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- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . * - . . . - - --. --.s ... D___T11) TO SOUTIIERN PIGIITS R N LITRE TE F_ _ __13 _P r _ _artar. ---n -it. - A T-- D . na,)r] S U R E R V l L4 E , . JA N U A R 1 4O9 POLITICAL. Peci of -Ir. Enall'. OF SOUT I1-CAntoi.1 NA. 41A "the): enlte, Mln ithiday, P:. [X 1, on tE ieD uio + ~the Comproii 31eosuerce. Now, let me ask the honorable (Idtdor a question, which 1 cxpect him, to answer--an' I 1 Ipe he will ,anwer it withouzt the least hesiit ion: Sllu1)ose i l-rnlpositiol were to Sp1m0 up to-Ilrrow to divide: Cal. iforitiA, with the Iu lerstaIdiig that (ine-portiol should be a slave Sate. o1 thnt both should ble slave Stutes. IVouI1l lde Vote f,2r it? F ot Mi3si-oivl.i. I will a4ffr'by Ciing past ist , if the gtlemtiai will allow ie. I intro uluced two propositions onl the si' ject myself while this mn:tter was peling~ for tieither or hc~e.r inkg.to. miy recollect 'ion, f hitl the jeitlenau's support, oi that of his l olitield associates inl this boA y. ( )I the Contrary, hCtll of thl Io. positiolis received Ie Li reest de. ntieiation from that quaitr. When th proposition to aiit ('a 'iyas-pend~linlg, I Inoved to muemih bill:-so that California sho-dd be hereafter, with ltr eoiseniit so divi!eC its yon Mr. President, had pri I ish propos.,d sie shoulI he. I Consultarion with you, [Mr. n , Utouk the line which i.( rpt1 in the amendment, foir tilt rea ins you stated. I did 1 )t get the support I aiticipated; an:d I will be preliaretd to show hereafter, from e jrminted debates, what V1s were givpn by lioirable gen met n f l.r iot n tuagrior that, very ' pro sin. 1 lit ro' h iced .n16 .10 go. .with. hur C msent am : b. . line, I ald that a territorial - eriiinit shlm3.1 be estalblished S >u8th aft. jt. The ohjecio3, thi .u certiu genltleinCIi who calkd the:::h-es, jsar! ecellence,Satrghsn . w.as 'the supiosition that thei ined my amei.ilmnt to) clIVy th1at California, not yet ahiltite I, in their judgment, vulidly into the U1111, Should- be treate'l with s.) ui11hIl respect as to have her coSseit to illis tertitori:al ertailmelt sked.T Aliso was voted down. WeneIVCI any gentleman ilntrotces a prO piosition 2here to dividle Calilornia with her consent, by the line of 36 20, or 35 ,O trCatin her in all these respects as a sOverei.I 'State, I shall vote for it, and so ie of, those who will vote fo r it il cou pection with ie will vote inl a man I ner wholly repugirIit to their funr _ feelings. Mr. ,Butler. Then the Senator amits that while he Wisles to miake the . compromi-;e ifliuable, he is erfectly wi 0)ig to change it when . suits him. This is a 'linlit, o! p totality.' -Mr. Foote. shoull vote foar that -oyosition to alter the boImilary Sincs of any other State ini thae UnIionl *nt hear regnest. I would not Iote for that syonor than a prooi Liion to .ivide T1exas or New York, if those to'tes- desire a new ,State to lbe ormedl within thcir limits. Wh ile *Ihold the comnpromiise to bie a * Iefinitive settlement, I do not hold it to be aibove the Constitution, anid Lthe Cnstitution exp ressly gives Congress hJie powYer of admnitting newl S'tates. ~owi, perhaps, the gentleman is en-i pitled -to. the triumj h which he plaints. 