The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-06

= ch he sent reply equally extraordinary. Aughtsr
4 l bad been the Mayor OF New York would have sent
peciasy in view Of the rpace and sting which was al
The bottom q IT. for be solo the Mayor Q, NsS iok
should sS.s lnss % aSssSer the at was sAed
The loyalty Of New York TO southern citizens
scud no, have recsyea that nsa soo ~ S
OF New York have rcpeled y, and have seat this
anrwer:-"Ihe authorities Of New York had no insorma
sury ectson Of character which John Brown initiated
or of the character which the state Of Georgia initiated
when secession she eezes upon the forts and
the al the United States; but In either they
were, believe, for The purposes Of insurrecton,
seized them, and win hold them against ali Corners.
applause in the galleries would have sent that
answer 10 Mr.. Toombs and ! regret that the
was due TO that State, and TO his
position, to have sent the he did
yielded to The interruption Of mp friend Arkansas
let us not, at crisis ike tks confound ideas Let
no. confuse our proceedings BY failure 70 discriminate
carefully between what rightully IN the dis
cha &c Of duty and what would be cruel md unwse
to do in TO passions To administer this govern
the scales justice and true ever, between those
who these who not in harmony, be
coercion but the simple and honest discharge Of
sworn duty. To that extent would go, no further.
The President Of the United states has solsmply
announced TO the people Of this country that he win not
The Congress Of the United States in the of
events which all concede to be revolution has abstaned
response To this policy, which only subjects to
The charge being pusanimous because II conceived
TO- in fraterna Affection in the hope that peace
may be rettored for we were to accept declaration
that there shall be appeal except to the law then sir
Of would like TO be held responsible for suffering
a series Of events which have reduced this go
vernment, If it were poweress indeed to prevent
them or escape their consequences, TO condition
among the nations OF the car "a contemplate as that
which IT has heretofore occupied has been lofty Now,
sir there been rcion attempted. On the
trary every pledge express implied SO this
vantage has been of those pledges Of that DO
icy to degrade our flag 10 commit acts Of spoiaton upon
property to repudiae jurisdiction, enable the
Cabinets Of Europe TO sit council they sitting at
tbs moment, not upon the ''slck man. Turkey which
y zed and mpotent United States Of America and to de-
termine what they will do, and what share they will ap
proprate TO themselves IN the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the
ccniedtrocy and IN The confessed and demonstrat
ed inability Of the government of the United States
to make its jurisdiction respectable and respected.
would not like to be held responsible Der.
Of his body, for such state OF things IF did
fend and justify the oroearance Of the government and
my own silence to this hour, upon The hope that such
torbearance, while It might subject
elsewhere, while it might bring pain to the heart of
every patti in the land, would lead peace
citation and that good would Of Now sir
with reference to the suggestion Of the distinguished
gentleman from North Carolina deprecatnp the aopIica
ton of such measui this upon his State-his loyal
his noble, his gallant State TO the State of
or any other State which yet remains within the
Onion, where have courts, where we have q
magistracy where have the of enforcing the
laws legitimately and regularly Why sir venture TO
say tnat man IN tnS house you'd be guilty of the
offence and the insult to the loyalty Of those States of
thinking Of such proposition. In its application
only be extended in the nature Of things States which
have by their solemn act repudated our jurisdic
tion and deprived OF all possible of protecting
property except by force Of arms.
Mr.. BRANCH, opp Of N. CT must have been siDgu-
arly unfortunate the gentleman from New York under
stood me saying that | apprehended that this law
would be executed in North Carol by dscoutnuog The
mail service. What said this, and the position
which took, and the one to which the gentleman
from New York must address himself If he desires 10
Nna1
in the State Of Mississippi for instance ac,zen Of North
Carolina who has property in Mississippi, who has
family connections IN MISSISSIPPI or who from any other
has occasion 10 have communication by letter with
the State of MISSISSIPPI cannot have his letter transmit
ted to s destination because when II comes TO tue Dor
der OF Mississippi this government refuses TO carry
further itself and will make arrangement with Misss
sipp for carryn such letter the chant Of New
York has arrangements him carry his letters
into the interior Of Canada
MI slcNIs-I am obliged to the gentleman from
notice, though gave his remarks that stten.
tion which ! always pay to whatever falls from
his lips The argument then, of the gentleman from
North Carolina is Of mere personal inconvenience.
But that does not operate upon North Carolina any de-
gree approaching the Inconvenience which would operate
upon my own constituents We send thousands Of letters
10 louisiana Georgia and Mississippi where North Caro-
gret IT, and could wish were otherwise but is una
vooable By and by should there be reconciliation,
rate having found impossible to get along
undoubtedly when that state Of things arises, postal
rangemens viii be entered into like the postal
tons with foreign nations like the postal convention
which now exists In the Zolverein, or like the
postal arrangement which exists between this and
Canada 10 viii the gentleman refers. At the proper
time when the real character Of relations with these
States becomes established fact IL wouli be
to refuse to enter INTO proper spu alton Of the ordna
ry character which enters into the conventions between
independent and distinct people But that is not the
question This Congress is position TO recognise
anything but the dorm condition OF these States The
President is in condition 10 reoogr any re!a
toDs II be derive from some new grant OF autho-
make failure o. YOUR win YOU preserve and
enforce the respect Que TO It's give the protection
which rightuly belongs to It's property, nos That
Is the simple question Certainly sir that the
chvarous men who are leading this movement In the
Southern States will to receive the benefits Of our
postal laws while they repudiate laws and
insult flag. They must mean one thing or another
They cannot intend to reman like Mahomet's cofn be-
getting all the benefits that they can secure and subject
ing us to all its burdens What do they sayY They saw
they are willing 70 accept the postal service paying
TOT IT. but they Will not allow US to collect the revenue
which would go towards defraypg the expenses
Mr. BsAsD-i would ask the gentleman from New York
collection OF revenue from postages2
Mr. SIckIis-o, sir, from hostages. do not know
mission viii state tia, Of the Il p pes
6ama when drafts have been drawn upon them by the
sixth Auditor Of the Treasury for the Post Office Depart
ment have answered that they would wait until they
could ascertain the action Of their state before paying
the drafts.
Mr.. BRAscT-thoee cases Of individual Postuas crs
any information that In any instance In the States
that have attempted to secede the public au.
tborities have nterfered with the collection OF
the revenue from postagcs2 7 would ask him
this additional question while I am up, whether the
Postmaster General has not, under existing laws full
power 70 discontinue the service all such cases as he
has alluded to- by sbolshing the Offices even discon
tnuing the mail service entirely
Mr. CoIFASI will answer the gentleman that there Ia
evidence In the Post Office Dcprtm that the mails are
tamPered with In the states that claim 10 have seeded
and there no authority by which you can protect the
letters against being tempered with. man may take
letters that do not belong TO him from the mail in the
public streets and open them and there tribunal be-
fore which he can be Drought for that offence |
VIII add, that Is well known that the correspon-
dence between this government and Major Anderson
at Fort Sumter was stopped by the authority OF the
Governor OF South Carolina, until the Governor
saw ~ 70 allow u to continue, and Is continued
only by his federation
Mr. Sit1uI2-I did not to state that the Conven
lion or Legislature OF any State had by taken the
pnon which aivefied TO- meant to say that practi-
tuae ana that logically must before long lnd posi-