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5 SSSAWft ATCHISON'S BEPLY TO THE
L ; J forytuflg 07 CONSPIRACY.
to tst ortLf or inssooxi. '
11 1fbe Boa. Thomas B. Benton, In pubfi
?fetion,dsted Boonvile, August 30th, 1849,
-fa thought proper to connect my name with
. eosfarsct egaiast him sad the onion of
$ttfM-7n object of the conspiracy
e 4Jf wet to get fhia out.of .their way,
linS otrt of the wejr of htm who plot! the
TEaioltrflon of the Union." The meant oted
-fitimt pernose werothe "Jecklon Nnllifi--atioa
aad disunion Resolutions" of the last
General Assembly, upon the subject of ale
'very, ; The conspirators were some of the
'democratic members of the Legislature,
F who toted for the resolutions, some Judges,
ome K&k officers, tome presses, so.
sa He eeyi: Citixens, I was attending to
jriSarVnaineaa t Washington, endeavoring
e bring forward tucoessfully the great plan
for thexonstructionof the National Central
"Bail Koad.Trom St Louis to San Francisco
-fth it branch to Oregon, when I hail Inti--eaatioe
of proceedings t gainst me, which ini
tolrod: consider atUatfrt beyead what ws
personal to myself but which required my
immediate personal nuenuon i auuue 10
the tontpiracy against me at Jefferson City
'last winter, and which involved the eor-
"ruptten of some members of the' General
lAseemttyrWome Judges, some Hank officers
and some presses," &c
In the speech at Jefferson City, the Hon.
Senator says : "And now I have a secret to
tall to relation to these resolutions which I
novo guarded long enough. I marked their
first appearance in the General Assembly,
knew their origin and design and determin
ed to let them go on," &c.
"" Again he says : "When the Calhoun rea
elation wire moved In the General Astern
bly,.nd that was at the Commencement nf
the session, I taw that a new plot was hatch
lag, and determined to let it qqit the shell
I knew that if I gave a hint of what they
were about if I had communicated a ty the
of What I nave ssid to you to-day, it would
bare stopped the" proceeding." But that
would heat alone me no food. It would on
Jy -have postponed and changed the form of
the work. I determined to let it goon, and
to do nothing to alarm the operators; and
for that reason' wrote not a word note
-word on the subject to anyone of the hun
dred members who would have blown the
.resolutions sky-high, if they had known
their origin and design," &c.
It appears from the ebove extracts, that
a few lines written to any one of an hundred
members of the Legislature, by the Hon.
Senator, would have, stopped the proceed-
umg eiwnww, unwn um resoiuuenvsKy
bigh, and have crushed the conspiracy.
"But this would have done him no good."
Perhaps not. But if he had stopped the
-proceeding, blown the resolutions sky-high,
ecerdiog to his own view of the matter,
would .he not have saved the State of Mis
souri from the degradation in which the pas
sage of the resolutions has involved it?
Would it not have saved many of his old
friends, who wished "harm neither to him
or to the Union," from the humiliation and
disgrace of voting for the nullification, dis
union, civil war, and high treason resolu
tions, when, poor fellows, they knew not
what they were doing? Would it not have
aved the democratic party of the State,
whwh has So constantly and devotedly sus
tained Jum fur asore than a quarter of a
eeotury, from the foul reproach of disloy
alty to. the Union, and from fearful disten
tions In Its ranks? ."But that would have
done me no good," says the Senator.
If there be nullification, disunion, civil
war or treason in the Resolutions, the Hon.
Senator, is responsible for it. .If a crime
has been committed, be is the criminal.
