Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-05-22

punishment and for wholesome sxampls, and all
the property of both, or It's avsils, be put into
the Treasury fW 81
That il appears to me, will DO the practical
effect. II will have to DO carried into execution
after possession is had Of the country-after the
proper Determinations can be made--after our
authorities have looked around amongst the
people aud seen who il is that needs TO be pun
ished, and who ara those whom ~ safety Of the
public would permit to DO sdmit11tp their 10y.
atty aud allegiance, You cannQ4 IKE that
distinction now and hare before tl1Qp11ng Zap.
pens, as is attempted to be done BY q pn4rs-
BILE Senator from Ohio. He says bys1}d hsnd
ment that the President may extend an amnesty
iii he pleases-to any OF the cfrsesuamed. =
Why, sir, that Is not what is wanted. You can
not make the discrimination now. There may
be men as good as Matthew Hale who have &C
tually taken and hold offices udddr rn2x 10 fRcto
| government and whom the the aentleman from
| Ohio would have no more desire to hang or to
strip, than king Charles had to hang Chief JUS
tice Hale These Determinations can only be-
made when the means and opportunity for in
| formation exit rstsss..ss.
can conceive that there may be found some
parts OF the United States--some sections per-
haps in South Carolina-where the peaple new
er would submit. nave no idea that any very
great success, in the way OF submission and res.
| toration of he Government, will take place sue
cesstully in Tennessee, so long as there is re-
| bel army in the neghborhood, to which the peo-
pie look either with hope or apprehension. II
there is an army OF rebels in the vicinity, which
part of them believe is so come back to relieve
them, or part of them believe will get back to
| punish them-you can easily see wha. will be
the result. The armed rebellion must be SUP
pressed utterly, then means like these may q
| operative, Led. .,...... .-.,-...........
But, sir, suppose you come to people who
will not submit That may happen, and hence
to recognize the existence Of such an executive
or military power in such a necessity, and in
order to limit and direct its exercise, have also
inserted section looking to such extremity,
authorizing the President, if he finds it necessa.
ry in order TO bring the war to close, to issue
proclamation to the people, fixing day, and
saying to them, IF any of you are engaged in
this rebellion after that day, your slaves shall all
be Free That is to give fair notice, and that
may produce an effect. You have il in your
hands as the means of reconciliation.
cannot but further remark, Mr.. President,
that in all these bills declaring all the slaves Of
these people free, no pardon nor amnesty that
the Executive would have the power to render
could ever restore them to bondage. II the law
as it declares makes them Tree when the owners
are guilty of being in arms against US, they are
free 'ipso facto, and they are free from that mo-
ment frr' fAssa
The pardon or amnesty to those people, men,
toned in the amendment of the Senator from
Ohio, could not restore their slaves to bondage
That part of that bill is framed with a view to
the freedom of the slaves absolutely, without
process, without law. without proceedings in
personam or in rem, and without the possibility
of re enslavement; and yet we are told tails is
not interfering with slavery.
: have but one other section in my bill which
l have copied from others, and that is one which
| regard as nothing but an addition to the fugi
tive slave law. 1t provides that when men un
dertake to pursne their slaves, they shall II
order to give them status in court, show tina
they have been loyal in this rebellion, have
no objection to tn at as part, an addition, al
amendment of the fugitive slave law. iha
ends my bill, sir, and have no more to say