Daily national Democrat., 1861-05-23
nailp Natlonal Democrat
EnngIe,s Secession Resolution in the
Assembly.


,-...c,o of ours-the leader of the late
80 Alienation in the Assembly, Offered
,ha following resolution on Saturday last:
p.solred by the Assembly, the Senate con-
,,rr;no That the independence of the Con-
e'darate States Of America ought to be at
nnoe recognized by the United States Gov
onn,nent. and that all questions between the
40 Governments should be settled by nego-
tiation and treaty.
The eloquent gentleman spoke in favor OF
his natriotic proposition as follows;
oeored that resolution here this evening
.aoatine a policy which / believe to be
a. :,.nt which believe is founded in fact, and
S;ah rlSnvh tbis country will in a very short time
mhoa I ;t:elf compelled to adopt. | think it is
my !It hat this policy, true and just, should
,ls,s;S before ehe eyes of the people, in Or
Se SSr thot their attention may be directed to
oes s ,rna and only mode by which they can
VI. VIZ sscspe from the perils in which the ma
nom INV isinyolved. L cannot understand why
), l. that there appears to be disposition
lore to treat this proposition with levity 1t
Is one of very great Importance, and one
which is entirely worthy OF our most deep
onJ earnest consideration and although |
t,a
,Jonse with debate upon it, still | cannot
avoid saving few words in explanation of
,be reason why have proposed it. | look
unon the Government of the United States as
union of sovereignties, and cannot uuder-
stand how there can be two sovereignues in
conflict. The Government of State certain
ly is sovereignty, and contains within itself
al, the powers which it is possible for Gov
eminent to have If they have delegated a
norton of its rights and powers to the Fed
eral Government to be exercised by that
Government, they do not cease to possess
those rights. They may for a time delegate
their powers, but il, as recently in the South
ern States, they choose to resume them, they
have right to do it for a good cause at any
time and there is no way of dealing with
them except to recognize their independence.
move the adoption of the resolution.
Zachariah Montgomery, of Sutter, followed
in speech of considerable length. lie ar
gued that the call made by the President for
troops was unconstitutional, unless the Seces-
sionists are recognized as a foreign power.
lie contended that if the Secessonists are
still American citizens, they ought each to so
unmolested until convicted of treason by
jury. He did not state by what means riot
Gus combinations and mobs are usually pre-
vented in this country from laying cities in
waste lie did not deal with the subject of
"suppressng instruction" or of quelling
domestic violence" He was fearfully exer.
csed because the army of jeff. Davis was to
be interrupted by force Of arms before each
rebel had been formally preseuted by grand
jury, and found guilty by petit jury in U.
5. Court. He became furious at the thought
that his dear brethren-the Davsitcs-w ere
10 be restrained in any other manner than by
civil process He talked much about John
Brown aud the Kansas srobber-Montgomery
lie spoke as though the military forces of
the Government were ca}ed out TO take the
lives of traitors. Ifhe knows anything about
the present difficulties, he knows that the
Government only seeks to move within its
own sphere. Our property has been stolen
We have a right to take it again. We have
the right Of way over every inch of American
soil to reach our forts aud arsenals, and in
our progress we may remove all obstacles
Spoil the spoiler as we may
bat We shall
- from the robber rend the prey"
Mr.. Montgomery'S speech is, to our mind,
seditious and treasonabe. IT is to be regret-
ted, the laws defining treason do not EN-
brace such mischievous utterances Mr.. Con
Eess responded to Mr.. Montgomery, as fol-
lows
Mr.. Conness-Mr. Speaker, do not feel
like entering this discussion; | think we have
had enough of it, My friend from Suter SAYS
he will not support the President of the Uni
ted States in his present course. lapprehend
the President of the United States can get
along without his support. lie says he is
loyal; | think that such loyalty is not wanted
in these times. He says lac is favor of the
Constitution; | think it matters very little
whether he is or not. Millions of men are
rising up all over the country in favor of the
Constitution, and they are not engaged in
halr-splitting to ascertain what it means. The
proudest picture that ever was presented up
on this continent is presented now. The sol
diery of America-the people-are rising in
defense of a great government. The sponta-
neous voices of millions of men proclaim their
loyalty, and offer their strength in support of
chat Government The gentleman says that
lie will express his opinions fearlessly, not
wlthstanding that it may be considered a
hlte dangerous to do so. | would dislike,
For one, to see the day when it were danger
GUS Tor the gentleman to express even such
opinions. The gentleman has n class of OPP
ponents here, not only upon this floor bat
outside of this hall, who are in the habit of
toleratng differences of opinion--that are in
the habit of allowing expressions of opinion,
no matter how much they may conflict with
their own. The gentleman stands in no dan
ger. sir, and if he did | should be very much
inclined to join in his protection. But, sir,
his cratory, his argument. his philosophy, his
expoundng of the Constitution, are behind
the times The great heart of the nation is
awake; the spirit of the nation is aroused
the hands of the nation clench, are clenching,
the sword raised in defense of the flag of their
country. [Applause. 1t is not love of
states; it is not any expression of loyalty to
states, nor to inferior sov ereignties, but it is
IN loyalty, in Defense of the nation of Wash
inSten and of the great men that have estab-
HShed this Government 1t is for the nation
and for the Union that the soul of the country
now outpours itself upon this continent The
voice of the whole nation. as it were, is heard,
not only upon the continent, but it rings
around the world
Mr.. Montgomery dislike to interrupt the
gentleman, but would like to ask him one
question.
Mr. Conness-Two or three of them.
Mr. Montgomery-I would inquire if the
gentleman from Ell Dorado knows of any con-