From his own showing, in a moral, civil and
pjHtfcal point of view, be is one of the
greatest triminati.' Calhoun's, Napton's,
and Jackson's hands are clear, compared
with bis. He stood by, be tells us, and wit
nessed a plot to dissolve the Unirn and
plunge the country into civil war, when "a
bint from him would have stopped the pro
eedmjg, word to any one of an hundred
saembers Would bare blown the resolutions
oky-bigb.' .How unpatriotic! how derelict
,to the Union! now ungrateful to his old
fi iends and partizans,.thus to permit them
to plunge -mid crime and diserace. when
-nwiay of thsas had served him faithfnlly for
twenty,, end sosse of tbem, it is said, thirty
jaars, I And aU .because "it would have
doue me (him) no good.". When put upon
Bis trial be fore the people of Missouri, will
tbiStolsa sive him? Does it Speak well
for lbs fceert bf a tntn of "bead and thought?'
JUtthereis neither nullification disunion
j? high .treason u (be resolutions ; 'nor were
they so, inteoded. Their speak the same
foguare that Missouri spoke through ber
-CtttMrii Assembly In 1839, and 1840; they
the language of the Atherton Reso
lafisaw, eustaioed fcy the Democratie party
J SJ3 Md mtoreted in 1840,-'44-'48,
.rongb Democratic. JJstienal CenveationsJ
TBey contain the principles of Mr. Cal
'hftuaYfei&lution, offered in the United
-Stttss' Setftte !n 1S37-IS, tad voted for
JMSMtoatdmtlt'- c
ra3?bostsnrtoew, afpealed"rom, mi rafli
AWi&flfc bJ; P00- Senator, and
aiea are to oe wvunttcu remonstrate a.
it 'the tolerfeMnce of Coaeress with
of &Wrr; either &(he
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VOL. 5.1 LOUISIANA, PIKE COUNTY, MISSOURI, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, l849.J NO3l
they sanction the application of the Mis
souri Compromise to the Territories ; and
onr senators are instructed to vote accord
ingly. This is all that is required of our
owunguiMieu senator, anu una ne cam con
spiracy to put "him out of their way, and
out of the way of turn who plots a dissolu
tion of toe Union." . "Disobedience was
foreseen and provided against," he says.
What disobedience was foreseen and provi
ded against? That he would not give the
negative votes required of him,' by the rao-
lotiens, to -wit: "against the fPirmit Prd-
vito, or if it suits' the Senator's tatte bet
ter, the Jefferson Proviso I &c. The mem
bers or the General Assembly not only fore
saw his proclivity to frtenoilixm and pro
vided against it, but they had seen with re
gret and astonishment, the Senator at the
preceding session of Congress, voting for
every slavery restriction, almost, that was
proposed either in season or out of season
They knew that he had separated himself
from the Southern Senators, and thev found
him voting and co-operating with a small
squad of Free Soil Senators, from some of
the Northern States. They knew that he
had given votes that were a little too strong,
for some hearty free soil men. Among the the House. Another was there edopted lh. General Aaaembty of this State, the Judges,
votes thus given, I here insert a few copied j containing the Wilmot Proviso clause, sentand Bl others who had the ndaeity to oppose
from the Journals, without farther comment:.to the Senate and the following action had the views and plana of the Honorable Senator,
Senate Journal, page 490 to 02.
"Mr. HALE modified his motion so as to
stand thus: Strike out a 'free white' from
fifth ptinn. ant inart ! ftr th t
'set.' , in the fourth line, the words, 'and
qualified to vote by the existing laws now. latitude, known as the Missouri Compro
in force in the territory of Oregon under " Hoe. defined by the 8th section of
MIV UUiUlllff v, UIC IIVrillVIIM WV.CIII
ment established by the people thereof.''
1 be question being taken on this amend
ment, it was decided as follows :
Yeas Messrs. Baldwin, Clarke, BEN
TON, Davis of Mass., Green, Hale, and
Uphsm 7. .
Nays Messrs. Allen, ATCHISON, Ath
erton, Badger, Bell, Berrien, Borland, Brad
bury, Breese, Bright, Butler, Calhoun.Clay-
ton, Cnrwin, Davis of Miss., Dayton, Dick-
mton, Uix, Dodge, Douglass, Downs, Fetch,
FitsgereM, Foete, Heaalin, Heeeton, Han-
negan. Hunter, Johnson of Md., Johnson of
Ga., King, Lewis, Mason, Metcalfe, Miller,
Niles, Rutk, Sebastin, Sturgeon, Turney,
Underwood, Walker, Weatcott, and Yolee
44.
