, 1864-08-13

grees the war would have ended. The edEntnis-
tTaon 9y En,auns eonttasS nsT ffa DC
siate; He ras for peace, pEovidea I; eonld BE ole
s'iiations Of tie States intact and firmly believed
in Whzt was cnhed the doctrine Of State rights.
!. The tndce then paid glowing tribute to the
resst she hopes q ,66s nsiton t hsd decis:ed ID
terms not 10 be misunderstood. that there should
be 70 = ;p o. + ss5 M
nDvnt ut the South and build up n Union party
there Instead Of this the policy OF the Govern.
peace. If the Union could not be restored in the
VAT be bad Indicated, tt could not be restored At
all ana a.. be thonld ,5e despalr Of TIE Repnee
cheers soE Governor Morton, the eoldlexr friend,
" heh were given with viii, after which, Ms. Nc
Donald's time having expired, he gave way for
R1x4HKs or GOVERNOR xoRroa.,
The Governor said that Judge Mcdonald had an
~ s9Su5 siTs @ is fys d.
Pe,I!eS f ia 81 lIte Ei@ Soltsd his pllaepss:
81 a1ery question III sssa be ss was. T He ~ vas m
Sea {isr istttutiea: is ssnss 'os
urged lbe lyptai of tbs Missoaf, tompsomI.e. Il.
as Nc tDonsld eaJs. the uDwise and fanat'calfae1ta
eSsf e Sc
sreafett of einrers.' He read an extract from 8
letter Of Nj McDorald, published In Ja1y, 1s49, II
1st. Il do admit and believe that Congress has
TT right to 1es,rlae the subject Of slavery for
al States, the District Of Columbia Inclusive" =,
-, "a ! an p tasos Of re 'lmot Pro'4so In NIL
Sd an In tsyor Of the abolition Of elaysry N
The District OF Columbia the citizens Of The 0ls.
{. IL Lot be dune, IN in lavor Of remostng the
seat Of Government 10 free toi'."
i1h. II am opposed to the admission Of any r. more
slare Siates not properly included in the Texa.
Compromise. do not believe that Consrsss ought
ds,1rh hs compact entered into with Texas On
Here was agitation with rensesnee; and bis
prince oi rsitato.s The eo, .,
tbs Ct tof ., Se Wmo; oo and
threatened among other terrible things to rebel,
di*so:se The uuicn and ibaqgnfate civil waf
several tirnts since 1919. He was then an Aboli-
tioni-t-.an anti-s.avery agitator. ln 1881 he was
1eisFy se 1stS y nd ne Il and e
| wonld he BE- to-mo1uws Heasked him 10 which
ssSs Sote 1Son ea
parry, Of the Southern Preeslarety party: BE
a.ked who commenced the var: jookc AcDon.
| wished to state few facts that those present
conld arrive At correct answer to the question.
| Wso caused the war: 1t was not, az he eald, the
that induced the people Of the Southern States to
ay to arms. That wus the result ot long cons.d~
cred, long prepared fHr md lons threatened u!t..
sion, December s0th. 1ssa OLE month a1eer the
election: Mississippi hers: January 9,h, 1881;
Geoleia On IT, soth. .Lon.siana On II the s,h, and
| TtaIR On the let Of February In the same Jear
The Moptromery Conyent>on was ors.anized on
the s9 and IL Eursted on The 18th. Aod Immediate
snay Rsie1s Is! @ ,axs hss pseR.ssd =; IL s.eet
tk@C r3+rFxf fr al fhN&
| James buchanan. through his Secretary, GoreEnor
Flosd- had caueed large majority Ct The armed
81 fae a9 %
for the grulG event for which the election Of Pfrst
dent LINCOLN furnished the psetext not the ocea.
What did they do: On the s9:h 81 December,
coin var. constltotionally elected, they seized
nary ID. 1851. ihey seized Tort johnson; Jsauary
81, they seized Forts Pulaski and Jaskeon. Geo;
a. thsy s1d Ih11 Tors MGFsa Fo9, %s snd
jackson aud Livingston, Lonieana: Januasy 18th
is5s setzea 81 ss'S she M fsi.aa
sGth they setzed Fon Cline p; December nth. 1920,
rtand o. ans r., January zth Isl, tbey seized il.
| VerFsn Arsenal, Alabama, with so.guo staaa OF
aFme, and 500 rfels OF powder; January 12tn
d p;eeee Of ordnance, 5o00 st.nd Of avn and 800
barrel. otgrnt on der; Jan. 2sth they .efzed the
Augusta sfteha1. "11h fuuf CANON. A:Du stanu Q:
arms, and large quantities Of powder and BALL.
