New-York daily tribune., 1861-01-19


tions 1t is true II this Government cannot survive
a constitutional electon-f II cannot defend US prop
eIty or protect it's hag-if il crumbles before the
frst sign Of disslIection, what hope Is there
for free institutions in countries where kings,
nolles, marthsls, hereditary institutions ana
WIS Of primogeniure have existed for ages
Sir when the love of liberty has inspired IN modern
times the masses OF any people to demand tne rgnt
self gov erDment they pointed to the French revo
luton of 1889; they are pointed TO South AMERICA
whose changing Republics re and disappear, 10 tha
not not ten men in this House can now tell me tnel
names. They pointed TO Mexico God forbid tnat
thew sha ever adoIn their Internal logic by adding te
example of disrupted Union here! 1t is said with
the license Of poetry, that
Freedom shTieked when Kosciusko fell-'
Che will die with the death of this Republic. appeal
10 Won gentlemen Of the border Slave States to arrest
the tide that but for yOl will in few days place US
in hostile array with each other. II not zee notnig
before us but fatal civil war. do not threhen ~
for dread it, not for personal reafcns, for you ana
are but atoms in the Storm but all history teaches US
n at no free Government can be disrupted or over
thrown without that disruption being followed iu
the end by military despo,sm. The man may no" n,e ys
who win be the Napoleon OF tins country ~,
your reople will not sustain and support
his Government in maintaining its pn6hc properly III
tie seeediug States then it must do IN spite o you
or perish in the attempt. why should you oPlons ~
Does not your blood boil with lnolgnatoh "non YOU
read daify. in the papers, Of Government properly
eized of iots taken Of vessek fred into Are tney
o yours AZ well as nine l. II not your nag that 10
dish6noredl Has the feeling of sectionalism become
az opger than the love 70 the country OH, y nO'
lelieye /. Tor ,ne moment under re smart OF mag
mary wrongs, under the difsppoint'net VI t -
defeat your people may be hurried into acts OF mad
pess but when the returning reason comes woe De 10
those who have led them astray Then single wave
of the star-spanged banner will slence the miserable
party cries with which you have mi-ied theih Lev u
not Be misled by words. repeat the question Is not
whether the United States will coerce state, out
whether State shall coerce the GoyernmeDt-whstner
tie noble fabric devised by our fathers shall IAN
from Southern States / appeal 10 the old spint,
which gathered together on the same Daitle-heio,
as comrades and friends, the sons OF each OF the
States wi ether we shall allow our common flg 10
be dishoporeJ--our common property To be seized
or country 10 be d-eraced II thal sad period Of
hitory bas arrived when this Government II TO he
broken up lei us at least preserve It's property until
the hostile tectious bot insignificant mobs snail 9ccIee
its overthrow Let not dshonor their memories by
surrenderng that for which they fought seven years
and orpai ized after four years Of anarchy hhd lOnh
IN hoped that in the mdst Of our dlculiles, the hep
rcsenatives from every State would demand thatat All
hazards the property Of the United States should he
protected from violence, and the nag oi lhe united
S,ates saved from dsbonor. was surprised the othsr
day that so many voted against the resolution APPROX
inc the conduct Of Major Anderson, and refused TO
support the President in bis determination To maintain
thai fearess officer III his present position, and IN all
Constitutional measures to enforce the nws and pre-
serve the Union. | can Join heartily with all those
who made that pledge whatever elre they may thilk
o. believe about the question that divides our people
II We can stand by each other, If our constituents VIII
stand by III that emphatic declaration, DO believe
that the good ship that has borne thus far on proc
p.rous voyage will outive the storm. But, Sir, We
Weld too lar to the fury of the waves If we now sur
render without resistance the forts ar-enala, dock-
yGId and other property OF the Government, we only
demonstrate that not M for the duties assigned
a,ai
be recorded a. those Of degenerate race, who had not
the manhood TO pre.eTye that their fathers won IL in
therefore due you, Sir, TO all our fellow member to
our courtrymen, North and South, TO say that
In voting for the army bill ! vote with the
expectation that it viii be used IN protecting the
ACKNOWLEDGED property Of the United States IN reoov-
maintaining the Uuion II may be said that the gray-
ty Of the events that surround us demand greater
force than il provided by this bill the regular Array
mere skeleton The present force will scarcely do
ieud our frontier from Indian incuions But II iOrms
a nuoleUs capaie of any reinforcement demanded by
tie exigences Of the times. do not contemplate, Ia
any event hostile nyasions Of the soil Of any stale,
unless demanded for the deente OF the acknowledged
property of the United States IL the duty Of the
Government 20 suppress insurecton IN State but In
this event the military power can ony be used ia street
subordinaiion 70 the civil authority. II the civil
authority refuse call for such aid or suppress the
courts the military power cannot intervene. III the
courts are closed the duties OF POstmters cannot be
enforced or the mails protected and therefore the
postal service must necessarily be snsIebded. No
doubt this measure will be adopted II the
enue IL refused or cannot be collected, then
goods cannot be imported and the ports must be elo ed
II State shall in violation Of the Consultation, under
take 10 regulate commerce, then her commerce must
be suspended. No doubt other measures can be de-
vsed that viii preserve the peace oi the country until
tie teope Of the States may confer IN
vay uples. one of tie seeding States shall by
military force shed the blood Of their fellowctzens,
refuie to the proper authorities the acknowieiged
property Of the United States know INA, Al the
gentlemen around me must deeply dep civil war,
es ecially II that war shall involve the fate OF this
caIitol and the disruption OF the Government No
man with b, ad reason or heart 10 ieel can CON
plte the inevitable results OF such a"sF, without
the most serious derire 10 aver, II. IL IL our duty ~
members Of this Houset Ia the duty OF Congre1-and
am happy to say il e now the acknowledged duty Of
the Pretident IL is Of the incoming Adminintaon-
10 forbeaiance to the exfemest point.
Let not physicsl force be arrsyed in civil until the
la.t bope Of peace and concaton Las been exhausted
Then lot eaoA branch Of the Government acting In
concert with each other, perform their respective dn-
tiep, though the heavens fall. What can we do Tor
peaoe and ooncationl / antiipat. your reply. You
aay. 81 Iet us compromise-yield what we demand OF
YOU Let us compromise, and we will preserve the
Union, and civil war will be aveTted.' This know
il the earnest appeal OF patriotic men in the Southern
States who would gladly give their lives TO stop the
march Of treason in those States How useless II TO
talk about compromise, concession, concilaon, nd
iustment when If everything was conceded the ineg-
rity of the Government may be broken up by a ma
jority Of u single State. II we hold this Union
ard ali the rights il secures to us, and all the
hores we base upon, upon. the whim or will
Of single State then, indeed, it is the weak
est government ever devised by man. III
single State may destroy our nationality then, indeed
ia the wisdom Of our fathers the wisdom Of babes:
We can no longer talk about the weakness of 'he Old
Confederacy, or the anarchy OF Mexico Sir, we owe
ar the most sacred Of duties TO put down q is heree
II il now fortfes itsef by sectional animosiies-n II
rises from patry rebellion to civil and sectional war
still must and will be with determined resistance.
Upon this am glad to say, the people Of Ohio are
n,ied If the unanimous voice Of the Legislature Of