The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-03-20
sTANToN,s OPINIONS ON SLAVERY.

Tue following language is attributed TO
Mr.. Stanton the Secretary Of War, by the
COaiinc ,td Moathiy. These views corre'-
pond with the known opinions Of tho Prcsi-
don', who holds that the rebellion Of the
Southern States against the Republic has
in fact, converted theif slaves into frecnien.
Mr.. Stanton is reported az follows:
First and foremost, believe Slavery to
bc The coaSus bed. 10 treat the cdUsus
bcRi above aud beyond all other considera-
t,oas, holl to bo the duty of the true com.
mander.in.c a. the surgeon dlsregards
the sccondary symptome, and probes the
wound. | would treat this cIuSus bell as
the Constitution allows W. TO treat it--not
oue hairs breadth from the grand old safe
guard would step. Under the Constitution,
believe Slavery TO be a purely local insti-
tuition. In Louisiana aud Texas, n slave is
az immovablo by statute, and is annexed to
the realty rs hoop poles are in the law oI
New York. In Alabama and Mississippi,
the slave is II chattc. IN the first named
States he passes by deed of natural act and
registration; IN the other, by simple receipt
or de,iye y Thus even among the Slave
States. there IL no uniform system respecting
tho slave property. To the North,rl States
the slave is person, in his ballot ldtiOn
to Congressional quota and constituency
and also an apprentice to labor, tu be dcliv
cred up on demand. The slave escaping
from Maryland to Pennsylvania il not to be
delivered up, or cared about, or thought
about until he is demanded. liberty is the
law of nature. Every MAJ is Presumed free
in choice. and not even 10 bc t'aIunclcd by
apprenticeship. until the contrary is made
clearly to appeyr. One man may be Il New
York dischaigcd convict, ior nstance--an
unprdouablc convict. I'c en- CRATES south
ward, he obtains property according to local
law, in slave. Tho slave escapes to- New
York. The convict--unpardoucd--.master
cntcra the tribunal there on his demand
Quoth the apprentice. producing the record
Of the convection. NJ. Gaimant, You have
no standing in the court. Your civil rights
are suspended in this State until you alc
pardoucd. You are not pardoned. thereto, g
viii not answer aye or no to your cla IN,
until you are lcgitimltcly III court, and rec
ognized by the judges take it that plea
would avail. And it the cricr wanted to
employ n person to sweep the courtroom
the ncNt moment, he could employ that
defendant to do il There is not man in
the rebel States (,chom We publicLy hR0W
Of) who has standing under the Consttu-
ton regarding this Slavery question BY
his own argument he lives in a foreign
country by our own argument, he is not
rcctUS in curia. We're ] an invading Gene
ral and wanted horses, would decoy them
from tho rebels with hay and stable ontcc-
monts. Ii wantod trcnch-diggcrs, camp
scuIliohs, or artillcrists, or pilots, or oa, s.
men, or guides, and being that General,
saw negroes about me, should pres them
into my service. Time enough to talk al ont
the rights of some one to possess the ne
groos by hotter claim Of title to service
when that somebody, with the Constitution
IN one haud and stipulation OF allegiance in
the other, demands legal possession. be-
llcvc that the acknowledged fact the ne
cessary fact, that wherever our army ad-
vanccs, emancipation practically ensues,
will carry more terror to the slave owner
than any other warlike incident. But
woul have been understood that this result
is not our design, but a necessity of their
rebellion"