Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-05-22

/ PfoPStys y tooh upou Pt"s'e"s V"oN' "
these two propositions as amounting to the
same thing, Now let us look at the effect for
a moment The way to test thing of this
kind Is, IN some measure, 10 try IL on t0ei
A short time since Mr. Cave Johnson was at
Clarksve, and he informed Commodore Foote
that the rebel army had gone away fir ON Clarks'
vile, and no had better come there and take
the town and take care Of IT, These people had
all been engaged in the army pretty much, but
Commodore Fooie came and took possession
The people were in great CONSERVATION. not
knowing what would happen-and he published
u card informing them that il they remained IN
their houses and attended TO their ordinary bu-
siness and behaved themselves, they shosld be
protected
When Gen, Buell. got to Nashville he pub
| lished proclamation 10 the same effect. Now,
suppose you pass this bill in this shape, and an.
other city which has been possessed by the enc
my Is abandoned or their soldiers have been
driven out oft. The people of that city have
been almost entirely concerned with the rebels,
and they come to our General and say, I'VE are
satisfied that we cannot continue this rebellion
any more we are willing TO submit--we want
to know whether you will protect us from wrong
and violence What do you want to be protec
ted in 2 In our property, in our houses, in our
residences You have got no houses, you have
no homes, You want TO be projected in your
property-you have not got any property--the
whole Of it was confscated by Congress on last
week, and we are here TO sell it, dispose of it
and put the purchasers into possession--you are
all of you in that condition Is that all that is
left TO US ii we become obedient to the laws g.
Yes, all except 10 be shot. | do not know that
there is anything else. Ii you resist and 90 on
do not know how you may come out-but 1t
you submit to us subject yourselves to our laws,
that will be your fate, and your slaves will be
set at liberty, and your six or eight millions of
-,
to buy with Laughter aaa t.&N
Now, Mr. President, it is beyond my compre'
! hension how the road to peace lies in such
? path. am unable to see how peace can be at
! tanned by any means of that kind. Oh, but il is
said, we must have some money Our psople
i are burdened with taxes, and debts and expen
o | SEES, and we must have something now to repay
i them. should like to ask a man who talks IN
: that way, how much he thinks can be got out of
it, What would you give for a farm down in
Tennessee or Georgia with the people swarmng
4; around you unhoused-peope believing them.
}, selves to be owners, who were outlawed and de.
s prived Of their property by you aJWhy, sir, it
d would require lwo regiments to take care of ev.
| cry plantation. g Laughter. No man would
n give dollar for such title. The idea of real
o izing money in that way is to me as idle as the
a idea of realizing peace in that way. ...
Q. come now, Mr.. President, to talk more par
! ticularly in relation to another branch of this
ot bill which is not SO obvious, perhaps. 1t seems
70 to me that there is another purpose that is COW
Of cred up by this pretence OF forfeiture con6s-
= cation and proceedings in rein, which have real
is " nothing to do with it. When we are COM
At muning together and talking freely, we may as
If we'll tell the truth as not cannot exactly re-.
or commend my example in thatrespect, as the old
y, gentleman did who told his sons that honesty is
y the best policy-'because' said he, 4 have tried
r. il both ways (Laughter.) Now, the truth is,
le there is large provision this bill for the lib.
y GRAFTON of slaves, and l am strongly apprehen-
1t sive that the particular friends OF this bill
,r regard it as THE bill Without that they would
o, care nothing about it. Many of them, have no
II dor b. are exactly in that condition. Are you
c. going to have these slaves seized as prizes OF
n war There is no provision OF that kind, be-
at cause you know that what you. declare prize OF
war must be seized during the war land if it
Or is not when the peace comes it escapes and you
tv cannot lake il AT all. Moths provision Is
made to dc clare all slaves free without ever ia
- king them. There is no caption of them re-
be quired. They are not declared prize of war, or
IN required to be proceeded with as such. How is
ne is it, then They are regarded as property l
he do not mean to fall into any Objectionable point
on that do not believe in having property in
ne man any more than anybody else-but certain
of is is that the master he is called is acknoW
ir edged by the Constitution to have an interest
VA in the labor and service OF his slave. There
I an acknowledged pecuniary interest there reeog
ly nized. 1t is. a pecuniary interest fou propose
Of to get rid of that nterest-cear it out discharge
be it. Can you do this by proceeding in rem =
,rv know we made law at the last session decla
or ring that where slaves were made the instru
act mens of wrong by using them for military pur-
rty poses in aid Of the rebellion, they should b
Zee, and that falls within the doctrlie-withil
lea ,ha -:"ciple have stated. But nothing of tina
ter kind is here 1t Wa. not Pus mere patsposel!
fiji. because proceeding in rem 80
his have possession of the thing and brougus "'
to court to be adludicated upon 1t is not provi
lat ded that these slaves to be taken or brough
ba, into any court, or in any way adiudcated upon
The There is not any proceeding in rem required
ell upon them, nor any other proceeding. If tina
ere is not depriving man of his interest in slave
in without any conviction of himself, and withou
is any process of law, and operating as punish
Oh ment on him, and yet leaving him to be hanged
81. / do not understand it. 1t seems to me to b.
ess all that-every particle of it.
en-. Again, Mr. President, we have individually
led and the Republican party as party, thrown
is creed and articles of political faith betor
is the world. We have subscribed to them, mos
il of personally, individually at different stages
- and believe it is not necessary or me to m ak
nm any personal professions about that. l am still
md very much inclined to abide by pighted public
" faith, and by private faith too. cannot bu
- observe that those gentlemen who certainl.
the have been distinguished as much or more TO
by their activity in relation of the subject of slave
IT, ry as for anything else, are committed to tn
creed of Republican faith on this point, Take
BILE for instance, the honorable Senator from Mas
avs sachuse.ts (Mr. Sumner.J l will reads hi
it words. On Offering certain memorial on tn
ON 25th Of February, 1861, he said
,bt, II offer this memorial sir, because deem
in my duty to offer all memorials that are respect
yes iul ID form, when sent 10 me-ou' ~ ohe''ng
, is take this occasion to declare most explicitly
that do not think Congress has any right I
nod interfere with slavery in State."i
no do not know that the gentleman has eve
zoe spoken in any other way. ar .9- ~