Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-05-31

human institutions must finally come TO an
"a hut, thank Gid, The worst of 'heu
has come to On end frst You DO your
Al, ives Infinite harm IN not conforming to
ehat IL The plan cnd most manifest VIII OF
the Almiahty and that is. that yonr
.ondsmcn shall be free. Regulate your
institutions accordingly follow The indica-
ilons Of Providence that are thrown cut so
,lninlv ir your path. aud all will be well.
nv attempt TO reustate them will be worse
,han idle nugatory. and vain.
Iu regafd to the amendments to this bill
have but little to say after the most for.
chile aud conclusive argument mad yester'
day by the Senator from Maine, Mr..
Morrill) He proved conclusively that the
argument rrd the bill Of the Senator from
Vermont did not very well accord. That
bill or substitute does nothing to the rebels
until peace is proclaimed. 1t proceeds on
the assumption that the Government in all
its parts Is invested with full power in all
its iudiciai tribunals to go on Just the same
as slough il were q time Of profound peace.
Sir, there is nothing more unphilOsophic,
nothing will say more unStatesmanlike,
than for q man TO overlook the condition
in which the country is plunged, and make
just such provisions aud povide just Suct
remedies for evils now as be would when
the Government in all its parts stood up
right, when every delinquency could b,
prosecuted in any of your courts with ful
assurance that impartial justice would be
done both to the accused aud the accuSer
Is that the condition of things now Do
gentlemen wish to close their eyes and
blink the ia ct hat over a territory arger
than the half ofEuropr You canuo, summons
jury, you have no judge to try cONe
who is not liable 10 the concentration that
you seek to have him pronounce. No, sir
that cnnnot he d ne. Bo' Congress is in.
vested in this tremendous crisis ofour nation
with power To provide all things aud any
thing which II l. thought will best minister
tothe puitit G down Of THIS rebellion, and the
restoration IN The integrity of the goriou,
old Constitution o. our farthers.
Sr. | rcpea', 10 conclusion, that any
rcmeey that yen provide that has no re
ference to putting down This rebellion, aud
only looks to the puni. hment of traitors
after peace shall he procla amtd every where,
is 10 remedy that seems 10 me to BE-
wise. II would he "A KIND Of vindicr W.
ness. Badly as these men have u Ell u,
venomOuS ms they have shown Themselves
muIilatiug our dead, numbering oui prison.
ers, doing everything ong that savage
malice could nveni->tlil, if they would lay
down their II ms TO- lay aud come into 'he
fold and ask pardon for THEN internal reas
on | do not feel thai | cnuId coully go
under the bill Oi The Senator from Vermont,
10 take their lives That would he no
remedy ! would lie wreaking mere ven.
gence upon those who we're deprived uf
power to d, fel d Themselves The mag
nanmiiy Of be American people would
forbid The creation of any s. ch tribunal a.
that As my friend from Maine >ad, ;he
American people would not brook lhr
bloody as ze Iraveihirg from STATE Ia
Sale for tie purpose OF >ummrning juries
aud hanging men, Who, whatever their paSr
crimes might have been, were now entirely
iD 'heiI power.
They are 10 lie dealt with as the Amer
can people would >ee fl te deal with them
Their magnanimity would forgive them and
your bill wond lie pnaerlpss / want the
remedy provided by my friend from Iluois
that has reference 10 all these things, ano
which proposes to indemnify the Treasury
for the vast sacrifices that W. have bre
compelled TO make in our defence.
Sir, it there was any hing wrong in our post.
ion, the whole tenor Of this argument would be
change hut there is not. What have we
done What have those Of us who stand Lere
for the Constitution and the laws done that
should provoke these scOundreIs TO this Fehel-
lion They have made il incumbent upon US
10 defend ourselves or die. For what purpose
than tO establish a government founded on
eternal slavery. Sir, we have irlices by which
we know what the traitors sought II was
despotism. Mr. Stephens who is he very brain
OF the southern rebellion, in his inaugural ad.
Dress undertook to set forth the principles on
which this southern cOnlederacy was to be
foundedi and be went on, deliberately, to state
that the purpose of it was TO make slavery the
basis OF their Institutions which would be eer-
nal. lie believed it was the will of God and
the order OF Providence that some men were
born TO rlue, aud some men TO be their slaves
and their servants. lie took great credit that
they of the SoHth had made this grand discov-
~ which bad escaped all men up to that period
This, sir is the principe on ". ich this war is
prosecuted. If you want to know the organ,-
Zatlon oil that government and the principle on
which It is founded, read that exposition OF it
rs laid down by their chefexpositor, and see for
"noe pun POse they sought 10 erect upon the
ruins OF our glorious Institutions this southern
conederacy They fight for eternal slavery
and fight for eternal freedom. That is the
difference Knowing my cause 10 be just know
ing that stand where the fathers stood wheI
they framed the Government, | will stand here
with strong hand, aud with every insirume n
tally that God Almighty has given me viii
labor TO put down the accursed rebellion and
defend free institute IONS not only for ourselves
but for all mankind.
Dissuised Treason.
The evidence aecumnIares that there i;
party in the North, mail though it NAV
be, which has all along sy,Dp,ibised viii