, 1861-10-04
IN ELOQUENT And UNaKsHERABLE
ARGUMENT.

ability and opportunity, has, since April 1888,
more etrenuonely opposed the abolition move
ment in the frea States than we have; not be-
canse We loved slavery, or had any sympathy
loved the Constitution Of the Union, and BE- |
cause we bellved that liberty at home aud
throughout the world Was far more interested |
in Preserving the Union Of these States under |
the Federal Constitution, than in abolishiug |
slaye1y Is it existed In the Southern eection 81
always have believed, that liberty, the cause Of
Tree institutions, the hopes Of phlanthropiste !
and Christians, both at home aud abroad. are
more interested in preserving the Union and
the integrity Of the nation, tnan they are or
can be in maintaining negro slavery. Il we
have opposed abolition heretofore, because we
would preserve the Union, ne must, .to,tiori,
oppose slavery whenever, in our Judgment, its
Continuance becomes incompatible with the
maintenance Of the Union, Or Of our nation
as a free Republican State
Certainly ne said in the srticle on "Tae
G1eat Rebellion" in our last Esuiezo, the North
Las not taken up arms for the destruction Of
negro slavery, but for the maintenance OF the
isWa ] and The he preser7ation lon of the Gnion, This
is true. The liberation Of the slaves is nat the
pu1poee and end Of the war In which Wa are
now engaged. The war is war against rebel.
lion, engaged in by the rebels for the purpose
Of making this grsaat;, Z, ,sasyehelding republic,
formed by slayes, either black or white and
If, to defeat the rebellion, the destruction Of
slavery be rendered necesEary and be actually
Effected, it will change nothing In the charac-
ter OF purpose ct the war. It will have been
recessitate0 by the rebellion and the rebels
will have only themselves to thank for the. de.
st1uction or abolition they force us to adopt in
defeEce Of liberty, the Union, and the authori-
t. Of the Government.
AWORD TO WORKING MEN.
Look at the QUESTION as we will, we have
no alternative but to- eubdue the rebels Or be
eubjpgated by them. We must either depose
that ConfederaCy and enforce the authority
Of the Federal Government over all the rebel
lous Statee, OF It will enforce its authority
over the free States, aud impose upon them
this syEtcm Ct slave labor. II it enforcss its
authority over Us, there will still, perhaps, be
liberty for q class or caste, but our labor;ng
classes tciN no longer be J7e7nen-they will ba
placed. on q level With the negro slave on
Southern plantation. For the Christian Com
aEd bled for,We shall haqe established Pagan
Republic more hoHtile to the rights Of man
and the rights Of nations than WAS ever. Pagan
Greece or Pagan Rome. We put it to our
| Christian county ymen, If such Is the common
wealth their fathers fought and suffered
Revolution to establish, and if they can be
! cortented to let the hopes Of liberty in the
New world set in a night Of blackzess aud
| despair.
THE WAR SERIOUS MATTER.
Il is no time to mince our words or to study
| cut hpniel phrases; We must call things by
their right names, and treat au Who are not
| for US as against us. We have something
| more than even the Constitution and laws to
maintain the very existence If the nation is
at stake; and as no means are sctupled to de-
I It web The rfphf fo uc all f1E
which the law Of selEpreserqat:on renders ne.
cessa1y or e2pediE1t. We wish our readers
| and the public to understand that We are in
war, and to let i se1 through their heads that
the wsr which .5= REBELLION has forced upon
Us is 70 mimic war. is no chi}d'6 play, and ia
not to be conduc. ed to successful issue on
the principle Of treating the rebels as friends,
giviFg them every advantage and doing them
20 hahn. They are in downright earnest, and
are putting forth all their strength, and doing
their best to sntjugate Us; and re also mus.
he In downright earnest, put forth all ou1
= strength to suhjugate them. War cannot b
conducted on pace principles, or successfully
conducted By persons 2uho do not enter into Il
a5lh spirit, resolution and energy.
