The weekly Butte record., 1862-07-12
Border State Representatives IN the
Federal Congress.


the present struggle, has manifested very thor
ough appreciation Of the loyal men Of the Bor
der States. There Is one thing" says the
Times, d" very clear-there are 10 more staunch
unfinching Union men in the country than
the Unionists of Keniucky. Tennessee, aud
Virginia. Their Unionism costs them some
thing. They testify their devotion to the
Union by the suferings, the depriyatiOns, the
prosecutions they have eldured on lis behalf
And it i'll becomes those who have suffered
nothing, whose homes have not been approach
ed by the storm Of war, who consult their own
advantage as well as their duty in supporting
the Union, to cast reproaeh upon the Union
lists Of the Border States on account OF any
! difference Of sentiment on the subject Of slavery
The Union has been sQred thus far by the
Cnionists Of the Border States. Nothing but
the position held with such uudaunted frmuess
and bravery by the Union men of Kentucky.
Tennessee, Missouri, and Virginia has kept
back the tide Of rebellion from sweeping up to
the boundary of the Northern States. They
are entitled 10 the most grateful and cordial
consideration Of the whole country" This is
both generous and just How nobly does it
contrast with the rant and rancor too frequent
y poured out ia Congress on the Border States;
though in Congress, as in the press, these De
voted communities, so much abused aud so
grievously misunderstood, find Republicans sa-
gacious enough to appreciate and manly
enough to justify them. Witness the follow
ing passage from debate IN the Senate on the
10Th Instant:
Mr.. Cowan, Of Pennsylvauia-We are here,
in the first place, to stand upon the Constitu-
ton. because the Constitution is paramount,
and no matter what the will Of the people
might be. if the will Of the whole people were
10 favor of any particular project which is IN
constitutional. it is our duty to throw out that
project and discard it but where the legisla-
ton is constitutional and within the purview
of that instrument, then our next guide is the
will of the people. Now, | ask Senators who
come from the free States, do you believe, do
you suppose that You can get along here ard
suppress this rebellion by disregarding what
these gentlemen from the Border States tell
US?
Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts-W have so
far
Mr.. Cowan-The Senator from MaSsachu-
sets says we have so far and where are we
now how far have we got? We have gotten
so far that oftentimes the heart of the patriot
despairs. And do we strengthen ourselves by
violating the opinions and the beliefs and feel
mos of these men 4 re we maxine them
friends | think it is exceedingly unkind TO
the representatives. from those States here. /
What right have we to drive away from the /
Senators from Virginia the friends who have
stood about them in these dark hours What
right have we to do the same with the Sena-
tors from Missouri, or the Senators from any
Border State? Is that proper treatment? |
would defer to those gentlemen as to all things
relating to their own States, and as to all laws
which are to operate on their own people. /
Upon what presumption 90 we decide that
they are not interested in putting down this
rebellion-ay, even more than we are |
should like to know from the honorable Sena-
tor from Massachusetts how he comes to know
better than they do how to put down this re
belion Has he been there-has he consulted /
the loyal people of the Border States the men
who live near the seat Of war, the men who
know about these things? | do not know
whether it is presumptuous in him to dictate
certainly should feel that it would be on my
part if | were to undertake it.
The Louisville Journal adds Is: " Never was
a rebuke more richly deserved or more suitably
administered. 1t is worthy alike of the givcr
and Of the receiver"