Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-04
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here, has been sentenced 10 death for 1t.
The President says that under the con6s'
cation act. contrabands have come upon our
hands; also, that some of the States may con-
iscate slaves, and he advises that Congress
receive them from the States on account OF
direct taxes due, then that they and such
free negroes as desire II, be oolonized on
territory to be purchased for that purposes
and TO that end he carefully argues the
constitutionality of acquiring territory,
which, considering our slight annexations
heretofore, may be regarded rs quite an un-
settled question.
Inasmuch as the confscation act only con-
fscated the slaves Of rebels who were actu-
ally used for military purposes, and as in the
nature of things butfew who have the requi-
site proof can come into our hands, es-
pecially when we exclude them indiscrimi-
nately from our lines, the number may
possibly be disposed of on our own crowded
territory, without making new purchases, in
the present condition of the national purse;
and in the present debilitated state of the
Constitution, all extraordinary exertion of it
is to be avoided if possible.
The President says that in carrying on the
war TO suppress the insurrection, he has been
anxious and careful that it shall not degen-
crate into a violent and remorseless strug-
gle. He kept the integrity of the Union
prominent as the first object of the contest
on our part, leaving all questions not of
vital military Importance to the action ofthe
Legislature. Battles are about the most
violent and remorseless struggles. War is
carried on by violence. It aims to kill on
the largest scale, and in the most remorse-
less manner. The ingenuity of mankind is
strained to invent arms and prOjectiles to
kill more numerously and remorselessly. Of
course, the President does not mean that he
has endeavored to carry on the war in such
a way that nobody shall be hurt. He does
not mean that he has tried to avoid battles;
| and yet battles exasperate the contendng
armies to the highest pitch of rage.
To save the integrity of the Union is not
only the prominent object of the contest on
our part, but the whole object, and as much
| the object of Congress as of the President.
1t includes every thing-the suppression Of
the rebellion and the complete establishment
of the authority of the Government. If the
Presidents war policy is adequate for that,
there is very little to leave to the legislature,
so far as the conduct of the war is concerned.
Congress has appropriated men and money,
and put them in his hands. The people have
responded with troops more than he asked.
They expect him, as Commander-in Chief to
use these armies and means to prosecute the
war in the most vigorous manner, in order
to crush the rebellion, and they may feel
ulsdppOluleu Wltu lucy hEo IOlu buhI uo udS
been careful that the war shall not degenerate
into a remorseless revolutionary struggle,
while it has been struggle of that charac-
ter from the first on the part Of the rebels,
and that he has endeavored to moderate it
in order to keep the integrity of the Union
prominent.
In this connection the President stated
that he ordered blockade of rebel ports,
instead of closing them as authorized bylaw,
preterring to keep within the law instead OF
transcendiDg He states that he has adhered
to the cOnfscation act, and, "if a new law
upon the same subject shall be proposed, its
propriety will be duly considered"
| A slight modification seems to have been
made in our institutions, when Congress pro-
poses laws, and the President considers their
propriety. However, the President says
further, the "the Union must be preserved,
and hence all indispensable means must be
employed" This is the sentiment which
General Jackson expressed more briefly
But, the President adds: ave should not be
in haste to determine what radical and ex-
treme measures, which may reach the loyal
as we'll as disloyal, are Indispensable" This
modifes the matter again.
The President indorses again his inaugural
address and his previous message, as con.
tsining the whole duty of President; and
declares that, like the book of the Apoca
lypse, nothing can be added to or subtractet
from those documents. He reviews the re
bellion record, and shows the progress tn
Government has made in the regeneration o
Maryland, the conversion of Kentucky, tn
! liberation of Western Virginia, and the res
cue of Missouri, which he says "is compare
lively quiet" anu he believes ''csn not agai
be overrun by the insurgents" 1t is probs
! BILE that this part of the message was writte
before the retreat from Springfield. Event
have somewhat modified this comparativ
. quiet Of Missouri. He also shows that th
cause of the Union has advanced southwar
= to Port Royal.
= The President informs the country thi
h Gen. Scott was in faver of appointing Gel
Mcclellan to the chief command, and til
n nation was unanimous on the subject, and
: sustains the excellence of the appoiutmer
; by process of argument, showing that OF
n bad General is better than two good oneg
a and then, giving way to the ruling passio
be illustrates by almost an aneodote.
. The message closes with an argumen
= showing that the insurrection is WI
"a against popular government, and contestir
" the Southern doctrine in the relations of ca
,Se ital and labor, which holds that capt.
"a should own its own laborer.
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