The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-11
MORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER II, 1860,

| present controversy Is a conflict, as they say,
Two civilizations that it cannot be reconciled thi
freedom or slavery must now perish. The ore,
| Dody OF those whom represent don't TINS believe
we pelieve there is no conflict in systems of labo
IN the different States which is Incompatible wit
tne peaceful existence of our Union; we still b,
| leVe the slaVehoiding and non sIavehOldinr State
| may still revolve in harmonious spheres That
the question of slavery destroys the Union,
Will not be because in the nature of things it car
not be righttuly adjusted but because tn
statesmen nt the day incompetent to the task
Mr. BROWN, of Mississippi, remarked that h
! could not vote for the resolutions. Things hay
reached crisis that there is only one way to termi
nate and that is for the North to reverse its ybol
| pollcy. Ihe Southern States having despsired o
change, have proceeded to the only mode lef
! them to vindicate their rights ! do not believ,
mere Is any hope OF reconciliation | see no eyi
dence on which to base hope. | see through ,ht
aarK cloud no ray OF light. To me it is all the
darkness of midnight gloom 1t has been said nv
the Northerners that. they do not mean to ground
tnelr arms until they have emancipated the last
save. That is the word, disguise it as YOU will
~ ls therefore. nonsense to bring forward resolu
i0n Ike this and expect it to lead to harmonv-Mr
PUGH-Atter seventy wears of experience and nros
perlty under this form of government il is sranue
that Senator should rise and saw that thirty mil
lions OF Tree people, under all the advantages that
men have for self fgOvernment are unable tn cam.
promise their differences in honorable manner
ana what hope is there for free government any,
wheTe. lhe Senator from Georgia has pronounced
the Union failure, and the Senator from New
hampshire wanted to see whether Mr. buchanan
would or not send the Federal cohorts to South
Garollna. 1T Mr.. Buchanan dares to do that whilst
PRESIDENT of the United States he would impaach
him at the bar of the Senate. What would Sontb
caroilna De with you to morrow, if brought cap
i've In cnalns! III she cannot be held in the bonds
ioVe let her go. twould be best to call together
delegates of all the States whether they can
no1 lay aown more wide the foundation of the Con
lederacy 1t is easy for Senators to use lopic
out, sir, to you and me- and our wives and children
ana neigh6ors, tits question of life and death
Mr. BRoWN-l never said this cannot be averted
the question OF settling the difficulty be left to
the Senator from Ohio and myself-he for the
Republicans, and for the Democrats we would
settle the question before the sun goes down.
Laughter MIR. HALE-It seems that the
newspapers greatly misrepresent what | saw lie
says SAID that | wanted to wait for President Bu
G chanan to send an army down to coerce South
Sarolina.-Mr PUGH-I said | saw it stated =
Mr. HAIL. never had, never said | had,
al ah ldea OF Mr. Buchanan sending an army to South
Carolina. believe, instead of sending an arnny 70
South Carolina Mr.. Buchanan is now ON his k1oas
before that State begging them for Gods sake not
TO TO force him before March the 4th. rLauphter.
Ihls is the position, believe, Mr.. Buchanan ocI
cupies.--Mr. MASON-l shall vote for the resoIu-
on, eqt without the idea that it is possible by any
thlng that Congress can do to reach the dangers
with winch we are surrounded. One Senator
has styled the crisis an insurrectioD, and
saia that war will come out of it. 1t
S'Oh dilNt NueH IL Will be
Tor an American citizen to determine whether the
execution of federal laws in a separate confederacv
treats OF rebellion or war. | fear the dav will
come, but sufficient unto the day is the evil there
OF. OIL -hr' biGLEt said-At this moment symp.
toms of decay are shown.-Mr. HALE moved
that the Senate adjourn, which prevailed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The House met at the usual hour The motion
to excuse Mr.. Hawkins from serving ON the Select
Committee of Thirty one to take into consideration
the perllous condition of the country coming up -
Mr.. HAWKINS further explained his reasons for
not complying with the request He had bann
GUIDED by his own ideas as to what was appropriate
On tnls occasion. The solution of the question and
the conclusion being simple, he acted entirely
On ms own responsibility. 1t was true that after he
nad marked out his course, heasked the opinion of
the greal majority of extreme Southern members
and they, with one or two exceptions agreed with
llm by virtue of the powers entrusted to him. he
might act on the committee under circumstances DIFF
erent from those now existing, bat he could
not now do so, as Florida has initiated measures
or State Convention to be he Id on the Sd of |
January ensuing, and will take such steps as will
'e compatible with her dignity and honor 1t was
rue the population of Florida had been retarded |
~ untoWard circumstances; she is numericalIv |
weak, but for all that she is not the less soyeT |
lgn, and is entitled to all the rights and immuni |
les OF the other sovereign States. Florida cannot
e forced to remain in the Union if she wants to 90
'ut. Such an attempt would be resisted hv ton |
lines the number of federal troops marched arainot
er. The Southern States are pledged to do it
iirginia stands pledged not 10 see sorereiou State
oerced, If she thinks the time has arrived when
Onor and safety require her to 90 ont of the |
- - g. LIeiTid" he reneated. is determined to set
lie lof herself, and in her own way. the moda ond
manner OF redress, without trusting n Cnn"a anu
@ lonal compromises, which have never
een productive of peace and harmonU
he component parts of this committaa 80
ecularly unfortunate and ill advised IF tbo
peakeE-iGVa Consulted his own Judgment and the
rarT awkdhf Hona hart he
he Northwest Is un the committee, the interests ol
hat section have been singularly ignored. The
laterlal OF the committee is most incongruOus and
heterogeneous and as sample of others he did not |
elieve the appointment of Mr.. Davis was fair and |
ppropriate Maryland, at the last session of her
legislature, passed resolutions denouncing that
Gentleman more particularly for voting for Mr.