Mr. Clarke moved to emend the bill by
adding at the close of the sixth section the
following words :
Provided, however. That no law repeal
ing the ect of the Provisional Government
of said Territory, prohibiting slavery or in
voluntary servitude therein, shall be valid
until the same shaU be approved by CJjrV9
gress,
Uo this amendment the yeas and nays
were ordered, and the question being taken
on the motion, it was decided as follows :
Yeas Messrs. Allen, Baldwin, BENTON, Brad
bury, Clarke, Corwin, Davis of Masachiietta,
Dayton, Dia, Dodge, Felcb, FHtaerald, Green,
Hale, Hamlin, Miller, Niles, Upbeat, end Walker
19.
Ntys Messrs. Atchison, Atherton. Badger, Bell,
Berrieo, Borland, Breese, Bright. Butlrr, Calhoun,
Clayton, Davis of Mississippi, Dickinson, Doug
laa, Downs, Foote, Haaneaan, Houston, Hunter,
Johnson of Maryland, Johnson .of Groreia, King,
Lewis, Mason, Metcalfe, Poems. Kuk, :batian,
Sturgeon, Turney, Underwood, weatcott, and xu-
lee 83.
Mr. Baldwin moved to amend the bill by
adding the following as the 37th section :
Jtnd be tt further enacted. That t shall
be the duty of the Attorneys for ssid Ter
ritories, respectively, on the eomptaint of
any person held in involuntsry servitude
therein, to make application in bis behalf,
in due form of law, to the court next there
after to be bolden in said Territory, for a
writ of habeas corpus, to be directed to the
person so holding such applicant in service,
as aforesaid, and to pursue all needful mea
sures in his behalf; and if the decision of
such court shall be adverse to such appli
cation, or if, in the return of the wntfc re
lief ahall be denied to the applicant on the
ground that he is a alavO held in Servitude
m said Territory, said Attorney shall cause
1. . , . g ...
V e to taken therefrom, and the;
eaensd nf all (ha vieMnaantnffl the tmm 9 tA
record of all the proceedings in the case to
be transmitted to thO supreme conn or tne
United States, as speedily at ftay be J and
to give notice thereof to the Attofrtey Gen
eral of the United States; Who shall prose
cute the same before said court, who shall
proceed to hear and determine the same At
the first term thereof. ' "
' The Question on this amendment was de
cided as follows :. " ' ' :
Teas MestraAIleh, &Mwin,' BENTON, Cor
win, Dayton, Di, Dodge, Feleh, Green, Hale,
Hamlin, Miller, Niles, Uphaoi, and Walker 15.
Mays Meeara. AieMaee. Vadger, BU, Berrien,
to I a - Tl.l 11. - si, . Y" i-
of Mlssisalppi, DieklbkoOfDowna, Foote, Hanne
can. Houston. HuntaVrJafenton-ef Maryland. John-
Withiao of Xeolsiana, Jobnaoaof Goergta, Kiog,Iw-
Its, UaogDm, Maaon, Metcalfe, Fbelpa, Husk, Be-
, aioic.no, fuiP, nUsK, d-
i, Sturgeon, Turney, and - Under -
ivanuiD, ocntmooe, oturnuu, J
To ndeiitaad Us IsteatioB sad design
of Mr. Hale's amendment, it msy be nec
essary to give the origin of it. On the SSd
of July, 1843, as will be seen by reference.
to the Congressional; Globe of that date,
you will find that ; ; '
"Mr. Hale presented tke petition of John
Lewis, a colored man of Philadelphia, ask
ing the fifth section of the Oregon bill be
so amended as to strike oat 'free white,' so
as to eive the colored citieee of the United
Stale jqiial ad vantage -with all others."
