The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-05-27

right to prosecute with as much severity as
we pleased, and il does not come well from the
mouths of..traitors to charge us with severity
know that slavery has received its death
blow, whatever may be our views in prosecu
ting Tho war. [ warned gentlemen Of 1t in
that famous committee of thirteen. ! was a
member of that committee, which contained
almost every high fiice of the so called South
ern Confedcracy, with Mr.. Davis at their head
lIonth after month We discussed this princi
pie. told those gentlomen, 81 rely intlnite
ly more upon YOU 10 abolish slavery than
upon all the Garrisons and Fosters and Phil
'lpscs on earth. They are theorists; they are
right in theory, but they never will harm a
hair Of your head; but you attempt this seces.
sion, and the first blast of civil war is the
death. warrant of your institution" 1t was 80.
The part Of wisdom, then, in any border
State man is to elevate himself above the pre-
iudiccs of the times, above the strong prepos
sessions of education, which | can make as
much allowance for as anybody. | say, eie
vate yourselves TO the great principles of hu
man destiny and 10 the great crisis in which
we arc placed. The fate Of your darling in
stitution is sealed All human institutions
must finally como to an erd; but thank God,
the worst Of them has come to an end first
You cannot defend il, if you would, Iou DO
yourselves infinite harm in not conforming 10
what is the plain and most manifest willof the
Almighty; aud that is that yourj bondsmen
shall he free. Regulate your institutions &C
cordingly; follow the Indications Of Providence
that arc thrown out SO plainly u yo,r path,
and all will he well. Any attempt to resist
. al h., tlo, lIA aNl
vain.
In regard TO the amendments to this bill
have but little to say alter the mo forclh'e
and conclusive argument made yesterday by
tho Senator from Maine, Mr.. MORRILL,. He
proved coRclusivey that the argument and
the bill Of the Senator from Vermont did not
very well accord. That hill or substitute does
nothing 70 the rebels until peace is proclaimed.
Ii proceeds on the assumption that this Gov
eminent in all its parts is invested with full
power in all its judicial tribunals to 90 on just
the same IA though it were time Of profound
peace. Sir, there is nothing moro unphilo.
sophie, nothing | will say moro unstatesman.
like, than for man to overlook the condition
in wi ich the country is plunged, AM make
just such provisions and provide just such re.
medios for evils now as he would when the
Government in all its parts stoad upright,
when every delinquency could be prosecuted
in any OF Your courts with full assurance
that impartial justice would be done both to
the accused and the accuser Is that the
condition Of things nowl Do gentlemen wish
10 close their eyes and blink the fact that
over a territory larger than tho half of Europe
You cannot summon a jury, you have not
iudgo to try case who is not liable to the
condemnation that You seek to have him pro
nouuce No, sir; that cannot be done. But
Congress is invested in this tremendous crisis
of our naton with power to provide all things
and anything which it is thought will best
minister to the putting down Of this rebellion,
and the glorious Old Constitution Of our ia.
thers.
Sir, repeat, in conclusion, that any rcmo.
dy that you p'ovde that has no reference 10
putting down this rsheon and only looks to
the punishment of traitors after peace shall be
proclaimed everywhere, is not a remedy that
seems to me to be wise. 1t would be kind
OF vinlicliveAeoS. Badly as these men have
used us, veuomous as they have shown them
sc,ves-mutiiating our dead, numbering our
prisoners, doing every wrong that savage ma.
lice could iuvent-stil, if they would lay
down their arms to-day and come into the
fold and ask pardon for their nfernanl treason
| DO not feel that could coollv 90 under the
bill of the Senator from Vermont, TO take
their lives That would be no remedy.
would be wrcaking mere vengeance upon
those who were deprived of power to defend
themselves The magma unity of the Amen
can people would forbid the creation of any
such tr bunal AS that. As my friend from
Maine said. the American people would not
brook the bloody aSsiza trayersir G from State
to State for tho purpose Of summoning ju'ies
and hanging men, who, whatever their past
crime might have been. were now entirely in
their lower. They arc to be dealt with rs
the American people would see tit to deal
with them. Their magnanimitv would for
give them, and your bill would be poweress.
! want the remedy provided by my friends
from Illinois, that has reference to all these
things, and which proposes 10 indemnify the
Treasury for the vast sscr fees that VIC have
been compelled to make in our defence
Sir, If tn re was anything wrong in our posi-.
lion, the whole tenor of this argument would
be charged; but there is not What have we
done ? What havo those Of us who stand
here for the Constitution and the laws done
that should provoke these scoundrels to th.
rebeionl They havo malc it incumbent
upon us 10 defend ourselves or die. For what
purposes For no other or better purpose
than to establish government founded on
eternal slavcrrv Sir. we havo indces by
which We know what the traitors sought
It. WAS despotlsm. Mr.. Stephens, who is the
worry brain Of tn, southern rebellion, in his
in ugural address, undertook TO set forth the
principles on which this southern confederacv
was to he foupaed; and re went on, delbcr rate.
", TO stale that The purpose Of it was to make
sla, DRY the basis OF their Institutions, which
would be eternal. llc believed it was the
will of God and order of Providence that
some men were born to rule, and some men
to be their slaves and their servants. He
took great credit that they OF the South had
made this graud discovery, which bad escaped
all men up 10 that perioi. This, sir is the
principle on which this war is prosecuted. II
you want to know the organization Of that
government and the principle on which it is.
founded, read that exposition of 1t ~ laid
down by their chief expositor, aud see for
what purpose they sought to erect upon the