The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-01-25
THE PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION.

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the almost unanimous sentiment Of their
respective states. The Georgia Senators
will probably follow this example in less
than week, and the louisiana and Texas
Senators before the close of the month.
The telegraph informs US that Messrs. DA.
Wis, Brown, CLAY and their associates, on
leaving the Senate Chamber, received part
ing salutations from the Democratic Sena-
tors, and from two Republicans, Messrs.
HALE and CAMERON. Soon afterwards
Senator CAMERON broke ranks from his
Republican colleagues. and avowed will,
linguess to support any fair compromise
which would give peace to the country
and preserve the Union. If we understand
the report correctly, be was willing to &C.
cept the propositions Of Mr.. ORrrrENDEN.
From Springfield, Illinois, we learn that Mr..
LINCOLN has been summoned by his politi-
cal friends to Washington; and has
been urged to accept the Border State
compromise. There can be no doubt but
that the spread of the revolution, in Vir-
ginia, Kentucky, Missouri, and other
states, relied on as for the Union, in any
and all events, has alarmed the Republic
cans and that vigorous effort will be
made to prevent the secession of the border
states.
"A bill to withhold from the seeding
states the advantages of the postal facilities,
they now enjoy from the liberality of the
federal government, is under consideration
in the House. It was yesterday proposed
to amend it, by giving the President power
to close the ports in all seeding states, and
efectually bar all foreign commerce and
communication. The measure was post
poned until next week.
We fear that Mr.. CR1rrENDEN's COM
promise by concert Of action between the
Republicans and the Secession Senators,
has been defeated. In the Senate on the
18th, pending the consideration of the reso-
lutions OF the venerable Senator, for the
submission of his plan of compromise to
vote of the people Of the United States,
Mr.. CLARK, of New Hampshire, moved to
amend Mr.. CR1rrENDEN's resolutions by
striking out the preamble and resolutions,
and substituting the following:
Resolved, That the provisions of the Consti-
tuition are ample for the preservation of the
Union and the protection Of all the material
interests of the country that it needs to be
obeyed rather than amended, and an extrica
ton from the present difficulties can be looked
for in the strenuous efforts of the government
to preserve and protect the publis property
and enforce the laws, rather than in new guar
antees for particular interests. or compromises
or concessions to unreasonable demands.
Resolved That all attempts to dissolve this
Union, or overthrow the Constitution, with the
expectation of constructing it anew, are dan.
gerous and illusory, and, in the opinion OF the
Senate, no reconstruction is practicable; and,
to the maintenance of the existing
Union and Constitution should be directed all
the energies of the government.
The substitute was adopted by the fol-
lowing vote:
YxAs.-Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham,
Clark, Chandler. Collamer, Dixon,
Doolittle, Durkee. Fessenden, Foot. Foster,
Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Seward, Simmons,
Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkin.
son, and Wilson.-25.
NAYs.-Messrs. Bayard. Bigler, Bragg, Bright
Gwin, Hunter, johnson, (Tenn..) Kennedy,
Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce,
Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Salisbury, Sebas'
tian.-A.
The whole subject was then laid upon the
table. 1t will be seen that the Republican
voted in a body for the amend
ment of Mr.. CLARK, and that the secession
Senators from Alabama, Louisiana, Geor-
gia, Florida, Texas, and Mississippi, declined
to vote. The latter assigned as reason
for their non-action that their respective
States had already or would secede, and
therefore it was not fit that they should take
any part in important legislation. On Fri
day last, the 18th, the above vote was
reconsidered, on the motion of Mr.. CAMERON,
of Pennsylvania, by ayes n, nays "a. The
CR1rrENDEN resolutions were then made the
special order for Monday last. But it is
doubtful whether they will recover from the
first defeat.
= We have received the report of the
Committee of Thirty-three in the H'use, of
which Mr.. CoRw1N is Chairman 1t is a
very long document, that would make three
or four columns Of this paper. It condemns
the publication of any thing in the newspa>
per or periodical press calculated to promote
insurrection in any of the States
as "highly criminal" that ought to be so
considered by the laws of the several States.
It denounces the personal liberty nullifica,
ton bills of come of the Northern States,
and recommends the Legislatures to repeal
them. The Committee recommend the
repeal Of that section Of the Fugitive slave
law by which citizens could be called upon
to assist the Marshal to return the fugitive,
and the substitution Of section which they