3J- B~utler. I elaim no) tiump'ih. Kh~jp .gentleman's own explanation phows where lho considers theo 'Wiumph -15. W hile lhe inisists on *lisse cotypromuise laws being liko Jipito the, laws of the ildes and Pes sso perfect as not. to be changed, yet lie a'haits there aret d otitingencies on which they may, be szhanged. 'Tlat is what .I initended $4 sag. It is so wise now that be *sloes not choose to let anybody *.onsult the progresalve '~ impovemenltlls an suggestioL:s of time; but he wishes to stitch down and pin every bod~y else to his pro~positLionis, upo ~o gi'q~t tlit the i.rcerastean bed, wvhether shorter or IlIOug, is the - pty truec measnee for' the counltry,. F 6 lr0 pult another propositino t03he~ an~d :lha~J expect him to 19..e. I will answer as gentleman ChIooses5 to 6 nme, if lhe wilJ o11'nhly hw me n potpiyorneigte 1*.lI '. ,"l't12, gt21414211ike21 nel. zm-2 Sfll 1M.N flntins21, 1 pitL to th42211, rblit I Chl~tlenge2 theo pr4liIlling of Mrv.itc. The hlitjvitle Sell :itr ini his sp'ccii ref'erricci to tihe rcA Iltiois (4, thle M ississipp~i Con N't- ic. I w ish, toaslk im2 a tisjitSon,I inl 1-0.. 1. I l's421v4 thait t1l. i~ss:-i ~aCollvel ziiai bnv-.- 12ceiv Id hatL (here is 11.) tel remeidY I'm .1)18 iiie th le (joiistillt iion Ijbit revo. I i 118r iC~S*'taiice; Li in t therie 1$ lit) ri~iit ill a1ny o14e or1 t1ile wIlibl ry r tlih)(' IC' "!L' irt toj resist tile uov N4.,tT ath v i i ncur ti2 i l I 4 1 a4111ivs of* M aso ii' I r icli oIJ1 a! .:i iiit the IFedora C .1 14111''21i. Thle gell .1.I. L I.i ci',seli to dlllilc4. ill nit :214Carolili. i!tlw1 I thinik 124 will f8:11 h cimset il4l .1~ filia From 424 :12t ijvlestioll I 1441 pmpOil. 11lt: .\ Iississi :ij (Ow"Ovu Lo ll Ws sad 1 12, Clpr all2 il t dv 'CiC4 with slavt.2v itilli .'l812- 11141112'(2CCwithl tlht! 01u1 li 1C12 ill si v .s betv'"vel 6tI. tt.- tilte .I, i io ( 'i:liui- i till 4.1w i ni~t. or ro 4.i ti-r ti,~LO t~ o (! - ' -;- i I ,4. -- :I u uu fir tile. dis (A*ltnl 01 ilj col'4 iii,2 %%itl i t .41,1 6,NNvv 2411122:1; 1111.1 tha~tfu Lhvs2 cali' ml ~iichi lucy haveas i gi d L teyV 1u';i tIss;1 Ie by ricv. :(li idasli iiioTnw l 112o4 n the t :i1114,1~l: ion: p t.2 .'l51s2 I I Il**O"Ow e ue,81 L-t 1~2C 1 . '1 (d 1.-li iig Ili 12 70m, Suir tusw e 1 11241io il%Lih % i Ii li- ~~ic V, 11i i0 v i f42 \ia . )atc. 1 lhiali 2111 'y ill (I11: jt'14ir tlh et1t4ia1 %%ill Jve iic An1 "ppui)4illiity, bult in tile fiiot I I;WC 4501ii ~ 1' 1112 ate 1ci Ii*. .Iqj t l e; 11) L ii (.ji L tli if,to t li' htite itothe Cisti' tithe Lu ImLert Wisi~uIi any S"0 1' ridv2li. e .as thaii I* I1 io *li IL I 2 Pihed. %ill IIIi 114 ate (4, 4lii lem t; and14 %%!tell ,;Ie :111411 (it) .;41 1 .!i shal l 1 114t 1tile 4j11425ioll and1 liria. ty. I l4itU i II l ly II rt-s I cc I pr .1*61f 1ii4 I T11 ilCt ,I a I~ litL du t IS t I Wi 4121 - 41' tile* fiul, II.!:il 4, 14 1 2' 4 t~i h4L l 4(44iS-1. t l !i 111 iSllV .1 c0 ~ s Iiiil