Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-07-03

tuition, anu llSuJ tuC DdlllcS VI tHO OOuh-
try outside of it and the Union, applying,
in this contest with the rebellious power,
all the rules of international law regulat-
ing two sovereignties at war with each
other, we admit the so-called Confeder-
ate States 10 be a government, and we
should no longer denounce their people
as rebels and traitors. Nor have we a
right in that event, to seriously complain
if other nations treat them as a govern
ment. and claim the right to exercise that
intercourse with them which neutral ma
tions are permitted to have with either
or both bclligerent Powers.
But, in addition to the proclamation of
the President, to which | have already
alluded, treating this as an insurrection,
we have the act of Congress of July last,
which is merely an amendatory act Of
1895. But it is merely lo,s S of time to
| show that the Government has thus far
pl osccutcd hostilitieS against the seeding
States for the purpose of executing the
laws and protecting public property
| Every call that has been made for troops,
and every other act thus far on the part
] VI lIc pONtI IlllCut, Nto OttN .JO ttO tHtt
no other ostensiJle purpose.
During the time that recruiting was
going on for the army, if there was any
considerable sentiment in favor of pros
ecuting the war in any other than
a constitutional manner, or for any
other than constitutional purpose, it re.
mained for some reason comparatively
:. G,,r Of thr
extra session Of Congress in July last as
to pass almost unanimously certain reso.
lutions offered by the distinguished gen.
tlcman from kentucky, Mr. Crttenden,
which declared
"Ihat the existing civil war should not be
wagcd ON the part Of the Government in any
! spirit Of oppression, nor for any purpose OF con
quest suhjugation, for the purpose Of over
throwing or interfering with the rights or cstab-
/ lishcd institutions Of the States, but to d lend
and main the supremacy of the Constitution and
to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equal
! ity, and rights of the several States unmpaircd
and that as soon as these objects arc accomplish.
the war ought to cease"
For this resolution ! believe every
member present at the time, with thrc,
or four exceptions, voted The tern
established institutions Of the States, >
! plainly includes the institution of slave
ry, although some persons have tried tc
avoid that construction by denying slave.
ry to be an Constitution" of civilized So
ciety | will not say that the resolution
of the gentleman from Kentucky was
adopted as II matter of policy, for the
purpose of lullng the suspicious of those
! 4 ...lt l,., . ttnr,
service for the purpose of fighting to
vindcatc the anti-slavery sentiment OF
the country but ! might say that the
passage OF this resolution, and the sup
preston for the time being Of anti-slayc-
ry projects, was very inconsistent with
the policy which has been advocated by
so many gentlemen on the other side ot
the House since the beginning Of the
present session.
From the very first day Of this session,
resolutions and bills proposing cmanci'
patti ion in various degrees, from the abo-
liton of slavery in the District Of Col
umbia to those proposing its entire abo
lition in all the States, have been contln
ually introduced and urged, and are now
being matured and most likely will b'
q passed. :.
The first of these measures, the aboll
Il ton of slavery in the District of Colum
bia, has already passed the two Houses {
= Congress by the entire vote of the lie
h publican party, aud is now law. Thi
= is but the first act in the programm
which the party in power, in my humbl
= iudpmcut have laid down, and intend {
IS carry out.
|. The passage of this measure will b
+ followed by the announcement of til
80 success of others, all looking to the on
grand object Of prolonging the war I'M
i til slavery is abolished in all the States
II or until the free States are separated fiol
i those slave States in which it is foun
,e impossible to abolish the institution -
e 1t may yet be denied by many of tn
s. leaders of the Republican party that sue
is the design of the party. But hay
d they not heretofore denied their intentio
y, to interfere with slavery in any plaC
al where it already existed in the States {
Is in the District of Columbia?
u rccollect that during tho last Cor
~ gress prominent member Of the Rel ut
!" lcan party, then member Of this llous
and now Senator from Ohio, Mr.. She
10 man, declared on this floor, in the stroni
vs. ", est terms, his opposition to tho abolitic
III Of slavery in this District while the il
Y stitution existed in Maryland and vi
III ginia, Now he, with his Republican co
70 leagues, have originated and passed a b
'.' which some of them, less than two yea
10 ago, protested against.
'r The same distinguished gentleman, {
o' the llth day Of February. 1861, while
at member of this House, introduced t
following resolution:
M "ReSoircd, That neither the Congress of t
United States nor the people of the non slay
u holding States haze the constitutional right
eS lcgislatc on or interfere with slavery in any
he the slaveholding states of the Union"
n, This received the unanimous vote
n this House, Yet the same gentlemen {
IS tbs Republican side of the House WI
d. supported this resolution are now su
he ported this resolution are support
r. measures in direct violation of it; mes
n urss proposing to interfere with the ins
It tuition where it exists, not only in I
" District cf Columbia but in the Stat,
as Most of these propositions for emanciI
b. ton in the States have sought to rea
ed the institution under the head of contiS,