, 1861-10-04

land; Keniuety .1d| ; ,,..a. a M, osscaoa,
deeerteS> >grK1e conaadezakiua.ssB Bhtss1S is IN I
enbstaree theSp Spbjeetson tAatt ~ eHee9seeed g - I
The 4o1e1nnent frpm tAe soutaessy snfe
>pel1ed>tt 70 <fake, only 1slf me99nta ~
suppress the rebellion. For E:o4x4eaRecs We
fsaase fioa sepes: pesRe T. t. ts,s = ssa ~
leF g the 1eo3sd and taat e
e ad9n M< eest foetsp 3eTttsE e sss,e =
Jfi<ssds y Eos& 'Las tie lines be at once 4a99PIYE
drawn: between our friends md our enemies
In c1is.s hke the present, 1uks.a@& & 1esnas
.yirtua Of certain eoneesaf0ns 70 their Ints!esh.
or PTetud1ces, are more het7ssea9&x foau
open enemies, and do mofe 70 Weaken our |
forces than harayed in open hosti4tY against
ue. IT these States are for the unioa they
make sac1idees fol thb Union,as well as the
other loyal States, and there ls no reason why
they should not. There il neither reason nor
justice In Massachusetts, New York, NewJez-
o R 65a anaa sa ae ths stad ba eath
treasure for the Qualification Of the slavehold
ing pretentions Of Maryland, Kentucky or
Missouri. The citizens Of these States who
oWn slaTes, are as much bound, Il the preser-
yRhon. Of the Union requires IT, 70 give up
their property in slaves, ~ we at the farther
North are to pour ont our blood and treasure
10 put down rebellion which threatens alike
thtm and Us. Il they love their few slaves
more than they do tie Union, let them go
cut Of the Union, We are stronger to fight :,
the battle Of the Union without them, than
we nre with them.
EX16CIP4TIoS.
But ne have referred only to the slaves in
$t4 EthT1 1$S,rf6E +a4- - In 49,
eoptes military necessity to iberate all the
fla1es OF the Union, and to treat the whole
alaVe population aB Heemen and citizens, it
would be no more than just and proper that,
ct the conclusion Of the war, the loyal citi-
zens'of the loyal sections Of the rebeliious
States, should be indemni6ed at q reasonable
rate for slaves that may have been liberated.
The States and sections have not large nun
ber Of slaves, and, if the Union is preserved.
T would not be heavy burden Oh it to pay
their ransom; and to paying It no patriot or
loyA citizen OF the free States should raise the
urged, though grave, need not be regarded as
insuperable, ,and We think the advantage Of tie
measure, in a military point Of view. would Pc
far greater than any atsaavaneaee We oaF0 !"
" H6csher f fhe time for this important meas
ure las comu or not, it is for the President, as
Commanderfn-Chief Of our armies, to deter
ore could b. adopted By the Government thst
would more effectually aid its military opera
tioEs, do more to weaken the rebel forces, and
to strengthen our OWL. -Four millions Of peo
PIE in the Elaye States, feeling that the sup
precision Of the REBELLION and. the triumph Of
the Urion secures to them end their children
forever the status Of free citizens, are more
| thsn hundred Thousand men taken from the
| forces Of the enemy, and twice that number
| added to our own for they would not only
compel the rebels to keep a large force that
might otherwise be employed at home, to pro-
teet theiE' own Wives and children,
portion Of that labor by which they
| now subsist their armies. Nou savery il
TO tim source Of strength; il teould then be to
them a source Of teedknesS Us abolition an0uId,
in our judgment. be striking the enemy at his nsos
sulnerabe point, precisely ao.ers ne ca, best sun
dfT Tie sfn<.s Of his strength, and deal him The
Moreover, it would not only bring to the
| assistance Of the Federal arms the coopera-
| ton OF the whole co1ored race in the Union,
but would assnre ue, what re now lack, the
sympathy ard the moral aid Of the suaole eiyiz
into conflict with either Frarce or England
The war would be seen then likely to effect q
| reeult with which Euglishmen and Frenchmen
could s5mpathize, and, instead Of wishing for
the success of the Southern ConfederacY, they
would wish with all their hearts for the sue
|
than this. It would bring to the aid Of our
volunteer force from one huudrod to two hun
dred thousand brave ard stalwart volunteers
from the free states-aye, and even many from
the slhVe States themselves-Who will not and
canIot be induced to volunteer their services
in war which, even if successful, promises
to leave the institution of slavery, not only
existing, but mere firmly established than
ever. Everybody knows thst slavery is at
the bottom Of the whole controversy
and that the real object of the Southern
leaders is not simply TO protect slayery agaiusi
abolition movement where it exists, but to ex
teud it over the whole Union, and make the
American Republic great e1aveholting re
public. AID there are men in large numbers
amongst ue, men who have had no sympathy
with aholitioaists, Rho see and UNDERSTAND
Vtry- we'll that, even were ne. successful il
putting down the present rebellion, no res
Union between the North and the South coult
be restored, AID that no durable peace BE-
tween them could be re established, if SLAYER,
continued to exist. These men #ill not eEte
heartily INTO the waE, unless they see cleall
! and feel fully assured that it will result in th
final and total extinction Of slavery through
, cut the Union, and all the territory 1t ma
row Possess OF hereafter acquire.
