Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-03-25
SPEECII OF
HON. WILLIAM E, FINCK,
OF PERRY COUNTY.

OF PERRY COUNTY.
Deliusred in the Ohio Senate, february 9Th ant
2Sh, upon the War Policy of Tie Ad,ninistra
tion.
| LConoluded.
Who is responsible for the defeat of the Crit
tenden compromise propositions2 Ia IL tht
Demooratic party2 No. say Il here, not for
the purpose of narrowing up any unpleasant
recollections, but say the Crlttenden compro.
mise was defeated by the Republican members
OF Congress- Not one Of them in the Senate
voted for It, Why? Was II because portion
OF the territory would be dedicated to slavery 7
How much think you2 Take up your mnps
and draw line along 36 deg. and 80 min, to
tne faclhc. What would we have surrendered ?
sterile region where slavery in all:probability
Gouia G never have been profiably employed
Less than one third OF our territory would have
gone to the South for the time being, while on
the other hand, we had reserved and dedicated
70 freedom forever, over two-.hifds of all the
territory belonging TO the Republic, to be par
celled out and admitted as free States into the
Union. Ought not the compromise to have
been adopted2
But lot me read what Mr.. Douglas saws az to
VINO was responsible for the defeat of this com
promise. ln his speech the Senate on the
Sd OF January, 1861, he says:
II you Of the Republican side are not willing o
tnS nor the proposition Of the Senator from Kentucky
INT Grttenden) pray tell what are you willing 10
dol address the inquiry to the Republicans alors.
Tor the reason that In the committee Of thirteen few
ago' every member from the South, including those
from the cotton States Messrs. Toobs and Days) ex.
pressed their readiness To accept the proposition of
venerable friend from Kentucky tMr. ottenden) as
o. the controyefsy IL rendered and sus.
an
responsibility Of our disagreement and the only dicul.
y In me way OF an amicabe adjustment is with the
Republican party.
1t was hoped, even after the inauguration of
Mr' Lincoln, that war might be avoided, and
Judge Douglas, in his great speech Of March
lo' lS6l, speaking OF the President, said:
believe be lmeans peace, and war will be ayerted
uhlesS ne oVerruled by the dsunion portion of his
party. FN'''" VI "''
And IN the same speech Me-. Douglas, speak
ing of disunionists, said:
The disur ionisIs therefore are Divided in,o ,wo
casaes the one open, the other secret disunionisa
Ihe one In favor OF peaceful secession and recopn
% y, nuePendence' the other is In favor of war as
e sureet means OF accomplishing the object and Of
making the separation final and eternal. am Union
man ana nence against war but IL the Union must he
broken BY revolution and the establishment
government by some Of the States, let no
dcL 70 dOne Wdt will prevent restoration and future
preservation Peace isthe only policy that can lead TO
You oil remember that early in April, 1861,
It was telegraphed over the country that Fort
sumter was to be abandoned, and the gallant
Anderson and his men Withdrawn. You know
it sent thrill of joy throughout the land. For
IL seemed at that time that the question of
peace or war, had been narrowed down to the
point, whether Sumter was to be maintained
or not. Judge Douglas advised the withdrawa
OF the troops from that Fort. Listen to what
he says on this subject. read from the sneech
OF the 18th of March, 1861, already referred
to:
We all know the irrepressble conflict is going on IN
tner camp even debating whether Fort sumter shall be
surrendered when It is Impossible TO hold a. whethsy
~ anderson snail not be kept there until he stsrves
match that blows him and his little garrison into eeyni
y, for fear some body nf the Republican Marty mint
say you had backed down. What man in ali America
with heart In his bosom, who knows the facts connect
ed with Fort SUMTER hesitate In saying that dutv
honor patriotism, humanity, require that Anderson
sir am not afraid to says would lcorn to take
party advantage or manufacture partisan capital out Of
an act Of patriotism.
This advice was not followed.
Something is said in the resolutions upder
consideration against separating the West fron,
the East. l wish to say distinctly that am
opposed to dissolution of any kind. This ia onr
INTERCHANGEABLE whole Union-and moat ~.
DENLY pray for its preservation. But tell vnn
that much OF our trouble has come from New
England. Her fanaticism-her constant diHno.
sition to act as censor on the conduct and policv
of other States has been calculated to irritats
and disturb that good feeling which ehonld AT
all times be cultivated and cherished in the
different parts of the Union. And say further,
that the fret sound heard on the floor of Con-
England. hold In my hand the life of Thorn
as Jefferson, and propose to read from it In
1871, there was proposition under consdern-
tion, in Congress, to authorize the territory of
Orleans to form constitution preparatory to
admission into the Union as State, and In che
discussion OF the question, Josiah Quincy. of
Massachusetts. declared on the floor of Con-
gresa:
am compelled to declare as my deliberate opnion
that IL this bill passes, the bonds this Union are yir
ually dissolved that the States which compose e. are
be the right OF ALL 1t will be the duty of some 10 pr
pare definitely for separation amiCably ID they can
Violently, II they must.
But there was plan on the part of certain
New England men in that day 70 dissolve the
Union. l read further from the life of Jeffer-
son, Sd vol, page 636, Appendix:
Mr.. Adams wrote Governor William PIummer, Of New
Hampshire, Dec 81, lo2o'
Much Of my information at this time, was collected
from Mr.. Tracy the Senator from Oonnecticutwho dis
approved the project, but was believe made acu uant
ed with all Its particulars. think though am not
sure that was he who named to the writer of the
plan by which the separation to be effected with
three alternatives of boundary, l. possible the Poto.
mac, 2. The susquehana. 3. The Hudson. That is,
the Northern Oonfederacy to EXTEND IL it should
be found practicable, 80 as to include Maryland This
was the maximum. The Hudson, that is New England
and part of New York was the minimum. The sus-
quehana, or Pennsylvania, was the middle term.
There is much more evidence of the same
kind in this volume, but will not detain the
Senate by reading it,. We have here plan
by which It was proposed to leave the West
'out in the cold" This, too, coming from the
land Of Otis, and Warren, and Webster, names
endeared to the American people
| The name Of Webster reminds me OF one of
the many affecting and touching incidents
which has occurred during this war, and trust
will be pardoned in making this digression.-
The great master mind among the atatesm en-
of his day was Daniel Webster. How he strug-
Rled TO maintain the Union Of these States;
how he battled as the great defender of the
Consultation; how he advised and counselled
the people against anything tending to dsso--
luton. Last summer the remains of his last
son, Fletcher, who had fallen in the service of
the country, were brought to MarshHeld to be
buried beside his father. The tomb of the
mighty dead was opened; the glass lid OF the
coffin was wiped, and there was again beheld,