The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-03-29
Disuniou n Democratic Disease.


We quote the following character
istic passages from recent speech
by Senator Wade:
| will not boast, for that ia weak
ness; but | will say, did you ever
hear, Mr.. President, or did you ever
read, Senators, of any Republican
that ever was All advocate for the
dissolution OF these statesl The
whole Democratic party is tainted
with this doctrine Of rebellion and
secession. 1t never has invaded ON
ranks. No, sir. Thank God, | eau
stand here in the Senate, and | can
challenge gentlemen to point me to
one single man in the two million
voters that we assembled at the polls
who has avowed himself disloyal to
the Union of the states. What would
you not give, sir, il you couId make
tho same boaGt Oh yyur side n( ta
chamber? You are all, nearly all
affected with the dissolution disease
1t has invaded you in every depart.
ment OF this government; it is iiie
all over the South; and | fear that
the North also is not entirely free
from il; but it is in the old Demo
cratic party; it ia not in ours. Is il
not little singular that tn. y who
make these complaints have been the
constant governors OF this country
during all the period of which they
complaint Is it not stranger still,
that when states were going on, ct
this Union, and il is crumhlin2 to
pieces, you charge us, who never yet
raised hostile hand against the
Union, with its destructionl We
never breathed a disloyal breath
against the Union; and yet we are
constantly addressed. till even my
patience is almost exhausted, and
Senators point over here and say that
we must do something, or the Union
will be dissolved; that is to say, we
must hold your hands, or yon will
dissolve it. You know full well that
we are not disunionists. You know
that we never threaten it. You
know that we promised to vindicate
it, even with our blood; and yet we
have been charged with being the
canse OF your dissolution, and Won
suppose that your disease is so light
that even bread pills may cure it.
| can trace, and so can any states
man here trace, our present difficult.
les to compromise that waa made.
which. in the simplicity OF those who
made it, WAS To give union and peace
To ths government forever. SIR. |
can trace all your difficulties to day
to the enactment OF that very com.
promise. y compromise ia never
i""n.''d npon ANY principle. i. t"d.
i.ut be-; because ii il is really n cou.
promise. there are different and con.
i'ir'ing principles, ct which you give
Cp little on each side; and the re
suit is not much harmony ever. 1t
Is mixing up OF good and bad, OF
right and wrong. lan do not settle
the controversy. but you agree ior
the time to abandon il; while the
very irritation that made the coutro.
vcrsy rankles in the heart even
worse generally, after the compro
misc il effected. that it did before. -
Although the old one stood Tor some.
thing like thirty ycars, that wound
was never healed. The great Union.
saver now. who stands forth to ad-
v0cate the Uninn. WAS the first man
to lay his violent hands upon that
compromise, and tear away that bull.
wark which had guarded our cor
roversies and shielded ~ from them
so long, ana now he stands forth aud
plumes himself as being grca'
compromiser and an allaycr Of irri.
tation. Sir, | shall not very soot
forget that dark anh glromy perioC
Of our history when | stood upon tn,
floor OF this Senate deploring the ac
that has caused oil our woes. Ii yor
will look back into the history o
our debates then, You will find tha,
on that dark and gloomy night when
you repealed that compromise,
predicted what would be the result
of your doings. | take no credit az
a prophet for doing it. 1t was mos
obvious what would be the effect o
it. told you then, sir, that yor
wonld array section against section
that there would be nothing between
bnt the naked broadsword, onC
against the other. implored yor
then. in Gods name, in the name o
the Union, to stay your hands, no
to plunge us into woes, that we coulC
hardly conceive Of; but nothing coul,
stay your ambition. The South. b,
a recent triumph, mad become over
whelming here in legislation, the,
had demanded the sacrifice, and be
lieved that through the compromis
ing spirit Of the North, they coul,
carry ont that aggression agains
right and justice without any danger
The result has shown great danger
1t has shown that those who had pre-
dicted it might work ou: the dissc
luton Of this Union were true propt
eta. was among tho prophets ther
, and a good many others were alsC
am speaking OF it now rs a comprc
: mise. How short sighted are men
i Sir, when with a heavy heart
,, left this capitol to go to my lodging
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