Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-27

hear tomorrow OF Inc separation OIL one
State, and we are told that others will
follow. We can either make fair di-
vision with the States that 60 out, or
make such an adjustment Of the difficulty
As to hold many States and in little
while bring those who have gone out, or
we may make war War makes itself,
and it makes no difference whether we
send an army to disperse the Convention
Of South Carolina, or whether we at
tempt TO collect the revenue. lie did
not care whether they called il coercion
Or enforcing the raw. They and he
knew it meant civil war, and be called
on those who lived in distant States to
help TO avert a calamity which would tai
chiefly on the border States. Some
Senator had said we should not discuss
the abstract right of secession. We
should not put forth the hand to lit the
veil which hides the Atlas Of State Sow
ereignty, which supported the Govern
men, on its shoulders. But if we listen,
he seems to move uneasily; and when
he s., AXIS, bis voice will be that OF the
earthquake and the avalanche. Let us
not 60 into those questions. 1t IS ques-
lion OF empire, and not question OF
customary legislation. He read from the
letters OF James Macintosh, to show the
duties Of politicians, and from Alexander
Hamilton, to show that COERCION OF a
State is Of no avail lie also read from
John Quincy Adams fourth annual mes
SAGE. to show that no conflict of State and
Federal Government was ever contem-
plated in the Constitution, aud that the
States never delegated the right to pro-
nounce an act of Congress unconslltu-
| tiona.
lie read from Jackson's message that
the Union could not be perpetuated by
force of the General Government, but by
the traternal feeling OF the States, and
that each State has the unquestionable
right to regulate its own concerns, and
that all acts calculated to disturb the
peace are in direct opposition to the
spirit of the Constitution. lie also read
from the debate IN the Senate on The
nth of June, 1858, between Messrs
w dic ana 1 OOiuDS, vi lH' So' 'o'SHN-
Of the States, when Mr.. Wade SAID he
was as good a nullitier as the Senator
from Georgia. He then referred to what
his colleague said about making war.
Shall we make war upon the people OF
!. State, or try to conclllate them, and
ay deeper the foundations of our Gov
eminent He (Wade) would commend
the couuscls OF John Quincy Adams.
Mr.. Pugh here read from a message OF
Mr.. Adams, to show that he deprecated
force in such case. The idea that the
Constitution compcIs the President to
rush forward into war is utterly amaz-
me. 1t is a question for Congress. \ ct
We are told we arc 10 be pushed head
long into war with our fellow cltizens
1t is monstrous We could learn from
history that when man desires to com
nit an atrocity,he tries to convince him
SET that he is IN the service of God.
w hat 10 man would do individually,
force Us into war with sister State, is
now fashionable We are told that We
must try and convince our consclences
that such is our duty. We must try
and force back State which VIC can win
back Nv kindness and concihatlon lu
| tins connection the Senator from New
Hampshire Clark could not see the
lnproprietv OF asking the President T.
| .Iye Us all tie otdcss he had gwen to the
troops at Charleston, aud low many he
mad sent there. Ii the people desire to
'aae The to:t>, that is just what they
want, and II is tar letter 10 take the
| troops and shoot them. lie then read
TIE first article of the tenth section If
| the Constitution, and said, South Carroll
ia has already violated some OF these
| provisions. and II 1t is a duty to compel
obedience 10y the sword, then it is the
..Ht, now OF the President t, 90 to VAL.
| But do we ever carry out these ptovls-
loas by force? Who would collect the
| rcytnue! Is that the maintenance of
the Union He was for peace and re-
Cancellation, and therefore would stand
| by the side Of his trend rom kentucky
Nr. Crlttcnden,) and hold open the d, or
As long a possible. lie would not de
bate the night Of sect s>ion. He thought
this the path of duty ahd wlsdom,- not
the wisdom of demagogucs and tyraGts,
but the wisdom Of patriots. lie was
against TIE idea, under whatever name,
Of pro tanning evil war. When the
Prince OF Wale- was here, he might
have remembered that if his grandfather
| had listened TO the counscls OF Edmund
Burke, this country might row be a pro-
vince Of England. Mr.. Pugh here read
from a speech Of Edmund Burke t.
show that he was against using force to
compel the colonies to submit. lie
! (Pugh) was opposed to the idea OF
plunging the whole country into civil
war. War was horrible even when
waged in the hottest and best Of causes,
but war waged by one part of the Amer
lean people against the other is too hor-
ribie to be described. Yet we are told
that We have not the power to put of
this catastrophe. lie Vugh) believed
that If the programme pnt forth 10y his
colleague (Wade) was carried ont, we
should be driven to the verge Of ruin. AS
he ,Pugh) said years ago, separate con.
tedcracies have no charms for him. i
discorl, coercion and civil war are to be
the consequence, he had no desire t.
see tie day when the country, carved in
capitals and craven on the columns o.
this glorious palace, should see blazed
forth, as by some horrible enchantrnent