The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-01-04
synopsis OF sonntor wade >
speech

Ihc iulloWng u q hflri = nNhopsla OF
,onut1r Wadc's speech, In the Uutod
itatcs Senate, on Monday last: "
Nc. Wade said he h1dvery little faith
n argument under tho circumstance
low iNisting iu this country. IL did
iot otuudcrstand that anything growing out
Il the recent election was any cause for
he present condition OF the county
ID tho papcrs arr TO Dee credited. therO is .
reign OF terror in the South equal to
hat iu Paris, h' did not blame the South I
or they had been led to believe the Re. .
iuhlic0n party will trUmplo on all their .
lights, aud by our av0Wcd enemies at the .
North.
lie would bH the last man 20 advocate .
4 cause dcrogatory to the interests ct any
other State. Those personal liberty
bills wore not made tn degrade the South .
hut to protect the free States from unlaw /.
lul seizures. Where the South has los
one man, we have lost ten, By uni uwhi I
mohs. Tho South own the Senate an !
President. Ito did not sec what th'y
had TO complain OF, lie then went on to
argue that the Republican party was
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il stood whore Washington, Jefferson
aud Clay stood, IL holds to tho
doctrine that slavery shall not exist in
the Territories.
lie then asked Il the South had any.
thing 90 complain Vt in the character,
habits, or principles OF Mr, Lincoln or
the Vice President, and said the day Of
compromise il bt an cud. Altcr the eX-
pcricnce we have had in Congress, il IL
absolutely ridiculous 10 talk about them.
The moment the American people cut
loose from the sheet anchor Of Liberty,
the moment the Republic is at an ond.-.
We must submit TO the uumistakablc yer-
dict of the people lie said he would
yield to no compromise; we had won the
victory an all others had; we have no
compromises 10 make. Tho eontroycr
~ must be met alone by tho Constitu
tion, and when We 20 astray from that
We shall get into difficulty,
The South claims the constitutional
rightto seoedc from the Union, II tha
be so, we have not and never had any
Government South Carolina is small
State, aud we should not miss her much
it swallowed up by an earthquake to-
morrow For himself he would allow
her TO 90, but ns momber Of this Con-
gress, and a supporter of the Constitution
he could not do so. A State has no con-
stitutional right 70 20 out. The people Of
q State may inOugurRto revolution. Ir
they conquer, they are right if they are
conquered they ure rebels.
No New State shall be admitted
into the Union without consent of two
thirds Of all the mombers of both branch
es of Congress, and tho vote shall be
taken by yeas and nays, which shall be
entered on the Journals, and every bill
for such purpose shah be subject to tho
approval or rejection Of the President Of
the United States, az in other cases, ex-
-crpting that when returned with his OBJ
jectiOns il shall require the vote OF three
fourths of both Houses Of Congress TO
pass il.
Mr.. Wade did not see cause to appre-
hend that war would be mado ON the Sc
ccding States, but asserted the right to do
so, if they saw ft. Ho explained the
duties OF the President, under his obliga-
tons 20 the whole country, and said that
even after secession, which fact the Pros
ident was not % recognize, every federal
right would he exercised, among which
is the collection ofreyenue precisely the
same as in every other State.
No State can be released from that
obligation for the Constitution demands
Il. What follows iftho soceding State
shuts up her ports Of entry so that ships
cannot discharge their clrgoes therc!-
Ships will cease to 60 there. Or il the
government blockadcs her ports TO col
lectrevenuel then she win have gained
her independence by secession. IL she
will be contented 10 1--we under this equiv
ocal stats Of things, all well. But she
cannot do so. What can she dol She
must take the initiative and declare wal
against the United States. Then force
must be met by force, and she must show
out her independence by violence ant
war. ......... ......... ........
The net Of lcvying war is treason
against the United States. That is the
result and We may as we'll look the mat
ter in the face. The Senator from Tex
as says the South win force an ,gnomin
ious treaty from US in Fanieul Hall. TC
this he would answer, well you may; W,
know your power, we know your bravery
we do not want 10 fight with youbut, new
srtheless II you drive Us to the necessity
we will use all our power 10 maintain
/ the government intact, in all its integrl.
lty. five are not thrown, the govern
mentwlll be subverted as thousands oI
other governments have been.
Ifyou uro weakest then YOU must Ego
70 the wall;nthat is oil there is about
H. That is the condition in which we
stand. i can see no power in the Con
stitution that will release the Senator
from this position. Mr.. Wade continued
at considerable length, eontending thu
the present troubles were mainly attrib
utable TO misrepresentation of the Re
pub liean party and its objects.