Carolina Watchman

              j t jnsi of hie watchman .„,,,„. per year two dollars payable in ' bal if not paid in advance two dollars cts will be charged j ■ j 1 n ";,,., vts inserted at 1 for the first and 25 cts i ibsequent insertion court orders chirged j higher than these rates a liberal deduc ■ i i who advertise by the year 1 -,, the editors must be post paid jm lay's speech i scx ate feb 5 *,,.,. slavery qu.'klioii — ur clay's >" com promise concluded .] it r resident i may draw from that action in our history which we are '' ". pjaminbngr this moral : that now as '•' jf ue wis on y suffer our reason to jl its scope and sway and to still and lhtbe passion and excitement that has f°\j cr eated by the occasion thediflicul j be more than half removed in the nt upon just anti amicable princi "/.' c f any questions which unhappily vjj e us at this moment r i wish to contrast the plan of corn m odation which is proposed by me j t hat which is offered by the missouri mnrornise line being extended to the i 1 !" i.i i djtific ocean and to ask of gentlemen north loo which is most proper nost just and to which there is the jgst cause of objection vou sir what was done by the mis jouri line i slavery was positively inter ) lied not th of that line t he questien of ll amission or exclusion of slavery south of that line was not settled there was no provision that slavery should he intro duced or established south of that line — ; jpoinl ol fact it existed in all the terri lorj south ofthe line of 36 deg 30 min embracing arkansas and louisiana it irasnotnecessarythen.it is true to in sert a clause admitting slavery at that ; e b'ut sir if there is a power to in terdict there is power to admit and i put it to gentlemen from tbe south are \ ihey prepared to be satisfied with the line of 3ti deg 30 min interdicting slavery to lhe north of it and giving them no guar ; any for the possession of slavery south of ; lilt line ? the honorable senator from mississippi told us if 1 understood him j : 3 itty ihat nothing short of a positive j introduction mr foote recognition mr clav that nothing short of a positive recognition of slavery south of lhe line of 30 deg 30 min would satisfy j him well is there any body who be feres that you could get twenty votes in io body or a proportional number in the ' other house to a declaration in favor of the recognition of slavery south of the line j of36 leg 30 min ? it is impossible all j that you can get all that you can expect j to get all that was proposed at lhe last ! session was action on the north of the line and non-action as regards slavery south of that line it is interdicted on one ! side without any corresponding provision for its admission on the other side of the line ol jo deg 30 min now sir when 1 came to consider the ! subject and to compare the provisions of lhe line of 36 leg 30 min — the missouri compromise line — with the plan which i ! propose for the accommodation of this ' question what said i to myself ? why if [ i offer the line of 30 deg 30 min inter ' dieting slavery north of it and leaving the question open south of that line i offer ■ that which is illusory to the south i offer i iat which will deceive them if they sup ! pose thai slavery will be introduced south i that line it is better for them i said to \ myself — it is better for the whole south j that there should be non-action on both sides than there should be action intro j docing slavery on one side without action for the admission of slavery on the other side of the line is it not so ? what then is gained by the south if the missouri line is extended to the pacific with an in terdiction of slavery north of it ? why sir one of the very arguments which has been most often and most seriously urged by the south has been this that we do dot want you to legislate upon the sub ject at all you ought not to touch it ou have no power over it i do not con cur as is well known from what i have said upon this occasion in this view of the subject but that is the southern ar gument ? we do not want you to legis late at all on the subject of slavery ; but if you adopt the missouri line and extend it to the pacific and interdict slavery forth of that line you do legislate upon lbe subject of slavery and you legislate without a corresponding equivalent of le gislation on the subject of slavery south pf the line for if there be legislation interdict ing slavery north ofthe line the principle of equality would require that here should he legislation admitting sla ery south of the line , sir i have said that i never could vote wit and i repeat that i never can and bev er will vote for it : and no earthly power shall ever make me vote to plant slavery where slavery does not exist — ill if there be a majority — and there ° u gbt to he such a majority — for inter acting slavery north of the line there ht to lie an equal majority — if equali ty and justice be done to the south — to jjliit slavery south of the line and if ' ier e he a majority ready to accomplish b of these purposes though i cannot c cur in the action yet i would be one ( he last to create any disturbance i * 0u d he one ofthe first to acquiesce in legislation though it is contrary to j \? wn judgment and my own conscience ik then it would be better to keep whole of these territories untouched .