~~ ~CB~ TETRSDAY. JAIWAY' 17. 1861 To s "Abirairreifte.-1.:5116 circulation ore? Passe exceeds tho4if any other dail• 6a in Philadelphia, with a single exeepiierildly tisfactory proof of this fact will given to advertisers. Plettro-Pnett FIRST PARR —New Pahlier Letter from Har moot*: Our New York Leine Swath; Pomona riaburg ; The nevolutiondenoe. Pornrre PARR and Political; Legal Intl News; Marine Intent —Foreign, News; Ge* genre. , . • ' V, Scott. What ape Acle more dishonoring has ever been.prO ar .ted than the persistent assaults of the Dise.toniste upon this venerable patriot! (hero is no man living better fitted to dis charge the.delicate duties of his high position than the present Lieutenant General of the United States Army. He is in fact to the United States in the existing emergency what WELLINGTON was to England in the day and hamlet' her travail. A military man all his life, bearing upon his body honorable scars, won in many a brilliant and bloody battle field, he is, nevertheless, opposed to what is popularly called, coercion. All his expressions, all his convereations, - and all of his writings, enable us, with some authority, to make this decla ration. called to Washington, not by the President, but by the act of ex-Secretary of War FLOYD, his whole time since his arrival at the Federal capital has been occupied in attempts to quiet the alarm of the people, and satisfactorily to adjust the troubles that are now upon the Union. At his great age, political ambition can have no influence over his mind. All his aspirations and prayers are for his country. To use his own immortal declaration, he was born when the Constitstion was born, and he does not wish to survive its downfall. And yet while nothing can be laid to his charge looking like an assault upon the institutions of the South—while his only sin has been to see that the laws shall not be violated, and that mo danger shall come to the Republic—he is traduced with a bitterness and malignity by the enemies Of the Republic, such as has never been equalled. Seizing the forts and public property of the country to, which they have no right, which have been ceded and purchased out of the money belonging to the whole people, they yet _have to turn about and to charge him with - attempting to assume a dictatorship, be. cause, in the name of the people, and in the name of the law, ho insists that the pub lic property shall not be sequestrated! What better evidence could be given of utter profligacy and want of honor than these attacks of the Disunionists upon Wrx rzerm Sawn 7 Indeed, their whole programme is one of unrelieved wickedness. Beginning in an inexcusable warfare upon the Govern ment which has protected and nourished them, they haVe proceeded from bad to worse. Their whole edifice rests upon wrong. They must succeed, if they do succeed, by violence and , fraud, and their Government when it is erected, will repose upon repudiation I ingra titude ! and treason! The Demand for the Surrender of Fort Sumpter. There seems to be no limit to the exactions and outrages of the rebellions State of South Carolina. She has by no means been satisfied with formally passing a secession ordinance, for the alleged purpose of withdrawing all allegiance to the Federal Government—not with:et:Midi:* bet utter absence of all legal authUrity to "thus dissever a political bond which elm has no more right to destroy than a her,C•we responsibility, to declare 711114),W;divorot4 from her husbead.She . has , • th a raoaauloirormar. treasonable in their character, and done'iTir her power to precipitate and provoke a des perate and terrible conflict, for which she is but illy prepared. She has captured several of the public forts located near her me tropolis, plundered the public arsenal, taken possession of the valuable Government buildings, upon which millions of treasure had been lavished, seized upon the public funds la the Charleston sub-treasury, arrested uplift- the charge of treason a United States collector, whose only alleged crime was his unwillingness to become a traitor to the Go vernment in whose service he was employed, fired upon a vessel sailing under the flag of the stars and stripes, which undertook to con vey reinforcements and supplies to Major AIiDEASON, and now, as a crowning act of im pertinent and aggressive treason, we are in formed she has sent a commissioner to Wash ington to announce that, if Fort Sumpter is not at once surrendered, she will proceed to attack, and, if possible, to capture It, even though a sacrifice of the lives of thousands of her soldiers would thus be rendered in evitable. It is almost incredible that such an audacious proposition as this could seri ously be made, but it is, nevertheless, in keeping with her whole movement, and it is a remarkable proof of the confidence the Secessionists of South Carolina must feel of securing the aid of nearly the entire South, to sustain them in resisting any and every attempt on the part of the Federal Go. vernment to coerce a seceding State, or to en. force the Federal laws at any point where a State authority has resolved to overthrow and nullify them. The people of the North have, up to this time, constantly evinced an ardent desire to avoid an armed conflict if possible, and such is still, probably, the desire of a large portion of them, but South Carolina seems determined to far transcend the point beyond which forbearance will cease to be a virtue, and the hour appears to be rapidly approach ing when she Will succeed in precipitating the conflict she has so studiously courted. New Territories. Have wo.not acquired three new Territories by the rebellions acts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida? These States did not belong to the original Thirteen, but were admitted, and - Florida purchased, into the Union upon cer tain understood guarantees, at the request of their people in Convention assembled. When, therefore, they propose to go out of the Union, do they not again become the property of the Government? and are they not Territories over which Mr. LINCOLN may appoint Go vernors and other Territorial officers The same reasoning will apply to Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, should they follow the wild lead of the Southern conspirators. Taws is not a political party in existence —not a statesman, not a merchant, or a ma nufacturer—whose interest it is to destroy the 'Union of these States: What better evidence of the truth of this assertion could be found than the ' pitiable condition of those States that have already seceded? One conside ration, which in the existing wildness of cone- Bel and confusion seems to be lost sight of, is, what is to become of the large free-colored population Inithe Southern States should our present troubles not be adjusted ? There can be no doubt that, in the event of the retirement of all the slave States and the formation of a new slave Confederacy, the first act would be to pass laws banishing this portion of their present population from their limits. The only refuge to the free people of color in that event would be to remove to the North and the' Northwest. If they are permitted to re main, then will not our people be forced to expel them too, a duty which, however una voidable and inevitable, might be construed by the civilized world into an act of grossln-, humanity 1 Another Atlantic Telegraph. The Bulletin dea Lois, a Paris journal, puhilailee a decree, signed by the Emperor, approving of a Convention between the Miniatei of the Interior and Messrs. Bowan, Taorraa, and CURTIS, for. laying down a Bulb mewl telegraph between France and the ITniteill States. This will be the third in con templation., The two others are the old At lantic Telegraph from liralentia (Ireland) to Newfoundland, and that from the Faroe Islands, via Iceland and Greenland. . Tis " GIMES LAIFATETTX" BALL.—The desire to;remlnd our readirs that this ball will take plow,e eturting, at the National Guards' Building, Race . street,' below M. Jules M. merlin will, be toor•menager, and Oaptsdn Jos. Areham brat kiadly etiolates as Muter of Ceremonies. ANOIIINkTIONN ?BON VII SUNDAY-130E0M UNION. - WO leant that Rev. Mr. Westbrook, Protean lime, and W. B. Cheney have resigned their o tg. oltd,,Vflotlone to the Amerioan Opisday-Bohoet indAit they pill iettre fToni their rospeo., taus cam as soon as their eneoeinlore shill be ap pointed. o e most re- This .'hen f i s rt t li n. daY 4:1; nen; , ~day °f' l Ain if w e, g e tt p ri ty re c c a in ep h r ti s .. , 4 . Im o: are e khcliotroc3. - brein a , n e il e v r e cw rif o , d n se a: e xeMiding the destinies and promoting enn—xr. the proiterity of our country. Although BENJAMIN FRANIKILS was born in Boston, y e t, as nu.pwrgifited to this city at a very eitzt , --aer and not only resided here ...mg all the years of his active manhood, when he was not obliged by the exigencies of his eventful life to go abroad, but was closely identified with every important movement in our city during the last century, we can justly claim him as a genuine and thorough Phila delphian. As our great representative man upon the page of history, we may well be proud of his deeds and character. It is a , lamentable proof of the undemonstrative character of our people, and of their dispo sition 'to avoid every phase of self-glorifica tion—even that which exhibits itself in the most praiseworthy form, of cherishing the memory and of habitually lauding the deeds of those closely Identified with them who have scaled the pinnacles of well-earned fame—that the birthday of FRANKLIN is suf fered to pass away among us, year after year, with scarcely a single public commemoration of it, save, perhaps, by members of the craft which he honored by his industry and ge nius; although such celebrations have become common in many other sections of the country, and the whole civilized world cheerfully ranks him among the greatest men of modem times. It is only within a very recent period that strangers, or our own citizens, could obtain, without great difficulty, an opportunity of ga zing upon his plain and unostentatious tomb, and if his life had not been illumined by a sin gle event of an extraordinary character to ele vate him in popular opinion above the masses of his fellow.bein go, Philadelphia could scarce ly have been less indifferent to his fame and to the commemoration of his illustrious career. As a writer, sophilosopher, and a profound and sagacious politician, he bad few equals. Blessed with a remarkable degree of practical wisdom and common sense, he united with these plain but useful qualities the talent and ability to exert over his follow-mon a mighty influence, which was invariably wielded for their benefit, and for the promotion of the welfare of his country. His prominent iden tification with the American Revolution was one of the most fortunate circumstances con nected with that mighty struggle. By his re presentations to, and negotiations with, the British Ministry, daring that stormy period, by his commanding Influence at the Court of France, (which was of Inestimable importance in securing for us the material aid that Was absolutely essential to our success,) and by his exertions in the American Congress, prior to the adoption of the Declaration of Inde pendence, and subsequently, he was enabled to render assistance in guiding that terrible conflict to a fortunate issue, which we are too apt to undervalue. At the time of the formation of the Federal Constitution, too, although he had then reached an extreme age, and had long passed the period usually allotted to human existence, his enlarged experience and ardent patriotism enabled him to exercise a most salutary influ ence in restraining the bitterness of the sec tional passions which, even at that early day, raged almost as violently as at the present time ; and to his labors we aro largely indebted for the rescue of our nation, in its infancy, from the