, 1861-09-21
Gbilr:a'|go, a Grl'fb,.t1e'
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER q, 1851.
!, !; TEE, WAR P0vRK3.

The learned Fnttel, IN 1ls Ldo gT Nd
s:on,-aswork mere frequently quoted as
authority Oh the matters ofWhich It treats
than any other lays down TIE principle
ss indisputahle that Wat creates the power
and the right to give freedom to the Eiaves
Of an enemy, or Of q friend That is, that
the executive power, or the military COM
mander Of nation, in time Of war may
rightful]y e1nancipste the enemys alaves,or
their own slaves. Acdng under this princt-
pie, Gen Jackson gave freedom to num-
Der Of Slaves Of our OWL citizens a. ne"
Orleaus In 1915, and Congress always re"
fused to entertain the thought Of paying
for them. Now, for our present purpose,
it makes no difference whether we 1consid-
er JEFF. Davis s Co, our enemies, Or ous
f1iends. We may call them eitizens of the
United States OF citizens Of the Confeder-
ale stales-it is all the same No one will
DENY that we are al toar. 4 sheriff's or
marshal's posse Of half 8 million soldiers,
accompanied BY two hundred armed ves-
sels, five hundred pieces Of field artillery, |
ard national debt OF &50o, ,)00, 900, is
rather too broad joke for these earnest |
times.
But if anybody is 80 green as to deny
that we are engaged in war, let him
read the speeches Of John Quincy
Adams, published in another column
showing that both war and insuTrec-
tien cany with them the power to abolish
slavery. MI. Adams cites the example Of
Columbia, South America, where slavery
vss abolished, first, BY the Spanish Cen
e1al Mori1lo, afterwards BY the native Gen
eral Bolivar, and where it remains abol-
ished to this day. War or insurrectior,
even though it he serylle insurrection, Mr.
Adams hc1ds to be sufficient warrant for
tie emancipation OF Slaves anywhere And
this power, he says, is vested either in
Congress, or in the Executive, or in the
military commander, indifferently.
Rising above all these views stands the
law Of selGpreserVadon- From this 81.
preme fountain flow ali the rules which
govern States, both in war and peace.
Said Thomas Jefferson, on the gosh OF
September, 1910, in one Of those wise and
statesmanlike letters which he penned at
Monticello: "A strict observance Of the
"written laws is doubtless one Of the high
"duties Of good citizen, but it is not the
"highest. The laws Of necessity, Of self
"ptese1ystion, Of saving our country The1
sin danger, are Of higher obligation. tt
"lose our couutE Sy scrcpulous adher
"ence to written law, would be to los
"the Law ITSELF with life, liberty
aproperty and al those who are eu
"joying them with Us; thus absurd.
sacrificing The end to the means" Doe
not the law Of selfpreservation demeoi
that the cause Of this Wat, the cause Of al
our discord during the past thirty year:
be removed? We put it to each man WIN
has son IN the army, and who does no
want his son's son to be sent to anothe
war few years hence, when slavery shal
have again grown arrogant and belligel
ent. There are few people in the Mort
who can be brought to admit that the
wish slavery to last forever. But if th
blow is not struck while ne have the wa
power in our hands, it aeoer can be. Y
have no choice but to put it down now (
wait for seIvi1e insuErection to end it
tentold calamity and horror. 1t is a fa'
recognized by all Southern statesmen, an
affirmed By Senator Douglas himself, th'
slavery must have unlimited expansio!
or it will expire in grand social conf
grafton. As one eminent STAKEHOLDER e:
pressed it, III the slaves do not run awa
from their masters, the masters will II
away from the slaves" We have not Il
precise words Of Senator Doug las befo
ua, but we can easily find them if anybo
doubts the correctness Of the asserti6
He said, with straightforward and fearle
logic, that if slavery were confined to
present limits, by and by the la'
would not support the superabundan
Of slaves, and there would be !
alternative but insurrection or etarvatio
Nothing can be more obvious Slave
exhausts the soil ard demands new fe]
with wastefal and criminal rapidity.
free State labor Can be so diversified Il
only small portion, comparatively, ne
be employed in cultivatlng the soil, as
New England and Massachusetts; and th
if population Increases too fast or too {
the whole world Of free countries is open
emigration. But labor cannot be dive
fed in slave State, because it is unsafe
educate the 6erYile class. Ideas N
be kept out Of them. And wi
the population Increases beyond the liy
point they cannot migrate to another 81
country, because there arc no more 81
countries, because the world does not
low slaves to be carried On the high ~
because it is physical impossibilit!
move such an institution as slavery Fl
cur country 70 another net contigut
Is It not obvious that We have our Chi
between emancipation now and taking
ho1rid consequences Of insur1ection h
after?
PEACE PARTY In ILLINOIS