The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-08-12

therefore, OF all your propositions, OF all
your amendments, knowing as | do, and
knowing that the historian viii write it
down, al any time before the 1st Of January,
a t,oo thirds vote for The Critte,.den Resolutions
IN this Chamber ,oOaM have SAVED every Sate
in the Union bit South Ca, Olinn'
Mr.. Pugh said that in the presence
and in the hearing of of the Repub-
lican Senators, and no one denied the
truth of his assertion. Mr.. Douglas
was present and followed Mr.. Pugh
in a speech, remarking: page 1917
The Senstor has SAID that If the .Crittsn-
den Proposition could have passed early in
the session it would have saved all the States
except South Carolina. / flrmly beleivs
it would. While the Crittenden Ploposi.
tion was not 10 sccordance with my cherish
ed views; | avowed my readiness and eager~
ness 10 accept it, in order to save the Union,
il we could unite upon it, No man has la
bored harder than have to get it passed -
I can confirm The Senator's declaration, hat
Senator Dams himself ,rEsn m the COMMITTEES
Of Thirteen, ,oas ready, at all times. to cons
promise on the Critendea Proposition. Twill
90 further, and say that Nr. Toont5s ,oas al.
So -aa ---t
We think nothing could be more
conclusive than that testimony, unless
the actual experiment itself, by the
adoption of the plan itself and trial
underit, which the Republican men,
bers would not permit. Senator Crit
tenden's opinion as to the effect the
adoption of his plan would have had,
was expressed by him, in letter to
Larz Anderson, Esq, of Cincinnati,
dated Frankfort, March q, 1861, in
which he said:
Those resolutions were proposed in the
true spirit of compromise. and with the hope
OF preserving or restoring to the country
peace and union. They were the result Of
the joint labors Of, and consultation with
friends, having the same object in view; and
believe il those measures thus offered had
been, at suitable time, promptly adopted
by the Congress of the United States, IL
iconm haze checked the progress of the rebellion
and revolution and SAVED TIE UNION
Some of the leaders, finding the proof
against their party to be SO conclusive
and overwhelming, endeavor to avoid
its force, by stating that had the South
ern Senators REMAINED IN THEIR
SEATS AND VOTED, the Crittenden plan
of compromise would have passed Con-
gress. That is not true. Under no
circumstances could it have passed the
House, which was Republican. With
full Senate, and every Senator pre-
sent and voting, it would have requi-
red forty-four votes to pass the Crit>
tenden compromise, being two-thirds
vote, which is required ON amendments
to the Constitution. Had the thirty
Senators from the Slave States been
present and voted, they, with the ten
Democrats from the Free States,
would have made but forty, which
would not have been enough by four
votes. 1t is not true, therefore, that
had the Southern Senators renamed
in their seats and voted, the Critten-
den compromise wolFe aave passed
the Senate even. Aswe have already
remarked (the House being Republi-
can, it could not have received ma
jority vote in that body, let alone a
two-thirds vote.
But unanimity of opinion was, ne
eessary to have secured the success of
the Crittendtn plan with the States,
had it even passed Congress. The
Southern Senators, in the committee
Of Thirteen, felt the necessity of that
unanimity, and therefore it was that
Mr.. Douglas said, that '.every men,
ber from the South, including those
from the Cotton States, (Messrs.
Toombs and Davis expressed their
readiness to accept the Crittenden
compromise as FINAL SETTLEMENT
of the controversy, IF TENDERED AND
SUSTAINED by THE REPUBLICANS. -
If not rendered and sustained by the
Republicans, the Southern Senators,
as did everybody else, know that the
adoption, by Congress, of the Critten-
den compromise, would, in the end, be
perfectly nugatory, as it would be de-
feated in the State Legislatures by the
Republicans. Had it been rendered
end sustained by the Republican MEM
bers of Congress, the Southern people
would have had a strong assurance
amounting almost to certainty, of its
success in the State Legislatures; for
the two great parties would then have
been for it. But the managing, lead
ing Republicans wanted no compro-
mise at all, and least of all did they
desire any that would be acceptable
to the South. They wanteda disrup-
tion of the Union and civil war, in or
der to overthrow slavery. The testi.
mony of Mr.. Douglas on that point is
overwhelming. In a letter to S. s.
Hayes, Esq, of Illinois, he said: 80
yl WASHINGTON. DECEMBER 20, 1860.
My DEAR SIR: ~ You will have
received my proposed amendnL enis to the
Constitution before you receive this. Tho
South cosM take my proposition u fhe Repub-
hcans iooua agree 10 IL. But the extreme
North and South hold off, and are precipita-
ting the country into revolution and civilwar.
While can do no act which recognizes
or countenances the doctrine Of secession,
my policy is peace, and will not consider
the question Of war uneil every effort has
beer made for peace, and oil hope shall have
vanished. When that time comes il unlor-
tunately it shall come, will then do what
it becomes an American Senator to do on
the then state oil facts. Many Of the Repub-
lican leaders desire dissolution Of the