anarchy, discord, and connision whfch long threatened it, and for the establish ment of the wise and just form of government under which we have attained such wonderful advancement, and enjoyed so much substantial political liberty and happiness. At a moment like the present, when the most valuable traits of the labors of the sol- WILLpf early days of the Re are ;three - UM net, that we should, if possibl4 seek to become more deeply impressed than over with a fail sense oijtheir wisdom and pa triotism. We should thus endeavor, by a re vival of sacred memories, and a recollection of the common trials, dangers, sufferings, and triumphs of the ancestors of those who, if the present downward course of °Vents is not speedily checked, will become totally estranged from each other, and perhaps mortal, uncom promising, and belligerent enemies, to find something in our ancient traditions to cement and bind ns together. To accomplish such an important end, the example and precepts of FRANKLIN cannot be too freely' and fre quently invoked—particularly on a day like this, when allusions to them aro well-timed and appropriate. The Anti-Coercion Meeting. A large number of our citizens attended the anti-ceercion meeting, held at National Nall ) last evening. Most of them had been attract ed by curiosity, and by a desire to hear the distinguished gentlemen who were announced as speakers—Doilor v is, CRITTENDEN, BRECE MIDGE, BAYAZD, and STOCKTOH—not one of whom, as we predicted yesterday, was pre sent. The tone of the resolutions appears to have been greatly modified since they were first written, and some of those who calculated upon obtaining a straightfor ward endorsement of the Secession move ment, and upon being enabled to extend open and, undisguised aid and comfort to the ene mies of the Government, who have assumed a treasonable attitude, withdrew in diettitit from the whole movement. There is undoubtedly a strong feeling in our city in favor of a peaceable adjustment of the existing difficul ties, if it can be honorably obtained, and this is the only sentiment which was heartily en dorsed last evening by any considerable portion of the audience. Hon. John Mherman. As it is now positively ascertained that Hon. Sisnox P. Cassz will go into Mr. Lis comes Cabinet, a vacancy in the United States Senate will be occasioned, and the Ohio Le gislature, at present in session, will be called upon to till it. A very general disposition is manifested in this quarter, and, indeed, all through Ohio, that Hon. Jowl - &minus should be promoted to this important posi tion. No man has risen more rapidly within a few years in publia esteem than Mr. SLIER. mix. Not yet forty, he has displayed great ability, courage, and industry in the House of Representatives, and in the position of chair man of the Committee of Ways and Means has won the confidence of most men of all parties. He is, besides, a national statesman, and has the nerve to express his sentiments without reference to consequences to himself. Ohio ought to have as experienced and reso lute a man as SHERMAN in the United States Senate. ILLustwavan News ov 211111 WOIMD.—The last number of this English pictorial is enriched with a supplement, containing a biography of Garibaldi, and an admirable, because truthful, portrait, en graved on steel, by D. J. Pound, from a photo graph presented to Mr. White, of Portsmouth, by the Liberator himself. The ?text number wilt be acoompanied by a portrait ofPrinoe Albert. These and each of the preceding 150 portraits may be ob tained, as well as the Illustrated News of the World, from H. A. Brown & 00., 14 Hanover street, Boston, the United States agents. , DE. DOER'S NATiONAL FAST SBRUOIL—The ser• mon preached in Christ ()bun& on the late Fast day, by the Rev. Dr, Dorr, radar of said ohurob, has been published by request of the vestry. It is entitled t , The National Vine," and wt hereby acknowledge its receipt. HARMAN! MiGAZIMS FOR FEBRUARY.—From T. B. Peterson & Brothers, and also from J. B. Lippincott Do., we have the February number of this popular periodical. As usual, it bee three illustrated articles, besides an eocentrio double page engraving, very faithful and amusing, called " Vat Little Daughter." The commencing chap ters of Thaokeray's new story (from Cornhill Magazine)are here, with the quaint Illustration's ; also, several good original stories. Stansas, en titled "The Skaters," are of the namby-pamby order—quite below oritioism. Of two articles here, by Bulwer, the Ars% here oalled "The Haunted and the Haunters," was published about two years ago in Blackwood'a Magazine. We think that his other noyelette, " The Duelists," has also been printed before. .The Bitter's Drawer," always good, is particularly, so this month. We shall pro bably give some entreats to-morrow. VALUABLE PROPERTY BRISTOL TURNPIKE.- Lithographio plans of the valuable tract of land, near Holmetburg, to be told, at publio sale, on Tuesday, 22d lust , may be had at the ¬ion rooms of M. Thomas and Sons. Boiler Explosion-. Seven Lives Lost. Br. Louis, Jan. 16.—The baler in the Davis mills, northern part of Ray county, exploded last Wednesday, instantly killing Henry Thompson, Jesse Higgs, Rambn Tanner, two brother! named *tapes, Mrs. Davis, and a negro man belonging to the latter. elinferd ()orb= nes also seriously in. 4nred, WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE Letter from 64 OCCEtsioutd." Conosoondenoe of The Postal Wasuluarox, January 10, 1860 The smolt of John Buchanan Floyd, the ex- Seetetary of War, delivered at Itlohmond, on Fri day evening last, is oneiof the most extraordinary productions to which the present excitement has given birth. No one can read it without per ceiving not merely the awful weakness of the whole Secession movement, but the inextricable dilemma in which Governor Floyd has involved himself It is known that in this correspondence I have repeatedly taken occasion to defend the ex- Secretary againatlhe attacks of bee enemies ; but I fear when hie relations to the Administration of Mr. Buchanan, in all their varieties, come to be die closed to the publio eye, a great part of the things laid at his door will be established by evidence. In the speech referred to, (which, while at tempting to be an exposh of the Administration policy, In reference to Major Anderson, is in foot the best vindication that Mr. Buchanan could de sire of the recent acts of himself and his Cabinet.) Gov. Floyd states that the instructions of the Se cretary of War " did not authorise Major Ander son to change his position from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumpter." You will remember that the printed reason for Gov. Floyd's resignation as Secretary of War was, because Major Anderson was not rebuked or ordered to return from the position to which he had moved. Nor will it be - believed that Major Anderson Is enabled to show that he absolutely moved from Moultrie to Sump ter under the orders of Gov. Floyd, which orders were not made known to the President until after Gov. Floyd had left his Cabinet) Was there ever a more disastrous and da maging exposure than this? But Governor Floyd, in the speech at Richmond, speaks of General Soott's arrival in Washington. You will perceive that ono of the excuses for dis union at present is the vigilance of Gen. Scott in protecting the public property at this paint, and in antioipating the threats of the conspirators who are gathered here. This is made the text of most of the Virginia denunciations of the Presi dent, and that pompons, empty, blatant, and ut terly useless fixture, Mason, in the Senate, is in the habit of declaiming upon it whenever an op portunity is presented to him. By this hint, too, most of the resolutions of the fire-eaters against the President in both branches have been stimulated. And yet General Scott was ordered to Washing ton by John Buchanan Floyd himself! Re did not object to General Scott's programme, to which he refers, at the time it was stated to him; at least ho did not retire feeling, as he now assumes to feel, when it was made known. And what was this programme of our groat military leader? Let me give Governor Floyd's own words: " Fort Sumpter was to be taken possession of, and Castle Pinckney likewise. Fort Moultrie was to be strengthened. The forts of Georgia wore to be oo copied and held, the forte of Florida and Alabama token possession of and manned, and tho forte of Louisiana ocoupied by troops of the United States. And in addition to this, ehips•of•war and revenue cutters were to be eont to the waters of South Carolina." This plan—made out by General Scott, who had been called to Wash- ington, not by the President, but, I think, events will prove by the voluntary order of the Secretary of War himself—was not objeoted to by Mr. Floyd, although it is true not wholly adopted in Cabinet council, and was resolutely adhered to by General Scott, all the time acting under the immediate eye of the War Department. Am I not right, then, in saying that Governor Ployd'e' speeoh puts him into an inextricable dilemma, while it exposes, at the same time, the awful weakness of the whole Seces sion or Disunion movement? But the worst is to come. Who can doubt, after reading the arraignment of Mr. Buchanan by his fleeing &oratory of War, that the entire donee for retiring from the War Department wee a mem:snort, to avoid being held responelble for the abetractioti of the bonds belonging to the Indian trust fund 1 If Governor Floyd had gone eut of the Oablhet quietly, and had returned to Virginia to await thb investigation now in progress In referenda to this swindle, it had been Mtloh better for himself ; but when ho goes nut there than suspected by the coun try in regard to thin transaction, and attempts to attack the friends of the Union, and to put the Ad ministration in the wrong on the only occasion on which it has attempted to do right within the last three years, it becomes the duty of an independent journalist to speak out, without fear, favor, or affea• tion. OCCASIONAL. 146cr Jag E WS By Telegraph to The Press.- FROM ArAfiItINGTOtT. Special 'Despatches to ''The Press. WAnnsarex, Jan. 16, 1861 General Cameron and Mr. Seward. It la Mated and believed that Mr. Sanwa, has written a deeded letter to Mr. Littcotx, urging him to appoint General OAMBROR a member of hit Cabinet. Mr. SEWARD'S late speech will giVe hift a strong hold upon the conildence of the President Bleat. Lute NeWs from the South: The last intelligence from tho Cotton States is to the effoot that a great Union party it rallying id every one except South Carolina, and in that State the prospeot of an immense debt and of the cer• Min Inability to meet the expense consequent upon her rash experiment, will soon create a large party against the conspirators, Andrew Johnson, of Tennesse. Resolutions have been introduced into the Le gislature of Tennessee asking ANDREW JORNBON to resign his seat on account of his late speech in favor of the Union. It is believed that his answer to this indictment will bo to take the stump at ail early day, and to challenge his adversaries to Meet him face to face. tio mail Ming fan Mote AU ccssfully appeal to the people than Altana* Jona sow. lie will bring tic his ethadird all the old-line Whigs; all the real '.tackson men, and the true friends Of STEPHEN A. Dolmas and Jona 0. BRECKINRIDGE in the late campaign. Arkansas. . - The hesitation of Arkansas is suggestive. Too Paoifio Railroad, now before the Senate, will pass through Arkansas, and the people of that new and flourishing State aro determined to maintain oommunioation with the Paoiflo. Arkansas has a diroot interest, therefore, in preserving the tinfoil at it is. The Vacancy In the dttprelise Mr. IleClTArtAlf will undoubtedly make a 1101121. nation for this iraoahey at an early day. °masa enema memo to have gone under since the Ad ministration has taken the right tack, and Judge BLACK rhea prominently to the