And again on the 4tb or July,
"Mr. Halemoved to amend tba bill in the
fifth section, by striking out the werds 'free
white,' so as it shall read, 'that every male
inhabitant above the age of twenty-one
years,' &c."
On the 26th of July, Mr. Hale modified
his motion, and the vote was taken on it al
above. The people of Oregon had nothing
to do with it. The origin and design of j
the thing is contained in its history , it
came from a negrot and was intended to hundred miles in the reas. ''Again, the questions
enve necrroea "an enual advantaaa with ll'involved in the reaolutiona of 1849, are of vital
others."
Tbeie amendments were proposed to
what is usually known as Clayton' bill.
which passed the Senate and was loat in
on it:
"On motion of Mr. Douglass to amend
the Bill in section 14, line 1, by inserting
after the word snarled'
I That the line of 36 deg. 30 min, of North
art act entitled "An Act to authorize the
people of the Missouri Territory to form e
constitution and State Government, and for
the edmissinn of such State into the Union
on an equal footing with the original States,
and to prohibit slavery in certain Territo
ries;" approved March 1st, 1821); be and
the same is hereby declared to extend to
the Pacific Ocean, and the ssid eighth sec
tion, together with the compromise therein
effected, is hereby revived end declsred to
be in full force and binding, for the future
organization of the Territories-ef the Uni
ted States, in the same sense and with the
same understanding with which it was orig
inally adopted. Yeas 33, Nays 1.
Tea Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell, Benton,
Berrien, Bor and, Bnrbt, Butter, Calbnoo, Camer
on, Davis of Miss., Dickinson, Douglass, Downs,
Fitzgerald, Foote, Hanneean, Houston, Hunler,
Johnson of Md., Johnsoa of Louisiana, Johnson of
Georgia, King, Lewis, Mangum, Mason, Meiealf,
Pearre, Sebastian, Soruaoce, Sturgeon, Turkey
and Underwood 33.
Nays Mewni. Allen, Atherton, Baldwin, Brad-1
bur. , Brrete, Clark. Corwin. Daria of Mas.. Day-
Ion, Div, Dodge, Frlch, Greene, Hale, Hamlin,,
Webstar
J his was rejected by the House, and be
ing returned, the Hon. Senator moved that
the Senate recede from the amendment, and my participation in a .conspiracy against
having carried it every southern Senator',jm nd the Union, various scraps and parts
except himself and Gen. Houston voting 1 0f conversation, which he calls '.'public
against it the bill Stood passed without talk at Liberty in July lest. It is unnec
further action. essary to mention tie delicacy, fairness and
The Senator ssys: "Among those who'manliness of publishing garbled, converts
have essailed me, though generally at thejtions to prove any thing. The talk thus
respectful distance of an hundred miles in published is partly true and partly false.
the rear, are four of my colleagues in Con-The first scrap reads thus;
gress Messrs. Atchison, Green, Hall, and
Jameson
I was surprised at it. I knewL.--.j H. .. ..c.na nOW. The
noreasnnwhy they should astail me. I had
aiways ireaiea mem respecuuuy, ana pari
ed epparently friends with all at Washing
ton. The question was not between them
and me, but me and the General Assembly,
or rath some few members of it. I never
alluded to them in my speeches. I had giv
en them no cause bf attack, and can see no
cause for their conduct conduct so unbe
coming in colleagues, and so detrimental to
the public service by destroying the harmo
ny which ought to prevail in the delega
tion," &c.
Col. Benton has forgotten or overlooked
some important and substantial facts. Up
on this question of slavers, he has taken
one course and his colleagues have taken
another.' His colleagues had taken the
State Side of the question, he the opposite;
it l j M J .U-
HICI ii u Tuiru Willi diiu WM
Sou',h -h wjtl lhe North, of rather a por-
- " ......
tiofi or the North, they were obliged to as
sail him or join him.
"Amonsr thore who have assailed me,1hough
generally at the retpectlul distance oi an Hun
. ...... .
dred mites m the rear, are four or my eoi-
leaffies.1
This is said with a degree of modesty whieW
characterises the Senator above all other men.
