The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-01-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
WAsnrNGroN, Jan. l2, 1860

sites Of diplomacy.
II e constitution gave no power TO co
,rce a State. 1t gave the army purely
,or defense. When Maj Anderson dis
nanlled the guns and burnt the gun car
-iages, he put South Carolina in the 1T
Litude Of his enemy. The fcrts were not
built to war on South Carolina, but for
The protection of Chsr'eston harbor, and
10 make that prot c'iou complete. The
in Pennsylvania, under
administration, is not like
the present instance. The Government
then assisted the State in quellng it,
Fort Washington, near where the ashes
Of Washington reposa, IS garrlsohed ny
force sent from the Washington Navy
Yard, for fear Of surprise.
AT the conclusion Of his speech.
Mr.. Trumbull rose and said that the
Senator from Mississippi has assigned the
very reasons Tor maintaining the COnsti-
tuition aud pres rving the Union. When
the Senator from Mississippi was secretly
informed, as il seems lie was long ago,
that the public property at Charleston
was no. TO be protected, he should have
advised, at that time. as military man,
the President of the United States to put
the public property at Charleston in pO-
sition TO be detended-secession then
would never have progressed so far-but
il seems that assurances were given that
The United States would not protect ITSELF
| 1t seems that it has been said, Go on,
you seeding States and gather strength,
the Unit-d States will do nothing to pro-
;ect itself from your assaults
Mr.. Davis-"I never heard OF that"
Mr.. TRANQUIL understood the Sen
a,or to say that pledge had been given
that the forti6catious at Charleston sho'ld
remain as they were"
Mr.. Davis -"Whero did you get your
information"
Mr.. Trumbull-"I don't know"
Mr.. Davis-"In the newspapers"
Mr.. Trumbull--"l take it back if it is
not responsible, but am just informed
by Senators around me, that the Senator
from Mississippi did SO in fact. I am in
formed that Maj. Anderson will shell
Charleston, and burn it to the ground, il
another gun is fred at the Star Of the
West. She was Termlted TO pass, lhro
the noble conduct of Maj. Anderson, who
saved the shedding of blood, thereby
Mr.. Green-"Does Senator TrumbuI
know on what ground, and what cause o
just apprehension the Major lad in leav
ing Fort Moultriv and going to For
Sumter?'
Mr.. Trumbull-"I supposed the whole
country knew"
Mr.. Green-"I do not want suppos
lions: | want facts"
Mr.Trumbull-"Mr. Green knows very
we'll that South Carolina pretended to as
sumo sovereignty. It has been publicly
talked about that she wi | be compelled
if her sovereignty is denied, to assert he
Jurisdiction"
} Mr.. Green--"Does her secession i'm
ply her right Of jurisdiction over tn
whole territory"
Mr.. Trumbull-"lIer secession move
I ment, in my judgement, is nothing
(Laughter) It's nothing but insurrec
/, ton. But no! South Carolina, wher
8 they have pretences that secession is jus
r rfablc, which really amounts to nothin
i but Georgia and Alabama were told thi
Q the public properly could be seized will
j out secession. Yet the Senator frol
!. Mis- s,issippi says thar the best way 10
o void civil war is TO withdraw the iorct
and that tho flag under which he has {
I, often marched, should be taken down ar
% a Palmetto a,g run up in its place. TT
d question is. can constitutional liberty
is maintained? las this Government ar
h power to protect itselI? In other word
have We government at all? The PEI
It pie OF Illinois believe we have COVER
ID meut, and that the Government has po,
g er 10 maintain itself, not by making civ
war; no, no, we propose to execute Il
l. laws of the Federal Government, inaug
l. rate the war. When did we ever talk
l. coercing State? The Senator from NJ
N sissippi refers TO the Convention whit
II framed the Constitution of the Unit
s. States, where it WAS argued that the Fe
10 era Government could 10: cOorce Stat
A. | agree with him there--under the o
" Confederation the Government acted
10 the States"
.. Mr.. Green replied that State had
ot right in the Territory because the Ter
ST tory belonged to all the States. A Sta
= had no right to go to the Territory, bu
l. citizen had. | want to know whether
the citizens have equal rights TO enj
h their property under the protection oft
re- law?
oh Mr.. Trumbull--I deny that any ST.
c. has right in the Territories any mo
e. than country. For instance, Misso,
g. and st. Louis are equal there.
IL The debate that here ensued, called
H. the Missouri Compromise.
MIR. Trumbull said that the Nilsson
b. Compromise did not establish slave
oy South of 36 deg, 80 min, but prohibit
ed it North OF it.
n. Mr.. Mason--The non execution OF
ro law in the non slaveholding States, sho
be the law to be subject Of no value"
'e Mr.. Green here got the floor for nj
tn Monday.
Mr.. Mason moved 10 postpone the 81
r. ject till Saturday.
Vo Mr.. Benjamin moved tha. the Senate
or journ, and meet at a quarter past four
an Senate adjourned.
OF Special dispatch to the Now York Tiiounel
- The Seizure of the Georgia Forts.
cd WAsuINoroN. Friday. Jan, 4. 1861