outface. should he be nominated he will surely be confirmed. There will likely be another vaosnoy shortly on the Supreme Bench, ac Judge CAMPBELL, of Ala bama, in hie late letter, whilst declaring his at tachment to the Union, indicated hie intention of resigning in case his State withdrew. News from Western Virginia and Mary The seizure of the United States property in the Southern States and the rash and Intemperate counsels of South Carolina aro produoing tremen dous effect in Western Virginia and all through Maryland. A number of the newspapers in both States have declared for the Union, and the Seees sionista are greatly alarmed at the complete revo intim) of public sentiment which is being threat ened there and elsorloherO, Vnited States Senator Cowan. It is understood that the Hon. EDGAR Cowart', the new United States Senator eleot from Pennsyl vania, visited Springfield, Illinois, to see Mr. Lax omit for the purpose of insisting upon the appoint ment of General Gamma to the Cabinet. Hon. Benjamin Fitzpatrick. ;i_This gentleman, one of the United States Sena tore from Alabaman, who intends shortly returning to that State, on account of its recent declaration in favor of immediate mansion, is known bitterly to deplore the indisoreet commis that have hur ried Alabama into the Disunion oolumn. The most unfortunate act of hie life wee when he allowed himself to be controlled by the conspirators into resigning his place as the Democratic , candidate for Via President, and I have every reason to believe that be bitterly regrote having taken that step. Son. E. Joy Morris This distinguished member of the Pennsylvania delegation is using every effort to secure some minable compromise which will restore peace. I understand that he intends offering the following proposition in the House with that view, at an early day : caqms shell make no law respecting persons held to sondee or labor by or under the laws of any State except for the suppression of the African slave trade, and the rendition of fugitives held to service or labor in the States." Alarming Rumor. from 111.5saissuppi. It is positively stated that 00V011101. PETTIS, Of Mississippi, has placed a battery at Vicksburg for the purpose of preventing the passage of steam. boats up and down the Mississippi river. filould this be so, Louisiana herself would revolt from the Secessionists, and the great valley of the North west would bo filled with armed seen. Departure of Lieut. Hall for Charles ton--Fort Sumpter to be Defended. Lieutenant HALL left here today with the in struottons of the Government to Major ANDARSON. Their exact character has not transpired, but it is mart/lined from a reliable source that the troops will not be withdrawn from Fort Sumpter, as was demanded by the Bouth Carolina authorities, and that the poet will be defended. Bach is the pre- sent condition of affairs. New York Postmaster Confirmed. The Senate, in executive section, to-day op firmed the appointment of Mr. TAYLOR, chief clerk of the New York poet Moe, as pootmaster, in the plate of Mr. Dix. THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1861. The President and is The Conetttutton.,o The 0. P. P., being at last without an organ, divides his feelings between denunciations of the British editor of The Conattution and expressions of ecstasy because he is relieved from all responsi• bility for the publications of that dismal news paper. lion. N. P. Banks, of llinesachusetta. A great effort to being made to induce Mr. Mtwara; to call ex-Governor Baas into his Cabi net. Few thugs would have a bettor effect than this, partioularly since the able valedictory mes sage of that intrepid, golf•made etatosman; Lieutenant General Scott. The attacks of the Disunionists upon Lieut. General SCOTT inorease in malignity, but the faot that he was called here by Secretary FLOYD, and that his whole history has been one splendid tri bute to the Union, baffles all these assaults and endears him more than ever to the people. Proposition to Submit the Question of the Public Troubles to the Supreme Court. A distinguished gentleman, now here, proposes that a resolution shall be pegged by Congress, sub mitting all the questions In issue between the North and South to the judgment of the venerable men composing the Supreme Court of the United States. lion. William Medill, of Ohio. The Comptroller of the Treasury, Hon. WILLIAM MEMILL, of Ohio, is, at this moment, ono of the most ardent Union men in Washington, and warmly sustains the new popsy of the Administration. The Proposed Southern Confederacy. Should Louisiana, Georgia, and Texas go out of the Union before tho 4th of March, a grand Con- vention, composod of delegates from all the States, is to be held at Montgomery, Ala , where the plan of the new monarchy is to be laid down, and a new King duly chosen. Col. George P. Kane. This accomplished gentleman, the marshal Of the police of Baltimore, is now in this city, and, I am glad to inform you, states that ho has been unable to disoover any organization in Baltimore looking to interference with the inauguration of Mr. Mucous', and that every precaution has been taken to prevent violence of every Fort. Ile is now counselling with Colonel BenneTT, the efn oient Mayor of this city, and heartily co•oporates with him in all proper efforts to preserve the pub lic peace. Rumored Compromise. At this moment one of the leading Republicans informs me that ho thinks some appointment will be agreed upon within a few days based upon the Crittenden propositions. Judge DOUGLAS is hope ful, and so. I am glad to say, are most of Mr. LIN COLN'S immediate spokesmen and friends. Visits to the President. The President's levee, last night, was orowded and brilliant. The Northern members, Demo cratic and Republican, were there in force, and a few Southern Representatives. Tomorrow morn ing, the entire New York delegation, including all the Democrats and Republicans, intend paying Mr. BUCHANAN a formal visit to assure him of their determination to stand by him in his policy of enforcing the laws to the last. South CatolintOs Ultimatum. The Secessionists in 13 tinth Carolina aro resolved b posh matters t 6 the extreme. The visit of Colonel HAten, their last messenger, who me beaded 'Lannon., was intended to intimidate the President by informing him that, unless the Ame rican flag was removed from Fort Sumpter, and the fort itself surrendered, they would take it at every hazard. They made the same demand of Major ANDERSON, who responded by telling them that he would defend the flag to:the uttermost, and perish before he surrendered the cattle. Ho re ferred them to Washington *here his superiors re side. Mr. Bbcnerron, it is said, received the mes senger with great coldness, and will, today or to morrow, give his dbfinito answer. In a long in terview With a gentleman this morning, he said that he intended to enforce the laws and protect the public property. He seemed to be calm hut resolved, and is especially delighted when Union mon call upon him to assure him of their determi nation to support him in doing right. A Fact to be Remembered and Acted Upon. That all the Southern Union men in Congress and out of it look to the Roptiblioans of the free States to repeal every personalaDerty bill or every Statute that ban be construbd into hostility to the enforcement of the fugitive-stave ant. Sachs con fession as this *chid libuiensaly benefit statesmen like nankin° Ormiinas qf HIM c karejebd, AstinniV Jonsson of Tennessee, Mai. /I. Stnicitaria aocrgia,.Watrax Hor.- DEN of North Carolina, and other patriots of that school. The Speeches of Cox and McClernand Large subscriptions are being made by members of Congress and others, for the purpose of circu lating these able and eloquent arguments in favor of the Union. Re`ports from the Committee of Thirty, The Minority reports are not yet all made from the Oeinalnittee of Thirty.three. Mr. Lova, of Georgia, and Mr. BAIIILTOR, of Texas, unite on tomething like the Crittenden basis. Messrs. Nirtsoio and kanni have stiaii presented their viblvs. kr. Aniis, of Massachusetts, withdraws his assent to the majority report, for the reason that the Southern members hare generally retired from the committee, thereby showing an unwilling ness to accept of anything the North could yield in the way of compromise. The minority report, signed by the Representa• lives from the Paclfio coast, Messrs. BISRCII and STOUT, declares that tbo requisite vote for mud!. tntional amendments by this Congress cannot be had, and sines there is such a contrariety of views and opinions among members of the same party as leave no hope from their action which would meet All demands, they Aro willing to refer the matters of difference between the North and South to the bouros of the Federal power, and to delegates elect ed, with a view direct to their settlement. They concur in many of the measures recommended by the majority, and report a resdution additional to theirs. This rerointion reoeised fourteen voten, while fifteen members voted against it, in commit tee, and proposes to call a National Constitutional Convention. The Secretary of the American Colonization So• olety, in the report road at tie annual meeting, held last night, said that the statement that the Africans taken tram on board the slaver Echo had beet' sold into slavery on the African coast was false. they are now in Liberia, and were well. Mr. Rodman, the chief clerk, has been commie atoned as AeeWant Secretary ad interim, In place of Mr. Clayton retired. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON THE VIEWS OF COL. HAYNE MODERATE. Precipitation to be Stayed A COLLISION TO BE AVOIDED NCR. PIVVOR 2 8 PLAN THE CRITTENDEN-DOUGLAS COMPROMISE MEDIATION Or VIRGINIA, INTER-STATE conflnswarEtts TO BE AY Stay of Hostilities on Both Sides WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.--Col. Rayne, the oormnie eloner from South Carolina, boo, it is understood, moderated his views since his arrival here. He will remain hero for several days longer. The opinion is almost unanimous, in Secession circles, that all collision for the present should bo studi ously avoided. He has been in daily consultation with the leaders of the accession movement, who are opposed to proolpitating hostilities. It is be lieved that a strong representation has within two days past been sent to the authorities of South Carolina, urgitik therm to afford Major Anderson every facility for marketing and other domestic supplies. A plan is now before thP Committee on Federal Relations of the Virginia House of Delegates, in session at Richmond, which is regarded with much interest in political circles here. The idea Originated with Mr. Pryor, of the Federal House of Representatives, and has received the cordial endorsement of Senators Crittenden, Douglas, and Breekinridge, Hon. Wm. C. Rives, and other dis tinguished gentlemen, embracing all shades of Southern and conservative opinion. The plan con slate of a series of resolutions, proposing : First. That there must be some definitive and conclusive settlement of the slavery question be tween the two sections of the country, or a separa tion be inevitable. Second. The Crittenden Compromise, as amend ed by Mr. Douglas, as a basis of fair and honerablo adjustment, the least that Virginia feels she could take as a settlement. Third. The appointment of a commissioner to eaoh State in the Union, representing the notion of Virginia, and inviting a response to the moasuro of conoiliation. Fourth. A strong appeal to the Federal Govern ment to stay its hand and avoid all acts whioh may lead to a collision, pending the mediation of Virginia.. Fifth. An appeal to the seceding States to pre serve their existing status and also abstain from all mate which may precipitate oollisiou. A deepatoh from a dietinguished source in Vir ginia Was received to-day. It says that there is little if any doubt that the plan will pass both Houses of the Legislature. Similar morementa will at me be made in the Legislature!' of Missouri, Booth Carolina, Tonnes• gee, and Hentuoky—arrangements being in pro• greas for that purpose. The Crittenden preposition will probably come up in the Senate tomorrow, on the motion of Mr. Cameron to reconsider the action of tho Senate today. mttni The Echo Africans POINTED SOUTH CAROLINA. Warlike Message of the Cl(Werner Passage of a Stay-Bill, OItaItLF.STON, S C., Jan. DL—Governor Pickens rent a message to the Legislature to-day, advising the raising of two more artillery companies and one more regiment, to eerie three years. Ile ad• vises the permanent garrison of the extensive for tifioations of South Carolina. This may be expen sive, he says, but, considering that we will soon have a Southern Contederaoy, and they will be nooessary to protect the sea coast, we can after wards transfer the troops to the Southern Govern ment. The fanatical excitement of the N9rtheria people shows us that if we oxpeet to preserve pence, we must prepare for war. The Douro of Representatives passed a. bill to stay the collection and prosecution of all debts duo by the citizens of South Carolina to men In the slaveholding States, until after December next. Lieutenant ALM, of Vert Sumpter, reached here this afternoon, being on leave of absenoe to go to hie home, in Virginia, on account of the illness of his sister. ARKANSAS. The Convention Question Submitted to the reople. Mumma, Tennessee, January 18.