The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-01-01

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would be satisfied. and think the Sen
ator from Texas (Mr. Wigfall) rather in
tlmated, and the Senator from Georgi;
Mr.. lverson) rather more than intima
ted that if we would take what is exact
" the Charleston platform, on whicl
Mr.. Breckinridge was placed, and give
up that on which we won our victory
! you would grudgingly and hesitatingIy
be satisfied.
Mr.. IVERSON said he wished tn Z
Senator would read his speech before he
quoted SO much from it. He had not
said they would be satisfied with any
such thing.
Mr. WADE read from Mr.. Iverson's S
speech, reported in TIE Globe, that he
supposed there would be no overt act on
the part of Mr.. Lincoln, but the power
OF the government would be so executed
against Slavery that il would not las. ten
years, and continued Then you are not
going to wait for any overt act, but are
going to proceed upon the suspicion that
probably he might. have disavowed
any intention on the part Of the Repub
lican party TO harm hair of your heads.
We hold TO no doctrine that can possibly
work You any Inconvenience. We have
been faithful to all the laws. 1t is not.
then, that Mr.. Lincoln is expected to do
any overt act by which YOU may be in
lured. 4on won't wait for any. But,
anticipating that the government may
work you an injury, you VIII put an end
TO It, which means simply this-that we
intend TO rule or ruin this Government
There is where il comes. We do not
like your institutions, you say. Bul we
never liked them any better, and YOU
might as well have dissolved the Union
al any other time as now We stand
precisely where we stood, repudaling
your institution as matter OF morals,
but, admitting that, when it is out Of our
jurisdiction, we have no hold upon il
and no designs upon il, Is there any
thing in the character OF the President
elect OF which you complain Has he
not lived blameless lie, ever violated
any law has he committed any violation
OF duty? Why then are you suspicious
thai he will Now, then, | have shown
that having the Government in your
hands all the time, you have brought il
to the verge of destruction and the peo-
pie, believing it was time the sceptre
should depart from your hands, have
placed II II more competent hands If
this is 50, YOU have no constitutional
right TO complain. when we all disavow
any intention so 10 make use of that We
tory we have won, rs 10 iujuro you a,
all. This brings me here 10 the ques-
tlon OF compromise. The first dsv Of
this session Senator rises and offers a
resolution to inquire into the evils be-
tween different sections, and 10 ascertain
what could be done TO settle the Difficult
~. | tell that Senator ! know Of no
difficulty. As to compromises, sup
posed we had agreed that the day of
compromises was at an end. The most
solemn we have made have been violated.
and where are they Since | have had
seat in this Senate one Of considerable
antiquity was swept away from our stat
ute book and when in the minority |
stood up here and asked YOU to withhold
your hands-that il was a sacred com.
pact between sections--what was the
cry That II was nothing but an act Of
Congress, and could be swept away BY
the same majority tha. passed il, That
was true IN fact, and true in law, and il
showed the weakness Of compromises
Now, | on Y speak for myself, that, in
view Of the manner in which compromis-
IS have been treated, l should think
hardly any two members of the Demo.
cratic party could look each other in the
face and say compromise" without a
smile. \ compromise 10 be brought
about alter the experience we have had.
is absolutely ridiculous. What are we
10 compromise am one of those who
went With zeal 10 maintain The principles
Of the Republican party. In consttu-
uonal way we met and nominated our
candidates. You did tie same. The
issue was made and we went to the peo.
pile with il, and. although usually in the
minority, usually beaten, the business OF
our principles, and the bad aiminis,ra
ton of the Government convinced the
people that change ought TO be brought
about, and after trying your utmost, and
we our utmost we beat YOU. We beat
yon on the plainest and most palpable
issue ever presented 10 the American
people, and one they understood the best
and now, when We come to the capital
we Tell You that our candidates must be
inaugurated and administer the govern
ment precisely as their predecessors have
done. Il would be humiiatjng and dis.
honorable to us il We listened Is 4 com
promise by which we should lay aside
The verdict Of the people. When il
comes to that you have no government,
but anarchy iuteryenes and civil war
may follow, and all the evils that human
imagination can raise may be consequent
upon such \ course as that The Amer.
lean people would lose the sheet.anchor
OF Liberty. whenever il is denied on this
floor that majority fairly given shall
rule.
l know not what others may do. but |
tell You that with that verdict ofthe peo
pie IN my pocket. and standing ON tho
platform on which these candidates were
elected. | would suffer anything before |
would compromise in any war. | deem