New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-26
mJcr oa by lbe proceedings Of Che President have

IN opposition bet we have heard 10 ar ,oi nm
those we have aAluee1. They, Therefore, ;ncep,ion
ed, and maintain that tDe wa stiIu-
and III it, pres cution u not TO mslhh II IA not
ton but In terogaon OF that inarnIne.n hos been
enough to tell me that the ndhn;ng States
violated by others. The people OF .n stall be
bo,a a ion, 10 demand taL the CoDssitn,io 49,,
INV TIN " tb ia of the Federal GoveInnen';
Nor js chs wor pres rye the u5 , ~ fact II this
States unnpaired. believe IN PHI ,y Of The States
| war continue the dignity and .quahy 70 - a.
| Ill cot no nreserved nnimpaired oehvNo u
| n,osecntion of this war for Twelve p it W."
b. the grave Of CONSTITUTIONAL noeIY VI
! tp;s continent That u nay humble luegm.hl'
hesve IL is no remedy for the existing difficulties.
heeye. when you array ten ortwelve million Oh one
lie and nineteen Iwenty million ON tie other, ~ Is
| a war Of snbucation, and \ Will ternihsie IN con-
cues, of one or the other and equally disastrous to
both am well aware stand alope III uttering these
opinions. They are my opinions, and am Responsible
for them here 10 my place, and under the CONSTITUTION
| OF my country have night TO utter them in my
place. / know that the rampant spnit OF passion ID
abroad in the land and know there are many here
and elsew ere who have etaked their all upon IN
flaming it. and keeping It inia%ed 70 she frenzy
terrible accountability viii be rendered by those who
are plungibg the country into the vortex OF rum,
under the pretext OF maintaining the Constitution ana
the laws. Peace peace Sir il what we want for the
restoration of the Federal Government, and the pres
ersation Of constitutional liberty.
| Mr.. SHERMAN Rep, Obio / thank God, Sir,
that the speech OF the Senator IRON kentucky does Dol
represent the voice OF she people oi Kentucky ONO
and Kentucky have always been friends IN mort cases
yotin., together But if lie Sena or from Kentucky
| sIeaks the voice If Keutucky, then OHIO and Ken
tueSy are eneuies, aud know that they are 1iiends
know that the words now spoken by the Senator
| from Ken.ucky do not meet with Iep0nse nom sne
people of his own State. lie says the President of the
United States brought this war; by his proclamation
of April last. ask, who fired on 0dr nag m Chares
ton Would the Senator from Kentucky have us
Dear the shame and ignoniny and lot rssent 1t VINO
assaulted Fort Sumter, and fired on one Of the disn,
guished citizens OF his State, even 9fter ne naa
raised flag OF truce, and fired on hun willie the oud
ings burning over his head Is this no ACT OF war
| Who stole the mint at New-0reans 7 Who captured
the army ia Texas and betrayed the country there
Who committed act after act OF war against tbiS couh-
try and in violation Of the Constitution organ Led
| new Government, denying the authority OF the old
| one and attempted 10 subvert the Government ny
force And yet nothing Ia said OF this by the Sens;
from Kentucky, but the President is held up as the
man who has brought this war upon u.s. The fact If,
tho people Of this Nation have forborne with the Dis
rnonists of the Southern States too much, ard too
long The honorable Senator says we refused to grant
any terms OF compromise Our fathers mhae q .oiu-
promise which are low willing 10 s'snd upon.
We do not propose 10 change this compromise of inc
Constiut'on il is the only compromise We can stand
upon, and the,Senaior from Kentucky ana tne DE
uioDists of the Southern States have no Dght To come
TO me and saw you have involved the country IN civil
war, because you would lot do what be wished you
to do because did not change the Constitution aud
engraft provisions upon 1t, sDd especially In the
face Of the public voice OF the last election.
