Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-10-13

'"V ',Vub'i "HiCH wa IScpuDlcan. With .
iul senate, aud every Senator present
and voting II would have requiref forty. .
four votes 10 pass the Critten1cu Conuro.
misc, being two.thirds vote, which IL re. !
qulred on amendments to the Constitution.
Had the thirty Senators from the Slave
states been present and voted, they, with
ten Democrats from the Free States, would
have made but forty, which would not have
been enough b. four votes. 1t is not true,
therefore, that had the Southern Senators
remained in their seats and voted, the Crit
tcnden Compromise would have passed the
Senate even. As We have already remark
ed, the House being republican, it could
not have received majority vote in that
body, let alone two-thirds vote
But unanimty Of opinion was necessary
to have secured the success Of the Critten.
den plan with the States, had it even passed
Congress. The Southern Senator'S in the
Committee Of Thirteen, felt the necessity Of
that unanimity, and therefore it was that
Mr.. Douglas said that every member from
the South, including those from the Cotton
States, Messrs Toombs and Davis, ex-
pressed their readiness to accept the Crit
tenden Compromise as final settlement Of
the controversy, if rendered and sustained
by the Republicans. If not rendered and
sustained by the Republicans, the Southern
Senators, as did everybody else, knew that
the adoption, by Congress, Of the Critten-
den Compromise, would, in the end, be per-
fectly nugatory, as it would be defeated in
the State Legislatures by the Black Re-
publlcans. Had It been rendered and
sustained by the Republican members Of
Congress, the Southern people would have
had strong assurance, amounting almost
IN OlrfaIptv 0f I4c in, tho C-g4u Il,
islatures; for the two great parties would
then have been for it. But the managing,
leading republicans wanted no compromise
at all, and lest Of all did they desire any
that would be acceptable to the South
They wanted disruption Of the Union and
civil war, IN order to overthrow slavery
The testimony Of Mr. Douglas on that
| point is overwhelming. In letter to S. S.
Hayes, Esq, Of Illinois, he said
WAsHINGToE, December q, 1860.
My DEAR SIR You
Will have received my proposed amendments
TO the Constitution before you receive this
The South would take my proposition If the Re-
publicans would agree to it. But the extreme
! North and South hold of, and are precipita-
ting the country into revolution and civil war.
While can do no act which recognizes or
countenances the doctrine Of secession, my
policy is peace. and will not consider the Dues
ton OF war until every effort has been made for
! peace, and allhope shall have vanished. When
that time comes ii unfortunately 1t shall come,
Will then do what il becomes an American
Senator to do on the then state OF facts. Many
OF the Union, and urge war as a means Of ac-
comPlishing disunion; while others are Union
men in good faith. We have now reached the
point where compromise, on the basis Of mu-
tual concession, or dlsunion and war are tneyi-
table. prefer fair and Just compromise.
''.'''- ''.'''~ g 'i,o''-' 80 S. 4. DOUGLAS.
S. S. HAYES, Esq
On the same day Mr.. Douglas addressed
letter of like import to the Hon. John
Taylor, of New York. To that gentleman
Mr.. Douglas wrote:
wAsHIEGroS, December 20, 1850.
MY DEAR SIR: Pressure Of business has
prevented an earlier aci5nowl ledg1nent Of your
ktpa % efi e tne f fropSsio as o ebaf feSpME 81 M Rec
pubic. We are now drifting rapidly into civil
| war, which must end in disunion. This can
stitution which will take the slavery question
| out of Congress- and put an end to the strife
whether this can be done depends upon the
union on party grounds, and here is the Difficult.
ty. God grant US safe de!iverance is my pray.
Very truly, your friend,
Hon. JOHN TAYLOR.
Mr.. Douglas made his speech four or
FIVE days after the date of that letter, in
which he avowed his readiness and eager
ness TO accept the Crittenden Compromise
in order to save the Union; thereby indors-
ing it as "a fair and just compromise. -
but there were too many Republican lead
ers, who desired dissolution Of the Union,
and urged war as n means Of accomplishing
disunion, to permit either Mr.. Douglas
plan or Mr. Crittenden's plan or the Peace
Conference plan to pass; and so the coun-
| try was precipiiated into civil war.
! Early in February, 1861, Mr.. Douglas in
letter TO the editors Of the Memphis Ap-
peal, drew more fully the portrait of the
managing Republicans. He said
WAsHGSGroS, February 2, 1851.
MEssRs EDITORS s:.......,........-~.......Yuu must
! remember that there are dISuniOnistS among
/ the party leaders at the North as well as al
stronger than their fidelity to the Constitution,
and VINO believe that the disruption Of the Uni
! on would draw after II, as an inevitable conse-
quence, civil war servile iusurrection, and nm
ally, the utter discrimination of slavery III all
terrnined men; and believing as they do, that
| the Constitution Of the United states is the
great bulwaIk OF slavery on this continent and
! that the disruption of tue American Union in
wolves the inevitable destruction OF slavery
! and is an inseparable necessity to the attain
| ment OF that end, they are determined to ac-
| complish their paramount object by any means
\ within their power.
like the disunionstS of the South, are violent
ly opposed to all compromises or constitutional
I amendments, or efforts at coneiliation, where
by peace should he restored and the Union pre-
served. They are striving TO overthrow the
Union under the pretense of unbounded
devotion to it. They are making every ef.
fort to overthrow the Constitution, while
protesting undying attachment to 1t, and Il
Willingness to make any sacrifice to maintain
it. They are trying to plunge the country into
civil war as the surest means Of destroying the
Union, upon the plea of enforcing the laws and
protecting the public property. II they can de-
feat every kind of adjustment or compromise
by which the points at issue may be satiSfactor-
iiy settled, and keep up the irritation, so as tC
induce the borders States To follow the Cotton
States, they will feel certain Of the accomplish
ment of their ultimate designs.
Nothing will crafty them so much, or con.
tribute SO effectually to their success. as the
cession OF Tennessee and the Border States.-
Every State that withdraws from the Union in
tionists TO defeat satisfactory adjustment, and
to bring war which, sooner or later, must
end in final separation and recognition OF The
independence of the two contending sections
That Mr. Douglas drew a correct portrait
of the managers of the Republican party, Is
proved by the letter written by Senator
Chandler, of Michigan, to Austin Blair
then Governor of that State. This letter
was written a few days after the date oi
Senator Douglas letter TO the editor Of the
Memphis Appeal, Here it is;
WAsHINeToS, February II, 1851.
My DEAR GOVERNOR: Governor Bingham
and myself telegraphed to you on saturday, al
the request of Massachusetts, and New York, &c
send delegates to the Peace or Compromise Con-
were wrong: that no Republican State should
have sent delegates; but they are here ana can
get away. Ohio, Indiana, and Rhode Island are
and now they beg OF us, for Gods sake, to come
10 their rescue and save the Republican party
from rupture h9pe You VII send ss coafe
up against my judgement and advice, and will
end In thin smoke. .Still, hope, as matter o
} courtesy, to some of our erring brethren, thai
yyt1 QeleGateS.