—The Arkan sas Legislature has unanimously passed a bill sub mittlog the question of a State Convention direotiy to the people, who are to vote on it on the 18th of February. If a majority is found to favor the call ing of a Convention, the Governor is empowered to appoint a day for Its locating. Missouri Legislature—The]Uonveution • • Bill Passed. Sr. Louts, Jan 16 .—Tho Convention bill passed tho Senate last night by a vote of 31 yeas to 2 nays. The bill provides that the voters shall decide at the time of the election of delegates whether the secession ordinance, if passed, shall bo submitted to the people for ratification. The elution for delegates will be hold on the 18th of February, and the Convention will meet on the 28th. Tlie Georgia Convention MILLEDGILVILLIII, Jan. 16.—The Convention me this morning at 10 o'clock Judge Donning was appointed temporary chair man, and George W. Crawford subsrquently elect ed president by acclamation. A. R. Lamar, of Einecogee, was °looted Beare tary. A committee was appointed to wait on Commis. missioners Orr, of south Carolina, and Shorter, of Alabama, and request them to communicate with the Convention, and acoept seats on the floor. The Convention then adjourned till to-Morrow. Virginia Legislature. RICHMOND, Jan. 113 —ln the Virginia Rouse of Assembly to-day the Committee on Federal Rela tions reported resolutions doolaring that it was in expedient that the Federal Government, under the existing circumstances, should Lemke any addition to the Federal forces in Virginia, inaemuoh as it is liable to misconstruction, and tends to create un easiness in the ptiblio mind, and requesting the Governor to obtain immediate information as to the purpose of the General Government with re speed to strengthening the military force in the arsenals, etc., in Virginia. No action taken. The committee was granted leave to sit during the sessions to consider important it-formation re cently received, which is understood to be a basis of adjustment brought forward by Mr. Pryor, which has been approved by loading mon of both parties at Washington. The proceedings in the Senate were unimport ant. Important Naval Orders. THE GULF SQUADRON ORDERED TO THE MISSISSIPP AND kENSACOLA. New °rumens, Jan. 16 --Consul Pickens started for Vera Cruz this morning, bearing important despatches from Washington to the Amerionn oommander of tho squadron. It is rumored that the orders are for the concentration of tho Ameri can fleet at the months of tho Mississippi and Pen• sacola harbor. North Carolina Legislature. Rension, N. 0., Jan. 16.—There bits been no vote yet on the Convention bill in either House. Anti-coercion resolutions passed on second reading in the Bowie last night, and will be considered again to-mOrroiv. They are strong against coercion, and pledge the State to resist any attempt by the Government to coerce a seceding State. Tho Con• ventlon bill is being debated in the House to-night. Proposition to send Commissioners to the Border Slave States LANCASTVE, Pa., Jan. Id —The Express of thin evening contains a long and able communication from Nathaniel Bart, Erg., a prominent citizen of this county, and a Republican In politics, in which he earnestly urges upon our State Legisla ture the policy and duty of an immediate effort to conciliate the border slave States by sending corn. missionera to their respective Legislatures, with powers to pledge Pennsylvaida'a tuil performance of her constitittional dirties towards every State which renders the same In return, in order to counteract the exertions of the Disunion emissaries there to misrepresent us, and to assure them that Pennsylvania is ready to grant them every reason able guarantee against sectional interference, and secure equal rights in the Territories. Mr. Burt's proposition knees with general favor, and tho Express advocates the immediate repeal of the unfriendly legislation complained of, and approves of the proposition. The seceding Mates have sent forth their emissaries to those States to misrepresent the feeling of the North, and why should not Pennsylvania moot them in their own way and face to face? The Express thinks that the repeal of the statute com plained of, with the appointment of commissioners, as suggested by Mr. Burt, if done promptly and with a reasonable show of unanimity, would settle the position of the Border States in favor of main taining the Union, and adds : We are satisfied that it is the desire of a large majority of the people of this county that their representatives should urgo and vote for the repeal of the leglelit• Don referred to, and, if they fail to do so, nothing will save them from finally going under, from the reaction which is sure to follow. Illinois Democratic Convention. SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 16.—The Demooratio State Convention met at the State House this morning. Ninotptbree out of the hundred and two coun ties were reprosented. The proceedings of the Convention were harmonious. Resolutions wore adopted by an almost unani mous vote, declaring that it is the prompting of patriotism and dictate of wisdom to make an earnest effort to save the Union by conciliation and eoncession ; therefore, we are willing to ac cept the amendments to the Constitution proposed in the United Slates Senate by Senator Douglas and Senator Crittenden, and the border State pro position, or any other whereby harmony may be restored between the people of the different sec tions of the country. Therefore, we earnestly entreat the Federal Government and the seceding States to withhold the arm of military power, and on no pretext whatever bring the nation to the horrors.Qf a civil war, until the people can take much notion as the troubles demand We rocognize and doolare it to bo the duty of the Federal Government, through the civil authori ties within the jurisdiction of the States, to enforce all laws passed in pursuance, of the Constitution ; bat we distinotly deny that the Federal Govern ment has a constitutional power to call out the military to execute these laws, except in aid of the civil authorities. We deny the constitutional right of any State to accede from the Uuion, and we aro equally opposed to nullification at the North and secession at the South, as violations of the Conetitution. That in the opinion of thin Convention tho employment of a military force by the Federal Government to coerce into submission the seceding States will in evitably plunge the conhtry in a oivil war, and entirely extinguish all hope for a settlement of the fearful iesues now pending before the country. We recommend the repeal of all personal-liberty bills, and reoommend a National Convention, to be held at Louisville, Ky., on the 12th of Febru ary, to take into consideration the present perilous state of the country, and recommend to the people such just oonoosesions, and such amendments to the Conetitution, as will produce harmony and frater nal feeling throughout the Union, said Convention to consist of one delegate from each Congressional district, and two at large from each of the thirty three States. Wo request that tho Legislatures of the severe States take steps for the holding of State Conven Wm) to carry out the aforesaid recommendations. SIX DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. THE TEUTONIA OFF CAPE RACE. DEATH OF THE RING OF PRUSSIA CONSOLS 0235092.7(9. Sr. Jenne, N. F., Tan. 10.—The steamship Teatonia paned off Cape Raao this afternoon. Bhe left Southampton on tho 7th Inst. The only market reoeived to that of the bth when the Wee of cotton dre reported at 8,000 bake, including 1,000 bake to speculators and for export. The market opened quiet and oloeed steady. TIIE LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET wax stead'', but native. VIE LONDON MONEY MARKET opened dull on thn Eith. Console 923Ger92%" for aooount. . . . The steamer New York arrived at Southampton on the 6th met. short aeon's. The Swift Bourse on Saturday was heavy. PARIS, Sunday.—The Montreur punlishes a decree, modifying the duties on sundry articles ; also, a decree ratting the interest on Treasury bide to 8,3 got treent, respective's. On account of the death of the King of PllMitip the ball at the Tuileries hoe been postponed. Government Drafts Dishonored. MOBILE, Jan. 15 —The oolleotor of tho port has rofused to honor the Federal drafts until orders have been received from tho Governor of Ala bama. Union Meeting at Trenton. TlllllaToN, Jan., 16.—A very large meeting was held last evening to sustain the General Govern ment in its enforcement of the laws, pledging the aid of Now Jersey, with men and means, to put down rebellion. The resolutions adopted recom mended the Legislature to take the necessary notion. Speeches were made by Col. Freese, Dr. Skelton, Mayor Mills, C. W. Jay, and 11. N. (longer. Louisiana Volunteers. . . NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 18 —The State volunteera are daily drilling, and reinforeements ere su;;ound• ing the forte. 36111 CONGIIESS•---SECOND SESSION. WABiIINGTON, Jan. 16, 1881 SENATE. The VICE FRESlDENTpresented a message from the President, answering the Senate resolution of In- Sulu ae to hie appointment of Hon Joseph Holt to per forth the ditties of the office of booretary of War. made vacant by the resignation of Secretary Floyd, He ;Silly sets forth the legal teasons. Mr. RION, of Minneaota, introduced a resolution pro viding for the appointment of a special committee of seven by the Senate, with instruotions to inquire into the expedlenoy of passing a general not for the admis sion of new States, and a readjustment of the limits of California, Minnesota. and Oregon. viz First. The admission or New Mexico, to be bounded north by 37th deg. latitude; east by Teams south by Texas and the Mehloan boundary; *eat by the 114t h deg. of longftude. Second. The mirhission of Kansas, to 'minds the pre sent Territories of Kansas and Utah east of the 140th rev. longitnde, e. small portion of New Mexico north of lati tude 31 dog., and that portion of Nebraska which lies south of latitude 43 deg. Third. An enini gement of the j uriadiot ion of Minna ' sots to embrace the proposed Territory of Daricitah, and the portion of Nebraska lying north of latitude 43 dog. Fourth The enlargement of the Jurisdiction of Oregon, so as to merge and imilude the Territory of Washington. Fifth. The readjustment of the State of California ; so as to include.that portion of Utah and New Mexico lying west of the 114th deg. longitilde. On motion of Mr. BIGL ER, of BannsylVanla, M a. Crit tenden's resolution Was taken us. Mr. LATHAM, of tAllfornta, °ennead the amendment of Mr. Powell. If the amendment is aceepted,the Con stitution wit! be Wended that the ektension of slavery will be forever precluded. We will never get Ciba. He did nut want to take any step which would again preolpitate the question on the A111eT10 , 113001015. They understand the question thoroughly, and if 1, this amend ment should go before them they would never con sent. '1 he CHAIR, ( Mr. toot.) of Vermont, decided that unfinished business (being the ?mato Itailtom billthad ad precedence f of the m special order, being the bill for the mission o Kam Mr. HITLER. of Pennsylvania. moved to postpone all other business to take up Mr. Crittenden's amend ments, Mr. W ADP, of Ohio. called for thejou! and nay The motion 'was agreed to by a vote of 27 yeas to 23 nays, as follows: Ykas—Messrs. Bayard, Benjamin. Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Crittenden. Douglaa. Fitch, Wean, Hemphill. Hunter, Iverson. Johnson (Tenn.), Kennedy, Lane, Mason, Vieholson. Pewee. Polk. Powell, high, Rioe, Saulsbury, Sebeetian. Slidell. Wigfail —27 NAYS—Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham. Cameron, Chandler. Clark, Collamer, Dixon. Doolittle, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot. Foster. Grithes. °win. Hale, Harlan. King, Latham, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade. Wileon-26. • On Mr. Ettniner'e( hlassaohlisetts) motion a vote was . . . taken. On Mr Powell'' amondntent to article first, inserting after the word territory, " now held or hereafter to be abanired " Yens—Metiers Baker, Bayard. Balliamin, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Crittenden. Douglas. Fitoh, Green, Idwin. Hemphill, 33uhter, Iverson. Johnsen (Tenn.), Kennedy, Lane. Meson. Nicholson, Pearce. folk, ?owed, Pugh, Rice, San 'bury, tiebaatian, lelt deil, and VVigfall-29, Nave—Messra...arbhciny. Mayhem. Cameron, Chand ler. Clark. Collemer. Dustin Doolittle lity.kee, Fes sanded, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale. Harlan, King, Latham, Seward Simmons. Sumner, Ten Eyok, Trum bull, Wed°. and Wilson-2i. Mr. SIMMONS, of Rhode Island, add reseed the Senate on the Crittenden resolutions. Be said he had lived under every President, and could feel deeply the pre sent deplorable cond•tion of the country. He did not want Georgia to accede, for Georgia !teethe ashes of one of Rhode Island's tone who fought at Purim !Wings to defend South Carolina. He was a State-rights man as well as a national man. These personal-liberty bills of Massachusetts were, he believed, passed when both brarch ma of the Legislature and the Governor were De moaratio. When the personal-liberty bills were passed, they did notprevent the operations of the Constitution, Thu slavery location belongs to the United States to de cide. It is a me, e matter of moonshine about its be longing to the states Individually. It shows a depraved taste for the Democrats to charge the Republicans with having broken up the Government. His State had never found fault with any of the laws of Georgia affect mg its citizens. Mr. ANTHON Y, of Rhode Island, obtained the floor. He maid we have the fact before us. four states have declared their right to speedo, and have done so, while others refuse to consider the proposed amendment, to the Constitution guarantying their rights. He thnught that the provision making the amendment applicable to all territories which may hereafter be acquired, would be regarded by the North as an inducement to filibus tering and a war with hlexieo We ought not to quarrel about territories whieli we have not. Let us lint settle the difficulty about those we already possess. Let the checkednd have time to cool. Let there be an un evotion to the Union. The Cenator from Dela ware had said that his State was the first to adopt the Federal Constitution, and would be the Met to aban don it. He woilld EMT that his State (Rhode Island) will be the last tti abandon it. Although she deliberated a long time befdre she oath° into the Union, she will be true o the American flag. Though she was apprehen sive lest she was making peculiar sacrifices in Joining her sisters. she has found out that the Union has been all to her glory andgain. The times demand moderation and conoiliation, and the Constitution must be preserved by the same spirit in which it was framed—by mutual forbearance. He who seeks to destroy the Union points the arrow at the heart of the country. Are we not still brother, of the earns household? Our father, together achieved the independence of the countr y and laid the founda tion of our greatness and glory. They created the won derful politteal &intern which is ours to possess, and our privilege anti duty to preserve and proteet. and trans mit to our children. Togetlier we enloi l this privilege —together we meat perform this duty. e did not be lieve that in the madness of popular oily anti delu sion the most benignant government on earth could be broken down. He believed there were no grievances that could not be settled within the Union under the Constitution. here 'were no differences that cannot be atrocab y settled. d ire are approached by the othet side in the spirit of those whom we have MP:weeded, and the fruits of whose labor we have inherited. Yarns st applause in tne galleries.] Mr. COLLAMHR, of Vermont, called for a vote on postponing the Crittenden resolutions, in order to take up and fix a day for the Kansas 1011. The motion was negatived—yeas 25, nays 30—as fol lows: . YXAS—Menars. Anthony, Baker, Dint ham. Cameron, Chandler, Clark, vollamer, Dixon. t oohttle, Durkee, Feasonden. Foot, Fearer. Grimes, Hale, Harlan. King, deward,__Blmmons. Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trurubtill, Wade, Wilkinson, and Wilson-25. NAve—Meters. Bayard, Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Chngman,Crittenden, Douglas, Fitch, Green Gwin, Hemphill, Bunter Iverson, Jonson (Ark.), Johnson (Tehn I. Kennedy , Lem Latham, Mason, Nicholeon, Pearce. Pole, Powell, Pugh, Rice, dauls bury Sebast.an, Slidell. and WlOllll-30. Mr. , BINGHAM, of Minhigan , moved that a vote be taken on Mr. Clark's motion to amend Mr. Crittenden's resolutions. by striking out the preamble and reseln tiops, re Wa the ng n t r h o e v i r a ° l l o k a il e c ' o. the Constitution are ample for the preservation of the Union and the pro tection of all the material interests of the country ; that it needs to be obeyed rather than amended, and an exttmation from the present difficulties can be looked for in the strenuous efforts of the Government to pre serve and protect the nubile property and enforce the laws, rather than in new guarantees for particular in terests. or compromise' or conceaaiona to unrceeenable demands. liesolved, That all attempts to diesolse this Union, or overthrow the Constitution, wits the expectation of constructing it anew, aro dangerolui and illusory. and, In the opinion pf the denote, no reconetruction le prat tioatee_i and. therefore. to the maintenance of the ea iating Union and Constitution ihotild be directed all the energies of the Government. The amendment was agreed to by a veto of 25 yeas to 23 nays, as follows: YEAH—Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer. Dixon. Doolittle. Durkee, Feasenden, Foot, Foster. Grimea, Hale. Harlan, King, Elevard._Stmmons, Sunnier, Ten Eyok. Trumbull. Weds. Wilkinson. and Wilson- 25 . , . , NAYS—Memo. Bayard, Bigler. Bragg, Bright, Cling- Man. Crittenden, Fitch, Crean. Ca, in, Hunter. John son (Tenn.). Kennedy. Lane. Latham, Mron, Nichol son. Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pilo, Bice, tiaulabury, Be taatian-23. A motion was then made lay the aubjeot on the table. Carried. Iir.GWIN. of California moved to take up the Paci fic Railroad bill. . . . . Mr. HUNTER. or 1. minim. said he had no obleotion, if the Senate would allow him to take up the &Moine,' hill to morrow. Mr. G WIN. I have no objeotion. Mr. GOLI.AMER, of Vermont, moved to take up the Karma bill. • • . . The CH A I it elated that the question on taking up the Pardee Railroad bill wile now bolero the Renate. Mr. BIGLER move moved emltive seliatoft. Mr. COLLA hIER that the Ketone bill be taken up, for the purpose of making it the special order for Friday. at one o'clock. Mr. BIULER then withdrew his motion. air. Callamer 's motion was earned. Mr. GWIN moved that the Paoifio Railroad bill be taken no. The CHAIR decided that it wan now before tho Senate. _ . . - Mr. BIGLER moved an executive session. Carried. The Senate then went into executive session, lasting only twenty minutes. . tin the reopening of the doom, Mr. CAMERON, of Pennsylvania, moved a recon sideration of the vote laying the Crittenden resolu tions on the table •, Pending which the Sena'e adjourned at ten minutes mist three. [ln the vote striking out the preamble to the resolu tion of Mr. Crittenden. and substituting Dlr. Clark's amendment, Messrs. Benjamin, Slidell, and Wieldi did not vote. Mr. Cousins came in after the vote was determined, and asked that hie vote Do recorded ] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. COX. of Ohlo,,presented the resolutions missed • by the Legislature of Ohio. extireseave of attnehment to the Union. against the right of secession, declaratory that the laws should be maintained, and against one State intermeddling with the laws of &nether, etc. He said that although the Legislature had not unanimously paused these resolutions, the State had already begun the work of conciliation by giving a vital stab to the personal-liberty bills, and he had been ensured that the work wou'd go on till every obnoxious act of legislation shall be removed Dann her statute-books, and full Jus tine done to all sections. Mr. Cox said the resolutions; held up the hands of the Administration, in enforcing the lows and maintaining the Union. They were the sentiments of Ohio. Mr. DAVIS. of Indiana. Whet aro the resolutions? Mr. COX. Well, sir, they endorsed the speech that I was malang at the time they 'were passing the utile Se • nate. [laughter.] Mr. COX said that he would take the occasion to no tice the perversion of his remarks. and those of Mr MoClernand, by the gentleman from Texas. The latter had predicated his attack on a remark made by a cm totem, I Mr. Vallendighami as to carving our way from the West with the sword. Fvery one knows that my colleague is ROI mat coercion. Yet his remark is the basis of a speech as if he (Mr. Cos) had made unsea sonable threats. What he had said was that the Presi dent was right. 14 e had acted on the defensive. and against aggression, and ho would be sustained. These resolutions sustain him. Mr. CRAWFORD, of Georgia, moved to lay them on the table. Mr. SHERhIAN, of Ohio, urged that they ehoula be rend, and they were read. Mr. COX added that already the Ohio Legislature, n the best feeeing of comity, was at work and doing its zonaln repealing unjust gamedhey have killea the per -liberty bet which he last Senate. Mr. HINDMAN, of Arkansas, put a question to Mr. Cox as to one of the resolutions, and asked in relation to the tight of transit with slaves, whether Ohio pro posed to give that. err. COX. It is not my vrtivinee to answer what they Will do as to that. The resolution referred to is in the !enemies' of the Cohan Galen. Mt. BURNIaTT. Whatarill they doss to the return ine fugitively from juatine Ale COX said that already a bill is introduced to axe mate the Constitution in that respect, and to repeal the obnoxious law. I hope it will pass The resolutions were laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. BRIGGS, of New York, presented memorials nu merously signed by citizens of New York in favor of the prepositions made by the Border State Committee. The House on motion went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and took up the army appropriation hill. Mr. GARNETT, of Virginia. thought the time had come when they should consider the impending dan gers calmly, without passion, The cause of the pre sent crisis is rot the mere election of Lincoln and Hamlin, but the dominion of ono section over another, differing in character, institutions, and race. The Re publican party has steadily advanced till they have gained possession of nearly all the Northern States It controls the pouve now and it cannot be long before it will have entire possession of the Legislative and Ex.