New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-08

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maa believe The Government would hays hesi,a,ed -
tner property and hang the leading eonspi,.
s.oIsl III not why should party which owss ;ts sr.
as wen as ito trumphs to the hostility of tbI
10 the domination Of privileged elass In the
government ~ and the perpetuy of slavery hesitate
toward an2 'ss osbsr Rebels as they woa
the XII E' admit SsnlsSsiaed sSs1 a, against
s.'enon a. oi 2 great corporation, which elaims
Of ssssS .ags. 5gns the to control tn. labor
combination Of Shareholders claiming vested rgbt, ~
sreeiai privileges there would be no rebellion IN az
United States. If it be said that all slsyeboJs,s %
Il msu ha "a tne government, so with equal truth
may ne sald that all railroad or bank stock6olders srs
not malVidually responsible for the misdeeds Of :
n,a!or.y' committed against their win. But. ia
,h,Jpmy haJvy oi any party, or corporation, inauouYas
or oSnsused authority any offensive dishonest
without changing the power which Originated 4 wiz
the responsibility of its existence, how ipiuriou.lv
soevei ench change may operate against the npossns
Inc writer denies that there can be such a
,hp8 US property IN man. lie doee no, wish TO estah
lsh an identity between the vested rights Of hsnS ~
rahroad corporations, and thoee claimed by ,lsvs.
holders, but uses the foregoing contrasts smSv a. -
illustration OF the variableness and injustice Of prsn.
dicc. " r''a'
Entertaining these views the reader will resa;ls
comprehend that the remedy proposed to crush out e
rebellion is simply the emancipation by the National
Government Of every slave in the United States Poll
btatctmea
proposition as unconstitutional inexpedient and un
just to slaveowners. If you were slave, would 700
deem it unjust, should the Government decree your
freedom and that of your family Every reader can
find in the answer which he Is willing TO make his
question sufficient argument against the injustice Of
emancipation. If it be just, then it il rght for IN
the language of the old maxim, "Justice do ne.
wrong" The right La always sxpedient," said Genl
jackson. National emancipation is not only just and
expedient, but our preseat disturbed condition and
future peace and prosperity imperiously demand IT,,
Justice, humanity, Chisiian civilization demand IL.
The people demand 1t, and President, Cabinet, and
Congress must bow TO their irrevocable but righeons
decree. Indiscretion on the part of friends NAV eay
but that cannot prevent its consummation The petv
stratagems Of men assuming 70 be statesmen may eoS
it, as they have, with compromises party Pledges and
Congressional eDactments but, like the iron fetteA
which bind the poor slave these legislative manaecs
will soon burst asunder in the light of advancing
CIVILIZATION. Already the prophecy of the PresideDt,
written no longer ago than 1883 in speech at Spring.
field, Illinois, Is passing into ory Listen and polt
der "a house divided against itself cannot stand.
/ beheve the Government cannot endure half Save
and half free. l do not expect the Union to be do.
solved. do not expect the house TO fall but doex.
pect that il will to be divided. Ii will become
all one thing, or all the other Either the opponent
of Slavery will arrest the further spread OF IT, and
place it where the public mind will rest in the belief
that il Is in the course OF ultimate extinction, or s
advocates will push il forward until il shall alike be-
come lawful in all the States old well new, North
as well as South"
The division is wider to-day than when these words
uttered. Few then conceded in the opinion hat
"this Government cannot endure permanently half
slave and half free;" bat to-day the guns yondef
battlefield in stronger language than words declare
it to be an admitted fact. Bot these dreadful
orators, with equsl significance, announce as an ad
donal fact, paradacal az 1t may seem, that no di:
vision mu ever occur, but that the Union must and
shall be preserved"
To practical man, then the question would seem
to be simply this: Shall this Government contiG1e
free Republic, such as Washington Jefferson and theif
copatriots intended it TO be, shall IL become .
slave-hoding despotism such az the Calhoun and Bai
chanan Democracy have for years attempted to make
it His will determine TO which Of the great
parties he belongs which the presentation Of this ques
ton win create, unless the Admin stration inaugurstes
by positive acts the policy decreed by the people Of
making the Government all free," and not attempts
ing that which is impossible, OF preserving it "haJ
slave and shaft free"
The first step in the introduction of this policy, nov
that the rules Of must govern the country should
be the declaration of martial law in every Rebel State
and emancipation by procamalion; the next, tie abo
lfon Of Slavery in the District Of Columbia and su
the doekyards and forts Of tue United States By act
of Congress-; and the third, the prohibition Of
Slavery in all national Territories, ana amend.
ing the Constitution, making the introduction
Of Slavery hereafter forever impossible. To crust
the Rebellion and prevent It's repetition, Con-
gress should Immediately rescind the several acts
adDsttisg into the Union the States Of Alabama Ar.
kansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and len.
nesseet These Sates were originally formed by the
consent of the National Government out Of Territory
which the United States had exclusive sovereign
ty by cession and purchase. They have, through be
recognized authorities, annued so far as they can the
agreement by which they became joint members Of the
National Union. repeal by Congress of these several
acts of admission would have the legal effect to repses
them in the Territorial condition, and to restore to the
United States their sovereignty over them. Ing
course would not do with Texas. She was recognizes
by our Government and the Governments OF Other
nations independent nation, before her admisoo
into the Union. A repeal Of her Act Of Annexaticn
would restore her to that condition, which, Of course,
no fsr-seeing statesman would consent 70. She must
therefore, be governed by military power Slavery
must be abolished by proclamation, and thus her poe
stion raying point for the conspraors be erokse
up The resembling for rebelious States might be a.
follows:
I7,,,o, The States of Aabsms Arisps FLORIDA Louss
sts satsoties rssnded ordinance adopted sev.rsyH
them their .iOp toto the Union and where's .aid s.
Of the United States and ,he people Of the TsIos. OF f
sassa tos TO ss State. BY ee.on and purcS.s
Of s admission States aforesaid and the United 80
over them. Therefore. belt
Rcsd BY the Senate end House Of Representatives Of ne
United s.s; ~ Sonss n as .,s .ne ~ ssS AZ
Florida Louissns Mississippi and Tennessee into ns
Unicn, be aud the same are hereby repealed
simultaneously with this act Of repeal Congress
shoud pass Territorial bills establishing four Ief
tories out OF the States named thus oberating ths
present State lines and making the admission, hersaf
ter of such State as Florida impossibiity. Tie
great States Of New.York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indf
ana and Illinois will never again consent to represeas
tation equal to their own in the United States Sena
for State whose entire population never ente
to more than one representative.
80 far as regards Texas, the Administration ougn'
encourage the formation of State Government y
the Germans and other Union citizens, similar 10 ai
Of Virginia They should be represented inthe senass
and House of Representatives, and In their capacity ~
S,ats Government aid by their legislation the poo