The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-08-15
TIFFN ONO, THURSDAY MORNING AUGUST, IS, 1857

last Democratic State Convention
held at Columbus, Mr.. Pendlston,
delivered a speech In the House of
Representatives on the 18th of Jau-
uary, 1861,
You will recollect how FAR the
Shareholders had progressed ia their
great rebellion at that date. Mr..
Pcndletou himself says
To day, sir, four Statos Of this I'm
ion have, so FIR as their power ox-
tends, seeded from Il. Four States,
as Tar as they arc able, have anuul-
, ed the grants Of power made to the
Federal Government; they have re
sumcd the powers delegated by the
Constitution; c they have cancelled, so
far as they could, every limitation
upon the full exercise Of all their
sovereign rights. They do not claim
our protection; they ask no beno6t
from our Laws; they seek none Of tho
advantages of the confederation. Ga
the other hand, they renounce their
allegiance; they repudiato our au.
thority over them. and assert that
they have assumod--some Of them
that they resumed-their position
among the family of soveroigntics,
among tho nations Of the earth
4 To day, even whi'o
I am speaking, Georgia is v,ting up
on this very question. Aud unless
the signs Of the times very much do.
ccive US, within three weeks other
States will be added to the number
MIR. Pendleton might also have said
that prior to that date furts, arsenals,
dock yards, mints, and other places,
and property belonging to the Unit
ed States, bad been seized by organ
lied aud armed bodies Of rebels; the
collection of debts due in the South
to Northeru Creditors had been stop
ped; South Carolina had declared that
any attempt TO roiaforce Fort Stump
ter by the United States wolld bo 70.
garded by that State as an act of
hostility against her and equivalent
10 u declaration Of war; the Star of
the West. an unarmed vessol, with
the American aag floating at her
mast head, carrying provisions to the
furnishing garrison of Fort Sumter
had been fred on and driven from
Charleston harbor; in short, at that
date the rebels were engaged in actu.
al war against the nation aud the on.
ly reason why blood had not been
shed was that the national Govern.
meEt had failed in its duty to defend
the nations property, and to main
tain the sacreduess of the national
flag.
At that crisis Mr.. Pendleton deliv.
cred and sent forth speech bearing
this significant motto " But, sir, ar
uies, money, blood, cannot maintain
this Union-justice, reason, peace,
may" The speech was according TO
its motto Accustomed, as be IL, to
speak cautiously, and iu schorlary
aud moderate way, We cannot be mis-
taken us to his drift. On the authori.
ty of the National Government he
says:
Now, sir, what force Of arms can
compel a State to do that which she
has agreed to do2 What force of
arms can compel State to refrain
from doing that which her State Gov
ernmeut, supported by the sentiment
of her people, is determined to persist
in doing? X x 4 Sir, the whole scheme
of coercion is impracticable. 1t is
contrary to the genius and spirit OF
tho Constitution.
These extracts sufficiently and fair
| ly show Mr.. Pendleton's notion OF
The duty and authority of the nation
in that great crisis. lie held the
States rights doctrines Of Calhoun anC
Breckiuridge, aud not the nationa
principles Of Washinton aud jack
son.
AS to the treatment of rebels al.
ready. -.ip --4rms .aUd as to tho "d"-
Finest and the Best