The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-04-16
THE QUESTION OF EMANCIPATION IN
The NORTHERN CONGRESS-.

TIE QUE STtON VI EMANIIrAilON IN
THE NORTHERN CONGRESS.
A friend has handed US a New York Her.
aid, Of the 9TH inst. from which We make the
following extract:
s" The progress OF the debate on the Con-
fscation bin is developing the conservative,
Consultation loving sediment in Congress.
II is struggle Of law and order against an
archy and revolution. The observations Of
Senator McDougald, [oppositioh) Of Califor>
MIA. on Monday and Tuesday. are we'll wor-
thy the attentive consideration Of the whole
people, and their endorsement BY Mr.. Cowan.
(republican) of Pennsylvania, is a most
gratifying evidence of patriotism, amidst the
fierce passions Of party spirit Shall we"
says the latter gentleman, "stand by the
Constitution, or shall we open wide the field
of revolution. and 20 back to the doctrines of
feudal ages, and introduce feuds which Gen.
turtles cannot quietf That is what this bill
proposes. The passage Of such bill will
make the whole Southern people our enemies.
The scheme of colonization is entirely i'm.
practicable. And further, the bill is direct
liz in conflict with the Constitution, for the
preservation OF which alone the war is waged.
The bill is unnecessary, impolitic and total
ly useless. The bill is unconstitutional, be-
cause the Constitution provides that no bill
of attainder shall be passed, and no person
punished for crime without regular proceed
ings in Court. This bill is, in fact, bill of
attainder, and Congress has no power TO
pass it."
This covers the whole ground. And what
is Mr.. Cowan's opinion about emancipation 2
L. ftE mat hae nj
the bill freeing the slaves, as an entire de.
parture from the principles of the Constitu.
ton, and especially impolitic at this time.
Because we are IN a war, we ought not to
make law which was unconstitutional be-
FORE" What have the negroes done to Sc
cure freedom at this time, when the course
of their masters seem especially to invite
them to strike for libertys Nothing. They
simply rely on their masters, like domestic
animals, with sort Of blind instinct" He
concludes with ga hope that the bill would
not pass, but that Congress would attend to
the measures necessary TO secure success in
the great struggle ia which we are engaged
This is the language Of patriot; aud il
all men in Congress had only so spoken and
acted from the beginning. neither civil con-
yulsicn nor disunion would exist to-day
There is one great result produced by this
war. The eyes of millions Of men at the
North are opened to the real chara cter Of
the negro, and they have discovered, from
the experience Of our troops and Generals,
what we so long proclaimed 10 them in vain
the natural inferiority Of the negro to the
white man, which can no more be removed
than the color Of his skin by any amount Of
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the servant Of the Caucasian race. He " re-
lies on his MASTER" says MIR. Cowan. /. with
asnrf Of hiis.l :-es-sssss. frrs evident, there
fore, that that part of the bloody programme
which contemplated seryile instruction is
already exploded. The negro is happier and
better of, physically, morally, socially and
religlously, under the mild Christian servi.
tude Of his white master at the South, than
he ever was in any other condition since the
dawn Of creation, or ever will be till the
coming OF the millennium. To leave the
negro 70 himself. and put him into compe-
lition with the white man, is to destroy him
as eifectually as our civilization has destroy
ed the red man Of the forest. Seryitude il
The neoro's normal condition. 1t is caleulat
ed 10 preserve the race from extinction, aud
TO render il happy and at the same time
subsersient TO the happiness Of the white
man. That white men should wage wal
Differentiation against white men. to change
the condition Of blacks for the worse, is an
absurdity too great for the common sense 81
any people, and much more Of the intelligent
and practical people Of he United States.
Mr.. Lincoln recognizes the fact; and there.
fore, even i the fauatics in Congress shoulc
succeed in carrying their bill, il will be me
with his veto
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