Daily national Democrat., 1860-12-20
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SAN FRANcIsco, Dee 10Th.
The Pony arrived at Fort Churchill last
night. The following is from the Bulletin:
Sr. Louis, Dec 4th,-Both Houses Of Con-
gress adjourned on the 50, at an early hour,
after simply organizing A joint committee
waited ON the President consisting of Bigler,
Mason and Colamer, of the Senate, aud More
head and others, not named, Of the House
But one member from South Carolina, and
Scott, of California, absent. In the Senate
to-day, win took his seat
The Presidents message was received in
both Houses. 1t makes eight columns of the
Constitution newspaper. The President re-
views the history of the anti-slavery move
ment; says that all that is necessary to ac-
eompEsh the object of the save-holding
States, is TO be let alone to manage their own
domestic institutions in their own way. The
mere election of any man to office does not
Justify dissolution of the Union The ante.
cedents of the Presden. elect are calculated
to excite feelings in South Carolina but the
question of contingent danger does not suffi-
cient)y justify the destruction of the Govern
ment. The President reviews the acts Of
different Northern States in their passage Of
Personal Liberty Bills, and pronounoes them
unconstitutional. lie says that it should not
be presumed in advance that the President
elect will fail to enforce the Fugitive Slave
Law, as this would be unjust and contrary to
christian charity; let US wait for the overt act.
lie declares against secession and says that
to admit it the Union must be broken into
fragments in less than two weeks, he quotes
the language of Jackson AMI Madison on the
point. The secession movement was found
ed altogether of inference, not on calculation.
The Union was designed to be perpetuated.
lie quoted the Constitution in support Of this
view. The trainers of the Constitution never
intended to plant in its bosom seeds for its
own destruction. They were not guilty of
the absurdity of providing for its own disso-
luton. The right of resistance against tyr
ranny and oppression, however, cannot be
denied; the right is asserted in the Declara-
tion of Independence, but secession is neither
more nor less than revolution. He speaks Of
affairs in South Carolina; he does not appre-
bend that an attempt will be made to seize
Fort Moultrie, but says that if in this he is
mistaken, officers have orders to act strictly
on the defensive and let the responsibility
rest on the heads Of those who provoke the
contest.
A meeting was held in Washington on the
night of the ID. Several delegates from
Southern States object to bringing the bor-
der slave States into the secession movement
The New York Herald's correspondent
says that one conclusion was nearly unani-
mously arrived at among the Republicans,
viz: That no compromise will come from
their side" The idea of National Conven-
tion being called by Congress IS not favored
by either party.
New York Times Washington eorrespon-
dent believed that Senator Clingman will
offer proposition for the peaceable separa-
ton Of the States and a fair division Of the
National assets and liabilities.
Assistant Secretary of State was sent TO
South Carolina with advance copies of the
Presidents message for fear of Geographic
mistakes occurring,
1t was rumored that Amos Kendall will be
offered a seat in Lincoln's cabinet, and Gov.
Pratt, of Maryland will succeed Thompson,
as Secretary or the Interior.
The Washington correspondent of the n. Y
Times says reliable information from Texas
represents the people there on the eve of rev
olution against the State government, on ac-
count ef the Governors refusal to call an ex
ira session of the Legislature"
One of the propositions on foot at Wash
ington is, for all the Representatives of the
Southern States. except South Carolina, to
meet and agree on plan which is to be sub
mitted to the conservative Republican Sena-
tors.
Senator Seward will offer conservative
resolution, this week. John Coch
rane and other prominent members are en-
gagged in compromise arrangements
The Treasury on the 81 could pay only %
per cent of the mileage due to the members
of Congress.