- ar y legislation by congress on the sub t l slavery leaving it open undecided out any action of congress in rela t(j it ; that it would be best for the jj u «. and best for all the views which e south has from time to time disclosed as correspondent with her wishes know it may be said with regard to es e ceded territories as it is said with j the carolina watchman bruner & james ) / " keep a check upon all vour editors $• proprietors ) rulers ( new series do this and llbertv is safe < genh harrison ( volume vi number 45 salisbury n c thursday march 21 1850 regard to california that non legislation ! implies the same thing as the exclusion i of slavery that we cannot help that j congress is not reproachable for if na , ture has pronounced the doom of slavery upon those territories if she has declared by her immutable laws that slavery can not and shall not be introduced there whom can you reproach but nature or na tare's god ? congress you cannot ; con gress abstains : congress is passive ; con gress is non-active in regard to the sub ject of slavery south and north of the line or rather congress according to the plan which proposes to extend no line leaves the entire theatre of these territories un touched by legislative enactment either to exclude or admit slavery well sir i ask again — ii you will listen to the voice of calm and dispassionate reason — i ask of any man from the south to rise and tell me if it is not better for his section ofthe union that congress should remain passive on both sides of any ideal line than that it should interdict slavery on one side of lhe line and be passive in regard to it on the other side of the line ? sir i am taxing both lhe physical and intellectual powers which a kind provi ' deuce has bestowed upon me too much — loo much by far — though i beg to be per mitted if the senate will have patience , with me to conclude what i have to say for i do not desire to trespass another day upon jour time and patience as i am ap j proaching though 1 have not yet nearly i arrived at the conclusion the following is a condensed account of the ; remaining portion of this speech mr c then liaced lhe history of this nalion from its foundation to the present day its vast increase in population and in territory ; the glo rious manner in which il had prosecuted several wars and ihe brilliant renown it had gained through the gallantry skill and achievements of iis officers the events of lhe late war and the conduct of the ivvo great and leading offi cers were dwell upon wiih much power the universal prosperity of lhe couniry with the exception of a few manufacturing districts was unbounded ; and it was from the very wanton ness of prosperity l hat most ofthe wild schemes of lhe day emanated he then enumerated the various leading acts of government adopted when lhe north and south respectively held sway iu the councils of the nation upon a review of these events he thought the south had hut little to reproach the north with thev had established a bank of the u slates under the administration of mr madison and the bill was reported by the senator from south carolina mr calhoun ; and he mr clay had voted for that bill although in 1816 he had voted to put down the bank afterwards the south aided by a few from the north and headed by general jackson had put down the bank again the south had extended protection to manufac tures and afterwards broken up that prnlection j and one member of lhe southern states had threatened a dissolution of the union in her ■ opposition to ihat protection florida was purchased and slavery was al i lowed lo exist there louisana was acquired i and over all her territory that was valuable slavery was now in existence the south pressed the annexation of texas and she was admitted — being a slave territory texas led to the war with mexico ; the war led to the acquisition of the territories after all ; this is it just for the south lo speak of dissolu lion when the north claims that the only por j lion of the acquisitions to the territory ofthe [ nation lo which she could put forth a claim should be free ? will disunion be any remedy for evils of which the south complains ? the exclusion ; of slavery from the territories the abolition of slavery in this district and the refusal to surren j der fugitive slaves are the grounds upon which j the dissolution of the union is to depend if the union be dissolved can slavery be carried inlo the territories ? it cannot if abolished in this district will lhe dissolution of the union restore slavery to the district ? it will not — would here he any better chance of recapturing your fugitive slaves after a dissolution of the union ? certainly not after a dissolution all redress is at an end will the souih be more secure in their slaves within their own slates after dissolution than they are now ? then the slaves will find tbat their escape wiil be far easiei he denied the right of any one or more slates to secede the union was lo be forever and for all posterity dissolution oflhe union and war were inseparable to dissolve the union there must be a consent given or actual war thai consent would not be given and war was the only mode left even if consent could be j obtained in less than sixty days there must be ' a war between the emperacies slaves will escape from kentucky across the river into free slates ; they will be pursued the pursuers will be repulsed and then comes a war ; and in less than sixty days the whole couniry will be in lhe blaze of war in case of a dissolution of the union there must be three emperacies — the northern fiee stairs the southern atlantic slates and lhe confederacy of the great mississippi valley — those who reside at the headwaters and trib } utaries of that river will never consent