The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-29

trophe has occurred. There is no recent 90
oasion 90 accuse US Of anything. But all at
once, when we meet here kind OK gloom
pervadcs the whole country and to Senate
Chamber. Gentlemen rise and tell Us thas
they are on the eve Of breaking up this Gov
srnment, that seven or eight States are 60
ing to break of their conneetisn with tho
Government, retire from the Union, and set
up hostile Government Of their own, and
they look imploripgly over to us, md say TO
| US, .tvou can prevent X; we can do nothing
| TO prevent it, but it oil lies with you."-
Well, cir, what can wc do to prevent il P
| You have not condescended to tell US what
YOU want; but | think see through the
speeches TINT have heard from gentlemen
on tho other side II We would give up the
verdict OF the people, and take your plat
form, do not know but you would be salts.
fed with it. think the Senate. from Tex.
as rather intimated, and the Senator from
| Georgia more than intinatsd, that il we
would take what 10 exactly the Charleston
platform on which Mr.. Breckenridge 10 placed
and give up that on which we won our victo-
~, you would grumblingly and hesitasingly
ba satisfied.
Mr.. Iverson.-I would prefer that the SEN
ator rould look over my remarks before
quoting them 80 confidently. ! made no
such statement as that. did not Say that
l would be satisfied with any such thing. !
would not be satisfied With it.
Mr.. Wade.-I did not say that the Senator
said 30, but by construction, l gathered that
from his speech. do not know that was
right in it.
MIR. lverson.--The Senator 10 altogether
wrong in his construction.
Mr.. Wade.-Well, sir, have now found
what the Senator said ON the point to y hieh
he called my attention little while ago
Here it is
ssNor do " suppose that there will be any
overt act on the part Of Mr.. Lincoln. For
one, / don't dread these overt acts. | dc
MT propnse TO wait for them. Why, sir
the power Of the Federal Government coult
be so exercised against the institution oil
slavery in the southern States, as that, with
] out an overt act the institution would mo-
last ten years. We know that, sir, and see
. ing the .,storm which is approaching, al
though il may be seemingly in the distance
we are determined to seek our own safet,
and security before it shall burst upon q
D with its fury, when We are not in situation
] to defend ourselves"
, That il what the Senator said.
d Mr.. Iverson.--Yss, that 10 what said.
Mr.. Wade.-W Well, then, you do not expec
D that Mr.. Lincoln would commit any over
r act against the Constitution that was not
/ you we're not going to wait for that, bu
o going to proceed Oh vow surposision tha
] probably he might; and that il the sense o
a what said before.
!, Well, Mr.. President, have disavowed Al
' intention on the part Of the Republican par
1 ~ 70 harm y hair Of yonr heads anywhere
We bold To no doctrine that can possibl
% work YOU an inconvenience. We have bee
: faithfal TO the execution OF ali the laws !
. which you have any interest, a. stsnds cor
y fessed on this naor, by your o~n party, M
l. 40 is known 10 me without their confession
. |. il not then that Mr.. Lineol1 10 expected I
!, do any overt act by which YOU may be ir
l. iured, you will not wait for any; but aptic
BE- rutiEg that the Government may work a
s. injury, ,oa say YOU will put an ead t. i
ID which means simply, that you intend eth,
l. rule or ruin this Government. That 10 whs
your complaint comes to; nothing else
X, We DO not like your institution, you say
D. Well, We never liked it anv better than Y
4. do now. You might as we'll have dissolve
,e the Union at my other period a- now, Z
81 that account; for we stand in relation to
I precisely ns " have ever stood; that is r
a. pudiatiug it among ourselves ms q matter
10 policy and Of morals, but nevertheless al
10 hitting that whore il is out Of our jurisd
r, ton We have no bold upon il, and no desigl
H. upon it.
~ To be continued.