New-York daily tribune., 1861-01-04

Va,hiI pton Commander Of .ae Armies. Rebellion
I'D ceaeed, and re,,oiutiOn taken Its place. Ihe
ImeIicen colonies We're in revolt, had uoNSrh"is'
c facto, and Great Britain, proud as sue waoi
!, AZ comnelled to recognize the existing sta'e oi
acts The laws of nations and all the LAVE
4 civilization demanded that the Government &c JosS0
Je ACKNOWLEDGED. But the laws must pe euiDa'" H..
IN our ey.tem Of government the laws are 70 70 ell,
oreed by civil authority assisted by The mllt.a and
49,. rl,,,t,fas when the Matsha is resiftec Ii the
,oiries or State, revolt The revoiuIoh Is conpiee
hen the Federal authosies are expelled, ana no one
man ,eit 10 acknowledge allegiance to the United
Ste How are Won goiug to enforce the laws then
low are Won going TO do it IN South Carolina ohe
has parsed an ordinance Of secesson deny her rgnt
10 fecede, bat she has done 1t. The revo'i.ion Is
comulete She has human being In her
borders 10 acknowledge our authority. ms
!. all wrong but how you going to help pni 1o1
tell M we must enforce the laws am Ill iaVoI u
tlat Laws mus, be enforced according 10 tne Ion-
,itrion and the laws. Under our Constitution, laws
con olv he enforced against criminals, and those OF us
WHO are in favor Of the Constitution and the Union
mu,t be careful that We do not perYerate ine very
thrgs which denounce az criminal lnthes1 seceu8
States And South Caroiina does not stand iohe' we
are ,od that seven other States Will follow her ana we
Law. reason to apprehend that seven more states may
follow tirm. TLeanswer Ia, we must enforce Tue laMs
MY reply Is, y0n canno enforce the law III ss
not in y3nr Iosses ,ion deny that we have the rignt
Ia us,ke war ia order 10 regain possession, III
Oh der to enforce tie h.ws. Arewe prepared 1or war
do not II can prerared in the Of having soldiers
am
Ienrts for war with ourarethren3 While affirm that
tie Constitution was intended TO form a perpetual
Unior-while affirm the right TO use all lawful hieahs
10 enforce the klws-yet will not mediate war, nor
tolerate tie idea, until after every enort AZ
has been tried and failed and all hope Of the Union IL
0ope Then and not till then, will deliberate ana
determine what course my duty will require OF me.
EN- for pease, 70 saye tue uni0n war Is us
union, certain, inevitable, final ana irreVersr .r
Lle. Our own veTy existence forbids war.
lie referred to the purchase oi louisiana aud sid ~
was purchased for the benefit of the whole Union, ana
for tie safety Of the Upper Mississippi IN particular
The possession Of that riyer Is more necessary no"
than il WAS them We cannot expect the people OF the
interior TO admit the right of foreign State taxing
ro,se,sop of that river. lie also referred ~ the pur-
thae. OF Florida and the amounts paid, and asked
the could 90 ont The Presldent, IN ms message,
trst raid we could not coerce state to remain IN the
Union but in few sentences lie advised the acqusl-
,ion of Cuba. AS il should pay $3O,0O, ,O00 for
Cuba and then the next day the might secede ana re-
annex hers,lf to Spain and Spain sell her again. lie
lad admitted that Texas cost us war With Mexico,
md lOCtO lives. In the name OF the OJO gallant
men from Illinois who fought those battles against the
i.ht OF tlat State 10 secetc--
Mr.. UEMPHIIL aaked if the protection Of Texas
WIS the only reason OF The war, ana II the United
Slater paid anything t0 Texas for the land, aud We
did not acquire California from that war
Mr. DOUGLAS said the only cause of complaint OF
Mexico was the annexation of Texas, and We had pad
Texas l0000.OO0 for some barren land she did io'
own. Laughter lie said the Consuinti1n Was III,
t.,ded 10 be perpetual, ard he denied The nSht OF
secession nuder the CoueiUtion a. against the COns
tuition and against justice and good faith. ne sara
there could he government with0n, coercion, ou'
coercion must De med IN tie mode prescribed 6y law
Ills il not question of coercion IN state Nhere no
anti oly OF Fedeia al Government remains we are bolud
10 rerupIze a Government dc fhcto, when the stale