a 1 i IiS-1 1.i t. I tie FeioalS 1U:42 .1Citonl C.aS'1~ 1118 1.A1-1 1. " r 'u Q t ps the 1dcii aii i 21:4( i~s 4.112 l ilitid ; I ii1 Stt 111 244 'jVC VS ill kill I, 4. i **Ch r. Chat ra tel iz~ed its 0 oriinaI lglihati Iw iiovjes ur. it mew . liwetits. JA I %. dw. liberite 0Oj11ilail is, that if aniuo. Imeints. MY y clelijube III ill is, tha I if arnmIil CII ts hlid libee nv to CL I aiIswCO the' exielC"is UImm" il;rFsve develuj lueit is* AhS couldl i, mv it wouuld have been a 11a11,y (iI ] ratIjin(I or i iCis, aardr ni uii l righats al lIate tests of -ill ; but ill 0 WIij a I !*'Aisiuli (21the Ct t a Ii i- :II. %%C liIII e tuI I A'v to ai. tiila V lili it is declared that it sh'ill unt; 1, Ill! a llet liI . A id I woili~ snay to I! I relHltlill Friankily, (hult I vill IC I(-1 XCeas:.,u 1'lIIv lie Slioll % 1.:!! i It ltiiii1ileijl. IR! ItS lloht qailj iat. Iw: fis i vor t ICliullh oI~~ .1ljllallt, bu~t lie has1 11aiitnilncl thIA htim Go. iii uI :111 tlc iil~es I.i~t !!ZIV be ill\'( I Vcld U1l ' ty (AU 5V iY I v Culil j IPyI illi d i t!i (1 le i2.iw LOei~e a~~lS tCt U&~i th.e III: Olilly, lie hazs 1111 uc(uiai Forai~ii A I r. IF ute. PIoe.; the ~iII~' t3iwill) (It "Le0 Uniitd u':a'cs coal-i 1 oil" 411iC4 ,;N I t . IHa si a; '. Il llSi ii; a s ic lie C!ah eniL of L.11' II I C iks i lie ill [t;() I~ Slitaedi ill c.-Ow. (lat tl,;i at e of twoe uls i \ a I~Ii I Sul1 1: k .it is.e A ll Iist NtVISi tat i t 1 1: 1, l t, hilly cilsl itilleii il Lis V. ;- L( lo 41110 O t.l:he iiC II ittl~i l t i.v :s 4 cr llue to0 Vafletip~'ltit I I II . rit (-Iiahll1 nael~la~aI a I r-c . ~' - itt i, 'i t Io lie i al 0hd i'i tiao iiV~ s l p~ t*;cI2 -.cI: .i g c.i tlc laltl iIVS! . I . IV lv n n asi u:~ il l iat t t V s f. ["I~ .: .t 110 1 a lUp. Ih( I t!ill: Will l lwiall oh tle 1 lt 1 C it a~ Va:i.s it AI akc i tohmis,; hl I [L ~ gik1: ll ;at I X ci:f l saysV Vimt fo I.ch 1aVe IVC, i li l ctW Ci- i. ; 1 OWC~t ..X uIiL Xute f1 aIll Ia Il iiaiiinun tiitr tlow w- nX tli~.s. I ll~lO IliC iii i',' iht v ii I. I- f i l ti tI c iC'c I t N S I4 POWifi AiII ISluit ... I X ,I 1 . ...... t th o Mr. 'it~. \Vba.t did tile .ri.I i'il. i~tlv. Isai'l th."t tile rn Ii a"sa:yeat 111az11it.ev 'A", iMr. Iliaolil. Ai1r. .Vort, (iiu, his scat. ) oii 9i .'.)me ql C.ili4;I I lid ag ree Willii 11111 ottl 1id no. Th11 rusid ,t pqq I h coflversnti .): mu-t *'it ) On (ilj 114 ht w.ay. T; 1,Ct iSiaA i s i ''ty to imake 4 mU ex iaat a:: Q, 0"&I 0 Con~sent or fl lie gchjLvua:: Ii:4:"1,t ihi- , thIul10bt 11 HIMI~ C'JwiU IIII Ah;.c tile speatker p oil. 1-11% F'oote j ii: il Stnu'd Ily (!U u. as wel~cl "s ti:... (.Jili. Lahl itlcl1nw. Nl'. 1unk i at. ii justc 11CC i.s bcl'C1 douue, it cii il Lei, IIutu t ibihlail V, to liy ]lieto Iv"t SP.u Q~~ (1' .Ill-il;- t! UiI~- ' Ii JI u31. 11 1%i ie. 'Stle~t of the laliIlinuu. I tliI \V waI(at1 nt tile LSok iS UMt ini 0dat (1* fi,0vi suich Cl~ilkacR1tai Qt!, 411 ly -itt Call be Mtae UponU it by tile 11 TOatr Iiny~. ill not aii!M to ::eo* lli dip. finu I. its i 8. 'I lay may, it i tu , wfake FalhFC"il 're ";toIs,f14ii* 0i wtLille, It') .11 SlIM C iCaI niiai Mhod. tt t i t itl dlie 6A~ inch)i hut Up~ me 10) UI'e CjO .e o il.