Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-04
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E. P. HALsTED, Captain A. A. G.
Mr.. WADE. an told that Huffman,
whose every panel of fence is 10 be guard
ed by q soldier paid for out Of our pockets,
is as arrant traitor as there is on the face
Of Gods earth. Now, sir, what say you
Can we reach that property? Can we
forage on the enony? The Senate saws
no. Restrained by the Constitution, are
weg We cannot even take it into the
field If we can, we can confseate it. If
State has magazine for the prosecution
of this war, our arm is too short; the Con-
stitution is so weak that we are restrained
from taking it to feed a starving soldier.
say you will never bring this war to an
end while it IS the purpose of your COM
manders in the field rather to use their
soldiers to guard the pigs and the chick
ems and the fences Of your mortal enemies
than fight them in the field. The general
who will place his guard so sedulously
around the property Of rebel to protect
it, will not be very likely to fight that
rebel in the field 1t is idle; it is anomal-
Gus; it is not the voice Of common sense
nor the Constitution Of the country. We
have the power to defend that Constitution
against assaults from all quarters. Ihave
sworn to God that will support it, and l
never was more in the progress Of that
conscientious duty than when stand here
contending for the prosecution Of this war
with the utmost vigor, and the prostration
Of the power Of the enemy. l am bound
BY my oath to be the enemy Of the enemies
of the Constitution. have sworn to pro-
tect it, which presupposes that am the
enemy Of those who assail it.
The man who claims that the Constitu-
ton itself is a protection for treason Is
much more likely TO violate it than he who
stands forth the advocate Of q law that viii
use this rebel property for the purpose Of
suppressing the rebellion, and thus main
tanning the Constitution Of our country
In nv heart Of hearts have it in charge
more than anything else, to maintain anc
defend the Constitution, the Union, and th'
old flag and I will do it, though every
slave be free and every rebel loses every
cent Of property he ever had or ever vii
have. Until this spirit actuates the Ad
ministration I do not hope for triumph
ant conclusion of this great controversy.
Sir. Southern traitors may as well learl
= at first as last that if they will not consen
. to be our EQUALS they must be our Tassals
, / We OHef 70 treat Lnein d Jul S4UAA9'
have said to them, "you may be our equal
on this floor, everywhere" but they ma
as well understand that if they cannot con
sent to be our equals, they must be our vas
sails They never can compete with us
g they never shall beOur masters, and there
e fore, if they cannot consent TO beOur equal
8 bat wage war on us, it must end in thel
vassalage; for the glorious principles
our old Constitution shall never besubver
T ed. We will stand upon this, although "
= take their property and their lives an
d whatever else may come, the war shall
prosecuted with unremitting vigor ar
u with a resolute determination, until tire
son gives up the ghost talthough every Gel
Of property belonging to the rebels bet
ia ken, and although their slaves be emanC
a. pated.