Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-03-06

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government; nothing short of this will sat- GAG
e isfy them. What most alarms them at i1gia
: this time, is the growing power Of the free X
: States; as showed by the census. II my, 70 IS
colleague from the Columbus district wish III bti
es at once to reach the root of the difficult iasr
ty, he must sacrifice still further his poll q ssE
teal principles; and, as he appears to be l9rls
in sacrificing mood, l would suggest -
what, for time at least. would restore q
: peace to the country and coax the cotton 81 ,sfs
4 States to lay down the weapons of their sroir
rebellion The power of the free States 1s
he will remember. is the chief difficulty .safssE
Let him, then, destroy their free-sehools b,Jog
SYSTEM put down free speech; silence the .1sEns
press and pulpit, put a seIsorship upon 60
their literature; dry up the source Of their q
power paralyze the energies of their pros suse
perity; destroy the emblems of their civiliz
zatiOu; eradicate from the breasts of their l,fa
people the love of Justice and the hatred Of b.1i
oppression; and ne viii have brought aboeto ssrss
a final settlement of the slavery question q szas
This would out-Crittenden Crittenden.l sss g5oS
Mr.. Speaker, the conspiracy to destroy e.
this government is extensive and wide .fz,F
spread. penetrating every department. of 2 sns
the government, and. but for proVidential AR
lnterposition, it mig int have succeeded. I -z-z,s
cannot better define this great crime than sa.ar
to quote from an editorial article from thessF q
Baltimore Sum- under the head of The ~
Great Crime of History" emitting the ed 81
| itorial ''we:" f - siT .-ss
ain all the historic annals Of oar race slEsL
L can point to no crime so great, so infa-a bla
NOUS so purely vicious, because so COM sleE
pletely eauseless and inexcusable, as that 'F
which has dissolved the Union ofsthese5 as-ls
States. And that there should be any, -
man in this southern section of our CON- E.a
mon territory who can regard the criminal 90 Cd
process, and the reckless and relentless
perpetrators of this great crime, with any Ea Z
degree Of liberation, is to me perfectly in aGza
comprehensive. als --iE [ -aesi1s-
The eloquent editor endeavored to fasten 1oVs,
this great crime upon others; but charge SO
it upon him, and those sympathizing with is.77f
him, who counsel treason and apologize ng
for traitors. This great crime must be put sis-
down as other crimes are put down-bysg sct
coercion. The question is not now Wheth-z Z. r
er the government shall coerce a State, but 's11
whether the people of State shah eoerces@-z
the government Our flag has been insult tfF
ted, our forts have been captured, and our ~
property has been stolen; and no goverR--~
ment can exist without eOerciRg obeaianee =
to It's laws, and putting down organized 80
rebellion however formidable 1t may BE-.
Our forts must be recaptured, our stolen "A =
property recovered, the Constitution and
laws must be obeyed. If that means coer-
cion, then l am for coercion. Fl g. f,5.4z .sfr
believe that large majority in ths 49,.
slave States are yet loyal to the Constitu-
ton, and that there is Union feeling in
the States which have passed ordinances Of .sals
secession that will yet put down rebellionsi3 81
there, it is, for the time being, oEerborra. s-.E
by the terrorism which prevails | think
the reaction has already commenced. Well.
it is said We must do something to aid this
reaction, and at least save the border slave dee
States. Sir, is not the Constitution as il o-'s-,
IS, broad enough for all Union men to stand 7
upon? 1t is not proposed to take from the
people Of the slave States one single con-
stitutional guarantee which they now .-'i
have ,'r Eii Iatt -5.'1d - zs1f
At the commencement of this session.51HB
| was opposed to all measures which held .t
out plans of compromise; and l. firmly be-
lieye that the position of the Union men
in the border slave States would have been 21'
stronger to-day if majority Of this House tE
would have given them the firm platform I-s
of the Constitution to stand on, instead, Of e..
throwing to them rotton planks of cOmpro-
h4ASC, hu4Cu AAuSS ultimately give Mdy De-
fore the surging waves of the disunion fa-
naticism that is sweeping over these Statezs5 o.
| know their position is embarrassing and ,,.zs
if they can stand at alls.they must stand
upon the declaration of General jackson.
that ''the Union must and shall Be preserr-,
ed'' -
1 am willing to unite with all men sho1oisa
are for the integrity Of the Union. sI-dot O.
not thereby adopt their views upon the .sv...
slavery question, or other questions nor rrl,s
do they adopt mine. If the people of any
State desire the Constitution amended, they
can submit propositions Of amendment -s
and they would be entitled to a respectful s
if not coupled with athreat7 )
to break up the government, if not grant-..-,.
ed.
hope, sir. that the Constitution VIII
llerer be so amended as to give additional
guarantees to slavery. All who-Yote for
such amendments are guilty of its Grim
inality and Injustice All the elements Of
agitation are now at Y0rkatO bring about
such amendments; but l trust they will
signally fail The people are still true
to their convictions, and. whatever, their
representatives, may do, they -willl nsrs7,sIa'
trust in the eloquent language of Dr. Cham "a
ming. ''give eountenanee 10 the doctrine
which all tyrants hold that material pow
er physical pain. is mightier than the con- ~
vietions Of reason. than the principles Ofss
luty, than the love of God and man .sss
kind They will, if necessary, with warm 49,
hearts and strong arms. rally to the sup
port of Just government and let US, their -
representatives stand FIRM TO eur consie-
ions. leaving the result IN the hands of s-t
hat Providence that has never forsaken US
n the darkest hour of our history.
Mr. cox of Ohio having replied to sOmc =
# the remarks of Mr. Hutchins, Mr.. II. So
poke as follows: 2 - gzt a sae 81
MrsHUTCHINS. l made no personal
lttaek upon my colleague. Against his
oolitical acts have bad, and now have
ome little criticism to make; because onsf4@
very occasion that he could get the ear OF -
his House, he has seen ft to denounce my
constituents as enemies to the Union. and -
.s abettors of the raid of John Brown
He even brought against the Judges Of the p
State the charge Of signing the Marseil- ~
aise on the bench; and also against thssss
itizens of the Western Reserve, the same
large of signing the same patriotic song
through their noses. Laughter - -
Now nv constituents are n hsIuaane and .lt