New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-12

IL WhsdioH'' RepO,ts p. %
We see, then, that the power is clear as to calling
ont the militia that we have precedens for the
suspension Of the writ Of babeas corpus
The next objection made is that the President had no
power TO make additions TO the Navy and Army +
say, III these two instances, he il justified by the great
law Of necessity AT the time believe 1t was neces-
ssry to the existence Of The Government; and il being
necessary, he bad right exercise all those powers
that In bis judgment the crisis demanded for the main
tenA1ce Of the existence Of he Government tse. The
simple question-if you condemn the President for
ac'ing In the absence of LAWS, do You condemn
she propriety Of his course; do you condemn the
increase OF TIE Army; do you condemn the increase Of
We we navy Ii you oppose the measure simply upon
the gronnd that The Executive called them forth anci-
patng law, what will you do now The question
presents Itself at this time Is IL not necessary to in
crease the Army and the Nayyi If you condemn the
exercise Of the power of the Executive in the absencs
of law, what will You do now, as the law w-making
power, when it is manifest tina, the Army and Nay1
should be increased You Gay make war upon the
Executive for antid oatng tue action of Congress
What do gentlemen do now, when called upon 10
support the Government DO they do III Thew
say the President anticipated the action Of Con-
gress. Does lot the Government need an in
crease of the Army and the Navyl Where do gentle.
stand now Are they for it DO they sustain
the Government Are they giving il a helping handf
No. they 20 back and find fault with the exercise OF
power that they say was without law; bat now, when
they have the power TO make the law, and when the
necessity il apparent, they stand back and refuse-
Where does that plsce those VINO take that coursef
Ii places them against tue Government, and against
placing the means in the hauds Of the Government TO
defend aud perpeuaie it existence. The OBJECT Is ap-
parent, Mr.. President. We had enemies OF the Gov"
ernment here last Winter in y opinion We have ene-
mics of the Government here now
said that agreed with the senator from Kentucky
that there was a design deliberate determination
To change the nature and character Of Government
Yes sir il has been the design for long time. AL
the talk about Slavery and compromise has been but
pretext. We had long disqustion, and very feel
-, from fha froul baF
came pathetic in the bopelessness of compromises.
Did not the Senator from California Mr.. Latbam tho
other day show Enthusiastically that il was not compro-
mise hey wanted l will add t1at compromise was
the thing they most feared and their great effort
was to get out Of Congress before any compro~
mise could he made. At FIRST their cry was
peaceable secession and reconstruction. Ihey
talked not of compromise; and, repeat, then
greatest dread and fear was that something would be
agreed upon; that their last and only pretext would
be SWEPT from under hem and that they would stand
before the country naked aud exposed
The Senator from California poated out to ytu q
number of them who stood here and did not vo'e for
certain proposOns and those propositions were ost.
What was the action before the Commilee oi lhhteenf
Wby did not that Committee agree Some oil the
most ultra men from the North were members OF That
r,;ttee and they proposed to am, I'D tie CoDsu-
on 90 IA To provi that Congress IN the fuure never
should Interfere with the subject of slavery. The
Committee failed 10 agree, aud come OF It's members
at once teegraphed TO tner 5aes that they must go
ont of the U IN AT once. But after all that pirz
in the early part Of the session, what was Gone We
know what tue argument has beeni in times gone BY
met it. | have heard u agiin aud again. IL has been
said that great oplet was hrst 10 abolish slavery
In the District of Columbia and the slaverade between
the States, as kind of ioalive measurei next, TO-
exclude it from tie Territories; and when the Free
States constituted three ourtbs OF all the Staes so a
10 have power 10 change TIE Constitution, they would
amend the Consitaiol, 50 as to give Congress
power TO legisate upon the snject of Slavery in the
States aud expe it from The States in which it is
Hss not that been the argument Now, how dees
the matter stand At tho L-.t session OF Congress-
seven States Withdrew IL may be said that eight with
drew; reiucing the Te nalnirg Slave States down TO
onefourtn VI the whole number Of States Ihs charge
has been made, that whenever the Free States cons,"
tuted majority in The Congress Of the Uuited Sates,
sufficient TO anend the institution, they would 90
amend it TO lesi-ase upon tue situon OF Slavery
within the States and that the institution OF Slavery
would be overthrowD. L is has been the arguments
it has bean rcIeated again and again and hence the
great struggle about the Territories. The argument
was we wanted to prevent the creation OF Free sates
we did not want 10 be reduced down TO that point
where under tie sixth article OF the Constitution,
three fourhs could amend the Constitution as to
exclude Slavery fr m tue States. THIS has been the
great point this been the Rampant; this has been
the very point 10 which has been urged that the Free
States wanted to pass. Now how does the fact stand
| Let us I" render u.to Cesar the thiags that are
Casars." We reached, at the last session, Just the
point where were in the power OF the Free Staes
| and then what was doOe Instead OF an amendment
10 the Consultation of United States conferrin9
poyer upon Congress legisate upon the subject OK
| Slavery what was done This joint resolution was
passed by two-thlrdo majority In each House:
Re,olred by Senate aHa h0uss or Repres ltires
he gse STATE. q A~ea :. C. o'.Ss'i ;S Of a sss
ss .eseS. iGS.Ss ss Article as az iHsf
United states. Thcn Sses M @,.p, and as psrt OF
ASr ID No snendn.ut shall be the Constitution
which viii suhoe give Congress the power 70 sboi.h
or interfere within STATE, with the domestic iasiuuons
including that Of held 10 service or labor BY the
| laws Of said Stale."
Ia not that very conclusive Here is an amendment
to the Constitution of Uned States to make the
Constitution pamendable upon that subject, AS 1t 10
upon other subject that Congress, IN the fuure
should have no power to Hslaie on the subject OF
Slavery within the States. Talk about compromise
and about the re tleet OF this question; how can you
settle il more substantially How you get guar
anty that ie biudiug than such amendment 70
the Constitution 7 Tuls places the institution OF
Slavery in TIE States entir y beyond the control 0f
Cong Why have not The L-sislatures that tals
| about ' reconstruction " and " compromise ana
guarantees" taken up this amendment 70 the Con.
sttuton and adopted III Some States have adopted
it. How many Southern States have done 20 Take
my State tor lnetahee Instead Oh accepting guar
antics protecting them IL ali future time against the
legislation of Con ges tue subject of Slavery, they
undertake " pas ordinances violating the Constltntion
of the country and taking the State out OF the Union
and into the Southe Cou iederacy. IL evident 10
me that with many the talk about compromise and the
settlement OF this ques lou Is pretext, especially
with those who uuderstaaa the question.
What more done at the last session Of Congress,
when the North had tie poxeri Let tell the truth
Three territorial Lills Were brought forward anc
passed. You remember in lof, when the agitation
arose in reference tie WInot proviso. You remem-
ber in 1850 the about slavery prohibition In tho
Territories. You remember In 1854 the excilemeus
in reference TO the Kansas-Nebraska bill and tho
rover conferred un the Ia, ,isiature by It,. Now We
have Constitutional smeDduent, proposed at time
when the Republicans have the power; and at tns
san time they eome forward with three territorial
bills, aud in nei her OF bill, can be found any