The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-10
THE

secede, and when the C~R1TTENDEN Resolutions
were under discussion in the Senate Of the
United States, Mr.. CLARKE, of New Hampshire.
offered an amendment to strike out the pream-
BILE and ell the resolutions after the word Re-
solved, and insert
"Thst the provisions of the Constitution are
ample Tor the preservation of the Union and
the protection of all the material interests of
the country that it needs to be obeyed rather
than amended, and that an extrication from
our present danger is to be looked for in siren
uous efforts to preserve the peace, protect the
public property, and enforce the laws rather.
man In new guarantees for particular interests,
compromises for particular difficulties or con-
c%essions to unreasonable demands.
Resotoed, That all attempts to dissolve the
present Union, or overthrow or abandon the
present Constitution, with the hopes or expeo-
tation OF constructing Q new one, are dancer
Gus, iilusory and destructive that in the opin-
ion Of the Senate Of the United States no such
reconstruction is practicable, and, therefore, to
Inc maintenance of the existing Union and Con-
s%titution should be directed all the energies Of
all the departments Of the Government and the
efforts of all good citizens"
Messrs. CAMERON, CHANDLER, SEWARD. SUM
NER, WADE and WILSON were among the sup
porters of these resolutions. At that time an
amendment of the Constitution might have
gwen peace to the country, and these worthy
gentlemen and pure, unsel6sh patriots desired
war. 1t was necessary to drive every South
ern State into secession, in order to obtain the
objects of the Republican party, and from Mr..
LINCOLN down to the humblest follower in the
ranks, all were determined that there should
be no peace, and consequently no compromise,
1t was, however, necessary to delude the
masses, and to do this it was declared hy those
men who meant revolution that sto the main
tenance of the existing Union and Constitution
should be directed ell the energies Of all the
departments Of the Government and the efforts
of all good citizens" The Constitution Of the
United States was then q perfect instrument.
So at least they solemnly declared, and to that
declaration the American people should hold
them bound.
AS the war progressed the party leaders
began gradually to expose their real designs.
Why conceal longer their objects when blood /
had produced bitterness, and passion had
generated blindness The war at it's inception
was simply to suppress insurreotion, OF rather
it was pretended to be for that purpose alone. !
II the people had at that time had reason to !
suspect that it was for any other purpose, not Q
man would have been furnished and not a dol /
lar would have been raised. The war was
fought by the people .oE the principles laid !
down In the CLARKE amendment. AsRAHAM
LINCOLN, in his inaugural address, speaking of |
the duty Of the Executive, said, ..his duty is TO |
administer the present government as It came !
into his hands and to transmit IL unimpairsd by /
him to his successor" He further said. in i'd
those whom he called his dissatisfied |
fellow-countrymen, '.you have no oath regis
tered in Heaven to destroy the government,
while I shall have the most solemn one .to ]
preserve, protect and defend It," On these !
principles, and these alone, was the victory
by the opponents Of accession. 1t was
won because the great part OF those who took
up arms in defence Of the Union took them not
TO punish but to bring back thsir Southern fol-
i-ow-oouasTyTasl. Sssa
Near three years ago the war ended and tho !
Southern people, supposing that the public
deolarations1of the party ine power were made
earnestly and honestly, wysntto vosk.y amended
their State Constitutions, abolished slavery and
elected their 1nsnabsrs Of Congress. They
hoped that. the war being over, the revolution |
had ceased. Vain hopei idle dreamt There
was q man from New England who had said no. !
and had laid down the work to be done. That |
man had never lovad the Union. He had waRed
var ON it during whole lifetime. He had de-
voted brilliant genius, fine accomplishments
and glowing ~oratory to the abuse Of the Ameri-
can Constitution. His model hero was Tous-
saint TOnvertiirs. 4 nAyso. whom he had oman
" proclaimed greater than G3sAR, greater than !
NAroITos. greater than WAsuaIsaros. Hsis |
. Red Republican and fsvolutionist by Mature. |
and for years he has been the advance guard Of |
the Republican party. In 1864 WRaDnrL PHsI-
LIPS laid down the platform. I'm letter dated
April q, he ssid. speaking Of tho Convention
tken about to be called as Cleveland Id lie al.
lowing May, 'Let me tell you, the ss~nasional
policy I adyocate, spbdae the South 10 xspid,v
% possihIes the moment territory 5onaes aIdSrs
the flag reconstruct States thus: ConAscats ana
divide this lands Of rebels; extend the rNshte III |
suffrage broadly 40 spossiblsI To- whites and
blacks; let tho Federal Consultation prohibit |
slavsPy t~hreaghout the Union and forbid thai
States Al @&@SAksssaady diatinstiooaa gEsspaasssse I thsirrl
citizens eeps sssSaaaeeS os color sos 1852 ASwssl
wsilsths Radical pssty Aas obsysd thssas terms,
dietated ~ tAsn by their nasstsr, WaHDsrI
Rxs@Es=s, - - go lesasA4Assah saAs arzsAsssop |!
aad he wrpHssS III M laae tksee ysarSS 49,.
a1vsFnor @axMoua, Ill Il fsosnt areech AZ A1.