Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-02-05


asmbIance of legislative power elsewhere
nA new fountain Of lGW-making power ia
opsned np, Il naturally flows 70 u5, and We
may and should embody 60 much Of Il e we
deem necessary into the ordinary forms Of
statutes. This spoWsr-undeaned, vague and
shadoWy-can nowhere else be 80 safely ex-
ereiBed as By ui and rather than permit an
Executive 70 be clothed withit, without limit
or dednitlon, and thus make him an irfes-
ponsible despot, would deny is existence
and resist its exercise. With Us Il IL cafe
even q usurpatiOn on our part that did not im-
pinge upon coordinate branch Of the Gov
ernmsnt may be comparatively harmless
hold, then, that this war power, what
ever 4 may be, or whence it's source, is our
especial property; and It nsy be well 10 in
quire whether We have not already permitted
iu exercise BY the Executive to an extent
tfenehing upon danger. On broader grounds
yet may the power 70 deal with this matter
be most securely rested. Nations, like indi-
viduals, possess inRlisnable rights and for
the same reasons. An individual sustains
certain relations, and is under consequent
obligations from which be cannot be dis
chaFged-to the God who created him, 10 his
fellows about him, and to himself. To insure
q performance Of these, be possesses certain
rights and privileges that cannot be taken
from him, and with which be cannot part by
any set Of his own; and If such pretended
alienation has taken place, enforced or vol
untagy, be may ct any moment and under all
circumstances, resume them. For the same
reason and 20 the same extent nation must
possess these rights, which pertain to ii sim
ply because It is q nation and without them
It cannot discharge the paramount obliea-
tions Of protection to its subjects, and self
defense
In the application Of our power, however
derived, TO the subject under consideration,
I would adopt the principles Of that procla-
nation to the language Of which the oppress-
ed and labOFing heart Of the nation rose up as
to the Voics of God-the property of all rebels
should be conhScated, and their slaves "are
hereby declared free" Ny convictions and
Judgment might carry me further, but there
are checking considerations that ct this time,
to me, render this ineXpsdient I know that
our amazing policy in this gasping, strang-
ling contest for the breath of life Is thus far
the reverse Of this; we even reject with
Bcorn the aid of one entire and powerful class
Of our subjects that race, too, for whose
destiny and our own the war is and yet we
will perish rather than aid shall come from
them. Nay, we will perish rather than seek
10 Withdraw them frem striking with our
mortal foes. Was ever faulty so sublime 2
What can be the solution of this proiigious
fOllyf Is Il indeed true that slavery is the
Il hnIU fhfnnF canra1 bak =, I, =
struggle we are to remain the enemies Of our
own allies and the allies Of our enemies
against ouEsslvss2 There never was a war
conducted 80 lambent and so lamb-like, where
the persons Of your enemies are too sacred to
be smitten by any save q pure white; and
where you 90 carefully guard their feelings
against the modification of being beaten in
the field by the kindred Of their own bond
men 1 remember this last summer, and il
has been recently repeated, the dignihed in.
eident OF stripping OF acast-oR uniform from
the back of colored servant of one of your
colonies, out ofTespeet to the feelings Of your
enemy Sir, a nation that goes into such q
struggle SC dsintily and mincingly, 50 be-
glOved and be-seented and be-fooled and be-
sOtted, viii find it a death struggle indeed
Never, until we can shuttle of these sickly
and sickening sentimentalisms, and confront
this great catastrophe with all the means thai
lie within our grasp in our hands, shall we bs
equal to its fearful demands. Gentlemen NAV
turn their pallid faces loathingly away, and
hold their weak stomachs, but say to them
that they and their policy must go to the real
the front Of this battle is fer other hands
know the propositions for which have
eontended are denied and denounced by every
mode Of known augmentation, defamation
and denial; We are assured over and over
and besOught to believe it, that this little
thing eG slsFsly5 . las ~. ~ 3 = e.
rural neIghborhoods Of pure primilige form.
alton, has no possible connection with this
war; nor can we have anything under the
UonsHEution to do with IL, whatever the con-
sequences may be. Permit me a rnde and
coarse illustration. Suppose q man by acei-
dent had billet Of wood thrust into and
firmly fixed in the muscles of 6 limb, and
swollen, Writhing, and delirious, he is put
into our hands and we must deal with his
case We all know what the orthodox prac-
tice has been-ignore the case wholly, turn
the surgical back upon the patient, and cooIly
assure the world that nothing ails him. The
learned gentlemen over the way hold this
doctrine substantially. Gentlemen of that
school admit the presence of the intrudinq
wood, but they blandly assure US that it does
not hurt the man, that it has always been
there, and Is really in strict accordance with
his constitution, little pet luxury of his,
wish which We can have nothing to do. Il
the patient is ours-in fact, that it is uncon-
stitutionsl TO meddle with thst. fIremem
Der rightly, one of the learned doctors from
New York Mr.. SteeIe] declared off hand
| that this injury was not the cause of the
alarming symptoms, but that they were
caused solely by unnecessary agitation of
the question !" that is what ails theman, and
all that ails him-this absurd "agitation of
the question" There Is also other high
authority for this doctrine. / believe that
the celebrated Dr. Davis holds to precisely
these same profound views. He says the
Constitution precludes our dealing with this
thing, and that Il Is the q Hagitation of the
question" that ails the man. Let him alone
and he viii do well enough, or perhaps he
would drive a similar peg into the other leg.
am not wholly sure, Mr.. Speaker, that
our own practice was the most enlightened.
We proposed, by external application, to limit
the evil effects Of this accident to the injured
part, and let the patient run. am not pre-
pared to say, considering his condition when
be came 70 our hands, that this may not have
aggravated the difficulty. We come to deal
with the caseboW, and say, with no shadow
of hesitation, that extirpation of the csuse is
the natural and sole remedy do not be-
lisve when man sticks silver into his foot
that the best remedy is to shave his head,
or blister his chest, or make him blow his
nose. o..
Sir, this thing Of slavery was always a re-
hgious and moral outlaw, q confessed and
convicted felon with halter about It's neck,
invoking execution ct the hands of an out.
ragged universe. Its only defense was the al
legged constitutional barrier between which
IL vas intrenebed That barrier IL has ituaIP