The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-18
The Crittenden NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


In the proceedings of the u. S. Senate, puo-
lished In yesterdays DiSpateh, it was stated
that the preamble and first resolution OF the
OR1rrRNDEN report were stricken out, and
CLARK's amendment inserted, by vote OF
AYES %. noes %. The following is the resolu-
ton stricken out:
l. Resolred, BY the Senate and House Of Repre-
ssntatirss OF the United States IF AHtrica, an
Congress- Assembled. That the laws now IN force
for the recovery of fugitive slaves are IN suiet
pursuance of the p ain and mandatory provisions
of the Cons titutIon. and have been sanctioned As
Supreme Court of the United States; tnat the
slavehnldng states q entitled To the faithful CD
they ought not to be repealed. or so modified or
changed az to IMP air their efficiency; ana that
who attempt, by rescue of the slaves, or other IL
legal means, TO hinder or defeat the oue execution
OF SAID laws
The following is the substitute of CLARKE,
which was inserted in its stead
RESOLVED, That the provisions of the ConstI-
tuition are ample for the Preservation ci tue
Union and the protection of all the natlona,
interests of the try that 1t needs to be obeyed
rather than amended, and that an extricatIon
from present danger Is To De looked iot IN
be puSs 70 aPd enforce the
than IN new guarantees Tor pafnGnlar as
compromises for PARTICULAR dlflcn.tles' OF CON
cessIons to unreasonable demands
Resotrsd, That all attempts to dissolve the Pr q.
sent Union, or overthrow or abahdoh IN pieson :
Constitution. with the hope or exec, tatldh OF
constructing new one. are dangerous. li,ns9ry
anu Testructive; that. IN the oplnlon OF the ne
nate of the United s ates no Fuch ieco Instruction
practicable, and, there fore, TO the ma MENACE
of the existing Tn on and Constitution thould De
directed all the energies of AL the departments Of
the government, and the ehorts OF all good citl-
This amounts to deliberate choice by the
Senate of tho United States of COERCION, in
preference to compromise. We ask them for
bread, and they give us stone for fish, and
they give us serpent
This idea of coercion, with which the North
ern mind is thoroughly saturated, is hum
bred fold more dangerous than abolitionism
Time was, and that only quarter OF a CEN
fury ago, when there was not abolitionism
enough in the North to disturb the peace OF
"a single neighborhood; but the time never
was, is not now, and we fear never will be,
when the Northern mind could embrace the
idea that this is Union OF equal and indie
pendent sovereignties, leagued together by a
constitutional compact, with no more power
in the General Government TO force BACK a
seeding State than there is mercantile
firm to whip back one of the members
who should dissolve the partnership. The
Northern idea is, that 4 majority. OF the peo-
pie of this Union governs. and ought TO gov
ern, the minority Of the people of this Union
In all things, and we say that such an idea,
universally imbedd as II is in the Northern
miHd, is 4 greater practical danger than abo-
liuonism, which has not yet oh tanned The as
cendancy In Northern public opinion. And
yet, all the Northern statesmen, including
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, when the Cons titu-
sion was framed, secuted the idea of coercing
q sovereign State.