-i!i. r lIIUccii1tuuag ii, ill A Sc licr tl e truth2 , iiI ileiad Il r thenwelvS, Onii Myi~ an~ (Iulighb w 101! andt ch~u thC~i: It ,~isllot ;i t qi thant MrI. (.a:IOLIII th11)1uJ11t tec At! li tw Exeut ~e w.11 the CI tlet IL) iw('s. l i ja lutn plait an:d h: ]i:UwlS very -xv:ItI11.t therei w~ere c 0I I*, iuls i.n ILII ' Wili o it TiLv the tO tI cFir. I ivi i . pr 1i, orI 'l'um ai.l Ut I - ki it L' y til e d I Aii *ta ve .ticri itnith it:..~d.'i~.Siesn xiii~ tu Nit. tI ill, c L ti idcatllach tw~o':dL i'h " L U h , u it 1, ii I T;C 9 ch 1 '11I o'. it ILat . (,%\.t. SIw o a tI-1 that~i :,,, 6n ii.'ICi t 00il :u ici hi-i iiiu!e I. hi I 2 lintv l i Iw i m t~ to u loocol A I.w o Ly ut-,ii o I I'. -h -a i kh aA '.lLC l. Iit il;tv ( *'A -lW Coe ii I h~ ie tach 11 tee 'u~ \~ i.ap of t~lL lj-ctl a lii 2 n eji .1 i 'a~~~~~~~~~~~1: tii*iu 'c''' iaI .!acaI p the compromise. ..ut, I have nev *r undertaken to condeunil auny n e set of nen, for decent, zealons, pa riulie oppositiori to. atV of the neas res of adjustuient wi theley them. elves disaipproved It thle timle. Th'lit 3, and always has been my attitude n that subject. Mr. lither. That may be; but bo gentleman -knows as well a1s :lmy io here, that io one h1:1ul greater in tcuice-j-er haps I may say that he tl uillcolmmol influenc- in ge ing p the Suuthern Addressi he was the rimec mover of it.. Atid I thi.k tile eItleman mutist, to some extent, as time the rcspon-sibi!ity of the Nash. ille Convetion. I say that, nfter le position ulitl that gentleman as occupied, julstice, it not generosi. , reruimres that he should, at least, ok to t1he motives, which I hop,e he ild, of' Othler pcr1son1s who are dis >sed to stanrd up to the proposi tin ills Hieh they avowed at thie tie inl the mtherun Add res. I suppsed it as a mattel of istorical inter eist to igentloan. Ad iov 1 will sav 're. 0o- the iinst tine. v' hat I have rectof.>re said for. Imy rws that SNashviileo Conveltl> was i rellm re. My fricis know that this iws y. olillion. If ticre is onet(; gentie. an in this hall w ho has contrilbuted cl to the fires of Southleri resistanice r has fed6 the:m Is I'freely as ilay her. I m iot now malsi0Ng tian'y calsa 1. tin 1s aga-inst 1.it f*r mee alge of opleiolul aml tin. I VC sail nothing at all. nor ill I anythinr, in rcference to a Ini's urse, wiin he change's it; but in tih lenator from Missi.,sipi uht -1 t r to speak ot South t.111 aru.t, rplriety could re tire o il, was to florbear uikind lusions t her course, and v.-. alstinlo ann alig & ids own muliPe of ductrine and , T6i fin to ve poAit to those allusions. The ass oh those w-ho. in Solth Carli erc for put ting her ill 1a.vrance hat I regarded the imailin she bil occupy, are1 persoIn.s wle olives alIl deSins wolubl Pact emibflr the t-ibuna"l (;I historv a piiit 4f %iWs; IN Wive reach (f *i hima's ariow. They~-'' are as sj iS lit, as lore ill I!"00 vmial lid ih as brave in action, any en hIlo ever adorncd the 1ages of stOrM. I diedl roAm Oiieis in oullh Calt ina, but Icre, I cannot 14)V tha td ii fe t.