Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-01-14

interfering by legislation through Cono,a.. ~
70 the slaves as they existed aud Of interfsrng loo nth
Der might be increased by means Of the far.; ~ ~
| tlat the Consultation would not perhaps have hssn
adopted put Tor tho provisions that subject which are
'ouod 10 u, or some equivalent provisions
/ The Senator from Missouri (Mr Bsows, s.k.
there to Justify the Government in paying any thine ~
e masters oi slaves wboare taken the service IN ira
oaeu States IL is true that although the term 4l.gsD
nowher found in the Constitution slaves are evidently
as property within the meaning OF the fugitive
S;as ana WITHIN The meaning Of the clause which pro-
hs"a me poops Of the United States authority to
aso uo constitution at all in that particular provision
o. winch limits the authority If Congress no INK
&c., -. s.aso trade 10 the expiration IT twenty years
sdsrsd :. :" .ae Consultation They were con
% Propeity, aud were intended az primarily IN he
oy that clauses aud they have been eonssrsd
as Piopery and are now considered as prooertv in
your tax laws So far the direct tar IL caagd
they are considered property Tbev ara nIs nod
as properly by the laws Of all the Slaves Stst-s De-
are subjects OF distr button: they are liable for tho
deots OF Inc masters they subjects Of 49,
are subjects OF sale and every respect unnn hs @
don OF property; but notwithstanding that hsv Ara no
douo hso 70 % considered the character of
suppose 20 one will Tor moment hesitate in admitting
'nnt ahough they stand In the relation OF property In
certain sense they also stand in relation of persons 10
ths dovernment because suppose every one will admit
.ney couo 20 guilty OF treason as against the United
the white mon in the Southern States have donsI 40
not mean all the Southern States; thank God am nor
70 ssy so- the slaves 10 the seeded States had
wtaout the consent OF the white men, risen ia rebellion
aud resisted the laws Of the United States by ars or Il
they were now found aiding the traitors in the seeded
otaes 10 ther EFFORT by force OF to DESTROY the Co.
vernment of the United Statss they MIGHT ha coJg
and treated traitors In other words although slaves
liable TO all the relations growing out Of that condition.
they are persons owing agaece to the United States
and consequently bonnd abstain from every thing hcb
violation of allegiance and if they wer. to 90 TO tba
e1e OF ievyng war upon the United States or Of giving
hh and comfort to tho enemies Of the United ats ha1
might be dealt with traitors But il by M nsaas al
lows from that that they not be esteemed as
perry ana that the master s not to be paid for them a
property. 90
The practice 10 Maryland-I do not meDtion n ,.,h
view 10 complain OF IT now, although think it il decided
" wrong and has injured the Union feeling n the state
mnch more than Senators aware II Aud mncb mors
than the count at age 10 aware othe nractca In Nc
ryland as get from sources Of information frat Lnn
an Do relied upon is that the recruiting officers white
mcer 80 70 the mesteads OF the mastsrs and no on
enlist the slave without the consent of the astr mt
without his own consent The poor ignorant black man
VINO KNOWS not to what extent The evident power az ha
Government may he carried ia told that ha muat enl.t
and ne ensts under what may considered and what az
tuay Is compnson Whether he weuld enlist "a thI
ne would IN ma ,rity Of cases Vount iy under the in
nue. co OF no threat or under fear ia oneation ot
submitted to him at all And not only il that aon. hns
The ensng officer Informs all the slaves upon the nsnta
whether able to DO duty in the field not old men
ana chdren and women. that they all free and IA.
Result has been that the whole of that population which
has been able to get Of has gone of That the State will
by The eject Of In the end have no doubt
bu al the same time IL due to my own &c
what the Constitution s and the rights which the peoul
OF Maryland have under that Ia nroast u,tt
out meaning to iud fault with the Government IN nro
tes not 10 any acrimonious sense against this mode which
they have adopted to get the slaves Of MARYLAND in ina
armies OF the United States If tits found necessary in or
asr 70 pas Down TINS rebellion to call the slave popna
on u AID and OF that Congress must Judge ia the frat
instance and the Executive aflerward have no obiec
ton That the call should be made but could Vi.h from
my heart that 1t not necessary, or WAS not fund tn
be necessary. | could desire adenty des e. that thu
white Of tbs Free States aud the white men Of such
Of the Slave States loyal should found not only
Init hla p
have no doubt and had doubt by proper en-
ern proper skill 10 the field proper foresight on the
part Of the Executive proper legislation the part of
ConRress 1t would have been put down before this bnt
due to the Executive aud due to Congress- 10 that
the condition 10 which they found themselves was very
peculiar one.
La the beginning suppose that neither the Executive
nor Congress- anticipated that this would Sc
sumo the dimensions which il has had for the last on mr.
two years The original call Of sevenyfve thousand men
was AZ the lime to be amply sufficient for the
purpose There have been calls from time to time snca
II larger numbers until suppose we have now 10 the fall
II more than million put into the fell some tonr
;, nse hundred thousand men cannot help concurring
sis that will not he necessary ncruae the army In
number boy ond the number which il nov has From ali
he INFORMATION that think lie in our possa.sion ODD
pendent OF what from personal knovledge canot hsln
Imposing must be the actual condition of the Southern
they have raised every that they can raise
and they have not 10 the field more than
rom two hundred and fifty thousand to three huodrad
thousand men throughout all the seeded States While
hey are so limited IN point numbers in the man thar
they are able to keep the field time il is stll more
evident that they will not Do able long keep that
~ the held Tor the want OF the of supporting them
Perhaps gentlemen not be onging to slave State NAV
not have the same means OF information with those of IA
who live in what has been considered slave State We
have lees in all the Sou States now in seees
non numerous relatives aud With reference
20 the State OF Louisns OF whose condition was able
ndRe when there two years ago upon mission for
he Government aud by informal that have had since
II the State Of Mississippi think those two Stats
IRE now utterly exhausted In every thing but the zeal
rdor, and intrepidy Of portion their population
The men OF those States who parties To purpose
ong since formed to break this Union they could and
he masses whom they succeeded ia deluding through
heir articles to succamb easily As lone =.
he under the eluson which they have been
ubected they will continue 10 fight while nature snr
nvrs; but believe that the Presidents procama
hough far from being such as think he should have
Issued and might have ssued-ii doing already great
iea Ia restore the Union feeling, and will do still more az
he war progresses Looking to the character OF that part
II the population who not parties TO the original
plan to break the UDioB 1t is impossible for ms 10 be-
ieve that they be entirely lost to all the dictates of
common not to that struggle with the fre
md loyal OF the Union result must be still NOR,
fatal 10 them than has srrsdy proved and that their
,uy chance of saving thing is to back under the
lag which for years protected hem to enoy the
which they IN common with ourselves so long en-
eyed under the protection Of that banner and living
Dder the Union aud under the power of the Union and
With the recollection OF all the goriss Of the Union to re-
tore their States by means Of free labor of pros.
erlty and power that they 10 the past attaoed
The Senate, without taking any further question on the
lending amendments went into Executive session, and