The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1861-01-30
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The possession OF that river js nnh,e ne.s..
sary now than It was then. We cannot ~.
pect the people OF the interior to adnit ths
rien' OF foreign State taking posslssion of
that river. He also referred to the purchase
OF Florida and the amounts paid, and asked
u she could go out now. The President. in
his message, first said we could not coercs
State to remsin In the Union, bat ia a few
sentences he advised the acquisition of Gu.
oa' AS II we should psy $500, 900 600 for
Ouo'' and then the next day che might se.
ceoe and re-annex herself to Spain, and
SPIN sell her again. He had admitted that
Iex1s cost us war with Mexico, and 10 600
lives. la the name OF the Z 900 liant man
from Illinois, who fought those battles. /
protest against the right of that State to a..
cede- :, 80
Mr. Hemphill asked if the pto,ection NJ
\ Texas eVas- the only reason Or me VII and.
If the United States paid anything 10 Texqs
for the land. and IL we did not acquire Cali.
'ornia from that wari
Mr.. Douglss said the only cause of com.
plant OF Mexico was the annex ton Of
Texas, and we had paid Texqs 80 600. 600
tor some barren land she did not own
Laughter.J He said tIe Constitution was
intended TO be perpetual. and he denied the
rIIht OF secession under the Constitution. M
sgainst the Constitution, and againat ins,ice
and good aih He sid there conId he no
government without coercion, but G. ,ercion
nut be used in the mode prescribed BY law.
rms Ia not a question o coercion in Sta,e.
Where no authority o. Federal Government
remains we re bound to rec ,gnizs a Gov.
ernment de tacso, when the State maint4ins
individual sway. The man who loves the
Union, who loves to see the laws enforced,
VIII love TO see rebellion put down. How
does he Intend to enforce the law in se.
aeeing state, except by making war i! In
his opinion we ha1 reached the point when
disunlon was inevitable unless a comurom.
lse, founded on concession, can be m ide
lie preferred compromise 70 war, and CON.
cession to dlsunion. No compromise would
be available which does not carry the ones.
tion of slavery beyond Congress. He said
he had voted for the proposition of the Sen.
Atcr trem Kentucky, (Mr. Crittenden,) aud
was ready to vote for it again. Why cannot
the Kepo oiic'ns unite on the Mi souri, Com.
promise line! They had beaped curses
enough On his head for repeating it, to be
glad now TO re establish it, He had helped
to support that measure until he was com.
PEELED to abandon it. Hs was willing to
meet on terms of mutu Il concession. He
mad offered another proposition, to leave the
Territories in stGtu q1o till they have so 600
inha6ltants, and then settle the question
themselves; and also provided for the re-.
moval of the negroes, il the Territory chose,
to certain provinces. II the Republio cans
DO not intend to interfere with slavery ia the
States, why not put in an amendment to thu
Constitution, so that they cannot do it.
There must as settlement Of some sort
now. 1t Cannot be postponed. We are in
state of revolution. 1t is compromise or
war. He preferred compromise. He said
it seemed ss though the Senators on the
| other side determined to act as a partv,-
Let the people decide the question. No
doubt the people OF Mass chusetts are op.
posed to slavery extension, but as he thought
IT the question we're submitted to day on the
resolutions Of the Senator from Kentucky.
they would rstfy them. There i, no other
recourse left, to ENFORCE the law in a 20.
ceding State, except to make war and brog
he State within your possession fir,t, and
then enforce the law afterwards. A war
between eighteen States on the one side
and fifteen seeding States on the other, il
TO me revolving thing. For what purpose
is this war to be wagad? Cert tinly not tor
the purpose OF preserving the Union. |
have too much respect tor gentlemen on the
other side OF the chamber, collectively and
individually. to believe there il one among
them thit does not know that war is disun.
ion. You cannot expect to exterminate ten
millions ot people, whose passions are ex.
cited with the belief that you mean to In.
wade other homes and light the a mes OF in
surec'iln in their midst. You must expect
| to eXtermlnate them, Or subIlg!te them, or
else, when you have got tired OF war, 10
make treit with them. No matter whath.
or the war lasts one yeQr, or seven wears, or
thirty years it must havs an end at some
time' Sooner or later, bDth parties will be.
come tired and exhausted, aud when render.
ed incepsbie of fighting any longer, they
will make treaty OF peace, and that treaty
will be cne of sep ration. The history Of
this world does not furnish an example Of
war OF sections, or betv cen States of the
same naton, whafe the war ended ia recon.
ci'iation. Such war always ends in Q
treaty OF peace, and fual eterusl sep.
aration. | don't understand, then, how
maa can claim to bs a friend OF the
Union, and yet be in favcr of war upon
ten millions of people in the Union -
You cannot cover it up much Ionger under
the preteEt of love for the u lion. Nov
the question must b. met, and whatever
Concessions | am called upon to mske I
choose to make voluntarily, before blood 10
| shni nnf lard M ha,
pride oil country than /. Il humbles my
pride to see the authority of the G ,vefnmsne
questioned, but we are not the first nation
, whose pride has thus been humbled. Re-.
pubics, empires, and kim gdoms alike, ia aii
ages, have been subject to the same humili
ating fact. But where there is deep seat.
. ed discomfort perv ding ten millions Of p4o.
9 pie penetrating every man, woman, and
: child. and involving everything dear to them.
. it is time tor inquiring whether there Il nut
some cause for this feeling. Ii there be
just cause for it, in Code name let us re-.
move it. Are we not criminal, in the sisht
OF Heaven and Posterity, il we do not re-.
move the just cause (! II there is no cause.
and yet they believe there is, 90 much the
greater the necessity for removing the mis-.
conception. Are you 60 olated with the
pride Of your recent triumph, OF prids Of
. opinion, that you csnnct remove an un :ound.
ed apprehension, when it 10 rushing sen mil.
lions OF people into disunion aud breaking
up the Government Of our fathers, cad lsas.
ing US, hitherto proud Republic on earth,
to become byword among the nations Z q j
still entertain the hope that this question
T, may be adjusted. although the indications