, 1863-12-28

20, MONDAY, DECEM1
tle power in tho hands Of the former slave
claimed: The result ,7as that they behaved
Hike dcmons Tho former masters passed
laws to oppress them, to deprive them oi
my Glance to work for themselves. Mr.
Lincoln "as proposing to try the
Mr. Lneo1n Is yory s prudont % man fefRf Buf
prudence shonld not be exercised at other
Feopless expense. The man who proposes to
give mp the fruits Of ttis Var for such sham
re that, either does nut understand his epoch
or is not equal to it. We must demand OF
tho Government substantial, practical COM
Government las freed. Great applause
their SUCCESSORS for seventy years. Thus OUR
nation owes to the negro not merely fire.,
DON'T owes to him land, and owes him oil.
! ucation. Itis a debt which will 1isgrnce Is
the first longing Of the negro: His instincts
are better than our lands. He knows what
land means. mr.. Phillips said he met
n1ne contEabsnds who came In q
gunboat to Boston. Hc asked one how he
@ would IKE to 60 to work ip Boston? mo,
not back , to tie pia2tatio55 p "No, mas's,, ;t,
but to get 4 piece q land" Hc had never
seen liberty except $tanding on the pedestal
| Of IN acre. What land meant lie knew. He
knew that the division at the South was not
| what you deem ft-:xhite and black. Robert
stands beside bis chafr as he does fof any Of
the white men that work, The division is
between the oligarcl3 that owns the land and
the working people, white and black, hertlcd
below. Tie Coniscation act is the jewel of
Congressional policy. Launch US on natural
coin does neither; neither gives root or barrier.
The speaker protested against 1t in advance
If that was the lcyel of tho Presidents
mind, he could not be trusted. Tint procla-
nation frees tie SLAVE and ignores the negro.
It embroils our future-it cripples our re-
How shall We pay the interest on $500, ,000,-
GOO unless that half of the Union is recon-
structed to industry? Give us the negro on
his Own soil, and nc can treble the cotton
crop. It j. being, done 1T Port Royal. Let
the whole South bs: Port Royal. While the
speaker criticized Mr. Lincoln freely, he ac-
corded him all his laurels; but the war is d
terrible expense and trial. He had no dis
trust of the war; he wanted to keep the wur
between cannons, and out Of the hands Of
politicians and cabincts It is to be done by
us.
P1rcEEs INTO cnzsE AND SEWARD.
Next ycar We launch into President max
ing. Mr. LfEcoln las Gne rival in the future
whose head Is highest, aal he belongs to the
merits. he ilas done great service to the
country. md the speaker said he would like
to sec him stay where be IL. If 1t were only
TO see iis bank system prove q failure laugh
teri; If IT were only to see that magnificent
project OF pouring the whole bank capital Of
[Laughter.1 But If he must lcsYe before his
schemes arc tested, the speaker wanted the
people to remind him that on two great
occasions the truth Of his anti-alayery
life was tested and proved tasc metal,
that nagain tested the third TING II would
stund better. There was an hour when NJ.
Chase held the State Of Ohio in Tia right !
hand. Bred Dcmocrat, with the State !
Rights doctrine ofthc party, be knew the |
against the Unicn. In the custody Of IN
Ohio Sheriff Was the noblest woman almost |
that ever trod tlis continent, Judged by her |
opportunities-- Bred slaye, with no oppor- |
tunity for cnlturc, when she saw the siaye-
master descending on her cradle, she gave her
baby back to God to save 1t from bondage
the snblimity Of . mothers loye-the highest
historic moment that Ohio ever knew, !
