Daily national Democrat., 1861-02-10

us TO question the precise manner in which
the judgment of that great Statesman was
exercised in The midst Of such vast response
! blities
We are not inconsistent, we say. in agree
ing with him, as we do in the main. 1t is
true that we have persistently denied the
right Of secession. SO does Douglas We
have contcnded that the power of coercion
dwelt in the Federal Government SO does
Douglas. We have been for compromise. SO
is Douglas. The only point between us which
could be tortured into one Of difference, is
this:
We have been in favor of coercion, because
we thought that coercion was practicable; in
other words we were in favor of coercion
~hile it was practicable That is to say, we
were of the opinion that the Government
could crush rebellion in the bud, by at once
putting forth its strength before Revolution
could grow into power and become success
With us, it was not a question as to the
right of the Government to coerce, but it
was a question as to its ability to coerce,
and this ability we thought it had, and still
think it had, at the outset of the revolutionary
movements. We understand Douglas, from
his standpoint at the time at Nhich he spoke,
to have been of the opinion that the Rebel
lion had already assumed such formidable di-
mensions as to rise to the dignity of Revo-
lution-a government dc facto in his opinion
having been established and it became a
question in his mind, whether, since the
thing had proceeded so far, it would not be
better to treat than to fight, to compromise
than to go to war. The point with Douglas
Is simply this;-would the subjection of revo-
lutonary States having governments de tacto,
balance against the blood which would be
shed in the act of subdung them Their
revolutionary movements having been allow
ed to proceed so far unquestioned, and hav-
ing become so strong as to make actual ,car
instead of mere military posse comitatus,
necessary TO subdue them, is it now advisable
to naugurate this war? If we believed that
the attempt at coercion would fail in other
words, if we doubted the physical power of
the Federal Government to put down rebel
lion; if we thought the Revolution had
grown so strong, under the hesitating policy
OF MIR. Buchanan, as to make it a question of
war against nearly the entire South, in case
the Government put forth its authority, we
should of course be opposed to any military
movement, on the part of the Government.
South Carolina, by her headlong course,
has dragged other States into cooperation
with her, and things have arrived at such
crisis that there must be Compromise or War
A compromise can be had either by con-
sent TO peaceabe separation of the dissati6ed
States, or by the incorporation of some such
proposition as Crittenden's into the Federal
Constitution, as a fundamental principle.
Whatever might have been done before, in
the way of coercion. had the Administration
acted with promptness, it does indeed begin
to look seriously doubtful whether coercion
would not now be too bloody process. 1t is
therefore the duty of the Republicans TO
agree to some fair and reasonable Comprom-
lse. If they are willing to agree to such
Compromise, and the Southern States, as
majority, reject the adjustment, then Hey,
the Revolutionary States. will have commit
ted crime against liberty and man which
knows no parallel in the history of the Earth.
POPULAR VoTE.-The total vote for Presi
dent in 1912, was S.l42 sos in 1856, 4,OI9,-
SIS; in 1850, 4,626.l7O. A great and steady
increase. In 1852, it was divided thus -
Pierce, Dem, l,6OO,5l8, Scott, Whig, /, $780,
l44: Hale, Free Soil, l56,l49 In 1856, thus.
Buchanan, Dem, 1908 ,O25; Fremont, Rep.
l,S42, ,l64; Fillmore, Am, S74,625. In 1860.
Lincoln, Rep, 1857, ,6lO; Douglas, Dem,
l,SG5976; Breekinridge Dem, s47,958;
Bell, Union, 590,6Sl.
lNsANE.-The jury impannelled on Tues
day in the Fourth District Court, San Fran
cisco, to try the alleged insanity of Malachi
Kramer, who was indicted for the murder Of
Martin Voltz, after hearing the testimony re-
turned a verdict that Kramer was insane He
will be sent to the Stockton Asylum. If he
ever RECEIVERS, he will lave to stand trial
on the indictment
PARsoN BRowNLow, through the Knoxville
(Ienn) Wing, says, 1--WE can tell the Wilt
hers of johnson. on account of his late speech
in the Senate, if they are ignorant OF the fact.
that the people of Tennessee are with him
and by an overwhelming majority will sus-
tain him in his position. Nay, while the
town meetings and village cliques are utter
ing loud, swelling words of condemnation