The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-03-01

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which a question is 70 bo settled, lias no
business whatcve with that question:
/ 10 you want 10 make a change in your
Government, make i'll by changing the
Constitution. But ask YOU, and | ask
the country, whether tho people Of this
nation are at this time in the proper spir-
. IL to enter upon the work OF rcmodelinp
this most sacred and time-hoeorcd iustru-
mont ] ! submit 70 you that this Is no
| time 20 commence the work Of patching
up the Constitution. The very moment
|y you commences TO mend IL, you BEGIN TO
make il ragged, l do not care how in-
gcniou'ly the work is DONE The v,ry
attempt % mend wears the fabric ofen-
times, and does more injury than il would
suliur by letting It alono. look upon
the Constitution as too sacred an nstru-
mcpt 70 be lightly tampcred with ]
look with no favor upon any proposed
amendment TO the Constitution; and I
um now especially avorse to Il, when there
ia no question at is'uc that cannot bo set
tied, it gentlemen would only bring their
feelings 20 those Of reasonable men.
Whoncycr men find themselves out
loose from tlmo-honorcd restrictions and
institutions, u very often happens that
nothing viii govern them but tue point
Of the boyonct. The very moment that
. you icll your people that YOU are roing
TO break up the Constitution that was
made by our fathers, YOU viii find YOU
have very much distracted aud weakened
the Government. Thcy have faith "a
the Constitution, for the very reason that
II was made by the fathers, In whom they
have confidence, They have tried Il.
and IN every instance il has proved sulli.
cicnt for the end for which il was design-
ed. oh, Mr. Speaker, wish TO God |
wish from the bottom Of my soul, that
we could take this people back to tho
condition in which they were when this
unfortunate ogtaiun commemorative
agitation Of the proposition TO destroy
the compromise made between the people
of the North and the South upon this ab.
sorbiug question. Yes, sir, | would TO
/ God could induce them to move back
ward 20 that point When men come
before their constituents, and saw thev
have mudo a solemn eompict, which thew
have had the full benefit Of, and now tha,
/ II is just about 10 operate for tho benaf,
Of tho other party 10 tho compact, and
therefore thoy seize hold of legal too !
nieality and say that thoy will violate all
the stipulotions Of that compact, and will
regard il az null and void, say itistime
th1twe should return back & the spirit of
the men who made the eomnnct.
No one ever claimed tho right 70 take
slaves into the Territories until the wear
1877. Mr. Calhoun then said, In n reso.
luton which he presented in tho Senate
OF the United States, that he believed
they had that right. The resolution was
presented and, aner an elaborate dis
eussion in the Senate, by that able, tai
entcd, and am willing TO say good man,
Il was brought TO vots, and re ,eivcd the
totes Of four Southern Senators and the
vote Of Franklin Pierce Of New H,mp-
shire. And, cir, the vote Of Mr.. Pierce
upon that resolution made him President
Of the United States. He gave his vote
with that Of Mr.. Calhoun upon that ab-
\ stdfhuRpedi0llt, 9pdhe. WA Tho, ,agly
in the baltimore Presidential nominating
\ Convention Of 1859, you rcoolleet, a
tho close of a long struggle, the Conyen,
tion was about % break up without ma
king a nomination, the Virginia delega
ton retired from tho hall for the purpos,
Of consultation. Looking to this yoto
they believed Mr.. Pierce was tho YER,
man to suit their purposes. lie was nom
mated; he was elected; and when M
came into power, he rolemnly promise
tho country in his inaugural address, tina
lac would not Interfere with the eompro
misos that had been made upon the sub
jcct Of slavery only two years and bal
prcy:cus. Yet he was scarcely well set
tied in the White House before an al
tack was made upon the venerable com
promise Of 1920. Thus has the Soutl
advanced step by step in its progrcss o
powoa
! Senator Hunter said few years Ane
that when he came here in 1884, thsr
was portion Of the southern peopl
who believed they had a right TO carr
their slaves into the Territories. nj
was among that portion. They fsun
their northern friends wero not willinr
, accede to this doctrine; but tboy wer
willing 10 repeal the Missouri comprc
mise, for the purpose Of allowing soutl
: orn men TO carry their slaves north r
!, the line OF 36 Q 80 min. Then tho tenn
r ter came. They swept away that tims
. honorCd compact, and look at the cons,
!, 1uences. There is not n Democrat now
I. North or South, who does not saw N
, STAKEHOLDER has right 70 carry his SAY
into any Of the Territories Of the Union
: Now, when did they acquire that rlght
, Whero is there anything in The Consti
! tution Of the United States that puoran
, tees that right Who has oyer sttemp
/ ted tofnd It, up 10 this time The mex
Itep very naturally followed. They wan
I tod Congress 10 protect their slave prou
, srty I'm the Territories. Aud ifthis Gov
/, ornmcnt holds together, Il will not be lei
| years before they demand the right t
carry their slaves anywhere they PLEASE
, within the limits Of the Union.
Now sir / appeal again to gentleme
! Of all parties to stand by this Govern
, ment, and not permit it 10 be broken n
by demagouges. II puts me In mind o
, the crises which sometimes occur in on
, monetary affairs; and have some YER
curious Information on the subject, whicl
/ have derived from conversations wit
merchants, bankers, and others. Itoc
4 cured 10 me as passing strange that mel
in business never pay their debts whoi
4 money is plenty, aud they can do 81
I with ease And there is the point II
this whole thing. If men woud pa,
their debts when money is plenty, Their
would be no crises in the country. Mel
never viii pay their debts when monei
, is plenty; but put them OFF from day 1
day until there is a stringency in tn
money-morket, and mon9y becomes val
uable, and then they are compelled 1
pay while property Of all kinds is dopre
tiated, and Of course failure aud soriou
embarrassment ensues. Here is the Sc