The national Republican., 1862-01-23


prosecuted for the paramount purpose Of abol.
hing slavery, while .anothss portion Of his
uouse ., ,sired 70 see the war conduoted 10 the
same sptrit 10 which Il was bean. And he be.
a 'ssvsd tAsles.er 70 b 10 III ndohty On sAis
NJ. L0vlJoY, d Illinois, x,sh.d 70 ~ .orr.c,
!ls statees9s d The entlemss nom Nsw Yok.
Hs deniea ~ thefS were oembers On ihis
hoor who viii the w condnotsd for he eOle
psrpose q ebolbhluR slavery, y " \
MT. OWEN insisted on The truth Of his
statement. One Of our public institutioos haa
also been opened for he purpose of dircuseIoe
tho came propositions which these eeotjemec
advocate here. He alluded 10 the S@ithsonlan
Institution.
NJ. cox, Of Ohio, stated that .hess lectures
were not held under the auspices Of III Il Instl.
Mr.. OWEN resumed. Theee sentlemsn r.
sort 70 various pretexts and arguments 70 car.
~ out their plans. One Of these is, that slave
Y 10 the cause Of our present trouble. 70
that sufficient reason! Suppose the cause
Of tho dificulty was the sutagonism Of dii.
ferent eects Of religion; therefore, must re-
ligion b blotted outi He held II 70 Be the
doctrine OF The Rspubllcsn party, - we'll % Of
the President, thai the Constitution gives no
power 70 interfere with the domestic inhitu.
lions Of the several Statee That instrument
gives power 10 put down The rebellion without
this interference. There is difference be-.
tween rebellious States and rebellious people,
and difference botGeen foreign war end Q
civil war. In the former, we recognise The
whole Of The people Of the opposipg States a.
our enemies In the latter, only those who arc
10 actual arms against Us All the constitu.
aonal provisions, for the protection Of the
N nj ri T.
lion, are just a. applicable 70 those who have
their domlcils 10 South Carolina % those who
have their abode in Connecticut No oct Of
the rebellion can enlarge the powers Of this
Government. He had been called pro-slave
~ Republican-a renegade from bis party. He
stood BY the platform Of that party. He stood
BY the Pretldent Of that party.
The gentleman from Maine, (Mr. Fessopden, }
In his speech yesterday, quoted from Mr.. Lin
cOln, but be did not quote enough 10 give Mr..
Lincoln's ides 10 full on the subject he must
have quoted from Democratic authority, and
produced the same garbled extracts which We
had 70 meet In the last political campaign.
hr. FESSENDEN, Of Maine, stated that be
quoted from the life Of Abraham Lincoln cir.
culated By the Republican party during the
last Presidential campaign. 80
intention to interfere with the Institution OF
slavery from the commencement Of bis admin.
istration up TO the present time The whole
doctrine Of the Republican party 10 that We
have no right to interfere with this institu
ton.
nr. STEVENS, Of Pennsylvania, then pro.
ceeded TO address the House on the subject Of
the rebellion. This Ii not 40 accidental rebel
lion. We are iu the midst of that crisis which
was foretold by President Jackson years ago,
when he first met this same reb bsllion In lis In.
oipiency. From the days Of Calhoun, they have
educated their people 10 the doctrine Of dis
unionism. They have not rebelied for the re
dress Of grievances; but they wished 10 estab
lsh slave empire. The Declaration Of Inde,
pendence and the Constitution were directly
opposed 70 their ideas Of government. They
prepared themselves Tor rebellion, 60 that when
hey could no longer rule under our Constilu-
trolling the Government, their policy had i'm.
paired our industry by tariffs, They had re.
duced our navy, or scattered IL one way and
another, 90 a. to render II Inaccessible when
they should be ready 10 strike their blow; and
lf Mr.. Breckinrldge bad been elected, these
preparations would have continued another
four years. The rebellion has not come one
hour too soon. II was In. vitabls, and ths logger
II was delayed The harder to put down. On us
ls put the painful but glorious TASK Of refuting
the doctrine Of despotism, and In crushing out
ibis rebellion We b,queath glorious heritage
70 our posterity. This is no light task. The
rebels are imperi0us and determined. We must
be firm. No negotiations truce until they
lay down their arms, and return to their allie
glance The first duty OF every nation Is self
Preservation.
II is evident that both belligerents have
taken firm ground. We have resolved that no
peace shall be sgreed upon except by an un
conditional submission 10 the authority Of our
They are resolved 10 submit to
no terms short Of a recognition Of their inde.
pendence. On both sides, honor, national
pride and public opinion forbid humiliating
peace. When will the war end? II is idle 10
talk Of peace In sixty days with the present
method Of conducting the war. The South
will never be subdued until new mode Of
warfare be adopted. Our foes are ss brave o.
We are. They have . large territory and
abundant subsistence. Pursue our present
course, We may have brilliant battles and vic.
tories. We may drive them inch by inch from
their present strongholds, and they will retreat
to their inaccessible mountains when the
purifying frosts Of winter are gone, our army
will DO driven from the mslarious 6elds Of the
South, where no Northern man can live and the
rebels will repossess their cotton aud rice
fields. ...
We can spare but about fourth part Of our
population for the field; they, In consequence
Of the slave labor 10 produce supplies for them,
can spare . much larger proportion. Those
who furnish them the means for the war are
the natural enemies Of the South. We are told
that the Constitution does not authorize the
of the slaves. That instrument
Is repudiated, and set at defiance. The rebels
deny its authority.
The Constitution grants q supplemental
power. 1t directs that the President shall en-.
force the laws, and that Congrees has power TO
make all laws necessary to suppress rebellion.
The emancipation Of the slaves will strike
more eflectual blow at this rebellion than any
which has yet been employed.
Oh, for one six months Of the resurrection Of
Andrew jackson! He would take the lead Of
our army, and not take them down TO PICK cot
lon or 10 open ports, but he would put
weapon 10 the hands Of every one who would
strike for liberty. A six months campaign,
with one hundred thousand men, with such
leader and by such means, would end the re.