elieve that it states fully and fairly the then condition
of the impending revolution, I insert extracts from it here:

"I have listened with respect and attention to all that has fallen
from my colleague. Much that he has said I approve; but it seems
to me that instead of appealing to this side of the House for
conciliation, kindness and forbearance, he should appeal to those
around him, who alone, provoke the excitement now prevailing in
this country.

"He says the army should not be used to coerce a state. If by this
he means that the army should not be used to conquer a state, to
compel her to be represented, to maintain the courts or post offices
within her limits, to burn her cities or desolate her fields, he
is entirely correct. I do not believe any administration will
pursue such a policy. But, sir, we have a government, a great
government, to maintain. It is supreme within the powers delegated
to it; and it is provided with ample authority to protect itself
against foreign or domestic enemies. It has the exclusive right
to collect duties on imports. It is the exclusive owners of forts,
arsenals, navy yards, vessels, and munitions of war. It has a
flag, the symbol of its nationality, the emblem of its power and
determination, to protect all those who may of right gather under
its folds. It is our duty, as the representatives of this government,
to maintain and defend it in the exercise of its just powers. Has
it trespassed upon the rights of a single individual? Does any
citizen of South Carolina allege that this government has done him
wrong? No man can say that. The government for years has been in
the hands of the Democratic party, whose power and patronage have
been controlled chiefly by southern citizens; and now, when the
Republican party is about to assume the reins, these citizens seek
to subvert it. They organize revolution under the name of
secession.

"What have they done? The State of South Carolina has seized the
customhouse in the city of Charleston, has closed that port, and
prevented the United States from the exercise of their conceded
exclusive power of collecting the revenue from imports. It has
taken, by force, money from the treasury of the United States, and
applied it to its own use. It has seized the arms and munitions of
war of the United States deposited in arsenals within the conceded
exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, and turned them against
the army of