Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1861 — Page 2

kc. I take It theame -ale or principle of law will apply to tho Federal Government owning property iu the States. The Federal Government only holds by express grant from the State; it haa no constitutional sovereignty in a State, kc. as betöre shown. Thus much air, far the authorities Geutiemen may talk of triitors and treason to their heart's content .but uk them to meet the authorities and overthrow Ikid first. When yoa talk about coercing fifteen Southern States or fifteen N orthern State of this confed eracy, you slight as well Ulk about darning eracy, you Might as well Ulk Rbout darning up the Miaaiasii.pl rirer and turning its waters toward the Rocky Mountains The race from which we o mmm ,vm.rl For two thousand vearstbe history of the world records no instauce where the Anglo Saxon race, or the people from which thev sprung, was ever contiuered. When vou attenm. 1t ' Northern power to compel the southern ne mle of this couutn to remain sub--rW and htfuffl vassals to them, a foreign -er whet that dav comes, and in the name of Heaven I mist the time will never come, when : rother has got to point die sword at brother's breast; has oi to spill brother's blood; has ever y A to be colled out under the military despotism and dictatorship which is proposed to be given by s bill of this House, to the Governor, and it shall !e executed by the slaves of the Kxecutive of tins State, and we compelled to march across vouder rive- to take the blood of our brothers 'upoa that soil, I pray that Ood Almighty may. b his providence and merer, send an earthquake to sink the whale United States in one common grave. Ask me and the people of Indiana to croee that river to fight our brethren and frieuils? Why, vou may tell me. as gentlemen have, it would be the death knell to slavery for them to resist. God forbid that my heart should ever contain sent' itent so outrageous to humanity, so a : t t evervthins virtuous and hon r.ible, as to ever hope that the negroes of the South should , against the brothers. and daughters of the ! of the North should seek j ns up m insurrection a .mothers, fathers, sisters authern Sfc.tis. that we to coerce Uiem by any such infamous course ot conduct. Mr. Fraer interrupting) I appeal to the gen Üenaan whe" h-?r I said any such tiling. I said nothing abot t negro insurrections. Mr HeflKn Some gentleman upon the floor and if I should take j iutde sucii relerence t.. U.A mv not I could tell who. I am ooIt patting in Republican aasertioni. While thegentleman LcXlmv attention to this matter J f will rer E pother ' In his remarks he spoke I I believe soimHluns,- about sUmhi: tliousands ot sErrTO m. I don't j i know wheth. my fr.eod bettered his ease by die ; s,nule or not yet I dgrh f"" j Hl1 tleunn had jiu: been eatang cheese . Thfgen tea "V J. ha9 frümf ?'Uh,Ärftei where I had the honor of being born, tuough 1 could not Hp that matter anv better than the uiu inn. u-ij i t -entlenifu from Kosciusko i e :arr- i' uii'i nt-ic ' . with priuciplc diametrically opposed to each other. As lie went back and dug up the past historv of t!ie Democratic party. I asked him what were th? principles of the Republican party in 1549? H i.uid he would come to that after awhile; and, bless me, he haa never g jt there yet. Mr. Frasinr (interrupting) The gentleman must be mistaken about my reply, for the Repub lican party hi.d no existence in l?4y. Woulu roJirhadno existence' Jir. nenraH- n oi , oou u

vou, subject to the use or right of way,

now. 1 he simtieman irom roaer, air. Kamerun, , , , "ays he speak for the poor white man. I am I itlemen saywe have no object.ons to the glad among -,be multitude on this floor, belong ",3 rinterrupting.)-When the gen,ng to that party, there is one can spk lor I coiiiltce' would bring in a Üewh.te man. For twen y-fave yeara our e r recomniendin;r the rc enactment of ,he

Have been mica witn cnes oi conimiserauoii ior tne . black man. Go to the streets of your own Indianapolis, of Chicago, Philadelphia or New York, n the depth of winter, and see the poor white iiildren thers shivering and starving, yes, and -tailing a miserable pittance, that the officer- m iv lock them up in the tombs of New York, that they may get a shelter and something to eat. So it is that thousands upon thousands in our own cities pine in ant, misery and wreiehedne-s. 8r, go to bit own town and see there what I hare seen. When in the depths of mid winter Um factories s ere frozen up or closed and no work to do. you miht see the child from eight to fourteen upon the streets begging for work, that lie might earn enough to keep body and soul together. The;- 'vere white orphan children; the ;ones of their parents rested in the bosom of the .old earth and there was none to look after them. Toil on, little white slave, we care not for you, was n effect the antwer of the Republican Pharisee to 'he poor child 5ot a penny con you get from us; we care not for your wants, your wrong-.; you iic white, we know you not. Away down South, on Mississippi's bottoms or Georgia's sands, is a 'ung heeled, thick liped, wooly headed black .i-e: rhere is where our philantiir-;y exteiio-; there is where we turn our eyes in holy horror und bewail the fate of acut! er r.i e who are not of ui. I hope the gentleman from i'orter will continue on in this noble work. Raise up the poor white man; elevate him- in the cafe, of being and you will do well. What matters it to us what becomes of the negro, so Indiana's soil is not cursed by their presence. I tell gentlemen. uJre w of j.ar.r own affairs, let your neighbor's alone and you will avoid great trouble. The gentleman from Henry 'Mr. Hendry says this minority report is the Breckinridge platform, with a slave code attached. I believe the Breckinridge platform to be nothing more nor less than the Constitution of the country. I believe, as a free man, that tbe territory purchased by the common blood, or by the common treasure of this oo on try, equally belongs to all ; that I, sir, or you, who sit in that chair, owning slaves in another State, have the same right to go to Ne'oraska, or Arironia, or Jefferson, with our prop . :y . as tbe gentleman from Henry to take his horse er cow. Slaves are recognized as property by the Constitution of the United States; but -hea the people of a Territory hold a couven t.on to form a slate Constitution, then that sovereignty which is in tbe people comes into action, ,od a they say exclude slavery, so it should tie ; if they pro tec. and regulate it, it is their own basasMsa, and none of ours. This I say as a lawyer. Mr. Bundy (interrupting) I would like to know if hoMSstgÜMM views tbe gentleman voted for Stephen A. Douglas ? Mr. Heffren I will an. wer the gentleman. In response to the question I will speak about the itermbficaii party by way of answer. If I remember right, in 1856 there was a convention met in Philadelphia which nominated John C. Fremont for tie Presiden t. I understand th-y wer half Abolitionist, bot I do not propose to '-all them so, because there are gentleman on this floor who take it rather hard, although I think it rests as well oa their stomachs as it does to call some traitor our side. I will give them the benefit of thi! pre-umptien of innocence until they are proven guiltv. But there was a convention which noninated Mr. Fremont for the Presi deary. I believe the President of that conven tion was a gertleraan. I voted for yesterday for Commissioner the first time I ever voted tor a Republican in my life, Henrr 8. Lane, the present United (states Senator elect. I believe there, was another man, called Joshua R. G-d-ttagt. an old black hearted Abolitionist frcm Ohio I belie-- he was in that convention ; I ielieve this same Giddings was chairman of the Committee on Resolution of the convention; 1 believe that committee reported a certain series of resolutions which went forth to the world, and upon them this same Republican party made the 6ght of 106, contending that Congreis has sov ereign power over the Territories, and it was both the right and doty of Congress to prohibit therein those twin-relica of barbarism, slavery and polyg amv. Gentlemen say we on our part have obanour pnution Governor Morton savs so. rell, sir, the meanest man of the Revolution i Benedict Arnold, and the meanest ami most oespicable Republicans to dav are those who ue sorted the oki flag of Democracy and turned traitor to its principles. You say, stand by the 'loctrhsss of the Fathers, and advocate the same principles they d d '. Let us see. In the Decla ratkm of Independence is a clause which says : ' Ali Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." Let us illustrate this point. The gentleman from Henry and I set out with our oods and chattels, and as "west ward the star of empire takea its way," we wend our way over hil . and dale, across rale and moun tain, an we go. We come within oe foot of the line which divides the State of Iowa from Nebraska, and I stand, a free man. with the flag of my countrv waving over me ; I am am an equal with the gentUmen from Henry or from Porter free men, with tlie right to jru to the ballot-box and say whether we want slavery or not. When momin? s sun rises in the east anu a halo of gtory, gilding church he and I get up, take one step , we -tand in the Territory of the United called Nebraska. Is the gentleman from Henrr, are rou und I, free? Xo. Congress has sovereign power over the Terriuries, and it is tks sda saad dntr to ore vide rule-' for our gov One fatal map and we have to be gov bv Coneress. thousand mile off, and bv man who never et their foot npon the Territory Xow, tell sse I bave not pot the risht to regelate mv own allan in mv own wav. and sav whether I want slavery or not. Thouirh a frae man here. I sou there a slave or Mm serf of despots and tvrants W I wifl step back again, and had I the power to ii T31 io 'n t. ..i. r u,....

