The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-03-12

and discord here necessarily produces
division elsewhere, In any fsuribio
effort Of the gentlemen 20 accomplish
so desirable an object he will have my
hearty co-operation; yct success sp-
pears uuattainable. Let me ask him,
loyal, true man as be is, whether he
would be willing to-day TO compromise
with rebels with arms in their hands?--
No, sir, he most emphatically, and in
the most fOrcible lsR,,uAge, declared
that he would not. .......,....-.f
Could be. compromise his convictions
of duty and his judgment 10 regard to
the conduct Of the war, with my dis
tnguished colleague from Ohio, CMr.
VALLANDIouAM,J ] who proposes to ter.
inmate this war By laying down our
arms, or by asking cessation of hos.
tilities2 No, sir, be most omphatically
declared he would not.
Would he repeal all the laws aud
all the resolutions which have been
passed by this body in relation to this
war, except simply the appropriation
bills? l think be would not. Itwould
be as impossible for him TO compromise
his convictions Of duty and his judg.
ment as to the best policy in the cou.
duct of this war, as it would bo to com.
promise with rebels who have arms in
their hands. "a
Sir, there has been opposition to ev.
Iery measure proposed by the majority
OF this House, npon whom necessarily
rests the responsibility of conducting
tho war. 1t is useless to talk of com.
promise, when there appears to be less
hope of concert Of action than at any
previous time. Ny impression is that
We could no more harmonize the con.
hicting opinions of the different sides
of this House than we could compro.
mise with the rebels in arms. agree
with the distinguished gentleman from
Pennsylvania, CMr. WRrouT,] that the
South would scout and scoru the idea
of any compromise that might now be
proposed by us; and I am equally certain
that any proposition that might be made
here from this side of the House would
De just as promptly rejected by gen.
tlemen upon the other side. ...I
Mr.. WRIGHT.-Will tho gentleman
allow me to ask him a question:
T Mr.. TRIMBLE.-Certainly.
Mr.. WRIGHT.-I would like 70 in.
quire of the honorable gentleman from
Ohio what obstacle there is in the way
of an honorable compromise between
the members on the two sides of this
Chamber? What obstacle is there, if
} We are all honestly in favor of sustain.
ing tho Government and perpstuating
, the Union? Why not try1 ,gt..1
, Mr.. TRIMBLE.-I suppose, Mr.. Speak
= er, we are making the effort; but it so
5 happens that God has constituted men
to differ, and they do not readily yield
their convictions of right and duty
Perfect uuanimity is rarely attainable
under any circumstances 10 legisla-
| tive body, and it is therefore obviously
: the duty Of the majority upon whom
devolves the responsibility, to pass such
, measures as they may deem necessary
: for the success of the cause for which
they are held accountable. Would any
gentleman on that side Of the House
at the last session Of Congress have
yielded his convictions as to tho policy
of receiving and employing fugitiveS
within the lines Of our Army9 Yetthe
majority assumed the responsibility Of
adopting that policy, now conceded to
have been necessary and just. 10 a'ea
/ There are still, it is true, caVileFs on
. that side of the House, who 10 the face
. of official testimony continue to assail
= the Administration for the expenditure
of large sums of money, in violation Of
law, in the support Of idle eonirabands.
IF this charge be true, it is palpably
a inconsistent in them to deny these con-
= trabands the opportunity, by labor aud
service, to remuporato the Government
i for its expenditures. Even the bill
> now before the House is violently OPP
a posed; and yet for months we hare
heard gentlemen on that side Of the
House ridiculing the attempt 70 organs
. ize black troops in the South as miss
' cradle failure, Why, then, SO persist
I emily oppose a measure, tho success Of
Z which they declare to be impossibleS
y Greatly desirable as harmony and
n unity are here aud elsevhere, can
! see no good reason why the majority
!. should surrender their convictions,
# their sense Of propricty, and their be-
= lief Of what ia the best policy for the
4 conduct Of the war;
= cot fistanad ofkahfiValV and with In