New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-07

moral se1se with Pro-Shvery work by the way,
would it lie strange should this oppression be perez
yered in, il serOls insubordinaiona dangerous as
serion of manhood-were TO break out at this pointI
Commanders assume that certain persons who come
10 the army are slaves. Some Of these persons they
deliver up be tortured Others they class with orutes
and things degrade to the category OF eontraoand
Of war, and compel TO labo-. am aware that there
lie statute Of Congress- say not that 1t ID warranted
by the ConstitutioB-which provides for returning
fugitive saves Bot under this statute the returned
persOns must frst be udciay proved to besaves and
lso TO have es,aped from one Stale TO another. Our
commander not claiming to under this statute, nor
indeed under any other, are OF course guilty oi an
entirely lawleSs and entirely gratmtoas service 10
Slavery. Nor lees lawless and gratuitous IS their
service to Slavery in threatening to put down seryie
Instructions. If the Constitution provides protection
against servile i suTrectlons II Is only because II pro-
vides il against domestic violence" But 1t does not
provide t against domestic violence" save " ON ap-
plcaion of the legislature or of the executive 10 the
Shareholders say that the putting down OF servfle
iI.sgrrection In time of war may be necessity thaI
requires no Constitutional sanction In go sayinginey
olen the door for others to cay that the oooiish-
log of Slavery in time OF may be such necessity
II II Is left 10 the President or army TO decide IN Time
Of whether the safety of the nation requires tue
putting down Of tervile nsurrections then IS IL also
left to t6em TO decide in tine of whether its safety
requires the abolition OF Slavery.
What, however, 1t may be asked, If our army to do
with the black men, women, and children who are
hOcking TO it answer that, inasmuch as II can
neither legally morally know any of them as slaves
it Is 10 do with them precisely as II their Anns were
white Ii Ii 10 treat them ss bnmaDey as armies are
wont to treat deserters But what if their numLeis be-
great that the army canno, take care OF them
all IaBswer that in such event, IL IL not Obliged to
take care of them all. But, mauiiesly those they
do nothing for they NUT do nothit against. No
army is bound 80 to cucumber itself with deserers es
TO endanger itself or ls objects. Bat no army Is ~
liberty TO make war upon those who desert to il.
And, what if it that there deseiters to our army
slaves lbe poor eatures has done us any
wToDg. Their SUI
gar aud rice aud grain and cotton, have fed aud clothed
us. What inLumaIily aud wickedness for army to
plunge them iuto The hell Of slavery And ere the war
is over the North may learn what folly also 1t s to
show hersef 10 be the enemy OF the blacks and tnus
10 make the blacks her enemy. Tie North claims that
God is on her side. But lie s on the side OF neither
North no. South. ThiIgs there are IN each winch he
approves. He approves the reseuing OF Government
ON tie assaults Oi traitors. But i0 their treatment
of toe plsrk man both the North and South are sunk
down to the lowest depths OF inuttiee and God s no
more the ride ofan unjust people on that o an un
lust person God our ghes conception OF Justice aud
no where can lie dwell with injustice. When both
North and South shall gay from the heart, we are
verify guilty concerning oar brotht - then, and not
ill then, will God be the eide of both North and
South. Alas, the nohsensicl aud stupid, as well as
wicked rtpugnance 70 enrolling black men p our army
BY means Of such enrichment the triumph Of arns
would be very speedy; and by Of such sie dis
potion OF black the Sonth would probably saved
irom horrors which sLe probably will otherwise
suffer.
Ib,ya Incidental but only incidental, TO the pro-
ess q the war will be the crumblpg 10 pieces of the
Whole fabric of American Slavery. 1.-THE war Is pro-
rscted or II the South pirates, savages and ne
groes in it, the North VIII not only enroll negroes IN
Der army, but she will be 10 eAaperted as 70 arm
negroes outside Of the army. Such enrolling wonld
conquer the South. Such arning would desolate her,
Even now does reason call for the enrolling. Even
now, when we need men Of whatever complexion to
help u.s. does reason call on us to lay aside our pre-
iudices against comp exOn. For the arming OF slaves
without controlling them reason call. Rage
alone can TO it-sueh rage as led our British
sshers and their American children TO arm tayages
arinst each other. need not add that TO put arms
ilto the hands Of the negroes enrolled or unenroed
is 10 put an end TO Slavery.
Bot although the North shonll refuse negro AID TO
shorten the war the death Of Slavery nevertheless
certain. Indeed, the more prolonged aud expensive
the war shall be- the more determined will be the
North 10 exiirpate the sole cause OF II. am war
rnted in calling il the sole cause, rot only because
the war il for slavery, but because no other spirit
than that of Slavery Is meddening enough 10 impel
NEIL TO the overthrow Of Government 20 strong, and
wiioal advantageous and partial to themselves.
That Slavery is the sole Of the war might be
alleged on the sole ground Of the deep desire OF the
consprutOrs for the election Of Abraham Lincoln.
For they doubted not that they could persuade the
South that bis election was an Anti-Slavery vieoryi
an Anti-SlAvery invasion Of its Pro-Slayery rights.
So eager were the conspTaob for his election, that
they called the little handful OF Radical Abo-
litionss to vote for him. letter to this end rom
Mr. John Driver OF Alabama to myself dated July
% 1850 gave TO the press. The long and the short
is that the consprato became conrIirstors the trai
tors traitors, simply because they were slayeboldes
To deny this Ia to ignore facts, DEFY ioglc ana make
history le The war will esst the North, directly
and indirectly more than five hundred millions OF dol
lars and probably not less than fifty thousand lives
should Slavery i've it will retlrn TO torment her
after the same fashion. =, Hence she Will not
will be all the more determined on its death, because
il is already coming TO clearly what, owing to
party and other obscuraIions 1t has heretofore seen
but dimly that alnost from the beginning OF our ma
ton slavery has been the chief eorrupter Of her morals
and dsurber Of her politics. and the great consumer Of
her earnings Concern for commerce more than Tor
couutry-for politics more than for Principles-will
doubtles continue 10 call for the spaTng OF Slavery
and for such new and further concessions TO IL as shall
constitute the foundations of peace between the bel-
oerents But the call will be IN vain. 1he people
will not hear il. The people are now SICK of slavery;
They have nj last had enough OF II. Again, they VIII
not consent to make peace with armed traitors Un-
conditional surrender on the part of the traitors Ia the
frat step which the people will consent to have taken
in the way of peace Any peace in which this is not
the first step will be spurious, and VIII demoraze ana
destroy the Government. The single Issue being the
giving an OF their Rebellion by the rebels, or the CIV
mo m Of their Government by the loyal, the people
viii insist that il is the Rebellion which shall be gwen
up They will insist that the Rebellion rather than
the Government shall perish. Moreover, TO giye up
onr(oyenment in this wise would be to cut ourselves
oil from having another. No Government howevergo3d
in tsef built up in the place Of one we have basely
welded TO traitor could command respect either at
home or abroad In other words base people cannot
have Government. do not forget that compromises
that peace measures-are to be offered al tae ap-
pfoactng eeasion Of Congress. Let them De onered'
iber oniy effect will be to brand deeply and ndelby
ps traitors to their Government and country all who
favor them admit that Slavery and commerce, cum
ming and craft could rule the people when they were
asleep. But now that they are awake, and two or