Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-02-05

oadsfs 70 day lho sble and xhaastiTs lPsesh
4 Hon. A. g. Riddle, Of this Congressional
Disaicl, upon ths dltpositlon Of The SolOrsd
,ao b ehs SOuntfy. Hr. Riddle sAys-thil
question sic upon us and sbout rs 4 ia II |
,nd sboat everything, end We cannot AIcid
III We would" L forces iisth upon rs and
ssnands our attention. All tie praisalsd
Ignoring IN tbs world win rot keep 4 ont Of
,ight ond therefore Be examinss ne whole
subject from its beginning until nov. Care
fully and thorOughly, he diacusges tha ptlloa-
y and elementary relations Of she negro to
The WhIteracs and ths history Of negro slave
~. he shows TIE relations Of slAYety q the
war, and how the latter b ths lsgitimHts Fe-
suit Of ne former. Hsasssrs thas there i
ousids Oishd higher thaa hsnasteE, . power
which has clalma upon the slave OF utter va
risaoo with tho nasisfS claims. Slaves are
described n the Constitution Is "PessOni
owing ssFvlee." The two Houses Of Congress
are mads sovereign over al persona There
fore, Congress Htands 70 The slaves as sover-
siQu 70 subjects. II they owe their masters
sssvies, they oWe Congress allegiance Il they
are slaves, they srs slsO and firstly, subjects.
And Il subjects they may be disposed of By
Congressional legislation. he asserts th6
right OF Congress TO enlist "persOns owing
service" IN ils armies. The "EaF power "
rests with 0ongr1 and he would have that
body boldly proclsim that the property ef all
rebels should be oOafseated and their slaves
declared Tree. Hsviag thus shown the right
Of Congress to legislate upon slavery, NE.
Riddle saSlsins his position most ably and
SlOQusntly. We can make no abstract Of tbs
latter portion Of the speech; it is full Of in
tsresl and viii be widely read.
Mr.. R. has struck at the root Of the re-
bsllion, nOt wasted his time and strength in
beating the branches. His words carry con-
Viciion with them, which tbs malicious At
tack and the vindictive attempt ct Ssr-
easm Of representative Cox win not affect
Mr.. Cox sndeavored 70 injure Mr., Riddle BY
allusion to his return from the battle 6eld o.
Bulls Run, when he turned out Of his car
FiRge q coWArdly Lieutenant Colonel who
vas running away from his regiment but
too much doubt rests upon Mr.. COx's OWL
loyalty to allow his words to have weight
The confscation doctrine Of Mr.. Riddle
viii hnd no more favor with Mr.. Cox, WHO
Is a representative Of the white fsathsI
portion Of Tie Democracy, than il viii
with Mr.. VAllsndisham.
EaaneIpaIiOB ana cs6siituEional HeauIre.
meats.
The Columbus State Journal has given I'D
readers two lsbOred articles, upon successive
days, to express its hostility to all PrOposi-
tiOns Of emancipation and its determinston
to sustain the shareholders in their claim to
hold their slaves, any " military necessity
to the contrary Notwithstanding. It would
perhaps be sufficient comment upon this po-
sitiOn OF the Republicrn paper at the Capt.
tsl, 70 say that the Statesman Fspublishes
most Of the articles, and expresses its highest
approval Of them. Heaven deliver &c from
uny approvinE cennents Of the stAssgmAp
upon the slavery question. But the Journals
position upon the " constitutional rights Of
the slaYeholder, whether rebsl or not, de-
serve little farther notes. Having quoted
Hon. Gerrit Smith that the nation could
eonHtitutionally aet upon slavery N tine q
v1r, the Journal says:
tlAro- -. -s-,ls 6<s5ss numoly ask, what
sPscis1 odor Of sanctty there Is in the CORY
habilimsnts Of war that can halloW measures
and make righteous policy which, in time
Of peace, would be confassedly uneonstitU-
fional9 Hthe
language Of the Constitution Is signifosnto of
one Ses Of ideas in time of psaee, and Of .
different set in time of var, then it is no
0onstitation ct all. For the guidance and
government Of a great nation, snch an in
Btrument would be no better than the mat
terings Of lUnacy or the gibbeEings Of an
Miot.n
The Journal, then, maintains that war IS
to be carried on only under the forms o.
peace; that it is . war only for the COnstitu-
ton and therefore no act of the war must
depart from the provisions Of that instru-
msnk Nov what warrant does it fad in
the Constitution for shooting down the re-
bsls in battle; in what article and section
will it lind any authority for the charge Of
the 9Th Ohio at the battle of Mil Springs2
On the contrary, article fifth Of the amend
msnts to the Constitution expressly declares
that ano person shall be deprived Of life,
liberty or property without due process Of
laWT." Wss Hdue process of law" gone
through with before those rebels were shot
o. bayoneted2 And did the Tictors wait for
process Of law before they appropriated the
property found in the rebsl camp ? What
right had they, under the Constitution, to
convert to their own use 3 thousand horses
and mules and untold quantities Of proVis-
ions and ammunition2 What right had
Col. Fry to shoot Gen. zOIlieofer until be
had been duly tried BY jury Of twelve men
and Fry appointed executiOner2 The Jour.
nal cannot say that these men, by being reb-
els, we're outside Of the protection Sf law,
for By the extract we quote shove, it denies
the right to 60 outside the Constitution even
to punish the rebels. It asserts that It would
be unconstitutional to touch slavery in any
way Whatever; Of course then, it was un-
Constitutional to kill snd dsspoiI those rebels
at Nil Springs, whose rights We should
haFs respected In the language Of
the Journal, "WhAt is there in the CORY
habilimsns Of war, that can haIloW and
make righteous" this indiseriminAte killing
Wkieh resulted from the activity and bravery
Of the Ohio and Indiana infantry and the