The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-09-22
Compromises offered to the Rebels.

I ANAhAeNo OhOiONA w tuO AtObtAoi
/ Thc lGvoritc assertion OF CopperheSd.
"a that the Rcpubleaps, nj subsequent,
" thcUntcn plrts, have refused all com.
promises With the rebels The records
~ the Contr'ss Of lS6O.6l, aud OF the
NPcacc Congress-" prove that four dis
lt'hct propositions for compromise were
made bytho Republicans, Here is the
record viz:
4 I. Mr.. Anthony, of r. L.. tRepubhcan. !
[ proposed ~ The Senate, (Jan. l6, 1861, }
that New Mexico, including Arizona, aud
thus covering all tho territory then in dis
/ putc, should at once be admitted as q
state, with such constitution Rs her
people should see III 10 frame, although
Slavery was recognized and projected
tbcrcn by existing territorial law lie
intimatcd thar he was authorized hy
ether Republican Senators 10 mako this
vh,r as a compronnsc, to be sustained
by them ii u were acceptable TO the
Other side. No Democrat accep'el II;
so Il fvll In the Irlund,
2. Gov. Seward proposed, in the Select
Committee OF Thirteen on the Crisis, mp.
rointed that winter on motion oi lIr,
Powell, OF Nv, conciliatory proposiuu
providing uganst any future amendment
ofthe Const tuition adverse to the safety
aud nerpetuity of Slavery and stipulating
that Congress should pass an efficient
law providing ngr INST the armed invasion
of any Siu'o OF Smtes Ca Ia John
Brown.) and furnishing all persons impli.
Gated therein. All the Republican mem.
bers vote for his proposition, all the 9th.
crs against ii--so it was defeated.
,. MI Crwin, froln Select Com. I
IN tlee ol irty three, reported TO the /
lIous,, (January IL, 1863 several con. |
ciliatory propositions, requiring the faith |
I'D execution of the Fugitive Slave law,
the repeal Of all Stute cnactments incon. I
sislcnl herewith, the rigorous perform. /
arec ue every Federal obligation by the I
several States, raids by citizens OF one .
State, whereby the peace security o! an.
other were impcrriied. The House pass
ed q H.: Yens 1876; nnys, %.
q Mr. Curwin further proposed u J Joint /
X ,snluiiun initiating an amendment of
tue Federal Constitution, whereby il, /
should be rendered impossible to amend
II 80 therca Tor to confer ON Congress
any power over slavery in the Stales.-
This passed the llouse-leas 1888; Nays
So; and was concurrcd in by the Senate
Yeas 2i; Nays l2-though ridiculed |
Iy Senator Mtson uf Virginia, as "only |
oue plunk OF the Chicago Republican
platform
s. The State of Virginia having pro.
posed conference Of the States dele I
gates, at Washington, must OF the States
which had not secodcd, were represented
herein. IL convened Feburuagy ith,
aud vat ious proposals looking 10 concilia- |
ion were submitted, considered aud acted
on. Among others, the State Of Ken.
lucky, through her Legislature, having
urgently recommended Convention OF
The States, like that which framed our
Federal Constitution, Governor II. 5.
Baldwin, of Connecticut, submitted u
'cs1'yc approving and urging such Con-
'cntion, which was voted DOWNFALL the
Democrat, ard CONSERVATIVES" oppo-
sing il. Alr. Amos Tuck, ,ol New Hamp-
shire, renewed the proposition. and il
vas again voted d1wn--elcveu States
,guins, to niue fer it--eyery "Couserya-
iyf' delegate opposing il, and even Ken
ucsy herself uniting Cos beforc) to vote
I down. .a .....