Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-01-10

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,SENATE Mr., Wade, of Ohio, said:
4 time Ike thia, when there seems to be
4 pAlglA excitsmsntp ] have very little faith
N fha eficacy OF any argument. But l mus'
ussys1when, in this very chamber, where VIC
hsxe oil raised our hands I'd Heaven and took
IN oath thatwe would sustain the Constitu'
ton Of the United States, we hear it said by
8 msny Senators that we are upon the eve OF
alssoiuoon OF the Union, and that your Con
asunon Is 70 oe trampled under foot' silence
. u''oek scoh c..'ums'anceS See'ns 70 90 AKIN to
ueason isself we nave iseened 70 com
- On sne osner slde oi TINS chamber pa
~ ~ w'sn IN sfuens ce"re 70 asoer'
wnss eney vero. put 1 CONFESS J. am
name % understand wna.,t Is Oh winch they
oomplaln. Inc parry wnicn Na mas la.ely eiect-
20 el tne rres'cen'' ana is prospectiyely coming
l9'c nS power sp'aVe never neio once unaer one
Iovernment' nor any inaWlauai OF them' =
& Anefsiodre'' tis maniiest tnas that party nave
@yet committed no act Oh which anyoody
can complain Ii any one mas fears asto wha'
q may hereafter ersue, they are mere appre
nennons-notmng else. A pare suspicioh-
afesr, nsins out OF unwarrantable prejudlces.
! lMsfi 70 ascertain m the outset whether we
are night, fcr 1 tel gentlemen here II they
can convince me that am holding any polit-
icai prlnclple that is not warranted by the
CONSTITUTION under which we live, or trenches
on their rights, they need notnsk me to COM
PROMISE, tor l will redress their nights my
salt when't am wrong. No man SfAsSd ap-
pecach me with . threat that the Govern
ment u to be destroyed, because hope that
i ihxvenows and ever shall have, that sence
ofjustice thst when any man shows me am
wrong, ! shall be ready to right it without
threat OF compromise. Now what is it Of
which gentlemen complaint When / left
my home in the West for this place all was
calm, cheerful, and contented, l heard of
q 20 discomfort, and apprehsnded there was
no cause 70 interrupt the harmonious course
of legislation. L did noeicarn tnat 'nere had
I,6een' since we Adjourned any new iact m
terven'ng that at oil disturb the puoiic mind.
Ibid not know that there had been any en-.
croachment upon the rights OF any section o.
any individual Therefore l came here ex
pectlng We should have harmonious session
Its very true that tho great Republican par
~, which has been organised ever since you
fepeilsd the Missouri Compromise, which
gave yoou four years ago iull warning that its
strength would result as 1t has resulted, ana
! suppose any man might have supposed
things would have resulted IN the same way
" y true, this party has carried the election;
ustt aonos suppose anything growing out OF
she eisetaoa isshe cause OF the present excite
anentin the country NOW. VINO is II that
aseompisamng ish 'he minority tna' they
hylosa&ssGfed 70 an oppressive anu asgress-
VI Cove lSn4 ~ no sucn tning Us 'h"''
SG, V9 miglf Rk4pose ina. o4 years ago.
when theslcaasr2 oc4 glorious hevolution IN
met in fhiladelpA there tosQraw up a Din
f findictment aeainlt weak khpg and' MS
linlsterh they bad Been ct loss wiast tney
- set forth Is the lcause of theirA com com
- But they had ho difficulty IN set
1Ae1n forth, and 50 hat great article OF
eoohuaent will go doHAn to posterity to
; them foralI they y III Let us, then,
= thsoh patriots Z ID been the Minis
- Drown, or mend Aers of the British
Ant Of tho dominant party that had
teAt Britain for thirt ~ years previous
"a digpi6S5tng kn&t they did as revo-
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