New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-11


men rres, onsible it seems 20 ne ana their s0S are
unknown to us. We Tow have the reSPolsbility
thrown upon ns, which iusiies us IN dsp'ndng ne
and me1ting the emergency IN whleh tne
country ia involved Is there any point OF pT'de that
prevents us from Withdrawing una. eirson ,ha, the
great objection was an upwilmgness to lower
the flag. To lower the flag Under what circum,
siancesi Dots any mans courage nnpel iin ~ sJnu
boldly by fate aud does any man insist on hs1tns %
broEr on point of courage II 80 he Is TO be called
S-,te he IL less than man. There Ii no such point
Of rrde These are Your brethren aud they have sued
an much glory upon that nag as any eqnai NUMBER OF
men throughout the Union. They are the men OF that
locality where the first Union nag was nnnled, anu
Who tonight the gallant battle before the Declaration OF
Independence was made. Not the flag of thirteen
stripes and tbirtythIee starr but the flag OF King
George with q red stripe INNING throngn IL, "heh
those brave men retired to that place, and threw up
Temporary battery on the site called for Moultrle'
and when that Fort was assaed by the British ieet,
,linping with stern tenaeity TO the enemy, that nag
still fosted there. Those old logs are gone, the cor
rodjno current has carried away the site on winch
The ola Fort Moultrie stood. The gallant men OF Old
have mingled it'll the earth, but their memories i've
in the hearts of gallant people. Their sons DO now
live and they ike their fathers are ready TO bleed ana
die in the caise for which their fathers labored Clio
Iious are the memories clinging around tnat olu
fort, which now, for the hrst time, has been
abandoned not even in the presence OF Zoe, bnt
under the imagination that foe might come. Her
ancient history compares proudly with her present.
Are We thcn, TO stand upon point OF plde, on such
sacred roll US this when The blood of our fathers cries
10 heaven against civil war! Can there be point OF
pride on that roll where fathers died My PRIDE
Senators ia that that flag shall not be set between
conen0ng brethren, but, when 1t shall no longer os
the common flag of country that IT shall be ioided
M and laid away like yesule no longer used, ana Dc
kent like sacred memento VI the past TO which ali "i
us can look with sacred interest, and remember me
glorious DAYS when were born. In the letter winch
g Hort tunfar lpn
il stood without garrison, it war said that 1t was not
canable If defense Did the Carolinians take u Did
thcy propose to eezeit II stood then safe "a public
property. Then II might have stood whie neg0'aiiohs
were going on. II the faith upon which they re
lied that the Federal Government would take no pori-
ton Of hostility 10 them and they thus lost the sdyan
age which they lad Of taking il. think something IS
due them as well TO fraternity, increasing the oD-
Qsons 70 withdraw that force, 70 the very manner IN
which il was taken IL was taken while Carolina re-
NAMED under the assurance that the status wonid no1
he violated. WHY, was under that assurance, ana u
hsf do2en other Senators felt secure under the same
rlcdqe hat nothing would be done until negotiations
should be terminated, unless il was to withdraw the
garrison Them We the Federal Government,
broke the faith, and from that Inst act OF M
provoked hostility came all thsse sees TO
which reference il made in the message
the seizure OF forts elsewhere. Why seized because
self-pretervaion il the fret Law Of nature They no
longer had confidence that the Federal GoveI1imchI
woud not use these forts for attack instead OF for pro-
taking them for an enemy they Were compelled to DC.
Geye lhis Government was. Now what n the remedy
Aesnre them that you do moi intend to nee physical
force against them; that Won intend to 'on.ider calmly
all the claims which they make 10 the Iiels which
thew possefs; that yog intend TO settle with them upon
q bnsis in accordance With the oceEuallon 81
IldeT end,nce and the Constitution "a the unied
States Wien yol do that. peace prevails over the
land and force become thing with which no man cei,
threaten. have here inherited question which VIII
not srgue. IL il the right Of n State TO withdfd~;
Tie PRESIDENT tays We have not the CONSTITUTIONS
right TO withdraw, and tie SenstoT ron ONO W.
Wade and his ally, tie Senator from Tennessee Mr..
Jol Bson) SAY Il l. no rigit a. all DIR. DAVIS then
argued that the right oi secession w among we re-
served rights Of the States thai the States ana mol
surru1er their sovereignty; that The Constitution WAS
ratified bv the States and was "a compact between the
Slater. lie said that the States which seeded from
the old Confederation stood in the very position which
IL now by abuse Of terms, called Treason lie reierred
20 the srecch OF the Senator irOm tennessee (mr'
JohusonI and askcd " hat he meant By hghn8 IN lhe
Union. lie said he did not see how men connected by
a bond Of union could ight each other.
Mr. JOHNSON dem, Tenn. explained that he
meant TO stgy IL the uuion and keep places here ard
contend for ell the guarantees of the Consitution.
Ii Senators iad in their places, Mr. Lincolns Admin
;syaion could do nothing without the consnt oi The
So ate and no eucroschmets could be made on tier
Iiglis
Nv. DAVIS think understand the Senator II
If sort Of hght # votes and Arguments, and there
fore does not Justify the President Ia calling out the
military and converting the Capital INTO "A military
cam 1 have to -ay, once for ALL that 81 long
~ i Am Senator here, l will not use the powers 1
possese destroy the Government. While represent
will not attempt Ia destroy the Administration by re,
fnsiu2 any 0iCCr 10 administer its functions. L VIII
vote ~ I have done with the Administrators 20
Which have stood in the nearest relation, against q
bad nomination, if 1 oOuld expect 10 he here, but
never would seFae under Tie iOrna OF the Constitution,
with II o powers | hold a senator Of the United
State TO turn these powers to the destruction OF tho
-. \ lot a
The oath with entail reservation. II my policy, "
mnst have revolution If nothing but blood val SUI
fee cay let il be revolution such ss our fathers waged
when denied their rights. 80 much for that. hope
IL will quiet apprehension, that the militia viii moi be
called out and the female schools will continue 10 be kept
no heretofore. Are we, IN tbs ago 0f CIVILIZATION ana
political progress which seems TO render u i"-sble
that The millennium may be reen-hre we No. 10 roll
back tho curreut of human thought aud again recur 70
brute force, Ike that which remains between dogs
and beasts OF prey, ~ means 81 settling questions
between man and IL II 10 he supposed thai oar
fathers tonight the battles Of the Revolution for he-r
iralienable rights for the purporo Of transmitting th,
Constitution 10 posterLy az condition BY whieh They
could only gain these figbt ~ iorcef IL 70, ihen IN
blood II he Revolution WAS spe n vain, and no great
principle was established for force ia application
before the Revolution was fought. pss from tiir
auction TO ask why IL he right dcnledI because We
have brought this conflict between two sections, m
which one il struggling for donnai ION, and the other
for existeDce 1t claims You shall not 20, and You
shall not remain with yOur rights; you shall remain ~
hewers of wood and draw Of water for Ii that
is 10 DO made thu issue, and TO I've bod 10 ths
position by force accept the wager OF battle and
Mississippi ia her brief hist0ry claims 20 have shown
at Pensacola ard at Orleans something 81 the
shirt Of the freemen who achieved our Independence;
ard IL has also been my Satisfaction to know that the
ppcsent generation have not erogaed from the history
Of those who went before them. On many bloody
field both in foreign and Indian WAR, has assembled
many n proud spirit Of Mississippi now
enshiined in glory, and looking down upon
M to rec if we yindieate the glory oil our
Stale. and 20 10 rec If our hearts beat trne.
ia; Ill, x,a.a Al I,,ftt.d No.. sboula have