St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-09-04

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Uarlan, King. N"rrilI. SUMMER, TemEyck
TrumbuIl. Wad.. Wilkinson and Wilson
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We have never heard Of but one Re.
publican whu ever intimatcd an intention
to vote FIR it. I, in said Mr.. Baker. oil
Oregon. 6r-t gave in his adhesion to it;
then sai,.. he would vote against it. as ap-
p.ars IN the debate. on the Clark sub
stitute; but ultimately lodged the qnes-
ton. II il not true that If secession Sen
at..rs had all said. and all voted for it.
that the measure ever c"uld have ripencd
into a law. The thing was impossible
without Republicans voting for it-dn.l
A.ry all hid declared their determination.
mt ~ io 50.
LIT Us see how the case sto,d We
copy the following summary from an
exchange:
There were thirty-three States rep
resented by sixty-~ix Senators on the
aoor during the second session Of the
thirty sixth Congress.
The Federal Constitution. article ",
Section 4. says it requires rwo-THIRDs OF
b'ah Houses to propose amendments to
that instrument.
Now. passing by the utter impossibility
ofgct.ing thet,rittcnden Compromise res"lu-
tions through the h"pelcssly Black Re-
publican House of Representatives. it re-
quired forsy-f'ur votes to pass through
the Senate Tie Crittenden Compromise,
H. full Senate, had but thirty-scvcn or
thirty-eight votes at most. Of these the
fifteen Southern States had thirty. There
were seven or eight Democrats from the
North who could be calculated upon to
% for it. These were Bigler. IF Pa +.
Bright, of Ind, Douglas, Of ILL.,. Gwin
and Latham. of California. Pugh. of Ohio.
Lame, Of Oregon, and Rice, Of Minnesota.
Nv any rules of arithmetic it would be
impossible to stretch tn So thirty-cight
Votes to for,y-four Where We're the
other six votes t" come from to pass the
Crittendeu resolutions even through the
SENATE!
The Southern Senators knew it could
not be done. hence many of them left III
despair. Others declined t" vote. What
they wanted, aud what the country want
ell. was not the shadow Of a compromise
passing through Congress to he defeated
by the Republicans in their State l"gis-
ln,nrcs: hut an assurance that the slavery
agitation would cease They wanted all
Assurance that Republican dcmagogues
would ~" longer agl,ate the country. This
they were assured could not be unless the
representatives Of the Republican party in
a al
promise. If the Republicans refused to
4" SO. Of course they would GO before the
Country in appos;tion to its adoption and
~ it required THREE rOuKrms Of the State
Legislatures to ratlfv aud make it part
of The Constitution, it would be defeated.
With Kansas IN the Union the number IF
States would be thirtv-f"ur. requiring
twenty six to ratify. With Republican,
i'm on the increase in the North, whrr'.
could a reasonable man look for rati6
cation of the Crittcndcn compromise by
eleven free States Of the North?
did they find that assurance in the fact
that ut the very next session Of Congress
the places Of three Democrats then in th.'
Senate would he fillcd bv Republicans
On the 4th Of March, 1861. the place Of
Bigl"r. Of Pennsylvania. was to be filled
by Edward Cowan; Of Fitch. Of Indiana.
by Henry Lane; and of Pugh. Of Ohio.
nv Salmon =. Chase Besides Kansas
was certain to send two Republicans. This
would give sixty -eight Senators, thirty
four Democrats and thirty four R"publi-
Cabs. thus tieing the Senate and giving
the casting vote to the Vice President,
lla,nlin.
Was this prospect that would assure
reasonable men that the Cri,tenden COM
promise could be carried through twenty
Fix State Legislatures without n beck
down on the part ofthe Republicans?
The man who could see any such pros
pcct ahead must certainly have faith like
a grain Of mustard seed. 1t was this stern
determination on the part Of the Rcpubli-
cans to. persevere in the slavery agita-
ton, that dishea rt"ned the friends Of the
Cri,tenden proposition and let it 60 by de-
fault"
Ifany oEe should still b. in doubt as to
the fact Of their being snch final vote,
directly on Mr.. Crittonden's measure. We
quote further from the Globe. p. 1889:
Mr. WigfaIl--''Then what is called the
Crittenden amendment received nineteen
a,aes in this Senate, which. in contcmpla-
ton of law. has sixty-cight Senators upon
the Aoor-I mean in contemplation of law
according to the construction Of the Con-
sti,u,iou of the Senator from lllinuis. not
mime. With sixty-eight Senators. aud.
therefore. thirty-f'ur States, to ratify or
reject. the Crittrndeu proposition received
nineteen votes"
Mr.. Douglas--"Now. sir. in regard to
the statement that the Crittend-n PROPOSE
fion received ninefeen rutes out Of sixty
eight, which. in contemplation Of law,
compose the Senate. it is true that while
sixty eight compose the Senate. in con
temptation Of law. very many were absent:
and I 10 not understand that Senator I"
say that If these wh" were absent had been
present, the vote would not have been
more than nineteen On the contrary.
they all profess to be for the Crittenden
proposition, MIR. Davis aud MIR TOombs