The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-30
THE REVOLUTION.
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crave curiosity, the historian 10 inv esgaN the
which led to such disastrous results and that
SAey all sprung from the empty rivaree OF POLITICAL par
Nss the inability Of boosted statesmen 70 solve
1he problem Of the the Territories al TO slavery
but these causes can be discover
ed the impartial historian will declare that there was no
reason for the seceeson single State and what
ever for the disruption Of the American Union zap
panse) And great VIII be ms anazemsnt =, tne tac.
was shaking the pillars Of the republic, the re
representatives. Of the people sat looking on
In All the uuietude of insane indifference,
while thirty mihions Of American freemen failed TO vim
dcate themselves by giving practical assertion to the
God" They living In the midst of these great
enactmepts They were the representatives OF the people,
s OF Ser ssna the
which distracted the country, Of giving additional
impulse 10 that passive dissent which was rushing hem
" ruin He had listened with no appreciation but |n
little surprise, to the gentleman from tennessee r
Eherdge) who held that this Congress was not respo
sibe in this great crisis, because Of their inability 10 ao
any thing to heal the troubles of the. times. ne
differed with the gentleman too cele ana osnio S
nearer and quicker that the verdict OF the Amer
can people when they are fully aroused 70 tne Ell
gency Of the danger WIZ pe-a. ~ s,osr a;s, ,d
upon them the Of the people fr Congress
assembled He addressed .nem mnv,aasy anu cV'ee
cent n not entirely the safety CT the ruin OF the country
He would discuss past events in their Political his
tory as this party and that who first began
che agitation of the great questions which had brought
the country TO this great peril He deemed II worse
here the halls Of the people by whom and upon whom
the responsibilities were brought about, and upon whom
they rest What matered it to-day whether the lust OF
power, and the INSCRIPTIONS ambition of the old demo
cratic party, who induced to stir up the agitation
Of slavery question that they might catch the popular
ear and win the popular VOTE and TO gain the political
power OF countrywhat mattered 1t whether the re-
svans s Of existing @ Which
arose SUCCESSFULLY and which had swollen TO the
the country-wha mattered it whether the sin rested
upon the democratic or republican part2 The great ques
ton not upon whom the responsibility originally
rested the question with the country upon whom
vhe terrible responsibility Of the future shall rest
And that responsibility will fall surely and with crushing
weight upon that party set of who would not rise
above the miserable degradation OF mere party passions
and preudces and come to the considerations Of how
abe nation may be saved applause What amazed
INN was that while all these evils threatened the
try gentlemen that Goor entered day after day into
nhiosophioai inquiry which would do them credit on
another subject how much of the responsibility rested
on the shoulders of their party and how much must be
yised on the shoulders Of the opposite party well
might it be supposed that traveller IN some Alpine
pass would, at the moment he heard the premonitory
crash OF the coming avalanche upon some narrow
hedge from which be might be momentariy hurled into
the yawnng abyss below to spe ;ulae on
mass ice from its resting place for ages
thin that the American people win stop now to con
presented people who too the of imme
date danger to afford time to deal with those nicetes
He for declared that the responsibility of this whole
grave matter rested upon Congress in the degree
and with appropriate weight that responsibility rested
Of party On b Tine he %r ns o.
applied to Northern men to do what just under the
circumstances. to do what right their part
themselves He had desire TO lift the blame from the
shoulders Of of his section Of the country who had
done infinite mischief TO the stability of American insti
tuons lie would not therefore, lift from their shout
ders the load of responsibility which properly rested
npon them. AS Southern man, he would frankly ad
nit in the of the country that much Of the
mischief which had come upon the country had sprung
from ardent desire of some politicians in the
South to create a political sphere, in which
hey opad Tn "A
could hope to aspire to unier the present
mischief haunting the country sprung from the I'M
holy passions and ambition Of the Southern people, and
he feared that much Of the aggravaon which had reused
fame and which had awakened the fire Of sectional
preudees and opposition had been minstered to by his
that admission he would appeal to the frankness Of
Northern gentlemen and challenge them to deny that
far TOP much provocation had been given by the con-
sttuents they represent, and their own conduct as
representatives that floor That far too
much provocaton had been given 70 that spirit in
the South which always stood ready to seize with aydy
the slightest Offering TO the passions they desired to
Thus the country would hold both sections re-
sponsble for evils which threatened the country
and therefore, he considered this elimination and recr
inaton neither necessary or desirable under the
and he saw the same published in the Northern
that against the honor and dignity Of the North 10
yield thing to the demand Of the SOUTH because the
demandf made in tones of menace; and the south
either rejected all compromises and instead had taken up
against the federal government He would say
which had now grown into tremendous significance If
TO the disruption of the Union that the secession OF
OF his sympathy and had no particle Of his approval He
had right speak this subject and TO state his feel
ngs frankly for he was Southern man and his state
precipce which they regarded as leading to inevitable
ruin, because Of their ntemperance and because Of the
unnecessary and unjustiable action OF the extreme
bouthern States in this matter of secession.
Mr. Hrems, opp of Md. said that in this matter
the gentleman must not be regarded speaking the
sentiment Of Maryland At all events he repre-.
sentng the feeling Of his district;
Mr. HARRIS repeated the declaration that at that
ment to the best of his honest and well informed judg
ent the subject the doctrine Of secession could not
ra,se N MARYLAND oday manmne continuation ., ,ne
never would If his friend (Mr Hughes) assumed that
the eiemen, a. the secession element had
terance TO- he would have an opportunity TO say So AS
Ter himself, he would repeat that he had no
he believed that secession had foundation in
constitutional right He believed that single State Of
the confederacy had the right Of its motion, the
right TO break up the federal compact the absurd
and forced idea Of Inherent sovereignty nbehad read
the history Of his country Alright those which had
coded hal drawn just distinction between what
they conceived TO be State rights and federal rights,
but that because OF certain State rights they were
absolved their allegiance TO the federal govern
He did not believe that the States came into
powers Of sovereign states, but that as colonies they
joined the federation which composed the States Penn
syyania was then, 50 to speak, ehattel Of WI
Of Oglethorpc. But 10 secession constitutional
right he denied IT. and he trusted that when that unfor
tunate event should come might In the pre-
cent moment Of events, when Maryland should be called
her rights of the states OF the confede
racy that his would be greeted Throughout the
length and breadth OF that good old State with talk
the constitutional right of secession but that when
Mary had made up her mind that the stubborn
obstinate, oppressive North would no longer give them
such rights under the constitution they entitled
TO- that they would call the thing they meant do
luton, and stand upon that; and that they when the
time FOR rebesion comes, If come 1t must viii call u
by its name, without hedging IT round with abstract
ideas Of constitutional rights and abstract notions Of
stitntona distractions Secession Is revolution and the
right OF people To revolution sanctioned alike by
the constitution, by nature and by natures God. And
whenever the people Of state within the country feel
that they oppressed then they ought 10 revolt and
far land concerned he knew that she would do
In reply to Mr. Hughes Mr. Harris resumedI express
my own behalf my entire dsapprobaton OF the Sc
oess0n Of these states a1d believe that the sent ment
Of the majority Of the people of Maryland Is entirely
against the doctrine and practice OF secession. ZAP
ranse lie would say that just In proportion North
reprobated tho action OF the seeding states,
lust In that proportion they should be unanimous To
preserve the remaining States Of the Union from