> vc re le t 11V ongthem 1jL ice-, if tw' re1Iu at ilv ham1111( . Mr. foote, (f Missri1~ i. If the tirlef gentlknum hand read my vechasrported,, or if hle ditinctly iMolted Aulm I sai.l tie other day. A wb ertahily iml hin emorva-et :lh relivei rm t n e-i O 1ic cessitY of, mI:ii n ihe reum:3s ubib e' hais just mde I. I stateii eoth- thcit 1 en rinediC' a high rcpiect oIr the I'co. ie of the State (f Sou th Ca roli IIa xpressed the hligh gratilh aionwhc 1-It, that thei real f cik~ of Sf1uth .i:-oilna had11 cImie n1ilv toi thle re :Ur of the~ honor of the S~taite in the. (,ntesCt !rtly in progre there he weenl themi i1I nd ecrtin demagoufve. hopedLI that the i~ coi there if nderi~s md1 sutchi as 1h ewuli d1,anqui the lenne:mi ,h~ tri!. hat S whaiit .1 idif .1 l Idi -C it denounce h11e0 ai22-tore 1. of outh Carina.11F I lid lint deno1ufce nur Cra~d bod'-"iiiQv ilfn.t II 1ibari~e any 811 artieniA sni 1.1Id I shall confitin e to den1 ounic, C nly 10an or set 111en mi Soulthi Carelina, ~Sa:es wiithini her ibnis---to umitke nifd who 1dfareid to~ say. prdverting~ the who liiwere initned~ tof arm1 thec State -al G.hverinment, in the fevenlt of anl I j 0t attach. ibhtr mna'ced norf whof, as I am11 rieCpared11 t In-ov by my alggressio on1 1 theit part of tihe (4en -f Sluth) Carii-lina to an it-diate Ittack upon tJ1he Govermneu12 lt. Thiese ire the mtenl Lt'.mt I. delCunteMIC antd in reCspolilei here1 and elsewhiere, [cl te 2trou.3P't 1.Uina'!lt to' ed in deeriai of them. I shall, aily d cry th:.-m. Mr. Dutler. If I had iot' beci interrupted I shoni14 have .VOie on 11114l Stated, .perhaps, hat the ge t man couid- ot-have takeii exception to, 8o olr as I am concerncd. " I havec iot said anything il a personal. ioint wf view, Lut I iiust do my duty'o others. to Mr. Foote. If the gentleman chooses to defend such mihe eni do0 it. Mr. Butler. South Carolina, in her first resolutions of 184.8, propos. Cd nothing but co-operation with' thc other States. Inl 1840, inl the. . mild. cat tc Is, she propuosed the same ting. Ill 160-1 Say it upon U)' responsibility in this Chamber-she called her coiveltion inl referece to a course prijected and intimated by tle State of is;sisippi.. . I camit he ieistaken inl tllt. Is it just that any reprr.ach-l should attach to her fomii a rCprcseiitative of Mississip -pi ? There were imaly things well cal cilated to aggravate the popular cx eitemen t ati indignatit at the course of the General Government. Whilst the people were deliberating oln their condition, id the course the State shbl . tii sue, the Admiiiistra tion showed both a want of n~:isd(m alid decency. ]ior what purpose Some troul i were sent. to the furts in Charleston is not distinctly under- 4 stood. 