nrriut,in, individual sSvay. The man who loves the
Incr no loves 10 see the laws enforced VIII pNe I"
zee rebellion put down How does he intend 10 en-
fn,e tie law in a seeding State, except by making
war1 In his opinion, had relched ihe point wnol,
disunion was inevitable unless compromise, founded
,u concession can be made lie preferred compro-
Mic 10 war and concession 20 di-nrion. No c"mpro-
ME would be available which does not carry the qu"s,
tion Of Slavery beyond Congress. He snd he hai
voted for the propo-itpn Of the Senator from heii-
turkv Mr. Cr,tenden'a and ready 20 vote for 1t
ooe;n Why cannot the Republicans uDi'e on the Mi
soni Conipromise line They had heaped curses
pnouqh on lis head for repeating IT, 70 be gHd now TO
,e,ssbHsh IT, lie had helped 10 support that nlei'ure
mill ne was cornreed 10 abandonit. He was willing 10
meet on terms Of mutual concession He bad offered
another proposition 20 leave the Ier1tories III ss,
auo ill they have $1,000 inhabitants AID then settle
nuestjon themselvea ard alSo provided Tor the re-
uoya Of the regroes If the Territory chose to certain
provinces Ifihe Republicans do not intend TO inter
fere with Slavery in the Sates, why nos put III an
amendment in tie Constitution, so that they cshho' 90
IT, There must be settlement OF rome sof now. IL
cannot be postponed We are IN state of revolution
| II il compromise He preferred compromi-e
lie said seemed though the Senators ON the ohe'
side determined 10 ;iCi Hs phTlN IfA
c ,e the auction No doubt the people Of Massachu
settle are oed 10 Slavery extension, but he hough
II the question submitted to-day OF the resolution
of the Senator from Kentucky they would raiiy uem
There ia no other way or recourse lei 70 ehio's,
the law in seeding State, except 10 make war and
bring the State within your possession hTs ana the
! enforce the law aiterward. war between eighteen
Stats the side, and hiteen secedlny Slater Oh
| lie other, is To me revolving thing. For what Pur
,oe il his war TO be wasedl Certainly not Tor the
puuose or preserving the Union. have too much re
sTet, for gentlemen the other side OF the chamber
collectively and individually, TO believe there II one
among them who does not know that war 10 dsnnion
You cannot expect 10 exterminae ten millions oi peo
ple whore parrions excited with the oenef tha
vou mean 10 invade their homes and light the iianes o
insurreetioD in their midst. fou must expect 10 ex
terminate them or snb bugae them or else, when you
| lave got tired of war, TO make a treaty with them
| Notnaiier whether the war lasts one year, or seven
yesrs, thirty years, il must have an end al some
line. sooner later, both parties will become tired
an,es baunied, and when rendered incapable ef hight
ing any longer, they will make treaty VI peae aud
that Treaty will be one OF separation. The ms
tory of this world does not iarnsl
IN example OF Of sections, or between States OF
| the same nation where the war ended IN reconcilia
| ton. Such war always ends in treaty of peace
and a.fpal, eternal separation. don't understand
tlen how man can claim To be friend Of the Union
ard yet be in favor Of upon ten millions Of peopl'
| in the Union. You cannot cover II mp much lOnge
under the pretext Of love for the Union. Now, the
question must be met and whatever CONCESSIONS an
called M on TO make Il choose tO make voluntarily be
| fore blood is thed, and not afterward. Nc
man has more pride of country than /
1t handles my pIide to see the authority, Of The
Government questioned, but we are not the hrs
| nation Whose pride has thus been hnmbled. Repub
lice, elalires, aud Kingdoms alike, in all ages hav,
been snbect to the can humiliating fact But wher,
there i deep seated discontent pervading ten mill
| ions of people, penetrating every man, woman, anc
child and involving everything dear to them, 1t IA time
for inquipg wlel there is not some cause for th
feeling. If there be just for it, in Gods name
let remove it. Are we not criminal, III the SIGH
| Of Heaven and posteIity, II we do not remove
| the u,t cause' II there "a cause, and YET