, 1862-03-12

he General Eovexnlnent throw off It's fespon-
,sbility 1of the institution
!. Seeon8--Let all the property Of rebels, In
'anetve OF slaves, be econfscated. ]Applause.l |
he loyal slave owners who will agree on
y stem Of general emancipation. lContinued |
:: Let these, or some other measure to the |
3alne effect, be carried out in some manner
ai%a9s fhs hsasals as s. si thoFeosh9RopE T Rad and
enough TO hinder reaction and re establish
nent,of slavery completely impossible. am
1t: oncemet BY vast array Of objections. It
would not be constitutions, say some scrup9- |
they should be SO active in favor. Of this opin-
ion who did not healtate to throw: that consti-
tntion overheard? is It not strange, when 1t
has been found necessary to suspend for .
time the writ Of haaeds corpus, the liberty Of
the press, and: Ill the sacred hulwazks of our
liberty, that no right shau be held sacred but
that dannable right of one .man, to hold prop.
erty In another? (Applause.) But the Consti-
tuition defines treason and empowers Congress.
to establish the punishment Of that crime.
Then has not Congress the power to punish it |:
by confscation Of fproperty? We find slaves,
and if it can eon1scate slaves. Why can 1t not
Iberate them
y. It must be confessed that they have never /
paid any particular regard to their Bensbi1ity. |
have endeasored to set forth that the change
]
methods Is the only thing that Will make the |
Southern people our sincere friends. I do not |
object to the policy to risk short irritation |
for the attainment OF permanent friendship. |
'[Applauee.1 But while am little inclined to |
pay much regard to the feelings Of rebels who |
would delight il cutting our throats, deem |
it my duty to respect the feelings OF those |
1oyM men Of the South on whose fidelity, the |
rebellion raging around them had no power.
Bnt if their loyalty ia Of SO uncertain COM
Vt1a &hnf han xrST u&1t tn In
Union il the Union will do nothing that they
do not fancy, what will distinguish them from
the traitors, for they, too, would remain true
to the Union if We permitted them to rule it.
opinions, so they should listen with respect
to cur advice. II VIC speak to them as friends
they will not tu1n away as enemies, We Ia
bor and fight side By side to restore the Union
to its grtat principles. We do not work for
ourselVcs alone; We arc not responsiblg to
You leave to your children new struggles, new
dangers, new rerulsions, or alegacy Of peace
I ful progress. Let ns reason together. Do
you think that slavery can live always? Con-
| slider this question ea1mly and without preju-
dice. Do you think it will live always, when
the strife Of the Thousand ages, which in this
| nineteenth century culminate, are working
| out Its destruction? Tou must see, as we'll
as We, that it cannot be. It wiu come one
/ day, and that day is brought nearer By this
| tuiClAll MAJ. anu hun w you N4Hu Liz
event shall be-a Violent rcyulsion, or the
result Of quiet and peaceah1e reform
| There is but one way Of avoiding new strug-
giles and final reVulsion, and that is By COM
! mencipg vigorous and progressive reform in
fime-in time, say. And when will this time
have ar1iyeds Either you control this develop
| ment by reasonable measures, or this develop
ment will control yon. How long will yon
wait? You speak Of difficulties. ! sec them.
They are great, very great, but will they not
be twenty times greater twenty years hence !?
| who are four millions and ask you what you
will do with them when they arc eight mill
ions, OF rather, what will they do NTH you,s
[Applause.1 INN convinced there is no loyal
MN in the free states who would not be willing
to compensate you for every sacrifice you must
bring. But pardon me, Union men Of the
South, If have appealed tosonly the meaner
instincts Of your nature. how great, how
sublime part you might play il yon would
| cast off all small ambition which heretofore
has obtlined with too many Of you. You say
we have slavery and no one Las right to
interfere with it, and therefore We will main
; tain and perpetuate it. How small Is this Ian
guage and actionl How much greater would
it be if you would say to Us: We Southern
men grew up in the habits Of . slavery society,
but since we see that slavery is the great dis
turbiDg element, We immediate 1t as patriotic
: offering upon the altar OF our country. Where
arc the hearts large enough for SO great and
exalted an ambition? All, If some man Of a
powerful viii and lofty devotion would rise
60 among lis people, and tell them [great ap
plause1 how noble it is to sacrifice for the
good Of the country tcheersl not only ones
blood, but also ones .preludices and false
pride, he would be greater than the generals
, who fight our battles, greater than the states
men who direct our affairs, and coming gen
/ | erations would gratefully remember him u
, the true paciicat0r Of his country lApplause.