Modesty, and amiability of temper, are among
Ait thief virtue : as the Mod neopfe of Missouri
have had various Opportunities this siimrte of
Witnessing ; and can now verity ii were enouia
be a Question raised noon this point hereafter. ,
atoLl- f . rtjs -x - . A - -r
X nia w nouimg mora nor ici. w 50 v,
tiwu, w i n .-.-. -
fmer eampalgnr How waa it at NeW FrankUn
U-J i L 1.'- -M.J J.M.inM tm tlU ftim.1
and Glasgow when Col.C. i . Jackaon, a genua
man of at high cbararter and standbtg as any in
moral oetfardiceagwnitrour or hta eoiieeguet.-(herafter( I doObt not I said, or somtsmog
How graceful and becoming auch lanpSage m an j0 tenor of the language qftoted And
old meni-flie father ef the Senate! Hat he in-, h. ,.nat it- that (here is an oonosition
the State, wat called to (he aUnd by people (ol
answer him? Did the Senator aland the- firt?
did he "race the mutio"? and Jackaon the man
who introduced the obnoxious Resolutions into
the LrgUktture, which were the theme of dia-
elusion, and miaeii n oojeci oi . aaaauii. uia
not the Senator refute to apeak on the aame day
in the aame houte with J udire' Birch, both at
Liberty and Platte' City? Did not the Senator
alwava addrettthe people upon special Invitation
or appnnnenir vinu -wouia noc uuv-oiHeii
i . . k . . i. . i a
cave preciuaea jiacoiieBguc iinu nuiap
WhvdidnoCthe Senator invite diacution, in-
atead of adopting the very ooorae to avoid it.
MI know or no reason wny iney anonra mwi
me." The Senator naa lorgoucn mai mtmtmng
and address oftht Southern members of Congress,
hat been a constant lUeme oi aooie wun mm,
from the date of what he calls hia "appeal," in
all of hia speeches, letters, and publications, and
to the southern address, it will be recollected Mis
souri had one signer. Then ift self defence tnat
signer waa compelled to assail the Honorable
Senator, although at the respectful distance ef an
importance to the whole people of the State and
to his colleagues especially. .
The Senator haa travelled through and bar
rangued the people in many counCea of the State.
Abuse of Mr. Calhoun, tne oouuiern aoaresa,
constituted the-staple of hit speeches; and eol-
laterally to persuade the good people to acquiesce
in the principles of the Wihnot Proviso.. To
those who understand the Senator and his plans
best, the object of hia eununer's campaign iwat,
. . ... . f Oi . r ? . '
ii possiD'e, 10 iranaier me, oiaie oi ousspun to
the Van Buren Free Soil party of the North.
To this his four colleaguer are opposed, and
consequently assailed him, 'though at ' the re
spectful distance of an hundred miles in the
rear.
"Destroying the harmony which ought to pre
vail in the delegation. Ate. oioaett again.
The Honorable Senator himself, haa destroyed
the harmony which ought to prevail in the dele
gation. Hchaa separated himself, from his col-'
leagues, hia party, and. the interests of hia State,
upon an important question ; and he can see no
cause why he should be assailed I,
Fellow-citizens'.' I have "assailed" tb
Honorable Senator. It was a duf which
I owed to mvseTf and to the State. ., His
colleagues have "atsailed" him, but not un
til he bad given aid and comfort to those
who are making war upon the rights of their
constituents end the institutions or toe Slate.
We stand not alooe in our assaults upon
him. He is assailed by thousands of those
who were his old friends, but who are so no
longer. Verily the next Legislature will be
one of purification. The knife will be ap
nlied. and the rotten will be cut off. Men
of "head and nerve," men who feel for the
... . A it J.L 1
state will compose it, anu wo 10 uiote woo
have betrayed us.
