Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-03-07

to give us some security that you will not abuse
that power in that Territory He believed that
all that was necessary to settle the great mis-
clilcf that is now going on, is to agree that in
this sterile Territory the state of things shall
remain as it is-till when? Gentlemen say for
evcr--but | say till this Territory shall have
100000 inhabitants, when it will he admitted
as State, and then they can dispose of the
question as they please. This is all that is
asked. He said all because, in respect to fugi-
tves there is no difficulty. That is settled by
the Constitution
In regard to the District of Columbia, he ar
gued that as it was cedcd by Maryland, it would
be an act of bad faith to abolish slavery with
out the consent of Maryland. He asked if it
was not worth something, even if we could not
bring back the States that have gone to preserve
those that have not gone or the idea or dogma
not in the Constitution, but having its origin in
the peculiar ideas of the people of certain
section, to be an insuperabe barrier to the mea-
sures proposed, and which are necessary to save
the country.
The propositions were offered by him as
Senator of the United States and not as COM
promise of the North to the South, but as a
measure for the benefit of the whole country.
The measure which he offered as Senator was
for the equality of all. He would not offer
proposition unfair to either section
He claimed that the Constitution intended to
leave the people of the States free to act as they
pleased in regard to their domestic institutions.
and contended that the numerous petitions re-
ceived, from all parts of the country, were an
evidence that the hearts of the people were right,
AID IN favor of peace and reconciliation with
their brethren and they are not willing to have
their children go to war for trf1e and dogma
Senators say let us have no compromise-let
nc how hlnrIE rcf D,,A A.
should first be reconciled with your brother be-
fore you lay your gift upon the altar. Yet
gentlemen will not give a straw for reconcilia-
ton. But it is our business to preserve the
Union. If not what will be the consequences
| Who knows-he did not. He would surmise
that if injustice be done now all may be lost.
Yet the Union was worth bearing much for.
Party excitement and passion will not last al
ways, and if one Congress will do wrong anoth-
er may do right. But their cry of emo compro-
mise" was like the old cry of the Romans -suay
rictis"-"woe to the conquered, and now trans
lated emo compromise"
We are one people, of the same blood, and
one family. and must compromise family trou-
bles. He was for the Union and not for seces-
sion, and would say to Kentucky, stand by the
Union until necessity forces you out, with con-
stancy and fidelity. This is the best govern
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ministration some times, and he would have
Kentucky stand by the Union if rebellion swept
over the whole land, like the last soldier of a
brave band, till every thing was gone, and then
consider what next shall be done. This was his
principle and his advice.
He was about to part from friends here, and
had spoken in truth and soberness what he be-
lieved. He had hopes that something would
have been done to pacify the country, and this
resolution from the House, though not sufficient,
would still be ray of sunshine, an opening
which would warm his hopes and keep them
alive. He expressed great confidence in the in
tegrity of the people, and appealed to the Senate
to have vote that something at least might be
done which would be step towards peace and
misunderstanding to save the Union.
He begged those who declared they would
not amend the Constitution to reconsider and
think how the condition of the country had
been charged.