- coutive departments, unless there 18 some great change, which is not likely to occur. The Republican party is en anti-slaver. party. Without oppositions to slavery it never melte have come into being, and without this it would dissolve. The party is eminew ly sectional becebse no Southern State could approve or unite with it. The party is made up of Abolitiontsts, with Amei t eens and deserters from the Democratic party. In course of time. the Republicans will have the neoes • wiry two thirds to change the Constitution to the detri ment ot the South, and the deatruotiois of her prosperi ty. Mr. C ahem years ago, mediated the results of the vicious organization of Northern society. The corruption of the Mate and City government of New Yorkwas mentioned by Mr. Garrett , to snow that the natural workings of the Government were based on numerical majorities. 'Rho South cannot expeot the North be abandon ite anti slavery principles, nor can the North expect the South to abandon their views and principles,. Let each section he content to differ from each other, end re member that the only safety in the Union is absolute equality. There can be no great saori 6oe to secure the rights designed by the Constitution. His State, Virgi• ma, would tiredly preserve the Union. Not long since she would have advised her Southern sisters to amulet moderate terms of accommodation. but the rejection of all compromises by the Republicans, and still more their insulting silence. and their determination to rule. even by the sword, have strengthened the convictions oe well-founded apprehensions of danger. Virginia would Join no Border-State confederaoy. but would ally herself with the South ; and as the oldest State, she would be the leader. He argued that to resort to coer cion would put an end to the Union, and apoke confi• dently of the power of. the South to resist her enemies. He advised a negotiation to secure a tome, and then to arrange the terms for an adjustment between the two sections. If peace can be scoured. a reconstruction of the Union is possible. He favored a separation of the Northern and the Southern States, each having its own Government, but both united in onatom-house arrange ments, with an alliance for defensive spureosee against the rest of the world. This would secure all the advan tages without the evils of our present Protein. Mr. 0 URLEY, of Ohio. representing part of email,. nati, said that its oitizene, and those living opposites that city, in Kentucky, lived on terms of the most/ friendly intereourao, and, come what may, they will maintain that condition of affairs. Those whom he re presented were for the Constitution and the Union, and the enforcement of the laws at all he zards, and at any coat. He spoke of the seizure of the United States forts, magazines. eto. and said. to crown eh, the South Carolina autliOn ties tied fired into a vessel In the ser vice of the Unites States, carrying, at the mast-hand. that flag which everywhere is a shield of protection. The South has Insulted and treated NOT thorn men as con quered people. Merchants cif Oinoinnala had been or dered home by parties in Louisiana, for no other reason than that they were In favor of the Presidential candi date of their idiom. We should stop this work of trai tors, and vindicate the laws. MTh° laws mud prevail, and the Government must put the treason down by its Minns arm. Forbearance has crafted to be a virtue. Oa dharaeterized the Southern movement as a cold-blooded rebellion. There was no oause for rebellion Ina Government where the PeOPle make and Control it, therefore rebellion against it wire a high erime—a leap in the dark, and a wild anarchy, whroh, if imeneasful, must end in civil war, and a war with all its consequent desolation. He suggested to the Seeesaioniste whether It would be an act ofpru (Pude for them to stand against the ten millions of free- ' man of the West, where there is gathefing such a storm that if attempt', were m ade to internipt the navi gation of the iltlestainem the now peaceful finindations of New Orleans would become the bed of a lake, where fishes would live instead of men. Mr. MAYNARD, of Tennessee, asked if such note as those to which the gentleman alluded were done in the Union, what would be done if the Union were broken up? .Mr. GURLEY replied that if the Union is broken up there will be war, and the test will he ea to whole the strongest. Did r outhern gentlemen expect the people of the Northwest to fold their hams with indifference. and s e their steamboats fired into and (heir merchants driven home How long were the people of the North- w en to ()minim peaceful under thin state of thinga ? If a bill be passed giving the President authority to accept the aervioes Of volunteers to sustain the Na tional Governmenton could have one hundred thou sand men from the Went alone, and then let the worst come. The people of Ohio have, through their Leek atom, recently.unammously passed resolutions in fa for of maintaining toe Government. Mr, BOI.,MAN, of Indiana, argued against the right of seceastrin. No one would cues ion the right of revo lution for intolerable oppressions, but those did not 'Ault; therefore, if the Government was overturned it would be without any justification or wove°. the people whom t: e Ne r :Vo n a. w Yti l e l y a, Xt rd na r e a l l tyl.rl the it. tie could not. however. despair of the itepublio, and trusted it would continue to endure. Mr. MORCS, of Illinois. said that the treason is against the Constitution ; it has groin! to large propor tions. and Ito heavy footstep' are heard all arounn co. and the most hopeful begin to despair of the Republic. The sooner we make up our minds to resist disunion the better. We should move on with steady nerve and un faltering step in the line ot duty. Such is the verdict of every patriot. The last earns in the Lecomp ton drama has been played out, producing. on one hand, the overthrow of the Demo °ratio party, and on the other the deetruotion of the Government. Who would have cup. need that Mr. Buchanan on his return from his mission to Eng land wouia have become the instrument of the nation's ruin? Nero fiddled while Rome was burning, and Pre sident Buchanan. while the republio is falling into rum. oomplacontly come"' forward and says that he is not responadde for it. But he lMr. hlorrial said with the whole country. as Na, han said to David," Thou art the man." The blackness of darkness will overshadow Buohanan's memory. If there were needed any other ineoriptton on his tomb it should be " God have moray on him." A voice from the Republican aide—'•Amen,!'l ate referred to former remarks to show that his cradle thins have been realized reenacting the breaking-down Of the oemoaraey by an odious Administration. The President had descended from i is high position to ma liciously operate agatuat Mr. Douglas. It had been said by Southerners that President Buchanan in the last of the conatitu.ional Presidents; but it might with more truth be remarked that he is the first of the constitu tional tyrants and usurpers. The President has virtu ally surrendered the Government to the Seceaatoniste, wbo gained Meteor. He travelled with them to the verge of dissolution. but refusing, to take the final lame, they turn their keen blades against him, and he now ones for help, while he preaches like a patriot. but note like a traitor. Deceitful man, be sure that your sine will find you out. In the course of hie remarks, he said that the Admi nistration had lent itself to the Disumonists. who. em boldened by its tiourse, deatto)ed the Demooratio party by baptising it in bloo The Union would have been saved it Mr. Dousing had been eleoted President. The Southern people are alone to blame for the defeat of the Democracy and the election of Mr. Lincoln. The object ion e attained in this was the dismemberment of te Un . 111 r. THOK AS, of Tennewe,obtained the floor, when the committee ruse, and the House sojourned. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. HARRISBURG, Jan. 16, 18d1 SENATE. Senate wan nailed to order by the Clerk, who an nounced the deputing of 0. It Smith as Speaker pro tern for a few days by the Speaker. Prayer by the Hey. Mr. Hay. The SPPAKER laid before the senate the report of the Auditor General on the railroad companies of the Commonwealth. Mr. NICHOLS, a farther irupplement to the act con solidating the city of Philadelphia. Mr. MERRIL. a supple ni er t to the not incorporating the Delaware Turnpike Company. Mr. GREGG an act to meat a boom in the Susque hanna river at Jersey Shore. ORIGINAL RESOLUTIONS Mr. CLYMER offered a resolution, that the Auditor General ho, and in hereby. requested to furnish a state ment of the amount of taxes paid by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, &c,, whioh was twice read and passed. IFIoCLURE offered a resolution appointing an additional page, whioh wan not &greed to. Mr. IRISH asked and obtained leave to read in place an set for the relief of W. R. Al oClintook. BILLS COVIIPSILISD. Tho minden tint to the not incorporating the borough of Birmingham was taken up and passed finally. Mr. YARDLEY moved that the Senate proceed to the eonsideration of the joint resolution relative to the pur chase of a flag for the dome of the Capitol. which was agreed to, and the resolution, as amended, was passed na filly Mr. INIBRIE called up the bill erecting the borough of Georgetown into a separate election district, which wee postponed for the present. Mr. LANDON called up the sot to incorporeal, the Towanda Telegraph Company, 'snook passed finally. Mr. xiaottAm. called up the supplement to the act Incorporating the Wilkesbarre and Scranton Railroad Company which was passed finally. Mr. BENSON called up joint resolution relative to pay D. P. Bemperley for cervices, which passed finady. Mr. BOUND asked for, and obtained leave, to present petitions from Colombia county, ;marina for the repeal of the 96th and 96th sections of the amended penal code. . . on motion of Mr. BLOOD, adJourned HOUSE. The Washington Artilleries, of Pottsville. Captain Nagle, with their band, appeared in the Hall of the House about half put ten. Phe band planed several national airs, which - were rapturously applauded by the large moved present. At eleVen °Voter. Speaker D i,VIEI called the Homer to order. Prayer. Journal teed. The House then resumed the consideration of the special order. being the Senate I Mr. Smith's) regolti- Hone fog the inaintenanoe of the Union. Mr. SHEPPARD, of Philadelphia, having the door. said: At the oommencement of this debate we had three nets of reeolations before us t First. The resolutions reported by the select commit tee of the Senate and adopted by that body. Second. The reSolutioes offered by the gentleman from Philadelphia (Mr. J. nffield), and the resolubene presented be the gentleman from Allegheny (Mt. Wit. hams), which he bad understood were withdrawn. Mr. Speaker, there are portions of the resolutions of the gentleman from Allegheny to which I cannot sub scribe. Then we have the amendment of the gentle man from Philadelphia, which I cannot vote for. There are questions involved therein that are net to be met by means of resolves. lem in favor of grassing resolu tions defining, our position clearly and dispassion ately'. and I desire that we should meet the great emotion with moderation and &Meese. We be lieve—and can ray It with pride—that