The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-03-07

tor the symptoms, and we for the causes of
national trouble. He believes that the Fed
elai Government, in time of peace, should
administer impartially toward both Liberty
and Slavery. We hold that in time of peace
the' Government should leave Slavery to
State Jurisdiction, without single Federal
favor, and give the whole power and infiu-
ence of National Administration to Liberty.
We presume Mr.. Weed belongs to that
school who think that by the "Compromis-
es of he Constitution Slavery was as real
ly introduced as an integral element, con-
stitutional principle, in the fundamental
Law of Ibis Federal Government, as was
Liberty. We, on the other hand, believe
that Political Liberty YVES the very genius
of our Constitution, and Justice the instru-
ment By which it was to be secured; and
that the whole framework and the vital
principle of the Constitution is Civil Liber
ty; and that the anomalous and inconsistent
provisions for Slavery were exceptional,
temporary, and doomed to empty themselves
by the passing away of Slavery.
We are radicals, then, in demanding that
the National Administration under our Fed
eral Constitution shall discriminate between
Libeity and Slavery; that the National Gov
ernment shall give itself to Liberty wholly;
favoring it, and refusing in any wise to IA
yor Slavery, leaving that, as local disease.
to the care of the States in which it exists.
But, now that Slavery has rebe He'd against
the Constitution and Government of this
Nation, and now that the evil policy of such
timid men as Mr.. Weed has protracted the
War TIL the national life is in jeopardy, we
hold hat the Government should strike at
the root of all our troubles, and annihilate
Slavery for the salvation of this Union!
Mr. Weed would adjourn the conflict and
patch up a settlement. We would fight the
matte home and end it now It has got to
be ended first or last by the distinct conflict
Of Liberty and Slavery. The two are not
going to live together. The attempt to com
| press them into one Government is an at
tempt to divide the country We are for the
Union. We shall fight for only one national
government over the original territory of the
United States. For that sake, perish every
thing that binders
The North was never better prepared to
go through with the work. National Re-
demption is her work. It Is near at hand
! There are but two methods: one by the am
| n'lllo'~~ of the Southern States, leaving the
Il nee; and the other, by putting the
sword to the core of the carbuncle Slavery
We gravely fear that Mr.. Weed secretly
contemplates the first; that he hopes for ;
reconstruction; and that he would postpone
the anguish of a present conflict with vague
hope that, in the great future, there will be
infinite opportunity for cunning managers t.
shuttle the States and make new deal, anC
begin the game of national life again
Pit
is not table. These States are not cards
This Federal Government is not game
The nation is dying because men refuse t
regard it as a Vital Organization, subject t
the laws of Justice and Liberty for leave t.
live as the human body is to the laws of ma
ture.
1t is not wonderful that Mr.. Weed dis
likes The Independent. 1t is an opposition
creditable to the paper. We are, first an
last, openly and forever, for Civil Liberty
not as the prerogative of few, but as tn
birthright of mankind We are openly an
to the death committed against everythin,
that corrupts national justice or impede
r liberty. We are at declared and deadly wa
3 with Slavery, that was the corrupler of tia
r Government of which now it would be th
3 assassin; we are frankly, thoroughly, an
D with our whole strength, the enemies Of a
that tribe of political trihers who"-, M
4 Weed represents, vi %lo bring to tie tasks
craftsmanship the petty crafts of piddlin
d politicians instead of the profound primo
. pies and manly counsels of the Father
5 Because We revere the Washiugtone :,
? Jeffersons, the HamiItons, the = u
the Pinckneys, the Picke1ses, th- lt t"pAlln
/ we despise the degenerate - lnaols Sc:
insult their auge. pnsprlIgS VINE Wn,i
t .h0 --iou-.s the Woods, that signalii
q t1elr Eve of Liberty by hating its friend
> 'ilat propose to quench rebellion By sendin
I 10 prison the men that would crush it.
!, NO man Is master to-day but he of pro
y found faith in Human Rights, in Civil Lii
: erty' and IN the mortal danger to any Coy
I, eminent or Nation of despising either of then
U 10 tie person of lis lowest and most helples
subject. And |e count MrWeed's despa
: and retirement as one of the suspicious sign
;, OF better day. The heavens are alread
Q brighter by one cloud the less. 1t is tru
mat he mistakes the cause. He deems him
$ self thwarted by the radicals. His trainin
; would not allow him to reach higher for
q reason. He is not capable of understandin
: that new era has brought great Principle
INTO the place of party management. Blu
q ne has tried all the arts of small politics, an
i has slgnally failed. There is hope in tia
act: ALBANIA and Parphar will not do; no,
n ct the leprosy be dipped 10 Jordan.
When autumnal fires sweep over the prai
d res OF the West, and hang their lurid cloud
I Ter many league, men are filed with fear
: ter harVests, for homes, and for boundaries
e but out OF tfeir ashes comes the riches O
u a'other year, and while some fences and
e fe. harvests have persisted. there have ais