Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-04


THE CoSFnVlTIoN MkEFISe LAST RyE
mze.-Tbe CoaaseatoB and EmancipasiOr
= meeting called at Brainard's Hall last eve.
was largely attended, AID was marked BY
much ssrnostaess. The meeting vas called
70 order at o'eloek, and organised by the
election Of tho following officers:
Prosidont--H, B. spellman.
Wee presidouts-Mosos Tols, Chas. Brad
/. barn, Dudley BALDWIN. EEo2
seergiary--s. Roliambe. .
The President stated the object Of the
meeting, and said it was called upon to de-
lheFata upon inPoFtaut practical questions,
(tte lie Seonsi6eFution-o Of Which the best jadg-
ms3t 9f sysTy0n PTesantFhOu be brought
to bear.
,ebqsOa motion Of Hon Hiram Grisvoid, q
committee q Epysnlvsa appointed BY the
Chair to repert an address and resolutions to
Bss TIE meeting. The following gentlemen were
eoustitaiad the committee Hon. Hiram
GrisESld; Judged. p Bishops, Messrs. II.
F. Rvyto1, A. Stone, Jr., John Blair, J. p
KOsar, HsA. r. P, spaiding. yhs s4.nmit-
tee rotlEoe ihhodialsly uP0R is appoint
I ment.
. npEiRg The absenee ofTthe, Committee the
Nc audience called upon Mr.. +, Il. Oakley, who
took The platform, and responded in his char
aeteristie eloquent manner, strongly urging
eenhseation.
Some So or SIS expense having been in
cured for bah printing, &e., collection was
taken up, all in excess Of suaieient to pay the
lt expense 70 70 to the Soldiers Aid Society.
% 'a. The Chairman Of the Committee stated that
Judge Bishop had prepared a paper express
ing his views upon the topics which would
natusaiIy engage the attention Of the meeting,
which the committee had adopted astho basis
Of its address. a...a rae O.. t.-s
iJdags Bishop being called upon, read the
laper alluded to. Re argued to show the
utter invalidity Of The claim of the right Of
e secession and claimed that Congress may
employ any means that may be necessary to
preserve shs national existence, quoting
largely from Alexander HamiItOn, Judge
= Story, and other eminent authorities, to show
zhat the GOvsrnment is unoOnfned in its au-
ahOrity to provide means for its defense and
to secure It's existence. He argued strongly
~ for confseaiiOn Of rebel property, the enanei-
patton Of the slaves, and wherever they may
s bs needed, their use either as soldiers or as
20 Eorkmen, declaring the right and dhty Of
Congress tOidO sOo arguing, BY the way, that
/. .sEBe PsE0F rested with Congress, not with the
military power.
I AT The conclusion Of bis remarksi the chair
fszl Of the committee read to the meeting the
- tesoIutious prepared by the committee, as
follows Is. sl-.5
Resolved, That self preservation is the
-a1 controlling law Uf nations we'll IS Of indi-
vidusls, that this nation can be preserved aud
IS worth preserving, and, to this end, that il
81. is the duty Of the government to adopt the
-astmust effective measures within its power Tor
81, the defeat Of those who are plotting its over
- Resolved, That those Who ere engaged IN
llu Isbellion against the government have not
M only forfeited ell claim 20 its protection, but
Q. deserve its severest punishment, and that il
~ IS therefore justified in pursuing towards them
D. whatever course sound. policy may require.
ail Resolved, That sound policy does rsquirs
~ thEt such action should be taken BY the gov
- erRnsnt as viii strike most efeetuaily at the
Heart Of the rebellion, and that inasmueh as
its life consists in the slaves Of rebels who
proYide the means for its prosecution while
II f3aeif nhsters ere in the field, policy and JUS
tice alike require the eOnfscatiOn Of the prop
srty of rebels in slaves Hs well as other prop
90 6 &esolvod, As the sense Of this meeting,
90 kfhat Congress should pass the rebel slave con
o. Efseation bill, now on the table Of the House,
Cd rs we'll as the eOnfseatiOa bill now in the
~ Senate without DELAY, and that in the event
~ of the failure of Congress to do so the Pres
- 5ident in the exercise Of the war power con-
~ ferred upon him as COmmander-in-Chief OF
tho army and navy, should at declare
all rebel slave property eOnfscated. 2. 'i-
Resolved, That there is a limit to the re-
sOprces of this nation in its men and its
L means, and therefore condemn the policy
Il " e4hqFrepols from our service IS We have done,
the thousands Of loyal slaves who are thereby
compelled, to remain In the serviee Of traitors,
=@sz=Wharehy their hands strengthened and
the lives Of our OFertasked soldiers are
necessarily sacrificed and our national eX-
penditaFos unnecessarily increased.
Resolved, That We respectfully suggest to
sod cur fellow citizens Of other cities and towns
iB Z entertaining these views, the propriety of
holding public meetings, and giving express
sion 70 their sentiments on this subject
Hon. Robert F. Paine wanted to hear the
resolutions discussed before they we're voted
~ upon by the meeting He had at a meeting
% enlist men, some days since, said that
every rebel deserved stryehnine. He as
Gufned this position from the view he took of
John Browns fate. He was a rebel only
against the State Of Virginia, and he was
-. 4, hanged until he was dead. A rebel against
2 she Government deserved three deaths. If
you justify the execution of John Brown, you
must justify the execution Of the rebels
Every rebel now in our hands deserves to
nave a rope adjusted about his neck, and
hanged. He argued strongly for eOnhscation
4 had snhneipatioh. H
Hon. John Crowell was called upon. He
endorsed the resolutions. The crime Of these
rebels has well been said to be the greatest Of
which man can be guilty. tits weIl known
90 that the common law, from the time Of its
Tsping infancy, has condemned it beyond all
80 other crimes, and II is not surprising that an
audience like this, the descendants Of Anglo
Saxons, should hold it in abborrenco. The
4 least you can ask to appease such crime is
that those who are guilty Of il shall bear
their portion Of the cost their crime has
brought upon the country. As for slavery,
j IA SITS doomed. It's fats is written in characters
as bright as the MONDAY sun.
g. On motion, those in favor Of the resolutions
N mauifssted IL BY rising, and they we're unsn
fmOusly adopted. W
60 % A motion prevailed instFueting the secre
..0 taFy to send the resolutions to the Presiden
Of the United States and our Senators an