. a snecer, to thae book of my Into dis tinguished colleague, and to denounc< the proposition contained inithpit bool ini a way which evidently shiowedl tha it was undler the~ ban of' his censure .I was not prepared for thiat. I bar~* not r'ead Mr. Calhoun's book. li mnetmry is not cotsmitted to me, nie ther' iare the works of' his great intel leet, c.ommiitted to ime. I would no be able to take care of' thenm; hut th least we could hav'e expected of thus who often agreed w~ithi andi admire< that distiniguished mni was, that w shouhl not assail him ,be fore th Iworlt, anid the Parliament of' the uit ionwer'e the "rentlemnian himself' ha, so umnuy, anid seeming kindly, asst ciations wmith lhim. rm. Foote. The gentlemnan doe not charge mao with ever hiaviu agreed with Mir. Calhoun that -ih Constitution should he amned,. -s as to "give addhitional consditutiona nuarauitee to tho South? : lirotek ed agauinst that dur'ing his life. Mr. utler. I did not say that \ i, Mer.otearisj- i th , - t o ti atiif i! -, von was4 a gro' adn ' of . balh h tiiko. o iutp i ai~.t speac osneqeins aevihit i; but~ogg l 4 Iust t y A ith . tCht ivyi' -entis lwe;ys~ dt nrt m tink tip iatic. tha beendt ,heniC lipp a ngtlie fipprpi eibi t he iot at libe:4lit I iilgy to akecommnt i t sak s>c -ootIilhddrtandes Ani tyasell , s thle C 'ir nonm cn o ualupntbyr tr. Buler. dm inclindt io thinik that -iljstl ha be dom perhaps uiei.ablyto my, t disting uished col longue; and-pirrhab isOmre irike nosa e preSpondenIs mW the state io tihe publ iind. 1.thinli however, that. tet- lJ kis:riot in da lr From such cos 4ttinta or an, that can be .malfd&Aupon;it-,by. thi Senator. The Ily IliO not add to no take fromu its muerits .1hey, marv is true, ake falio l PTipriot-Sns'8 Toi thle timel0 tipi bn ipeli[id iook iht hito lh fitel; hu t thes whol are eo ar e.ia eiim i 1ad seekc after the 'trill d For i(hemisels ios, 'U Ti al a Ili ibl Cte(]trLtum ~ )rttoo e n aiullo netjut hnt. enter tai t d tht del. Clh ' i shoul be two Ed1 gve slta saile powtrs. ' o11-6 ir n1 kli w vt' there wgr two Consuls i1t ' ith a oril01ne to, control 4 partitiori of 1Wihiw hild e paed ihotli snee andaer o . I m th't Clhon suh )iIt very well have eiter tainii d tile iea thittio P iig aghe t. beter weertpoe .pehan ps hav h tin rit cof hilorein a nd t14 other e of domiestic( affairs, -or 'sonq Such partioni of uties. 'rslumi he inteided ( that sould beinde pntidenit imlbi's onl sphlere, and tha noi law sluuld be passed Withoutc til cocutrrunce of boith. I ami verf s11ir thE such a propsition na thiat ift in 1rafd I n thle Constitution, m1ihll give it a better operation than its no has nlder the tophination of interes and nuibers. I do, not ili t nertalie t< le the expuideri of Alr. Caliouu' %iews, nor do I say that I am pire I hred to adopt the.n am gnre th ,"enttlIemn, a s notl anine juistice them. I do o i n to the view (if MI-. Calhoin; ful bienever mentior ed the subject to me in his lifotime m.d I have not yet hd an oportn t, 'and1s I regret it to read his hoolS oy noticed the remark of th e ge tiemaun, inl iass' u,, with a view t Show tha"t ill someA resplects his initei iiretation of the book m 1iht 011t he tI iterprotation f evet ybody*v. Ther t aire oher iid s besides his to look V tihe su inject; an we ni a great wcr Of the ind isi to be measutrad, it mmti be measured by al elightened pul the subj e. IIleheel SiIhaveepe touchek uo thesm higs wih o~trerut. The IbmSea fuarom Msisii isifavor to th(Ji copromise; and hie enoun~V idcs, in r meiasure dl ter a thse opposed 1 goventre byund ~e mCelngs to man c-eiraed in thet stee, of hir eeli -nsure it~rttb~ti;I that Foe I uhlthavlale her, sii~ a-i sheefrmb andvwee phrvor h avei attepe CutoV spa the