Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-04-04

weeping mother or WIG throughout tue NVrtu
may lay her woes at the door OF this accurscd
institution, AMI that every dollar expended in
the prosecution of the war is 80 much demanded
by the cause Of liberty in Its contest with Slavery,
IL ready to ezclam: my patience is exhausted
nm tired OF these admOnitiona from alaveh0d-
lug States" So far, senators will remember
that have offered no counsel. feel my own
weakness in the terrible storm surrounding us.
II my views are rejected, shall readily deter TO
the superior wisdom Of those around me. may
differ with you as to the best mode of preserving
tho Union, and perpetuating IL with all its hopes
and all it's blessings, hut that dlnerence, WIN
whatever of excitenentand angry debate u may
engender, shnll never impel int 10 MT u hhhh
aglinst my country. IL yua commit errors, OF
outrage public sentiment, want no olher fight
Of revolution than the righi of tho ballot -hoA -
With the Constitution nnlmpaired, we may YET
appeal to the popular heart for the approval oi
right and the redress Of wrong. | rear can
discover n growing want Of charity toward tue
position occupied by the Border state lneil'-
If You max Of me the dennncation OF aaVeholdersi
thousands of whom from my State are IN the ar
mics Of thu Union, and who are this day willing
to turn loose their slaves. and lay themselves
aud their property as II sacrifice upon tue allhr
of the country. tell you cannot amt WIZ mol
do IT, If you ask OF me-. or OF loyal MlssouFiahs,
an unqualified condemnation Of the iniqultoas
assumption made by Mr.. Stephens, IN lhe otgall-
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foundations are la its cornerstone rests upon
the great truth that the negro is not equal 10 The
white man, that slavery suh0rdinaiion 10 the Hh-
periOr race is his natural and normal cuhuilloni
and that this is great physcal, philosopheh',
ani moral Truth, upon which uovernmeht hhou.u
he founded we are ready to join you IN its ue
nuEcaton, and to war upon the Government
thus founded until ita flag shall be lowered anu
the hae oil our fathers shall take It's place ihls
is enough--it is all that should he asked
The Senator from Massachusetts, should re-
member that the most efficient weapon WIN
which loyal men fought the hnttles OF tue Union
was the xel and unalteiable attachpeat oil goou
men to the Constitution 0f the country. we
urged that the act Of secession was void thht
no State could Withdraw without an amendment
Of the Constitution that such an ordinance, ike
any other act of State contravenlhg the pro-
visions Of the Federal Constitution was absolute
t ly null and of no effect whatever; that by such
/ an vet no right was acquired by the STATE ho
, right was aJdicated or forfeited, by it that u
/ State ia but municipal corporation, without
b will, without malice, without the dnimas heces-
/ sary To guilt or the commission of crime, and
e cannot therefore, in the eye of the law he jeio-
q. de ST. We urgell upon the people what we re
i eurded ~ the true construction OF tue Consuth-
il ton-- TINT the Federal laws operated upon the
il individual citizen aud not upon State uoVern- %
). ments that no net of secession could transfer
n cation from the Federal Goq0rnment TO protect
r. him. We assured him, il he stood alone in the
i secedng State, the Government must protect
q, him in person and in property that no state
= law could forfeit his (lho citizenS) rights; and
that any attempt to sustain such VOID act ny
le force would subject the offender TO the punish
l. ment due to the crime of treason. Shall we nov
ts 90 back to our constituents, and say to them, il
L shame and humiliation, we were mistaken II
Al the law The State had no right to pass TIT
of act; it conferred no right upon anybody IL !