81 snioSio 10 VII With eosS Folth q property:
&eT ort:ne IL oss sflsa eos os :s f md I'D to
ihe amonnt Of s., ,oe9,s1s; I'ehrua5y 18Th thry
x. ~ snd ,he h1,iau VIZ IA N The
| ~ ~ o"1nG e4stom aous : ~r5e aleo ss!zeo: -
ahiga 9a gsc S,xs,rsS ism san NJ Nee
osleaos. Jsr. a6: at Galveston, Feb. S; Marion
| n,ts}s in q. V1ctshnTs- Hnanit III Ian II. mn,
Noble uoep;tsl. Jan. IL, He mid that 1on, be.
h.d nc1 hae aaken m Of sea see
forTs rhicb n4u h.d pr"sf fhe Unitcd ststc.
sss,ssss e I sSs,. ts'nssss sis,s*: IS Is
sa sv's1a ssns
sc1g sten ~ TIE Detnoefstc &c friends o. Mf:
Ncnonnlo, 6ao Wno:T c'use ae ~ 10Y aosoGatsn. J..
Bnshsnan:, IL ela.",ea test y aaa shoxn eon;
clueiye'y that the rebels thenaselye. eommsneed
the xa1. Ae referred to the speech Of Stephens,
| The vice President Of the rehel!ious sta&e*. oe-
:lvc'ed IN the Geor9ta Convention In Jnnnary l5G1.
Mr. sterhens said:
sors yen can give that will ever satisfy Foar.
e 20 s: ss e se IL g g'sHi s e e
ihe cam aud deliecrs,ee iudrea in the case aud TO
THAT Gssse Or anf ev1 act, e1n We ret9r or R11nt
r'eht h. heen denied. md wtst e!,,m founded Z
tastee and rsht hse been watnnedt Can any one
| OF you To-day name oue governmental wrong ue-
lihe1ae,y dong oy t9s Getssn9eps tS @ a. "asn9:.c9
II eha1encc me ons"er ue also fecounted well
in9En 'acts .rt4mnha1tly reluting the proposition
9f NE Macdon!ld that tnts wus sIlncoln, Aoo-
olnte, Of Mr; Sherman, Of Ohio, passed By Con
eress b fore the xar del yine the right OF Congress
to interfere with tke institution u toe elare bold
1ng states: 70 the pToposlnoa O ~; CorN1n 10 70
conrFeee sons evel v Tth tie
Of pisyery; TO the further proposition oi the Re
ppba!cans 70 make this amenontnt tr.fpeaisb'e:
70 tet organization q the tefral9nes ~, upon :Lae
tion intfoouced n The Houre q Reprsacataasyses
aeEGanR ~ t;s',esa ~ sts1at ~ rcnes1 hetr
Sse Lsw ana M nc M ha
feIsonaa aaoe,!y a1y pxf - rcenonsihIa ~ ,he
PtIfnsntay askso. 3G ~ ,.sr1v n n1tS
fup gre, E9s toe s,ea. ~ Wcn,n,S nov sn
apa e9ntn. 3a.. m1oFe eaaeo +'' -1@eo'" a. ~" ~
1e11 r. oSe1nar then referred TO State toptct and
anoEe ~ fenrtI mon wnst he hxd accompl| she'd
u s.9n X hs Ma lii onnonen, oyer and over
.e.in 70 frrntiv state lis pIssItion npon The war
nn+rtton. Question in l,aportxnce oyer.hadorins
Ill others, bnt he had not recn ablc get TO yet 4
" The ns eesa F. ri
,s W. IN ~ tavor oi IL snnpres.in:. he rebeon
nx totce Of a1ms, lie ssid the trouble
with Mepona1d. was that he had negro
re- bra1 ns s1Tey 9h Gos 1nt
to 1essqas s,1e srs,:i D t Sd
a.,,,,c 81 81 . ~ r.heiiInms statein anv EVENT. Tie
eeent4cmau's y position was this; lie was Wiling to
; E61eserye neaee. but wus unwilling to take aI.y
! 1neusuret TO bring it abont. Suppose the Wal
+honld be abandoned, aud the Federal army with
hat On the same inetant the rebsl army would b.
Z ditormed a,sos "aat II the .confedeEacy" re
1 fused 10 disband its armies and come bacs osa11