Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-12
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nose on the South and West as at preseni
By this arrangement two counties of Mar
land (Alieghany and Wsshingtonl would b,
transferred 70 the jurisdiction of yirriuia
All that portion vi ich lies : be
tween the Blue Ridge and Chesapeake
nay could thea he added to- MARYLAND
: while thatspottien of the peninsula between
tne waters OF the Chesapeake and the At
laniic, now Jointly held by Maryland sni
ifgiala' seouidz be iacefperated into The
otate OF .Deia1are. A reference to the ma q
viii show that these are great natural bound
aries, which, fur ait time 10 come, would
serve to mark the limits oil stbese States. -
TO make the protection of The capital
complete, in consideration of the large &C.
: eession of territory which. Maryland would
receive under the arrangement proposed. it
would be necessary that that State should
, consent so to modify her Consultation as to
white population. q.
~ In this connection, it would be the part of
wisdom TO reannex- to the District of Colum-
eela that portion of its original limits which
sby act OF OonS ress was retroeeded2 to the
State of Virginia. s.-aOsA
= Il has become grave question for determ-
nation, what shall be done with the slaves
abandoned by their owners on the advance
of QUE troops int Southern territory, as in
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whole white population therein is six thou
sand, while the number Of negroes excedes
thirty-two thousand The panic which drove
their masters in wild confusion from their
homes, leaves them in undisputed possession
of the soil. Shall they, armed by their mas
tiers, be placed in the field to fight agaisst
us, or shall their labor be continually en-
ployed i'm epEoducing the means for sup
porting the armies of febeHiaa?
-x1vc.-E Al n L
been forced by rebellious traitors, is carried
= On for The parpose'of repossessing the prop
erty violently and treachereusly seized upon
by the enemies OF the Government, and to
re-establish the authority and laws of the
United States in the places where it is op-
posed or oVerthrown by armed Instruction
and rebellion. Its purpose is to recover and
defend what is justly its own. 7=f,a
War, even between independent nations,
Is made to subdue the enemy, and all that
belongs TO that enemy, by occupying the hos
tile country, and exercising dOminiou over
all the men and things wi thin its territory.
This being true in respect TO independent
nations at var with each other, it follows
that rebels who are lahpring by force of arms
to overthrow government justly bring upon
themselves all the consequences of war, and
provoke the destruction merited by the worst
of crimes. That government would be false
ridicale of the civilized world, that would
abstain from thesase Of any Efficient means
: to preserve It's own existence. or to overcome
a rebellious and traitoIous enemy. by SPAR
ing or protecting the property ofthose who
are wagi0g war against it.
The principal wealth and power of the
rebel States is peculiar species of proper
/ y. Consisting OF the service or labor of AT
rican slaves, or the descendants of Africa. 4
U h2s hoo rio a
at the value offrom $500, 900, 600 to 81 ,0O0,-
900 O0O -.
p, Why should this property be exempt from
the hazards and CONSEQUENCES of rebellious
war2
1t was the boast of the leader of the re.
bellion. while hePyet had seat In the Sen.
ate of the United States. that the Southern
States would be comparatively safe aud free
from the burdens of war, ii it should be
brought on by the contemplated rebellion.
and that boast was accompanied by the
savage threat that Northern towns and cit
les would become the victims of rapine and
military spoil,o and that Northern men
should smell Southern gnup0wder and feel
Southern steel" No one doubts the dispo- |
stion of the rebels to ca ry that threat into |
execution. The wealth of Northern towns
and cities, the produce OF: Northern farms |
Nortbern werksheps aud Enaanfact6rips, |
would certsiniy be seizsd, desir,ssed, or ap-
proprfated as military spoil. No property |
in the North would be spared from the bands |
of the rebels, and their pine would be de- |
Tended under the1 laws OF war. Will. The |
loyal States thus have all their pr, perry and |
possessions at stake, are the insurgrnt rebels |
to carry on warfare against the Government
In peace and security to their own propertyf
Reason and justice and self preservation
forbid that su-h should be the policy of this
Government. but sdemand, on the contrary,
that, being forced by traitors and rebels TO
the extT entity of war, all the rights and DOW
ers OF war should be exercised to bring itt o1
a speedy end.
Those who make war against the Govern
ment jus tiy forfeit tall rights of property,
privilege, or security, derived from the Con-
stitution and laws, against which they are in
armed rebellion; and as the labor and service
|d their slaves constitute the chief property
lof the rebels, such property should share the
|common fate of war to which they have de.
voted the propefty-o loyal citfzens
While it is plain that the slave property
of the South is justly subjected To- all the
consequences of this rebellious ar, and that
he Government would be untrue to its trust
IA not employing all the rights and powers
of war to bring it. to a speedy close, the
"details of the plan for doing so, like all other
military measures, must, In aSereat degree, +
be left TO be determined by particular ext
gencies. The disposition of other property
belonging to the rebels that becomes subject
10 our arms . governed by the circumstan-
,es of the CAGE. The Government has no
sawer to hold slaves, none to Restrain slave
q his liberty, or to exact his service. 1t has
) right, however, to use the voluntary SER
rice of slaves liberated by the war from theif
rebel masters Ike any q fher property oftbe
Aebels, in whatever, mode may be most efi- l.