Vernon the dust of tbe Father of his countrv, I h rooe upon the ground of newly -discovered would bring him here to dav. Call from the evidence. 1 don t mean we have 'liseavodanyMdaoflontkrello Thomas JefTersi-n; call. lohn 1 "f ,n,th RePubl,can P"1?'. sceP on

, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams, and all the patriot sites of tlie revolution Under these doctrines of thi Republican party we arc all equnls here in Iowa. But come Washington, Adiims, Hancock, take one step, one

fatal step, and you pass from freedom to slavery. I bosom throbs a Democratic he irt is upon it. But I The advocates of the Chicago platform say in ef- ! ask, gentlemen why they will not come up and feet what matten st to ns, George Washington, if go hand and hand with us to save our common for seven long veais too followed your country's country? Is it possible that while some of those blood stained tag? What matten it if tou were soldieis who fought the battles of American libwith the army hi tbe woods at Valley Forge in ertr are still living, and their gray tiairs still float 1777, where they cowld hare been tracked bv the in the breexe as they pass along the highway; blood from their frozen foot? What matters it if while some old men who fought in the war of the

you were found upon vour knee by the wav-si'.e offering up a prayer to Almighty Gd tor Hy protection to your army 7 What mutters it,

I Dornas Jefferson, 11 je gave us toai worn rtai i ! Declaration of Independence? What in dters it to you Samuel Adam and John Hancock, than I whom the King of (treat Britain would not par don. thouirh lie would everv relel but vou. if tou take nesiop i ntber vou are denied the priv- I llere of IreemenT !- such a principle as th:s pa trioticT Is it with the spirit of an American free man: bir. i did vote tor oiejaien a. uougias. i voted for him because 1 believed in the abstract principle of the right of die people wherever they principle i unngmui uie,. -unv. ? bete lay what they want, ami what tuey do not want. And I voted for h in for a turther i eason: I wanted to be.it Abraham L;ucolu. and I thought he was the best tnau 1 could cast my vote for to accomplish it, but 1 didn't do it then, Laughter. I hope the gentleman is satisfied with my answer. w hey ulk shout the Crittenden proposition. showerel down abuse upen Mr. DoMglas. " Hed him Stephen Arnold because you raid he tore down the Missouri compromise line. Free dom was forever secured north of it, and slavery tolerated by implication. You denounced his acts and the Democrats in no metsured terms, and in vour platform of that and succeding years, you said you went in for the restoration of the Mis souri line; but when we propose hy a C'Jtisfitu t onal enactment to make that compromise valid and landing, how do you meet us? ! you com' back Hke the prodigal son, who has strayed away and fed uMn husks, and meet us like a father would a son? Oh, no. you say we were willing for it for twenty four years, but now we won't do that which we know to be right, what we were in favor of. because we have the power and will u-e it to the fullest extent. Mi. Bundy, (Interrupting.) I ask the gentleman if the Democratic party is in favor of the !.-' ration of the Missouri compromise lii.C' Mr. Heffren Sir, I answer that I believe the Democratic party is in favor of anythmgre.iM.il . ri?ht -Jus aDl J? t0 save.,h' o:.nnd U' Constitution. And m connection with that I win say, nowever nitter a pin u mn oe tor me io swallow, that love of country which I have, and that patriotism which beats in the breast of every Democrat, will cause him to close his eyes and swallow k, to save our liberty, the Constitution, and the Union, tlmt mankind comiug after us may !y heritage worthy of the name of freemen " 111 "r 'vcpuoiin menu ae.m muc.. upon the altar of their countnnee as much ot private of. J f,1 . , ,j ' . .- , back, told tout arms across your ly tand by the Ch'cago platform let the Union P h7et the Constiturion be trampled under ,et ibertv flee from the place it once knew, ruther than meet in the spirit U conciliation and U) f the,e ,ii,10e.? Willem do thLs, or let the spirit of confusion and - ' ' 1 . , . . . ru11, uthec ' f"1 ,.,ct ,1,e countrv tro down with no tar ot Iibertv irltnimerinj in the firmament of Heaven, where the down b trodden and the oppressed of the Old World may turn their eyes, in their honr of tribulation, as a home of refuge? This Crittenden amendment proposes to fax the Missouri compromise line hy Constitutional amendments so that neither Con -grese nor the Territorial Legislature !iall interfere with slavery south of the line, while in a ter torial condition. Gentlemen don't understand it "hew dtey jjt forever puts under the ban of .. , territory south of :i6 demin. ,i: i . i ,,, ,i, ,imi. t would vote lor chat, but I new could vote for 1 : UUI 1 v.U Iii 1 a r ui er, nnv, a .... v-v - a the Crittenden amendments. Did you not say at that time you would not vote for them? Mr. Hetfren I do not know how the gentle.nan understood me. I say it is hard to take. I do not now recollect what I said. Will the gentle man now say that he will vote to extend the iine of 116 deg. 30 min. by Constitutional enactment. Mr. Grcshnm If me Siuth will accept that as a peace measure, and it will bring peace, 1 will do so. Mr. Heffren Are you willing to offer it as a peace-offering? Mr. Gre-ii am I am not particular. Mr. Hetlren Gentlemen say we do not object to the majority report. A great mi.-take, truly. Your rejort pledges the men and means of the State of Indiana to the Federal Government, and vou mean by that nothing more nor less than we will all go and fight the South. Compel, or co erce them is your doctrine, and any resolution or report which recognizes any such right or power we are oppose' to, and never will take part la any attempt to subjugate the Southern jicople. But the gentleman from Henry says we ask the Re publican party to get down upon their knees and beg pardon. I think they ought to recognhw a Higher assillolier Power and get on their knees to Him, instead of getting down to us; for there is great need of it. Mr. Bundy (interrupting) They ask us to get down because we got the victory. Mr. Heffren Aye, sir, they did get their victory in as many ways as a mm ever heard tell of, I reckon. 1 make no objection because they got more votes, but they talk about a majority of the people when the people at the ballot box, by more than a million of votes against them, proclaimed that Lincoln is not their choice. He is a minority President. You flung it in our teeth that Jame Buehnr.an was a minority President; and how js it now? While I would not tear a single wreath from the chanlet that adorns his brow while I hope his Administration will be a eon servative one yet I have no faith in a man who says there is an "irrepressible conflict" existing between the North and the South. And he goe stil! further, and says "a house divided again-t it self can not stand5' all mint become "fn r nil slave." The prairie? and fair fields of In dLina snail be cursed with slavery, or the whole multitude of slaves on the Southern plantations shall be free. He goes another step and says he hates slavery as much as any Abolitionist. Tell me. then, how I can expect conservatism from a man who tilks thus? I believe it was tbe gen tleman from Kosntsko who said we could net even have a flag raising hut what "rq'ial rijhts" of the Statt- had to be dragged in. A ni"-t unfortun ite allusion for that gentleman. His Kxcellency the Governor talked there of treason and traitors; and who were meant by it? Wo understand as well who he meant as though we were told so square toed and flat footed. He meant the Democratic party of the State of Indiana, and there la no use of denying it; and if you call us traitors because we sympathize with our Southern brethren lecanse we have stood up manfully ami nobly for the right if it is because we want to guarantee them the same rights we enjoy ourselves put vour epithets upon us as much as you please You will find "strong arms and In-ave and true hearts beating in the breasts of over an hundred thousand Indianians, that will say, us you march under Abolition banners toward our brothers on the other side of yonder river: "Thus far shall thou go, and no further." Mr. Ncbeker (interrupting) I want to know if he means bv that he will meet the armed forces of the United States? .. Mr "Heffren I mean that, whenever the Pre-i dent of the Unite 1 States of America calls upon the Governor of the State of Indiana for troops to go to the Southern States and irhip those seven States buck into the Union, and force thcin to remain an integral part of the Government I mean that 1 stand where Koscuisko nnd Pula.-ki stood. I will do as Lafayette 'lid; as Steuben and DeK ilh and others did. I will leive my uatie land my hearthstone mv wile and familv and rather be come a private in the Southern nrmy, fighting for equal rights and privileges, rather than lie the Commander-in-Chief of an Abolition armv that would be compelled to go to the South to shed the blood ol tiiose who dare raise their arms tor tree dom and liberty for justice and self-preserva tion. Approbation. Well, sir. one item more, and 1 am done. Con cession must not come from one -i le .-lone. It must not come from one portion of the people alone. It must be a tree will otlenni; Irom both siiles. I do not speik the sentiiueni- ! the Re publican partv, liecause I am not their organ I may. perhaps not suit the weak hacked and weak kneed gent'.emen of the Democrat ; party anon our side ot the question; but trust in bod we have mine of them. We know what our rights are, and knowing them dare maintain them Aie not you upon the other side willing to sacrifice something of your principle- upon thi- question, to save roar eouatry? While I. to-day, h ve been making these remarks, I m v have said (bflUfl in the heat of debate that looks ns though there was nothing ot" conciliation or c on i on sc on our side. Take these resolution- et the voice of the people be heard u;sin them; or, gen tlemen. a still surer mode nnd better w r. of i't ting at it write out your resignations, with ours ! give them to the Governor in a I o l . home ! and appeal to your constituents, to say which is right and which is wrong; ami when y .u c ine I back, if ever vou shou'd. vou will fin 1 the boot upon the other lesr. Instead of vow sixty to our fortv, vou will find our sixtv to vour f rtv. believe vou know md believe it, or else vou would join us in tendering orr resignations to the Gov I ernor. and ba t he people ot linliann, through th ! ballot lx. say what they want and what tin v de sire, the gentleman mm Henry sns we hav ' alretdv had two trials, anil the statute prohibit " from h,Tin ot?: f"" f ! the amc cause. But I believe we have the neht " 'fT-7 " ou.,,...,.-.- am. . US n III W.I J . Whv not accept this Crittenden amendment? Your Governor, I presume.has appointed commis sioners to Wastltngton city. an1 no man in whose

