The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-08-16

elared their fidelity to the Union, the ieaa'nE
men who managed tho assembly oee'ai
al their Glove and reverence for the Un
ION" while they say practically the recon
s,,ue,;on of the Union is ga palpablo absurd
/ i,v unless such compromises shall be mad
=: Give To traitors in AZ time to come, impu
nity for rebellion.
How read the resolutions; we meal
not those Of the minority which wer
offered, but those passed. Between the tW'
there is this difference. The one set - opei
bold and defiant. though verbose secession
the other, the set adopted, runs just 50 neal
the line Of secession, or sympathy with it
that the difference is hardly perceptible tt
TO all who will take the trouble to strip from
the important resolves, the sugar covering o.
deceit and lies which envelope them.
I Resolved, That to the union OF these States
into one Coufederacy we are indebted for oul
happiness and prosperity at home, and iol
all that renders us honored and respected a
Nation among Foreign Powers; that thi
Union was consumated, and the Constitu
ton framed and adopted by our fathers il
the spirit Reconciliation, concession and com
promise, upon the great basis Of Justice ant
Equality, and that upon n complete recogni
ton Of these fundamental principles they
rested their hopes OF its perpetuity.
Resolved, That we regard the cultivation
Of sectional feelings and prejudices, and th'
formation OF sectional parties, as in direc
opposition to the wise counsels OF the Father
OF his Country, Us tending directly to thu
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF this Confederacy, to the
rendlng asunder OF our iraternal bonds, t
the destruction OF the foundations upon which
our Government rested, and Us the prim'
cause Of the present distracted state Of affair
in our country.
Resolrcd, That in our Judgment the dis
contented feeling which has arisen among
our brethren OF the Southern States, causeC
by the agitation Of the slavery question
might have been quieted by Cancellation ant
by compromise equally honorable to boti
sections. and that day of retribution vii
soon oyertake the Republican leaders and
press for their unwise and unpatriotic cours'
in preferring to carry out mere party dog
ina, to the preservation OF great and pros
porous people from the horrors Of the civil
war and national ruin.
Resolved, That we stand second TO none
in our love for and adherence to the Union
and we are ready and willing to give It oul
most hearty support, and stand committed
TO any measures necessary to its preserya'
ton in its integrity and the spirit in which
il was formed.
Resolred, That the reconstruction OF the
Union by force against the embittered feel
ings and the united strength of nearly one
half the States is a palpablo absurdity, anC
an utter impOSibility and even ifthe reyoltet
States should DO oyerrun and subjugated
they can be held TO their allegiance only by
changing our Government TO an unlimited
monarchy; and while pursuing this deusior
of rc-uniting the States by coercion, a stand
ing army has been raised without color Of
law, the freedom of speech has beeApbridSed
the right OF protection Of person habeai
corpus, the right Of safety in homes, papers
and effects, the right Of petition for redress
of grievances, these great constitution
al rights ON which our freedom rests. ar
being violated, and unless an immediate check
be- placed upon these usurpations no remnant
of our once tree government will remain &c
US.
Rssolued, That the only end to be attained
by the present cOerciye policy OF the Admin
istratiOn il the entire prostration ofour com
mercial, industrial, and material interests,
lasting separation, and an unConquerabi
bitterness OF feeling between the dilcren
I States, an enormous sacrifice OF blood AM
treasure, and the complete sabyersion OF on
| Government.
Resolved, That we are in favor of n Gen
eral Convention OF all the States, TO take in
70 consideration measures for the immediate
and auicable settlement Of the existing dill
culties.
There are many things in the resolve
which being the mere expression Of opinions
as to the causes of the war, and simple par
titan declarations of reverence for the Union
that are Of little consequence. There are othel
declarations involving facts of history which
are not true. That for example in the thirC
resolution which says "this feeling nigh
have been quoted by concilliation and by {
compromise equally honorable to all sec
tons" That this is not true as fact o
history we give the following extracts from
speech Of Andrew johnson OF Tennessee, IL
the U. S. Senate, made July q, 1861. Thi
speech of Southern man whose fidelity +
the Democracy has never been questioned
settles the matter that nothing honorable
all sections, would be taken by the rebels
But perhaps these imitators of the Hartfor
Conventions like their predecessor, look upo
nothing honorable, but complete submission
to tho demands Of the enemy. Says MIR
johnson:
Did not the Senator from California tMr
Latham1 the other day show unmistakabl
/ that il was not compromise they 1.-THE rebels
| wantedl will add that compromise was th
thing they most feared; and their great effort
was 10 get out of Congress before any com
promise could be made. At first their cry wa
| peaccable secession and reconstruction. The!
talked not of compromise; and. repeat, theL
great dread and fear was that something would
be agreed upon; that their last and only pre-
text would be swept from under them, and tina
they would stand before the country naked AM
exposed.
The Senator from California pointed out 4
you A number of them who stood here and die
not vote for certain propositions, and thos'
propositions we're lost. What vas the actor
before the Committee of Thirteen! Why die
| not that Committee agreel Some OF the mos
ultra men from the North we're members of tina
Committee, and they proposed to amend tn
Constitution ~ as to provide that Congress II
| the future never should interfere with the sub
iect ofSlayery' The Committee failed to agree
and some Of It's members az once telcgraphed 4
their States that they must 20 out ofthe Unioi
at once. But after all that transpired in IN,
early part Of the session, what was donef w
know what the argument has been; In time
zone BY met IL; have heard IL again AM
again In has been said that one great obiec