New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-20
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she strongest oronnd under the ri3h'7 - 80 q, IN
H. determining what powers 70 ''o, ditch
be guided 10 ceI am e4teh' ~ - 91uy "a mt
Won Geek 10 accomplish. DO yon teeA IN: ~ do
down the reheion ard TO tread i out forever or ~
YOU seek onlv the passage OF d ren'.i In Ito uer
Won $. ELK new and de0'lve WEAPON " a. ron
;,b;ch nnr conntry il compelled TO wage, or 40 you
i ,t;, more than 10 punish few keheis VI,
- ,i,s o,eci Won seek is simply punishment 40 9ou
vi,h il to lie sure and effective, or oniy Ia n1iic
rr Won In earnest 10 strike tins Ieoelloh WIN III
me torce one1 by the Fights oil war or 40 you
- IN nae ANYTHING beyond the peaceful process
Of n,n,icipal law Ipu' these a tslicns sincerely
and indy You will answer them by Your votes.
NJ Won are not in earTest against this rbeibon now
are, ed in wsr-if you are onent 70 seem 10 act
without acting. TO seem 10 strike without striking;
in short IL srem rather than e. b6, you viii pass
new penal statute and nothing mere.
Assuming. then, what has been amply demon
str8ied, that the ri shls Of war are ours without
abrdeemeut, and assuming, also, that you viii ROT
allow our present cause, which has enlisted eucn
mighty euergi p 80 he thwartod through any failure
On your PAT, ask YOU 10 exerise theee rights IN
slch a way as 10 assure promptly and surely ina.
permanent peace IN which all thal desire - con-
taDel. But t. ills end il will net be enough 10
triumph tie rebellion it must be 30 completely
crashed that IL cannot break forth, vhIle rs authors
are not allowed escape yunIshneut--aii oil wiich
may be- accom- iishcd only by such I'LL a. have
proposed. The OF policy, il not Of duty, are
controlling.
But While all desire TO zee the Rebellion com
rletelv crushed thsre nav he & difference with re-
gard 10 The Rights of War which BIZ be exefcls'd
: one may b. fof few others may he for all some
may reject he examples of the past others may
insist upon following ihew. IL il for You TO choos
but IN making your election, you viii not forget tie
object in view. Al another point lave laiOod on
the au.hoi,y Of GroiiUs IL turning row 10 Nattel,
2 writer of masculine md r-tandiug, who has done
so mach 70 popularze tie law Of nations, am iniu
enced bs the consideration that, less sr'iere than
here he seems always INSPIRED by the rec ar q
la native switzerland and fled with The deslre Of
doing good ~ that what he sanctions cannot be
reg lIded AS illibera or laifh In gfaspiDg The d.
tails which nay enter into tie object prcpO-ed IBIS
benevolent master tea hes that We may GEEK thcse
things: (lattel, Book 3, cap. y.
!. Possession OF what belong 10 us.
Q. Exprtes and charges OF tie war, with repsra-
ton Of damages.
3. Reduction Of the elemy, 50 Tat he sball be
incapable Of just yloeIce.
4. Punishment o. tic enemy.
AND IN oder 10 prIiye al these resuts, the Rights
Of War are ours to be employed in oar discretion;
not forgetting that the property OF every rebel,
whether real OF personal, ia just iAbe 10 ior-
fimYe As tie property OF hostile prince Is admitted
to be by the Rights of War.
But The talest popIie. must drop. For Re coDspiIa
tors who organized ns great crime and leu shp 'he
dogs of war, there can be no penalty too great.
They should be rot only puTis ed to the extent u
our mower hut they should be stripped o. all means
Of iinaence. so that, should their lives be spared
th,v may b. doomed 20 them out IN poverty, II
rot in Xile. To this end their property must be
taken. But iheir poor deluded followers may be
eaf.l pardoned Left 10 all the privileges Of ciii
zepehi1 il a regeneTa,ei land, they viii unite IN
Judgment OF those leaders who have been 10 them
sueb uuel tssknatter..
