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ititution, and will bo the last to do any act fur separa- 

 tion, 163 ; the portion of tho message on the state of the 

 country referred to a committee of thirteen in the Sen- 

 ate, 163; object, 16S; the country will go safely through 

 the crisis, 168 ; we should look to our country, not to 

 our party, in the consequences of our action, 163 ; sec- 

 tional hostility substituted for fraternity, 169; where Is 

 the remedy, 169 ; the only point that remains for differ- 

 ence, 169 ; first thing to be done, 169 ; tho crisis can be 

 met only in one way, 169; nothing which cannot be re- 

 dressed promptly and in the most efficacious manner, 

 170 ; a war of sentiment and opinion by one form of so- 

 ciety against another form of society, 170; the only con- 

 cession that will satisfy the South, 170; the Republicans 

 a unit against it, 170; a large majority of the North op- 

 posed to any interference with slavery. 171 ; these dis- 

 cussions amount to nothing we cannot save the Union, 

 171 ; if there is any thing in the legislation of the Federal 

 Government not right, the Republicans are not respon- 

 sible for it, 171 ; the last election, 172 ; I would not com- 

 promise away the platform upon which the candidate 

 was elected, 172 ; amendments to the Constitution pro- 

 posed, 172 ; their nature, 172 ; is it not the cheapest price 

 at which this Union was ever purchased, 173 ; willing- 

 ness of Southern statesmen to compromise, 174; the 

 remedy is not to be sought in compromise, but in a faith- 

 ful execution of the bond, 174; this controversy will not 

 be settled here, 174. 



Committee of thirteen appointed, 175; report, 175; 

 other resolutions, 175; the real causes of the discontent, 

 175 ; war means disunion final, irrevocable, eternal sep- 

 aration, 175; modification of Crittenden's resolutions, 

 176 ; their object, 176 ; its importance, 176 ; the Union is 

 now dissolved, 176 ; the cause of the South will receive 

 the sympathy of tens and hundreds of thousands of patri- 

 otic men in the non-slaveholding States, 176 ; resolutions 

 that the Constitution is sufficient for the evil, and that 

 the energies of the Government should be directed to 

 the maintenance of the Union, 176; attempt to consider 

 the Crittenden resolutions, 177 ; its failure, 177 ; renewed, 

 177 ; failure, 177 ; considered, 177 ; amendments, 177 ; 

 withdrawal of Senator Lverson, 178; his letter, 173; 

 resolutions of Virginia for a peace conference, 173 ; sent 

 to Congress by President Buchanan, 173; memorial from 

 New York city presented in the Senate, 179 ; speaking 

 goes before voting, voting goes before giving money, and 

 all go before a battle, ISO ; not to be expected that in the 

 ninety days allotted to this Congress, reason and judg- 

 ment will come back to the people, ISO ; what do wo 

 hear, ISO ; what is recommended, 130 ; a convention ul- 

 timately be called, ISO ; if the Union fells, stand in the 

 breach, ISO ; the policy of the new Administration, 1S1 ; 

 the remedies failing through the Constitution, battle and 

 bloodshed to preserve the Union, 181 ; different views in 

 regard to the future, 181 ; extremes North and South 

 tend to inevitable disunion, 1S1 ; the action of the Senate 

 has created the impression that there is no hope for an 

 adjustment, 131 ; non-intervention disrupted the Demo- 

 cratic party, and has now disrupted the Union, 181 ; one 

 of three contingencies inevitably before the country, 

 181 ; a settlement, or recognition of a peaceable separa- 

 tion, or war, 1S1 ; have we seized any forts, 182. 



Naval appropriation bill considered, 182 ; is there any 

 demand for these steamers, 182 ; explanation, 1S2 ; what 

 is the public emergency, 182 ; the bill has no warlike 

 purpose, 1S2; duty to let the South go in peace, 1S3; 

 what does the United States want to do, 183 ; if the 

 time comes when it will be necessary to use force under 

 the laws and Constitution, I am ready to do it, 153 ; this 

 Government cannot be peaceably destroyed, or over- 



thrown, or divided, 188; to what purposes are these 

 steamers to be applied, 188. 