The Hon. Senator has paraded before the
DSOD1B OI 1MB UMIVl
i e ii.. Ci.i.
by way of evidence of
. We thoUBnt we had I.im in 1844, but he
'combination is so extensive against him,
that it is impossible for him to sustain him
self. He cannot sustain himself against it.
I have letters from various parts of the State,
exhibiting some which shows the strength
of the combination against him, and that he
cannot sustain himself.'? . . ..
This scran of conversation was either
misunderstood or misrepresented, for H is a
fact well known that I sustained the Sena
tor in 1944, that I advocated bis re-election
to the Senate, and that he was somewhat in
debted to my humble efforts fof his present
position in the U. S. Senate. The vote of
the Senator against the treaty to annex
Texas, to say nothing of hia speeches Opon
that question, and bis denunciation of the
Baltimore Convention and its proceedings,
where Mr. Folk was nominated the Demo
cratic candidate for the Presidency, to the
exclusion of the Senator's friend, Martin
Van Buren, in 1844, had excited the indig
nation of many of hia oldest friends, and
errayed some of the soundest . Democrats
against him. I was his friend then, io the
hour of his greatest need, and, advocated
bis re-election because it was his first great
suTand we could forgive him, and besides
he had pledged himielf toofiey insrvcttons.
Bift be deserved to' hsve been repudiated
then, and the Democracy would have been
Saved Some trouble if it had been dons and
this, perhaps, I said, and that his cop was
now full, and . that nothing coma eave turn
tolum a "comDination," u ne prtiera ma
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. . ' . . . .. . f ..L.
Ji.mi.a ktm FnM ilia TTwitad StatOB
bioatloo of the noneat the vlrUoVa ?
msafiigenti of aU-pertiowof the CiW
tber cannot fa&tWnif wte: tr.iit
and thotoUosiwffl be tat afc81? 'v"?
" Pmate taUr ;nUt t-poWVtJf
Senator wpossj that be bast n'jtJnm&U of
fiubSo and private t3kf ;JT HsU
f mistaken, to the article ofaae Iris
ly admit hehas n.o eompetUoria the f t
knd of this oo better ovidenoo .cyr.faj
ished than pi recent, speeches toUestsead
publieatioaa. If J could deeoend Jav.-tS .
Small and unclean business) T gtiorJ
private aad public talk M foembewts,
in tavern a daltewhere.U wrttf fitt e fl
ume, and Seen a volume! ' Kd'tnaBop-
posed to Mm, of any grade or condrtlon, es
tttk th- trinoni of bis tongue, and to' li
four'Colleaguet b giSes at least fuH abgf fj
Adflt, for tbe sake of argument, tba'i
the Senator charge's of iny piiblio ai pri
vate talk to be txulir reported. tb.ineft
pettifogger (a all thejanrf i areUd net I eTd
moment inajtt that belied ptwewd ednfl
met4Tmt kim eut-of tlisii war aiwaOft "
of the way of biia Srholoti a dilsblfltltrtl
of tbUnMNk?v4 xl! ne. .t5i....
TBe ill treatment of tsWcb IheUon. Set
ator Complains as having received T7stfd
City, the place fcf my. retidence isr klsd
brought forward as evidence of, my particK
pauon inioe compiracy agauat own wx ui
ohion bf these Statel. j btr4 Inquired iafd
what really transpired at tbe tiifiOboSeM
tor did our popr village the toaer pf yi&i
for he truly jayal was absent eii the! iti
"being an hundred miles off at pkfceetrbepo
he had been, making SpeecAeS against ens'
He further eayi; "He (I) whs notct bome
but bis frieude were; and from thete this prd
paration for Iny receplfoi wetesbch atd
make the people of the town lpbk olil hit"
bloodshed. " InsUltiwefe lavished knd'.Vlo
le'nce commenced but reprettedty the peo-
Elei ' Gen. Ward, -Captain &), Xwbo lad
lonipl.an's y an ) and Aeny.I, R&utt, Estfctf
well armed, sprang;' upon, the ;.stan4rsI
stand in a private grove when they SaW ft
invaded A whig geotlemam to aay noth
ing of political friends, lOld me vniei that
he got ft good neighbor to com irith lass
to. help out if oeceea4ry, ahd tbat her 14
him at the right pJacS t th right ti.?'ft
whi physician hasjtoli me snt6e thit Bis
Carried out surgical instruments, lint
bandagei, and waited till kll irai otf'r; id
universal was the expetlation. of bloodthed
from the ofttrages known to . be prepared
for mej and uom the resentment wicPjH
was believed they would provoke irons Mf
friends." i. .i r Ivj-LJ'iu .U.wh
The bloody aipsit of this fcbcSe affaifc it
presented by the Hen. Senator, is, from
what I have been told and believe, aollltt
sion of thv a truest chsUelStJ-fSXffAU
ple of the town did not look out fo hmod
shed no preparation for such jporpds' Wis
made by any of my friends, apd OW thia.
