The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-23

Government in self.defsuss 70 expsnd biliious
Of money. Every inch Of the soil OF ths
guilty portion Of ths usurpiug power should
bc held 'repopsbIs 90 reimburse ell the coats
Of the war; TO ray oil the damsges 10 private
properly OF loyal men; and TO create an am.
pie fund 70 pay pensions 10 woundss seldiss
aud 10 the bercsved friends Of the slain.--
Who will obi Ct to th,si who will aoonssnt
that his constituents ond their posterity shall
he burdened with an immense load caused
by these bloody trailorsi Their laDds hsod
in foe would produce enough for all these pur.
poses, and leave . lsrge surplus. Such con.
isca,ion Of course would spsrslths laopefty OF
those who took no part in'she war, and ofihs
common soldiers, who we're compelled By the
laws TO their States to enter the army. sdi
All this done, aud yet the half would bs
left hndone.' Oppressive as would be the
debt aud grisvouA the LOSE Of our loyal clizsns,
yet il an honorable and safe peace were me Q
our free and prosperous people would bear 1t
without a murmur. But il . disgracefal peace
were made, leaving the cause of thisSsbellion,
and ,he fruitful, cause of future wan, uutouch-
cd and living, iis authors would be tho objects
Of the deepest execratiou aud Of the blsckest
infamy. While the Constitutions protec,ed
the institution Of slavery very few dssirsd 10
disturb 1t in the States There were not
three thousand abolilionists, properly 90 called,
in the United States. But since those States
have voluntarily thrown ID that protection.
and placed themselves nnder The law Of ma
tons alone, il is not only our right but our
duty to knock of. every sfiackie from every
limb. So lar ss other nations are concerned,
there is not slave in the confederate States.
AS we have seen, the law Of natl rs fixes their
condition, BY that law no man can bold.
property in man, ."i
teontb) says: 7,'i'a sy' gi,.
"Therc is kind Of property which Il h
equally unlawful for States or individuals 10
possess-property in man. .sssG ION
IA being endowed with intellect, passion.
an conscience cannot be acquired and'alie6S:'
ted, bought and sold by his fellow. Beings, Ike
an iuanimate OF an unf, fecting aud irespon..
bio thing" q y9h faih" ,dNoiiqa = NJ. e
"The Christian .worll has slowly but ire.
vocably arrived at. the atte:nment Of Ibis great,
trutl (; and It's sound, has gone out into all
lands, and its voice into ihe ends Of the,
woild.' "'" shsH93
.The black man . DO more capable Of b..
ing chatlel ttsn The wLite man." 100
Such, thak God is at last the national law,
Of the oiviliz ID world. And who is there base
enoush in this Republic to wish t otherwise
or to at,cmp. to evade iti y He VIE now
wishes TO re-establish . the Unioh as itwas'
nu 10 retain the " Constitution' as !, is" can
not escape tho guilt Of attempting 10 ens!aye
his fellow men. 'i'9a5'A oH"'-al S'i'i
But something more n,us' be done than to.
TO declare all men free in the rebel States.-.
Sapposiug them now to be conquered. until
some legislation by the couqueror takes place
as among themselves, their Old laws and in,.
stitutions will remain. Until We declare 9th,
erwiss, slavery will be among their mum cipsl
laws anl viii nd them in their fintefconrse
with each other. Even il you were to l,L;r.
ate every slave now and then read'nit them
into the Tnlon as free States, the moment
they had acc iire the standing they would
re establish Slavery and ensIave every man Of
color within their limits. You cafi ptpvept
tlis only by amcn,iing the Constitution of'the
United States, prohibiting slavery fonv-r in
this Republic. The Uni,n as il waf and,
tie G institution os it is" is an atr, cious idea;
it is man stealing. ~ q, ,'sN "a
There is a class Of every respectable men
whose vocation and hahitusl reve encs for the.
Union compel them openly 10 condemn seces.
sion, aud yet whose Arguments aud opposition
to all eft .cil,al means for its suppression shcw
that their whole souls and secret ysarnings
are v th the rebels They are laborjng hard
to establish principles which, when tho ifai-
tors are subdhed, will remit them both Al
States. and individuals. 10 all their ancient
rights and privileges; TO the right 10 enter
Congress and contro! our councils. q To this
end, installing Tie argument they contend
that .be war la, no, abolished State Govern
m Mt observe that a very excellent Republi,
can member Of the last Congress from Ohio is
cited as holding that the rebellion his not
destroyed Safe Governments ( have nevef
supposed that il did. On the other hand I
believe the State governments in the rebel
Stairs TO be rs perfect now as before the re-
beIlion. But that rroyes what these conser.
.a,iye gentlemen would wish TO- avoid. that
lelng subsisting States. cspablsp Of corporate
action, ttey have as States cbsuged their Ar.
l-giancs from the United States 10 the Con.
fedeiate States; and that ell the inhabitants.
Of such h stile corporatiope have foffeited all
rights under ,hc Constitution which they lave
Eeppunccd; and that they are forever sstopPsd
from claiming the I" Union as il was.r IL is
indeed true, that tSe United States may give
them those rights II il choose, bus they can.
not claim them. Nor do I contend chat the
4 belicn has abolished slavery 90 far as il res
poets the ciiz ms Of the rebel States. Over
thom the State laws have full power until
changed by t6s conquerof. But as TO all the
rest Of The world, as,to the United States and
foreigp nations, there is no Law. no rule OF
International action which requires than to.
respect the slave laws Of the States I Foreigu
nations never were thus bound, and have new
er so regarded them. a srsys escaping from
South Caroliua 10 Canada. or Jamaica, e free
and there 10 no cIi,nily Of nations which 70.
quires his return to lis master. Wfss Il not
f6ii 4 aingls provision of ths Corsiitution every
State Of The Union would have been on the
same footing ss foreigo nations That provis.
ION, thank Cpd, Is now dead-- killed BY the.
traitors themselves. All this struggle by calm,
aud digni6ed and moderate pstriotS, oil thf
clarnor sgsinst radicals; sll ills cry Of /" The
Unio1 aSil was and the Coustitutiou ~ Il is, w.
;s bui persistent ,ffwts to re estsblish slay'
e,y, rod TO ii II aud anew and forever the
.l,.;,,s ,c t,.n "a, III Ev,ls of i'm snort nI