Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-11-08
From the Burlington Times.
THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
ROMAN CATHOLIC VIEW OF IT.
EMANCIPATION THE TIME POLICY.

ROMAN CATHOLIC VIEW OF IT.
EMANCIPATION THE TIME POLICY.
In the October number of Brownson,s
Quarterly RecieD,-the principle Ameri.
can organ of the Roman Catholic Church
is an article "SLAvERY AND THE WAR;.
The article is lenghthy, but most able,
logical and eloquent. Wecannot of course
give the entire argument but make the
following extracts which show the spirit of
the article. Mr.. Brownson takes the posi-
ton that, if we value peace, honor, liberty,
prosperity, all we have or hope for, we
must maintain the Union and he believes
to put down the rebellion, and bring back
a peace which shall be lasting and honor
able, as well as righteous, we must not
only put down the rebellion, but also that
which is sole cause of rebellion-slavery:
THE WAR A SERIOUS MATTER.
l." 1t is no time to mince our words or to
study out honied phrase; we we must call
things by their right names, and treat all
who are not for us as against us. We
have something more than even the Con-
stitution and laws to maintain the very
existence of the nation is at stake and
as no means are scrupled to destroy it, we
we have the right to use all the means
which the law of self-preservation renders
necessary Or expedient We wish our
readers and the public to understand that
we are in war, and to let it get through
their heads that the war which the re-
bellion has forced upon us is no mimic
war, is no child's play, and is not to be
conducted to a successful issue on the
principle of treating the rebels as friends,
giving them every advantage and doing
them no harm. They are in down right
earnest and are putting forth all their
strength, and doing their best to subju-
gate us; and we also must be in down.
right earnest, put forth all our strength
to subjugate them. Var cannot be con-
Quoted on peace principles, or successfully
conducted By persons who do not enter
into Il aoiM spirit, resolution, and energy.
THE SLAVE POPULATION.
% o @ "This brings us to the ques-
tion of the slave population in the rebel
lious States. In these State there are
over three millions of the population
held by the laws or usages of those States
as slaves. These people are an integral
portion of the United States, owe allegi-
ancc to the Federal Government, and are
entitled to the protection of that Govern
mcnt. The government has the same right
to make friends and allies of them, and to
enroll and arm them against the rebellion,
that it has to make friends and allies or
to enroll and arm the white population Of
Western Virginia or of Eastern Tennessee.
1t makes nothing against this that these
people have heretofore been slaves by the
laws or the usuages of the States in which
they reside; for the lars or usuages are
deprieed Of all force against the Union By
the rery acte rebellion. Rebellion dis
solves all laws for the protection of the
life or property Of the rebels. By the
very act of rebellion, the rebel forfei.s to
the Government against which he rebels,
both his property and his life, and holds
henceforth neither, save at it's mercy or
discretion. If it were not so, the Govern
ment would have no right to confsticate
the property of rebels, or to attempt to
suppress q rebellion by force of arms. II
the slaves held in the rcbellious States
are property, they are forfeited to the
Government. and the Government may
confscate them, as cotton, rice, tobacco,
or any other species Of property found in
the hands of the rebels. The same prinr
ciple that gives to the Government the
right to conGscatq bale Of cotton owned
by rebel, gives it right to confscate
every negro slave claimed by . rebel
master. This is perfectly clear and is
implied in the recent act Of Congress on
the subject. But if these people held az
slaves are. not, property. they are apd
should be regarded as scitizens Of the Unit
ed States, owning allegiance to the Fed
eral Government, liable to be called int