revolution are still here, is it possible, I ask i it possible, that this Government which they helped i i'ie.'i ! their blood md treasure is g .'ng to crumble before the r eves, because a portion of the American people will not meet in a proper spirit of conciliation. I in treat you. my Re pub tw in friends, look to the lamp of liberty which vet burns: I intreat vou to le ive vour Kirtv for

the good of :i common country; 1 ask you in the uame of humanity at large, throughout the length i and breadth of the world, look upon this question as patriots; look upon it as if it were the preser vation ol your own hearth-stone. Has this Government got to crumble to pieces because vou will not meet us in a spirit of compromise.1 Is it to go down? Must everything which an Ameri can holds dear to his heart be lost. Must ttie grave of Washington, the father of his country, lie in another laud and natiou. Must the grave of the immortal author of the Declaration of Independence lie in another country? Must this all lie. ami worse than this, ten thousand times worse, rather than to sein to a compromise in order to save the country : 1 ncsc. it seems to me, are plain, practical questions. Are vou pat riotic enough to meet them? Are you self-sacrificing enough to save your country, to save the Constitution and the Union? I tear not. You may talk about coercion. 'Alien the women of Charleston, as the mothers of the revolution did, have been making lint to put ujhjii the wounds of their brothers, and fathers and sons w', en the die id time comes; it is folly to talk about coercing a people like that. Conquer such a people! No, never. And when yuu cause, as you threaten, a servile insurrection, vou cause the most bloody and terrible war that civilization and C hristianity ever looked upon. I appeal to gentlemen on the other side of the House to let party platforms go their way; let political creeds, nd ideas and notions be buried. Bury the Intenoi at the foot of the tree of liberty, that you may spire the tree itself. Cut it not down. Let its broad branches cover your heads and mine; let it cover not only our heads but our brethren of the Southern States. Cut oft' not a single twig. Laynot the ax to the root to fell that noble tree. Let it stand, and although the storm has passeJ over it many a time before and has broken off the rotten bougjh and lodsened up the earth, its branches have Spread further and further, and to-day. instead of tlih teen, there appears thirty four stars upon the Hag of our country, which floats from its topmost limbs. Sir, shall they remain there? Will any man lay his paricidal hand upon that Bag! Ah' vou tell me now I am changing my tactics. I tell you, as far as that is concerned, I am willing to meet my Southern brethren in the spirit of amity, concord, concession and compromise, believing that if they are met in such a spirit they will respond to our call. I am readyto go to meet them, and I ask you why you are not willing to go with us. At the same time, standing upon the principles of the Declaration of Independe. ", shall one people have the right to dissolve i .ts connection which binds theui to another? I neer can believe in allowing the strong to coerce the week. And were I a Southerner and you undertook your war oi aggression, I would, like one of old. when I took my children to the baptismal font make them swear to hate you, to fight ou, to curse you until you left our soil uncontaniiua' 1 bj your vile presence. Mr. Gresham, i intenuptingly j Do you hold that under the Constitution any State can with drawlrom the Confederacy '. Mr. HefVreu. Perhaps the gentleman did not hear me. I believe the Constttutien to be simply a compact between States, and while I believe it to be the duty of the General Government to pro tect its ow n right.-, I do not believe in its right to say, with the strong arm of power, that you shall do thisor that. I owe my firs? allegiance to Indiana, and when a party in wer will not grant Iiidiaiiiaiis equal rights and privileges which are guaranteed under a common Constitution, but seek to trample them under foot and make us serfs and vasse's of power, I would say draw the sword if necessary and throw ns iy the scabbard and wage a war, long and bloody though it might be, to protect our rights. Ail our Southern friend- have aske 1 w us, that their rights in a common territory should be protected, and if they are but true to themselves they w ill either h ive their rig! us guaranteed by amendments to the Constitution ;md in such a plain m inner none can misunderstand, or else dissolve their connection with a people who will not and do not recognize them as equals. May the strong arm of power-never be wielded over Indianiauand they be told you shall do us we bid because no ire stronger and more powerful. The spirit of liberty revolts at it and each patriot heart would throb with anguish nt the spectacle, and you would find that we, like the worm when it is trodden upon, would endaivor to strike the ag grnssor, and even if necessary give up all for liberty und justice. If we would do this why complain of our Southern brethren fordoing the same thing? Such sir arc my positions', I am willing to take the Crittenden or border State, or any other reasonable proposition to save my country. I want the people to vote upon them, in accordance with the. resolution cd' the minority. I want the convention and commissioners, all as we say iu that report. Are gei.tlemen of the Republican party, ready to co-operate. Are you willing to let the Chicago platform go by for the present? Are you willing to go with us and do all in your pow er to save the Union? Are you willing to sacrifice party upon the altar of your country? Are you willing to concede, conciliate aud compromise? Are you willing to aid iu preserving the greatest and best countrv and Government in the world, to keep it as a home for the oppressed and down trodden of all nations? Will vou do these things, or will your persist in your infatuated course of no compromise, no conce-sion? Will you still hug to your bosoms the partisan dogmas ol old effete platforms, rather than your country's good? If vou will, then farewell to freedom; farewell to trreateness. hanniness aud farewell to oreateness, happiness prosperity; farewell the Union, the Constitution; farewell brotherly love, peace and concord; firewe'.l all that makes us greitand happy; Instead of happy smiling faces; instead of joy and mirth aud hilarity of happiness and content; instead of loving lirothers and sons, wives aud daughters; instead of plenty, and to spare, you will see woe, want and misery, wretchedness and poverty, with its haggard mien. Where now is the happy fireside, the cheerful group, sadness and de-j i ir wilt be pictured; where now industry and em rgy repay the the rain, negligence and indolence, will rule; where now is liberty, there will be slavery. I appeal to you to forget your party ties, let king caucus be banished, let reason aud jus tice resume their sw ay once more and we need not fear. Pause in the name of liberty; pan e in the name of humanity; see whither we arc teudin,:; we are utxui the brink of the precipice: be low us, ar mud us, is he in! the bre iters, dishinu m idly at our feet; one fatal step and we are plutii i n.to tlir. -.l.v' ..r.ool .. .... n-tlk 11 ! iiin r "'v wi ii o . . , oi i i i it .i,ii, lim .in i ls a .widant train of evils. While I should ween to see brother slay brotlier in mortal combat; to see homes deserted, and fields ravaged .towns butne 1. and cities sacked; to see the blood of freemen poured out like water, yet. it Mould be preferable, thau to being slaves of a despotic, dominant party that shows neither justice nor men v. I hope in the kind PVoviden'-e of (fid the terrible catastrophe may be averted; I hope you will act as patri on, au Hovers of y.nir c ..uitry, who to are willing do all in your power for eiviliz ition and liberty, for Christianity and ' free loin. Ponder well in your minds the part you are to act upon the great question. Pause long, 1 pray you. before you attempt by force and arms to coerce the Southern people. You never can conquer them if vou trv. Vou mav cause blood to flow like w ater and enrichen the soil of your country, but remember the"batt!eis not always to the strong." I app.-al to you by all the memories of the past and the hopes of the future; by the natural sense of justice in yuir hearts that throbs for utterance to come to the rescue. A Voice We will after Lincoln is inauguraMr. Ileffern It may bo too late put it not off a single day. Hut if nothing but war and blo.nl, and strife, will settle the matter If yea are determined to force things, let me tell vou now, von will not have a united North, aud (lod forbid that you should. Upon every hill side, and in every vale on the broad prairies and in the vildl of the wilderness, Ibonsnnds and tens of thousands would rise up to meet you and stay your onward march, who would lay down their lives upon the i ktfte Held ere you should, under the black banner ot abolitionism, invade the S nithern Stauto lay waste their village-i and eitle.-, incite their slaves to servile insurrection, and carry devnstation and misery on every hand and you would find foe men worthy of yonr stent, Applame St I take leive of tlie subject and let those who come after me, answer the arguments as becomes them, and not cry treason and traitor at everv breath, because von hive no other way in which to vent your spleen at the Southern people and the Democracy of this House. fyWo find by a circular issued from the office of the Baytinn Emigration Society, that eighty emigrant- have been sent from lioston, and that BOOn seventy five to one hundred more will sail on the 2-'ld of this month. The New Haven cot ony, eighty in number, will leave on the 25th of April. A number of families in Rochester, NewYork, have formed nn emigration club and i re soliciting means to assist them in leaving, the Mayor of tiic city is acting as their treasurer. Iu Ohio quite a numlier of societies are formed to aid the association, and in Canada the feeling among the colored population is favorable for emigration, and they will receive aid from the people to assist them in their efforts. We hope our colored population will make up their minds to accept the terms offered hy this association and seek a homo where they can be by themselves. It is folly to talk of the African race ever being ailmitteil to social or political equality in Indiana, and the sooner thev comireheiid that fact the better for them. Mr. Williams, the agent of the association here, is duly accredited as such.