that the mouth ol ihat river shall ever be held by a for eign power there will be other divisions ; but the dark veil which overhangs the future is too thick to j be penetrated by mortal eyes he was for slaying in lhe union he would not allow him ! self to be driven out of it he was for remain [ in«r where he was and for fighting for his rights there in lhe union he now was and there he meant to die there was a belter opportu nity of maintaining his lights in the union than there was of gelling ihem out of lhe union the union of these slates was for all posteri ty il was like the marriage relation there was no power to dissolve the lie and he would j i conjure the northern slates and the southern j states lo say to each other as husband and wife we both have faults ; ihere is nothing human without errors ; let us for the future forget each other's faults and live peacefully and happily together disunion would be succeeded by a war un exampled in the history of lhe world not a war of two or three years but an endless con test unless both parties would become so ex hausted that some philip or alexander some ciesar or napoleon would arise and solve the problem of man's capacity for self government and establish a despotism and forever blot out this last glorious light in the history of man look at all history — consult her pages an cient or modern — look al human nature ; look at lhe character of the contest in which you would be engaged in the supposition of war fol lowing upon the dissolution of the union such as i have suggested ; and i ask you if it is pos sible for you to doubt ihat the final disposition of lhe whole would be some despot treading down the liberties of the people — the final re suit would be the exlinclion of this last and glo rious light which is leading all mankind who are gazing upon it in the hope and anxious ex pectation that the liberty which prevails here will sooner or later be diffused throughout the whole of the civilized world sir can you lightly contemplate these consequences ? can you yield yourself to lhe tyranny of passion a midst dangers which i have depicted in colors far loo tame of what the result would be if that direful event lo which i have referred should ever occur ? sir i implore gentlemen i ad jure them whether from the south or the north by all that ihey hold dear in this world — by all their veneration for their ancestors — by all their gratitude lo him who has bestowed on ihem such unnumbered and countless blessings — by all the duties which they owe to mankind — and by all the dulies ihey owe to themselves to pause solemnly to pause at the edge of the precipice before the fearful and dangerous leap is taken into the yawning abyss below from which none who ever lake it shall return in safety finally mr president and in conclusion i implore as the best blessing which heaven can bestow upon me upon earth that if the direful and sad event of lhe dissolution of this union is to happen that 1 shall not survive to behold the sad and heart-rending spectacle on motion the senate adjourned who attempted to break down mr clingman 1 raleigh whigism and noth ing else ; and a portion of this same whig ism led on by the times is warring on him now they dislike him because he has always stood up for the west and just now his bold and unflinching advo cacy of southern rights is calling down upon him their particular indignation — raleigh standard the above vile slander upon the whigs of raleigh has no doubt attracted the no tice of our citizens the attempt is de liberately made to produce the impression that raleigh whigism as it is termed or the raleigh whigs are opponents of those who advocate southern rights :" and enemies of the west ;" and are there fore waring upon mr clingman be cause he has always stood up for the west and just now his bold and unflinchihg ad vocacy of southern rights is calling down upon him their particular indignation it is worthy of remark lhal this comes from a pure pal riot who professes to know no party upon the slavery question ; but who yet sedu lously seeks always to produce lhe impression that it is the southern democrats alone and ihose who join ihem who are sound patriot ic and wide awake lo lhe rights and honor of the south hence lhe whigs of raleigh are charged wilh particular indignation against mr clingman because of his bold and unflin ching advocacy of southern rights bul not alone upon the whigs of raleigh are the vilest slanders and falsehoods poured forth every whig who evinces a determina tion lo preserve lhe union comes in for his share of the bitleresl denunciations the black est abuse hear this same paper whatever zachary taylor's motives may have been or may now fie his acts prove him thus far not merely a traitor to the land of his birth but miserably weak and inefficient in the great post he occupies &_. here is lhe secret of all this patriotic editor's warm southern feeling — his lender regard lo the rights ofthe south — enmity to the whigs and the whig president — bitter party malice if we will not consent that he and such as he shall set on foot and carry out fanatical schemes either to break down lhe administration or to dissolve lhe union we are branded as traitors from gen taylor and lhe whigs of raleigh down to the humble editor ofthe times it remains for all good men in lhe souih to consider whether they are going to permit lhe union oflhe slates to be put in peril by those who agitate this matter merely as a means of opposing lhe administration of general taylor o the bitter