In totally void but we must confess that althouel
he you perilled your Life in tho midst oil mobs' D.
rn defending your Government in defiance oil ih
of net, it having passed, you are stripped Of you
MT property" Sir, we cannot do this thing. Sell
of respect forbils il the true interests OF the do
ma yernment forbid il the cause OF truth, and
re proper regard for the Constitution, in my yieV
nd forbid it.
ms With these measures pending before us, IL
President submits for our consideration prop
he sition entirely new. IL Is resolution M u
nd following language
.on Rss0iped. That the United States ought to CO
md operate with amy State which may adopt gradu
ent aholishment of slavery, giving to SUCH sla
ent pecuniary uid, to he uaed by such state III
bic discretion, to compensate for The Inconvenience
,rs public and private, produced by such change
will system. .,.....,..... -,
~ of course. as various as the views Of the diher,
m / individuals who venture upon the eonatraotl'
an NV friend from Delaware, mir. Sausbnry,) al
,, 10 the interests of his State and fully deermil
, in lint no abolition inrOada shall be made upon
4 il uoncurs, in many particulars, with the view
-ing il taken by Wendell Phillips. lie assumes 1t
itv be the design Of the President to renew slny'
lim. agitation in the Border states, By holding on
ces- false promise Of money consideration Tor prop
life ty rendered prccanous by the euhdili0h OF
nan. cuuutry--that tho Constitution prohibits
,Iera payment Of such consideration, aud that No
heir such is designed by the friends OF the neasu
oved The Senator from California, (Mr. McDouga
and ON the other hand, gives the President credit
,ents houesty and purity uf purpose, but refuses
support on the ground-ytrst, that IL Is uncou
ma in tuiionnl; and second, that h0 will not com
10 in his State to the policy Of paying money iOr
tnnt1 emancipation of the slaves of other people.
nnds senator from Maine (Mr. Morrill) is astonlt
rs TO that any opposition should be made to mea
that | 30 lust and conservative.
Nae il is impossible for me to know the secret
he signs OF the President or any other friend oi
nr the measure. | can unly Judge OF their intent
N Nil from the rensOns assigned ny themselves.
from The President, in his argument in favor Ol
ON of resolution, uses language which Is oohstrue
m an some as u threat against the instituuon-an
viding nation that il must be destroyed ny force II
me Ia | uenceably abolished. lie says;
ndent "ln the annual message, last Decemb'
vear. Thought 1T to say that the Union must be
men served. and hence. all Indispensable means
ia npr he pmployed | said this, not hastily hui
h oare liberately. War has been, and continues
far nm Indispensable means to this enl. A pra
money ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the national nnll
of ibe | would render the war unnecessary anu II
ga and nj once cease II, however, resistance cont
rs N the wnr must also continue, and II ls imp0
of the Ia foresee nl the incidents which may ailen
,nmenl all the ruin which may follow such as may
far the Indispensable OF may obviously promise
onera- eHciency towards ending the struggle.
on our nrouosition now made, though an offer OF
giving none il may be esteemed no oHence I
,rIbrow whether the pecuniary consideration tef
would not be of more value 10 the stat
luda Of private persons concerned lIah ale su0 -
out of ton and property in IT, III tue present asi
orld by affairs"
er nm Mr.. President, do not cOnstrue this Ian
,one +, 10 ia a threat, or intended TO be offensive
s1hari,v renrasentntion from the Border States.
aa unon sarta n fact which, however unpleasant to
a STATE long since been demonstrated as truth up
to n far. Nil Of Missouri Every man is now re
nm the admit that lie did not and could not lori
Iisaonri the Incidents" which thus far have attent
charity war, aud past experience torbids mat we
ng than he astonished at any result in the lutnre
,h,,, in vyhv was this war forced upon us, an
;an 40 oro ~ authotsg However opposed ma
mon ,he the radical measures which have lndcat
nj / nm which no doubt are largely attributable
'ect unon feelings engendered by this unJustlhaDl
"a do not vet candor compes the Union men oil the
rpment's States to do Justice to the President ana
in favor his friends in Congress. -,
elf in Tho This terrible revolution was brought o.
,e passed Mr. Yancey and his contederates' Dy ~
nnd the the suuthern mind against the dangers
President litiou, which they kne" 10 w