Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-01

miiiee Of lhirty-thgee vas ruised. Who report
ed ibis article and 1t was yessed through he
House By the requisite tWo-ihirds vote Il
We done for the purpose Of quispng the fears
Of ths Shareholders Who we're then threaten
I ing 70 diss0lye The Uniou because they ohnrc-
ed Us with the intention Of interfering with
slavery BY an amendment Of the Constiia-
tion, which they all admitted We bad the power
to DO.
2 Sir. PENDLETON / dissent entirely
I from the proposition OF my colleague, ss veil
as from that OF the gentleman from Illinois
! M. FaFnsworlb. The gentleman ard /
differ about IT, We cannot settle it | say,
and am Dow prepared 10 show BY The debates
that took place at that lime, that the same
claim VS. made then which make to day Il
was because IL vas believed that The opiuon
was not assented To by the extreme peuile-
men who had just then come into The admin
isirstion OF the Government that it was
deemed necessary By themselves TO put forth
this declaration conhrmslory Of the absence
OF power on the part Of tbree-foufths Of tie
States
But ny colleague from Ohio, IMr. ASHER. 7
and the gentleman from Penusylvania, Mr
Stevens, and the gentleman from Vernon,
Mr. Morrill,, differing on many pariicu lars
agree in this, that the power OF their lngic is
such that no honest man can dissent from,
their conclusions, and hat those vlo do not
intend 10 vote with them in this amendment
are actuated either by sympathy with slavery
or by sympathy with the reoelon Sir, | re-
pei with indignation the nsiuuation; repeI
u with that honest warmth which is consistent
with the personal respect which hose gent C.
men know feel personally for them say
u j. unworthy OF them; that il is Unworthy
'her high character, unworthy OF their posi-
ton la tins hHuse Ii is ide art OF the detla
gogue 10 asctbe unworthy motives % an act
which may in itseii be honest
Ibis Consultation demands the highest al
niration OF my intellect It has received the
profound homage OF my heart The oath
which have taken commands NE to perform
that duty WHICH my intellect aud my heart
Impose upon me; aud | intend, through evil
aud through cool report. through whatever
storm OF popular dslayor, to stand by It, as
understand 1t, even to the end | love my
whoie country, South as well as North. and il |
IL because | love 1t that no act Of mine shall
retard the restoration Of peaca or the recon
struc,ion of that Union which made it all nv |
country. ] am a northern man. have their |
prejudices love my section; | love its peo- |
pie; love its Institutions; | am Jealous OF its |
honor aud no act OF mine shall tain the lus |
ter Of the fame OF its good faith. AN |
citizen OF Ohio 1t IS the home of my fathers |
as 1t is tho home Of my children; and / will |
stand by this Consultation because | wish to
preserve forever the rights and dienities of
my State, and MAINTAIN forever the Liberties Of
its citizens.
! am not influenced, therefore, by any pc.
culIar love Tor the people Of the Sonth; by any
peculiar regard Tor their Institutions | stand
1nmoSed by the considerations which have
been addressed to us Il is nothing to me
hat gentlemen from slavehoIding States ap--
prove this amendment; it Is nothing to me
hat the tide OF the popular sentiment runs in
avor OF ~ it is nothing to me that we of the
norlhern States who believe az do stand
alone, II alone we must stand. | intend to
10 my duty as ! understand it, and / am pre-
'ared ior the consequences be they what they
may.
But, Mr. Speaker, If | were Influenced by
he motives which gentlemen on the other
side attribute TO me, it would be easy for me
o fall into the current OF public opinion
which is carrying them so rapidly away. 1t
s because | am not that occupy the position
doto-day. The time is fast passing away when
lnder the influence OF your policy and your
legislation the southern States or people will
nave the least interest in your laws. Your
legislation has turned to ashes the COLDER
rults Of your military success Your policy
mas verified the alleged causes of secession
Gentlemen must not be msled by the syren
folces that come mp to them from captured
,lties of the South. They WOO you but to
'uin. II you misunderstood them they will
cad you as willing victims upon qui ksands
lnd rocks.
lfy you drive the southern people By your
military power to the last extremity aud SUI
1eradd as the majority Of this House desire,
OF slaves, confiscalon of prop.
,rty, destruction of local governments, de.
tructlon OF State constitutions, division Of
that be your policy, they will lib
,rale their slaves, they will arm their negroes
hoy will break down the only barrier that
separates them from the sympathies of ell
Europe, and, aided by the moral force, if not
he material power OF Earope, they will es-
sblish their Independence, and your Union
President will sign the treaty OF dissolution.
And then, in exchange for free Maryland
With her slaves enlranchised and her white
'itzens euslaved in exchange for free Mis-.
ouri with her slaves eniranchised and her
White cidzens decmated by the Vengeance of
be guerrillas, we viii have given up this Union
With all its benefits, and have snbyerted a
orm of government the f4fest and ireest, the
most bountful In blessings in the past aud the
most hopeful OF hessingsin the future, that
iod in His mercy ever youchfafed to man.
A man by the name of Burns near Gov.
ngton, Kentucky, became intoxicated, and
'ent to sleep on the floor, His comrades,
or Joke as they say, poured alcohol on
is clothes, ard set it on fire, IN order to
ee him scamper He was, however, so stu.
idly drunk as 10 be uuable to help him
of and Mas so hndlY hnrnnl na 10 -nnuca