The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-08-12
HISTORY OF THE CRITTEN-
DEN COMPROMISE.
Could the Present Civil War
"a Have Been Avoided2
Paying Dearly for the Abolition
f whistle. s
ENA DECLARATION
Jeff Davis s Co. Offered to Take the
-l ...., Crittenden Compromise. ,sa
THE ABOLITION SEN AT0Rs
{, ..o 70 sn3fR REFUSE. f's rpgl ~
Senator Chambers Infamous
Letter Against any Conn t
."'s promise. .s.
THE aCRITTENDEN COM
- aPROMIEE. IN ELLL.

| ..FT 3.. 1g' .gr. y ~ 10 '.tfs...a aaH
THE g a(,RITTENDEN COM
! I-s PROMISE IN FULL.
"Weknow ofnogreat revolution which might
not have been prevented by compromise early
and graciotisly made Firmness is agreat vir
tue in publij affairs but it has its proper sphere
Conspiracies and instructions, In which en- all
minorities are engaged, the gouIbreakings o
popular violence uneonnected with any extern
sive project or any Durable principle, are best
repressed by vigor and decision, 10 shrink
from them is to make them formidable. But no
wise ruler will confound the peryading taint
with The slight local irritation No wise ruI er
will treat the deeply. seated disconteuts of a
great par ty as he treats the conduct OF mob
which destroy mills and power-looms The
neglect oil this distinction has been fatal 20 Go
vernments strong in the power OF the sword. :
In all movements of the human mind which
tend 10 CRATE, revolutions. there Is a crisis at
| W hich moderate concessions may amend, con-
ciliate and preserve, y MACAULAY. d
No truer words were ever uttered
by any historian; and had we a wise
ruler instead of the present weak
minded Chief Magistrate, We should
not now have to lament the deplora-
bic condition to which the country is
reduced by the want, of those timely
concessions, which would have concil>
lated and preserved. To show to a
people how they have been made the
dupes of class of men "whose hos
tihty," in the language of the lamen-
ted Douglas, ''to slavery is stronger
than their fidelity to the Constitution,
and who believe that the disruption
would draw after it, as an inevitable
consequence, civil war, scrvile insur-
rections, and, finally, the utter extinc-
tion of slavery in all the Southern
States we have made up from the
record a history of the "CRITTENDEN
COMPROMISE" It will develop the
great crime that has been committed
against liberty, civilization and hui
manity, by men, who, unfortunately
for the American people. had, for
over two years past, the direction of
our national affairs.
On the 18th day of December,
1860, Senator Crittenden, of Ken
lucky, introduced into the Senate of
the United States a series of resolu
tions as basis of settlement of the
difficulties between the North and the
South-dificulties which, at that
time, threatened the peace of the
country and the integrity ofthe Union.
| Congressional Globe, Part I, session
of 1860-61 page 114.) ma .. A.
Senator Hale (Abolition) led off i'll a
speech in opposition to the resolutions,
declaring it to be his opinion that the
remedies for our troubles were not in
Congressional action. I[e said: 81 do
not know that this Congress can do
anything; but this controversy will not
be settled here" He was right. The
controversy was not settled there
Would to God it had been! But we
Iall know that the reason why it was
not settled there was, the Republicans
would not permit it. Douglas told
them, on the floor of the Senate, that
the responsibility of the failure was
with them. ~ The Republican Senators
and Representatives acted on the idea
of Senator Chandler of Michigan,
who declared that without a little
blood-letting the Union would not be
worth a curse I --..
No further action was had on these
resolutions, except ordering them to
be printed, until January 3D., 1861,
South Carolina having seeded Dec.
20, and her delegation withdrawn from
Congress Dec. "a, 1861, when Mr..
Crittenden introduced them anew with
different preamble, in which shape
they read as follows: page 23T.
WHEREAS, The Union is io danger, and
owing to the unhappy divisions existing in
Congress, it would be difficult, II not impos
slble, Tor that body to concur IN both it's
branches by the requisite majority, SO as to
enable it either to adopt such measures Of
legislation or TO recommend TO the States
such amendments to the Constitution as are
deemed necessary and proper to avert the
danger; and whereas in so great an emer-
gency the opinion and judgement Of the
people ought to be heard, and would be the
best and surest guide to to their representa-
tlves: therefore, 50
Resolved, That provision ought to be
made by law, without delay, for taking the
sense OF the people. and submitting to their
vote the following resolutions, as the basis of
the final and permanent settlement OF those
disputes that now disturb the peace of the
country, and threaten tho existence Of the
Union. .........-...-. ................
Resolved, by the Senate and House ol
Representatives Of the United States Gi A.
merica, in Congress assembled, two thirds ol
both houses coneurring, that the following
articles be and are hereby proposed and sub
mitted as amendments to the Constitution Of
the United States, which shall be valid 10
all I'M ents and purposes as part .of said Con-
stituton, whom ratified by Conventions OF
three iourths OF the several States:
ARTICLE /. In all the territory Of the u
s. now held, or hereafter acquired situated
north of latitude thirty six degrees and
thirty minutes, slavery or involuntary seryi
tude. except as punishment for crime, is pro
hbted while such territory sballremain un-
der Territorial government 10 ell the ter
ritory now held, or hereafter acquired, SOU h
ofsaid line Of latitude. slavery OF the African
race is hereby recognized as existing, and
shall not be interiered with by Congress, but
shall be protected as property by all the de-
partments OF the Territorial government du-
ring its continuance; and when any Terrific
ry north or south of said line, within such
boundaries as Congress may prescribe, shall