Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-03-25

cier sud SenstGr Halls. Chairman Of lis Ss.su
SaTsi Cnmalites. r2l:.c uDal Mr. Stevens
who ]: n0T GtTe. :5T lhe desired documents 4
enable tue Ei.l.oh government to sid sollo o!
I these irYincihles 10 lis already formidable ira1
clad strsru WsT Earine.
II hGr o7p go:ernInent IoIa f;;. How ra
piliv ia The nisttHs. France ard England will
have thfse bsti:fira upon the S:ss Gc!:ra as
although :nr iies is exclusively American
! coxGsEaEIo,;AL INsrEcT:aH q; TIE a1,IlToR
The Naval Gcnmisiao CT tho Senate ant
Boise will proceed to Fortress Mcn-oc :o-roT
row aftarDoa5 &c ;n5pEct the 2loni:or
CARLIIE or c0:TfiSCAT75M.
Oar rsad=rs ma; wish 10 neaS from Jlliie
the Virginia tory. ie hammais sHay az hi:
brethsrn nseity roughly, We hcpo ,hsy viii
hang him yet, and save Gs the trouble:
TAaHEE sEEA7E.
:WAsHEaToS, March ll-Vhe Conls1ai,on
bill was takaE i,p.
! hs Oarlile (Un., Vail do not propose to
detain the Senate by declaring, rs did the
Senator from; Illinois [Ms. IroSnine), what
nay do in tho future Whep sn akigency mag
arlGs; which IN rny-ap ap:a;anlIs1cr will afise.--
AIN content to deal With tao present, and iu
my opinion j, wou!d be Tal if re would, In
this day oi triumph, SCI upop the old maxim,
''Su tticIont fcr the day is the evil thereof"
believe thar tha Supreme Court you'd have to
iecisre this bill unconstitutional, il a cesa
arising under it, il Il could he brought bafova
! that tribunal for its decision. Il proposes to
aor:iaca.s all and every kind Of prop :rty, and
tv raauca to heggsry ans! want, whole peo-
pie. without Judicial trial or legal investigation
Bus the bill denies the constitutional right to
test the conssitutioDaiity Of the act before the
trihusal created i,T The Constitution. 1t
would seem as il tho friends Of tue bill, know.
| ing this facss, had expressly framed it sc that
its uncoastilutionaity could not be pronounced
upon by the Supreme Court. All the property
o! c7ery ritzer 10 the seeded States =ouj b5
forfeited b7 this bill Such sweeping pro.
I postion,' 50 unjust and CRUEL 4 measure, one
calculated to continue the war forever, and
exhaust tie whole country, never has been in
the history Of the world, and predict, never
will be again submitted 10 Legislative ss.
aembiy representing civilized community.
The lack o: power in Congress to interfere
with slsvsry in tie States has always
been admitted heretofore by the most
ultrs AbolltDnst and because this was so
! lhey have denounced the Constitution as a
| covenant With death snd league with hell.
! Tie ablest speech ON the subject OF this war
vas made ~ tho representative Of Kansas
(Mr. Conway It is spsech which must
challenge admiration i7on those Hh1 diG.r with
its author, BY its bold trankneas and candcr.
The nembar from Kansas, with directness,
meets the question, and there Il no nistaking
his position. Not ona dollar or mau will he
vote ier 'he restoration Of the Government
Millions for an Aati~Sls7sry wGr, bur not one
';en: to restore Iho supremacy Of the OOIsttu.
| tion by var. accomplish bis purpuss--the
abolition OF savary-he would over. racogniEe
tia so-cIi|sd Confederate States as an inde>
psRdcnt po~:r, end EouiaconQuer tho seeded
| State: and hold tleu as subject Provinces-
hr. Garllse then g:.utgd at sone length from
Sir. UcnWsy's speech. hs7o noticed. this
speech because | think it Representative
! speech, aud because ne states with boldness
what boicye sre tie views Of his Party, aed
what his party associates, les bold than him.