WEEKLY SENTINEL vi:d.m;oay h hhi ahi i.t, mm !Hr. I. in in's Cakinct. The Cincinnati Gazettr has information from a most reliable source, that 'in Hon. Salmon P.

Cuase has been tendered by Mr. Lincoln tbe po sition of Secretary of the Treasury, which offer ! he holds under advisement. It is further advised that Mr. Chase will probably accept. Our Washington correspondent confirms the statement of the Cincinnati Gazette. Mr. Chase will uke the place. His immediate friends say that he is anxious to becomeoneof Mr. Lincoln's cabinet. Greeley's Compromise. The New York Tribune, of the 29th ult.. contained the following plan for the settlement of our National difficulties : The true compromise for the crisis is to ei y ALL THE NEGBOLS OF THE BORDER STATES, and thus convert them into free States. Who would refuse to be taxed for such a purpose? Nobody irhn h not a fool or a traitor. Such a specimen of the visionary schemes of a class of fanatic- who seem, nt this time, to hold in their hands the destinies of this great nation. It may be a misnomer to call the leaders fanatics, demagogues might be more appropriate. I urrcion. For a while the London Times, not fully comprehending the deen-se ited difficulties that be-et the American Union, loudly claimed in favor of coercing the se eding State- and it advised Pres ident Hi chan an to begin to coerce without delay. As there are many men in this country who place much reliance in the 'Thunderer," it may be well to give the Timet' present opiuion on this subject. In a late hnfrosi ion it says that, if Providence decree that the Union shall hot sur vive the preseut terrible trial "we earnestly pray that the separation maybe an amicable one. Civil war in a flourishing country and among a kindred people can never be contemplated w ithout horror by a nation like ours, and we trust that neither the violence of the people nor the weakness of their leaders bring this calamity on the American Union." The Confederated State of North America. . The Montgomery convention has adopted a provisional government for the Southern K public, nnd unanimously electeJ Hon. Jlfkehso.n Davis, of Mississippi, President, and Hon. AiJEXAM.tR H. Stephens, of Georgia. Vice Pre-i.leiit of the "Confederated States of North America." It is reported that the new Government will have abundant means of supiort. Thus it will be seen that the progress of secession and the lor mntion of a new confedeaacy has leen rapid and determined. If the overtures for compromise are rejected by the dominant party of the North, within three weeks we exjiect to see every Southern State identify itself frith the Southern Republic, and the bonier States that are now labor ing for reconciliation and compromise will in that event be the most decided supporters of the new Government. A Well Deserved Censure. The New Albany Ledger says: In his speech on the occasion of raising a flag over the Statehouse at Indianapolis, Governor Morton said: Let us each one diligently se.m-h our hearts and see if there are any partisan prejiuficas, any party resentments that are imperceptibly and unknown to ourselves, leading us aside from the path of duty, and if we lind them there, pluck them out and hiistily return. The man who uttered these words is the iden tical individual who. ns Chief Magistrate of the State, appointed as Commissioners to Washing ton five ultra and violent members of one party, giving to ueither of the other three parties, representing n hundred and thirty five thousand vot crs, no voice whatever. Such is the difference between the Ceveruoi's profession- and his practice. And yet, if the opponents of Linxoln hint in the most gentle manner, the impolicy of waging a war against their neighbors and countn men of the South until fair and just terms of compromise have been offered, they arc forthwith denounced as "traitors" and sympathizers with "rebels." Who is Iteoponsible The editor of the Journal can congratulate himself on at length reaching that "lower depth" of infamy for which he has been so laboriou-ly striving for years. With an impudence and audacity that would make the "cheek of darkness pule," he labors to shift from his own (dioulders and those of some of his party friends, the respoa sibility of the duel between Messrs. Hi. i fiu.n and Moody. Well may he and they exclaim: "Our resjainsibility is more than we can beir;" but ttds doe- not excuse them from the in famous and base attempt to climb out of it on the shoulders of others, and we say to the editor of that sheet, we are not the goat iu the well, on whose back he is to escape from the tight place iu which he and some of his friends are placed. This community hits not forgotten the rel;sh with which, at the opening of this session of tlie Legislature, he misrepresented its proceedings in order to hold aphis friends there as over aweing anil cowing the Dem oeratic members. Day after day his paper teemed with such at tides, while the Sentinel was either silent, or merely contradicted its falsehoods. A few quotations from these articles may not be amiss to refresh his memory, aud stamp the re sponsibility upon his forehead. The first quotation we make is from the Joitrnof the 10th of January, the day on which the Legislature met, in which, iu his comments on the Democratic Convention, the editor foreshadows the course to be pursue ! by the Republicans in the Legislature, and hisses them on to assail the Democrats as "traitors," "enemies to the couu try." &.c. Listen : " The spirit of the whole affiir was really n hostile to the Union as it is, as any meeting ever held in Alabama or Mississippi. It was, in e sence and i ict, a disunion meeting. There was not a speech from first to hist. Tint did not jus tify the secessionists by pint-ins all the blame of the present crisis upon the North. And tho re-o. lntions. through a statelv parade of platitudes, , c iie.it the falsehood in everv form of verljose maliirnitv. Whatever could lie done to encourage rebellion bv sympathy, bv exculpation, bv accu sations of those who resist it, was fjnjfl bl th meeting. Consequently a Northern Democrat is making himself a traitor to Ins State and the Union for the mere pleasure of being mean and false, when he charges the blame of the nresent crisis noon nnvtliincr but sl.ierv i i . o J It is as real encouragement to treisonas if it took shape in dollars, and bullets, and blue cockade ' Day after day were these ata k- upon Demo erat repeated iu the Journal, and the charge rung ujion them. The object was to incite itparty friends in the Legislature to inst'tute there not onlv a political trraiinv bv virtue of their large majorities in both Houses, but a personal tyranny; not only to vote down nil Democratic proposition as was their right, but also to crush out and d:sgrace the Democratic minoritie- by the effort to eomel them to submit to insult and wrong. Thus the moment tlie Journal h id sue ceded in working its party friends up to the Beraten of assailing the Democratic memlters, it took good care to havethe Republican bullies and loafers around town on hand to applaud the-e ns saults. and it was not amiss in recording the fact From the Journal of the lSth of January we quote: " Ai'PLAt'SK in the LoBBtES Yesterday while Messrs. Craven and Melle were addressing the Senate on the anofttou of Union or disunion, sprung uiMin that body by the report of tlie C mittee on Federal Relations, their patriotic words were several times loudly applauded bv the pe nie who crowded every inch of the floors of the lobbies. The Democratic Senators suggested that the lobbies be cleared, and the Tre-ident warned the crowd to keep order. Democratic spe ike'-s could elicit no applause in uttering their rem irks sympathizing with disumomsts and traitors " No man can be deceived in the meaning of all this The article speaks plainly to M el; ett, Cbavkx k Co. It said: "Oo on, gentlemen, and abuse and insult the Democrats as much as you please; we have t'ae force on hand to support you and crush out the Democrats if they attempt to resent the inults heaped upon them." The hint was not lost. The next paragraph which we shall quote is from the Journal of the 'J.'ld of January, in which the Governor of Indiana so far debased himself

ns to seize upon the occasion of the flag raising Clerk of the Uou.se, went about among the memto act ns an ally of the editor in the peaceable bers, exclaiming: "By God, blood trill come out of work of infusing "pluck" into the Republicans thin.'" plainly demonstrating that the question of to still further insult the Democrats. Said the challenging Mr. Heftren was settled then settled Journal: ; last Friday .betöre ÜtcSentinel had published a word "Governor Morton's speech was frequently rap- I 0n the subject .before Mr.HEr fem had even concluplaudel. It exhibited 'pluck, nnd the ring ol the : , ... . ,. ... true metal about it. It would not. perhaps, have dedbis 8Peech- The eJltor of the JoiimaZ knows been as severe iu some of its expressions, but tor . this. He knows more. He knows that Mr.

