, 1862-02-24
Qpln1o.e ef aeesseexy stanton on the

QRintoae ssase1s9esy stanton on the
ne following lasuae is attributed to Mr
Stanton, the Secretary IT Mar, by the conti-
,,estsk Konthly. Thsse vieNa correspond with
the known opfnlone: of tho President, who
holds that the rebeIam II the Southern States
sgatnst the Republic hahn hct converted their
slaves into fteemen. III: Stanton Is reported
as follows:
"rirst and foremost, I believe Slavery to be
the cdsus belz{. To treat the c0sus bells above
and beyond all other considerations I hold
u, be the duty Of the true commander
ia-chief; as the surgeon dis1egards the
Toupd. 1eo Iwonla treat this oa... IL. as he
Constitution allows Us to treat it--not one
haiFs breadth from the grand old safeguard
would I step.5 Under the Constitution I be-
lieye slavery to bea purely loe1 insttution.
+ 5sassa Ed 1f5ss says 8 e t2 @%95a s
.hoppolea afein the IaE- Of : New York. In
!. Alabaua and Mississippi the sl6ye IL chattel.
In the first:uar1ed States he passes BY deed OF
natural act and registration IN the other, by
simple receipt or delivery. Thus e1en among
slaEa States there is no uniform systea re-
speeting the slave property. To the Northern
States the slave is q person in his ballot rela-
ton to congressional quota and constituency,
and also an apprentice to labor, to be delivered
up on demand. The slave escaping from Ma
Tyland to Pennsylvania is not tobe delivered up
nor cared about. nor thought about, until he
Is demanded. Liberty is the law Of nature.
Every man is presumed free in choice, and
not even to be tFammeled by apprenticeship,
until the contrary is made clearly to appear.
Ono man may be New York discharged con
vict, for instance An unpardonable convict.
he crnisrates southwark, he obtains property,
according to local law, IN slave The slave
escapes to New York, The convict
there on his demand. Quoth the escaped
tke conviction, nj: Claimant, you
have no standing in court. Your civil rights
are suspended ID this State until you are par
doned. You are not pardonel, therefore
will not answer aye or no to Your claim, until
you are legitimately in court, and recognized
BY the Judges I take it that plea would
avail And if the crler wanted to employ a
person to sweep the court room the next mo
ment, he could employ that defendant to do
it There is not man in the rebel States
{achozn ep1tNic4y k'sor Of who has standing
under the Constitution regarding this slavery
question By his own argument, he lives in
/ foreign country; by our own argument, he
General, and. wanted horses, would
decoy them from the rebels with hay and
stable enticeme1ts. III wanted treneh-d iggcrs,
camp scuslions, or arti11erlsts, or pilots, or
oazsmen, or guides, and, being that general,
saw negroes about me, should press them
into my service. Time enough to talk about
the rights Of some one to possess the negroes
by better claim Of title to service when that
somebody, with the Constitution in one hand
and stipulation Of allegiance in the other, de-
nands legal possession. believe that the &C.
know1edged fact, the necessary fact, that
wherever our army advances, emancipation
practically ensues, will carry more terror to
the slave owner than any other warlike Incl
dent. But would hare them understand that
this result Is not our design, but necessity
of fleir. Rebellion