The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1862-09-06
Where Rests the Resp onsibility of the
Compromise.

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Forney over The signature of Occas-
iondtk lin his answer to the address oil
Democratic members of Congress, gives an
extract from speech delivered bv the pre-
sent provisional Governor of Tennessee,
appointed by Presilent Lincoln to prove
that because "Six Southern men, refused
to vote against the proposition to supplant
the Crattenden with the C2ork proposition
that therefore the responsibility of the de-
feat of the Crittenden plan of compromise,
rest with the Southern men.
What is compromise? 1t is an AMIGA
6te agreement between parties in controver-
sy to settle their differences by mutual
concession. In that Congress every Dem
ocrat from the North, and all the moder-
ate men from the South-both demo-
Gratis and Union men-were in favor
of the Crittendeu plan. IL aoas opposed
by the Republicans IN solid body. The
extreme men of the South stood off--re-
fusing to vote. Had they voted with the
Democrats and Union men they could have
carried either the Crittenden, or any other
of the plans of adjustment oyer the heads OF
the Repubitcans-and for not doing so,
they are now charged with defeating and
preventing a compromise. But, suppose
they had voted, and then carried either of
those measures would there have been
anything Of Compromise about it? Ger
tainly not, for the reason that the Repub-
licans, being party to the controversy,
and having opposed, and resisted the
measure of adjustment, could not be held
as party to that compromise. There
could be no adjustment without the as
sent of the Republican party as represen-
ted by its members Of Congress 1t is
therefore perfectly absurd to charge the
defeat of that, or any kindred measure, to
Southern sucesSionists and it is equally
obvious that the whole responsibility of
the defeat of that measure and conse-
quently of the present ruinous war-rests
with the Republican members of the 36th
Congress: The offer was made them in
: December, and stood open for their accep-
tance until the 4th of March. They re-
fused to accept, and likewise refused to
offer anything instead. Are they not,
then alone responsible for all our trou-
bles +?
In proof of what we have said above let
us call the late Senator DOUGLAS to the
stand. On the Sd of January, 1861, he
said:
[ address the inquiry to republicans
alone, for the reason that in tile Committee
Of thirteen, a teeo days ago, every member
from the South, dnclu1ing those from
the Cotton States (Messrs. Toombs and
Davis) oppressed their readiness to accept
the proposition Of my venerable friend
from Kentucky { Mr. Crittenden) as FL
NAL SET ELEMENT ot'he controversy,
# rendered and sustained By republican
members. "HENCE THE SOLE RE-
SPONSIBILITY OF OUR DISAGREE
MENT, AND THE ONLY DIFFICULT
TY IN THE WAY OF AMICABLE
ADJUSTMENT, is WITH THE RE
PUBLICAN PARTY"
Because certain of the Senators-who
are now active sccessionists and rebels
were then opposed to compromise-as
were the abolitionst, and like the aboli-
tionists desired to break up the Union is no
justification Of the Republicans. By refus-
ing to accept any of the measures of adjust
ment that were offered, they placed them
selves in the same category with the Abo-
litionists and Secessionists.-U Ueayfc!d
Republican.
N-eA.