,,,e partizan allusions of Messrs. Hendricks and uauiiuouu. 1 i ne paruzan aiiusions oi .Messrs. iilndricks and Hammond" were in favor of comorotnise to save the .Union, and a most happy allusion to that clause of the Constitution guaranteeing the equality of the States! It was such "allusions" that furnished the reason for Governor Moiiton to i.a .:. l.:.. - - : .i :

...s p,uc ovHuocasHiu neu piojjn- ,g against, and bitterly denouncing, the men who ety and decency would have taught a gentleman forced Mr. Moodt iuto the step he has taken. We that the partisan ought to have been blended in repeit( of Jourml k fr,,,,, the patriot. Tnit the programme could not be conversant with all these tacts, and yet with a changed; the Democrats were to be insulted on baseness and nie.nncvs that have no paraliel in nil occasions; and rather than fail in carrying the aImals of infamy, he seeks to escape by shiftout the conspiracy, a falsehood must be invented i mg the responsibility ujMUl our shoulders. The to furnish a shadow of cause for the disreputable ; gailed jade" may well wince. "Our withers and most indecent onslaught. are uwrugf" an"(i wc tell him plainly and cmThe Deal step to urge the Republicans on to phatically. he can not, and he hall not be permitthe work "cut out" for them, was to show that ted to throw upon our hands the rcs;ousibility the Democrats were rather a cowardly set. This j which attaches iu this matter, to his own skirts, would help materially to steady the nerve of the He has browgfct about the State of affairs, of anf altering Republicans. So the Journal gives an gj feelings, and bitter words which have led to ac o.mt of the Dunn and Rist affair, in its issue this unpleasant affair; the extracts we have given of the -JUth January, in which it depicted Mr. J from fcja piper prove it indisputably, leaving no Ri st as being very easily satisfied, and adds: ; room for doubt or dodging, and we me .n that bv

"If Mr. Rust had chosen to press for further sat'ufai tion, he woul I hare not it, w ithout doubt, lot air. Dunn, though unscrupulously jut, is unflinchingly firm." The s imc paper contains a low assault upon Mr. Cobb, of Law rence, and the next paper, Janu try 311, assailed Mr. Conllt in thes ime manner, and denounce I his speech as coutaiuiug ".sympathy for treason." We come now to the Journal of January 31st, which was exceedingly war-like, breathing blood

and thunder in everv line. We are first treated ' ":lve riven eurreney is that the Louisiana authon- . w u . , I ties h nl seized the United States Hospital there, to a "puft of Mr. DkHart s eech. and the ex- j :m( ruth!elv Uime(1 iu two hnuJx !1Iul tiftv crutiatnig manner in which he administered upon j patients out of doors; and thereupon we are tre ited

Messrs. Kay, Comb and om:, w ho fluttered and i squirmed in such a manner as to show "they were hurt in the way they scratched." The next article is headed "lively," and read- thus: Lively. Ve-aterday, while Mr. Wagner was

addressing the Senate im the subject of Fsderal i Oovemment or State authorities. There is no Relation-, he took occasion to denounce the sen I community in this world w here hospitals are more tiuients of Democratic Senator.-., declaring thev ! religiously re-pected. and where the sick and deswere in !.ympalh with traitors, and the utterers eulist a more earnest sympathy than that of such sentiment- were traitors at lie n t and'"1' New Orleans. No such barbarity has been tiaitoi- in fact. This assertion l.ro.e.-ht M-rs. : tt.ou-h: of. and the last place in which it would

Cobb and Rav to their feet, w'.io inouired if he ' w : cr-oiial in what he said. Mr. Wagner repetted his assertion, aud said if it fitted the gentlemen it w as personal, and he was responsible for his sentiments. They disclaimed such sentiments us the'r own. Afterward, iu the exchange of intorronotories, Mr. Kay said the Democrats of die North would stand between the South and Mr. Lincoln and the Republicans, if the incoming Administration attempted to coerce the seceding States. Mr. Wagner denounced this declaration as traitorous, and every man who uttered such a sentiment as a traitor. Mr. Kay did not reseut it further than to say that if what he had said was 1 Oasen, Mr. Lincoln und the Republican party could make the most of it." The spirit of this iucendianj article is too plain to lie misunderstood. It exhibits in a eleir light the outrageous attempt to insult and degrade the Democratic members of the Legislature, even though it was necessary to coin a falsehood for the purpose. The Journal of the next day, February 1, followed up the onslaught in the same belligerent style: A Skveue Drcbtuvg. In the debate yesterday in the Senate, on the proposition to upjtoint comrnissioners to the border State convention, Mr. Mcüett, of Henry, gave Mr. Ray, of Shelby, a most unmerciful scoring. He openly charged him with treason, and caused Mr. Ray to sipiirm under the severe castigation. He pictured him asready to yield his freedom, to surrender his manhood, to spit upon his hearth-Stone, to spurn his home, to desert the section of courntry in which he lived, and march with shouldered Basket, un der the black flag of treason, and meet his friends and fellow citizens, who were loyal to the Constitution aud obedient to the laws, at the point of tlie bayonet. Mr. Ray sprung to his feet several times to explain, but the more he explained the wor-e he made it receiving hot shot, copiously discharged, as long as he continue 1 to make his interruptions. Finally, getting tired of being repeatodly worsted, he subsided into bis coat-collar and cushioned chair, and remained silent until the vote on the projiosition was taken. He was a pitiable looking object, and made his case worse by trying to imkc it letter. The conflict of words was fun to outsiders, but it was death to Ray. We quote now from the Journal of the 2d inst: "The Sentinel of yesterday disclaimed that Mr. Rav was severely handled in the Senate on Wed nesday last bv Mr. Warner. The fact that Mr. Rny squirmed under the castigation re -cive t, and the manner in which the Sentinel attempts to place him in a better position than he already oc cupied, proves that lie severely felt tlie blows that were deilt him. Mr. Raj has been de0 OUIWJ in the Bennte by both Messrs. Wagner nnd Mellett, as a traitor, and it is useless for the Sentinel to denv the fact for the Senator from Shelby." The same paper contained an infamous attack upon Mr. Packard, of tlie House, charging him with saying that if war came he would fie found on the side of the South, and then on this false hood calls him a traitor, and that he has no business in the Legislature, kc. Now the editor of the Journal must h-.ve known that the Democratic members of the Legislature would not quietly ubmit to have such insults flaunted in their faces, unless he proceeded on the hypothesis that they were a set of cowards who would silently swallow insults and injury, an assumption which, we opine, he has found extremely hazardous. Stirring up his party friends by these incendiary appeals and boastful accounts of t'icirown valor, and the cowardice of the Democrats, they went on, at his bidding, heaping insult upon insult until they reached the point where "forbearance ceased to be a virtue," and some of our friends, goaded by these assaults and stinging under these insults, turned upon their assailants. Yet even then the Journal did not lower its braggadocio, warlike tone. In its issue of the Ith in-t., we are told that the Stntinel and Mr. Hi .kkkex " may learn before long tliat they have made a slight mistake in their v ictim (Mr. Moonv;," and add-: "We do not feel impelled sa anything in defense of Mr. Moony, tor he can take cure of himself, and Mr. Hefkuen know s it well enough to avoid experimenting in that direction." Now what does such language mean? Why, clearly that "before long" Mr. Moony would challenge Mr. Heffren. It could have no other meaning. The same number contains the following "plucky" and warlike article: 'There w as a little 'scene in the House on Sat

