Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-03-27
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u. >. senste..Ex~cuuve sess,ou.

sIeetl0n OF SSr9ee0tAt-Arms and Door keeper
vss laid over for the present.
On motion of Mr.. Powell il vas
Rssolvsd, That the President b. requested to
10 the Senate, II mot incompati.
DE With the public interest. the dispAtchss
rom Major Anderson 10 the War department
luriDg the time he has been In command Of
Fort sumter.
Mr.. Howe resomed his speech in opposition
10 Mr. Douglas' resolution calling for iniorma.
lion relative ~ Southern forts. He sho ed the
difficulties Of procuring amendments TO the
which Douglas advocated % .
remedy for the troubiss. and srgued that the
Of the seeded States would not
produce peace. and the issue is betwe loyal
ctizens and those who defy the authorities Of
the government He said the Unionists in the
seeded States were borne down BY tyranny
from which they ought to be relieved. He
ssked Douglas 10 unite With him and the Re
publicans in declaration that while We do
not propose TO make war We do not intend
war shnll be made upon us.
Mr. Douglas said il the War Department
was not in possession Of the information this
. resolution calls for. no harm could result from
such An answer. He apprehended that this
would tend to sllay public excite
ment. lie supposed there was no danger - to
Fort Sumter, but desire to know whether Fort
Pcksns would be held merely for irritation
He wanted to know whether We were 10 have
peace or wsrf He believe the policy to be
peace. The threat to coll Ct the revenue and
blockade the ports without legal authority,
vas threat to violate the Constitution Was
it wiss to deluds the people into the belief that
the Administration was going to do What tho
does not permit He had en-.
deavored during the last session. when the Re-
publicans we're rushing through bill to de-
stroy the revenues to prevent it, but they
would not listen to the warning, and he appre-
hendsd that an extra session would be called
to undo part Of what was recklessly and unu-
sually done. II seemed impossible for the Re.
publicans to make speeches without impugniag
his motive or aesaillDg his character.
Mr.. Howe said he had opposed the mend
ments he proposed, with . view OF ensuring
safety and equality. and restoring peace, unity
and fraternity to the whole county.
MIR. Clark, int +rruptinR. eaid he was one
who chose to stand by the Constitution as /; is.
believing it better than entertaining coMpro.
misses.
Mr. Douglas-No doubt the Senator enter
tained that opinion. even If disunion was the
inevitable consequence, and would prefer war
Mr. Clark said he could judge Of the amend
ments only when proposed He deprecated
war:
Mr.. Douglas-yet when the question Of war
or amendments wac proposed, he understood
Mr. Clark to be against all compromises.
Mr.. Clark distinctly believed be could stand
on the Constitution better than anT thing else.
and avoid war by taking that position. The
time vac not far distsnt when the laws would
be enforced all over the Union without the use
Of the bsyonet.
Mr.. Douglas-still no one denies that sev en-
States have expelled Federal authority
Mr.. Clark inquired whether the Post Office
Department did not run malls through those
Mr. Douglas believed they did bnt with
the coneent of those States But letters might
be opened without punishment.
Mr.. Clark inquired il the revenue could not
be collected on ship-bosrd, If Congress clothed
the President with power?
Mr.. Douglas supposed they could. But he
had been speaking Of laws ss they are He re.
garded this - an admission that the Republi.
cans did not mean to collect revenues until the
laws were changed.
Mr.. Clark wished Mr. Douglas to take the
admission as including nobody but himself
Mr.. Douglas thought the admission SD clear
that he might include ali the Republicans 10
it, and said the triumphs Of Republicans had
brought di.union, and God only knew what
consequences were to grow out oft
Mr. Howe asked whether he understood that
the election Of Mr.. Lincoln, instead Of some
body else, had caused . dissolution Of The
Union.
Mr. Douglas said II he had succeeded in de-
fssting the Republicans. thereby rendering ii
certain that their policy wouldn't be carried
out, the Southern people wCnld have rested in
security, and the Union would not have been
dit solved.
Mr. Howe inquired what policy?
Mr.. Douelas replied sectional policy. Be
cause the Republicans made war on slavery ..
great political and moral vii.
Mr. Howe denied that the Republicans we're
. sectional party.
Mr.. Douglas said the Republican party j,
based on hostility - slavery. He replied to
brsckiDridges argument that under the Law
IS it nov stands - TO every Territory. without
exception, . man can remove thlther with hi.
slave property on equal terms With other prop
erty. The Republican. in organizing Govern
menta for Nevad., Colorado and Dscotah, las,
session, did what they had not done for twelve
years before, and did what they 90 long had
abused him (Douglae) for wanting TO do. They
did it from . sense Of justice when they got the
majority. The motive he had for being Pres
ident VA to carry ont that policy. He gave
the Republicans credit for adopting 1t after de
fsatipR him The Senator from Pennsylvania
(Wilmot) had arrived here in time 10 see the
epubl,cans repudiate the Wilmot Proviso, Re-
j.ct the corner stone Of the temple, and come
up 10 n.intervsntion and popular sover
eighty.
Mr. Howe, in the course Of tn debate, wish
Cd to know If Douglas. principles would have
saved the Union and ss the Republican, have
adopted them, why vas not there psacsf
Mr. Douglas replied. because the Republi
cane would not ackDo Wedge it. and kept tbs
people In the dark.
Mr. Breckenridge wished to reply TO Mr.
Douglas, but the Senate went into executive
seesion, and adjourned.