end however loud may be their hypocritical professions of loyalty to the south and concern br the security of her rights and interests how deadly must be that partizan malignity which prefers the ruin oflhe country lo a whig adminislraiion — which for the sake of me spoils — and in our deliberate judgment this is the moving locofoco cause — for lhe sake ol rendering odious a true brave devoted sou thern palriol and soldier whom lhe people of ihis great nalion have elevated lo the highest office in iheir gift will sow disaffection broad cast through tbe south the belter lo alienate from him the affections of his truest supporters that he may be displaced from lhe presidency and a locolbcotoisted into his room ! that's lhe object not that ihey love the south so much but that they hate the whig administration the whigs of raleigh are unionists — hence they must be denounced — branded as warring against southern rights and as pouring iheir particular indignation upon lhe advocates of those rights if any whig in raleigh has ever temporised upon this subject it is time he took a bold and i open stand we will hold no fellowship wilh sectionists and disunionists il is to the con ! stiiution and lhe laws we look for he mainten ance ofthe rights — not only of the south — but 1 of all sections of the country it is to lhe union ' of lhe states we look as lhe best safeguaid of our liberty let us take a bold and firm stand in defence oflhe guarantied rights we have un der the constitution — bul let us not fail to frown upon the clamorous disturbers of lhe public peace and the enemies oflhe union — raleigh , times inconsistency exposed | from the macon geo fournal of feb.\3 the present democratic legislature ; having made the admission of california ! as a state in its present pretended organ [ ization a ground for the southern con i vention with the view of resisting such admission even to the dissolution ofthe un ion it may not he amiss to remind that party of tne position they occupied on : that subject in 1848 at a convention of i the democratic party held in milledgeville ' 1 december 28 1847 to appoint delegates to the baltimore convention to nominate j a candidate for president the following ! : resolutions were unanimonsly adopted : u resolved that the people of the south do not ask of congress to establish the in • stitution of slavery in any ofthe territory ! that may be acquired by the united states they simply require the inhabitants of each territory shall be left free to determine for themselves whether the institution of , slavery shall oi shall not form a part of their social system this was explicit enough but they did ! not stop at that in june 1848 they held i another convention in milledgeville to rat i ify the nomination of the baltimore con vention and again made a declaration of their principles among which may be found the following resolution : resolved that the opinions of the de i mocracy of georgia on the question of ; slavery in the territories were correctly j set forth in the resolution of the late dem ) ocratic convention at milledgeville in i december last which declares that the j poople of the south do not ask of congress to establish the institution of slavery in any ofthe territories that may be acquir ed by the united states they simply re quire that the inhabitants of each terri tory shall be left free to determine for themselves whether the institution of slavery shall or shall not form a part of their social system the people of california have deter mined that slavery shall not form a part of their social system and the democra cy of georgia in 1848 said they have a right to say so if such should be their de j termination ; but now they say if congress j admit california as a state into the union with the prohibition of slavery in her | constitution it will be cause for calling a convention of the people of this state to j take intoconsideration the mode and meas [ ure of redress why this change ? what has caused j the democracy to turn such a sudden sum jmerset if the right to determine this question for themselves belonged to the people ofthe territories in 1848 and so j said the sachems and head oflhe demo ! cratic party in full council assembled i what has deprived them __ the right of ' 1850 ? we ask for information we i must have light on this subject before we i can consent to go with the democracy in j their crusade against the union disinterested patriotism the standard of last week let out the i secret of much of the furore exhibited by certain politicians in favor of the nash ' ville convention they wish to be sent ; to that city which they have destined to i become as famous as hartford in order | that they may preserve the union at the | public expense the slate is expected to j shell out the dimes to pay the way of those i wbo having no business of their own are j willing to undertake a summer visit for a consideration 1 make speeches pass res \ olutions and express their devotion to the i south — so that on their return they may i button their breeches pockets over a com fortable sum by way of per diem and mile ■ age ! j how cool the fayetteville carolinian is ' too hear this sage oracle of crosscreek the expenses ought to be paid if not ; there will not be a full delegation ' aha ! , — but one word more : it costs something ; and takes time to go to nashville on ac count of its being off the great line of tra i vel well here is some comfort — the fewer the better at such a meeting — so that when the candidate for the presiden