ing out the part relating to compensation for slaves,
the vote stood--yeas 19, nays 18. (Congressional Globe, vol.
6, page 62.) _Mr. Buchanan's name stands recorded in the
affirmative._

"On a subsequent occasion, Mr. Calhoun, with a view to infuse
vitality into Mr. Clay's amendment, moved to insert that any
attempt of Congress to abolish slavery in the Territories,
'would be a dangerous attack upon the States in which slavery
exists.' Mr. Buchanan opposed the amendment, and it was in
reply to his speech that Mr. Calhoun made the remarks which may
be found in the third volume of his works, pages 194 to 196,
and which he commenced by saying that 'the remarks of the
Senator from Pennsylvania were of such a character that he
could not permit them to pass in silence.'

"From these votes, and this language of Mr. Buchanan, it is
clear:

"1st. That he was not opposed to the _religious_ agitation of
the slavery question--a species of agitation which Mr. Calhoun
justly regarded as more fatal than any other.

"2d. That he recognized the constitutional power of Congress to
abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, opposing its
existence only on the ground of its inexpediency--a proposition
which the position of Mr. Van Buren shows affords no reliable
protection to Southern institutions.

"3d. That he refused to commit himself fully on the great
question as to the power of Congress over the Territories of
the United States, and as far as he did go, evidently left it
to be understood that the abolition of slavery by Congress in
those Territories would be no attack on the States in which it
exists.'

"If his opinions, in these respects, have undergone any
material change, the country has not yet been authoritatively
apprised of the fact. The reflections cast by him on the
institution of slavery, in one of his speeches in England, and
the studied design he has manifested to keep aloof from the
excitement growing out of the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, are not well calculated to inspire confidence, that
if his views have undergone any change, it has been a change
for the better."

After thus disposing of the _slavery issue_, _Mr. Irving_ thus turns to
the _Tariff Question_:

"So much for the slavery issue. How does Mr. Buc