New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-02

ttButF tutH NbDLBge-RIOuuu Oy submitting again
the viii and authority of the North and II the Sout
were 10 saC cumb in the combat, how would the Mort
enter into and eriov the fruits of their victory
They could certainly not ,,!ag heSoub back again int
me National Union rs free, equal ana ilospendeu
States. What service could the Staaora and member
of srbiugated States be in a Naionsl Legislature O
| equals tn" first shot exchanged between the PEG
pleof be North and the South, itself di--6''e8 th
ttion. With such violent disruption, all sen>e o
equality, duty and LOYALTY would be DESTROYED TO-
ever; and in the absence of these our Republican
iotms become sheer lieense 80 intolcrabe and ut
teiy unit for the protection of life and property, that
me people would In the end fly TO monarchy means
oi salvation from endless analchy lawe5sness u5urpa
iion end chaos. The who cOnniye at this result
VIII lind themselves incapable of ruling the sec
ton which now supports them in their career OF az
gretsion and fnatclsm, and unsuccessful in their
schemes they Will be hopeesey abandoned by their
prcsent followers rs they are now anxious 10 discard
hofe who would implore them to retrace their heed
less steps 10 save our common country. have not al
luded IN what have said to the position of my own
State IN tins contest. The people of the Pacific Coast
breathe but one sentiment Of LOYALTY and devotion to
the Union They will ratify any proposed amendment
TO the Constitution which could restore sense Of secI.
rry TO the South and peace 10 the country. If
no such settlement can be hadif neither the leaders
OF the Republican party, their followers in the
Northern States, will give peaceful guarantees to the
Southern States, then, Sir, IN my opinion large
jorty OF the citizens OF that coast will gay, Let them
20 IN peace. Civil war cannot remedy the evil and
let any result follow, than all its horrors.
Willie they would not allow the dignity of the Union
Tampled or spit upon, by any portion OF Its people, yet
the appeal OF ten millions of their fellOw-czens fail
ing OF regard DESTROYS much OF that unity will
cause them TO consent TO any steps sense of safety
may dictateeven 10 final and peaceful separation.
The history Of our future two COnfederacies
the result Of final necessity giving peace to the peo
pie is not to my mind so full Of glazing msgivings.
But rioitm separation needs prophet to tell us its
direful issue TO republican institutions. Peaceful
separation leaves the two sections to pursue their
b,rat ,,,tu ~, - at,Ia ptoJ
but still powerful to command respect from the
civilized world. As Mr.. Madison sad, They
may be divided 10 each other but united ms 10 the
world California, from her commerce, institutions,
and interests am led at present to believe, VIII re-
main with the Free Statas, with whom she is ia every
respect identified Believing it TO be the sentiment
OF her people that she will cling TO any remnant of
Union, while one remains, shall stand 10 my post
thus representing her. using all the means in my
power avert the destruction Of the Union while the
iantest hope may be realized and rather than behold
civil war and violence enthroned IN the land, VIII con-
sent 10 any iust and reasonable proposition, giving
peace and prosperity to the country. While have
voted for the resolutions Of TIE venerable aud expert
enced Senator from Kentucky Orr. CrittendenD every
pulsaiion OF whose heart is patriotic will support
The plans either of the distinguished Senators from
Illinois MIR. Douglasl, or Pennsylvania Mr.. Biger
still in my humble judgment the proposition
OF the honorable Senator from Minnesota MIR. Rice
il better calculated than any to give peace to the
country. II ends the struggle over the Territories be-
eighty " Slave Codes and other themes Of discord
and misrepresentation, must when all concede
10 the States the wntrammeed regulation Of their
owe internal institutions. This oblteratiou Of the
Territories OF the United States by State organ
zaons, bringing them Immediately under the
clear provisions Of the Constitution, and the
other remedies suggested or submitted to give Sc
curiiy 10 the institution Vi Slavery, will certainly
be promptly and almost unanimously agreed 10 by the
people represent, and will, believe, receive the APP
probation Of large majority OF the people both North
and South Mr.. President, our constituents
wait for US and expect uS 10 act promptly
on some proposition enabling their voice to
decide the Issue. Delay il baneful and con-
duciyc 10 the worst calamity. We have already lost,
by depreciation OF every species OF property, some
500 1000 and SHALL If the agitation continues,
lose thousand millions. non-ntercourse law
between the North and the South already, in fact,
eNisis and will soon, if things suffered to go on
be- enacted in due form. Circulating medium will be
deranged even disappear; and our State Treasures
will lie embarrassed and the Federal Treasury itself
reduced to hopeless bankruptcy Thousands of labor
ing people have been already thrown out Of employ
mcnt. Commercial failures and manufacturing ruin
already stalk through the and farmers will
be reduced toSbarci their produce for articles of
prime necessity. Our financial condition will suffer
the reduction OF the old colonial times, and the country
inundated with that baseless trasl-papcr money.
Emigration from Europe will cease, and the capitalists
who have invested ia American securities will throw
them Market stll further depressing the current
Yates. All private confidence will be destroyed and
every rpecfes om.oip,io, iasG~i'eiy POSTPONED.
How long law and QgdeT will be preserved under
such circumstance, bow long property will remain
secure and life protected ia more than venture 10
euess: but this will assert without fear OF contra
diciOn, that Government which allows all these
things 10 take place and which, Instead promoting
reace and harmony, leads by its supinenees, Partially
or want of power 10 the commission OF every species
Of public or private wrongs; TO armed inroads
State by citizens Of anOhcrto bloOdshed rapine and
civil war-such a Government, have no hesitation in
saying - not worth preserving, and our people VIII
make no sachce 10 prop mp and support 20 useless ana
cumbersome n fabric. Let the discomfort the disrust,
the hostile feeling between different sections of our
common country inCTeaEeet civil war ensue and our
free institutions will be scattered like the sands Of the
desert to all the adverse winds Of heaven Govern
ment sustained only by force, must from Its very
nature b. arbitrary must soon become a despotsm,
ard in the Reorganization aud general chaos we shall
be- happy if we escape foreign intervention, and are
spared the huniliatng sight OF European soldlery
perambuating IN triumph the streets OF once proud
Atlantic ciios For what shall all these calan
tiles befall ur Why shall We thus, in the midst Of
unparalleled success-n the tull vgor OF our national
youth for we have not yel reached even mans estate
become possessed Of such legion OF deSlls-a prey
TO such insanity to wfully shatter our own house
hold godsto heap the ashes Of our own hearthstone
on our devoted heads and with spiteful bands and
flaming torches, SET tre 70 and destroy that friendly
ana wldespreadiDg roof that has 80 sheltered all true
Libcrtys children in the whole world-easing to ut
ter and eternal destruction the hopes and elevated as
PHI atoms OF mankind. | inn lore YOU Senators, as
others have done before me, by everything dear
TO our hearts and sacred to our consciences, not
TO turn deaf ear to the voices OF the people,
calling upon us, from all sections, to pause
in our political career, and to prove to the
North and to the South, and to the civilized world,
that our hearts and our minds expand with the magni-
tude Of the subject on which we are called to de1er-
ate; that Uur patriotism can rice above party consider
atons; that when the honor dignity and existence OF
our institutions are at stake, there if no sacrifice Of
personal vanity the narrow sphere OF partisan poll