cy comes to be nominated nobody in north carolina will be committed to him the plan is unfolding gradually the people will open their eyes after a while : and they will see the most stupendous humbug that ever was presented to their 1 gaze — in this same convention now pro jected at nashville the locofoco horns are already slicking out a feet — and th hide and tail will appear soon so palpa ble that no one will be in danger of fail ing to discover the genus of the critter — raleigh times why are a young lady's eyes like a plough or a hoe ?" because they are implements of hls ban'dry patriotism and party it might be supposed that at this crisis says the baltimore american of tues j day when the integrity of the union ' seems in peril there would be some ces sation of party virulence on the part of even the most vindictive the preserva , tion of the union is not a matter certainly upon which the whig and democratic parties are divided ; nor does there seem to be any occasion for mingling that great subject wiih any partizan question or pre judice but there are some whose hostility to general taylor's administration has ap parently taken the form of a nomination — i so bitter is their hatred so insane are the manifestations of it let the reader pe l ruse the lollowing passages from the washington union they are appended , to an extract from some anonymous letter ! in which it is intimated that if active steps should be taken towards a dissolution the president would use the military and na val forces of the country to suppress such movement this paragraph will give the reader a correct view of the whole plan of opera i tions devised by the administration — a plan as flagitious cold-blooded and really i treasonable against the safety of the peo \ pie and the integrity ol the union as was i ever concocted by an arnold or a burr : il is to excite through its northern tools [ and allies the fanatics of the north to continue their attempts to inflame the people ofthe south and then if the lat ter do not patiently submit to subjugate them by arms *- the safety of the union and the lives and property of the people of the south are the dice with which this desperate and atrocious game for political power is j to be played by the present fallen and dis i i credited administration let the people of the south contemplate seriously the [ enormity of wickedness and atrocity which ! i it involves and let them wake up to the '■ j sad and astounding reality that this ad ! ministration has no sympathy for their j cause or their rights ; that in its desper [ j ate schemes for power it is ready to ex ; j cite them to acts of hostility against the union if possible and then to put them down with fire and sword this is the wicked purpose of the administration if j we can judge of its designs by its acts ; and there are no truer interpreters of hu man motives than actions these allegations continues the amer ican are made as deliberately as though the utterers of them believed them to be true in the same spirit and with equal effrontery the same journal charges that '' the federal or whig party of the united states — the abolition of federalists of the north and the slaveholding whigs of the j south acting in alliance — are the authors of all the present evils and dangers that alflict the country and imperil the peace of the union it is well that such virulence ns thisde : feats itself the blindness of such rage ' i depriving it of all discretion is a fortunate accompaniment of so much malignity we assure our readers that these extracts are not exceptions to the general tenor of the language in the columns of the jour ; nal from which they are taken day af ! ter day the torrent flows on — the reser | voir of abuse seems inexhaustible — pet '■ intelligencer it grieves us to see the tone of mo . of the democratic and a few of the whig papers of the south towards all persons who cannot see precisely with them on the subject of the nashville convention — i everyone who cannot see in that conven j tion a complete salve for the cure of all the wounds inflicted on the south by her brethren of the north is denounced as a traitor by the papers above alluded to — is it just is it right to denounce a man as a traitor because he may conscientiously differ from them in opinion ? we for one cannot see what good the : nashville convention can do a couple : of weeks ago we stated our reasons for our belief since then we have seen no thing to induce us to think otherwise — god who knows the thoughts of the heart , knows that it is not a want of love for the . south that prompts us to the above belief but a sincere conviction that the nashville conveniion is calculated to do no good and may do injury the subject is now fairly before a con gress not composed of northern men or southern men but of men representing ! all sections and interests of the union ; and as we look upon the present difficulty as a national one we would in god's name leave it with this national congress for adjustment with a hope — yea a be lief — that there will be found in that body plenty of good sense ar.d pat riot i>m to meet the present emergency we would leave our representatives and senators untrammelled to follow the dictates of their own good sense let us scrutinize dar.'owly their ac i ins ; and if it be found that they show any symptoms of betray ing their trust then let lhe south call a convention or take action on it in what ever way may seem best unto the masses i of the people — jy c argus _ defaulter geo j bull k cashier of a : savannah hank has al.