Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-04-17


other State has given strong Of fidelity
Government and the Constitution
The proposition would introduce agitation time when
would produce good, but evil What he asked,
we fighting fort Was not to uphold the government p
possible harm by advocating the performance every
enormty in order to weaken the enemy. They called
down the rebellion.
Mr. Hickman (Republican.) of Pennsylvania said do
not consider the passage oth resolution of any great
practical importance. It is simry my Judgment dec
araon of opinion certain policy, and more
hopes than anything else and warning the people Of
the border States, who most interested the presen
moment in the subject which it makes special reference.
The President be ignorant of the fact that he has
failed to meet the just expectations of the party that elect
ed him ONCE now and the people of the border
States will not fail TO observe that the message conveys
them an aw nj warning 1t is somewhat of
the question of freedom slavery and intmation that
in certain event the interest of slavery might be impair
ed and he declares that he border states ought begin
to put themselves in position to meet great crisis. 1t
rather palliative than an open avowed policy.
speak frankly OF this point because do not hang upon
power am open to denouEce any thing Objectionable
in this administration In respect is the message the
resolution manly open. On the contrary is Lvert and
nsdous 1t is becoming the position Of the President
of the United States. 1t is such full grown
should publish to the nation in such crisis the
ent The President permitted to be ignorant of the
fact which fully evident to the party that elected him to
the office, that he has disappointed lS party III the pro-
geSS OF S oar do not say that the party anticipated
that the President would enter upon scheme of abolition
But it expected when elevated Office that the President
would not such an emergency as the present. fail to as
sumo the responsibilities necessary to the peculiar crcum
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keep the peace with the border States and would seeming
Them aid comfort than he would extend
to Othertates of tie Union No who carefully reads
message can fail TO und rsand just what the President
had IN his hand at the time he penned thmessage He
tended to say to the Republican party Gentlemen am
such defender CT the interest IF slavery you would
make the country believe am willing under certain
circumstances that the institution OF slavery should be
weakened, and especially the border States and will
as far my official influence extends endeaVdr to affiliate
the border States with the states OF the North 10 The
Border states men he sa Gentlemen give you warning
N time, that policy may eventually be cessary on the
OF the administration which which will lead to the des
| trucuon o. the slave interests IN your states ="
Now le5 whether this is not the The Pres
dent in his message said: THE Union must be preserved
and hence ali indispensable be employed to that
end 1t is impossible to foresee all the incidents that may
attend the prosecution Of the war the OF the
Union such measures as may seem Indispensable or which
may promise most efficiency in ending the struggle, must
and will say that in view Of the plain language of
The message gentleman fail to observe that the Pres
ldent has direct reference to the employment OF measures
certain emergencies which may tend the direct weak
eniDg or ven TO the total OF the slave
suppose gentleman doubts that the will be
vigorously prosecuted in the Southern than in the border
States and where slavery the strongest there shall be the
last place in which the war will be Waged This Is, OF
| course the Gulf States.
We look and you gentlemen of the Border States look
to continuance of the which such extreme
as are toreshadowed may become necessary the Con
sttutlon and Union are worthy OF preservation and 1hey
worth you than the pecunary interests lnVol
we'd in local domestic Institutions and you are possess
ed OF PATRIOTISM you must regard the preservation of the
Constitution and the Union and paramount to
The pec1nary interests involved any mere domestic lnst
tuition, not excepting slavery itself II the President had
lett his distant day, when the time anticipated
by him SHOULD round when The slave interest in the
extreme South would become undermined in the progress
OF the and when for the interest of his border friends
would be eVerastDgy too late to make the proposltl4n
he plays the part of friend and counsellor 20 them He
says to them in plain language IS the times permit OF
gentlemen the time hand when slave inter
be completely undermined, and therefore, a. this
tim advise Congress to pass this resolution to assure
of Congress- that against the contingencies of the
future; your interests in slavery may be protected and
saved
say that that man who is not willing the Const
tuition and the Union by the sacrifice of private es
private property, already rebel. care not upon what
this declaration may fall with harshness 1repeat that
the who not willing, in order to preserve the Union
sacrifice every material interest is already rebel at
heart And when few weeks ago, the que lion was pro
pounded gentleman from the Border ates whether
they would sustain the Constitution and IT, MON, though
it should be necessary sacrifice slavery the effort to
sustain it. but solitary and feeble voice came to the
question And now proclaim here the fact which has
been too studousy concealed that the Border States
not the Union preference to slavery and that but fol-
fear of the they would have given their whole adhe
Mr. Wadsworth Kentucky-I give to the assertion o.
the gentleman my unqualified contradiction.
Mr. Hickman don't for the contradiction.
declared before the rebellion broke out declare now
that but for of force, Delaware would have absolved
the bonds which connected her with the Union. Wha
meant the action of Kentucky maintaining neutrality IL
the hour when her friendship for the Union to be test
ed Kentucky-proud, magnanimous Kentucky, as she
had been designated here this morning, in that hour
national peril and danger stood the ground of perfee
passage of the national troops for the defence of the CAPT
tall and when the integrity of the Union had been place.
out of danger and when the safety herself mpered
then Kentucky was proud and magnanimous enough t.
declare herself on the side of the Union The same will
Maryland precisely and by no means make exception il
favor of any of the border Mr. Webster
(Unon) of Maryland-The gentleman is mistaken when III
saws that MARYLAND was held in the Union by of
From the moment the people there had opportunity o
expressing themselves, they had declared, an over
whemngy majority, for the Union and the prosecution
the
Mr. Hickman-What public action of that State does th
gentleman refer to? 1beg him to enumerate some OF TIT
most public acts of in connection with this REBEL
ion.
Mr. C1isfeld-In the first place. to the Governor Of Ma
lryla
ondly the election by which representatives unanmou
the support of the Union to Congress- and By
the election held since then when citizens showed them
selves devoted to the Union.
Mr.. CoVode (Rep of PennsylvaniaWith respect to thu
action of the late Governor OF Maryland deem it my dut
Ito say that heard that gentleman make speech stand
ing under secession fag Qaugher) the evening of tn
troops should be allowed go through tina
! city to the defence of the National Capital.
Mr.. HickmaDI again reiterate the great naked truth
that every border slave State would separated se
the Union if it had not been from fear; aud say
further, that those who in any identified Will
slavery slavery than they do of the Union
profess have knowledge of tie institution OF sa
to the feeling border slave States that Mr. Lnco
himself did not differ much from the option have expressed
speak with good authority, and that Mr. Liz
coin thought just think, with that authority m
= words should be received with great aspect Laughter.
J. The President remem cred that the Leg ature of Mary
land when about assemble chose Frederick in preference
to Annapolis then occupied by the United States troops
town occupied by their friends he could [Langh
= teri He thought they had resolution of seeesso
in tber pockets and that left esed the ordinanc
= might actually be passed. As matter of ex
+ IRENE caution, he had the members arrested.
s. Unfortunately, then the position of Mary land must hav
been ally misunderstood; for was certainly the opnlo
entertained in high places that necessary to ares
ncarcerate the Legislature Of that State to proven
i them passing secession ordnance have also IN
opinion another great the President of the Gale
Confederate States JEFF Davis to the loyalty and disoyat
of Maryland He declared that if Maryland had not bee
ndated and held by force she would at once have lDke
her destiny with the South But say again there is not
the Union that has not the welfare of SLAYER
much heart and IN the composition OF whose hear