Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-05-08
Charles City, Iowa, May s, 1862.
The Rebellion.

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'when will the rebellion be over Just AZ
| soon as the partisans in the North who pro-
voked it into being will cease their attack.
upon the Constitution, and comply with its
obligations and submit to its restraints. Hard.
ly otherwise"
So says the Dubuque Herald, but
neither the Herald nor any intelligen,
person believes there is a particle oi
truth in the statement. Let the read
er contrast this doctrine of the Herald
with the revelations recently made by
Gov. Andrew johnson, of Tennessee
In speech delivered at Nashville
the other day Mr.. johnson made the
following statement:
"The tariff was the pretext for disunon in
1892, and the slavery or negro question is
the pretext now. How de the facts stand
when We come to examine thcm9 Let us GO
back to the proceedings of the last Congress
What was the true phase of the times' A
compromise, you rcmembcr-the Crittenden
proposition-was introduced. The Southern
senators, including Benjamin, Toombs, Ivcr-
son, and a list of Others, pretended that If the
measure passed, the South would be satisfied
But they desired everything else but compro-
mise. Senator Clark offered an amendment
which he believed would be acceptable to the
South l had critically kept pace with these
pretenders. Their pretensc was only to dis
guise their real intentions. When the vote
was put on Clark's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS well -
only fifty-five ballots were recorded. The
amendment was adopted by two votes, thus
defeating the original compromise. Who is
responsible for this work Of destruction, Six
Southern Senators standing there ana refusing
to record their votes. If the Crittenden COM
promise had been adopted they would have
been deprived Of q pretext for their treason.
Judah Benjamin was seated near me while the
vote was being taken. told him it was his
duty TO come to the relief of the country by
voting on this important proposition. He
sneerngly answered that when he wanted my
advice he wo uld make the request. said,
you are Senator, and demand that your
vote be recorded. With five others he con-
trived to defeat the measure by slipping out
They wanted no comprise. This, then, has
caused the present difficulties. THESE SIX
SENATORS DESTROYED THE COMPROMISE UroN
WHICH THEY BASED REVOLUTION
It seems tha. this statement, whose
authenticity is well known, was re-
ccivcd in Nashville with some incre-
dulity by that portion of the people
who have been led to suppose that Sc
cession was a civil necessity" crea-
ted by nothing less than the uncom-
promising temper displayed on the
Northern and Western side of Con-
gress during the winter above men,
toned. 1t is very easy to demon
strate the accuracy Of Gov. Johnson's
allegations, and consequently the jus.
tice of his reflections on the cause
lessness of the secession revolt. This
work is 80 satisfactorily done by the
Louisville Journal, in expounding
the instructive thesis Of Gov. John
son, that we recur to it for the pur-
pose Of keeping the record right on
an important point in the history of
the successive steps which have
brought the country to its present atti-
tude.
On the 18th Of December, 1860, Mr..
Crittenden introduced into the Sem
ate of the United States his plan of
compromise. The plan was pronouccd
satisfactory by the disunion Senators.
They admitted that the States they
represented would not secede, and
ought not to secede, if it were adopted
by Congress. They, however, at the
same time declared their conviction
that Congress would not adopt it.
How much this conviction had to do
with their admission that the plan was
satisfactory may be inferred from the
sequel. .-..
On the 18th of January, 1861, Sem
ator Clark, of New Hampshire, intro
duced, as substitute for Mr.. Critten.
den's resolutions, the amendment to
which Mr.. Johnson refers in the ex-
tract quoted above. The amendment
was as follows
Resolved, That the provisions Of the Consti-
tuition are ample for the preservation Of the
Union, and the protection Of all the material
interests of the country {; that it needs to be
obeyed rather than amended; and that al ex-
trication from our present dangers is to be
| looked for in strenuous efforts to preserve the
| peace, protect the public property, and enforce
the laws, rather than renew guarantees for
peculiar interests, compromises for particular
difficulties, or concessions to unreasonable de-
mands.
| Resolved, That all attempts to dissolve tht
present Union, or overthrow or abandon the
present Constitution with the hope or expec
tation of constructing new one, are danger
Gus, illusory, and destructive; that, In tn,
opinion of the Senate of the United States
no such reconstruction is practicable and
therefore, to the maintenance Of the existing
Union and Constitution should be directed al
the energies of all the departments of tn,
Government, and the efforts of all good citi
| zens. ... f. .g.t,
On the following day this substi
tutc for Mr.. Crittonden's resolution,
was adopted by vote Of 25 to %
Messrs. Benjamin, Hemphill, Iverson
Johnoar of Arkansas Slidell An,