The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-02
-r,xr pERsrE IN THE U. S. SENATE.
r4. Mason. Hale. Cameron.
,,..rs sc"",5 Wigraii on tho Floor.

I'd. MASON,
.ssrs -, and igfaii on the Floor.
:, = Senate. or Thursday, Mr.. Sew
4 r" a tncnlcrial from 5000 citizens
A.! pieseh,, nf New York, and said that al
ise 0 ','o senate Chamber was the largest ie-
3aaI" chamber ever "fecte" si"S ~ ,he oe,
~ssaf .he world. except the Honse of
raing O. ',ns this memorial would cover
/ fgpfesei - -. eight times as large as this
spsce M 10 had already presented sim
| asEihtf. al with 2S,fn0 names, all nrgIng
! 3. faeino, The committee who brought
/ iHas,sgisl e~e9e The representatives OF the
ID s Iae'ny..,crce in the woFld--a commerce
| ,,-,gst co,a ntber country would be para
qs.,b n al M ,,her interests. Happily, here
! -5eat 20 a. He had been Feques ted 10
Nss Hvs views of this memorial. and
sgpof ,hst he had seen no disposition
yscg.:fHu. Of the seeding States and their
O. ,ae .,net any practicable effort nj com
| -ga1' 70 - ,be part of the adhering States
-rra.se %, held himself open 10 such
h. low" and was reloiced at the iraternal
-- ir''''I.+,js.stad by the people Of his State
- " MORALS. lie did not fear for the
iEF'' - A,d he believe these difficulties
iGaa' H'o.a;,lv he settled in thirty, sixty or
eosl eta era, but. ne, ertheless he believed
.'sf4 - ne settled All platforms or men
Afr I'm the way of the preservation of
-. S'e. .crld be swept away. The ques-
D L.,a cory .. ileelidIG in The Territories
~ o. s'| ,.,s .esi IN 1850. The admission of
-. oe' fsnfornia and Oregon had reduced
hN"Is.ijon 70 very narrow compass In
- go which remained, all being slave
.st' "a, aver which slave code extended,
80 hut twenty -four slayes-but one
3.z-@,,~y 81 000 square miles.
p. moi fear slave aggression which had
Dc u".-5 rventv-four slaves to all that
s' "a Why. then, should he despair
f. t-p,ru Why could he believe that
Pm a. ,aanla would reduce themselves
I'm 6f mankind by the dissolution of
,.,5on for this question ? This was a
- s-,t4ou. not IN imperial government
N.. he oues ton 10 u Convention TO be
N.ls,,ordlng TO the forms of the Constitu
sra Jthe world would see how thirty four
r|Srii pcaocahiy adjust this difficulty
.a4 A. a last resort, If other means
.hs calling of a National Convention,
ING 10 the constitutional forms. He
- rs saving that he had advised the
'.i.--en composing the committee who had
nh on the memorial to go home and
= f,r The [ MON, vote for the Union, TO
/ f.-.bu,r their money 10 preserve the Union,
rlsn sill other expedlents failed, TO fight
Il /, ne mon.
e. Mason moved that the memorial be
-.s3 He understood II to be a memorial
-,ytac for the adoption of the Crittenden
i--enis He did not think that at this
,rhsn six States had seeded, and others
4 -,.on had proposed any practical mea-
, AIFkuew by his votes his opinion on
- f~r-ianden amendments, and by his vote
80 clark ( resolution that the Constitution
Il. IA no amendments, but that the ConstI-
-.... and laws should be enforced. He MIR.
x,s-5 had urged his constituents 10 CON
-r.s money 70 the Union. He would like
. nov The meaning OF that
W Seward SAID he meant that the people
.ra3 advance TO the Union the funds by
, .7 the credit of the Government should
-.r b. sustained.
Vr Mason said that he had not done him
ss INJUSTICE 10 suppose that he meant the
-.-sy 10 substitute or demoralize any portion
As South. He meant TO pay the army to
.tg., the fight.
Mr. seward said he meant 10 advise that if,
cp-aH Congressional compromises, the as
s-tlgr OF a Convention of all The people of
Limited States had failed. then for all 10
| .aal rs he should DO himself, N the breach
.-,1e Union
NJ Mason said he now undeTs TODD the SEN
| zC- He meant, If negotiations failed, to use
| VI. and bo0dshed 10 preserve the Union
/ III Union was gone, and no attempt at sublu-
| ,saoa could restore it. He wanted his people,
/ ss5 were mediating to restore a broken
raoD TO understand these things.
