, 1862-02-08

" " t5nS!4n, wnctaef the revolution shall encteed or
"laws. customs, habits and institutions, ii either
"caee, will remain the same
In this he is followed BIZ the Preaident In bis
message OF the 4th Of July. In the letter Just
referred to, Mr.. Seward even denies that any
var exists between the loyal and disloyal
States. Although In his letter to Mr. Clay, Of
May g. lie admits TINT the object Of this rebel
hon Is to create nation built upon the prfn-
e1ple that African s1avery is a blessing, to be
extended over the continent at whatever cost
or sacrifice, yet in lis letter to Mr. Corwin, Of
April 6, he says:
The President does not expect that yon Will !
91lude to the origin OF causes Of our domestic
nSn'es Ut N sonr intercourse with the Govern
The Secretary Of War has taken pains to say,
with emphasis and reiteratjon, that y
.'tion q all constitutional rights OF States, and
the citizens Of all the States of the Union
1.belieyc the Attorney General has been |
equally emphatic, and that he has even insist |
act in Missouri, without any reference to the |
rebellion. The Secretary Of the Interior, in
public speech in August last, declared that:
";There could not be fonnd in South Carolina |
man more anxious. rcsiouely and ecrupnlonaly,
- !ating to slavery than Abraham Lincpln.''
Both Houses Of Congress, in July, chined in t
with this chorus Of Loyal voices on the side Of |
the assumed constitutional rights Of rebels,
ard our Innocence Of any hostile designs |
blundcr known as the coniscation act, is 4
fruit Of tile same flstidiods and giugerly poll
cy. No one, certainly, should condemn the
Government for defining its position truly and
spccting the rebellion; hut these neTer-cndiug
platitndes about our kind Intentions, and the
constitutional rights Of the scouudrels who
have abdicated the Constitution and ceased to
have any rights under it, shows how feaTfally
the power Of slavery continues to mesmerize
the conscience and manhood Of our public
men.
To this strange Difference to slavery must
be referred the 1act that huch swafms Of dis
loyal men have been retained in the several
spirit aud energy Of the war have been para
lyzed from the beginning. To the same cause
must We attribute the recent pzoc.anations Of
General Sherman and General Dix, and the
humiliatlng eeryices Of our armies In the cap
ture and return Of fugitive Slaves. Again and
again lave our commanders engaged in this
excerable business, in disregard Of the Consti
tuition, and in defiance Of all precedent. In
numerous instances fugitives have been deliy-
cred to rebel Masters-an ofense compounded
Of piracy and treason, which should have been
| punished with death Our soldiers have not
| only been compelled to take upon them the du-
| ties specially aud exclusively belonging to the
| officers Of law, provided By the fugitive act Of
1850, but have been required to return fugitiycs
when they had not passed out Of the State in
the law itself would furnish no remedy. Sir,
| our treatment Of these fVgihyes has not only
been disgsacefnl, but Infamous. For the reb-
els, the Constitution has ceased to exist; but
were it otherwise, it is neither the right nor
the duty Of our army to return their slaves
The Constitution deals with them as persons,
and knows them only Us loyal or disloyal. If
they are dis1oyal, they are simply belligerents,
and if found among llF, should no more be al
lowed to return than other rebels. IT as loyal
men they come to our lines, rendering us their
aid, our commanders who return them to
their rebel claimants should be summarily
crowned with the honors Of the gal1oWs.
Slavery has been the evil genius Of the
Government from its BIZ birth: It !, has IS
s1st5atsd o s4m tie mo9s assge gg.s ct unen Gde hsE,
has made it impossible to establish Justice, !"
or s'to secure domestic tranquility.'' thas
weakened the common defense" By inviting
foreign attack. 1t has opposed the 'genern
weltaren by its mercile5s aristocraey in human
| flesh. It has denied lis "the blessings o1
liberty" and given us Its own innumcrable
curses instead. 1t has laid waste the fliresi
and most fertile half Of the Republic, stayed
its progress in population, wealth; power
knowledge, civilization, the arts and religion
thus Ecaping its burdens upon the whole ma
tion, and costing US far more than the marke
value of all Tic millions in bonds. It has
| made the establishment Of free schools and
! general system Of education Impossible. I
has branded labor Is dshonorab1e and dcgrad
ing: It has filed the ranks Of indde11ty
, and brought religion itself into scorn
by bribing its professors to espouse it!