She was incarcerated By an Ohio shcr-
LII, and Governor Chase knew 50 well he-
rights tllat-I hare 1t, said Nj. Phillips,
from lis own lipE-he said to that
put, every soldier Of the State in front Of
that door: 6eiore tAe United Statcs Marshal
shall touch Margaret Garner" and when he
said 1t, he ttaveled hundred and twenty
niles and left thu sheriRto take the respon-
sibflity, and the responsibility which Goy-
ernor dared not take the Sheriff would not
take, and she went back to bondage. No
South Carolina Governor with IN Abolition
ist In prison at Charleston, would hare ever
gone up 10 co11iaarls. ,Aaoaher time, when
fourteen States threw themselves at the feet
OF the President and demanded the removal
of that mau-youf statesman whose life Is q
greater danger to this natDn in Its struggle
than that Of Jefferson Davis to-tlay-when
fourteen States asked lis removal, between
the Indignant states and tlle-I Will
not call Linn traitor for that is nbelous-the
recreant Secretary, NJ; Chase flung himself
Is barrier and sared him. If he looms up
Tor our President, set up nights, give your
selves no sleep, Tatch till you re sure no
bondman 1iTes beneath the banner. This war
hns brought to tie surface those who show
sill rest until they either lead the nation OF
watch for tt-in other words. until Butler or
Fremont man the guns. EGreat applause.
Until such men man the guns, or hold the
lclm, no nann, with justice to himself, TO his
:hlldrcn, to the negro. to the Union, can give
est to Ills eyclids Or silence to lis lips. Eap- {
1lGusel
EHISKS THE EEnEL DE1T WILL DE ASSUMED
To-day the helm is in our hands, and you {
md ], if faithful, can say this to- the nation,
md the future, You may compromise when !
nd where you please, with ore exception, =
'c cut. [App1ansc.l Let thirty Southern !
:enators and ninety Southern Representa- 9
Ives enter Congress under the Proclamation. \
nd what will be their first attempt? It will y
'e, gentlemen, fund OR debt. Your repre- u
Sntatises viii want tariff to- pay Mr.: >
ill be, "Granted, provided that you tack =
n to it, by way Of . rider, tariff that will ;,
AZ our interest too ; only upon that coati,- 2
ion shall Jon have policy that is not tanta- ,
aount to repudiatlon." Do you say that Is +
OF o. possible: . 1t ne see. The builders Of !,
70 OF this scrip. Suppose they come to the 4
", "Ihis paper Is not worth five cents On :;
be dollar, but we will give You $50, 900 600 OF =
if you Will. make the other $50, COO, 900 y
bat could not be bought for s30, ,0o0, 600 !? Do .
On ever hope to see one? The first item Of =.
then, will he three or four thou y
and million dollars debt. I do net object to :. .
lat particularly myself, It is the atonement i
A1E4 0OA uGlAAAA5 u tAld u.4LlUI 1NE AEFGQ- la
y years of sin. No sin is Wnsheif out in y
lords. You cannot cheat the devil of his =
ue. Our fathers sinned agafnst that victim =
ace, and God mortgages the hand Of every =
wing man, and every child that is to be born y
II tie next half century, TO- atone for the b.
ation'6 iulquity. There will be other COM "
romises. One i5 the first clement Of Mr. :,
incoln's project Of reconstruction, which is :.
bis: He pnts his own act and all the acts Of y
ongress ut the feet Of tile Supreme Court, :
nd says the South is to swear to support the !,
arious acts Of the Government so far as the !,
upremc Court holds them to be valid I do J
OF cay that he could say anything else. I 4
N only telling .,you what he does say. What 4
oes his Proclamation of January i, 1868, Il u
,can? Some members Of the Cabinet say it y
leans TINT any negro that can get hold Of 1t
; free. 3tr- Chase soys tint every negro =,
own to the Gulf that cver sees the flag Is y
&c. 1 aske9the shseWdcst member Of the :
louise of Representatives what he would u
Ire for the Proclamation before the Supreme u
ourt. "Littfe or nothing" he safd. Il
romfnent New England Senator said to me u u
lie greatest danger to the Proclamation was J.
ON the Supreme Court. Leading Republi- !,
ans in my State sar there is no law in it, =
nat II is not worth the paper on which 1t IS
;ritten. Mr.: Lincoln says, as he ought to =
y, nothing. He cannot aay anything. =
MS OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT. d
The meaning Of that Proclamation nobody n
noWs until the Supreme Court has decided It. | C.
u other words the Proclamation of Janunr7 b
1EE3 t. m he fi}fnre1 fhrnurh +ha Soma aim, | u