Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-07-01

Yearnng to hold him again 10 their hearti
Aud there he lies will, his hne eyes dim,
And the smiling ehildlike lips apart.
Tcnlery bury the fair young dead,
Pausing to drop on his grave a tear;
Carve on the wooden slab nj his head
"SOmebolys Darling sumhers here"
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Speech of Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, of Ill,
IN The HoHse Of Representatives. June IA. 1864
in reference 10 The amendment 10 The COustitn.
don.
Mr., Speaker, regret that this late day of the
session compola mn nbridgement OF discussion
upon subject of such overahndowing Import
anee, yet cannot lot the occasion pnss without
briefly giving my reasons for voting for this con-
slulional amendment.
snALL SLAVERY STILL LIVE?
Slavery is 10 dny an open enemy, striking at
the heart Of the Republic. It is the soul and
body, the spirit anl motive of the rebellion. Il
il slavery which marshals yondrr rebel hosts
which confront tho patriot armies Of Grant and
Sherman. II is tho savage spirit Of this barba-
Tons institution which slaryes the Union prison.
eta at Richmond, which assassnatas them at
Fort Pillow which murders tho wounded on the
field OF battle, and which fills mp the catalogue
Of wrong and outrage which mark the conduct
ui the rebels during all this war.
Ia view of all the long catalogue of wropss
""'uh 1'n'eiy nus lhilcleu upon the country, |
demand to-day of the Congress Of the United
States the death Of African slavery. We can
have no permanent peace while slavery lives II
now reels and staggers toward lis last death
struggle. Let ns strike the monster this last de.
cisye blow.
The Thirty seventh Congress will live in lis
tory AZ the Congress which prohibited slayerQ IN
all inc Territories OF tho Union, and abolished it
NJ the nationnl capital The President of the
United States will be remembered MS the antbor
OF the proclamation of emancipation, ns the libe
rator oil race. the apostle Of freedom, the great
emancipntor of his country. The Thiriv-eichtb
Congress, if we pass this joint resolution, will
live in history as that which consummated the
great work of freeing n continent from tho curse
Of human bondage.
Never, since the day when John Adams Mead
fort he Declaration Of Independence. has 80 inn
portant question been submitted to an Ameri-
eau Congress as that Bpon which you are now
about to vote. The Signing Of the Immortal
Declaration is a familiar picture in every loq
cabin aud paatial residence all over the land.
Pass this resolution, and the grand spectacle of
lh's vote, which KNOCKS of the fetters Of whole
race, will make this scene immortal
Live n century, nay, n thousand years. md no
such opportunity TO do great deed for human
i'y, for liberty, for peace and for your country
VIII ever ngian present itself. Pass this Joint
resolution, aud You win victory over wrong and
injustice lasting MS eternity. The whole world
Wlll rise up to do you honor. Every lover Of
liberty in Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain,
the world, will rise up and call ou blessed The
gallant soldiers in the field who are giving their
ilses for liberty and Union will call down upon
you The blessing Of Heaven Let the lightning4
Of God (iit instrument for the glorious messace)
transmit TO the toiling and struggling snliers Of
sherman, and lluntor aud Butler, and Grant,
tue lh'illlng words, 'slaveiy abolished forever"
and their Joyous shouts will strike terror into the
ranks of the rebels and irnitoTs fighting for tv-
rauny and bondage. The thousands of wounded
IN tho hospitals around this capital woulI hail
INC intelligence ns q battle fought and IL great
victory won.
This constitutional amendment has passed the
Senate, long regarded as the citadel of the slave
power How strange II it should fail in the popu-
lar branch of Congress The people and tho
hlatcs arc eager anil inpatient to ratify IL. win
those who claim to represent the ancient Demo-
oney refuse te give the people an opportunity
to vote upon it? Is this your confl ence 10 the
loyal masses
Ihe passage of this.resoluilon will strike the
rebellion at the heart. | appeal to border State
men anu Democrats of the free middle States ;
iooR over yonr country see the bloody footsteps
OF slavery see the ruin and desolntion which IL
nas Drought upon our once happy land; and
aR why stay the hand now ready to strike down
10 ueail the cause of all these evils Why seek
10 ptooug the life, to restore to yigor, the nst-
nlun OF 9lnvcry, now needing hut this st net
10 doom it to everlasting death md tlamnation {?
uentlemen may ilatter themselves with a re-
sloralon of tho slave power in this country.
The Union as il wasl" II ia a dream, never
again to be realized. The America of the past il
gone forever now nation Is to BIO born from
he agony through which tho people are now
passing This new nation is to he wholly free.
liberty, f2aahg bG'ore he laig is to be the great
oorner-stnno.
Much yet remains to be done to secure this
Many bntile on the field has yet to be fought
md won against the mighty power which fights
ior slavery, the hnrbarous system of the past
Many battle has yet to be won on the higher
sphere Of moral conflict. While our gallant sol.
diefB are snhdning the rebels in the field, let us
second their efforts by sweeping from the statute
book every stay and prop and shield of human
slavery, tho scourge OF our country, and let II.
crown all by Incorporating into our organic law
The glorious prohibition Of slavery. For myself
mean to fight this cause of the war, this cursed
eRuse Of all the expenditure of blood and treas
nre from which my country is now suffering
this institution which has filled our whole lant
with desolation, sorrow, and anguish mean I,
tght il until neither on statute book nor in Con
slitutiOn shall there be left single sentence o.
word which can be construed to sanction the stu
pendJus wrong.
Mr. Speaker, thank God and liberiy.lovinl
constituency for the privilege of voting for ihi
constitutional amendment, for universal enamel
patton throughout our country. Let us now, tc
day, in the name of liberty, justice, and of Col
oonsummate this grand revolution Let US to-da
make our country, our whole country, The home {
The frss.
! conclude in the language OF the President
$50 much good has not been done by ono eifol
in all past time as in the providence of God II
now your high privilege to do. May tho va
future not have to lament that you have neglec
cd it,"
SAVE YOUR MosEY.-Hememper the Della sa