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 578 SPEECHES. Sir, I do not know that there are any points I have left unexplained. If my friend from Mississippi (for I will still call him my friend) wishes for explanation upon any other point I shall be glad to accommodate him. [Here Mr. Foote rose to explain, and expressed his regret that he had been misunderstood by the Senator from South CaroHna, and concluded by declaring his high regard, &c.] Mr. Calhoun. The Senator exhibits, I think, a little anxiety to misconstrue ; — at all events, he does not construe my remarks literally. He calls my attention to a meeting in New-York, at which, he says, sentiments were expressed that were favorable to the South. It is true there were many sentiments expressed there that I approved of, but I am not to be deceived by them. That meeting was de- signed to deprive us of all our rights in California — I like to attend to things, and not to the names by which they are called. Sir, I should be most happy to think that we should have the votes of the Senators from New- York, and of other Senators of the North, in favor of preserving our rights in California. But there are two ways of treating the subject : — one is by speaking, and the other by acting. Of the two, the latter is the most effective. I had hopes that this discussion would go on regularly, and I hope it will hereafter ; and if any Senator, in the course of his re- marks, chooses to comment upon what I have said, I trust I shall have health to defend my own position. END OF VOL. IV.