-con.led with 8100.00 it is said of the b:mk ? i funds a reward of ; 85000 i offered for him correspondence ofthe charleston courier washington march 8 public expectation was excited to the highest point of interest and anxiety as to the course of mr webster the galleries of the senate the chamber itself and ev ery avenue leading to it were thronged before twelve o'clock ladies and many distinguished persons were on lhe floor of the senate among the persons within lhe bar i noticed general hamilton ol souih carolina governor marcy r j walker and sir henry bulwer before twelve o'clock it was found expedient to close the doors against further ingress — hundreds of persons — among whom were many had come from boston new york richmond and lhe country n round ex pressly to hear mr webster — did net get admission mr webster spoke about three hours and a hall and as he said with no purpose of ambitions display — he came here be said to speak for lhe union his exordium was simple ami impressive and his peroration grand i confine myself merely to a statement of his own views and purposes as to lhe questions before the senate to render tbem distinct and plain i may state them as follows : — 1st that the character of lhe whole territory belonging to the united states as respects lhe existence of slavery in it is already fixed by unalterable laws 2t that the faith of lhe united states pledged to ihe execution of the contract between the united states and texas to admit new slates not more than lour in number from her territory when they shall have sufficient population and that as slavery existed in texas at the lime uf annexation those were to be slavehold ing states 3d that california and new mexico should be subject to no law respecting slavery except the law of nature and phy sical geography a which utterly ex cluded african slavery 4th he was content with the law of nature and would put no wilmot in it — he denied the right of the legislature of massachusetts to instruct him to vote a gainst the dictates of common sense and he would not vote for the proviso if of fered 5th xew mexico if ever set 1 led would necessarily be free from african slavery or any thing of the sort except peerage or predial service t»th he dwelt upon and strongly en forced the moral and constitutional obli gations of the north to carry into effect the stipulation for the surrender of fugi tive slaves on this point he was very strong as indeed upon every other he argued that the constitution was address ed to states and bound them as well as individuals and the states were bound lo carry this clause of the constitution into effect he would cheerfully support the bill on this subject now before the senate 7th he deprecated all the agitation of abolitionists in whatever form it was kept up and especeially that of legisla tive resolutions and instructions 8th he was willing that the south should be aided in removing free negroes from their territories by the general gov ernment and in sending them to liberia or elsewhere he would vote for an ap propriation for this object to the extent of the whole sum which the treasury had received from the public lands.il the south desired it 9ih he would discuss the question of the boundaries of california territorial governments tc when the subject came properly before the senate these are the general views of mr webster bearing on the vexed question the majority of the senate and the au ditors were highly gratified a their char acter they are considered as bringing us nearer than we ever were before to an adjustment in regard to the wilmot proviso mr webster treated it wiih utter contempt and disdain there is nothing in satire and irony that he does not employ against it he had to fight a battle against nor thern prejudices and every instrument which logic and the whole armory of sar casm could furnish he employed when he brought up his heavy artillery and en forced tbe moral obligations of compacts he was mighty he was overpowering in reflections on the conduct of northern democracy in regard to some of ihese things it is a question how far the north will immediately support mr webster's posi tions but it is believed he will prevail the conservatives in the north will rally in his support the south and wt 1 will back him mr calhoun was an attentive listener to lhe whole speech at its close he rose and expressed much gratification at tl.e views of mr webster on three principal points which he enumerated — texas fu gitives and leaving slavery in california to nature he mr calhoun had always been willing to leave tb question to be settled bv nature he was wil _ ' u give territorial governments according to usage tbe points on \\ !. ch be differed from mr webster were — 1 .!. as lo objects of acquiring louisiana florid and texas which mr \\. imputed to a design to extend slaveholding interests — 2d as to some part of the ordinance of 1787 3.1 as to tbe question ol aright to secede mr webster rejoined ami as to tbe latter point in-isied that nothing but lhe law of necessity — the right of revolution could justify secession after sum tie conversation mr w . dropped lhe mat ter savins " 1 have often broken a lance with the honorable senator — 1 do not wish to repeat it now mr calhoun re plied '* 1 have no wish to do it it did not appear from ihis conversa tion that except as to some historical points and one very abstract point ihere was any difference lielween mr calhoun and mr webster^ts to the virus ol lhe latter there is one remnrk however of