Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06
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the late. EIaanei2asien .Pruelsmatioi,,. and
yoa desiry to hearsnfe on tirat subject
ferries of YES, let us hear. 1 will tieaIiu
candor upon this, as upon all other subjects
| The proclamation can have no other bene-
! fetal effect than to quiet the abolition ele-
ment of the country, who were calling for
/ it, as policy. We can't now enforce tho
most simple post office or revenue law in
! the seeded States, and of course we can't
/ enforce the proclamation | do not think
it will put down the rebellion 1t is the
, Pope's bull against the Consct 1t will not
produce any instructions in the South, Us
many of You calculate upon. Half of all
the slaves in the Contedcracv viii fight on
the side Of their owners, and to perpetuate
/ their own bondage. The rebellion must
. first be put down before the government has
any power to put down slavery in the re-
} belIious States. Til the rebellion is crushed
by the sword it is idle to talk of what is to
be done with slavery Let us do one thing
at = time. l think it may be said in this
matter that Mr. Lincoln has taken the start
of Jeff Davis The rebels ar, not lighting
for principle, and when YOU put them to
the wall they would issue a proclamation of
universal emancipation. and then demand
the protection Of England and France
As 4 military measure | endorse the pro
clamation, but in no other sense. When
war is declared, the power which may be
exercised is stated in these words by inter
national law writer.
From the moment one State il at war with an
other It has, general principle right to seize
all The enemys property, OF whatsoever Kind and
whcre.ocyer found, and TO appropriate the property
thus taken TO It's own use or That Of the captors'
VATrEI, sn international law writer of
acknowledged ability, says:
AS soon as We have declared war, we have a right
to do against the enemy whatever we find necessary
for the attainment of the end Of the war.
Again, he says:
1--WE have u right to deprive cur enemy Of his
possessions Of everything which may augment his
strength and enable him to make war;
I read only these extracts, and these be-
cause they are succinct statements Of what
the rights Of war are, covering all the
ground The Supreme Court Of the United
States has established the same doctrine,
and it is also laid down by commentators
upQr the Constitution Of Che United Stateg
Judge SroRY saws, in his abfe Commentary
on the Constitution that Congress has the
power to declare war, and that this power
includes within the authority to pass all the
hlcs necessary to make the war elective
that Congress can, under this grant, pass
laws to carry out beIligereut rights; and
one beIligerent right is the right Of cOnfs-
cation of property Of every kind. Chief
Justice MARSHALL, Southern man, says in
a case decided forty years ago, that war
gives the sovereign full right to take the
persons and confscate the property Of tho
enemy wherever found
There is no dispute among legal writers
upon this grave subject. The power to
make war is given in the Const; lution, and
embraces within it all the powers necessary
to make the war efficient, and to accomplish
the end for which it is declared. ] say con-
fiscate the land, the money, the negroes Of
all rebels in rebellion against this Govern
ment, and then turn round and confiscato
the necks of the Internal leaders. Zap
plausc1
will now call your attention TO some Of
the many cruelties, murders and abomina-
bic atrocities committed upon Union menin
the South for their loyalty. You can form
no correct idea here, either from newspa-
per reading, from hearing me, or from any
and all sources. Of the horrors of this war
at the South. 1t is an easy matter to live
here in Michigan and be a Union man but
It costs a man his property, his life and his
all to adhere to the Federal Government in
the South. In loyal, down-trodden, long
neglected East Tennessee, our men have
been tied to trees and whipped, they have
been shot down like dogs while in their
fields at work, they have been crowded into
loathsome dungeons, and they have been
suspended at the end of ropes for their
principles. But | thank God they still re-
main firm. Yes, let me say to these clergy
men who surround me, that neither whip
ping al the post, shooting down in fields,
crowding into Jail, hanging upon trees, con-
fseating ofproperty PrinciPaIities
nor powers. things present nor things to
come. neither heights nor depths, nor any I.
other creature has been able, or ever will
be able. TO separate these gallant people
from the love of God and the Constitution
| of the United States. Prolonged applause.l
Here the speaker gave instances Of cru
city in detail which caused tears to flow
freely from the eyes Of stout men. But
the incidents are omitted
High Prices Of Negroes.
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