Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-15

10 make iair assessment OF the public debt, o
+, will you sit stupidly and idly, doing not..in,
'r until there shall be conflict of arms, because
70 you cannot compromise with traitors? Lee
'r the remaining States reform the Government
!. and If it is acceptable the Southern Confed
J. eracy will enter into treaty of peace and
" amity with them. If you want peace, you
Q can have it; ifyou want war, you can have
It. The time Of platforms ard demagogueism
. has passed. Treat with the Confederate
] States as independent, an. you can have
pea!e; treat them as States of the Union,
and you will have war.
Mr.. Lincoln has to move the troops from
Pickens and Sumter, or they will be moved
for him. He has to collect revenue at Savan-
rah, harleston and New Orleans, or it will
be collected for him. If he attempts to col.
lect the revenue, resistance will be made. II
is useless to blind your eyes, No comprom-
ise or amendment to the Constitution. no
arrangement you may ente. into, will satisfy
the South unless you recognize slaves az
property. These States withdrew from the
Union because their property was not pro-
tected
The Republicans have preserved an omi
nous silence on the subject OF the inaugural
| The speech of the Senator from Illinois was
calculated to produce the imrression that
Mr. Lincoln vii. d" nothing, but the master
!, insctivity policy cannot rrevail. 'sAction!!
action!' as the great Athenian orator said, |
- now necessary. You cannot longer serve
God and Mammon You must answer
quietly the question, Under which King Ben
zonian?" You must W thdraw your Gag
from our country, and allow Us to have our
own, and enter itno q treaty with Us. DO
this, or make up your minds for war in the
stel nest aspect, and all its accumulated
horrors.
Douglas replied in substantially the same
terms a. yesterday. He fenred Ft,. Sum ter and
Pckens could not be hold much Logger by
Federal troops Th,re was a time when
Sumter cc9id have been reinforced. lie did
not heiieve l; could b" now without the u.e
of 10000 men by land and sea. There were
out few men to s~rve the guns, ard they
must soon be exhausted aui they had
bread an salt enoi igh to last 80 day. There
III ,si be prompt act on ia favor of peace.
He believed the President WAS in favor of
peace /
Mr.. Wigfall asked l. Mr.. Douglas world :
advice the withdra xal of troops from f. ,rts
Sumter aud Pickens, and from the borders a
ot the Confederate States ard that no a. .
tempt he m"de to collect the rev. nues. 9
MIR. D'ngas replied that hs was not in y
the coousels or confidence of tho Admins. \
tratiOn. ard should not tender his advice
until it wa. asked for. Whenever the Ad- 6
wanted advice, it would doubt q
leta ask J.. IL would b. hardly the part of a
wisdom to s'a'e what his policy might be to
one who may so soon be in the council of
the enemy, and commando, Of their army.
In reply to a rema'k Of Mr.. Wigfall, Mr
Douglas said he saw no reason - modify t.
A"y sentiment in his NpIt" .p ech. i
After further &c. ate, Mr.. Mason spoke n
against the inaugural as a proclstDa i'm OF b
war. Virginia would becone q party 10
the war by the Unanimous consen; of her I
pe"t'lr. when the first gun was fred sgainst
. sesedinx 8 ate.
Mr.. DouglSs spoke further to the effec,
that, it the administrator anticipate the :,
nse If arms, We shall .es a proclamation for
An extra se-tion Of Congress in ord to in o
'r"a-e the regular forces and call volunteer.
int" TIE field. a
Adjourned, u