Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-04-16

Genera Assembly to arm the State. 1t Is our
duty to protect our State, against even the
probability of invasion. The requistion Of the
President Of the United States must be obeyed.
1t is strictly within constitutional limits and we
ARE bound by every sanction Of duty and obliga.
tion to our common country,
M. KEY regretted that his duty compelled
him to say something that might hurt the feel
ings ofthe majority on this floor, who had al
ways treated him 80 kindly but he was constrain.
ed TO say he thought this administration might
not only have avoided this war with honor, but
1t might have maintlined peace with honor,
He anticipated the most dreadful results fr,m
the war, and he protested against the exercise
OF power, which may be arrogated by the Gov.
ernmept, OF carrying war Of conquest into the
insurgent States.
mr.. GARFIELD said, with respect to the first
hall OF Mr. Keys remarks, that they had given
MN pleasure he had never enjoyed from the
speech OF any man. He sympathized with their
sentiments fully. He as deeply deprecated the
condition OF the country as human heart could
do. Bot he did hope that this morning no word
could have been spoken inconsistent With the
emergency. He fel. that he could retort that
had the late administration done its duty, we
should have been preserved from this hour of
peril. Had the Senator stopped when he had
described the horrors OF war, and discoursed 40
eloqnently upon our duty as citizens, there had
beeu no need OF more. But when he proceeded
TO pay tribute to party, and to protest against
the retaking OF the forts, he felt that be had re
tracted what be had at first said Would the
Senator cay that the forts which have been
taken shall not be reaken? Would he say that
II Washington is taken it shall not be retaken?
Yet he protests that the President shall not OK.
erclse the power TO retake the captured forts
Mr.. GARFIELD proceeded TO show that the
insurgent States had struck the first blow. and
! had begun the war, and continued TO arraign the
seeded States for rebellion and treason to the
Federal Government. He would not open the
books, and refer the Senator to the traitors in
the late Cabinet; nor would he, at an hour like
this, open the books, AMI read the Senator les
son OF humiliation and sadness. He would vote
for this ul, not simply because il is constitution.
al, but because we are bound by all the obliga-
uons OF duty aud patriotism, by common love
OF our homes and country, to defend and protect
our country and our country's flag. In concu.
sion, heagain deprecated the introduction of par.
tisan pleae, and expressed his belief that the
unlry would be finally restored to peace and
happiness.
Mr. MOORE said he was called upon TO dis
charge the most painful duty OF bis life. His
breast bad swelled with emotions too deep for
utteraDce. We are called upon 60 vote men
and money to fight what7 Not foreign enc
my, but our own brethren have done every.
thing could do, as an individual, to avert this
calamity. may have erred in judgment. Bot
the crisis is upon US We have but one duty to
perform If need be to sustain the glorious old
flag OF our country, we will battle to the death.
(Cries of Good, Good
The question recurring upon the passage
OF the blil' it was passed by the following vote
yeas 81, nays l.
Those who voted in the affirmative were--
Messrs. Breck, Brewer, Bonar, Collins. Cox
Cuppy, Cummins, Eason, Ferguson, Fisher
Foster, Garfield, Glass, Harrison, Harsh, Jones
Key, Laskey, Monroe, Moore, Morse, Orr,
Parish, Perrill, Potwin, Ready, Schleich, Smith,
Sprague, Stanley and White-@3l.
Those who voted in the negative were Mr..
Newman. /.
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On motion of Mr.. COX, the Senate took a
recess.