revolving iDiquity. It has laid its WHARF
hand upon the nhghtiest statesmen aud most
royal intel1ects Of the land, and harncssci
! | them, Ike beasts Of burden, in its 1oathsomt
service. 1t has denounced the Declaration Q
. Independence as Il political aboni1ntion, ans
Gcalt with our fathers as hypocrites, who af
: tirmed its sclf.eyidcnt truths with a menta
! reservation, wAie appealing to the Sup1cnl
: Judge Of the world for the rcctitudc Of tlei
C intentions. While spreading Iccntionsncss
G concubinage, and crime where it rules, it In
t lifted up its rebel voice in the name Of til
0 United States. in pleading the. cause Of des
r potjsm in every part OF the civilized world
+ And, as The fitting climax Of its career Of law
; lcssncss, it has aimed its dagger ut the Go!
i crnlncnE That has fostercd and guarded it
J ! life, and borne with its eFil deeds, for NOR
Il than seventy years. Sir, this mighty rebt
= against all law, human and divine, is no,
Il within our grasp, and we should strangl
/ and wc should employ every weapon which th
e laws Of war place within our reach iu scours
:, ing it out Of life.
d a right to subdue the rebels carries with it
< right to employ the means Of doing it, and {
Il doing it efecti1cly, and with the least possib
le eest. II slzyery had not been made part
d question, and trained US to yield an unnatur
j. Difference to Its assumptions, We should ha,
'e Laid violent hands upon it at once. Thetl1ouyl
le Of tenderlY sparing it would not lave occurrc
+ point Of the rebels, VIC should naturally has
re aimed ut it our first and hardest blows; and
u insist that We shall 50 far forget our party pref
&c dices, and the dread Of :" abolitionism,' as
y do what the dictates Of common sense and
in regard for our own safety SO clearly dcnlan
r. | E3nfc 11anfr rf5 fnfrffifa 1f 1cV
s, ing that slavery, or the Republic, must peris
y As the animating principle Of the rebellion,
n stands between US and the u Mon, and We a
cd compelled to snite it. To strike ut it is
he however nnwilliDgly, is to take sides with Il
y, rebels. They cherish it as the most preeie
th of all earthly blessings. They love it with s
to the force Of 4 longg-tostercd community Of fe
he ing; and the assertion is well attestcl, that
nd loss Of slave by. Northern agency ezcit
ur more sudden and widespread indi iguation tn
n, would the murder Of his master.
of- Mr. Chairman, need make no argument
prove that slavery is IN element Of positl
II strength to tile rebels, unless NC employ it
ice ftsrtheriDg our own cause. The slaves till
IT. ground, and supply the rebel army with p
n plantations. h1ultitudcs can be spared for I
u army, since womeA oycrseers are as capa|
:he and trustworthy as men. Of tue entire sla
lch population Of the South, according to the E:
aNA uulES VI Vll 4saSG NEal0N5 4IkAAuNt V1N AA41A
the are males capable Of bearing arms. They c;
'cr- not be neutral. As laborerE, If not soldie
ust they will he the allies Of the rebels, or Of
Of Unlon? Count all the Slaves on the side
lis treason, and We arc eighteen millions aga!
,ies twelve millions. Count them on the loyal 81
Of aud VIC are twenty-five millions against Gig
,rs. How shall this black power be welded
aus gentleman, occupying a yery nlgn oetlicla!
5la sition, {iGc.e3; 3. Smith has said that it wo
the be disgrace to the people Of the free Sta
this to call on four millions OF blacks to aid in
irI ting down eight millions Of whites. Shall
,ol, tlIcn freely give the rebellion four Million
:cc- allies ut the certain cost to us Of hundred;
act millions Of money and tens Of thousands
Re- livcs9 And, if so, may NC not rs well IT
hts force the rebels with such portion of our Q
nr- armies as will make the contest equal III ri
ess bcrs, and thus save our cause from "disgrac,
the Is lie conduct Of this war to bc the only g
NJ jcct which requires men to discard rcason
to FORGET humanity?
nst The rebels use their slaves in building 70
1tes fcations; shall VIC not invite them to
Po- lines, and employ them in the same busine
the The rebels employ them in raising the !
'pt- yisfonsfwiilout which their army must peri
MT shall ne not entice them to Join our stand:
last and thus compel the enemy to reinforce
ces, plantations by weakening the army?
on rebels employ them as cooks, nurses, tc
all ! sters, and scouts; shall VIC decline such
1rn- vices in order to spare slavery? The rel
5 to organize regiments of black mel, who sh
lad down our loyal white soldiers; shall we So
i've | flee our SONS and brothers for the sake Of
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