Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-15


to the proposition that slavery cannot b
J abolished, What does that preamble stat
TO have been the chief objects that th
Il great and wise aud good men had al hear
in Recommending the Constitution will
II tliat preamble to the adoption or thr
American Peopie2 That tusIice' might bl
Established; thntlranqulltty might be pre-
served; that the common defence aud eep
eral welfare might be maintAineu; aud
last and chief OF all, that liberty might b,
4 secured. Is there no justice In putting at
end to human slavery Is there no dangel
to tie tranquility of the country In its ex
istencsf May it not interfere with The
common defence aud general welfarel And
above all, is IL consistent with any notion
which the mind ofsman can conceive oI
human liberIS2 Tha very clause ander
which we seek to put an end to the insti-
tuition; the Rmendatory clause, may have
been, and 10 all probability WSsS inserted
toto the instrument from con Victi0d,thni
the time wonld come when jastice Wo6Id
hcatfsp pElgnttys fpFEths eltinciiou Of the in.
atitpiion, That her call eo6ldsnot be disc
ffffbele1, shr5 !ttie peHrgr nnu ftFahqnilily Of
the land would demind I'D thander tones. .
stheldestfuetipu ot heinstita ton as iDcon-
ststent Withtsuehs peace aud tranquility;
aud. when the sentiment of the world
would becomeIshoekedt with the existence
of condition of things In the only free
government upon the face of the globe, as
tar as the white man is concerned, aud
founded upon principles utterly inennsis.
tent With any other form OF. government,
Ihan government which secures freedom
when the sentiment of the world would
be shocked by the continuing existence of
human bondage, and we should become
the seof and scorn of Ch-istendom.
10 reply to the question whether the au.
thority OF the govern msut and the system
of slavery can go on together, Mr.. johnson
said.- i,5 sd
"There was time when believed that
for ages they might gI on, that the 'aboli.
tiOn .ot the institution would be the result
OF peaceful causes, -inhu.uces, though si-
Ieni, persuasive; bat, as l IhInk, owing TO
misiudgioE philanthropy In ole section
aud to ,raitotous purpo.e iu another,
that time, in my view, has passed. Let
the institution b. a6Olished, aud the sub
jecL is taken from the political controver-
sizes of the day on which and 10 relation to
which alone the sOuthern people can be
excited TO madness by the traitors who
may come into existence from time to tune
Their first effort to destroy the govern
ment was By the declared asserted opera
tions Of the tarIffan its uncoDstiluttonal-
ity: That failed thirty odd years ago.
The present incumbent of the president
chair is elected, elected by a seotioual
vote, aud the moment tue news reaches
Charlestou where some of the leading con.
sPIratOrs were, aud here in this Chamber
where others we're 10 be found, it was
hailed not with regret, but with delight.
WhyH Because, as they thought, itfwould
enable them 70 drive the South to mad
ness by appealing TO the danger iu which
such AN event involved this institution
which the. people were mHde to believe
was 80 essential to their power and
to their happiness, and that will be
repeated over and over again just as long
- thsIlp stltu ton Is suffered TO remain!Ss
Terminate it and the wit of man will, as
think, be unable TO devise any. other topic
upon which We can be involved in fratrici-
dal strife. God and nature, judging by the
history OF the past, intend US to be ONE
Our unity is written iu the mountains and
tue rivers, in which We all have an inter.
est. The very differences of climate req
der each important to the other and alike
lmpurtAot. That mighty horde which
from time to time have gone from the At
l1niic imbued with all the principles of
human treedOm which animated their faith.
ets iu running the perils of the mighty
deep aud serkiug liberty here, are now
there, aud as they have said they will
continue to say uoLil time shall be no
mOre.-We mean, that the Government
In the future shall be as il has been in the
past, one. an example of bumaD freedom
for the light aud example of the world,
and illustrating in the blessings aud the
ho IL Al.
ciples Incorporated into the Declaration Of
Independence, that life and liberty are
mans .inRlienAble righIs.
:" "hIlschIeis may be the result of such
measure, but, as think, they will be tenn.
poraryi but mischiefs must be the result
of what has already occurred; the insIitu-
ton is now fatally wounded; It can survive
but to irster aud trouble US, And 1t would
be disgrace 10 the nation it we could
suffer those Africans, whom we are now
cAlling around our standard aud asking TO
aid US 10 restoring the Constitution and
the power OF the Government TO its right.
ful authority, TO be reduced to bondage
again. Upon question like that the
heart gives the answer in advance of the
intellect. II prOclaims at once, IN u tone
that would fill the land, carrying rebuke,
sLeru aud crushing, To whoever may deny
IL, No, no, neVerl freedom once enjoyed,
none but u brute il this nge of the world
would take it from It's object.'
"Mr. President, feel that 1 have taken
up much more Of the time of the Senate
than had right 10 exact, and I conclude
with saying, not truth which every Sen.
ator here does not feel as strongly as
feel, butsNIh aaytng what is indeii6ly en-
grASed upon my soul, that We owe it not
,ouly to ourselves and 10 those who are to
follow US, but TO humanity, to bring this
wGrfto q successful result. All other COZ.
sideratiOus should, for time, be forgot
tea 0ns single object should ever be be.
fore us--thS restoration Of the Union; and
when 1t shall be restored, as 1 trust 10
Providence II will be. and unqn nestionabIy