The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-04-30

these crimes and woes; their memories will
| 20 down to the exscration Of the latest POS
terity, and their names stand recorded on
the page Of history BY the side of the Bens-
dict Arnolds, the Catalines, the Judas Is
CARROTS Of modern and Of ancient times,
We often hear It said that measures OF
compromise, and especially, the adoption
4 Of the Orittedden resolutions, would, in the
winter of ls6O-61, have been accepted by
the South, and would have prevented the
war, and that similar measures, # now ten
dered, would restore the Union. have no
belief Of either. Never since the war broke
out has there been the slightest intimation
that the South would treat with the United
States, on any other basic than the recogui-
ton ofthe Confederacy and the dismember.
tment ofthe Union--the object which for
thirty years has been steadily pursued by
the cotton States. To draw the border
States. and especially Virginia, into the
same policy, was The great problem 10 be
solved in the winter Of 1s60-61, and with
what lamentable success the present state
of the country but to plainly attests.
The Crittenden resolutions, as we oil
know were brought forward in the Senate
at the commencement of'the session of
1s60-61. They were intended by their
venerable and patriotic mover, to afford a
ground on which the border slave States
could stand, solid enough to resist the tor
rent Of secession. must confess was in
favor Of their adoption Or Of something re-
sembling them. They were opposed at the
North by those who deemed no further con-
cessions on the subject Of slavery necessary
or expedient; and they were opposed by
the Senators Of the cotton growing States,
who wero not only determined to accept
for themselves no terms Of compromise, but
| to prevent, If possible, the adoption Of any
measures which would satisfy the border
slave States. These facts form the key, to
the course pursued in the Senate on the
Crittenden resolutions. When they came
upfor consideration, Mr.. Clark, OF New
Hampshire, moved as a substitute for the
entire series, short resolution to the effect
that the provisions Of the Constitution it.
self were adequate to the preservation of
the Union, which Mr.. Jefferson Davis
about the same time had expressly admit.
ted to be the oosase- The test question was
on the adoption Of this substitute, and this
| question was taken on the 10th of January.
The Senator'S from South Carolina had not
occupied, their seats, for any part Of the ses-
sion. Mississippi, seeded on the 9th Of Jan
uary, and Florida and Alabama on the 18th
after which the Senators from those States,
though remaining in Washington, were alb
sent from their place, Eight votas, which
might have been given from the cotton
growing States. in favor Of the Crittenden
resolutions, were lost in this way. 80
Nor was this the only nor the most signi-
ficant indication ofthe, wish of those States
TO dsfest compromise. When the Gues-
ton on the adoption of the resolutions Was
about to be put, motion was made to post
pone their consideration. It was decided
in the negative by q vote Of % ayes and 30,
psys, all the Senators present from the cot
ton States voting with the Senator's from
the border States against the postponement.
The test question Immediately followed on
Mr. Clarks substitute, for the Crittenden
resolutions; no other business interyened;
nora word was uttered BY any member Of
the Senate, and yet to the establishment of
ali not in the secret 48 votes only were
given. instead Of 55, as on the que stion i'm.
wediately preceding. Twenty-Five votes
were cast in favor of the substitute of Mr..
Clark, (being the same votes which hsd
been given for the postponement) and only
txenty.three in favor of the Crittenden res
olutions. Seven Senators, who moment
before, had voted with the border States
against the .pcstponement, now omitted to
vote at oil. Mr.. Douglas was one of these,
and stated to the Senate. . few moments IT.
tervards, that having been accidentally call.
ed out. he unintentiona;ly lost the opportan
ity ofrecording his vote 10 favor Of she Crit
teuden resolutions. The other six who
withheld thar votes were from tho cotton.
growing States. Thus much appears from
the journal Of the Senate. ,srr, sdT q
Had those six Senators voted, as il WAS
their duty. under the rules Of the Senate to
do, Mr. Clark's substitute for the Lritten-
den resolutions would have, failed BY ma
jority Of fouF, II the Senators from the,
four seoeding States had been in their seats
this majority might have been increased to
,welve. Six Of them were in Washington,
but they chose, on the 18th of January. not
to consider themselves IS competent to at
tend and give their votes jn favor of the
Crittenden resolutions, Five days later
they did consider themselves members sufi-
cierty TO make their appearances in the Sen.
ate Chamber, and insult their colleagues by
going through concerted and osteptatious
ceremony Of . withdrawal. .,ars,.ag a,l
So much for the failure Of the Crittenden
resolutions, This was the test vote, y
was afterward reconsidsred on tho p9tiOn
of Mr.. Cameron, made from personal court
esy to the venerable mover Of the reselp-
tons. Earnest debates took place and var
ious delays were interposed (; the resolutions
Of the Peace Congress we're, at length,
h-c.,~l,S &. 81 .JookoI H., NJ. Fy.sxA>clo,~