The New York herald., 1862-11-02

n.ssal pcwer which We have . persuade voa q
it," pald NOT thcre ps rcva ion 4 lsesag. 10
aaat,eiiy there xolld II know aiifthiag@oi Engtish
chiracer,i If 1 knw what J0ha Hu' j., he would no'
brook my interference on the psEt 81 9Fega cohate.
IA ,aaterof domestic poicy ths' belonged s9ey and
exiasive'y to hlin. taelr. hcar.} u woald be his
70 the states. 1t has beer SHOWN by tho eseei-
ientpcalieniae who preiies On this cca cn - naa-
clearly that venture the assertion that no human
being who wifi ever read hisSboos answer it. u
seems to me that ftir ever donht fhe
concerns. That they iiijepcndent 20 inalterS q
tnat knd has been Admitted by every AMERICAN STATES.
man, whether abotonst or moi. from the day iof
making the constit iion To the present mcnent ms
been admitted even by hose who we batiied !o
dissolution OF tho Uuin, that the ntho
matter slavery. Well, r England would spurn every
foreign interference, 1t is the same thing with We
arc Englishmen; We arc desc ndlnts oi Ensisamea
bone Of yonr bone and losh Of your csh ani
possess the feelings IN Common which you have. and
Mhan tho States which had no control, no power no
right whatever 10 interfere in the domestic institutions o.
south attempted TO do so, there ,ag Of Ia
dgnant defiance Of any interference Of thst kind The
feeling of the entire south THAI il not for them
interfere at ALL Aud with all that aftcpa North had
raised seven hundred Thousand men, and invaded and
attempted 70 desolae the south; after all thcr acts
or atrocly unparalleled, venture to assert. waen
they were all collsted and brought into mass
unparalleled the annals of civilization after they
had done that and had been driyen back from the soil
that they had invadcddriyen out entirely, the l's,
trump card is to be played The constitution has been
her etofore tramped under foot there has been
ALL the habcas corpus act has been disregard
cd citizens have imprisoned everywhere freedom Of
press gone freedom OF speech destroyed the right
exercised rdcss Of the guarantee Of The Gun
sttuton All this and thou just to CAP tho climax o. the
whole Mr. Lincoln comes fogwarias If he had the sie
and exclusive power f he tn, autocrat OF Ame
rca he did derive his pawe from the conslitu
ton as be were not CONSTITUTE nal Presdct, deriving
every power he possibly exercise from an express
grant everything he does Ia violation OF the consultation
being declared tho terms Of the const ution % be null
and ypld-he forward and says he will set the
slaves free He viii do 1t Why, il it were not 50 Sc
sous matter, i would be subject aim st Of nir,h
Doctor Cowe,i believe wrote boik called Tho Inter
preer In order defend the princciy prerogativo Of
James l. Of England n which he deca Cd that tho Sing
was solutas iegb1S net bolnd in any way by the
laws: and King James himself If remember arignt
IN hi, celebrated lecture the twelve judges told them
that they must remember that be hal double preroga
tive tina. he WAS invested with prerogatpe which
the subject OF dispute every day ia Westminster Hall and
which they might talk and dispute about but that there
ant thcr prerogatve prnccy and imperial preroga
tive, said he, matters Of State, which no man has
right to talk about at ALL And Mr.. Lincoln seems 70 he
following in the footsteps Of James Nhsn he says
that he has in effect double prerogative-a prcroea-
tive vested III hSn by the constitution and another
rea ling IN that hicher law doctrine by which he is
allowed TO do whatever he pcases TO protect and pre-
the State. Under this sort Of prerogatc no issues
this proclamation In that proclamation there s covert
inv vitaton vie All the horrors and atrocities
OF St. Domingo he des es to enacted in the South
States. You viii remember, those Of you who have
paid attention TO his career, that IN tho first message
that he deverel he stated TO Congress and to the people
the United States that he satisfied that here was
majority Of Union mon in every State that had seeded
except in South Carolina alone He either believed or
hc did II II Is his opiuion that there is majority
OF Union 10 all these states, aud that they have
been kept down by terrorism 10 the SOUTH according 70
the slang language Of tho Northern patriots and Union
mon; that is tho case how horrible, how more than
horrible wond be the deed which he invites these
wreccd people engage in Certain destruction, neyi
table speedy and absolute destruction TO the poor slave