rstrne tl hibic occured in twoav tllse togthr, inreerc thao hthe que..w . thaions cotine lin thie lne ofico heeoally, th a sofr as he anducaot -hg Beat can eprese Cntt i! - concernedoi in that-t stugl, ad. dait eesue a ee-obstw tait I ished the to biae ensur d aenmshapeoo fiorm bylS~rR any1 patriot - to.gether.e - All a t avesaiu#ja thatluai acw tteths masues rt orhat itc wsothe dt thi tid ti brt Nonthaml outh to ke a fai - peimen of hoseracaures4m: npthe 'com.I 0 er und~ers n~.i h rm t9 of gett , 'A nd~ nekft d fifi I P# n" siol1.sof. otpcicrvpe idunere'i *I ynedtidard denoth prpntitnae -3Z~I~~Xt~ I ep~l otheogntlegnnAw nOI ilsa ~e noiretlienoist 4n ,md at a f n61k pd ' rpm ma)111013 fd teids o k 'nh trhted e h~niisas C1~a~n -lin e shi nthdi tll~30" dij)c 14193 y4 sa pst:iia bicercn etaentleme yoiie hyocuiedgjnostice nt~ Aeedi ' it p hyeshldQfil f rs It .l toddhetheyfv din .oe iidiat' t m- tii 1 wasr ac mAtroutrcl.g~ thgi lem. -otu- n iiii: "J" t hiIeIr of th.e irstoiniSouhaoinav -~ ~ to% f a 3. ppjv h ipjsgeppy my0 opttin thee is o6nW e enl Iwh ithIrallidh6 Ie itlit)h he shold onicc o. ai n creIis n -itie a alnd *mtini'th ii b~oiilae I, torChbfed2thoaift 0uS otheinTk i S amnrow i' -re t eoQld ha osU i' cpreina ai mhang who o~i diordth n ~ e ,a o o haveS .aid nothing -alor - Soh y aoling i hroferenc, 0 ann don the 6i~iLO hapwyrqure Mr Fer h ?ies~ipr.f pth - homraot' ge ca h a Aar nmy allusiis to ebet, lo ifegdcig td'ab1tstain fi-idm j li r of, his owni gie, pomll t to ths allui "otsii ". h ms of those hin; in South Carolina -Werol for puttingd 1 theiec divace of t i I reed idsi 0 the sth n sie shode occupy, are persois Io motives and- ,designs "Would1l1 themefo th- o .tributioal o hih ~. I F t ' the 1116 eolo o Sut tIn a poit otf view far above r6ch-of the gentelemnis aro'r Thevare as 1tw ig InI syit,'1 11II i o(ivennim , oeud b as: brave 1p tachi, aIs ay D men Who everaindtleae of' -history, I diffiered.. from finsi South Carolina, but ere, ILcannot allow that eiffheence to n.reuent my e doing them jistic , if they requireAt . it at 1my hainds.o. I ; t . ; 1. M r.t i lote, o M tississipp . If the inorable geitleman: had rad my sipech as riported, or if ie distiietly . t oul I ci lt ainly fin' i uineIf ea'ent - l leived from, tii cneestt of' a malling the rem'al 4bih'he 1has'jst Siade.. I Stated Itnt tt1n t terthid ad 'high respector Ite pap k le of the Stato or Soti icarolina. t expressed the high gratificatido which i. IflIt, that the real penlo -of Sonth n ho Ca:'olina ha d m tobl toii the rae ca f he on v thce Slnute i h e nconle i'ntely Hip thes 1)er b e e hope at a .hoeptere' underb o thei lpead i honorale gtleati o, and csiishud vaonis h en derm'BOgues in~~i~ that strugvle. Th'a - ~ th 1 Leiltre o So~uthig uaedlinal v -449 a:U1 Wpgjll Krirn~o~7. '11,Qt1 t I FO heidi couivo.pjed 4:6l ji a ed 11ls t ipoyrdeat l heirb 4oti, A( aliie . itood A, I Cs iiig, P,?~t)Q1 G u U.s s qt wol fio b* I~n r on U)l' sta Vth k'~nd'"in str;itFo. against"M Titi isn~1~Q~d alo &~,j~r Abpv~o patty stri~e or crhe cual disjula.'~ tatiiA~it. ialidj;t. It-6 but yielding 'very. IrMI~ch t i~ wilich his counlsels ani those otfothersT had.~fler~~h- I hin ~sihand l.I luoi n, s h_ niido. Ibs ufiiI ofCe~y Aliss. p1-... il M r. Foote,ofMsispi.1ilj not 11OW~tak theigntlcriax to alloyyJ 111 "O explai ter!~e riupfdl bun so otz'Yt'It i would 'ITon nod to;' lnnl10' t t Mr Th tlc. 'bqiIjiki r.:Foote.IOid.~ysB~V fil] iireui'cer. %ism now.,pjj~ A VC Mfr'4 ga1ia O pni edng a i a gdIfie aP" Pl bor' IT. 'Y 4 4. !j .4It f* cL1th-$I-Ofj jqrin..p ri Ok'tb w A' all *1 te~y'afer h. aiie_ 484 'd~~o id" it cnrd dt ia re ~ St~~tos, to acr~ I nI sai~as waed ine Qht4 10. Xtb ' 10 b i i~dd fi '~ 1u ek' o ea-h .nici rid~