Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-01-19

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EAsHIxaroN. January 17.--SEHATE.-Mr. Fes-
sender presented the credentials Of Hon. Lot n.
morrill,, IS United States Senator from Maine, in
pace OF Mr.. Hamlin. The credentials we're re-
lerred and MIR. Merrill sworn In
ne Cnair presented q communication from the
o. Ohio. directing him to present the
49, y non g. P Chase IS United States Sen
en- up '"' Nsli'A1 O'ii "aS '~AA-
Ga molten Of Mr.. Biglcr, lbe Senate went into
Executive Session "oA' INV
ho e :. Mr. Potter, from The Navy Committee.
Paulding '-'~ al i@s0rot Oo"'
Mr. Hindman objected to its considerable, II.
ahusfstooe that u gave permission te f|ommoao-e
tEsuiaing 70 accept sword and grant Of land 60,
Mcsragua, for having acted in Che capacity Of con.
stable for Great Britain and Nicaragua WV
Potter-The gentleman is entirely m;stat.r r.
was not foE acting IS 9 constable, but for d:s.;n
guished services rendered this country and Mica
ragus.
Hiuduau would not inquire into the natter of
distinguished services: He considered Com. Psuld.
ing's conduct then az he did now
Clemens, Of Va, presented memorial signed bv
tWenty-eight Thousand persons in his Congressional
District-the counties Of Ohio, Hancock. Brock.
Wetsell and Tyler-in favor Of adjustment of the
slavery question il the Union.
Webster Of Nd, presented memorial from
GSrItfe1der'a
plan Of adjustment. He believed that the signers
Of the memorial represented the wishes Of the peo
pie OF ali parts Of his Congressional District
1t vas laid on the table and ordered to be printed
The House then went into Committee Of the
whole on the State Of the Union, and took up the
army bill.
sickles said II was now too late to discuss the
right Of secession; it must be locked upon as tx
60 iaet; we should avoid, by all means, coercion.
ana tne adoption Of any policy Of aggression but
'ne' = IKE spirit and like purpose should animate
our oentnern brethren. IL would never DO fer them
70 Fro'ess against coercion while at the same tine
they seize the arsenas, forts raw Yards and Sims
which come within their reach. When soutbern
states themselves employ fsree thev cannot crv
peace ard complain Of coercio.
AFTER showing that secession ordinances eop1d mt
deprive the Government Of seeded jurisdiction ana
properly IN tne Icrts &e., which are the common
defence, he said the danger lies in ools;on 7,ha
act Of secession from the beginning 10 The end vas
IS perfect as human agency could make IT, No in
reference was attempted by the Executive or Iss;g
lature OF this Government; therefore in no senga
has coercion been employed; but the acts Of soptb
Carolina, including the firing into the Star of The
West, were acts Of fragrant war, which, If il had
been attempted By any foreign power, would have |
raised every man in the nation IS resistance
At the close Of bis remarks ne said, whaieyer
may be the issue o. events whether bappiIy bv
conciliaton and justice to the South we nav find
al nonoreple ana Iraterna solUtIOn OF difficult
ties, or whether, unhsppily, blindy drift into
alienation, war, and irrevocable separatiOu.- the
great commercial interests OF the country REQUIRE
the destiny Of American civilization demands that
the political aud territorial control OF this
from the mouth Of the Mississippi from the Allan
tic TO the Pacific, shall remain where it new exists
il the hands Of the Governmen. Of The United States
Ia all the partisan issues between the South aud /
the Republican party the people of New York City I
are with the South, but when the South makes an /
untenable issue with our country, when the flag Of
the Union is iusulted, when the fortified places
provided for the common defence are assaulted and
seized when the South abandons it's Northern allies
for English and French cooperation, then the loy-
atty and patriotic feeling Of the Empire City are
uRis for the Union.
Ashley, of Ohio, maintained that there were no |
causes Tor dissolution Of the Unicn and an over
throw of the Government. TO meet the secession /
movement, he would abolish all the ports of ertry
where the laws now obstruetsd, proclaim lock-
ade In the ports Of the rebellious States and let
Southern men take the consequence Of their own re-
bellious acts
Edwards, Of Maine, said when it should he tried
to cut of New England from the rest Of the Con
it would be found she could live as vel
without the South as the South could without her |
New England was always prompt 10 repel fees from
without AID TO meet traitors at home, She was |
willing to make any reasonable compromise which |
could not be construed into an abandonment Of
principle, but /" The Union must and shall be pre-
serysd,a p's 1