Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-01-24
THE REPUBLICAN.

.IHE REPUBLICAN.
SPEECH OF
HON. WIN. H. SEW ARD.
ss OF NEw~yoRK
DELIVERED IN THE SENATE or THE UNITED
STATES, SATURDAY. JANUARY IL. iscf.git
.ztei7fa ns'l - ets1
His Views on the Existing Crisis.
Mn. PREslpxkT: Congress adjourned
last summer amidst the auspices of natior-
al abundance. contentment. tranquility and
happiness. 1t has re- assembled this win
ter in the presence Of arrangement of bust
ness, and disturbance Of public, as well as
I private credit, an /; in the face of seditious
combinations to overthrow the Union.
GRAVE CAUSE FOR APPREHENSION.
I The alarm is appalling. for the Union
is not more the boly than liberty is the
soul Of the nation The American citizen
has been accustomed tn believe this Repub
lie immortal lie shrinks from the sight
of convulsions indicative of its Sudden
death. The report of our condition has
1cne over the seas, and wewho have so
long. and with SO much complaccney.
] studied the endless agitations Of society in
the Old World. believing ourselves exempt
from such disturbances, now in our turn
seem to be falling into momentous and
disastrous revolution.
THE PRESENT TINE FoR DELIBERATE ACTION.
l know how difficult it is TO decide amid
so many and so various counsels, as to
what ought to be done. and even what can
be done. Certainly. however. it is time
for every Senator to declare himself. /.
therefore, following the example OF the no.
! ble Senator from Tennessee Mr.. johnson,
avow my adhercnce to the Union. in its in
tegri,y and in all its parts.
With my friends, with my party. with
my State. with my country. or without
either. as they m,y determine; in every
event, whether of peace or o. war; with
every consequence of honor or dishonor;
or life or death: although lament the oc-
casion. hail with chccriulncss the duty Of
lifting up my voice among distracted de-
bates. for my whole country and its ines
timable Union.
pIsuSIoN RAMPANT. .
Hitherto th, exhibitions of spirit and
resolution. here as elsewhere. have been
chiefly on the side of disunion. | do not
regret this. Disunion is so unexpected
aud unnatural. that it must plainly re-
veal itself before its presence can be re-
alizel
/ like best also the courage that rises
slowly under the pressure of severe provo
cation If it be christian duty to for
give stranger even seventy times seven
offenses. it is the highest patriotism to en-
dure. without complaint. the passionate
waywardness Of political brethren. so long
as there is hope that they may come to a
better end.
WHAT WILL. NOT SAVE THE UNION.
/ think it is easy to pronounce what
measures or conduct will not save the
Union. / agree with the honorable Sena-
tor from North Carolina. (ylr. Clingman.
that mere eulogiums will not save it, yet
think as prayer brings us nearer to God.
though it cannot move Him toward US, so
there is healing and saving virtue in every
word of devotion to the Union that is spo-
ken. and in every sigh that its danger
draws forth. know at least that like
virtue it derives strength from every irrev-
crcnt act that is committed, and every
blasphenoas phrase that is uttered against
it. The Union cannot be saved by mu-
tual ordinations concerning our respect
i've share of the responsibility for the pres
ent evils He whose conscience acquits
him will naturally be slow TO accuse 9TH
ers whose cooperation he needs. History
T only can adjust the great account.
UsELEsssEss OF DISCUSSING THEORIES.
1 a continuance of the debate on the con-
stitutional power of Congress over the
subject Of slavery in the Territories will
not save the union. The opinions Of par
ties anil sections on that question have be-
come dogmatical. and it is this circum-
stance that has produced the existing alien
alton. A truce. at least during the debate
on the Union. is essential to reconcilia-
ton.
The Union cannot be saved by proving
that secession is illegal or unconstitution-
al. Persons bent on a fearful step will
not stand long enough on forms of law to
be dislodged. and loyal men do not need
such narrow ground to stand upon.
! fear that little more will be gained
from discussing the right of the Federal
Government to cocrce seeding State in
to obedience. If disunion is to 60 on,
this question will give place to the more
Ipracticas one. whether many seeding States
have right to coercc the remaining men,
bers to acquiesce in = dissolution.
DIPRoBAEIIfry OF PEAcEFCL SECESSION AND
SUBSEQUENT RECONSTRUCTION.
dread. as in my ;nermost soul aLhor,
civil war, l do not know what the Union
would be worth. If saved by the use Of the
sword Yet for all this. do not agree
with those Who, with desire to avert that
great calamity, advise. conventional or
unopposed separation. with view to what
they call reconstruction. 1t is enough
for me. first. that in this plan. destruction
goes before reconstruction; and secondly,
that the strength of the vase in which the
hopes of the nation are held, consists chief
ly in its remaining unbroken.
COMP RoyusEs OF No AVAIL. .yow-CoSGREss-
IoSAI COMPROMISES NOT LIKELY TO SAVE
THE UNION.
know. indeed, that tradition favors
this li.,.l of xoxnodx b,,x - - ...o~t;.1 a.