The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-21

14th November, 1860, that "the disap-
pointment Of ambitious aspirants 10 office
had had much to do with bringing on
the deplorable state Of affairs"
Such is his declaration, and il this as
sertion of the second officer in the Con.
federacy Is we'll founded; il this tre-
mendous war has, indeed, in no small
degree, been brought upon us for the rea-
son stated by him; it the country has
been called TO stagger beneath this daily
increasing mOuntain-load OF debt; il our
! lawful commerce has been surrendered
to the rOyers Of the sea, fitted out with
shameless cupidity TO prey upon il; if
the influence Of our country. which so
lately held high its head in the front
rank of the family of nations, has for
the time being been annihlated, and for.
eign powers are Already treating us with
coldness and indifference, watching and
waiting TO see the noble ship of state go
| to pieces on the breakers Ii the bones of
/ hundreds Of thousands of our brethren
are bleaching on the battle lieid; il other
hundreds AID other thousands are Lam
| gushing with cruel wounds and the dis
/ eases Of the camp; mutiated, broken
| down, premalurely old, creeping from
the wards OF the hospital 10 their last
bed in the Church-y ard; if the flower of
our young men North aud South has
been cut down; il the bereaved and des.
olate parent, the heart broken widow,
the mourning sister, the orphan child,
have been called to swell this frightful
sum of human calamity; if all these
numberless aud nameless woes have been
brought upon the land, because Mr.. JEFF
! ferSn Davis was not nominated, nor Mr..
| John Q. Breckenridge chosen President,
then, so sure as Heaven is just, the tears
! of the bereaved, the pangs of the wound
| ed, the agonies Of the dying, will be
| heavy on the souls of the authors of these
crimes and woes their memories will 60
| down to the execration of the latest pos
terity; and their names stand recorded
on the page OF history by the side of the
Benedict Arnolds, the Catiines, the Ju-
| das Iscariots of modern and of ancient
! times
REBEL LEADERS DEFEATED THE CRIT TEN
DEN COMPROMISE.
We often hear il said that measures OF
compromise, and, especially, the adoption
of the Crittenden resolutions, would, in
the Winter of 1860 81, have been ac-
cepted by. the South, and would have
prevented the war, and thatsimilar meas
ures, if now rendered, would restore the
Union / have no belief of either.
Never since the war broke out has there
been tie slightest intimation that the
South would treat with the United States,
ON any other basis than the recognition
of the Confedcracy and the dismember-
ment of the Union--the object which for
thirty years has been steadily pursued
by the cotton States. To draw the bor-
der States, and especially Virginia, into
the same policy, was the great problem
to be solved in the winter of 1860. 81,
and with what lamentable success the
present state of the country but too
plainly attests.
The Crittenden resolutions, as We all
know were brought forward in the SEN
ate at the commencement of the session
of l860-6l. They were intended by
their venerable aud patriotic mover, tC
afford ground on which the border slave
States could stand, solid enough TO resist
the torrent Of secession. must confess
| was in favor of their adoption or o
something resembling them They were
opposed at the North by those who
deemed no further concessions on TIA,
subject of slavery necessary or expe.
dient; and they were opposed by th,
Senators of the cotton-growing States
who were not only determined to accep
p for themselves no terms Of compromis,
but to prevent if possible, the adoption
Of any measures which would satisfy th,
! border slave States. These facts form
the key to the course pursued in the Sem
E ate ON the Crittenden resola ions. When
: they came for consideration, Mr.. Clark
A Of New Hampshire, moved, as a substi-
tute for the entire series, a short resOu-
g tions 10 the effect, that the provisions OI
s the Constitution itself were adequate e
Q the preservation Of the Union, which Mr.
2 Jefferson Davis about the same time haC
g expressly admitted TO be the case. Tn,
. test question was on the adoption Of thi
b substitue, and this question was takei
3 on the 10th of January. The Senator
h from South Carolina had not occupies
]; their seats, for any part Of the session
: Mississippi seeded on the 9th Of j an
s uary, and Florida and Alabama on Ga
8 l7th, after which the Senators from thos
s States, though remaining in Washington
r were absent from their places Eigh
g votes, which might have been given froI
II the cotton growing States in favor Of IN
j. Cnttenden resolutions were lost ia tai
o way.
n Nor was this the only, nor The mos
d significant indication Of the wishes
= those States to defeat compromise -
n, When the question on tle adoption
: the resolutions was about 10 be put,
e, melton was made to postpone their con
p sideration. IL was decided in the neg
10 atiye by a vote Of % ayes and 80 nay
le all tho Senators present from the COtto
A. States voting with the Senators from ii
"a border States against the postponemen
h, The test question Immediately f0llOwe
OF on Mr. ClArks's substitute for the CriiteT
ed den resolutions no other business inter
lg, yened not a word was uttered by an
he member Of tho Senate, and yet 10 the al
lis tonishmentof all not In the secret, 4
in votes only were given, instead Of So,
rs on the question Immediately preeedin
d Twenty five votes were cast in favor
.ut the substitute Of Mr.. Clark, (beiug Il
we same votes which had been given for q
~ pOstponomenD and only twenty three
he flvor Of the Crittenden resolutions
nd Seven Senators who moment before ha
Ia voted with the border States against q
ed postponement, now omitted 20 yDie
he al. Mr.. Douglas was one Of these, a.
pie stated 90 the Senate few moments a
mo tsrward, that having been accidental
by called out, hs uniutentiOnally lost &
d.