! self, do not dare 10 avow. II s member from
i Slave Ststs had uttered such sentiments IS
lhess, ths whole ar would have Eesn filed
vilh TIC cry Of disloyaltS, and hi. expulsion
demanded the press which ciaDured 40
loudly for the expulsion Of The late Senator
hsnsa5;. S-ss
isl hs7e pulled 8: thr ssins string ct different
ends heretofore, tc!h sitting in C61gfcss.-
Sow they arc polling 81 the ssrse string each
A. his own cod Of ltir ceantEr. Both want
their rights. the Sec.aaianst is fighting for
his, The AbolitionSt ~snts gou 10 fight for his;
one wants you to ack nos ledge his right to take
SiaGes into Territory, though BE kna"s hc
will reTnr take tnoGa the1t, The o!EeE .ants
you 10 sckno~leng: his right tc li6Drat5 tho
slave, rot that he would ever do il, ior
be Hculd not tske caro- CT then in his own
Suite and lie knows he would not bs
permitted te live G Stare State Par no
5ils frutrxD! abolition aEd Secession, twins,
they are spawned st tue same time end in
tho sene muddy s;Tearo. The second section
o! this bill proviie1 for tie emancipation Of
slaves ard the purchase C! tropical countries
| for their settlement, sctnGe which will nsTo7
! be carried out. But the people sTe to Ge taSed
nt all times, sind in al ways, 10 Advance the
schemes o: those persons VINO 7ioT with com
placcncy tile sufcrings aud srcsns OF the while
race, but STE Mortified al the state 0! toGT mil.
lions Of negt9ea, comfortable, ccntenled and
happy, ana unconstiou. Vi sDy suffering until
informed by some philan,bropic GEeeiy inst
they were in dreadful condition, and whose
| is5or sad productions have contributed more
| than All other to mako this country what it
! was, one OF the richest aad most prosperous
! .n the globe. Eat tho advocates CT this nea-
! sure are uis.akon if tf1y thing such sn emsn-
cipation of sia7te coaid WORK any s1od Solf.
; prss3TTafiou would coTpet the States ThoTe
! HlsSeTc ROW exists e!:oar to s1pei the begr1as
iroui TIE st.se or re-easlave them. Ii e1-
| pelled, where would they go 10 Many of the
uon.sis7nhoi;ins :>i.a:es hs7e already excluded
! them. and others 10uid Immediately lie 80,
and then what follows: ,Eztc-1linstio1 or re.
ens!a7emeni Can it be possible that the ChFs-
tisT sant:uisGt ai the North, which il is said
demands abolition Of slavery, really desires
tho exterminati0n ot tbs Iogr1 race such,
| trust, j. no: the sentiment of sny consider
able number Of PERSONS snJ |isre. The re-
sult would be that the States rouid DC what
they have the acknowledge constitutional
right to do, re- snslave them. The we'll being,
if not the existence OF the az tie race would
demand their reinstatement, ind it would be
done ask them what g1nd would be done
to their race BY the passage of this section
of the bill. The advocates q: this bill would
have us h.lieve that although in time Of peace
| the Constitution is tia phraiHount law OF the
land, vat in time OF war it ceases to be bind
ing obligation, and therefor, failing in coas;i-
tutioaal' power, they 6sel; 10 show by cita
tions from Grotius and Others that such mes
sure is authorized by tho law Of nations, for.
getting that tie Laws Of va AZ the rules BY
which separate and independent ns:ion5 are 10
be governed when they engage in vsr with
each othor Senators who contend Tor this bill
igncrs the great fac! that tbs is do7srfmch'
Of limited po*sre, CLEARLY defined by e writ,
len Constitution, ard iorbniding the tEeT,
cjse of sny power not authorised by il.
tisny thst ;hia bill s authorized hT any
laws Of aa.ivns, ami derry iiat the
r.bsiion has iratroyct: Eli ri"e!itulion-
al zavernnsnt q. !a;> Is d lie un7e
strained will Of . .ress ai.. Csrllle mere
quoted IRON '.,.::...i1les on The low Of nations
TO sustain : .fsumsnt lie contenaeo !na'
this vas d.. war, constitutionally speaking,
Y ..j ba dori,nd that ESS c,yu war, II