No Mr. President il is the Southern DiuDioDists who
are traitors 20 their country, and they mnst, and
| believe in God they Will, be subdued. Aud yei this
war is not prosecuted for the purpose OF snbdning
these men, but for compelling them 10 obey the Laws
and make them loyal subjects. There Is no Senator
here who is not subject 10 the laws, just the same a.
we would have these subject 10 the Constitution
and the laws and all this csptrsp about subjuystiou
/ think, had better be dismissed from the Senate
These persons must DO snblugsed TO obedience to the
Constitution, and when that is accomplished, then
- hail Az liza
technical criticisms the language Of this resolution
think it is literally trpe therefore, shall vote for
| il. This Ia not pro6eCu tsd With any idea OF
interfering with the institutions OF the southern
States. Ii il was, it could not have my asseD.
1t lie prose ued with vie TO maintain the Constr
tuition ard the laws. But tbs senator now seeks TO
iustfy those who seek 20 subvert the Government aud
char the President with subverng the Constitution
and causing civil Ia regard 70 tue amendment
of the Senator from Illinois, any slave who II used by
his master actively III the prosecution Of this war,
ought 10 be freed. Tue people whom that Senator
now de ends have turned pirGtes declared by the
law of nations, and burn sbpe and capture white
men, a1d, am told they actually make their prison.
ers Of war work Oh their.ntrenchments. But you
say, because We say 10 these men, II you use your
slaves to prosecute this wartL- unholy against
the GOyernmentthey snail be forfeited, that that is
an act OF injustice. l Say is an act of Justice
One word further in rega 10 personal allnsion 70
myself. did say, and repeat that the very safety
oi lins Governmen-the very existence Of civil liberty
and civil zation tse-depends the result of this
believe Observation-Disclosures are now able ~ draw
hDe the continent, shall have Confed-
| eracies warning with each other l believe every
thing depends upon snbdung the Dsunionisis, as
pointed ont by ths resolution. All this diff has
been brought about by men, who, because the could
not rule are determined 10 ruin. say have been
forbesving long enoogh. J. for one, Am for this
| for Its active, vigiiant, determined prosecution.
| Whether l may live or die, whether my property
| may 60 makes difference. II s better for every
nan who lives this continent 10 fall victim to this
war rather than this noble country Of should lie
| broken into fraciions, quarreling all the time. NV
| voice my life, my all stall be given freely for tie
parpoe Of maintaining the Union and carrying GU, in
good faith the spirit ard puIoit Of this resolution.
Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE said the Senator had seen ct
10 answer of the remarks be had made. He then
referred to the amendment Of the Senator from Illinois,
| claiming it TO be general emancipation act. The
Senator says be stands where he did the Constitu-
ton. That lie tie question profess TO stand that
instrument, az tt-adily and firmly as that Senator.
have endeavored TO show that i stood upon 1t, and
| have been answered only by rhetoric and defamation
There has been attempt defend, constitutional
| grounds, the proceedings now being enacted every
| day. The Senator undertakes to say that, in
| Opposing this resolution, and in roy general
| course here, / am not rcpreeenng the peo-
pie Of Kentucky. / think 1 am. i am re-
presenting my conviCtiors, resd tteirs.
But that tribunal will submit the question and it,
indeed the people of Kentucky believe that the pros
perity of this country she'll he best promoted by enter
ing iuto this fratrcidal and horrible war; and they
sball determine 10 throw their energies into this
struggle not Tor the preservation Of the Constitution
and the principles VI liberty but for their destruction
will acquiesce in her positiob, but will no longer
he her representative the floor Of tho American
Senate. The Senator from Ohio closed by saying he
was for tais shall close by saying that us q
friend Of the Constitution, o. freud OF country
NJ Senator from the State OF Kentucky AS philal,-
| thr0pist, am against this
| Mr.. DOOILTTLE Rep., Wis.l-The Senator
charges on tie majority this floor the RESPONSE
oiuly Vi tne country now being involved Ia civil