The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-02-08

struction Of the present Constitution
II once lost, /, can never be regained
You sent troops to Utah, Kansas
Harper's Ferry, and have use,
federal troops to enforce the Fugitiv
Slave law. The camp had no terror
then, but now you oppose coercion
We do not mean to be driven from
the Union by force. Do you dcsir
a peaceable secession2 A Conven
ton of all tho states would possibl,
allow you 70 depart in reace.
Adjourned.
January 31.-SENATE.--Mr. Sew
ard, Republican, Of New York
presented q monster petition from
the citizens oil New York for tn
passage OF the resolutions, substau
TALLY the border state resolutions -
The petition is signed by $4,000
people, and is 1900 feet long.
Mr.. Seward said be had beer
asked to support this petition. Ii,
had not yet, though he anxionsly
waited and hoped for a manifestation
on the part of the people Of the
country and representatives, whicl
would Justify him in saying the
seeding states, or those who sym
pathize with them, have made pro
positions which the citizens of the
adhering states could accept, or that
this or any other Of the various
propositions from the citizens Of the
adhering states or those desiring tc
adhere to tho Union, would not be
acceptable to the other party.
have thought it my duty to hold
myself open and ready for the best
adjustment that could be practically
made. | have, therefore, been
obliged to ask this Committee to be
with the assurance that
would express to the public and the
Senate that the spirit in whic h they
come is perfectly commeudable. |,
is perfectly satisfactory and crafty.
ing to me to sec proper spirit oI
Kindness, of Cancellation
and affection as adopted by large
portion OF my fellow citizens Of New
York.
/ have asked them. also, in return
for performing my duty on this oc
casion, when they arrive home that
they will act in the same spirit and
their devotion to the Union
above all other interests and senti
ments, by speaking for the Union,
by voting for the Union, and, il il
should he demanded, lending even
giving. their money for the Union
and lighting, in the last resort for the
Union taking care that speaking
always goes boiore vo;in., voting
goes before giving money, and all
90 before battle, which ! should re
gard hazardous and dangerous,
and, therefore, the last rs it would
be the most painful meusurc to be
resortcd to for the salvation OF the
Union.
This is the spirit in which | lie
termincd Tor myself to come up tc
this great question. to pass through
il, rs | sincerely believe we shall
pass through it, tor although thi.
great controversy is not settlel, | dc
not therefore any l,ss calculate upon
and expect it will be peacefully set.
tied, and settled for Union. do
not expect the Union will be firmly
re- established in ninety DAYS, but
my confidence remains that as have
not believed the passion and frenzy
OF the hour can overturn this great
fabric of Constitutional liberty and
empire in ninety days, so | have
iel, sure there will be time even ate,
the expiration of ninety DAYS, fol
tho restoration of all that ha:
been lost, and the re establishment,
OF all that is in danger. Secession
and revolution on one slle, ant
coercion or defiance on the other
are all to pass away before the ltnior
is to become the grand absorbing
object of the interest, affection aut
duty, on the part OF the citizens O
the United States
A great many partisan interestt
are to be suppressed, and party plat
forms to be swept away before the
Union, it in danger, can be saved
but it will require but a very shor,
time, if the Union does require to be
saved; for all these Interests ant
platforms-all these men--to disap
pear. You, everybody, who sha
oppose, resist, or stand in tho way O
the preservation of this Union, will
disappear like moths on a summe
eve, VIXEN the whirlwind of popula
indignation arises that shall be ex
cited at the full discovery that thi
Uuion is in danger through faction
or even the impracticability OF on,
part. Abiding to the question O
slavery in the territories, whicI
had been a vital one for twelve year
at least, he said; The admission @
Kansas had settled all that was vita
or important, leaving nothing bu
the passions the contest engendered
Kansas. California and Oregon ar
in the Uuion, and now the sam
contest distracts this Union as be
fore. The extent of the territorie
after the admission OF Kansas
l,O63,500 square miles, an era Q
times that OF New York. Twenty
four such states as that of New Yor
are yet to be organized. Now
under what is accepted by the ad
mlnistration as a judicial decree
every inch of that is slave territory