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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
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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
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ltiiii1ileijl. IR! ItS lloht qailj iat. Iw:
fis i vor t ICliullh oI~~
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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
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I t!ill: Will l lwiall oh tle 1 lt 1 C
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ll ;at I X ci:f l saysV Vimt fo I.ch
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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
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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.