'fhe effect was to ain all parties with a detCrMllination to re- I S1.nt the insiulting (emlostratit; and i it was diflciilt Fr hyr pu1biie mell to restrain excitement and control con 1jquen;lces. That movement hazs left uin abiding imprlt'essi0o Oin the public mind. There was not the s1ilitest , -s 1, f I have beel a civ:1 war that I, ould hav e ;; (iestions i n' debate une de . task to have fund enougl con stab s to hanig the tritLors. lit wol aebeenl consumned inl his OwN I m -ate if he had made a dellon strati-> against outhCl atulina. - Ihe i-sle would have been far above pam tv strife or rhetorical disi-lay. I calot go fither iIto this sub jet. excelt to expls? lily Upilnionl that injustice has been lne to those If S'oUthl-Carolina who have attempt. ed to colFolrmii to the su ggestiouls of Alississi; pi: not altogether under the coulizcis of the honorale Senator, blilt vielhlilu g verv mieh to inifluenct which his counsels a1d those of (thierS hal. Therefore I think Such on al Ui as he ade was entirely um Mr. -ue, of Mississippi. I will not n.w ask th etleman to allow ile to explain hecauise I have inter rupi'ted him So often-. Yet, if it I I wouhddl make no di Verence to him, 1 ould go in now to e phdMu the at Mr. Itr. Tlie gentlemian is at liberty t proceed. M r. 1ote. I shall exylain unre fildly h'er'eafter. 1 u ish: no0w simply to prot est againsct wh at the genitle man mha:s said in reigard~ to) the course acnd attitudle of the State of Missis sipl . It ireI signied the South every wo d conitatined therini. it is t rul I didi fiorI ai sletter fr-em Mr. Calhomun to imy own State w bich pro posed~ holinll g of thec INashuville Con ventionl, aund which mariiked out to soiiue extent thle thieaiexpected modus opejran~di of that body. It is true, alsol as I havec heretlfore asserted, t ha t not one sinlgle~ word is conitainedi in tha'i 5. tSouher Add ress or in Mr. Calhoun's let ter wvhich recLommend~l~s Se'e'ifn or- intiinates that there shouali be any auciembdneit to the Con wa~s willing to meet ini a in-oper main uad. a truLly pa tiotic sp0 iit, the citizeins of tio rest of the slavehol ing States of this Unvil ile Nash ville C'onv ent ion, for' the punrpose of fraLernlI consctiltation), in regard to the meanls m)ostl proper to'be adolpted for guardinga' ag'ainst certain. dlangers ')ne of wvhich was th~o abolition1 of silavery ini the Ditict of Colunbia; aniother of wiihi was the attempt to impose the Wphnlot pr'oviso. 1 will nlot ie rate ail the measur-es with Iwhich we had been then mpiple'ed for' somec yea rs, and to which thte South ernx A ddress, in the .nost sqjeumt man her, call tile attenition. of theSoath; to gurid a gainst wvhieh; the: State* of AlIi'sisinni, under adic i-jcerccived iom South-Carolina through n i the.mnnier - 1ave descripA wiing to send delete .p iin Convention. I will add t f thait was doubtless one of ou longivtthheld ' right 'to C3 i. eong~resiona liatitmient -pi-o~g - dri the re caftur~e and iestaordip - iugitfive'S fm service.' ButTr'pil' ato, tIant we did not. e'ommit otr selves to secession. nor did we insis ori airnding the Federal Constlif ttion. I will say further to the honorpbl; gentlemian that tho. State of" sissippi, as she was justified in duin - came to the conclusion, gravely d deliberately-'-nd J bclieve ai di passionato men will " pdtn& ais 3he acted wisely in comn to - that coicl usioin---that the plar >mi~pomise effctuailly guai'd iamst