Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01

ceptlOn OF the object and purposes OF the &c
publican organization in the incoming admin
istrution hold myself bound as patriot,
even In the face OF this hostile demonstration,
= to do whatever / may to remove this delusion
and correct this misrepresentation If gentle
men will come here with a spirit and disPosi
ton to be enlightened as to the object and
purposes of the incoming administration, =
win say what it will do. When this republi-
can administration goes into power, the gov
:. =. ernment Will be administered precisely as it
was in The days Of Madison, Monroe. Jeaer-
son, Harrison, and perhaps, Polk. / under
take TO say that, in the face Of this, look
. upon this secession movement as the most
grouudless and most unjustifable opposition
10 constitutional authority that the history of
:, the world furnishes example Of do not
=. believe that the people are disloyal- do not
' believe thai the great masses of the people of
The South are disloyal. | believe that they
labor under misappreheusioa- Garrison,
u and other men like him, are now gloatinga
oyer the rain they have contributed so largely
10 bring about With such men are united
heart and hand the men in Charleston who
Fl. are seeking tooverlhrow the government, and
to drepeh. the country in blood Mr. Stan
ton then referred 70 the cumPromise OF 1850,
aud argued that Gongress had reserved the
:. spower Of controlling the Territorial Iegisa-
ture. The, people or the free States had ac-
uuiesced in these compromises for the sake Of
peace but the South would not permit the
compromises of the fathers of the republic to
ri remain They wanted the power to establish
rapaEery In all 4he Territories Of the conledcra-
sEEys 1t was TIE deliberately avowed principle
r-thatst ongress should not have the power to
iuterlere for the exclusion or prohibition Of
slavery iren the Territories. The doctrine
= distinctly made by tie democratic party South
sin 1854 and adherd to the present that
s4he ,soatl had right to take slaves into all
sitlsez territories and that Congress had no
-spevgeF 10 prohibit it, That all the territories
an1nusp be slave territories and that this was a
safiRht aaaranteed by the constitution, and
ssshoai,l be carried into effect By the aid of fed
efallBatTonage, federal bayonefs, and federal
8ar,ower. aeairst the win Of the people. This
= -1Sxassthe source Of all the present evils. Gen
sstleflet must be perfectly aware that the gov
esernr6ent cannot surrender its power to
a rebeFsous demand The thing is utterly
ifnposs:bc II it did, it would be act of
filhbeciity, and an utter abandonment Of all
government and an abdicaiion of its execu-
Ttfye power Gentlemen must sec that that
mode Of separation can lead to nothing but
civil war and bIoodshed. II they are deter
mined to do this, and resist by force Of arms
salid refuse time for consulting the popular
HwflI-th only source of true power-as to
what shall be done in this emergency, they
hniust take the consequences on their own
heads. lie was willing for an amendment to
the constitution in order to remove delusion
for preventing the federal government ever in
terfering with slavery in the States He was
slT. ef.r fhf
Territorial question by admitting New Mexi
co as State in accordance with the recon-
Anendations Of the committee Of thirty-three
Mr.. HARRIS, OF MARYLAND.
Mr. Harris, of Maryland spoke of the glo-
ries of the country, and said the disasters
now pending sprung from the empty rivalries
of political parties, and imbecility OF boasted
statesmen to solve the problem of the statte
of the territory In regard to slavery, the
verdict of impartial history will be that there
is no reason for secession, and none for disrup
tion of the Union. He believed that the re
sponsibility of the national safety or pcrdi
ton rests on the present representatives Of the
people now assembled in Congress. The
question now is, on whom shall the terrible
responsibility of the future rest, and that viii
fall on the party or set of men who will
not SDuFQ IQOS6 MlScTaDIc party lFdiLuicIS
and come up to the question.
Mr.. Hughes denied that Mr. Harris spoke
for the part of Maryland he represented.
Mr. Harris--not more that Il corporali
guard in Maryland favor secession. Gap
plause)
How can this great nation be saved Fal
too much of the present mischief came from
q section to which he belonged, springing
4no- H.; oF OF
the South who want a greater cminence than
they can command. under our present system
He repeated that secession is an unholy off
spring of Southern political ambition, after
too much Of aggravation which reused the
resistance of the North.
He appealed to the North. if there was not
too much aggravation their part, and by
their representatives which administered 10 a
Southern spirit-which were ever ready to
seize with avidity what would feed their ap
petite. Both sections are responsible fer the
troubles. The secession of the six Southern
States met with no sympathy in Maryland.
He denied the right of secession. He
urged his Northern friends to do something
at once for pacifcation. There was a smoul
dering fire under Maryland which might break
out and sweep her into disunion Let them
rise above prejudice and party and cement
the Union more firmly than ever Let us
have less eoquence 10 speeches and more per
tiient eloquence in votes. Give us the Crit
tenden or similar proposition. He closed as
follows
Let me not, instead Of our national music,
bear the Marsellaise, which is not music to
my ears. Flaunt not before my eyes the flag
Of a divided nationality exciting no devotion
in my American heart, but let me and my
people go to our graves with our eonsecrated
melodies ringing in our ears, and over US the
dome of the Union with its consolidated stars
(Applause.l
hes Mr.. NELSON, OF TENNESSEE.
The Hon. It. A. r. Nelson, of Tennessee
made great anti-secession speech to-day
He asked Northern members to accept the
Missouri Compromise line, which was con.
cession to the North-an abandonment Of the
Dred Scott decision, so far slavery is con-
cerned. He would accept Adams PROPOSE
tion, which gives the So4th more than they
have under she Constitution. The difference
really dividing the North from the South was
trifing. If you will look we'll into South
Cardinals declaration of independence, you
will find that they have the utmost difficulty
to1fnd anything to base secession upon. Tie
border States, Tennessee and her sisters, would
never submit to be dragooned out of the
Union. He warned the people of Tennessee
against the horrors of military despotism
crushing taxation and civil war He was fire.
ouentlv INTERRUPTED by irrepressible aDDlausC