unlay, created by the 'personal explanation' of I that the story about a conspiracy to tike the CapMr. Fack.ird. of Starke, whose inflammatory na- j hot. and prevent the inauguration of Lincoln, was lure took lire at the allusion to his synqiulhy with the veriest und silliest humbug. The (iovernor Southern aton in ihr-Journal of tliat morning, oj Maryland, who is the man to whom so many an flamed out in a ti erce denunciation of the startling revelations had been made on Uasnoinli member who gave us the statement alut him as has been subpo ned two or three times, at the dea 'liar,' and diver.s other unple isant and offensive maud of ex Gov. L we, to apjie.ir liefore the Sie things. Mr. Feagler, of De Kalb, rose and said cial Committee of Congress, to investigate the that e was the m in who had given the inlortna- matter, but ha- as et utterly fa Ird to attend. tion to the Journal, and that it was true, and he Whether the committee would not prefer that he hurled back the lie to the gentleman from St u ke.' should stay away i a question. The snarsity of There die mallei .stoped for the time, aud for all his t'ort miht e.."-etiie w hole humbug at once. time, we pie.sume, as Mr. Packard did say what: and place him in as ridiculous un attitude as Gen. Was charged, and it cau be proved. He probably Scott occupied before that committie. It rtas does no; waul any further exposure. Mr. b'eigler really laughable to see the old veteran giving in is a quiet, unobtrusive, working member, but he his evidence with all the lowilsll, ctreumlocution is pluck all over, and the way he came back at aud poinpousne-s imaginable; detailing with the Sjtith Carolina gentleman from Starke vaa minuteness what he had done to be in alto-ether more exciting than c !.;,!. ; to ihat recline - for the great conspiracy; and indi idual." I how admirably he had u -!" I of his , . , ,. . 1 forces to meet the eiieuiv, and protect the Capital After writing these nnd other incendiary arti of Union fmm ,he (;oth Vandals ,eidv clcs, stirring up his party fr.enda to assail, vilify, j to pounce down ujioti it! Rut when one of the and insult tlie Democrat.- of the Legislature; after Democratic members of the committee pre--. ! himse lf piling Pelion upon Ossa, in the way of hiln,1" . it tacts or information he had re . , . . gitnlmg this terrible conspiracy, he was unable to t iuntu.g. jcer.ng and sneering at the Democrats Jgjj, 0Hf, It merciv contented Limas cow aids; after exhaustig the English ocabul.uy -di with i ay ing i hat lie was convinced in Ms own for "nluek" words in which to deoict the couraee und that the conspiracy existed. Still further

wlucli to depict tlie courage publicans; now, whet, the ' 5ht to a head, and that "be and valor of the Renubl ' i-cr iiiis oeeu uruuui n . uc.m, u.n. ........ v fore long," which he threatened, has come upon us. the editor of the Joirn would fain skulk from the responsibility which rests upon his shoulders as the !rime moving cause of the diificulties. lie can not, and shall not thus esc ipe. It blood has been, or will be sln-d. in this unfortunate affair, that blood will lie upon his hands, and he w ill find tint it will not out at his bidding. The editor of the Seutitiel has had no hand in bringing on this difficulty. We stand prepared . , , w tiii to prove that betöre Mr. Hkffren hau concluded his speech, Jonathan W.Gobuox, the Republican

Moodt was literally dragooned into sending the

challenge, as the Republican correspondent of the Cill:..n...; (-,,,. ,rnv ..h tho ! i ' "V " i , advice of some of his friends." The editor of the Journal knows, besides, that he himself. I weighed down by the heavy responsibility that a guilty conscience has plainly reminded him rests upon his shoulders, has been warmlv remonstratno system of subterfuge or falsehood shall he escajie from the public pillory in which we have placed him. WjisIi ing jon Correspondence. More RcuitUirnn Canard The Virginia Election and what it means Seward and the Irrepressibles. TV'AsnrcoTOx, t'ebrr.iiry C, 181. T; 'V .'or nf te A !' t ite . uthul: The RepnetlcUn papers. 1 see. still continue their falsehoods. One oi the basest to which thev to quite a pathetic discourse on the crueltv of the hard hearted Secessionists. Now there is not a word of truth in the whole storv. The New Orleans Delta tlius brands the base lie: 'No ( internment hospital, or any other hospi tal in this State, has beeu intorleret with by the 1,0 thought ol i- . ew rle ms. Iheontvltov erunient hospital is the Marine Hospital, and that is now admistered as heretofore by the officers of the Federal Government, without interference or disturb nice on the part of the State. What can bo expected of a party that will thus lend itself, in a time ol such excitement, to still further inflame the public mind, by the propagation of such infamous falsehoods? The result of the Virginia election shows a laruc majority against the immediate Secessionists, and yet there only mf,ce straight out Union men elected. In some of the counties the vote was very close. Petersburg went anti-immediate secession by eleven majority; Alexandia by sixtyeight majority; Clarke county by one hundred and twenty-four, etc. The position of the majority is thus stated by their organ, the Richmond Whin: "We expect to sec elected a vast preponderance of fair-minded, ia lions 1. conservative men; and vet meu who, unless the North will agree to a sjieedy, satisfactory and final adjustment of the issues iu controversy, w ill boldly unfurl the stand aid of resist nice, and resolve to stand or fall out of the Union." As soon as the convention or 1'eice Congress iu .session here decides against the Crittenden proposition, these delegates will be a unit for secession. Nothing less than the Crittenden amendment, or something similar, can keep Virginia and Maryland in the Union. I'e-sendeii, Wade, Hale and other Republican Senators of the "irrepressible'' are very much displeased at Senator Seward's recent speech, and are prewiring to assail his position with all the fury of their "irrepressible" nature. Horace Greeley has already oiiened the battery of the Tribune upon him. It is said that Cameron, Baker, Foster and Dixon, will come to his rescue. What will be the result of this family ipiarrel re mains to be seen. Lincoln, like the jackass between two stacks of hay, don't know which side to incline. One day he is positively quoted as beingforcompromi.se; on the next he is ju-t apositi.ely ijiiote 1 a : iiu-i a'd compromise. His recent appointment of Chase, one of the most ultra of the "irrepressibles" as Secretary- of the Treasury over Cameron, a strong compromise man, s' ows that just now he rather leans to the side of the "irrepressible s" Pn.v. The Virginia Election The Peace Congress The Gorcrnor of Indiana Censured on all sides The alleged Conspiracy against the Capital a farce. Washington. February 8, 1S61. To 4 Editor of the PaL'y Stute Sentinel : The Republicans are getting undeceived very fast as to the result of the Virginia election. At the first blush they thought that Virginia h;ul decided against sc e.vsioii. They have now found out that the onlv issue in the election was be tween those who favored immediate secession and those w ho were willing to make an effort nt compromise first, and if this failed Uten speedy aud pronr i se c--i"ii. The majority of those elected favor the latter policy. Uov. Letcher, who has just arrived here, states positively that nothing le-s than the Crittenden proposition will hold Virgiaia in the Union. Already arc the "irrepressible" Republicans in Congrc-s commencing to sneer at the convention or Peace Congress as a farce, a combination of old fossils and spavined jiolilicians, kc. The re.is in of this is tint thus far it is understood there i.- more conservatism in the convention tli.tn was atiticipite 1; but whatever they may do, if done to be effective. Congress will reject. The irrepressible Republican oliticiaiis here have re solved that there shall be no adjustment, ami unfortunately they have a majority in liotii Houses, or at least sufficient power to reject any fair compromise. 1 can see no hope of an adjustment, hut there are some here more sanguine than 1 am. I shall, however, hope until the last ray recedes: but alas! it i- hoping against hope. The Governor of Indiana is everywhere ex tolled for his wise and uupartisan course, in sending as delegates to the contention uone but rank Black Republican-! Hut few men could turn aside partisan prejudices, or so completely ignore every thing save patriotism as Gov. Morton has dom ! Magnanimous. Morion! look how he rises above pirl . und the little pitiful, spiteful party bins. hen the Union is ai st ike! Ah! how the good iu in must love the Union! Other Governors could hud it iu thc'.r hearts to appoint a Democrat or two as delegates, but his, the prejudiced, narrow minded ami inflated accidtney, who now, in borrowed plumes, struts his "brief liour" in the tiubeniatori.il mansion, is so steeed in bigotry and partv m dice that he could not an point even one Democrat. Hut what more could he expcvU: 1 of a man who was content to play second liddle. in tlo- last e'e tion, on the ground that if he led the ticket defeat would overtake it, and on the promise that alter Line was elected, and promoted to the Senatorship, he would be allowed to wear his old shoes' 1 havasyet to find a man who justifies his course, even his own party friends are silent w hen execrations and censures are heiped upon Iii he.ul. Von will see from Major lleiTCtl's letter that it confirms mv Matement to vou wmie time ago. ll" conspirae evisie.i. mm iiiriuer r'"e bad to admit tliat he had no reliable information on the subject: And this isthedreadtuj conspiracy thai his cost the Government allul conspiracy tli t li is cost the liovern ready a quarter of a million of dollars, anil for no oilier purpose on earth than to ere ite an ex citement, and pander to the morbid passion for notoriety and display ou the part of a fussy old gentleman, who is now the Lieutenant General of the American army. There arc now stationed in the south wing of the Treasury building about eighty U. S. troops, with all their war accoutrements. A sentry, with his musket, keeps guard in front of the rooms. I What a ridiculous farce! There is, and has been. m"v ' 'bepuhlic treasurer probity. or to the peace and quiet ot the cit v. t'uan there is I ol llll inv isjn üf tW T f ,.we great people.'' I'lV