the people of. great Commonweelth are not a threat ening,iit ar lpe tipiethey have forborne lone and well. still forbearing and generous, but they are tine to the Government under which they and I assert it here, that in no county of this great dime are her citizens more Inyal than are the people of Phila delphia, which I have the honor in part to represent. The gentleman from A llegheny, in his eloquent speech on Monday. has charged her citizens with cowardice. Sir, in Iris remarks he does theta great injustice. Her merchants, her manufaretvers, her mechanics, or any other class of her citizens. would not_ purchase privi leges in trade '• at the urine ot liberty." Mr. WILLIAMS explained that he meant no re fleottone neon Philadelphia Mr bIIEPPARD continued: Het oibgens have n t.ght to petition, and shored not be met with denuncia tion. Allow Me to say, sir. with all deference to the (gentleman making* these declarations, that, in my Judgment. it is unbeceming in a representative from any portion of the State, mush less ot a county that re pudiates the obligations her officers have incurred, and sets at defiance the Sueretne Tribunal of the State, thus to arraign the honest merchants and manatee , tui ers of Philadelphia. Sir, the citizens of Philadek Vila. are true to the best interests of the Stale, and loyal to her constituted mithorities ; they have men mil. • lions upon millions to develnp ear resources and to protect her interests and defend her liberties. And; lir. Philadelphia, with about one-fifth of the popu ation of the Rate has, for a number of yearn, paid Inearly one-half of the expenses of the Slate Govern ment. Her people, her merchants, her menufacturers, her mechanics. whose skill amounts to one hundred and eighty millionsper annum, know full well upon whom. in the event of civil war, the experaeor blood and treaeure would fall. We ere prepared to make conces sions to our brethren. We are prepared to lay aside oar preferences and oar prejudicea_i_but we are not pre pared to sacrifice our principles. We believe that we nave a National Government. and we have a written Constitution, ordained and established, as eat forth in its preemies, by the people ot the United States, in order to a more perfect union, ' ko. 'I he resolutionefor which !shall cast my vote must ex press sentiments r f fraternal regard—for we are breth ren—a desire to cherish the moat fraternal sentiments . • . for our brethren °father nate': and we are ready now. as we have ever been, to co-operate in all measures needful for their welfare. security, and happiness under toe Constitution which makes us one people. And. sir. I be ieve the hearts of the people of this State beat warmly to-day for the patriotic Governor (Bias) of Mary land, and for all Union-loving men of our Motet tates • and. for one. 1 will do all in my power to /ins tilment ; h a n d :gig° Nli as t:to n tgi: . destructive elements Mr. epeaker, shall vote for the amendments as passed bk the Senate. Most heart famous ndorse the extracts from President Jaokaon's proclama tion. ea contained in the third resolution. The Union of these States, founded by the labors and prayers of our ancestors, and cemented With their blood, meet, and I believe will, be maintained, erring as emerman blood flows In American vein'. We will hot inquire, ' What is this Union worth °" Let chose make this inquiry who cannot appreciate its blessings. Solna there be in the North, and in the booth, who would trample it under their feet. But every day twinge additional evidence that the road to dis union is a desert path. produoing nothing but naked and leafless thorns, and they who KO over it will leave behind them a track red with their own sorrow. The people of Philadelphia, and the oitizens - of Pennsyl vania, with but few exceptions. have ever been loyal, and they will ever remain so. Born un der the Union. we have shared its countless blessings, and,, come what may, we mean to lire in it. and by it we will stand until the manhood or our rate shall have departed. and the fires of love of country have died upon the niters of our hearts. . . Mr.heaker, to maintain this Union, I am prepared to pledge to the constituted authorities of the United States the faith, poWer, and resouroes of Penney Iva ma. as expressed in the fourth resolution. believing. as I do, that the General Government should enforce. if necessary, with the whole power of the Union, all its laws passed in pursuance of the provisions of the Con stitution. in the North and in the South, in the East and in the West. without regard to laws passed in contra vention thereof. Mr. Speaker, I will vote for the reso lutions of the Senate, and will oppose any amendments thereto. Mr. RANDALL, of Philadelphia, followed on tho other side, taking high constitutional grounds, and op- Peeing the resolutions of the Senate, en falling slur tin expressing the sentiments - of the great mass of the people of Pennsylvania. • The Constitution of the United States was paramount to all local laws, and it was due to ourselves that all oontl'eting statutes should be at once repealed, Tnere was no concession in doing that which is simply right. Mr. Randall spoke for over to hour, reviewing the various provisions of the Constitution bearing upon the rights of either section of the country, and quoting numerous authorities to show the erroneous views en tertained by the Republican party. and that the power does not exist in the General Government to coerce seceding States. Mr. GORDON followed in an earnest speech on the other side. Without coming to a vote, the Rouse adjourned. SVENING £18111110tt• The House mourned the consideration of the Renate resolutione relative to the Maintenance of the Union. Mr. bORDON concluded hie remarks, denying that an of the laws of rennmlvania are unconstitutional. Mr. BARTHOLOMEW. of Fohuylkill said he was pot one of those who could he classed among the Abo litiomata. Ile was a Republican of the etnetest and as such . he contended that Pennsylvania, would not submit her laws to the dictation or supervision of any other Btate. He argued that every fugitive from labor should have the advantage of the writ ofhabeas corpus. He did notithink that any of our statutes were unfriendly to the Booth. For one, he was in favor of the execu tion of the fugitive-slave law, but he wanted every slave to have a fair hearing. Mr. Bartholomew's wen wee a very able one, and was listened to with marked attention. Mr. ABBOTT followed, canoeing the repeal of any of the statutes of Pennsylvania. He then proceeded to review the slavery quennon with much calmness and dignity of argument. Mr. BYRNE advocated the repeal of the act of Hig, and also the obnoxious sections of the penal code. He was in favoyof the Union, and the whole Union ; but it must be a union of peace and good will. The Rouse then adjourned. Sufferings of the Sioux Indians. FORT lILARNRY, Jan. 18.—Mr. Ifith % the sutler at this post, who 'volunteered his Immo to Col. Miles to bring a delegation of the Indians to hold a council], returned to•day. lie visited the camps of Brul and Ogalala Sioux on the Republican fork, 100 miles southwest from this place, and delivered Col. Miles' message. Ogalala 'being the aggrieved party, replied that he could not come, as their horses were too poor to travel. 11e also said, that they, as well as their horses, were starving ; that they wanted pease, and would come here as soon as they were able. Mr. .111th reports their condition to be most wretched and pitiable—many were dying of meas les, 1118 report has greatly relieved the apprehen sions of the settlers, all of whom unite in returning thanks for hie eervioes. From Indiana. ELECTION OF 11. 8. AVIATOR-RESIGNATION OP OOV. LANE. INDIANSPOLTR, Jan. 18 —Henry S Lane, who was inaugurated as Governor on Monday, was to day elected United States Senator, and has resigned the Gubernatorial chair. 0. P. Morton, the Lieu. tenant-Governor, was then sworn in as Governor. , Resignation of a Naval Officer. Nonromc., Va., Jan. 18.—F. B. Mills. the toes. ter of the U. 5. aloop•of-ear Brootlyn, again tendered his resignation last night to the Navy Department. He le Immediately to proceed to the tieuth. THE CITY. TILE POLITICAL CRISIS. MASS MEETING OF THE ANTI- COERCIONISTS. Cheers for Buchanan, fleott f Douglas, Crittenden, and Andersen, Speeches of Vincent L. Bradford, Charles Maealester, Esq., Hon. Wm. B. Reed, Charles Inger , sol, George M. Wharton, Benjamin H. Brewster, &0., &c. Last evening the greet Anti-eoerolon meeting came off at National Hall. The notoriety givea ter the affair by the newspapers was increased by nu merous anonymous circulars that were distributed throughout the city daring the day, wherein the prominent parties in the movement were irreve rently referred to Monster bills were posted over the city, a copy of which, in bright colors, adorned the stage: "NO CIVIL WAR. JUSTICE TO THE SOUTH. EQUAL EIGHTS IN THE TERRITORIES." Contrary to precormerted intention, a band was stattoned on the platform to play oertain national tunes These were rapturontly cheered. It was evident during the day that the loaders of the meeting had considerably shifted the radi cal ground upon which the meeting was devised. Mr Vandyke withdrew from the affair, as will be r.en by his card, and every effort was made to tem per the character of the gathering to the demands of the audience. It was well that this wee eo; for e great number of " roughs," of all grades, were on hand to frown upon an attempt to openly denounce the Union. The scene almost rivalled that of the great meeting held in the same plane, some weeks before, to sustain the gallant Anderson. The hall was jammed; all the stoles were crowded; one might have walked to the door on a solid floor of heads. Vincent L Bradford appears I at twenty Mi nutes before 8 o'clock to read the list of Moms. Ho prefaced his duty by correcting the " strange misapprehension" of certain newarapers. Be the right of secession denied or admitted, they were on the eve of an alarmbig crisis Four States were wholly absolved from their connection with the Union, and were prepared to defend themselves with arms. Many other States would follow their elaveholding brethren They were in the midst of a revolution, the greatest that had ever startled the world Such arose from not aechrding to the South equal rights. [Applause and hisses ] Four teen States sounded the alarm. The conservative and patriotic citizens of Philadelphia had assem bled to give them all rights. Under the specious , pretext of carrying on the Government, the hor rors of civil war were about to be commenced. Could the Union, or any Republic, be preserved by such monstrous means? The voice of a con servative Democracy would respond, " Never !" The empire of America was peace, not war. For chains and slavery to be fastened on our kindred, the masses would administer a stern rebuke. Concession, not coercion, was necessary. The Crittenden Compromise, not the Wilmot Proviso, was necessary. [Great cheers J After Mr Bradford bad concluded, cheers were given for General Jackson and Major Anderson. Charles Manalester was appointed obairman. ADDRESS OF CHARLES MACALBSTER, ESQ. FELLOW-CITIZENS: Daniel Webster once said, when the aspect of our national affairs was far less threaten ing than now," We are in the midst of a revolution— bleetileeti, AS yet." How long We WE to enjoy We exemption is known to Aim alone who holdeth the des tinies of nations in his right hand. No one can foresee what a day or an hoar may bring forth. We retire to our beds et night. and in the morning are relieved if we find political matters no worse than the day before. hree months since, our, glorious country exhibited unusual evidences of activity and prosperity. The earth had yielded her tribute in generous profusion the merchant, the artitan. and the manufacturer were in fu I employment, and all hearts were gladdened by the masticate of the