Qpry smnle danger Vithi he South had been antecedently nenaeed, and secured- to her the' - ugitive slave law, to which she mititled by the Constiution1 in a litioln, together with certin other Cidental adntages, so to'f whihe endeavored to point out the thlei lay Now if, in the opitiipp' of State of Mississippij, the conprinis ins operated im a manner so cori n >rhensivel beneficial, how pan it-W ontended that tlid State of 'durtk .arolina, when she undertook,' *itb mt just reason, -to manifesi disdt sfaction with the acts of adjustme% . Mid piroi1osed a Southern Con or the purpose, of arraying t 3outhern States anrainst' them ed into that attifudeo The SIute dississipI.? ' I have ficard .hiik aid. bfore, and j ha e' d x by thP Xashville .onventiop uomti would have had no' ft .rouble. I believe this adwlce iov mutiob c itm'iitt igut un who attempted, in my j iion, in bA Iaith-of which 'I skal giip roofs hereafter--to Wiey mcierlCy 'of the Natioual COO veCitiol, gotten un for very differeii pm-poses, for tle overthroW pfeho; Lion; a very ingenious plan ayig been adopted, tnder the adyie certain icrsotis mho have ope avoued themselves subsequnt. havp bepn sepret disuniomists in er4 and design at that timo in den*d img terms of settlement so extrava and unreasonable as to ma 0 all lope of their ulimate adopt*' utterly absid. ino of the Icaderp of Sonth-COa, lina, a gentleman wmho is reputed to be the author of the Nashville adt dress, declared, as I well recollept% a speech delivered in Pilarleston iminediatelv after his returg from th Nashville Convention, tiat hie ha4 entertained no expectation when t culebiated deniand of 80 dog.- 8j was made on the pari of th6 pdh vention, that it would be acceded j' but that be for many yearspast,Ad been tired of the Uion and anxious to break it up, and espected, th'roug1 the agency of the Nashville poi vention,, and by demanding terms o ad': muaent which not be acceded to b) Congress and the northern States, to accomp~lish his op -- cherished object. 'this nloted avowa I say, as made in 'Charlestoip after the sessionl of the Convention lg - drawn to a close; hut thatgentlann cannot deny deny that lhp Imad hpetr qfuito particuilar in not declaring suo1 v'iews and objects in the Nash viUp Coinvenition. All will per~eevp oq this statement that the heporpl~ Senator [Mr. B3uder,] has optireI miisunderstood the tirue positiop .0 the State of Mississipp;i, nad hioo inot herepifter tp bear hpr . crased of being instigated' by aniy ppr tion of the extravagaat movementS 4 certain factioinists in South Carolina1 Mr. Butler. I have only gy that South-.Carolina, to somp ~x~ept, shalped her course accordinig t. 919 phmt marked out by the ~tatosf Mis.;issippi. Thle Sepator hgsp ing allusions ubich cannot be utga1 I must, theiefore, in justigo f> D1 eC- ngue, yield the 'floor, -tod~ h. . an opportunity of speki ahhiougn there le mneh mnoi*"bth I would hiave~said,-but for the course oif iij' 9einarks has bpsg broken in upon, and the allusions to my, colleague whilt, it is but jstg ho shtopid .have ' an opportumtyVt9 i~otice.