M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-11-06

Thirteen, | present extracts from spec.
ches OF Mr.. Douglas and Mr.. Pugh,
bearing directly on this point.
On the Sd of January, in the course
Of an elaborate speech, Mr.. Douglas
used the following language:
"Ifyou of the Republican side are
not willing to accept this nor the pro
position Of the Senator from Kentucky,
pray tell us what you will do2 | ad.
dress the inquiry to the Republicans
alone, for the reason that in the Com.
mittee of Thirteen, few days age,
every member of the South, including
those from the Gotten States, (Messrs.
Davis and ToomOs,) expressed their
readiness to accept the proposition Of
my venerable friend from Ken,
lucky, as a final settlement OF the con-
troversy, if rendered and sustained by
the Republican members. Hence, the
soleresponsibilty ofour disagreement,
and the only difficulty in the way Of an
amicable adjustment is with the Re-
publican party" . ...., l,t
These remarks were made, rs well;
az remember, before a very full Sen,
ate, in the presence Of nearly, if not
quite, all the Republican and Southern
Senators, and no ona dare 10 dispute
the facts stated. -.- -...,..
Mr. Pugh, on the I'd day of March,
in the course Of very able speech,
remarked: ..' r7"a'" .
D But suppose that Senator does
promise me vote on the CrittendeB
propositions ! have followed him
tor three months; | havo followed my
honorable friend from Kentucky (Mr.
Crittenden) for three months; | have
followed my friend, the Senator from
Pennsylvania, (Mr. Bigler) fer three
months +; | have voted with him on sll
these propositions at time when
there were twelve other Senator'S in
this chamber on whose votes we could
rely and what came of it all 2 Did
We ever get vote on the Crittenden
proposition 2 Never. Did we ever
get vote on the Peace Conference
propositions Never. Did we ever
get vote on the bill introduced by
the Senator from Pennsylvania, (Mr
Bigler) to submit these propositions
to vote of the peoplel Never, They
were not strong enough to dispIace
the Pacific Railroad Bill, which stood
here and defined them in the Senate
for more than a month. They We're
not strong enough to set aside this
plnnder bill you call a tariff. They
were not strong enough to beat Pen
sion Bill one morning. For three
long months have followed the Sena.
tor aid others, begging for vote on
these questions; never can we get il
never; and now | am to be deluded
no further and | use that word delu.
sion in no uukind sense to my friend.
The Orittendcn proposition has
been Indorsed by the almost unani.
nous vote of the Legislature of Ken
lucky. 1t has been inGorsed by the
Legislature Of the noble old common
wealth Of Virginia. 1t has been petit
toned for by large Lumber Of elec
tors of the United States than any
that was ever before Con
gress. ] believe in my heart. to-day,
that it would carry an overwhelming
Of the people Of my State
aye, sir, and Of nearly every other
State in the Union. Before the Sena
tors from the State of Mississippi left
this chamber, | heard one of them,
who now assumes, at least, to be
President of the Southern Confederacy
propose to accept it and MAINTAIN the
Union, if that proposition could re-
ceive the vote it ought 10 receive from
the other side of the chamber. There.
lore, Of all your propositions, of all
your amendments, knowing as | do,
and knowing that the historian will
write it down, at ary time before the
let of January, two thirds vote for
The CrittenGen Resolutions in this
chamber would have saved every
State in the Union but South Carolina
Georgia would be here by her repre-.
sentatives, ard Louisiana also-those
two great States, which at least, would
have broken the whole columns of
Secession" v
Mr.. Douglas, at the same time. said
in reply: "l can confirm the Sena-
.or's declaration that Senator Davis
when or the Committee Of
Thirteen, was ready at all times to
on the Crtttenden propo-
sition | will 60 further, and say thar
Mr. Toombs was also ready TO do 20"
But il this testimony were not in
IN existence at all, do we not all know
that the great State of Virginia indor-
,ed this proposition andisubmitted il
10 the other States as a basis Of a final
and permanent peace 1t
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