The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-04

dispose of the question as they please This is al
that Is asked. de said all, because, in respect t
ingtiyes, there is no difficulty. That is settled
the Constitution. In regard to the District q
Columbia, he argued that as it was ceded by Mary
iano, IL would be an act of bad faith to abolis
slavery without the consent of Maryland
| ne asked II 1t was not worth something
| even II we could not bring back the State
that have gone, to preserve those that hav
not gone. Ought that idea or dogma
not In the Constitution, but having its origin i
..ne .ne peculiar ideas of the people of certain sec
ton, to be an inseparable barrier to the measure
proposed, and which are necessary to save th
country. The propositions were offered bv hin
as Senator of the United States, and not as
compromise of the North to the South, but as
measure for the benefit of the whole country. Tn
measure which he offered as a Senator, wa
Tor the equality of all. He would not offe
| proposition unfair to either section. FL,
trusted in God that neither his feelings nor hi
principles would allow him to attempt or permi
anything unfair to either section or the other
| Senators say let us have no commonwealth n
| have blood first But the Bible says you shoulc
! first be reconciled with your brother before yor
lay your glft upon the altar. Yet, gentlemen will
| not give straw for reconciliation. But it is oul
! business to preserve the Union. If not, what will
! be the consequences? Who knows-he did not
lie would surmise that if injustice be done now
all may be lost. Yet the Union worth bearing
much Tor Party excitement and passion will not
last always, and if one Congress will do wrong
another may do right. But this cry of ono com
promise" was like the old cry of the Romans ''va
etct's -"woe to the conquered,"-and now
translated ono COMPROMISED" He claimed
that the Constitution intenoed to leave the people
the States free to act they pleased in regard to
their domestic institutions and contended that the
numerous petitions received from all parts of the
country were evidence that the hearts of the
people were right and in favor of peace and recon
ciliation with their brethren and thev are not will
ling to have their children go to war for a trife
an ana dogma. we are one people, of the same
Diood ana one family, and must compromise family
troubles. lie was for the Union, and not for seces-
sion, and would say to Kentucky, stand by the
Union, until necessity forces you out with
constancy and fidelity. This is the best Govern
ment IN the world, notwithstanding its bad admin
lstratlon sometimes, and he would have Kentucky
stand by the Union if rebellion swept over the
whole land, like the last soldier of brave band
tiii everything was gone, and then consider what
next snail be done. This was his principle and his
ADVICE he was about to part from friends here
and had spoken in truth and soemness what he
believed He had hopes that something would have
been done to pacify the country, and this resolu-
tlon from the House, though not sufficient would still
be ray of sunshine, an opening which would
warm his hopes and keep them alive. He express.
ed great confidence in the integrity of the people
and appealed to the Senate to have a vote that
something at least might be done which
would be step towards peace and harmony
something to save the Union. He begged those
who declared they would not amend the Constitu-
tion to reconsider and think how the condition of
the tn, country had been changed.--Mr. TRUM.
BULL said this was not the way to obtain COM
promise by talking OF dogmas and usurpation. He
was tired of hearing the talk of Injustice and usur
patton in the territories. Why not make an appeal
to men with arms in their hands against the gov
ernmen He then referred to the trouble in the ter
rltores, and the first attempt to break up the Union
in 1892 then in 1852 another attempt to break up the
Union, but after time peace was secured. Then
IN 1898 proposition was made in the Senate which
reopened the agitation, by what Mr.. Benton
called "a stump speech point in a BILL"
Mrica Wn W1cEhfI rsised the war in Kansas.--
BULL-l apprehend that the Senator will learn
10 morrow that we have got government and
mat Is, is me beginning of maintaining the Union
Mr; MI, W WlGFALL-l hope we may.-Mr. TRUM-
BULL continued, referring to the action of the
Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Nav
sending away the army and navy till we had onIy
two vessels left. Secession would never have
reaehed such height if We had had government.
iic G spoke against the compromise which had been
offered. He was willing to take tbe Nilsson;
compromise but those are nothing like that Ua
contended that the effect of these comnromiso
measures 7, would be to declare slavery perpetual in
NeW mexico. II we want to do anything 90 back
TO the Missouri Compromise and stand there and
restore peace to the country. In regard tn tba
House resolutions, he said all were agreed that
Congress had not the right interfere with sIa
very IN the United States. He would not interfere
put he never by vote would make one
slave; and the people of the great Northwest
would never consent by their act. to establish
slavery anywhere. He did not think that the Con
sututon needed amendment. He would vote for
proposition recommended to the States pronos;tior
for calling Convention to consider the amend
ments. But our Southern friends ask for some.
