The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-05-13

indeed ono a the moa iGanseadcut i'm.
pprsanee involving ID IL various details
asd bearings, 10 a greater o. less degree,
the punishment II rebels, tie replenlsh-
meus II ihe national finances from tie
property u rebels, lle presea, ard future
notm of slaserY. and perhaps some other
topics. These mighty Issues arc already
ID the rapid march If events pressing
ihemseltc, upon the public attention, and
ussi a, 10 dls'sn, day receive the decision
n iAe American people. What nee3,
then, 81 well considered coansels and de-
libera,e aud sagacioas action not only on
tic part fihe people At large, BOT more
especially by our national Legislature ia
tie treatment Of Ills all-impouspt sub.
jet.
Ard hers, before commenting upon Sem
a,or CollameFs late speech, we cannot re-
frain from INDUCING 10 a brief encomium
Of our esteemed Senator himself Iimust
ever be source VI satisfaction and pride
TO lie people q Our State, thRi in these
days ofunexpcctel trial and re possibility,
the vast work of directing the national
councils 20 far as cur State is concerned,
has fallen into hands so able to meet toe
great eSigencies u the lour. Nor is IT
any disparagement to others TO say that
Senator Collamer Is surpas sed.by no mem
bel u TIC Senate in strength Of intellect,
sagacious craftsmanship, or in tie power
Of treating with success the great subjects
which the course Of recent events have
developed. Senator Collamer furnishes
an Industrious example Of the working OF
American Institutions. a poor 10y, who'll
ly dependent upon bis own excrtions for
his education, be has by successive steps
attained 10 tie FIRST places Of honor and
distinction. The oldest member of the
Senate, his mind still retains the yigor of
youth. OF him il may well be said as Of
the younger Adams:
"a grey haired Sire, whose eye inteut
Is on the yisioned future bent"
The style Of bis composition and his
manner Of addressing the Senate Is pecu-
liar and effective. II is not the impas-
stoned eloquenco of Clay, nor the polished
rhetoric Of Seward or Sumner, but rather
the plain, terse, "right on" lofty argu-
ment Of Webster. And though he speaks
without notes, or at most with only the
heads Of lis argument, there is nothing
out Of place, nothing forgotten, nothing in
complete, or unfinished.
In the use Of sarcasm and wit, Senator
Collamer is peculiarly felicitous. There
is a rich vein Of pleasantly and good feel
ing which runs through all Of his produc-
tons, some very good instances Of which
arc furnished in bis late speech, which
when we consider the newness Of the sub
jects therein treated, may be viewed as
one Of bis ablest efforts, and one. which
will not suffer in comparison with the best
samples Of American eloquence.
In the view OF Senator Collainer, lcgis-
lation in regard to the confscation Of the
property Of the rebels, and their punish
ment, Is rs yet rather premature. Wha;
is frs, needed Is the subsection Of the rcb-
els, which in bis view can only be effected
BY force. lie says:
1.-TWO branches or duty dcyolye upon
u.s. Tie FIRST il, that lhc instruction by
force against Us must be put down b.
force. We shall never be legisla,cd out
Of war. We can no more be legislatcd
out 81 war than We can be legisla,ed in
10 the millennium. ! DO not believe that
either viii ever happen. There i resist
ancc by force, and il must be met by force.
No treatment can apply 10 il but that Of
il has 70 be addressed en-
iirely by blood-letiing. Il ia Of kind
that comeih no, forth even with prayer
aud fasting" That remedy alone can APP
ply, and !, mus be sharp, decisive. con-
elusive; and no legislation can palliaie
that, none can relieve II. Il Is not any
resolstions or laws or speeches or vapor-
ing within this Hall that can any way turn
aside the bayone.s OF the enemy
All our Legislation in regard 10 the reb
els must, ia Senator Collamer's view, be
conducted in accordance to and within the
limitations Of the Constitution. We must
not resort to unconstitutional measures be-
cause We think we csnno, get along with
ogi them. If we do this we arc admitting
that ogr Constitution and Government are
inadequate 10 their own preservation.
The limitations Of tic Constitution we're
made Tor .:snes 81 trial Ike the present,
AMI mnss be sc.nPalo0siy maintained. an3
they are amply Sufficient 70 take Is through