The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-12-28


Mr Iverson said we wished the
Senator would read his speech be
'ore he quoted much 80 from it. He
had not said they would be satisfied
with anv such thing.
Mr.. Wade read from Mr.. Ivcrson's
speech, reported in the Globe, that
he supposed there would be no overt
act on the part oi Mr.. Lincoln, but
the power Of the government would
be so executed against slavery that
il would not last ten years, md
continued: Then you nre not going
to wait for any overt act, but are
going TO proceed upon the suspicion
that probably he might. | have
lhiaavn yad any intan,inn ~ Tho rA~,
of the Republican party to harm a
hair of your hcads. We hold to no
doctrine that can possibly work you
any Inconvenience. We have been
faithful to all the laws. 1t is not,
then, that Mr.. Lincoln is expected
to do any overt act by which you
may be injured. You won't wait
for any. But anticipating that the
government may work you an in
jury, you will put an end t. it, which
means simply this-that we intend
to rule or ruin this government. -
There is where it comes. We do
not like your institutions, you say.
But we never liked TIL, M any better,
and you might as well have dis
solved the Union rt any other time
as now. We stand precisely where
we stood, repudiating your institu
ton as a matter OF morals, bnt, adj
mitting that, when it is ont OF our
jurisdiction. we have no hold unnn
anything in the character OF the
President elect Of which you com.
plainl Has he not lived a baineless
life, never violated any law; has he
committed any violation oi duty2 -
Why then are you suspicious that he
willl
Now, then. have shown that,
having the government in yonr own
hands all the time, you have brough,
it to the verge o! destruction; and
the people, believing il was time the
scepter should depart from your
hands, have placed it in more COM
petent hands. II this is go, you have
no constitutional right to complain,
when we all disavow any intention
80 to make nse OF that victory we
have won as to injure you at all. -
This brings Inc here to the question
OF compromise. The first day of this
session Senator rises nnd offers a
resolution to enquire into the evils
between different sections, and to III
certain what coull be done to settle
the difficulty. AS to compromise, |
supposed We had agreed that the
days OF compromise was at an end
The most solemn We have made
have been violated, and where are
theyl Since | have had a seat in
this Senate one OF considerable an
tiquity was swept away from our
statute book; aud when in the minor
4 ity | stood up here and asked You to
withhold your hands that it was q
sacred compact between sections
what was the cry2 That it was no.
thing but an act Of Congress, and
conld be swept away by the same
majority that passed it. That was
true in fact, and true in law, and II
showed the weakness Of compromise.
Now, | only speak for myself, that in
view OF the manner in which com.
promises have been treated. ! should
think hardly any two members of the
Democratic party could look eacl
other in the iace and cay ''compiO
mise" without a smile. A compro
mise to be brought about alter the
experience we have had, is absolute.
ly ridiculous. What are we to COIN
promisei | am one OF those who
went with re e+i to sustain the princi
Piles of the Republican party. In q
constitutional way we met and nom
Iinated onr candidates. You did the
same. The Issue was made and W,
went to the people with it, and, al
though usually in the min rity, usn
ally beaten, the Justice OF our princi
pies and the bad administration o
, the government convinced the peo
r pie that change oughtto be brough
about, and after trying your utmost
and we our utmost, we beat You -
r We beat you on tho plainest am
r most palpable Issue ever presented
, to the American people. and ont
they understood the best and now
: when we come TO the capital we tel
you that our candidates must bo in
a augurated and administer the gov
ernment precisely as their produces
r sors have done. 1t would be humil
n iating and dishonorable to Us II W
!, listened to a compromise by whic
v we would lay ssile the verdict OF th
II psople. When It comes to that, 20
have no government, but al arm
It iutervenes and civil war may follow
4 and all the evils human imaginatio
II can raise may be consequent upo
,s such course as that. The Anne
8, lean people would lose the shee
a. anchor of Liberty, when II 10 denie
re- on this floor that Q majority fair
' given shall rule. know not viii
re others may do, but toll you th'
d, with the verdict Of the people in N
ly pocket, and standing on the pIatfor
O. on which these candidates were cleo
On cd, l would suffer anything before
at would compromise In any way.
We deem Il no case whore We have
ke right to extend courtesy OF generos
,utIty. The absolute right, the roo
nix sacred that stree p1opls can bcsto