M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-03-14
,eace. ron shall have it. The time

peace. You shall have it. The time
icr platforms and demagogism is past.
Treat with the Confederate States rs
independent, and you can have peace.
Treat them as States Of this Union,
and you wi!l,have war. NJ Ng
Mr.. Lincoln has to remove the
troops from Forts PickenS aud Sumter,
or they will be removed for him.. HeI
hss to collect the revenue at Charles.
ton, Savannah and New Orleans, or III
will be coII5eted for him. II he at
te1lpts to collect the revenue resist.
ahce win be made. It is useless to
hind your eyes. No compromise or
amendments to-, the Constitution; no
arrangement you may center into will
satisfy the South, unlsss you recognize
slaves as property and protect it as
any othekspecies Of property. These
States withdrew from the Union be-
cause then property was not protected.
The Republicans have preserved an
ominous silence on the subject Of the
Inaugural. The speech oflhe Senator
from Illinois (Douglas) was calculated
to produce the impression that Mr.
Lincoln will do nothing. But the
mastery inactive policy can not pre-
vail. Action, action, as the great
hAtheEian orator said, 10 now neccssa,
Try. You cannot longer serve God and
Mammon.. You must answer quick.
! ly the question under which King Be.
zoniau rested. 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 minds for war In she sternest as.
pect and all its accumulated horrors.
Mr.. Douglas replied in substantial.
| ly the same terms as yesterday. He
feared Forts Sumptsr and Pickens
could not be held much longer by
Federal troops. There was a time
when Sumpter could have been rein.
forced. He did not believe it could
be done now without the use OF ten
thousand men by land and sea. There
were but few mea to serve the guns,
aud they must soon be exhausted, and
they had not bread and salt enough to
last thirty days. There must be
prompt action in favor Of peace He
l n
believed the President was in favor Of
peace. ~.
Mr.. Wigfall asked il Douglas wb'd
advise the withdrawal Of troops from
Forts Sumpter and Pickens, and from
the borders ofthe Confederated States
and that no attempt be made to collect
the revenue.
Mr.. Douglas replied that he was
not in the council or confidence Of the
Administration, and should not ten
der his advice till it was asked for. -
Whenever the Administration wanted
advice, it would doubtless ask it. II
would be hardly the part of wisdom tc
state what his policy might be, to one
who may so soon be in the councils o.
the enemy and commander of the ar
my. In reply to remark ofWigfall
Mr.. Douglas said 10 saw no reason IL
modify any sentiment in his Norfolk
speech.
After further debate Mr.. Mason
spoke against the Inaugural as proc.
lamation Of war. Virginia would be.
come a party to the war by the unan,
imous consent Of the people, when the
first gun was fired against seeding
State. ".
Mr.. Douglas spoke further to the
effect that if the Administration an.
ticipats the use of arms, we shall see
a proclamation for an extra session o.
Congress. in order to increase the reg
ular forces, and call volunteers into
the field. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, March s.
Mr.. DIxon's resolution, that the usu
al number Of the Presidents Inaugu.
raj be printed, was adopted.
Mr.. Foster offered the following:
WHEREAS, Mr.. Wigfall, now Sena
tor of the United States from Texas
has declared in debate that he is 6
foreigner, and owes no allegiance tc
this Government, but to another State
and foreign Government; therefore.
Resolred, That he besxpelled from
this body. @ ..a Cd
! Mr.. Foster, not seeing Mr.. Wigfal
in his seat, would let the resolution liz
over for the present. eaa' U.fg.r
Mr.. Cllngman moved to amend Mr.
Fosters resolution by striking out al
after the word "vhereas," and inser
at is understood that tine State o
Texas has seeded from ths Union
and is no longer one Of the Unitec
States; therefore, a9 ri 8t
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