!. SLAVE LABOR AND FREE LABOR.
The present rebellion proves, What thought
1nl and far seeing men in ali sections Of th
. | Union hare 1org seen and Enid, that the pre-:
! ervatien OF the Union with the Slave syeteI
: & Ahcr extending over one half Of it, and til
Me isbor 6y stem over the other half, is, in til
! | Ordinary coprse OF human events, au i1npossl
bility. Senator Seward. Or rather Mein Her
4 Diefentack In our -Reaiesr before hin, Was righ
. In saving there is IN a irrepExssible conflict
} between the two Eystema. They cannot Ion
cc-exist together il peace and harmony theE
t ie an iI1epressible tendency in each to exc1ud
the other; and no possible wisdom OF pr1
+ denee On the part Of any administration ca
t haImonize their co-eNstence undEr one AZ
. the same government. You must make yoI
= election between the Systems, and adopt Il
g the whole country either the slave system I
/ | the free1abor syetem; and the real signi1
Z cance OF the contest In which We are now el
It gagged is, as to which Of these systems shall
s the American system
! However homogeneous in race or characte
Il habits or manners, may be the people Of
c country in the outset, they separate and gro
b | gradually into two distinct peoples, with g
most entirely different ideas, habits and Gu
e. toms, # one-ha,f Of them In the one sectie
e adopt the slave system, aud the other hail,
:, the other, the 1ree1abor system. We ha'
j. ALREADY in the United States, notHith5:andi1
u our common origin, Cur common languag
D. the similarity Of our laws, and cur habitu
d i1tercourse, grown almost into two distin
G. nations. The Confedetates are Americans, i
ar deed, for fhep have been born and bred {
II American soil but they no longer retain tt
n, original American character while in the fr
st statef, batting the alterations effected by #
d e:gn emigration, that character is substanti;
n II preserved. We OF the North are the Eau
IF people that made the Revolution, VOL Ame
Or can Independence, aad established the Fed2l
re Government. This divergence showed itsl
IT. .yen at the time Of the Revelation and it
u been growing greater and greater from t
NJ beginning of the present century; and if t
e- two systems OF labor ate continued Oh Anne
IN | can soil, It must continue to grow still great
All aud greater, till the people Of the two secsio
ha ! grow up into two absolutely distinct and n
ia tually hostile nations, no longer capable, b
Id By The euhjugation By the one Of the other,
At existing under one and the came governmcl
if The only way this divergence eau be chec6e
At ! tie unity and homogeneousnes Of the VIII
er American people recovered and preserved,
n. ~ the assimilation Of the labor systems Of t
~ North and the South.
q. We Of the North caEnot and ought not
We accept the labor system Of the South. Butt
be save States, by their unprovoEed rcbellis
n lave giren- Us an opportunity Of periotmi
No an act Of lorg delayed justice to the neg
Tn population Of The Union, and Of a5slm1ati
y The Southern labor system to ours. This
ar s'1ni1ation is the bottom..oft the Southern reb
,u lien, and the 8outh has riEen in AIMS agail
ID the Union chiefly for the purpose Of exter
os. ing her labor system over all the free Stat
nd In doing SO she gives US the right, in cur o
,at EtE defence, to extend our free labor syst
al over all the slave States ri2 hit which. but
ps. her rebellion, We should not have had uni
ed the Constitution
nv THE GAIN OF LIBERTY.