'ennington as Speaker, and by that vote consti- |
uting him the presiding officer of this House. The |
'eople OF Maryland, as well as of the entire South
ssumed this ground, namely, that every
Southern man VINO thus voted for Speaker was |
traitor to that section, and that vote is |
lso regarded as in opposition to slavery
ir. BRIGGS in explanation said his vote for Mr.. |
'ennngton was not given for the object the gen- |
ieman had attributed, namely, opposition to the
national man.-Mr. HAWKINS-I was speak |
ng of Southern men.-Mr. BRIGGS-I beg |
HAWKINS-If you we're not an
Alexander | satisfied you would be Diogenes. |
lie proceeded to say, Maryland is noble State
nd will be true to her destiny when the proper |
ime arrives. Mr.. Davis is not proper repre- |
entative of Maryland. The appointment of the com
Mite is constructive fraud; some persons believe
is great pacitcator, to heal all our wounds and
roduce political Millennium. The effect if fcarried
ut, would be to demoraze and degrade the South. |
lie was sorry the proposition came from one of the
Oblesons of Virginia. The Republicans have no idea
If yielding anything. 1t was ridiculous to try to
top the slavery agitation. The only who is |
ind fp fnr ,,C
,ull, who says that the Interpretation of the !
Presidential election is that his administration
will be on the side of freedom-meanng thereby |
opposition to slavery. He (Mr. Hawkins) might |
'e called Cataline, but he wished to utter few |
words of warning. He would tell the North, speak
ng by the book, that Mississippi, Alabama, Flori- |
la, Georgia and South Carolina are certain to |
ecede from the Union; and Arkansas Louisiana |
md Texas sure to follow.-Mr. VALLAN- |
)lGHAM proposed to vote for the motion to excuse
lr. Hawkins. 1t is, he said, idle to attempt to
oerce gentleman to serve upon this committee, |
Who assigns such reasons for his refusal as the |
Gentleman from Florida has given; and in
ustice to him and his State, but above |
III, to the very purpose of the committee itself, |
annot so vote. You may decline to excuse him, |
,ut you cannot compel him to discharge, with |
rood will or alacrity, the duties you impose upon
lin. But what kind of Cancellation and compro- |
Mise is that which begins by forcing man to serve
IN committee raised for the very purpose of
,eace. What prospect, in Gods name-I speak it |
'everently-is there of adjustment when you are
obliged to make a resort to compulsion to make up
Tour committee on compromise and adjustment? |
BASS by, without comment, the fact that, with far
more prOprety and effect, this proposition might
lave come from the Republican party in this
douse-the party that has just trumphed in
he election, which is the eliminating point
If all our controversies, and of the dangers
which surround us, and that with great honor to
himself, and great and soothing good, it may
nave been, to the country full of alarm and excite
nent. Now, the gentleman who is the chairman
IF this committee, Mr.. C0rwin,) distinguished for
lis age, experience, elOquence and moderation, to
say nothing of his position as the leader of that
party, might have assumed the responsibility of
taking the initiative in that great work of recon
citation and reconstruction, which alone can save
US now, instead of allowing it to be devolved upon
The representative of that particular spot in Vir-
yinia which abolition madness and wickedness
selected as the weakest point of attack along the
entire slaveholding borders of this confederacy.-
pass by also the cumbrOus construction of this
with this single remark, that council
1t war never fights, and committee of thirty
three never will agree upon anything-at least
upon anything not so weak, so diffused, so diluted
as to be utterly inadequate to the solution of the
greatest and gravest and most material question
which has ever been presented in modern history.
will not so much suggest the possibility that
the abors OF this committee will all end in nothing
and in worse than nothing, nor will even remark
upon the peculiar composition of this committee in
having men placed upon it who represent nobody
not even themselves, who are peculiarly odious
to majority, a very large minority of the sec
tIons from which they come, and thus calcu-
lated much more to embarrass and defeat than to
advance the avowed purpose for which the
mittee was ordered. There is not one solitary
representative of the Democratic party upon the
committee from the sixteen free States of this
Union east of the Rocky Mountains The Pacific
ia tad. he