future. Now are these prospects blighted! It is true that we are still in the land of the livin but the pillars of our glorious Confederacy are crumbling into ruins. The stars on our National flag, which were increased from thirteen to thirty-three— those stars upon which every American citizen .looked with so much pride and exultatton—aredirappeanm and seeking other orbitt We have already lost four, and the end is not vet.' - It will serve no good purpose to - inquire who ie ac countable for the present state of th,ings—for this is no time for orimination or recrimination—but it is a time for every man to sink the partisan and to endeavor to act the patriot—a time ferns to forget all past divisions, and to unite with one heart and one mind to do what he can to avert the farther dilapidation of our gleriouli na tional fabric ; a time to invoke the God of Nations to have mercy on our beloved country—to save us from the horrors of fraternal strife, and to restore to us the bless ince of peace. unity. and concord. Our Southern brethren have had great reagon to com plain of the doings of the Northern States; but they should have none against Pennsylvania. She hes stood shoulder to shoulder with the South in fightutg the bat tles of the Constitution for the equal rights of the States for many years, and had the Southern States yielded to Yenrsylvania a slight concession on the subject of the tariff. the result of the recent election in thie State would have been very different. But we were defeated. Yet no one here dreamed of secession as a solace for oar disappointment. We were not dlesosed to compli ment Mr. Lincoln and the fiepnbioalus in that way. No ; we quietly resolved that we would stand by the Union and fight another and another battle in it. and under the same banner which has so often led me to 'rotary. What have the ronth done ? A portion of thope States . have attends left us. and others will go. leaving their, Northern &Dmwhoee fidelity has never watered, to the tender mercies of the Republican early. The South should have remained loyal to the Union,and fought the battle of the lhpon in the Union ; bat, as they NOM de termined to go, let them go a peace, and let is say et a spirit of kindness and fraternal love. "Let there be no i girlie between us, for we be brethren." Under the Mosaic dispensation the shedding of bleed Mae considered necessary for the ex nation of inn--in the present aspect of our national affairs it would be tosignal for unspeakable calamities.. h a il omer, patient to tip. President of the United Slates, fopatient end dignified fmbearanoe. nicer mativprovoeationa, and his' retuotanoe to shed the bind of his fellow-mtizene, misguided though they be.' Fellow-eitizens I There is an irreversible principle nj law that " those who claim equity must do equity. Let the Northern Stater', before they commence fight ing the South. (for which Nome of them seem so min ions,' rpteal the odious and/ offensive nullifying eater called• personal liberty" bills; let them discard the whole tribe of itinerant lecturers and deammiguee. Who have been so eminently industriona in sowing distend throughout the land, and then let them resolve to mind their own busmen, and when this is done perhaps there will be no fig hthig to do. I my, again, and would that my voles could reach every hill and ',Hey throughout our extensive oonntry. let us exhaust every expedient to tranquilize the country before we embark in civil war After Mr. Msoalester bad concluded, there wee a sharp ery or Three cheers for Major Ander son."' These were given with a will. Three were then given by another party for "Old Buok." Also, three for Gen. Scott, three for John 3. Crit tenden, and three for Breokinridge. Mr. Dou glas was hissed. The following resolutions were offered by Robert P. Kane, Erg , and seconded by Mr. Wharton: RESOLUTIONS. The Demotratio citizens of Philadelphia. deeply be weasel by the solemnity of the present state of pablie affairs. and in view of the causes that have led thereto. and With a desire to preserve every right guarantied end reserved under the Constitution of the United States. as well as to perpetuate the zeLigions.sociel.atel Petition bleasings of the Unions in general lease melta ble assemblect. deem It their duty to &anomies to their fellow-citizen of the nation their deliberate judgments their holies, their fears, and their intentions in the pm- - tient crisis. We meet as a distinct politicol organization. in n 4 intentional disrespect to. others. bat for reasons and Pith objects whioh it is due to candor to explain. We are apart of the two hundred sail thirty thousand electors of Pennsylvania who, by then votes and ce operation, meant to expiate complete and thorough Pr meathi with our Southern brethren, and recognitions in the most absolute and extended form. of the right* of the South as claimed by bouthern statesmen, and affiemed b. the Supreme Court of the United States. We belong to an organigation which, at no time and under no conjunoture of circumstances, has failed in de duty to the Constitution in all its parts, ana is not re sponsible for any legislation advert* to the materiel interests, or political or social rights, of any portion of the Untied States We have, therefore. a right to appeal to the high sense of honor of the South, not to turn away in auger from. their steady friends, leaving them to the despotism of a sectional party. flashed with victory, and which wren the dearer of disunion and civil war has not yet moved to conciliation. In making this appeal,we deem it property reaffirm oar principles and =nougat, our intentions; and we do this not by way of concession, but as a recognition of mutual obligation and duty, snob as equal, make to each other Without dispaement. earnestly and affectionately asking our frie nds of the South to forget the past snot rely on the immediate future. over which sympathy and fraternal feeling must, in view of the claimer . . that threatens ne, exercise a controlling influence. We do therefore , unammoualy deolare- First. That we reaffirm the sentiments expressed to the Democratic Conventions of the City of Philadel- phia kind State of Pennsylvania, 'tithe yearleintaand.fre euentlr sines repeated , to the effect that the Kona:take and Virginia resoluttons of 1798. and Mr. Madison's re port al w ays Virginia Legislature in 1799, are now. the they have been, toe political text books of the Democratic, party.. That they enunciate principleaupon which alone a union of sovereign Staten, for general international purposes, having different domestic in terests, could Dave been effected. or can be ores/geed, That among the most important features therein moat cated is a strict construction of the Constitution of the United States-a sacred regard for the rights of each State to administer its own domestic concerns, and an absolute nom interference, direct'', pr indirserly, by the people o each Second. That since the adoption and - oft-repeated enunciation of these fundamental doctrines of the De mocratic party events have transpired that demonstrate the declaration so frequently made, that if oar political opponents had regarded these vital principles with the same unanimity that has characterized oar own party. we would have been saved from that alienation between the North and the eolith which st present prevails. and which for upwards of forty years has been increasing, not only threatening, as years Past, that it woald eventually, but now ptoving that it has almost, if not quite. destroyed the Union. Third That the Demoore tie party is, and always has been, the true Union - party of the country-becanee, while professing an abiding love for the Union. it pro poses to maintain it only by a ranoteonetrmiton of the Constitution. and a faithful observance of the nicht,. and a maintenance of the entire equality (4811 the States; and at all times, when the country. has depart ed Dom these doctrines, dangerous disarm/dens and in jurious; consequences have been the result. Fourth. That the present difficulties in the oollnara are principally attributaele to the sentiment prevalent in the North, against the moral, social, and political right of the citizens of any State in the Confederacy to retain the African race in bondage; which, connected With the belief in the South that this is the doc trine of a very large majority of the people of the North, has given just cause of alarm. Outside of the influence of local tsunami= this is not the controlling sentiment of the North, and we behove that a very considerable portion of the Republican party, in the States of New York. New Jersey, and Pennsylvania disavow any much dootrinen. We hold that the question of domestic sla very for the African race , in any of the States of the Union, is purely a queation of pplitiord economy , , and we den) that the support of the institution, with such auarantees and protection for the slave as duty and hu manity may suagest, is any way involves a question of morale or religion. Fifth. That the common Territories belong to, all. and that no right of property of any kind, recognized by a State, can be divested by Congressional nation or intervention, and that toe denial of this community of interents and the compressions of domesho slavery within its present limits involves. in our judgment, as a matter of right, a violation of the Fe'leral compact, and has led to most pernicious remit Sixth. That as a part of the Democratic faith, we now, as heretofore, oeolare that each of the States forming this Confederacy is a sovereignty. and pos e/ages the lull power, nibjeot to the Constitution of the United States, of legislating in such manner as May bey comport with the interests of her (abeam. and that there is on the part of each State a duty equally ' clear so to direct its legislation as in no sense, to con- Mot with the Coneatution of the united States ; but in a spirit of o ealial friendliness and comity to the other States to eany it into effect. Seventh. Therefore it is that we earnestly recom mend the immediate repeal of all oath of Aeaemb'y cf Pennsylvania which are nos consonant with a spirit of friendliness to our sister States, and we coalially ap prove and reiterate the resolutions adopted bi the De mane tio party in this city on the 17th day of September. 1887, which (sanctioning by the Popular voice the deci sion of a Federal Judea of this Matelot) declared it to be the duty of the State of Pennsylvania. by legislative enactment., to eeonye to the citizen, of every state while within our limits as soicain ere. and while coming to and going therefrom, ample protection for them sevigeritalin.dAt:lrtg°l3= these States is consecrated by our affections towards it for its inestimable benefits to us. and by the history and traditions of the peat ; the recollections. which never can fade away, that here was its nativity, and by the consciousness that nowhere in the vast territory that it _protects has it been more resolutely sustained than in Pennsylvania; and that we look upon any attempt to diesulve it with Unaffected sorrow and alarm. Ninth. That, thus deprecating any dismemberment of this Confederaoy, and trusting that, by a recurrence to the principles of the Democratic party, we may now, as in t men peat, avert impending canner, we express the fixed opinion that, all conciliation &hoe. if the people of these States cannot live in harmony under the a'onotitution as it is, it should., by a general Ciativen lien, be amended ; and that althea., which we are la th lion is far preferable to the honors of civil war; for to believe possible. acquieasence in peaceable Mono: in the one event the Union may be restored when the grievances shall be nonrated ; but in the other we have disinemterment without the hope of reconsiruenon. We are. therefore, utterly opppsed to any such com pulsion as is demanded by a pot ton of the Republican
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