Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-10-13
tFrom the Cincinnati Enquirer of August 8, '02. J
History Of the Crittenden Conn
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History OF the Crittenlen Conn
promise.
CouM Me Present Civil Var hare been
It1ying Dedrly .for The AJoE-
tion Whisfle--Senutor DOuglds' Decl1r-
the LTjttenelen Compromise Tie AJoH
tion Senators Refuse Senator Chond-
lers I.fd1aous Letter. against any Lon,.
promisc-1He Caittenden Compromise an
EnU
! 1--WE know ofno great revolution which might
not have been prevented by compromise early
In public affairs, but 1t has It's proper sphere.
! onspiracies and insurrections, In which small
popular violence unconnected with any eXton-
sive project or amy durable principle, are best
represscd by vigor and decision To shrink from
| them is to make them formidable. But no wise
ruler will confound the .pcrvadIng taint with
the siuhl local irritation. No wise ruler will treat
he trosts the conduct Of mob which destroys
mills and power-looms. The neglect Of this dis
strong in the power of the sword IN
oil movements of the human mind which tend
to great revolutions, there is crisis at which
moderate CONFESSIONS may amend, conciliate
and prsserve."-[ [Macauly.l
No truer words were ever uttered by any
historian; and had we had a wise ruler in
stead Of the present weakminded Chief
Magistrate we should not now have to la
ment the deplorable condition to which the
country is reduced by the want of those
timely concessions, which would have con-
ciliated and preserved To show to a peo-
pie how they have been made the dupes of
class of men "whose hostility" in the
language of the lamented Douglass, 1t
slavery is stronger than their fidelity to the
Constitution, and who believe that the dis
ruption would draw after it, as an inevitable
consequence, civil war, servilo instructions,
and, finally, the utter extinction of slavery
up from the record a history of the Crit
tenden Compromise. 1t will develop the
great crime that has been committed against
| liberty, civilization and humanity, by men
who, unfortunately for the American peo.
nle. have had. for over two wears mast. the
direction of our national affairs,
On the 18th dav of December. 1860. Sen
ator Crittenden, of Kentucky. introduced
into the Senate of the United States a Sc
ries of resolutions as basis of settlement Of
the difficulties between the North and the
Sonth-dificulties which, at that fine
~ rth ~. az .nuC 1i'i'e .i
| eHleh'eHeu .iie pcaCV VI the cVuh1ly anu the
integrity OF the Union. Congressional
| Globe. part ! session of lSGO-61. page
| FA0 y '- 0 'A' P"SN
Liz.
Senator Hale (Aboltionl led off in n
Al 1..A.- Y
| sPccch III opPo,Sitioti " lile resoiuClohS, ue-
claring 1t to be his opinion that the remedies
f,r an, ,ro,,llas ,raro NOT IN Corrroe,;onol al
| AZ o 'T"Nio tr ny III COi'5t 09"iJii' "a u
| action. lie SAID: L 90 not know that
This Congress- can do ANYTHING. Int his con.
| trl,,o,..,, III ,,t l., I'll IT, - IL -
| tToNerSy VIII nOG pc Seltleu mere. lie was
tLnra World to God II had bo.n Rn,
| 'h'iS ''",N " oou ~ nav "CSH D"t
| we all know that the reason why 1t was not
| settled there was the Rpnublicans would not
| .o,,,.,;. - pa1,,Ia- III -, ~. IL - -
perihlt IT, DouSiaS toio thelh. on the moor
I G;i,ra v,ae ,,;,b +ba,,, M pa1uGEn,,
aahoie was WIN 'iieiil, iho oPup"c1I
Senators and Representatives acted on the
idea of Senator Chandler. of Michi0on. who
IooIaUa1 tLot ,,,;tIn,'t 1;t+ia LIaIj ,,.;.
