Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-08-22

| Inc NIlUthuth pIOpoaltloh uas oetn ih-
dorsed by the almost unanimous vote OF the
Legislature Of Kentucky 1t has been in
dorsed by the Legislature of the noble old
Commonwealth Of Virginia. II has been pc
titioned for by larger number of electors Of
the United States than any proposition that
was ever before Congress- | believe in my
heart, to-day, that it would carry an over
whelmning majority of the people Of my S'ate;
aye, sir, nd of nearly every Other State ia
the Union. Before the Senators from the
State Of Mississippi LETT the Senate Ch ,mber
heard one Of them who now assumes, at least,
tn he President Of tie Southern Cunfederacy,
propose to accept it aud TO maintain the
Union, il that proposition could receive the
vote It ought to receive from the other
side OF the chamber Therefor, OF all your
propositions Of all your amendments, know
ing as do, aud knuwing that the historian
will write II down, ut any time before the lst
of January, a twoihtds vote for the Critten
den resolutions in the Chamber would have
saved every State in the Union, but South
Carolina
Mr. PuOH said this in the hearing of
! SEWARD, of WADE, Of FRssESpEN, Of
TRUNBuLL of all the Republican Senators,
and not one denied the truth Of his state
ment.
On the same day, MI DouoLAs again
addressed the Senate in favor of compro-
mise and couoborated the statement of
Senator PuaH, He said
The Senator has sad il the Crittenden
proposition could have passed early in the
session, 1t would have saved all the States. ex-
cept South Carolina, | firmly believe ii
would While the Crittenden proposition was
not in accordance with my cherished views,
| avowed my readiness aud edgerness to ac'
cept it, in order TO save the Union II we could
unite upon it No man has labored harder
than have to get 1t passed. | can confirm
the Senator declaration, that Senator Davis
himself when on the Committee Of Thirteen
icds ready at all times to compromise on the
Crittenden proposition | will go further
and say that Mr. Toombs was also
These declarations settle forever the
question, as point of history JEFFERSON
DAVIS, Mr.. TooMBs and every Southern
member on the Committee of Thirteen,
expressed their readiness to accept the
CRITTENDEN Compromise as basis
of settlement of the dispute be-
tween the North and South, whenever it
should be offered with assurances that it
would he faithfully observed.
The testimony of the lamented DouG-
LAS, fixes the responsibility of rejecting
this great measure OF pacifcation. 1t H.
direct and positive He says
"'ihe sole responsibility OF our Disagree
ment, and the only difficulty in the way OF an
amicable adjustment, is with the Republican
party
Is there any further evidence nee!ed to
prove that with the Republican party rests
the responsibility of failure to COM
promise all our troubles in Congress :?
But we will go still further and establish
their guilt still more clearly. Virginia
made u proposition to the border free and
slave States to send delegates to Peace
Convention at Washington. Dele
gates were sent from most of the States,
and it was thought for time that the
Convention would be able to agree upon
a plan 10y which the border States could
be retained in the Union. aud the cotton
States brought back. 1t was then that
Senator CHANDLER, who was fearful that
plan of settlement might be agreed upon,
wrote the following letter to the Governor
of his State
WAsHMGToS, February IL, 1868.
any DEAR GovERNoR ;-Governor Bing.
ham and myself telegraphed you ON Satur
day, at the request of Massachusetts and New
York, to send delegates to the Peace or Com.
promise Congress They admit that we we're
right, aud they wrong; that no Republican
State shonld have sent Delegates but they
are here and cant get away. Ohio, Indiana
and Rhode Island are caving in ana there is
some danger of Illinois, and now they beg us
for Gods sake. TO come to their rescue aud
sape the REPUBLICAN, PARTY from rupture.
hope you will send stiF backed men or none
The whole thing was gotten up against my
judgement and advice, and will end in thin
smoke, Sill, hope as a matter of curiosity
to some Of our erring brethren, that you will
send the delegates
| lTulJ YOUR lTleHui u SlANbLrh,
| His Excellency, AUSTIN BLAIR.
p S Some of the manufacturing States
think that tight Vouid be aWfM Wifh-
out a ihie bloodietting this Uaion could
not be Worfh curse
The stiff backed men were sent and
the Convention was broken up They
saved the Republican party from rupture,