Bar the property Of leaders consists largely OF
Land, owned in extensive plantations l. is Ju' thst
tbese lould be broken NJ, 70 thu they can reyer
again he Tie nurseries of conspiracy disaiectIon
parttiuned into small estates they viii afford homes
10 many who now homelets, willie lhor peculiar
and overloaging social influence viii be destroyed.
Poor neighbOss, who have been e> long dupos and
victims may become indeTenGcnt possessors Of the
soil. Brave soldiers who have lcft their Northern
-es to fight The battles OF their country resting at
as, ioIn their victOlief, and changing their swords
into Iiow-shares, may I'll Tie land with Northern
industry and Northern principles.
4 say iii OF rersonal property because, although
il may be Justly liable TO colIsaiOD, yet II II essy
- that IL 81 Of much tss imp0GtauVg than lie
land excep 70 far as slayes may be falsely clstcd
under this head
/ TIE slaves OF Rebels cannot be regarded a. prop
criv real or e.. scual. Though claimed property
by II err masters, and though too often recognized as
such w udiy iduals in the Government, II Is the
glory of our Constitution that il treats slaves always
az "lersons.' Al home, beneath the LASH and local
lava tboy may be cbaitel-, but they me known to
ouc Constitution only I'd men, In TINS ample ana
iudsuuable fuct, there is a distinction clear JUS
lice 4teu between tDe lFficiotI II rioNta
and ali other property real or personal Being men,
they bound to allegiance, and entitled 10 recp-
roca protection. IL only remains that proper ap-
Peal thould lie made to their natural sud instructive
loyalty; Lor can any pretended property OF their
masters supersede this claimI VIII not say OF emil
neni domain but of eminent power inhoreD, in Il
National Government, which at hii times has u right
: 10 the eerviCes OF all.
j.. declaring tie slaves free, YOU will a. do
= more ban in any other WAY, whether 10 conquer
4 t. racify, 20 punish, to blces. You will take
: from he rebellion It's mail.sprug OF activity and
strength you Will .top Us chief source ot PROVISIONS
and supplies; you aiI feE owe d motive aud tenpG-
lion 20 prolonged resistance, aud you VIII destroy
forever that diturbDg influence, which, loug rs
il is allowed to exit, viii keep his land volcano
. ever ready TO break iOIih anew. But, while ac
conn lsbing this vork, you viii al the lime by
the iArgical touch OF Freedom do act Of wise
economy, giving new value TO all the Lands OF
slavery aud opening untold springs of wealth, and
yCd III aisO 90 an act Oi Jutlce destined TO raise
our national ame more than any triumph Of Wax o.
any sul in peace. God IN his, benefccncc oilers 70
nations, as 20 Individuals, 0pP0j TIM ty, ogPoe-
fUNIrY, OPPORTUNITY, which OF ali things is
nosi 10 be Getifod. Never before in history has he
offered such az is now DO not fail 70 seize H.
The blow with which we smlts an LN,ur.rd rebel
lion will al the time enii,h and bless; nor 10
trere any prosperity or happnc,- which 1t VIII not
scatter abunoantly throughout the land and such
AZ not will be an epoch, making the change
from baibaIism 20 civilization. Ey the old nghts
Of war still prevalent Africa freenen were made
-layes, but by the Iights If war which ask you
declare, slaves will be made fTeemen.
I MIR. Presde4t: II you eek Indemnity Tor the
pa.l and secgIiy Tor tie future; ii Won GEEK the
National unity under Inc Constitution Of tao United
Ststes, here IS tie way in which al these can he
surely obtained. Strike down the leaders Of the re-
bolton, and lit up the eayes Than Will there be
IN Indemnity for The Past such no nation ever be-
lore wac able % wiz, and there VIII be security
for tie Future such nation ever before enjoyed,
While The Republic, eloiled and strengthened, viii