New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-14

reading OF Lie resolutions upon WHO" INC Seih,oi n'
arraigpcd i'm.
The resol itions We're read. y.
Mr. DAVIS Rad not anticipated This moyomeni. u
Ngas sprug upon the Senate u his surprise He hiu
considered his resolutions wel and shcy had his deiin
ito approval The iauEdiced, narrow mind Oh ,ne
Senator from Massachusetts was wholly unprepared W
interpret them His heart and h!s mind t0taIy Jus
qualified him for the task. He entered his solemn pre-
TEST against the Senator's version and asked can9,u
sensible Senators 10 consider them for themselves ~
denied that ne bad sai0 that the army had been suos
died b, the President and that the heroes oil our bal
ile-felds maligned What he seid wac
that if the prcscnt Executive ndorses the eNch u"
ided his resolution these leaders II the g. ~ %
The failure 10 reach their conclusions 90 enc, me- w
,ous and reasonable objects, would throw themselves
back upon the armed power Of me "oNe,inloili
pgast Tho lords of tho land lie stood mp Tor ms ESQ
Luton and intended 10 abide rs iate lie "3uid rehu
the fifth and fourteenth and the sectloh Twelve upon
which the learned erudito end patriotic Senator bases
his Indictment His resolution only proposed TO iist
plain and frank Vesgation o. the measures VI le
Administrations ard he intended TO continue suen IN
until the Senate expelled HIM and " the
senate should do that. he had higher mission a. an
American Senator and freeman born under the Con
fituion which lie had imbned in his infancy ana ehei
ished in manhood. He would go homo among the poo
pe of his loved native Kentucky aud raise the cry :"
oppression tyranny, usurpaon and reyoniinn akhns'
tho faithess men who have charge of tue ,'o' w
meut We had fallen on evil times lnG'fU W
have great Rebellion; second oniy ia l"t"i'
ance 10 that when Iucifcr was thrown iIO,t
heeyen We have IN ms AGhn'T men Yn" are
sworn "a suppoSt aud defend the Constitution no. 'i
the power ii confcrs upon them but for the libeFts
Ciye the poople rccrennt 10 their high tones, ara y!
Tho abuse of power both civil and military trying TO
ghvert tlat Constitution md the proper hIeiiy u
secures 10 the citizen and yet any man hn.nS n,e
sudacty 20 question the wisdom ahd oohsutu,"n"i,'
of nc policy If the Administration IS nlanueu !" IN
loyal We have had great men IN the past the founders
81 Tie Government were great, WISE men ana pairor'
Wien BE denied to learn their principals OF cover,
ent he went 70 the noble fountain of political knowledge
established by them. Such men as the senator
iom Massachusetts only perform the base Once oil
muddyigg h9 opna, o Is ho' ny hd lIT , 1 il was
The "undouhcd night % Legislators 10 sean the acts oi
robic uru:" that this right was as undouhtec as me
ialt OF hr,athinc or walking the earth IL Is ihc ast
riglt that he would abardon. He would exercise u al
ali hazards AZ al humble distance, and IN ms lecmo
way be intended % follow the gfcat eNpoHbu, 81 w
Constitution The senator nom Msstaehus.t's s' ,hs
10 have ne titled himself rs sort Of oNeiseer oi th!'
