Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-03-16

Baltimore SUM- under the head of "The
Great Crime of History" emitting the

ureat Crlme of History" emitting tht
editorial "wo :"
& n a,l ,ne historic annals Of race can point to NJ
gy :" g'eat' So infamous. purely vicious because 81
solved The Union Of these states And that tbeps i y
any man ~ tiS southern section Of our common teror
VINO G legau the criminal processes and the reckless AM
relentless perpetrators Of this grest crime with any 5
oi ,oer""on' IS TO me perfectly incomprehensible"
Inc eloquent editor endeavored to fnsteu
TINS great crime npon others but charge
u upon MN, and those sympathizng with
him, VINO counsel treason and npologize for
traitors This great crime must be mn,
down as other crimes are put down-by
coercion Ibls question is not now wbeth.
er the government should coerce state,
out whether the people of o State shall co.
cree the government. Our flag bas been
InSulted, our forts have been captured A. our
property has been stolen; no governm't can
exist without coercing obedience to its laws
aud putting down organized rebellion. how.
ever formidable it may be. Our forts must
be reeapturcd our stolen property recover.
ed, the Constitution and laws mnst Le
oooyeu' II mat means coercion, then
am for coercion.
l believe that large majority in the
slave states are yet loyal to the Consritn.
tion, and that there is a Union feeling in
the states which have passed ordinances of
secession that will yet put down rebellion
there. 1t Is, for the time being. over.
horne by the terrorism which prevails. I
think the reaction has already commenced
Wen, II Is said we must do soming to aid
this reaction, and at least save the border
slave states. Sir, is not tie constitution
as 1t Is. broad enough for all union men TO
stand upon2 II is not proposed to take
from The people Of the slave states one sin.
gle constitutional guarantee which they
now have.
AT the commencement of this session. I
was opposed to all measures which held ont
plans OF compromise and firmly believe
that tue position Of the Union men in the
border slave stuteS would have been strong.
er to-day, il majority of this House had
given then the firm platform of the Consti.
tuition to stand on, instead of throwing to
them rotten planks Of compromise, which
must ultimately give way before the surg
ing waves Of the disunion fanaticism that
is sweeping over those states. know their
position is embarrassing and if they can
stand at Oll they must stand upon the dec
lnralion of General Jackson, that "the union
must and staH be epreserred"
| am willing to unite with all men who
are for the integrity of the Union. do
not thereby adopt their views upon the
slavery question, or other questions, nor do
they adopt mine. II the people of any
state desire the Constitution amended, they
can submit propositions Of amendment
and they would be entitled to respectful
consideration, if not coupled with a threat
to break up the government, if not granted
| hope, sir, that the Constitution will
nerer be so amended as TO give any addi.
tional guarantees to slavery. All who vote
for such amendments are guilty of its crmi.
nality and injustice. A II the elements of
agitation are now at work to bring about
such amendments but trust they will
signally fail. The people are still true to
their convictions, and, whatever their repre-.
may do, they will nerer trust,
in the eloquent language of DR.. Charming,
give couutenance to the doctrine which
all tyrants hold, that material power, ply.
scal pain, is mightier than the conviction
Of reason, than the principle Of duty, than
the love Of God and mankind" They will,
if necessary, with warm hearts and strong
arms, rally to the support of q just govern
ment and let US, their Representatives,
stand FIRM to our convictions, leaving the
result in the hands of that Providence that
has never forsakeu US in the darkest hour
Of our history.