point the Senator haJbeengraveff imposed
upon. No insults were tavbheut oxeetit
such ai the Hon. gentleman bfofcghl (tpofli
himself- . It is Said, that in the course of'hitf
remarks, he chsrged the members of lbi
General Assetnbly, who voted for. th reso
lutions on the subject of slavery erith per
jury. Mr. Halt U WUkeWob, tdt tftlts
members from Platte county, healing tho
charge ifisdej pronounced it falser using
strong language for that purpose The 8en-
ator then repeated the charge of jieritiry
ith a qualification that IhoSO membew
ho voted .for the resofiifiob, understand'
tnjf them, war gbllty of penury. Mr,Vilk-
eraon inen again pronounce a .uio cuarw
false, and Used the strongest language to ex
press it. This was the only insult ofiersd
so far as I can learn, after the moit di'geof
enquiry from gentlemen wbtrrerO reeent
of all political parties; and tfcO H wiOM
seen the insults cotaplaiaed of, rere elictt
ed by the Hon. Senator himself. " ?i ! -
Hia stand waa Invaded! .' After the tpeecn
watf concluded " Several gentlemen mounted ef
Hnvaded" the Stand for the nuhxweTiOt f rai--
fng violence, but if pbsiible to obfeto. ttiity the
vote of the people present upon the resolution
offered by a friend of the Setatora ; but Hi thJ
thet were untucceaaful,- Owing to tW H6lSndd
and turbulence of th Senator'a friends aretoa
hia Stand. As to What a Wbie Sretitleiiaa'may
have said, ft ia believed to be a Mai, ; aid what
the WMg physician told the Hon; Senator about
the "surgical Instruments, lint and Danaasaa,- m
known to be a most nnmerOiftit at. Sunk it
the character of the conspiracy, or'kt least aay
connection with it. ' ; .--.
I have to recollection of faring written e6i
word to any member of the' General Assembly!
unon the aubiect of the tesOlationt, either before
or after their Introducfli t but ifl did do SO thet
are at perfect liberty to publish it allT I "ffia
write to Gov. Kin UnOU that tuHeet and he hat
my perrolssibft, if be think proper, to ptiMHh
what I wrote. : I admit that! was fcoChgtfttSSed
at the introduction of the resolutions v and rto
gf eat unanimity Vitb which ftey -pasiM botll
brancte or the Legislature. Apptovihg them,
I haie sustained them and ttrttftitft 0 do soi
After the abortive effort to establlib 'tho
conspiracy, "to put hhn otft of .hebyraf,
and out of the wav of bim " who slots us
dissolution of the Union," and. to conneat
myself and others with it, bo eottplaconUr
says :' "The eonepitacy is now established
its object known, and its egefttrdoteendf
fce." Nothing short of unbottoia,-
conceit, andy profound coja tempi fo Stid
telligence of.his coMUUenU;onIiJfc
dictated and penned th abovO lwS?ffc
Wo'lr of sttii,rwnyW
eonsDlra'cV . ngaintt i titni IbsJI HM
natural enemy of i&Atttl&b&h i
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