Nr Seward said he meant nothing that was
4 attributed 10 him by the Sena tor from Fir-
.Ha He did not believe that bloodSh6d
gould be necessary. He believed the people
you'd settle IT, The Union was not gone, for
-a Senator was here 10 sustain it.
Mr. Mason said the remark of the Senator
:lvor of coercion would undeceiye Virginia,
| ul show her that all this talk about compro-
| ,e and concession amounted to nothing -
| Money and war was the thing the 4 orth
liked 10 lie would speak without angry
EMOTION. Men on the eve of measuring
EaTds should comport themselves as gen
1aaen. lie trusted that they might avoid
b. ptiMg ratio, and that the advice of
IL Senator OF New York would be rejec ted
| IL there was 70 be a Confederation of South
RI States. he trusted that they might be per
| Et'ed TO separate in peace. He hoped that
| iae good sense, humanity, civilization, and a
Htin for unborn posterity, would lead the
people Of both sections TO reDudiate the coun-
't.s Of the Senator from New y rk. The first
,15rts u those desiring peace should be TO pre-
4 l"1' & collision, which was now imminent
!lf COUNSEL OF the Senator from New ORR
FRS that the people of the North should
's44E for the Union, vote for the Union, con
Tribute their money for the preservation o
IT, Jllon, and fight for the Union. Now, fol
III first time il was Swallowed forth that the
Gy # theRtpublican leaders would be force
luce, force He hoped this would open thu
trs OF the South to what she had TO cXpect
Il he North did not repudiate these counsel'
aHduyi! war ensued, after years of devasta
Lon military dcspotism would be the re
Al.
| Nj Seward was astonished at the self-de
'-soA OF the Senator from Virginia, who haG
al0r ont Of a speech pacific and fra ternal,
.f'!lTatlon Of war. He wished the Uniol
a'edby the pacific and cons titu tional action
u" people, and had spoken of force as tn
i'iIesOrt, when every other eXpedient hat
| ~rn p1hauste He had been willing TO hea
'al consider all propositions. and was still
AAlinS 50 10 do. New York stood ready 4
I'D likewise, and settle the question peaceably
without resort 10 the sword. When all eft
@'a tailed TO satisfy the intense Secessionists
" Whose interests the Senator from Virgins
~iAed TO speak he would appeal to tn
'4tts 10 say whether for twenty four negr
s''Nrs inns great Government was to be de
showed
NJ, Mason denied that he spoke for an,
ArF interests than that of Virginia, an
4eFe was no authority for the Sena tors stat
rent
Mr. Seward apologized. He had mean
rAr Cameron asked what Maryland an
'tlsih1 wanted
~! Mason said the demands of Nirgini
1ffT expressed In the resolutions of her lie
shiAiuTe, now before the Senate He mad
88e illusions TO dispatches sent by MI
ao1EidS 10 Virginia, saying that settlement
would be reached
AI Douglas said he had only expressed hi
sF"s when asked by Nirginians. Everythin
IFiehaed on the action of Virginia and tn
oO'der States, 1t was very clear the Senate
"'A Virginia had one object iii view and h
s"'ihtr He was for saving the Union by
@d aud honorable adjustment, but had see
| ~ 4Hg IN the action of the Senator froI
,Hg'nn locking 10 such a result. He had /,
1'1 lhe advances made by the Senator trol
p.nhsyi'ania, and had been applauded by IL
/ -"P'olcans for his declaration that the Sout
pgrhNd no concession. The Secessionists an
tPupncans conceded i'll their efforts 10 d.
~, me Government and acted III concert.
sat- AL, :, mason-''Do You mean that We coi
MI, ANY,. Douglas-"Certainly not" He the
Sea- sed that by the refusal OF Souther
sa.,o's 10 vote, the Clark substitute w;
NP"9 III lieu Of the Crittenden resolutions
~ 1ohnsen, Of Arkansas, said he could m
tor or. uat statement 10 go abroad witboI
srn.e;S.ihg II. As compromises not adopted
h. ,5Jo'i,i'y Of both parties in the Senate woul
tbsa'iteee, following the rule which goyerne
,sTn SIon Of the Committee Of Thirteen, cel
,ss ooulhern Senators remained passive
AN nat the other side would do. They ha
again, "'thout solitary exception, vote
M. I'M. me CTittenden resolves. That wa