The national Republican., 1861-01-19
THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS,
SECOND SESSION.
Friday, January ls, 1861.
SEN ATE

War Department, giving statement Of the
expenses of the national armories for the year
ending June 80, 1861 referred.
Mr.. Wade presented joint resolutions of the
Legislature Of Ohio, declaring in favor of ad
herring to the Constitution, opposing oil seces.
sion, and denouncing notification in all the
States laid on the table, and ordered to be
printed.
Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, reported joint resolution authorizing
Lieut.. Craven to receive certain marks Of dis.
tinction from the Spanish Government; which
was read, and passed.
Mr.. Sumner offered a resolution calling on
the President of the United States, if not in.
compatible with the public interest, to furnish
all correspondence between the Department of
State and the ministers of foreign Governments
relating to clearances to vessels at the port of
Charleston, in the State of South Carolina
laid over under the rule.
Mr.. Kennedy presented petition Of citizens
of Washington county, praying for the adoption
of the Crttenden resolutions laid on the table.
Mr.. Bigler presented similar petitions from
citizens OF Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Ten Eyck presented the resolutions of
public meeting, held at Trenton, New Jersey,
declaring for the maintenance Of the Union.
Mr.. Chandler presented the petition Of some
thirty citizens of Detroit, Michigan, mostly, as
he said, Democratic office.holders, praying for
the adoption of the Crittenden resolutions laid
over.
Other resolutions Of the same tenor were
presented.
Mr.. Cameron's motion TO reconsider the vote
tabling the resolutions of Mr.. Crittenden was
taken up, and carried-yeas 27, nays "a.
The resolutions were then postponed until
Monday next, at p. NJ.
The only Republican voting aye was Mr..
Dixon, of Connecticut.
Mr.. Green moved joint resolution, looking
to a protection of the rights of all the States I;
or, that failing, to peaceful separation by
means of a general Convention.
Mr.. Crttenden said he did not like anything
that looked like dissolution.
Mr.. Green wished to call public attention
more directly to the subject.
The Pacific railroad bill was laid aside till
Tuesday next, and the Kansas bill was taken
up.
Mr.. Douglas thought Kansas ought to be ad.
mitted, and would not oppose it.
Mr.. Seward gave his reasons, from personal
inspection of the Territory, why it ought to be
admitted.
Mr.. Green proposed new boundaries for Kan.
sas.
Mr.. Douglas again advocated the passage of
the bill, with the present boundaries.
A vote on Mr.. Green's amendment was taken,
resulting-yeas 23, nays 81.
The Senate then went into Executive ses.
sion.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Moore, of Kentucky, rising to personal
explanation, gave the reasons why he did not
vote for Mr.. Abrams resolution, adopted some
time since, praisng Major Anderson for his
gallant and patriotic conduct, &c. He said
he could have cheerfully voted for this, but
was unwilling to pledge himself that he would
sustain the President in all measures which he
might choose hereafter to adopt to preserve the
Constitution and the laws.
heterodoxy, but, at the same time, he did moi
deny the right of revolution, to resist aggres.
sion on one hand, and to secure freedom on the
other. The time for this, however, has not ar
rived-the period had not occurred to precip
tate such dreadful catastrophe. Nor was il
the proper time to send renforcements to South
Carolina or other Southern States. We should
hesitate, and endeavor to get back by peace
what might be necessary hereafter to acquire
by force.
The House resolved itself into Committee
of the Whole on the state of the Union, on the
army appropriation bill.
Mr.. Pendleton, of Ohio, made a speech il
condemnation Of the bill which Mr.. Bingham
recently introduced, for the purpose of collect
ing the revenue in the harbor of Charleston
and, in the course Of his remarks, SPOKE
against the coercion Of seeding States. II,
was for compromise, conciliation, and peace
but if the seeding States could not be induced
to remain with US, he would let them depart il
peace.
Mr.. Sherman, of Ohio, replied in long ant
eloquent speech, showing the warlike act
which have been committed by South Carolina
including the firing on the Star of the West
He appealed to gentlemen of the border State
to say whether they would see the flag thu
dshonored. His idea was, not that Sout
Carolina is coerced, but that she is coercin
the border States, and resisting the authort
of the Government.
Let us, he said, see whether there is any hop
for peace and conciliation. If we cannot agree
let us fight. If we can agree, let US do it lik
men, and not be hurried on into the reckless
ness Of despotism. If gentlemen would nc
unite to produce peace, then he could see moth
ing but civil war.
There was already rising in the West spir
which would not brook much longer these in
suits on our flag. He still, however, hoped fo
peace; and then proceeded to remove the ca
alogue of imaginary evils of which the Sout
complain. Should we allow Fort Sumter to b
surrendered at discretion? He said, never. H
would tomorrow, if he could, give South Ca
olina leave to leave the Confederacy; We
where our flag floats, it is the bounden dut
of the Government to protect it against a
enemies, at all hazards.
The speech was of such character tha
justice cannot be done to it in mere synoI
sis.
Mr.. Crawford, of Georgia, entered into d,
fence of South Carolina and of the State
Georgia and the seeding States. They elaine
these States had right to resume the power