The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-03-14

,ere quoted from tho ih"NS ..SI inc
hat, according to this, it was the a''emP'
= - n,oh;bit slavery or protect slavery In ,o1
III Terri,ories, in the absence OF an ex- arc
orsss @ constitutional provision Tor eltner sS'
on"noss piV11 II the President has truly IfS,
! sP,a,ed the cause, what is the remedyf Az
IL to adopt constitutional provision On
the subject He gives us to u3aers.nuu "o"
there never can be peace until Inc ques ny
% ,;On il settled, and that it cannot be set ac
tisd except by amendment Of the consu, 20 .,
.'';on .,v The President stands pledged ~ u
w Ia. the people decide on the mode OF y
W amsndment. He will not Interfere; he S
will not oppose it. If the people say
that Congress shall protect slavery every
where % the Presiden, is pledged not 70
onnose it; aud so if the people say sla-
Upr vprv shall not be protected everywhere
# tbey shall incorporate the Crittenden
proposition, he will not oppose II. y, ne ~ Is
In favor of such amendments as VIII seI'
tle The question forever, by express pro-
v;s;ons Of the constitution, leaving to the
Deonla to decide villa. amendments SHAH
ps made, and will accept them cheerluily'
Taxing this to be the meaning OF the prop
osition, he (Douglas) found In 1t mecn e,
| cause for encouragement In lhe ars'
. Mace it was peaceful, not aggressive
o lThe President will do no act OF aggres'
D sion; but all his conduct will be with
+ yiew of peaceful solution. In the Sec
y oud place, as the difficulty is owing 10
o the absence Of and express provision on
n the slavery question in the territories ne
70 will advocate that the people change that
IN instrumen. by express provision. what
r. ever departure Mr.. Lincoln has mace
n from his party platform should be taken
mt "A an act of patriotism, and not as an az
to of iufdelny. If he understood him MT VT
o. Lincoln had sunk the partisan in the pa
he triot and was entitled for this to te
ed hanks of all conservative men. hs di
DO NOT want it to be inferred that he syn
ar nathized with the Administration. or i
The any contingency that he and the pres
his dent would be associated. lie e1pec'e
to 70 oppose his Administration on tho'
lin great principles which separated the pa
The ties in former times; but on questio'
hat looking TO the preservation OF the unl'
lent Inv neaceabe means, and the settleme
in Of the subject of slavery by amendnae
ired to the Constitution, if he understood I.
,sed Presidents true meaning, he was WI
nore him. He believed he had put proE
had construction upon these parts OF the ma
Ited, rural. He believed The President rs goa
TO to live MP to it. He would not surren'
avs. this opinion until there should be reasc
isite to change it. The Union cannot be P
that served by war, cannot be maintained
'urse blood. 1t can only be done by peacea
S the means, and future difficulties can be
!, for vented only by constitutional ame
form ments to settle the slavery question
) his express provisions. These two RENE,
ople, are clearly marked Out by the Pres'c
5, or in his inaugural. He would ask the
the mipistration to I've up to the line OF
fays: cv here indicated. So far from tai
Il be any po!itical advantage. he would c
8 the mend the act as one OF high PaI'ot,
, the while he disssnted from the Pres'd
duties and would maintain his own oppos
" be on all other questions.
will be Mr., CLrNeMAN replied, reitcrating
st or LINCOLN meant war. He said.
The The Senator from Illinois says
, pos President is willing to acquiesce in
| hold, amendments to the constitution, ant
$ was Crittendeu proposition. -.
t con- Nj. Douglas explained that he dlt
d what say Mr.. Lincoln would acqufssce
J, there that Mr.. Lincoln would have no ob)f
force to the people amending the constlt
is the Mr.. Clingmau rejoning. The on
he rev. feet is that Mr.. Lincoln will not in;
'ce the to prevent the people from amdcndl'
ID that constitution.
ID, and Mr. Douglas-He had declared
ct,on as in favor of the people doing it.
be en- Mr.. Clingm@n resumed, asking
o points long would it take for them to anne
hon OF constitution?
says:- y
states in Mr.. Douglas would say now'
rsat and Lincoln had declared for that arner
ent res alone and against al others, he
, federal have showed that he was not wi
,mpt to give security to the South: He
the peo- youlI not recommend it, but ina
mt draws as another portion Of the rnaugur'
r and the els the whole point aud would giv'
, case he press provision where there is ne
ty in one lakes himself out of the category
duty in much as the President covers the
on of law question in dispute be is not llaDl
th's To objection.
erior and W1GrALL talked Of the rejection
t him to Cri,euaen proposition, aud me
luse-the that il only received 10 votes out
" to the Mr.. Douglas remarked tha!
ced when still apprehensive that the re]e'
n to it as the Criuenden and other ame
President would have an uniavorable effect
ooks to a Southern mind. He regretted tn
lllies and vision covering them could not
he course cured, He, however thought
|, "unless surances in the inaugural went #
renee shall store confidence on that point.
ge to be Crittenden proposition receiving
igency my out of 60 votes, while it is true
sed accor- latter number is in the contemp
ually exis' the law, large portion OF the
pc ofpeace. were absent. He did not hesita
'ubles anc il they had been present the vo
sympathies have been large, for Messrs'
words, the Toombs, with others, were In
on Of the them. The proposed amendme
II solution, ed received ,wo.thirds Of those
ne abandon and it would have been much Ia
that effect had been present on that occas
So of the -.o.--