body and ho was not surprised at the dic;aorid mai-
uer in which hc hustled about administering ebukes IN
this and in the other House. IL" had persuaded
Mn. ef that he is the Government, ard Is
uricgary assured thG. De the Senate II least TIE
sicest an most important p1rt Of IT, llalshtei hu'
40 Mt think there is person IN or out OF ..o nenS
Who hugs such delusion 70 hs breast except himself
Laughter lie WOuG read the resolution OF TINS learned
senator. Ills able man who distinctly nndeis,1nds
everything in iufsprudence, administration ana OF
er matters in % field To expol him. II the senator
had pnwer nsuraiiye with bis purpose u would
have been done but he thanked his stars there were
and the country than the Senator. IL there were not
God save the mark the country would soon 20 70
min How lOn.. did the Senator sit under TIE
reasonabe uttnrarces Of leaders in the Rebellion three
wears ago Of the time he was engaged IN his ayocaon
ri home. lie occasionally adverted 10 She deba'cs IN
the Senate and read the reasonable enu1ons Oh 20
band OF traitors who have organized INC hepei,o. e
read the ayowa Of Toornbs that he Was Re bel anu e
world letter to the declaration OF IN. auu9'
cious Mason that lie owed allegiance 10 the Govern
ment and 10 Wig's and others IN taeiT ueasonsme az
teranees All this done in the presence oil te s'
uure CONTAGIOUS patriotic Senator, who remained ~
dumb nsh lIaughteFl There was me sh.nos 'oi
The display Of The moral and physical courage
OF the Senator When he read these eesiaTa
tons his blood boiled in his veins, and had be
been present he dared say he w4nid not have
the Senator has majority here, backed by hundreds 81
thousands Of soldiers and officers who hold their places
s the VIII Of the power ct the other end OF the avenue
who when they are ordered TO do the bidding Of that
power do it OF suffer incarceration, courtmartal or
death The oil sufficient, selisuihcient
and insufficient tiaughterl that he did not consult
witt n single individual He wanted all the glory.
Laughter lie cells the proposition for Convention
treason. lie was told the senator ncss,ea that
What suocossioni Laughter Tho Senator Is afraid
il would stop tie war There is where the shoe pinche
Re does want the 70 be stopped tn the Rebels
should have submitted TO the Constitution and laws OF
the United States He would not prove recrcan 70 tho
Government but would support those who were admin
sterine H. however incompetent he deemed them. Tie
grand purpose OF the senator WIS to carry on The AZ
Tor the destruction OF Slavery and TO per'ert
the war power ind al ether powers OF
the Senator If the Rebels in the Southern States were 10
on 10 come back with hcir rights under the Constiu.
ton where u forfeits 20 them their rights ior their
rcbeious action would he agree that they should come
backf The Senator silent, but his heart answers tie
question There is no Senator but what knows that be
is devoted 70 tho destruction Of Slavery han to
; the yindication Of the laws In the Seeded
States. lie would sweep away the Consti
tution and State laws to abolish Slavery. IN
violation Of his Doth as Senators and yet 70
hear him prato Of loyalty one would think that there
loyalty in the United states save his. He (Mr
Davis assumed that il convention Of all the States
called together and should receive 20 DO away with
the Government that tLey had the tight and peNer 20
do IT, He was opposed Of course any such exercise
Of pow practical thing. lie considered this
pact political partnership.
Mr.. howAKD would inquire If the Senator hold that
such a convention would have the hight to abolish the
present Government aud establish another from what
source derived te nsht does II arise from the Con-
stitutiOni
Mr. DAVIS said that while opposed TO such a coursc
as abstract proposition the majority Oi the States
Lad right 70 meet together in Convention and do
away with the best Government on earth. This poit
cal partnership could be Cancelled by tho consent Of the
partners. ask that the people Of AL the States go into
Convention 10 take this crnel into their hands and
close the bleeding wounds of the
il upon the principles Of compromise and liberty upon
which Washington and his associates acted. ft was
the Senators Intention to put him ia state 81 suspen
son here, hke Mohammed's coffin, between heaven
and earth. Laughter. He was Ia durance and
any durance the Senator would establish was vile
enough In Gods name Laughter He was for the
prosecution Of the 10 an honorable peace but
prefer that il shoud close by the peaceable submission
hose In rebellion. Mr.. Davis continued at great length
10 refer 10 The of Massachusetts, in shays rebel
lion in tho OF le2, IN the Mexican war and in her
resistance 10 the Fugitive Slave act He referred to
speech Of the Senator from Massachusetts, during the
kansas trouble, IN which the North is called npOn 10
como forth and overthrow the slave propagandists
His language stronger than mine and yet he has the
audaoy introduce resolution 10 eypel Inc for using
Ian guae lees significant and less subyeTsSe than his
In 1855 the pes,en State OF Massachusetts had passed
law annulhn6 the Fugitive Slave Law-she cover.
cd all with treason in 1912. had not been in tbs