Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-02-15
Editorial Correspondence.
w.sursoro>, Feb. II, ,s6i.

Peace Con,,ntion now holding i,s session
in willard. Hall. 4 large nurnhsr Of the
State. are represented in his conven,ion-
some sIteeu or more. Thi. meeting va.
sr-t recommended nv Virginia The leg
i.la,ure Of Maine. by resolution, appointed
her delegation m COngrr-. to rerrc'cnt her
in said eoutention, and they were notified.
on Friday. BY Telegraph from Gov. Wash
burn.
Many distinguished neo. from all sec
ton. Of the country arr meu'ers Of the
Convention. President Tyler IL it, per-
rnaneu; President. Such men a. wm. G.
Rrves. Of Virginia; N--srs. Guthrie,
wieklcHe and Morehead. Of Ksn,deky
Commodore stockton and Gov. olien, OF
New Jersey Greene Z. Bronson. Eras,us
Corning. aud wm. ". Eurt.. Of New
York Tom Ewing AMI Governor Chase.
Of Ohio: Gov Pollock and David wilnoi,
Of Pennsylvania. judge Rusn and Gov.
Mor~head. Of North Carolina. and Reyeriy
johnson. Of Maryland, are the men who
will take the lead in brin.in. forward and
pericc,ine any plan Of adjustment that may
be adopted by the Convention. ii' So
,iop. thus Ear have been private, no report.
ers, or per-ou. no; member. being allowed
20 - present What il will 30. BY way Of
settling the troubles tha, distract the eosu.
try, Ne ars unable 10 say. One thing Ne
d. know. that there are extreme men 'rpn
both sections IN that c,,nS,uti1n. wLe'Der
these s,,rr,pc men will h,t UPON any plan
% comr,om,-- IhA' Nil hc satisfactory 20
the Meth and S,uth. rr,usips o. ~ seen.
Everything thu. iar Ia, b,n conducted
hArmon.0u.'y.
LAsi week ~. speu, IN discussing the
qus-tiv5.- involved IA the report Of the COM
niiioc 81 thrty.thr~-vr mean - far ~
the Hoase va. concerned Several able
speeebo- were mad, The be-, rre in the
10, "a. iron, Henry Winter na'i., Of Mary
land This gentleman, alt. 'u-h young
man. IA. national reputation ili..p>~ch
was listened 20 by ero.dei galleries, while
large number Of the member. from the
Peace Congress. were admitted By courtesy
% the Door Of the IIous- The position as
sumsd by Mr.. DrI. was patriotic aud
statesman like. lie administered TO the
di.unioui-t. terrible castisation his AZ
rumen, IN favor Of foro, on the part u the
government, % protect 10 property and en-
force it, laws. was admirable. llis tone
wa. bold and defiant. Upon several occas
zion. be was loudly aPPlauteI BY the sAl-
leriv-.
In the senate, Senator johnson, from
Teune--ee. made another speech. occupying
p,t,ioa 4 two day- II wall be reSollect-
81 a, an early part Of the session he was the
.6rd mao IN the SenAie who took strong
groun' against the d'.un,oui.,s. lie then
made strong speech IN favor of coercion.
For this he hl, been ererywhere ahu-~'i ~
the traitors 80 f'r a. plsrt and an iron
riH are concerned. Senator johnson - a
s~eond J.ekson H.. last speech was a
bold. eloquent, s-athins attack upon the
traitors aud their treason. IL depicted ,hs
Consequences Of disunion in glowing, terrific
eolors, and raising himself up ia an a,,i-
,ude Of bold defiance. in the very face Of
treason. he denounced secession n 4" bell
born and hell bound" Gov johnson.
speech was terribly annoying 70 the fire.
eaters, especially 10, Lane aud wigfall.
The latter made long rambling reply on
THURSDAY, in which he tried TO be very
we're upon johnson, who, during IL. delivery.
eat appsrenhy Indifferent a. O. what nigh,
eome from the notable Texan Ssn,,or.
Judgs Kello-:. Of Illinois. made speech
on Friday. IN supper, Of the measures Of
compromise INTRODUCED BY him, which
proposition rs-snlcts the Missouri Comrrp-
mis-, lins---naking all north Of Il IRE. and
all south slave territory. We believe he
has bG; lev Republican supporter. or
'yupa;hiI-rs in thu. proposition to lesaliEs
aud perpe,ua,s slavery in the territories Of
she United States
Mr. Collar, bill. giving the Postmaster
GENERAL authority To discontinue all post
routes add po.t-Othce- in the seeding S,ates.
passed the ilou.s by an o,,rxhs!m,n. ln..
jOrisy. rhi. u an "Iesllent measure, Tor !,
10 u great piece of forbearanee on the lar,
OF the Government, O. accommodate the
rebel States with P's'al ~r'iee, a, an extra
expense Of irO mi'aOHs per annum. especial
ly when the traitors take upon Ih-msel -
the Liberty To ride tn mail bags and .,e,I
their contents Other ball. will De passed
before tie adjoarnm-ni Of this Congress.
~ meet the sIisencie- Of the times, aud en-.
able the General GoVerun snt to enforce ihe
ss. and protect its property.
The Virginia election last seek va. 4
erlshr 10 the traitors. By an over~h-lm.
ing majority Of AZ least fifty thousand ia
the popular vote, the people Of the Old
DouiIloo decided in favor Of ;hs Union
Tia. will put an end TO the movement. Of
The seeessioai.s in the border States, al
least until after LincOln's inauguration
10 will be reeOllse.ed that the two Senators
and eight Representative. from Virginia
just esi0rs this election, issued q manifest,
IN favor Of immediate sses..iOu. Mss.rs