, 1862-05-19

Inc c0l anu 0uly OpstdA4C w auc pe!oS'
age Of q bill for The confscation Of the
property of rebels, is found in the fact that
with all lis crimes against humanity, and
the Union, Slavery still has defenders
among men Ginning to be loyal. These
know that the punishment Of the traitors is
tho death and burial Of Human Chattleism,
not that The blow is directly aimed at its
existence, but such result is necessarily in
Tolycd in the penalty due to treason. This
is because their are no traitors but
shareholders aud their dupes. The terms
are not, indeed, convertible. There are
loyal Shareholders whose devotion to
the Union has borne every test, but these
constitute but 81 insignificant fraction Of
the slaye-owncrs. Let the blow fall and
Justice be done, and nine out Of ten Of the
slaves Of the South are f1ee-set at liberty
by confscation bill which, Withoutregard
to the condition Of the bondman, 1ooses
the property tic that holds him to his mas
ter. This, thcn, is the reason Of the shrink
ing and holding back from the important
measure. What respect shall We win at
home or abroad, if We have not the firm
ness to indicate National honor in the pm
ishment Of parricides? What nation
could hope TO exist that did not stamp
Treason as crimes IF the rebels are
spared lest Slavery suffer, do we not guard
Slavery more scrupulously than the Union ?
And arc the people Of the North content
that this should be? Is this to be the
end Of all these sacrifices, these outpouringgs
Of blood and treasure. Is it for this that
OUT frcemen hare gone forth to battle, and
to die Of malarias and camp feyers? Ie,
us sec it stated in actual figures, just how
much the loyal North is willing to give to
save slavery. Let the 7ote be taken among
those whose fathers, SONS and brothers arc
in our armies, how many regiments wt
shall devote TO the purpose Of shielding
slavery from the fate invited by its OWL
conspiracy against the Government, vi
shall prolong the war and invite its recur
renee, il rebellion is not punished as I
crime, if there be no dread Of penalties t
force men back TO loyalty, and ther
can be no adequate penalty which doc
not Of necessity touch the slareholdin
interest by absolviug the right Of propert
in man in the rebel masters. Let the per
pie move in this matter. This session {
Congress Is now rapidly passing, and th
desired result not yet reached. Let on
Congressman be made to learn from the
constituents, that this is not time for Fl
tering aud old time Union saving, Ill LII
passed away when slareiy grappled Wit
the Government for its overthrow. n
can nov, only save the onion by punis1
ing its enemies, and pushing them to til
wall. The slave power is at work
Washington, with sleepless vigilant
watching for each possible point Of adva
tage The defeats it has sustained on
spur it to new exertions, and the friends
Freedom must be more than ever On Il
alert. 4 great triumph was Won in Il
passage by the House Of the Arnold-Lov
Joy bill, establishing freedom IN the Ter
tories, but its fate in the Senate is yet to
decided. There are pretended Repnblica1
in that body who Will prate Of the unco
stitutionality Of confscation, and depreca
the evil Of comforting freedom on the bla'
race, and postpone and defeat direct actit
ifpossib1e. The influences to correct t
must come from the people, and must
applied without stint in any form that C
be brought to bear upon their represent
lives Remonst1ances, petitions, person
letters, let them all !e poured into t
capital to assure our legislators that
heart Of the people beats for freedom, a
VOC TO him who is false to lis great tr.
in this crisis Of the nation.