beyond any question. where they gain temporary
success is there who imagine his sister, his
mother his daughter kneelng and begging and tmporng
slave, with the infuriated passions aroused by these
bad men, numbering ndscrminatoly men, women and
children numbering those whom Mr. Lincoln says are his
friends And yet, after inviting the slave TO- murder
those whom he says his friends and are al heart for
the Union nc carefully tells them in the document
that those for the Union in the states shah
TO commit indiscriminate massacre, and then tells
the whom he has consigned to such punishment
as that If you show that you were for tho Union you
shall be raid for the slaves thug set free. But il
ne has changed hts opinion, and has come now to
the conclusion that thore is no Union sentiment in the
South as really the fact there not one human being
throughout the entire Confederate tatesso help mo od
not one believe, unless II is stray Yankee who has got
his heart Of hearts that the last drop blood shall be
shed before they will ever submit TO the cruel tyranny
q the North again G%ud spDass Z them he
say through Mr., seward, IN tina. despatch, q
attempts to coerce thoroughly disarecied States
and bring them bask TO this Union Is despotsm. He
conclusion he admits that he acting the despot
attempting TO tho Southern states 10 way con-
world Hear, hear) He claims this rower in one OF
two ways-either under the constitution of the United
states or ss an exercise o .ns S war power we'll ne
United States. Will vow allow met is very short
extract-to read what Mr.. Webster said on that
Virginia sad he said. hold that Congress IS abso
utely preclndea from interfering in any manner
st,utons Of The sasesn Cheering and voice from the
crowd sxclaYned-aWe wish this could be heard from
lust expressed NAV be repeated, "Repsat repeat')
Wc repeat IT. proclaim on the wings Of all tho winds
tell |, 10 all your friends(cres Of I'VE wi We willy
that hnrA In m napff6 nj
beneath an October sun, in the midst of this essem-
blage, before the entire country, and upon all the
responsibility which belongs 10 me, say that there Is
power direct indirect, in Congress or the general go
vernmens 20 interfere in the slightest degree with the
institutions o the South" That the constitution that
is the government under which lived that is the go.
verninent that wanted TO perpeuats that desired to
see continued united, upon that basis according
the constitution, which was the bond OF union be-
tween Well, under the constitution, then he has
no power. Then let us look at IL as war power.
You will remember that in 1912 there was unfortu-
naely between Great Britain and the United States
That continued for nearly three years AZ the close
of the treaty nado ~ Ghent Mr. John Quincy
Adams father of the present accomplished Minister from
the negoators on the part Of the United Mr.
Henry Clay, Mr.. Bayard and othcrs-hve OF
them. By that treaty Great Britain stipulated
been ,asen The Question then came u whether
the slaves that had been talcn by Great Britain
should he delivered up under that treaty " resisted
There dnsrenceo opinion between lord Casercagh
and Mr. Adams the Minister then at the Court OF st.
James and they agreed ~ reer " 10 the Emperor OF Rus
sis am arguing whsther IL Is right or wrong,
bat want 70 show what has been the settled policy of
the United Statey Mr.. Adams writes that he had
nm Interview with Lord Liverpool, 10 which he
presented TO him tho argument that slaves were
private property and not subject TO be taken ana that
Lord Liverpool did not object To- the argument When 1t
was referred the Emperor Of Russia he writes Mr.
Middleton, who Minister AZ Russia, 10 the effect
that private property not subject 70 capture and
could be lawfully taken with the place "with the
exception he says'of maritime captures, private pro-
rery captured places s by the laws OF nations, al
| xwava re-peA Noup nwf w
not read the whole OF H. but Just mention the principle in
the conclusion Of his letter "The principle s, that
the emancipation G an ensiny's slaves Is not among
tho acts or legitimate A. relates to the owners,
il is destruction Of private property nowhere war
rantcd by the usagcs OF war; That is the doctrine
of tho United Btatcs. That doctrine sanctioned by
the Emperor or Russia, who decided the contest In favor
OK the United States upon the principle broadly laid
down by Mr.. Adams. so that show you Mr. Webster,
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