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(OM.Iil VM(1 11 . VAsmsoros,Thnrlay, Ff brusry T. SENATE. Mr. Thompson j re-ented several petitions in favor of the Crittenden nHe also pre-eiited the resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, which his colleague had presenteil during his absence, and said he entirclv di--ented from the views of his colleague. Mr. TenKyck replied, und said he liad no desire to avail himself of his colleague's absence. He contended that the resolutions did not express the calm feeling of the people as showu by the votes of the recent election, but the resolutions sent w ere riish.-i through the Senate of New Jersev w hen four members were sick. Mr. Col lamer presented a petition from the citizens of Vermont, asking Congress to adopt an amenuuieiii to me Uoiistitulion similar to the bonier State proposition. He said he was willing to do all in his power and in Congres, but not anything which was not allowed by the Constitution, which says that Congress ma v propose amend nieuts to be submitted to the States; and further, if the States wanted amendments let them say so by convention, awl Congress must agree. Mr. Cameron presented a petition signed bv five thousand citizens of Philadelphia, represent ing, probably, 30,000 oi 40,000 )eople in favor of the Crittenden and Ih-Jei le-oliiv.n-The 1 'resident's message came up. Mr. Wigfall replied to Johnson. He said the effect of Johnson's first speech indicate in favor of coercion, and it was now too late to denv it. The Senator from Teniies-ee complained that his greit argument has been unanswered, but he (,t igial!) had not heard iiygre.it argument. Mr. Wigfall argued against coercion, and attempting to enforce the laws was coercion and w ar. He said Hei)er was not so slanderous against the South as tlie entiments uttered bv Southern Senators. Air. Wigfall said the South had no desire to make war, but intended to live under such a "oveniment as it saw tit. Six Slate, had revoked the treaty called the Constitution, though thei might be willing to make another. He claimed tli.it the South had a mine of weilth iu cotton, and pictured the destruction of Northern com' merce. If the porta of the South are blockaded a vessel would lie fired into if it carried the flag of thirty-three States into a port w here thev have plucked the stars from it. The subject was postponed till Monday. Adjourned. HOUSE. The galleries of the House were densely crowded to day. Amonp the specUtors were the commissioners of the Peace Convenv en tion. A sound like the reverberating of cannon startled almost every body. The members rushed to their feet and the ladies lustilv left the galleries. The Speaker quieted thsir "fears bv saying that something had fallen on the roof It was subsequently found that the wind had blown down a small derrick. The reKrt of tlie Committee of Thirty -three was takeu up. Mr. Corwin gare notice that he should move to close the debate a week from Friday. Mr. Davis of Maryland took the floor. He said six State had rebelled against the supreme law of the land, assuming independent powers, seizing ship- aud insulting the national flag. He referred to the supplying of arms by a cabinet minister to those about to make war, to commissioners wan dering from State to State flagrantly violating the Constitution, stirring up rebellionand a cab inet minister, w hile holding his commission and bound by oath to support the Constitution, going himself from one State to another organizing another part of the scheme of rebellion. We have seen the President neglecting the warnings of the great military officers of the age, allowing the forts to be taken, and subsequently seen him making bargains for peace with disuniouists un til he shall be relieved from the responsibility, instead of defending i- vindicating the public honor. He considered the President incapable of tilling his position. The Constitution aud laws must be enforced, and those who stand across the path of enforcement must either destroy the power of the (loi ernmciit or it will destroy tliem. Applause.J Revenues may he collected ou shipboard and the laws of commerce be enforcedly not allow ing ve-els to pass out without Government papers. Postal facilities he lontinuedor suppressed according to circumstances. He said he si, ubl speak for Maryland, who has coiili deuce in the strength of the present Government wh ch protects her. Mr. Kunkel. If you speak for that State I de sire to be heard. Cries of order. Mr. Dais. I decliLe to yield the floor. Mr. Kunke!. Speak for yourself not for Maryland. Mr. Davis continued and sai'i Mary land does not recognize the right of serc-sion or the right to repeal the supreme law of the land. Those who would presume to inaugurate revolution would meet with revolutionary resistance ou the part of Maryland under the stars and stripes. Mr. Sedgwick said so powerless and low the Government has fallen that insignificant Florida was flapping the disunion banner iu the face of the United States, and even a truce had been de dared between this Government and the army of that Slate. He opposed all remedies proposed by the committee; he was opposed to compromise; he would conseut that the slave States go into a separate confederacy, with the full consent of all parties. Mr. Vallandigham offered propositions to amend the Constitution by dividing the United State -into four sections, New England and the middle States forming one, the North-western States another, the Pacific States another, and the South cm States east of the Rio Grande another, to be called respectively the North, the West, the Pacific and the South. A resolution was passed authorizing Lieut. Craven to receive presents from the Spaiii.-li Government. Mr. Sickies said objections being made by Mr. Craig, of North Carolina, to the introduction today gave notice that he should offer resolutions Ctt Monday, calling for inform ition of the Secretary of the Navy whether duties continue to be collected in the jorts of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida. LTEMXC SUSSIOX. Mr. Sickles re-uincJ Sece-.-iun has no war rant in the Co nsti tutu tion. He advocated the Crittenden-H ig !cr proposition and recommitting the question to the people, whom some Repub In ins and Southern ultraists are afraid to trust. '1 he first gun tired for coercion will unite the wind.. South. He appealed in behalf of the border States for constitutional guarantees. Mr. Jenkins favored the proposition of tlie committee. .Mr. Allen rgued asrainst tlie right of secession. Mr. Care, said se esion was black trcisonand he favored an appeal to the people. Adjourned WAaniMiros. Friday, Febmsry 8. BEN A T E. Messrs. Seward and Hale presented petitions Irom citizens of Philadelphia, a-kin;. for the preservation ot the Union and the enforce ment of tlie laws. Mr. lligler pre-enltd a petition in favor of the i ritt len i "C sol 1 1 1 ion s . Mr. Wade asked to take up the resolutions ex tending the time for taking testimony in regard to the patent for MeCormiek s Reqiers. Mr. Kitch had a protest 'gainst the extension of time. He moved tlie resolutions be referred to the Committee on Patents. Mr. Wade argued in favor of the extension of time. A spicy debate sprung up between Douglas ami I essenden. The former charged the latter with indecencv Mr. Fe-e:,.!eii ilelende.l hitn-eit. In such a matter he would put himself on par with Mr Douglas or any other man. HOUSE A bill w.:-pa.-sod for the adjustment of the claim of Puget Sound Agricultural Com pany. Under the treaty of Great Britain It authorizes per- ns rc-idiiig in Washington Territory within one year, to make application for confirms tion for ttie title to lauds demanded by them. The Spctker laid before the House the Presi de.'it's moss.i;;, enclosing the correspondence be tween himself ami Colonel Hayne. Referred to a (elect committee of five, and ordered to be prmted. The report of the Cammittee of Thirty three was re--ume.l. Mr Rolton of Tennessee, protedel against his State being dragged in tho wake of reckless, selfish leaders of cotton Statas. Mr. Kellogg xid his motto was, the Union must and shall be preserved, no matter what a!i indoument of party or platform, so long as there was no ahmdonment of honor, of con science. He argued in favor of the propositions recently hstrodneed by him. Mr. Smith of North Carolina, advocated tlie Crittenden resolutions. i rosrrjM session. Mr. Ci-e of Indiana, spoke against com: ro mise. Adjourned. VTasiiuwitos, Sainrdsr, February 9. SENATE. The Vice President announced that he had received the resolutions of the Democratic State Convention of Ohio. Objections were in n!e to their reception, on the ground that they were not specially addressed to the Senate. After some dis.-u-sion the resolutions w era re ceived. Ave XI, naves 14. Mr Beword presented a petition for the fettle ment of the difficulties of the country. 'so. resolutions of the Legislature of the Statt of New York. Mr Crittenden presented memorials from citizens of Kentucky, in favor of the Crittenden resolutions. Mr. Crittenden treented resolution of the Hi. tit, m-t: tic Sr. ii- i 'on vmition nf I -. ,.i,w-f i.nl

a large number of petitions from ersons in the disastrous sucn a naumiai in snoiior, or instate of Kentucky, II wCtl remonstrating res nnteii .liy affecting the safety or pernfweut a-ainsf anv legislation for extending slavery into imVrtMs ol die people should be delshstately the territory. 1 made and entered upon and of set Hirsr but Mr. TenKvck presented resolutions ot Kepre ' that w.u should lie the incident or acePent at sentative of' the New York I.egislatnre. I tendant on a policy professedly peaceful, and r.