TIE American people, especially Of tht
North, are q susceptible people, and can fee
AID respond to the force Of genius as readily
21d as heartily IS aEy other people On the fact
Of the globe. No people in the world All
susceptible Of deeper or more abiding enthu
OF good battle CITY md It has been miatak'
on the psrt Of the Administration, not t.
have better appreciated their real character
1t has failed to give them that battle-cry. I
has been too cold, too pro6atc, and has pro
. nounced no spirit stirring word. Instead 0
kindliDg up the enthusiasm Of tho people, i
bas locked to the people to quicken its own
Instead Of inspiring them, It has waited 70
, them to Inepirc 1t. This has been 9 gray
mistake Men placed at the head Of affairs
: are placed thereto lead, not to follow, to giy
an impulse to the people. not to receive
life and energy, if it has ability and genius
t let 1t no longer hesitate to use them, but pu
8 them forth in that free, bold, and energeti
: manner which will carry the people Wit
them, aud command victory.
: We insist The more earnestly On this, b
= cause the mass Of our people have so Ion
I teen accustomed to sympath'ze with rebel
to aid md encourage reyolutionists abroa,
and to visit with their se7erest denuuciatio1
. the acts Of the legitimate government to su
= press infufrection. to put down reyolutiol
). rot be rallied with much enthusiasm nnd'
0 the simple banner Of Law and Order The
Q first emotion Is to sympathiZe with rebellion
wherever It breaks out, even though again
g their own Government. They hold as pril
ciplc, as that on which their very national il
dependence is based, the "Baered right"
revolution; because they generally take it f
II granted that all rebels and re7o1utionists q
It | tie party Of liberty, warTiug against despc
# ism, and for the rights Of man. Would II
rally them and render them inyincib1e again
n CRY than that Of " Law and Order" or ye
will not stir their heart, that mighty Americ:
G heart which cor quered this country from II
savage and the forest, proclaimed and won i
u independence, constituted the Union, u
;, made the Amt rican nation one Of the gre
nat <irS1Er nj Z ffo = rn{ Ga
l. ne we're able, to give that batt1c.e1y; 1t mu
= be given by genius in authority, and fall eth
p frcm The lips Of the President, or tho Coz
a1 manderlr-Chief Of our armies. Neither M
y asJet be prepared to ntter it; but, if this Il
y ton has . future, it its destiny is, as We ha
= when and where he has the liberty to be nis
Is self, uttered By one or the other it ere lo1
will be, and in tones that will ring out throus
2 The whole Union, and through the whole ci
q iiized world Eow anxiously listening to he
d it. Tie Onion is and mast be sacred to lDsri
u Hero man n.atst Be man, nothing more, d
Ie s,ohtng less. S1ares naust not breathe or atm
y phere; aHd sce must b able to adopt lhs pro.
= Toast Of our ,nothsT country, :sThe siate II
:, touches oar sol is free" This Is the destiny
IT. tiny our fathers toiled for, fought for, bl
~ ior, and to tits We their children must swe
ct to be faithful, or die to the last man.
h TIE SLAVE POPULATION.
=. ** This brings us to the question
a. the slave population In the rebe1lious Stat
" In these States there are over three 1nilliC
7e Of the population held By the Laws or usat
;. of those States as slaves. These people are
le, integral portion Of the United States, owe
~ ~ 1egiance to the Federal Government, and
II II entitled to the protection Of that Goyernme
". ~ The Government has the same right to ms
- friends and allies Of them, and to enroll 8
bbs arm them against the rebellion, that it has
:He make friends and allies or to enroll and a
;ne the white population Of Western Virginia
le1 Of Eastern Tennessee It makes moth
m 'mut against this that these people have heretof
y been Slaves by the laws or the usages
g The States in which they reside; j6Y
M M;en ldms or umges are dcp1ioed Of all j;
as, cyainst The Onion By Mt .H7y act
a!d rebeAio4s- Rebellion disso1ycs all l.
III fer the protection OF the life or prope1t,
op, the rebels. By the very act of rebellion,
ess rebel for{eits to the Government aga
- which he rebels, both his property and
lnq life, and holds henceforth neither, save st
fsA mercy or discretion. Ii 1t were not 50,
49,, Government would haye no right to COZ
rs4 rt cate the property Of rebels, or to attempt
y Sf: slaYes held In the rebellious States are pl
has erty, they are forfeited to the Governm
ard the Government msy coaf1scate them
Is cotton, rice, tobacco, or any other speciel
property found In the hands OF the reh
The same principle that gives to the Gov
a me1t the right to condscate bale Of cot
80 owned by q rebel, gives It right to conf1s'
paa p every negro elave cla1ned By rebel mas
e5e This is perfectly clear, and is implied In
80 rTcsut act uf Congress on the subject B1
~ these people held as slaves are not prope