Amendments to tho Constitution proposed, 188 ; re- 

 marks, 184 ; free navigation of the Mississippi, 184 ; the 

 attempt to enforce the laws in South Carolina, when sho 

 was not a member of this Confederacy, would bring 

 about civil war, 135; cause of the destruction of the Gov- 

 ernment, 1S5 ; the present state of things foreseen for 

 years, 185; extent to which secession will go, 185; right 

 of South Carolina to take tho course she did, 185 ; an at- 

 tempt to prove that this Government is no Government 

 at all, 1S6; this Government not a compact, 186; resolu- 

 tion of Senator Davis, 186; sentiments of a majority of 

 the Northern people, embraced in three propositions, 

 187 ; present complaints of the South, 157 ; what is of- 

 fensive to the South in the Chicago platform, 1ST; senti- 

 ment of the South for demanding guarantees, 1ST. 



Bill to provide a temporary government for Arizona 

 considered, 188; Mexican law on slavery, 133; abolition- 

 ists watching present affairs with intense interest, 1S3 ; 

 can a citizen obeying a State law be hung for treason, 

 133 ; the point at issue between the two sections, 189 ; 

 Mexican law, 189 ; views of John C. Calhonn, 159 : it is 

 no longer a question of union, but one of reunion, 190 ; 

 the real grievance of the South, 190; no ground to fear 

 Republican interference, 190 ; what is the condition of 

 the country, 190 ; message from the President, 191 ; the 

 events which have taken place, 191 ; it is proposed that 

 the Government should abdicate, 192 ; Congressional 

 compromises not likely to save the Union, 192 ; immedi- 

 ate duty of Congress, 192 ; Florida Senators retire, 193 ; 

 their remarks, 193-195 ; Alabama Senators retire, 

 196 ; speeches, 196, 197; Mississippi Senators retire, 193; 

 speeches of Senator Davis, 193 ; Louisiana Senators re- 

 tire, 200 ; speeches, 200 ; in the House, President's Mes- 

 sage referred to a committee of one from each State, 

 201; the committee, 202; members decline to serve, 

 202 ; propositions submitted to the House, 203, 204; not 

 a representative of the Democratic party on the com- 

 mittee, 203 ; what was the cause of this discrimination, 

 203 ; manoeuvres in the House to obtain aa expression 

 for compromise, 204-206; position of the Republican 

 party, 206 ; slave property, 206 ; state of opinion in the 

 House, 207; debate, 207; importance of cotton, 207 ; reso- 

 lution relative to slavery unanimously passed the House, 

 203. 



Proviso to exclude slavery from the territories, 203 ; 

 omitted in the bills introduced, 203; right of secession, 

 203, 209 ; love of the Union, 209 ; importance of cotton, 

 209 ; object of the forts, 210 ; the President should collect 

 the revenue, 210 ; the Government must be maintained, 

 210. 



Object of the South, 211 ; movement of Major Ander- 

 son, 211 ; South Carolina is to-day approachable with 

 reason and words of kindness, 211 ; the door of concilia- 

 tion not closed, 212 ; amendment offered to the appro- 

 priation bill, that no money shall be used by the Gov- 

 ernment to make war, 212 ; is it the purpose to wage 

 war or not, 212 ; no war contemplated by the Govern- 

 ment but a defensive one, 212; members from Georgia 

 retire, 213. 



Reasons for opposing all compromise, 213; the Just 

 laws of the country should be enforced, 214; the present 

 is no time for compromise, 214 ; obey the Constitution, 

 and administer the laws as they are, and all will be well, 

 214 ; a general insurrection against the authority of the 

 United States, 214 ; the present condition of things, 214 ; 

 the Southern Confederacy is not hostile, 215 ; one of two 

 things must be done, 215; it is a revolution no more 

 and no less, 215 ; object and effect of this bill is coercion, 