ueclaTeu tHdI WITHOUT ittic DlOOu-i -icltlng
the Union would not be worth curse
No further action was had on these reso
lutionS, except ordering them to be printed,
until January Sd, 1861, (SOuth Carolina
having seeded december ~, ana her dele
cation withdrawn from Congress December
"a. lSCO,D when Mr. Crittendcn introduced
~ " III, I:nr. - 'i
them anew with dlfferent preamble, II
which shane they read as follows: page
3oT \
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whereas the Union is IN danger, ana, owlna
it twould he difficult, # not impossible for tha
ooaE To concur III Doth us , nrahches ny IL tne re-
qulsie hoJotlty, SO Hs 70 Giiapie IL eltiler 10 It.
dopt s1ch measures oi lSgiSiatoh OF 10 recon- 1,
tT te s s'es ave en3d StG @ 10 r C,
NpS'lt"i'li oS ,'' We a'.'iS ''ilu fIol
tI 10 uNvlt tl aitllS'li nilu wlei'tS WIFI III 30 sie
an emergency, tne Gplilon anu JuusHnlent o
tne people, oueht 10 oe nearu' ana Woulu o9 lht
uest itilu s''eS' Su'oe " Vhelr representatives.
unnilliv,, 1,,,+ ,.-,;,.,,,,, ,,,. : - H., ,,, !, ,
ResoiNed, lhat provision ouGnt 10 pe fnt'le pS
raw, W'tnuut Htluy IoI tukiIE tllG stiihe 0i tLl'
Peoplo, anu stnlll,titS 70 .eir NotT tIlT ipilnW
ing on; as tie pass ior me Inu an en-
permanent hotiicilent Oh thoae ulSpu-cs ina
now uiStufp lnc peace oi me country, aht
'H5c',Tii ,il' tA s.'cu i ot @ wy I niuu cr,
- Wv I-,iti , W W. -
NcilNNliNN - VI llt tllit'' vi II
oolties,S ~ tSsTlVI,n tWpuHiins Oh p,,ii ilouse'
Euiiins, nt .iiS @ aoiioM ing n[uictos DC an
are ucltps propose auu upiiItt1u Us 5tuicnu
ets MN ~ .1J ~ III VI Wy CulIeu 'S.trs
Wnlci shiil nJ I"liu 20 ~ inttnts i4u turppSit So
as part 0l q suiu oonstItutlou, WlSh ratlnCu oi
SHn Stta aeniioi'a Vi V'ee-i'ui'hS Vi tue se'clai
9'atgH: T., 81, +bo ,o,r,,or,, ,r ,h., I-,itoJ
htdcIe !. ~ al tiie teifLlIoIy oi We 1ultct
states now Held, or hereafter acquired, SltuateI
noIth ol !Ai tuue UNI -SA ueSlees anu tlllIl
cept us puHlsHiilollt l3I ctlilG, Is prohdoltc'
Wnile suCh IcrlllotS siIail remain unuer lerrl
n I"ri r ,i ~ ~ tne tetIi4Iy nov
eu, Or h~Hie"isvl ~ Souui oi sai' ile % o
iatlt uuc staSelS " .ile aiIGai "a race Is hsreos
TecoSnifnto f,t US eAistig anu @ shtii not oe ihtel
leleu VIII oy CoInstess Dut sllail pe Prottcccte'
s PtpPeltS pS ii Wy Va tile
h .upiai uuiinS its cont an,
it any oSi no.; no VI VI soti u sntu iIe
with with % %sHoi tt iIs as Hohstess may pIe
ssciioe SUM- coitaln 20 tne PoPuiItcion ttquisslu =
ioi aieinocr @ o Soigress, ~ 70 Ille tiiel
reuGTa ratio H oi ireptesentation G u tle People .
t .e StioS, ~ siiai y ~ lui i ~ ~ hs2Hein
lhei. pe iePuDlcli pe i.tteu itIto Ie = mo-
i, on an equal looting VIII tte ne orlglnai StateS
Will Will VI Wttnouo siageIy, ~ tne constitution
suS n, ~ y n s9ooIo may T II @ = ,,,,o, , ,iu
slavery IN places under ITS exclusive Jurlsdic
,iol, or Withit tle iiihits oi otates thal perm
the noidlng oi slaves, .,-,..,
slavery within the District oi Coiumola, SO Ion
no ~ SAiote ~ tile a9JoIniHS otuteS oI VIISll