The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-04-16

should the people dare to elect man
whom the oligarchs of the Calhoun
school should deem unsound upon the
Slavery question-(and they so deter
mined events, as to secure the election
of the very man whom they had thus
denounced, by breaking in two, the
Democratic party, at the Charleston
Convention, ito secede, and estab-
lish, if possible, by force of arms, a
Southern Confederacy, dedicated to
the PRONUNCIATION of Slavery and a
Southern aristooracy. The South did
not want the Crittenden Compromise,
and therefore, it was deliberately de-
feated by the very men who are now
in arms against the government-Ben-
jamin, Slidell, Toombs and jeff. Davis.
The two South Carolina Senator'S did
not appear at Washington during the
session, declaring that their State in
tended to secede, and therefore they
would not take their seats; but had
they been present, and the Senators al
luded to above, and voted on the ques-
ton, the majority in favor of Mr.. Crit
tenden's Compromise, would have
been seven, instead of having been de-
feated, as it was, by two votes. Da-
Wis, Benjamin, Toombs and Slidell
were urged and demanded to vote on
the question, but they peremptorily re-
fused to do so, as did five or six others.
which was a violation Of their solemn
duty, under the rules of the Senate,
unless excused by that body. Thus,
the resolutions were lost. AS soon as
the result was announced, this same
Benjamin, and his fellow-conspirators
Immediately telegraphed home that the
measure was defeated, and all hopes
of compromise was lost, and advised
the secession of their respective States
forthwith.
To show that no intention was en-
tertained to compromise, l present the
following brief sentences from speeches
delivered in Congress, upon the day
and dates given, by prominent men
connected with the conspiracy, the
correctness of which can be verified by
reference to the Congressional Globe
of that session:
DEC. 40. r. Singleton, of Missis-
sippi: 81 am not here for the pur-
pose of making any compromises or to
patch mp existing difficulties"
Mr.. Jones, of Georgia, ditto, on the
same day.
Mr.. Hawkins, of Florida: +" While
am up, Mr.. Speaker, l may as well
say in advance, that | am opposed, and
l believe my State is opposed, to all
and every compromise"
Mr.. Pugh, of Alabama GAS my
State, Alabama, intends following
South Carolina out of the Union by the
10th of January next, | pay no atten-
ton to any action taken by this body"
Dec. 5.-Senator Ivison, of Georgia:
"Sir, the Southern States that are now
moving in this matter, are not doing it
without due consideration. We be-
lieve that the only security for the In
stitutions to which We attach so much
Importance is Secession and Southern
Cpnfederacy. You talk about conces-
sions You talk about repeating the
Personal Liberty bills, as concessions
to the South. Repeal them all to NOR
row, sir, and it would not stop the pro-
gress of this revolution. 1t is not
your Personal Liberty bills that we
dread. Nor do We suppose there will
be any overt act on the part of Mr..
Lincoln's Government. For one, 1 do
not dread overt acts. do not pro-
pose to wait for them. We intend to
90 out" -r- 49, .-...
DEC. 12.-Wigfall, of Texas: So
far as the Union is concerned, the cold
sweat of death is upon it. Your Union
lis nou dead. There is now in the
Gulf States, no excitement. There is
fixed, determined will that they will
be free" --t- e...l
DEC. 2I.-After the introduction of
the Crittenden Compromise, Benjamin,
of Louisiana, said: The day for the
adjustment has passed. Ifyou would
give it now, you are too late"
Mason, Of Virginia, said: No
matter what compromise the North
offers, the South must End way to
defeat it."
Pryor, of Virginia, telegraphed !:
eve can get the Crittenden Compro-
mise, but we don't want it"
ANY man, therefore, of sane mind,
and with these unoontrovertable facts
before him, who will charge that the
rebellion was brought about by the re-
fusal of the North to compromise with
the South, must be either knave or a
fool. The South are wholly RESPONSE
BILE for the state ofthings that now ex-
list, and the leaders who forced this
war upon the country, will be held
amenable for the foul crime, as well as
the abettors thereof, before that tribu-
nal whose high prerogative it is to sit
in judgment on the sins and wicked
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