Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-10-22
COMPROMISE.

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There are a great many persons
who really supposed that compro-
mise was possible before the rebellion
actually broke out, and which would
have saved the nation from the press
ent distraeting civil war. The Crit
tenden Compromise has been repeat
edly spoken of as the healing plaster
of the great slavery sore of the coun-
try. But testimony is being gradually
developed which goes to show that
had the North even acccded to the
humiliation of the Crittenden amend
ments, the Southern leaders would
not have been content. Senator BEN.
WADE, of Ohio. recently delivered a
speech at Marietta, Ohio, in which he
utters the following revelations. Bear
in mind that Senator WADE is q truth
full man, and that he would scorn to
speak of the Southern conspirators
now in language more severe than no
would have spoken to their face i'm tho
Senate. The leaders, Davis, Slidell,
Toombs and Hunter who were on the
Crittendcn Committee, have since
shown by their acts that they had de-
termined to break up the Union at
any cost, and establish on it's ruins q
Southern o'igarchy, of which slavery
should be the cornerstone. There is
an earnest manlincss in Ben Wade's
remarks, which will! commend them
to the hearts of all true men:
Mr.. Wade said: | was on the Com
mittee OF Thirteen, to patch up a COM
promise. and a pretty crew we had
from the South There was JEFF,
Davis himself, the arch.traitor of the
whole squad and BENJAMIN, and
Toombs, and Mason, and Hunter, and
Slidell-tiue material with which to
compromise Laughter1 But did
we get any of them to say that if we
would pass this or that intamy they
would be satisfied? am frank to
say that | am not one who would have
given it to them. As | took my seat
in that committee, l said to them, in
five minutes after getting into tho
room
Gentlemen, you have met to consid-
er upon compromise measures you
have met US with threats upon your
tongues and arms in your hands, aud
| now, gentlemen, SD help me God,
| while you maintain that attitude, |
will vote for no measure that may be
proposed. Lay down your arms, come
forth like men, and if you have griev-
ances and will present them without
threats, will consider them, and if
you have justice on your side you will
receive it if not, you will not get
any thing at my hands. am not to
be driven into measures. In my indi-
vdual capacity | do not submit TO
snch ignominy, and if | were to do it
in my public capacity, would cease
to be respected, even by yourselves.
Great applause. aE
| have never seen occasion to take
back those words, and, as God liveth,
| never will take them back. COM
promise not with traitors | will be
exterminated first. Renewed ap-
plause. | say to them now, rebels i'm
arms, ground arms, and come up and
let us reason together. You must lay
down your arms preliminary To con-
sultations for peace. Nor will | have
peace with slavery ; for peace with
slavery is war with Almighty God,
and don't choose to 60 to war with
Him. would infinitely rather war
with rebels. But they had DO wrongs
, to redress. All was bypocritical pre-
tencc, as their conduct has since dem
onstrated.
Crittenden's Resolutions were bro't
in TO the Committce-the resolutions
which Democrats say, it they had
been passed, would have prevented
war. Well. gentlemen, these resolu-
tions would have made you mere vas.
sails, hcwers of wood and drawers of
water, in this dcspotism they were
plotting l would have seen them in
the lowest hell before would have ac-
cepted it, But asked them: Would
you be satisfied with this Well,
they didn't know as they would DO
bound by them. They wanted TO see
if we were willing to do anything.
If were to agree to them, said l, will
you also agree to them? But they
would give us no positive answer, cx-
cept some Of them who said if we
would give them blank piece of pa
per and ask them to write the terms
on which they would remain in the
Union, they would not do. SO. No
terms Of compromise would they pro-
pose. And now, my coppefhead
lriend--no, not friend, for make no
pretentions- laug,er. will you tell
me what will satisfy them /? A voice.
powder and lead."] Well. that is
what | would give them, and think
they are getting it to their hearts con
tent.
And now you propose peace, after
, all this. Well, God knows am al
dcsirouS of peace as any man can be