Year: 1861




here to the Union, would not be accepta-
ble and satisfactory to the other party.


READY FOR AN ADJUSTMENT.


| have thought it my duty to hold my
self open and ready for the adjustment
which could be practically made, and l
have therefore been obliged to ask this
committee to be content with the assurance
that would express TO the public and 10
the Senate, that the spirit in which they
come is perfectly commeDdabIe and per-
'ectly satisfactory. 1t is gratifying TO
me to see that the proper spirit--a spirit
Of fraernal kindness, Of conciliation and
affection is adopted by SO large por-
tion of my fellow citizens Of the State to
which belonged.


ADVICE TO THE pHILADELPuIANs.


bsve asked them also, in return for
performing my duty on this occasion that,
when they have arrived at home, they
will actin the spirit, and manifest their
devotion to the Union, above all other in
terests and all other sentiments, by speak
ing for the Union, by voting for the In
ion, and ifit shall be demanded. by lending
and even giving their money for the Un-
ion, and fighting in the last resort for the
Union--taking care always that speak
ing goes before voting, voting goes before
giving money. and all 60 before a battle
which should regard as hazardous and
dangerous and therefore the last, as it
would be the most painful measure to be
resorted TO for the salvation of the Union,


HOPE Fok sERENER DAYS.


This is the spirit in which 1 have de-
termlDed myself to come up to this great
question and pass through it. as sin
cerely believe we shall pass through it
for although this great cont oversy has
not been already settled, | DO not, there
fore, any the less calculate upon and nope
and expect that it will be peacefully set.
tied and settled for the Union. l have
not been so rash as 10 expect that in the
sixty days which have been allowed us
since the meeting Of Congress-and |
will be frank, sir, IN saying that have
not expected that III ninety days, which
are allowed to this term Of Congress, this
great controversy would certainly be ad.
justed. peace restored. and the Union
firmly established.


THE DARK DAYS OF THE REPI BLIC.


know, sir, that these sixty days or
ninety days were fixed for definite objects
and purposes. by that portion of my fel-
citizens who have thought it would
consult the interests of the States to which
they belonged, to dissvere the Union. |
have not expected that reason and judg-
ment would come back to the people and
become 80 pervading, so universal in that
lime, as that thev would appreciate the
danger and be able to agree on the reme-
dies, Still | have been willing that it
should be tried though unsu' cessful
But my confidence has remained the same
for the simple reason that as have not
believed that the passion and frenzy oi
the hour could overlurn this great fabric
Of constitutional liberty, this empire. il
ninety days; so ! have felt that there
would be time. even after the expiration
OF the ninety days, for the restoration o.
all that has been lost and for the re.es
tablishment of all that was in danger.
SURVEY OF INTERESTS.


| A great many various interests anC
) elements were brought into conflict by
his sudden crisis. There were a grea
; many personal ambitions and grea
many sectional interests; and it would b'
strange if they would all be Accommodated
arranged and made harmonious, So as tc
admit and give full effect to one of lh'
profoundcst, strongest, and most enduring
sentiments or passions for the Unitet
3 States; tfat of devotion to the Union
3 These, whether you call them secession
or revolution on the one SIDE, or coercion
or defiance on the other, are all 10 subsid
/, and pass away before the Union is to be
e come tie grand absorbing object Of 10
: terest, affection and duty upon the par
. of the citizens Ct the United States.
: POLITICIANS IN DANGER.


: A great many partisan interests are t
. : be suppressed. such as the partisan in
terests expressed by the Charleston Plat
form, the Baltimore Platform and tn