, 1864-01-14

to undernine and subveTt the liberties
md Constitution Of my country, to erect
I with the death Of all those who I,ayc fallen
in this WAT. It has dug the half million Of
graves for patriots and rebels made by this
| war; and those who sleep there would, but
for this cursed Institution, today be living
! in peace and fraternity. :
You CAN HAVE NO PEACE VILE SLAVERY E1-
.... lists, :;
You can have no permanent pcace while
slavery nYcs: A truce you might have, POS.
peace, never. Your contest with it is to. the
death. Your implccablc enemy now reels
and singers. Strike the decisive blow. You
could not II you would, and you ought not
II Jon could, make terms Of compromise with
slavery. You have abolished 1t at tlis capi-
yonr Territories. Your Government has
hung a4man for participating III the slave
tradc. Ton have admitted West Virginia
free. fon have acknowledged the inacpen-
dence Of Hayti. Iou have enlisted, and are
cnlisting, African soldiers; they hare carried
many ard fought fields. You have pledged
| your taitl, to them. to the world, and to God,
that they shall be free. You have crowned
the dome Of your Capitol with Liberty. At
your call Missouri is throwing off the incl
bus Of slavery; Maryland shouts back,
through tie hallot,box, her Joyous answer
eseee, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana will
not lngcl. Tour President, In q proclama-
! tfon Of emancipation, which, while 1t has
tcyo1ut1onfzed the public sentiment and the
action Of Europe, has secured victory to our
arms, has proclaimed liberty and cmancipa-
ton throughout the territory in rebellion:
now snALL SLAVERY DE ExTERauNATEp
First, / reply, in the border States, by the
action Of the States themselves. This action
will be speedy and declsiye-
Second In: all the territory In rebellion,
slavery has already been substantially abol-
fsLcd By the Proclamation Of Emancipa-
tion By prohibiting its establishment, and
abolish It in that part of the rebel Suites not
included in the proclamation
Third. Slavery being thus everywhere abol-
ishcd, amend the Constitution, prohibiting
its establishment or existence In every
part Of the United States.
Has Congress the power to confirm, sanc-
tfon, and carry out the Proclamation OF
Emancipation. and prohibit slavery in all that
| portion Of the United States designated
| therein?
WHAT POWER HAS CONGRESS OVER SLAVERY
| IN TIME OF WAR?
! claim. that the Government has the power
| In time Of .WaE, rs q war measure, to abOl.
| ish slavery wherever and whenever It may
be necessary to secure the success of the
war.
| It is principle In the Interpretation oi
| statutes and constitutions, falniIiar to law.
| yers, that, to determine their meaning, you
mny look into and consider their preamble,
! This is, indeed, usually the key to the Instrn.
ment: It states The object sought to hc ct.
strange, if the preamble recites that the Con.
| stitution was ordained to accomplish Ger.
| tain specified purpose, if the powerto accom-.
'plish that purpose 1s not 1onnd IN the Con
stitution. NOW, the preamble to the Con
et1tntion ncltes that the people, IN order
to form more perfect union, establish jus.
| ncc, insure domestic lranqn11lty, proslde 1ot
| the common aeicnse,' promote the general
WeHare, ana secure me blesslnge OF llpefty,
| &C, orda1n and Establish THIS CONSTITUTION,
| &c;
ror .no puIpose ol !a1;ag sGSnlng taess oo3csis
a6osclnment was estaollsnea, eiothcd Win
powers aacquale, rs Was supposed, 10 accom-.
pl1sh .these purposes; NOW, i permanent
and perfect union between Tree and slave
| states las oeen demonstrated 10 20 1mposst'
nle, mny not tl;e onstacle 70 such union be
removed! II justice cannot be established
ss y e the eonsttnfona 1 psSe1 t.
insure domestic tranquility? I submit to
tie candid and thoughtful men Of all parties,
| whether, In the light OF the history of the
| past, the endless controversies and dissen-
]
| the civil war In Kansas, tho riots and out
! RACES caused BY Slavery. eliminating In this
terrible rebellion and bloody war, whether
| domestic tranquility Is attainablc while slave
| y existss If not, may not this domestic
Tranquility be insured by removing tie dis.
icine for this evil. If this vicious element nav
| not be rcuoyed. then the Founders of the
| Goyernment cstnhliahcd fl,e Constifntion tn
| fnsure tranouilifY without the mower to nc-
| complish the object.
Fourth. Among the enumerated objects Of
Lie defcpee Assuming the fast that slavery
is eonrce Of weakness and danger to us,
and would afIord mid and strength to for
| ei.n or domestic enemy, can nc provide for
the common defense By removing the dan-
ger! If city charter vested in The corpo-
rite body the power to provide for the COM
| mon defense. and magazine Of powder
| should be established in popu1ous district,
would any lawyer doubt the power Of tho
I corporation to cause its removal? # dan
| gerous and contagious disease should spring
up, would the power to cause Its removal be
questioned II T. pesti1ence-breediug nui-
eance existed, could 1t be removed and its
Again, the Constitution was ordained to
| promote The general wc1fAre, andt to SECURE to
Us and to our postcrity the blessings Of lib.
crty. Suppose experience has demonstrated
| that We cannot have prosperity, nor the blefs-
ings Of liberty, without extirpating slavery.
| Suppose the census tables demonstrate that
elarc1y is tile great obstacle to our progress
| that tree labor will produce double that OF
| slave labor; that with free labor you will
! have national prosperity, wealth, every ele-
ment of greatness; that with freedom you
| will hayc education, arts, science, civilian
tion, religion; while with slavery you hare
Ignorance, brutality, vice, harbarism} can
We, under q Constitution formed with the
ayowed object Of promoting the general wei
! fare, promote it BY abolishtng slavery? Sup
| pose 1t to be Demonstrated that liberty and
! Efayerr arc iucompatible. and that unless yOC