thing to stand on. The best work in the world IN
stand ON is the old Constitution, as framed
by our fathers; and we should not suffar
1t to be trampled on or amended States have heen
arming themselves and they tell us they will fobt
ag galnst the Government if any attempt be made to
enforce the laws which they call coercion He couId
tell the senator from Texas that be for enforcing
the laws, but by this, he did not mean marching an
army to coerce State, but he wanted to settle
the question whether we had government
Bet still, secession has not trumphed IF IN had
not nave oeen for completely with treason in the
been crushed long ago. The President has received
commissioners who, under any other Government. |
would have been hung for treason and not till the
last moment, when forced to take Sides either to
JOIN the secessonists let Major Anderson perish
that the President Joined the Union and spoke
feeby for the United States. But he had al
lowed the secessionists to do as they pleased
until they had taken the forts of the
government to great amount.-Mr WIG
FALL asked if the succeeding administration
would pursue the same peace policy, or whether
they would attempt to recapture the forts and
property.-Mr. TRUMBULL said that the Sena.
tor VIII hnd out his opinion before he got through
and trusted be would learn the opinions Of
steps of the Capitol to morrow.--if Won
will give the Government force enough to
enforce the laws he thought there would be an end
to secession. Time would cure this thing 1t has
already done much. 1t has done much already
IN Tennessee, and he thought the result there was
due to the efforts of the distinguished Senator
from that State. Let it be known that the people
of the North are determined to maintain the
Union, and there will be Union men at the
South. Let the Government have force enough,
and let US have an honest Executive and
let the South see that Government intends no en-
croachments upon its right and he did not believe
that a gun would ever be fired. But do not talk
about the Government making war when the
seeded States have commenced war and have the
e1rontery to say to the United States don't defend
yourselves. Let us do as we please or else we will
have war. He could not think that this great
Government would break up in this way. He
would call on his Southern brethren to pause and
consider if the Republican party had ever done
them wrong. That party denied that they
ever intended to do them wrong. Wait till
they hear the inaugural of the President
which he trust would breathe a spirit of
kindness towards the South as well as the North
and express the determination that no encroach-
ments shall be made on the rights of any one Mr.
Baker spoke at some length. defending his own po-
sition in desiring to vote for the Peace Conference
propositions.
THE Senate was still in session at o'clock A.
NJ, at which time we were compelled to go to
press
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The President sent message to the House, in
compliance with resolution heretofore adopted,
as to the reasons which induced him to assemble so
large number OF troops in Washington.
He submits that the force not so large as the resolu
ton presupposes its total amount being six hundred and
exclusive of the marines who are of course at
the Navy ard as their appropriate station These troops
were ordered here to act as posse comatus in strict
cordance to the civil authority for the purpose of
wing peace and order in Washington should this become
necessary before or at the period of the Inauguration
OF the President elect. What the duty of the
President at the time the troops were ordered to
the citys Ought he to have waited before this
precautionary measure was adopted until he could
OBTAIN proof that secret conspiracy existed seize the
capital In the language of the Select Committee this
was n time of high excitement consequent upon re-
volutionary events ranspring all around u.s. The very
air was filled with rumors, and individuals INDUCED in
the most exravagant expressions fears and threats
Under these circumstances which the President says he
need not deta as they appear in the testimony of the
Select Committee he convinced that ought act
The safety Of the immense amount ofpubic property in
this CITY, and that of the archives of the Government in
which all the States and especially the States in
which the public lands situated have deep interest
The and order of the city itself the security
OF the inauguration of the President elect objects
such vast Importance to the whole country that could
not hesitate to adopt precautionary and defensive
At the present moment when all ouet is diff
fcult to realize of alarm which prevailed when
the troops first ordered this city This alarm in
santy subsidized after the arrival of the first company
ana feeling comparative and security has since
existed both in Washington and throughout the country
Had refused to adopt this precautionary measure and
evl consequences which many good men at the time ap
pretended, had followed, should never have forgiven
myself. JAMES BUCHANAN
The SPEAKER also laid before the House COM
munication from the same, relative to the seizure
of the United States Mint al New Orleans together
with communications from the War, Navy and
table and ordered to be printed.--The SPEAK.
Err also laid before the House the resignation of T..
Ii. Ford, printer to the House of Representatives.
Air. SHERMAN presented to the House a