Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-02-20

O%FtsAN ANVHAh16 ~ AoNAs
We have not chosen 10 waste labor OF breath
in refuting the Seymourite assumption that the
present War might have been avcrtcd by the ao-
quiescence Of the North in what il called athe
Crittenden Compromise that. IL, by giving
Slavery a warranty deed Of all present and Jti-
tars territory Of the Union south Of the parallel
Of36 deg. go North latitude. As we never had
any more idoa Of making any such surrender
than the Slave Power had Of accepting il, we
have not deemed the subject Of any serious inn
portance. The simple fact ir, that the Slavery
Propagandists ofthe South bad found their long
sought excuse and opportunity for breaking up
the Union, and they were determined not let
them pass unimproved. This is the way they
talked in Congress during the session which in-
tcrvened between Mr., Lincoln's election and his
inauguration:
Mr.. o. R. Singleton OF Miss. said (Dcc 4, 1860
second day Of the Seeession):
81 not sent here for the purpose Of making any
Sir 70 The soversn State Of to determine Tor
herself her present Federal relations"
Mr.. Jones of Ga spoke to the same purpose.
Mr.. Hawkins of Florida said:
"whlle am up, Mr.. Speaker, may well say in nd
vance, that am opposed, and believe my State IL op-
posed to all and every compromise. The day Of eompro
mise has passed"
Mr.. Clopton Of Alabama said:
ABeiieving that State has the right to seecde and
that the only remedy Tor present evils Is Session will
not hold out any deusse hope nor sanction any empor
hing policy"
And Mr. Pugh, representing the same State:
As my State ofAiabama intends following South Car
ona Of the Union by the 10th Of January next pay
no attention to any action taken BY this body"
On the following day, Senator Iverson Of Ca
held the following language:
sir the Southern States that are now moving this
matter not doing It without due confederation We
believe that the only security for the Institution to
which we attach much Jortanee is Secession and
You talk about repeating the Personal Liberty bills
concession TO the SOUTH Repeal them all tomorrow sir
and i would not stop the progress Of this EsvolntiSn II
suppose that there will be any overt acts the part
OF Mr. Lincoln. For one, do not dread overt acts do
not propose to wait for them. eintend to go out"
jefferson Davis, the arch-conspirator, said on
the 10Th ofthe same month:
The States in their sovereign capacity have nor reso
ved judge Of the nfractons Of the Federal compact
and OF the mode and measure Of redress Shall we cling
Its blessings lost, after the spirit has hed'"
On the next day but one, Wigfall of Texas
said:
$50 far this Union Is enncerned the cold sweat Of
death upon it. Your Union Is dead your Govern
ctement. There s fxed, determined win, that they
will be free"
On the 18th, the Crittenden resolutions were
introduced. On the 31st Senator Benjamin from
Louisiana said:
The State Of South Carolina with unaninty scarce
y with parallel IN history has dissolved the Union which
connects her with the other States Of the Confederay
and has declared herself independent Next week. Mis-
aissippi Alabama and Florada will have declared them
selves independents the week AFTER Georgia. and atter
later Louisiana soon soon TO be followed by Texas
and Arkansas The day for the adjustment has passed.
II you would give 1t now, you are too late"
And on the 7th of January following, Senator
Toombs of Georgia said:
-fts--
der the Of the Republican party has produced its
logical results already The Union, Sir, is dissolved
That is an in the path Of this discussion
tering bayonet, and hear the tramp OF armed
from your capital to the Rio GrAnde."
Mason of Virginia was overheard by Douglas
to say: "No matter what compromise the North
offers the South must find way to defeat it.
And Pryor of Virginia telegraphed: "We can
get the Crittenden Compromise, but we don't
want it."
But it is said: "True, the Cotton States
were resolved not to be conciliated, but the Bor-
der States would have staid if the Crittenden
Compromise had been carried, and they would
soon have brought back the Others" But Ma
son and Pryor were Border-State men; and the
Confederacy had settled the coffee of the whole
concern by forbidding the introduction of slaves
from any State which should adhere 10 the Un-
ion. Now the staple export Of Virginia, and to
a great extent of other Border States, in their
slave opulation-Virginia, having received
more money for her own flesh and blood sold to
the Cotton States within the last fifty years
than she is worth to-day. The political mana
gers of the Cotton States were firmly resolved
never to be reconciled to the Union--the Bor-
der States were intent on keeping their negro
market-and they were yociferous in their pro-
tests against coercion. The Border-State dele
gates to the so-called aPcace Convention" in,
Washington were open in their declarations that
If the Cotton States should not be won back to
the Union, the Border States would follow them
out of it. Passing the Crittenden Resolves
would have simply demoralized the North, and
given the Rebel Confederacy plausible ground
for claiming all the Territories South of 36 deg.
30 min. in case of disunion. 1t is well that the
North escaped that snare.-N Y Tribune.