The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-28


ment and feeliagtnat scntiment-by breaking up the
political organization which rallies around Il. You
fosmed into order the face Of your heaviest are but II
you could how much would You gain by forcing the
tnent which created out Of the peaceful chanel Of the
ballot box, into some other channeR What would that
other channel probably be9 Would the number OF John
Browns DO essened enlarged by the operation But
will break up he Union, rather than submit 70 q denial
OF your institutional rights That has somewhat reck
less sound but II would be palated not fully just
to We Won If o me na srS o.
the constitution, But we are proposing such thing
When you make there declarations, you have spe-
cdc and well understood alussn 10 assumed oonsitu
toba right OF yours 70 take slaves into the federal Terri
fores and to hold them there as property But no such
ftrument literally silent about any such right We on
the contrary deny that such right has any existence n
Your purpose Ssu' plainly Stated i. that yoa win d.
sToy the government unless you be allowed 70 ccnsrue
and enforce the constitution As you please on all points in
evens This, plainly stated, language to Per-
haps wl say the Supreme Court has decided the dh
But waving the lawyers distinction between dicum and
decision the Court have decided the question for you
constitutional right to take slaves into the federal Ter
rkories, and TO hold them there as property.
When say the decision was made il sort Of way,
! mean II was made in divided Court by bare
majority Qf the Judges, and they not quite agreeing with
one another in the reasons for making IT. that II Is
another about its meaning; and that was mainly based
upon mistaken statement Of fact-the statement in the
hs save
Of the Constitution will show that the right Of property
aslave 10 not distinctly and expressly affirmed in it, Zap
opinion has na such che sS mp s s' ssd
IN the Constitution; but they pledge their veraciy
" distnctyn-that is, not mingled with anything else
expressly that is in words meaning just that, without
meaning If they had only pledged their Judicial
opinion that such right affirmed in the instrument by
Implication would be open to Others 70 show hs, neither
constitution, the word propery" even in any con-
rection with language abiding to the things slave or
mept the is alluded TO- he called "person' and
wherever his matters legal right in relation 70 him is
"debt" payable In service labor. Also. would be
open to show, BY cotemporaneous history that this mode
he% On 70 exclude the Con-
sttution the idea that there could be property in
TO snS. an THIS e easy and certain wnen .n obvious
not reasonable to expect that they win withdraw the mis-
taken statement, and reconsider the conclusion based
upon u? And then Il is 70 be remembered that sour
fathdD who framed the government under which we
lve-the men who made the consitution-decided this
cidcd i. without division among themselves, when
making the decision; without division among them
isr as any evidence is et Without bss,us Il upon any ms
taken statement of facts Cn Ter all these circumstances
do you really feel yourselves justified 10 break up this 60
vernment unless such court decision yours Is shall be
at once submitted to conclusive and ua rule Of poll
teal actionS But You will not abide the election Of
win destroy the Union and then, you say the great crime
Of having destroyed u will be upon u.s. daughter That
e @S through &: ss s
deliver, or shall XIII you, and then you VIII be muir
dererl'' Continued aushter) 10 be sure. what the
had clear right to keep H. but il was no more my
own than my vote 10 my own;(. That's 500 and ap
money and the threat Of destruction to the Union
tort my vote, scarcely be distinguished in principle.
at peace and in harmony one with another Lot re-
s S 9. 40 ,ne
thing through passion and Ill temper. Even though the
Southern people will notso much a. listen to us, let
calmly consider their demands and yield TO them, IT, in
our deliberate view Of duty, We possibly Judg
ing by all they and do ami by the subject and nature
what viii satisfy them wnl they be satisfied the Terri
tories be Internationally surrendered 70 themY We know
s oG IN s us
instructions are the rage now. VIII it satisfy them II,
in the FUTURE we have nothing 70 do with invasions and
insurrections9 We know It viii not We 30 know be-
cause we know we never had anything to do with inva
sons and insurrecons and yet this total abstanng does
We must not only let them Alone But We mus sosehow,
By i1 no " task IS We Says BEEN trying %
convince them nom the very bsgnningo Of orssni
speeches have constantly protested purpose to let
them alone but this has had tendency convince
Ssg b.1. Ssscd MAN Of si ss TO
means all falng VIA. vim convince hems This and III.
right And this must be done horcughiy-done in acts
we'll % in words. Silence viii not be tolerated-we
scdion law must be enacted and enforced suppreesng
all declarations that slavery ID wrong, whether made In
Arrest and return their Fugitive slaves VIII greedy piss
sure We must pull down our fee state constitutions; the
whole atmosphere must be dninected from Al tant Of
that al their troubles proceed from US. I am quite
swsre they DO mot state their case precisely in th:
about Slavery But we DO let them never
S ssos0sa s Ss 4., win saau We 's
accuse MS Of doing, until we cease saying. am
0 IRE nsy nse n E in de-
Yet those constitutions declare the wrong of slavery
with solemn emphasis than do all other sayings
been eilenced the overthrow Of these constitutions will
be demanded and nothing be lei TO resist the demand
whole Of ibis just now Demanding what they do, and
for the reason they DO they can voluntarily stop nowhere
short Of tins oonsum%aso1 Holding. a. tney 90, tnas
not ease TO demand full national recognition OF IL -
legal raht and . social blessing (Appl.usel Nor can
Is right, ali words, .,ts: laws and constitutions
saasa and s swept sxs ss
not justly object to its naiionality-n universally;
sy s:y ea s y: s
II we thought slavery right; all we ask they could q
readily grant, they thought wrong. Thar thinking
upon which depends the whole controversy. Thinking
right they do, they mot TO blame for desrng lis
full recognition being right but thinking wrong,
do can yield to hem9 Can cast our votes with
their view, and against ownf In view Of moral
no." and appAuse) Wrong As We think slavery s, We
yet afford let Il alone where 10, because that
much due 10 the necessity arising from is actual pre-
In the nation bat We, while votes will pre-
it, allow TO spread into the national Territories and
to cverrun ~ here in these free Satess No never,
sense Of duty forbids this, them let US stand
BY our duty, fearlessly and effectively. Let rs be
diverted BY none q those scphsca contrva where
txivances such cropping for middle ground b.
tween the right and the wrong vain the search for
man who should be neither . living man nor . dead
man-such - policy Of "dont care" question
about which all true do care-such Union appeals