New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-12

tvs, as presume they will be, I put a.
"Queston 4. How, and upon what principle, do
you make the dItnction between executing one law
by force in Massachusetts, and, at the same time, pro-
lose to incur the penalty Of treason and introduce civil
war into midst, by resisting the pro for
the execution Of other laws in South Carolina
And will tell you in advance that IL will not do
Tor yen TO put yourself on the ground assumed by
fome, that there ia difference between using force
in state that has declared herssk Of the Union
md one that has taken no such ground, because you
you utterly and wholly dsny ,s soy STATE Sss b
right to declare herself out of the Union except on
the ground of revolutions; and suppose none Of you
will deny the right Of any and all Governments TO put
down revolution and that II successful that reyo-
luton is treason.
"Question S. Did not you and those whose ooursa
you uphold in contemplated resistance to the suthor.
ties Of the General Government, il IL should find IL
pecessary TO resort force in orderto execute the laws
adopt the platform of our party, together with tho
candidates who planted themselves that platform ia
good faith, and with honest purpose TO act in 60
eordsnce with its prof ssions
"Question 6. Did not you and they recommend 10
the people Of this State the support of candidates.
upon the ground Of their superior nationality because
they known to be in favor of the preservation OF
the Union the vindcaon Of the Constitution and tho
"Question 7. If you and they were for six months
engaged In urging the peol lie OF Virginia 10 the
support Of this platform ard its candidates, win
you inform me now what Union 1t was You were
for indicating and what Laws you were for en-
forcing1
"Qaestion 8. According to your understanding, aud
as' whG ySSd or ia
not earnestly and honestly ledge ourselves to each
other and 10 the world that we would contend % the
last for the perpetoation of the Union Of the thirty
three States, composing the COnfederacy which was
formed by our fathers was it not the supremacy Of
the Constitution which authorizes the Of force TO
execute the laws, suppress insnrrection and repei
invasion7 and was il not the enforcement OF al laws
uDon the statute book IL only certain selected
laws in certain selected localities that you for
forngl
Qufstion 9. If 1t was your intention only TO exez
cute such laws in the Southern States az Southern In
terests might demand, do YOU think it 10 accord
ance with principles Of fairness and common honesty
that YOU should have asked friends at the North 70
unite with on the general PLATFORM without inform
ing them that you for using force to execute laws
among them, but that they should not be allowed to
use force to execute the laws among ourselves.
Qveson 10. After having prevailed on "a, 54 voters
of Virginia to stand by you IN your recommendation 70
uphold the Union, 10 protect the Constitution, and 70
enforce the sws-snd tince by their votes the State
was carried for John Bell and Edward Everett, do
YOU think you are at liberty now 70 abandon these
"a, 500 men, very large majority OF whom are noe
Shareholders and tell them that the Union which our
fathers established is not worth contendng for-that
the Constitution is toy and paythng for the sport
of folly and "a sion, and resentment; and that the
lava must not be enforced upon any Southern State
that cnOOee 10 set uttu up IN ucuauSc VI AL
and all constitutional authority
(" Question II. DO yon tbi.k you have right now
TO plunge this State into all the forros OF cyil war,
and involve the people Of Virginia III the crime OF trea-
soD, by epousing the cause OF South Carolina that
In state Of rebellion against T. e General Government,
ard thereby transfer the battle-ground from South
Carolina to Virginia, and then ell upon the non
sayehoding population of the State to DO all the fight
ing for elaveholdng sympathes only when their slave
property is not endangered and do you not think tho
exrerinent il hazardous one TO the sLivehoding M
teTests of this StafeI
Question - Don't you think, as South Carolina
is the only State that has taken steps from which war
is likely result that hers is the soil upon which the
war Iii any comer) should be conducted, and that
won en- and children should not be subjected 10 the
horrors that will trend it, by transferring the
from the rice and cotton FIELDS OF that State TO the
heagthstones Of Virginia
"QUessior 10. In this view of the subject, don't
You think IT would be more becoming and more chiv-
sbic on the part Of those who think South Caro-
lima IL justified in her present position, and who
reoomn end resistance 10 the General Government the
President of the United States should feel that the
obligations Of his oath required him TO execute the
laws and suppress insurrection, should volunteer
their services TO South Carolina, go down there, and
make that the scene of their heroism and renown,
instead Of stirring up the wort passions Of mature.
and dragging hote into the difficulty who not do be-
ieye South Carolina Is justified IN what se has done
and who have no sympathy with the hot haste with
Wilt she has acted and the insul ing manner Ii which
size has treated Virgin iai
" Question IL. "A far as South Carolina make
hersef so ia she not foreign the people
Of Naples or the people of Rome and if there are
symrail izers here Of the Pope the hand Of
Victor Emanuel and GaribHldi the other, who wish
TO take part in the Italian war ought they not 70
assume an individual responsibility, and should they
not seek the psps Of Italy for display Of their val)r,
and strive TO involve their country in the cor-
test y
"Qarstion Is. Finally, do you think you have
right TO find fault with and complain Of ur, who Stood
by you in the late contest in favor of The Union toe
Constitution and the enforcement of the laws, and
p stand faithful TO our professions and our principles,
becsnse cannot stul fy ourselves as we think We
should, by declaring will let the Union ali ie,
the Constitution be trodden down, and the Laws vio-
lated with impunity p