HeWou]d stand above those that arc first in war
| ! he would be the true hero Of peace, he Wonll
, not be second in the hearts Of his country
5 men- Thus would speak to the Union mc1
2 Of the South. But whatever they may do, O
J not do, our duty remains the same. We can
8 not wait one for another; the Development 0
/ things presses on, and the day Of the final de
cision draws nearer every hour. Americans
{ ba1e spoken to you the plain, cold 1anguag
!. Of fact md reason. I have not endeayorc,
i to capture your hearts with passionate ap
peals, nor your senses with tue melody O
: sonorou5 periods. did not desire to rus]
e solve upon with GOODNESS and moderation, 20
G ! will carry ont with firmness md courage: :4an
get i! is difficult fora man of heart to prcserr
: GOODNESS and moderation when looking at til
e position this proud nation Is at present oce!
: Ping ! before the world; When ! hear in til
/ sec small politicians busy to gain point Q
n | their opponents; when see great men
d futtcring trepidation lest they spoil thei
o "record" or lose their little capital {
u descendants of those men a of iron Who pr
c fe1red a life or-death struggle with misery Q
z the coast Of New England to submission t
\ priestcrafS and kingcraft; you, the offsprin
n Of those hardy pioneers who set their 1act
d. against MI the dangers and difficulties til:
70 snrround the carly settlers life; you, VII
t. eubdued the forces of wild Nature. cleart
&c away the primcval forest, covered the end1e
in prairie with human habitations you, this rat
n Of bold rnformers, who blended together Il
s. who built up Government which you call
D. Model Republic, and undertook to show ma
le kind how to be free; you, the mighty matte
le Of the West, that presumes to defy the wor
b. in arms, and to subject hemisphere to i
re- sovereign dictation; yoq, who boast of I
II no problem ever SO fearfu1-the spectral mo
o. eter of slavery stares you in the face, and No
L., your blood runs cold, and all your coura
It, fails you? For half q century it has disturb,
Id to itself your national domain; it has attemI
ut cd to establish its absolute rule and to abso
even your future development; it has d
d. graced yon in the eyes of mankind, and no
n it endeayors to ruin you if it cannot rule yo1
ID it faises its murderous hand against the ms
as tntions most dear to you; it attempts to dra
st the power Of foreign nations upon your head
=; it swallows up the treasures you have earn
ry By long years Of labor; it drinks the blood
st JonE sons and the tears Of your TiTes-nl
nd bow every day it is whispered in your ca,
It's Whatever slavery may bare done to 70
,w whatever you may suffer, touch it not! HI
I'd many thousand millions Of your wealth it m
ch cost, however much blood you may have
nv shed in order to disarm its murderous hau
be touch it not! How many years OF peace a
he prosperity you may have to sacrifice in orc
70 to pro!ong its existence, touch it not And
Re. it should cost you your l0nor-lsteu to tt
ra- story: On the Lower Potomac, as the papt
nd ! tell us, a negro comes within our lines, q
on | tells the Falaint defenders Of the Union Il
ed his master conspires with the rebels, and
N. quantity Of arms concealed in swamp; 9
NC claims the slave; the slave is given up; t
re- master ties him to bis horse, drags him alo
to eleven miles to his house, 1ashes him to ts
and, with the assistance Of his oYerse
ith whips him three hours, three mortal hou
,es then the negro dies: That black man SER
nd / the Union. S1arefy: attempts to destroy
cir Union, the Union s1rrenders the black II
re to Slavery, and he is whipped to death-tor
eli hsafm Ps91onnd Sso Sc esnsaflo aho
en- cover every cheek in this boosted Is
.ou Of freedom-but be careful not to touch
say t All, what 4 dark divinity Il this, that we m
eir sacrifice to tour peace, our prosperity,
not blood, our future, our honor! What an In
j. table vampire is this that drinks out the =
max1uT Of our manlmeas: [" 1hame-"1 I
n1 don me; this sounds like dark dream,
III the offspring Of hypochondriae imaginati
!: IN a1d Jet-haye I been unjust in what b
the sald? lnNo."l is it asking too much OF !.
her that you shall secure against future dangerz
ave that is most dear to you, by vigorous me
ets ures? Or Is II. NOT true that such measu
Sic Hod1d not he opposed had they not the SD