Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-03-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington. March Z.

known to the Senate and the Governor oil !
Ohio.
On motion of Mr.. Lane, copy was or
dered to be furnished to the Governor OF
Ohio.
The Senate then resumed the considera-
ton Of Mr.. Dixon's resolution, that there
be printed the usual number Of the Presi-
dents inaugural.
Mr.. Wigfal said that as Mr.. Douglas
Yesterday had entered into discussion of
the meaning of Mr.. LiDcOln's Inaugural,
it was proper that his (Mr. Wa cons
struction Of it should also be given to the
country. 1t was impossible for an admins
istration dealing in generalities, whether
glittering or not, to give peace to the
country. 1t Is a fact that seven States
have Withdrawn from the Union, entered
into compact and formed a government
Though the fact is not officially announ-
ced, the whole country know that the rep
resentatives of the Southern Confederation
are now here, prepared to be received at
this Court waving all questions Of regu
laTity as to the existence Of their govern
ment. They are here 10 enter into a treaty
with the federal government, and the :
matters Of cOntrt veTsy must be settled
either by treaty or by the sword. 1t is
easy to talk about enforcing the laws and
hpiNAhS HhN OSSAhf hhN lOSNSeoAbF, thO
forts When you come to this bayonets
and not words must settle the question
and be would say that Forts Pickens and
Sumter cannot be held much longer The
present Administration will soon be forced
~ construe the Inaugural Forts Moultrie
and johnson, and Castle Pickney are in
the possession Of the Confederated States,
but the ConfedeIated States will not leave
Fort Sumter in the hands Of the Federal
government.
In reply to Mr.. Douglas, he (WigfalD
denied that the Union, as it was formerly,
now exists legally and cousttutionally.
The evil is upon us; the disease is seat
ed. A blue pill at night and a cup of cOf>
fec next morning may relieve the liver,
bat when the disease is on you, blistering
and blood letting is sometimes necessary,
and when the patient dies it is necessary
10 have a coffin very deep, funeral service
and things Of that sort. As be said the
other night, the only question is whether
there shall be decent funeral after the
Protestant form, or an Irish wake The
Union is dead AID has to be buried. If
you want a Protestant funeral you can
have it. Ii not you can have an Irish
wake.
Mr.. Wigfall proceeded to speak of the
ulluCullJ VI GbltICluR hilt TcFEIut laws,
adding that troubles as t. this will environ
you all around. And you not better deal
with this question practically. Unf0rtu.
nately Mr.. Lincoln will have but n brief
period during which to decide the question
II he supposes the reinforcement OF Fort
Sumter will lead TO peace he can make
the experiment, and 50 as to recapturing
Fort Moultrie. If he should not remove
the troops from Fort Sumter .hev will be
removed for him. The adoption of the
Crttenden Compromise proposition might
have adjusted the difficulty of the country,
but it only received nineteen votes in the
Senate. The Senator from Illinois Mr..
D9uglas) had said that war cannot pre-
serve the Union. The Union however, is
dissolved. Seven Southern States have
formed a confederation, and to tell, as the
President has Gone, that their acts of Sc
cessiOn are no more than pieces of blank
paper, is an insult. He repeated there is
no Union left. The seeded States will
never surely come back. They will not
now come back under any circumstances.
They will not live under this administers
ton. Withdraw your troops, then make
no attempt to collect tribute, and enter into
treaty with these States. Do this, and
you will have peace. Send your flag of
thirty four stars thither and il will be fired
into, and war will ensue. Will you di-
vide the public property aid make a fair
assessment of the public debt, or will YOU
sit stupidity and idly doing nothing, till
there shall be a conflict of arms, because
you cannot compromise with traitors? Let
the remaining States reform their govern
ment, and if it is acceptable the Southern
COniederacy will enter into treaty of
peace and amity with them. IF you want
war, you shall have it. The time for plat.
forms and demagogueism is past. Treat
with the COnGederated States as independ-
ent, and you can have peace treat them
as States Of the Union, and you will have
war. Mr.. Lincoln has to remove the
troops from Fort Pckens and Fort Sumter.
or they will he removed for him. lie has
to collect revenue at Charleston, Savan-
nah and New Orleans, or it will be col
lected for him. If he attempts to collect
the revenue, resistance will be made. II
is useless to blind your eyes. No compro-
mise or amendment to tho Constitution.
no arrangement you may enter into will
satisfy the South, unless you recognize
slaves as property and protect it as any
other species of property. These States
Withdrew from the Union, because their
property was not protected. The Repub- /
Iicans have preserved an ominUus silence
on the subject of the inaugural. The |
speech OF the Senator from Illinois was
calculated ~ produce the impression that
MIR. Lincoln will do nothing. But the mas
teriy inactivity policy cannot prevail Ac-
ton Action as the great Athenian ora
tor said is now necessary. You cannot
longer serve God and mammou. You must
answer quickly the question under which
King Benzonian. You must Withdraw
your flag from our country and allow US to
have our own and enter into a treaty with
us Do this or make up your mind for war
10 the sterneSt aspect and ali its accumu-
lated horrors.
Mr.. Douglas replied in exactly the same
terms as yesterday. II feared Forts Sum
ter and Pickens could not be held much
lcngor by federal troops. There was a time
when Sumter could have been reinforced
he did not believe it could be now without
the use of 10000 men by land and sea
There were but few men 10 serve the guns,
and they must soon be exhausted, and
they had not bread and salt enough TO last
80 days. There must be prompt action in
favor of peace. He believed the President
was in favor Of peace.
Mr.. Wigfall asked If Mr.. Douglas would
advise the withdrawal of troops from Forts
DuHter unu IlCkeuS, ana from tue borders
OF the Confederated States, and that no at
tempt be made to collect the revenue.
Mr.. Douglas replied that he was not in
the counseis or confidence Of the Admins
traton, and shOnld not tender his advice
uutilit was asked for. Whenever the Ad-
ministration wanted advice it would doubt
less ask it 1t would be hardly the part
of wisdom to state what bis policy might
ha m rt,N I. Al
ellis of the enemy and commander Of the
army. In reply to a remark of Mr. Wig
fall, Mr.. Douglas said he saw no reason to
modify q Ell