New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-16

the crisis u great revolution; that evolution wass
e .as gong on and that Federal troops ana gun
mere SEM 70 aseist State Ia view of the fact. !hs
Or Georgia to protect isself took pcssess.n
OF the forts in advance. The people Of Georgia would
noose the action OF the State. If the State seeded
he for one was determined to susain s action In veal
or woe. 2-r.3 -,-.-"--f -,-Tsf
Mr.. STANTON-So we see that the forts and for
iresses Of the General Government have been ssized
decspSsd ne iSysy o. the people tohe Onion was
,hem, gentlemen proclaim the act as civil war. Ii We
ieaye them defenseess they at taken forcfbS
possession Of tell those gentlemen tas tbs secession
cannot be surrendered let the conseq be whak
they may. am not unwilling to do som esaing
10 remove the delnsion which pervades the
nlna OF the southern people. The very groundssssk
oi s IeDehon Is an utter misapprebensiOn and total
misconceptoD of the object and purposes of the Rer-
lican ofganzaon in the incoming Administ ration.
hold my sell bound as patriot, on the face Of tt
hostile demonstration, to do whatever may In remove
this deuslon and correct this misrepresentation II gc
tlemen viii come here with spirit and disposition to-
be enlightened as TO- the object and purposes OF the IN
When this Republican Administration gocsv into
power, the Government will be adninistsresl
precisely as it was in the days Of Madison,
Monroe, Jefferson, jackson, Harrison, an1
perhaps Polk. undertake TO say that, in the facs 81
this, look upon this secession movement the moss
groundess and most unusfable opposition to constltn-
ona authority that the history Of the world furnishes
an example Of. do not believe that the pecpis
Of the people Of the South are disloyal; believe
that they labor under a misrepresentation. Gar
rison, and other men ike him, are now glcating
over the ruin they have contributed so largely to
bring about. With such men united heart and hand
tie men in Charleston, who seeking to overthrow
the Government, and to dreneh the country in blood
Mr. Stanton then referred to the compromise of 1850
and argued that Congress had reserved the power Of
controlling the territorial Legislaure. The peopeof
the Free States had acquesced in these compromises for
the sake of peace but the South would not permit Ia
compromises Of the fathers OF the republic TO remain
They wanted the power TO establish Slavery In all the
Territories of the confederacy 1t the deliberately
ayOwed principle, that Congress should not have the
power to interfere for the exclusion prohibition OF
Slavery from the Territories The doctrine distincty
made by the Democratic party South In ls14s
and adhered to to the present, was that the South
had right to take slaves into all the Territories,
and that Congress had no power TO prohibft
that all the Territories must be Slave Territories and
that this was right guarnteedby the Constitution, and
should be carried into effect by the aid ofederal patron
age federal bayOnes, and federal power, against the
viii Of the people. This was the source OF all their pre-
sent evils Gentlemen must be perfectly aware that the
Government cannot surrender its power TO rebelious
demand The thing is utterly impossible. II i did, It
would be act of mbecity, and an utter abandon
ment of all government, and abdieation OF its ex
ecutve power Gentlemen must see that that mode Of
separation lead 10 nothing but civil war and blood
shed. If they determined to do this and resist by
force OF arms and refuse time for consulting the popu
lar will-the only source of true power-as to what
shall be done in this emergency, they must take the
consequences on their own heads.
Dir. RUST Dem, Ark as member of that Com,
been made by that Committee. He did not under
stand that any thing had been approved by that Com
mittee. On direct vote he believed they repudiated
what pnrported 10 be a report.
Mr. STANTON concluded his remarks.
Mr.. ADRIAN "a. L. Dem, N. ~ IN Che course o
rs speech said he did believe the whole South
p disaiiected to the Federal Union as to drag down
and trample under foot American liberty. If the
Union was be dissolved it would not be done with
ont an effort by all patriotic mon to prevent 1t BY ali
constitutional means. The people OF the North win
He urged the duty of every one to allay, not
xsite feeling and not add fuel TO the fire intensely
bGrning In CHANGING political events he said if the
Ponlar Sovereignty candidate had been nominated at
the Charleston Convention, and voted for by DEM
ocrate North and South, the country would now be
united. As to Mr.. Lincoln he had as much right to
gard Slavery evil Southern men have to think it
blessing the highest type of civilization. Mr..
Lincoln he proceeded TO show is a conservative man,
from whom the South will have nothing TO fear. He
made, in conclusion, patriotic appeal, declaring for
concession and compromise and against secession. The
doctrine of peaceful secession was utterly faacious,
and was never dreamed of by those who framed the
Constitution. He intended to rise above party and de-
vote himself fo- his country.
M. ANDERSON Dem. Missouri) could assure
gentlemen that there is rrepressble determination
on the part OF the Slavehoing States TO have Slavery
agitation Quoted aud definitely settled. The South
have submitted to Northern aggressions for years. IL
these are not redressed and removed, the southern
States will absoye themselves from the present UnioG.
Southern warnings have been regarded idle threats,
while assaults have been made on Southern Institutions
which the Republicans have ayowed their unfater1nS
discrimination TO destroy. This section Of the Union
never asked or demanded than its constitutional
rights but it demanded equality Of rights and prvi
leQss. He favored meeting Of the Border States al
an early day to take into consideration their future
course and said that in his opinion the Gulf States
were too precpitae. There should have been concert
and union between all the Slave States All having
common interests common respect demanded that all
should have been consulted before any State
tured on the responsibility of secession lie appealed
TO Northern TO yield to amendments TO the Const-
tuition so as to prevent anarchy and boodshed and 10
restore peace.
Nr. GARRETT Dem, VAL obtained the floor.
The Committee rose, and the House adjourned.