M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-05-01

Aldi ihi lllG NOuhhCio VI viz 0OfNA 'hA~s"N'
The gentleman from Pennsylvania
mir. STEVENS haid in his speech aS 70
how this war should BE- conducted,
and how these taxes should be expsn.
ded:
Upre;n1ice uny be shoe sed, wcIk minds star
,,sd USak nerves made tremble, but they must
isar and adoptit. Those who now furnish the
means Of war, who are the natural enemies of
Ilavsholders must he made cur allies. CniVeT-
sal emancipation. mus. be proclaimed to all"
And again he says:
UIr an ofTcctual course isno, TO he rursneA fo'
fear Of offending border State friends, better sub
init at once, and II We cannot save our honor
savo. at lsast, the lives and l'eafure OF tho ma
ton"
Tie gentleman evows that 10 HE
opirion still. This weak water
cruel" Of tho President, as he calls it,
Will not touch the seeretions Of his po,
li,icsl system. 1t docs not 60 far
enough.
| observe. also, that my friend from
OIio TMr. BYcuAM] has advocated
thi. scheme of universal emancipation
in The border States. | viii take an
extract from hi, speech rs published
inthe Globe TO show where he stands !:
Why Should not this legislation be extend
ed 50 as IN authorize tho seizure and confscation
10 tho public use of al the property, real and
personal, money! goods, stocks credits, and
sH.ctss of these rebel oHemies their aideTs aud
abottors. wherever found, who shall preslst in
tie rebellion This property retained oy tn9
enemy Is an element Of strenath. Why should
not the 1900 600 OO0 worth Of cotton. corn, rice,
sugar and tobacco, now posses ed oy the enemy
and to th.m means of Subsistence and basis
of credit, be declared forfeited by law, and sub
feet to seizure and confscaton by our courts to
tho public usol Why should not tho fertile
lands of the enemy, as fast as they are wTested
from them BY our arms, be by law subjected TO
tho occupancy Of loyal citizens that by honest
culture they may be mado to yield their annual
tribute to the national Treasury And above
all sir why should not the four millions Of slaves
held by these rebels, and by whose unoaid toll (,
this rebellion, wagod by hm2 million OF trail
tors Ia arms is sustained, he by a law OF Con.
rress declared freemen, and forever released
lTom their unwilling serYitudeH
And agHin:
{" But, II Il slii such law will not,os to the
rebels slaves he effective. WhyLotf It's be :
cause the knowledge Of the fact cannot reach
thoso slavosl Pass your law simply declaring
them freemen and that they shall, II they fy to
yenr standard. receive the protection Of your
Army, and the Joyful nowswil in ten days roach
every slave in the Republic, by means OF that
human telegraph whose living network over
I!es every Slave plantation, and ID woven OF the
acerated heart strings Of the victims OF his IN
elbul airocity."
That will show this House that the
gentleman from Ohio will give but a
slight support to the policy OF the
Administration. So it is with regard
TO largo portion Of the gentlemen
who are found so anxious and press.
ing to have this proposition adopted
ty tho border States. Those are the
gentlemen who Obstinately refused to
let u3 say word on the snhject oR1
the proposition was offered to us \
border. Here, too, is the geptleMan
from Maine. Mr.. FEssENDEN8 He
locks to the usurpation by tho Federal
Government Of tie rights reserved to
the States, to begin with the emanci'
patton OF the slaves Of rebels trst, but
aiming to reach the slaves ofths Union
men sooner or later. will give an
opportunity to these gentleman to say
whether they will give up those
schemes which they have advocated
here Tor the Presidents policy. None
ofthem speak. They will not Ide.
clare, therefore, that the President has
made a mistake. To sec that, we
have only to reeur to the reasoning
contained in this message. The Presi-
dent says
In tho annual message last December. ]
thought ht TO say 1.-THE Union must he preserved,
aud hence oil indispensable mAans must be en-
pOyed." said this not hastily but deliberately
and again, speaking of the Incl.
dents and ruin which cannot be fore.
seen if the war continues, he says:
"such as may seem Indispensable, or may OBJ
Tiously promise great efficiency toward ending
tho struggle, must and will come"
Then he ASKS the men OF the Dor.
der ,
whether the peouniary eona liberation tend z
er ed would not be Of more value to the States ,
and private persons concerned than are the in
T;tution and property in it, in the present aspect
Of affairs"
And again i.e tells us, speaking Of !
the initiation Of emancipation in the g
border States: I
Tho Federal Government would find its high h
'st interest in such measire, as one of tho most
.a:isnt means of self preservation" a
Suppose the proposition OF the q
President is adopted by Congress, d
md it meets Unexpectedly with any t
'avor in Kentucky, il is provided by n
he constitution of that State that the "
Legislature shall not consider the q
question for four years after it is moo. d
ed. doubt not that the other slave Il
States have constitutional provisions 6
for considering this matter in conven. L
lions. 1t will, therefore, take years "
o "initiate" emancipation; yet it is to "
shorten the shrugged" Will that "
horten the struggle now going on, to "
20 through the process suggested by y
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