The Indian appropriation bill was then taken up.

rending the debate on amendments, Mr. Grow a report from the Committee of Conference on the deficiency bill, ami said that tbe committee was unable to agree, and asked to be discharged. The committee wn discharged, and Mr. Hair made a motion that the Senate make further aineuUmcuLs, was laiu over. Discussion was then continued on tbe Indian appropriation bill. HOUSE On motion of Mr. Boteler, a resolution was adopted requesting the President to communicate to the House the correspondence between our (Government and that of Peru since 153, on the subject of tree navigation of the Amazon and its tributaries. Mr. Cox offered an amendment to the Senate bill for a temporary government in the Territory of Colorado. It proposes to allow die people to assemble and form tor themselves an organic law and Territorial tnjvernment. to consist of a Leg isluturc. Judicial and Kxecutive Departments, ic. It is substatially the Ij -u-. ul-litule offered in tlie Senate. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Curtis, from the Military Committe -. reported a bill appropriating $1.150 to nay the mu sicians and soldiers for loss of instrumenta clothing in the.r removal from Ft. Moultrie to Fort Sumter. Mr. Thomas objected to its consideration. Mr. Cochrane offered a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform tbe Hows what information had been received by the Department relative to recent alleged seizures of New York vessels at the Port ol Sivannah; and it e zed by whom and a-n what authority. Mr. Branch said he would not object to the resolution if tlie gentleman would amend so as to call lor the inform ition officially received. Mr. Cochrane Certainly. Mr. Pryor suggested that inquiry also be in eluded as to any property beloiigiug to Georgia being arrested or seized by any State or city authorities of New Yoik. Mr Co hr.tneh id no objections, if such information was iu possession of the Treasury Department . The resolution w:.s then amen led Mr. Holtu m objected to its consideration. Mr. Cochrane gave notice that he would again offer it ou Monday. Mr. Hindm in said there was grave criminality in one of the Exc-utive Departments of the Government, and asked leive to öfter a resolution Csr the appointment of a select committee of three, with instructions u inquire whether any officer or officers of any Executive Department have lately been guilty of improper interference with elections pending iu any State, and that the committee bare power to send tor persons and papers, and to report at any time. Objections were made by the Republican side. Mr. Corwin moved to still further postpone Uking a direct vote on the report of the Committee of Thirty three till next Thursday. He believed public sentiment would not be prejudiced. Mr. Burnett thought that action, not speeches, would lie better for the country. Mr. Corwin wa duly impressed with Mr Burnett's suggestion, but thought that the peace conference may .before Thursday , agree oti something, or offer light on the subject, so as to enable the House to come to a better conclusion. Mr. Craig of North Carolina, had no hope from the peace conference, but approved of the postponement. As the Republicans had been so generally heard, those on the other side ought to hare an opportunity to make speeches. Mr. Burnett was jsyrfectly willing to postpone debate until w ithin five minutes of taking the vote. Mr. Corw in said he certainly would not call for the vote until gentlemen on tbe other side could be heard. Mr. Washburne of Illinois, said his rote on the vending questions, would be governed by the condition of public business. If this should be closed up in the mean time, he had no objection-Mr. Craig was willing to vote now. Several gentlemen on his side said that they preferred it. Mr. Corw in remarked that it was far from his intention to do injustice to any gentleman. Mr. Hindman said he had made no speech. He proposed a compromise, viz: To take a rote now. We might thus, he ndded, save the Union. The House postponed the consideration of the report of the committee, after to-day, till Thursday next, and then resume the consideration of the report. Mr. Hutching of Ohio, argued againt compromise. The verdict of the American people had been fairly obtained, and judgment rendered upon it. Mr. Simms of Kentucky, advocated Crittenden's plan of settlement. Mr. Cox of Ohio, replied to some remarks of Mr. Hutching concerning himself, which he characterized as indecent. The renegades and rascals of John Brown had the protecting -gis of the constituents ot his colleague, who was elected because he was more radical than Joshua R. ffiddings. Mr. Hutchinirs responded, saving that Mr. Oox would preserve the Union if he could do so by excitm-; prejudice against the Republican party. Mr. Cox retorted. His colleague was for the Union if there was a power to crush out slavery in the States. He (Cox) w is for tbe Union with out qualification or condition. Alter further remarks the House adjourned. . - li i n;: t on Item. Wajhisgtos, Thursday, February 7. The Senate bill which nacd the House, to day, provides that there shall be uo extension of any patent when the Commissioner iss.tisfaod that the net profits are $100 000, and the Com missioner is authorized to dispense w ith models w hen draw ings will be sulhcieut. 1 he following statement in relation to tlie sur render of the revenue cutter Robert McCUUmnd is derived from an official source: "The cutter is one of the largest and best in the revenue service -just rebuilt and refitted. Her commander was Cant. Bash wood, of Virginia. 'On the lUth ot January . four days after Secre tary Ihx took charge ot the Ireasury Uejartment, he scut Mr. Win. H. Jones to New Orleans aud Mobile, to save, if possible, the cutters on service there. Els mm Or"Capt. Morrison, a Georgian, commanding tbe Lewis Cass, nt Mobile, must have surrendered hex before Mr. Joues arrived. "On the 29th of January, the Secretary received the following dispatch from Mr. Jones: 'New OatXAKS. TUesdav, January 29. To Hon. J. A. fU: 'Sie: Capt. Rash wood has refused positively, ia writing, to obey any instructions of the Department. In this am sure he is sustained by the Collector, aud, I believe, acts by his advice. What must I do? Signed W. H. Joxis. "To this dispatch Secretary Dil immediately returned the following answer: To W. If. Jona, Sett Ortaoas. Sir: Tell Lieut Caldwell to arrest Cr pi Bashwood, assume the command of thi cutter, and obey the orders through you. If Capt. Bushwood, after arrest, undertakes to interfere with the command of the cultei . tell Lieut. Caldwell to consider him as a mutineer, and treat him as such. If any oue attempts to haul down the American 8ag shoot him on the spot. 'Signed Jons A. Dix.' "This dispatch, it is said, must hav e been UK er ceptel both at M .-.:.! New h .eaii. and vithhetd from Mr. Jones; and that tlie conduct of Capt. Badiwood was cons u in matted by the means of a complicity on the part of the telegraph lines with the States of Alabama and Mississippi, which latter State has accepted the cutter." Gov. Letcher, of Virginia, was on the floor of the convention to day, and was greet ed by members from the North and South He expresses the opinion that Virginia will accent no plan of comprunise guaranteeing letlian the Crittenden proposition. ':d adds that tlie v irsruna convention will recommend secession as their ult ; mate action, ui less this complied with. Commissione-s from Ne thie.in have ar rived. The pence conference sdjonrned, after a short session, to visit tbe President. The Commissioner- object to deUyhtr the question on the re'-ot of the i omintttee of Thir-tv-three. to sec wlint the peace conference will do in the mesntiroe The re.sipn.it'on of In-nham has been accepted. Commodore Shubrick will, probsbly, retain his commission. The I'nited Slates stesmer Mohatrk. Andiew Craven commanding, arrived st Havam She w as coaling, and would proceed the following day tor Tortugas ami Petisacols. The CVosasVr was in jort. and would sail in few da vs. The Wyandotte wa expected from Pcnsarola in the cour.se of a week. The Marrdonian was spoken toon the 30th ult., ten miles off Sand Key . bound t Tortagas. W am1 .tos, Friday, February 8. Col. Hayne and Lieut. Hall left this morning for Charleston. They came here together bv agreement, and so return. I he t'o-tm i-ter at .Moiuie leine. to me rootoffice Department that letters pesotng through his office h.ie been violated. The President in a message transmitted to both Houses to-day give the correspondence be tween himself and Col Havne. Much of it has already been published. The following is the Milwta'nce of the concluding part: ('..I Hajne'j letter of January .llM. atter - ng tbe" refusal m surrender Fort Sumter to be the occasion for war. and stating the question to le one of mere property, be says: Tho evj)j of war it re to be encountered, eapaciall' calamities civil war, elevated Stateship wou seem to re-iiiire it should be accepted as the Sm answeralde alternative - :"... ii.

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