, 1864-01-14

Speech of Hon. I. N. Arnold. Delivered
In Congress, Jan. Q, 1864.

lively unknown man uttered In tho State
House, at Springfield, Ill, sentiment which
is already historical Its philosophy, Its pro-
found sagncityt its prophetic prescicnce, its
unparalleled boldness and honesty, were
characteristic ofthe man, who, then obscure,
Las become already, to-day, the foremost
character In American history. The sentiment
was this:
IA houee divided against itself cannot STAND. ]
believe that this Government cannot permanently
exist half slave and ha1 free do not expect the
Union 10 be dissolved; do not expect the houst
to fall; hut expect It will cease to be divided
THIS, the first emphatic cnunciation OF the
philosophical fact Of 1he antagonism between
liberty and slavery, the eternal and t'irrc
prcssible'' conflict between them, electrified
The country, and made Abraham Lincoln
President OF the United States.
The moment the fact is recognized TINT lib.
erty and sluvery are antagonistic, and thai
there can be no peace between the1n-that
our country, NIL Of 1t, must pass into the dirk
clear light of tfreedom-all loyal, patriotic
men become at once anti-slayery men, aboli-
tfonists.
Such ayow myself here, to-day and shall
deem it proud distinction If can merit the
name by aiding In bringing about the entire
And Gs, when in the palmy days Of the Ro-
man republic, the people came to feel, by an
instructive conviction, that Carthage must be
destroyed that Rome might live, SO, to-day,
the American people feel that slavery must
die that liberty and the Union may live,
- Dett't DC e1 tarhago. necame thcn tllG mot.
10 OF every loyal patflotlc foman. down
loyal, patriotic American. :,
As Roman constancy, courage, and persist.
cncc flra1ly triumphed over Carthage, SO will
American constancy, courage, and determine
ton triumph over etayerT.
The Hon. gentleman then traced the pro.
eress Of liberty since its dawn among The
early saxons-;ts trinmnh IN +he t1e,d of RIM
-; N,. .es7 =,
the Aenr5's and Edwards, Its fierce and
bloody encounter with the first Charles, until
Lord Mansfield electrified the Island of Great
Brit;in, and the world, that "slaves canno1
1r1,.n ;v, 1cse sh,o,,.s IT,,
,+,,o !" W. ~ ,e tsaa4 In usee!eo
t-as, P11.,aS ~ 49, .aat Asouu au1 OLA
tta{ s, euta nus 2einIIty eAlsl ivseLnes- =
~ LIZ I1ans w mvu.u s;! pGoo u 1fee o.
maEa1 - re-,9.+ oau ~ ~! aaxaelpa!e any cu1
ernrctci fIeedom tn .r1n,pnh wn2o He ~ 4voa ns
s1ps ttm tth ~ " taungn a ~ Melu tne Mca
p"ns , @ srn'a apaa anu o 1ace olsensslo1 rfee
eepeeIIna ~ r. eent ASaeua, tnG eeuoolutAs'
nrrss 4hc te1enTnnh tha ha1iot fhaRsa Ra 1raSo
thc agencies, tie Weapons, by which the bat.
tie was to be fought. It was with the ballot,
and not with bullets, the victory Was expect.
aaati eo " ~ "u. ~ ~ tts5 ~ mas "on " Inese
finro1n - PrcsfdcnI ~ SIaSn-e ~ cause,oMa
+haf # cnnld mt stand frog dfecnsafon All
It must be destroyed If free speech and free
press were tolerated, appealed from the bal,
| 1ot-bo1 to the sword, and brought .upon the
country this terrible war
SLAVERY MUST DIE nr TIE LAWS or WAR.
Slavery having plunged the nation into this
var, it is 1t thai it should die by the laws Of
war. Siarcry stands bcfo1c the world TO-DAY
guilty Of all the caIamItics Of our country,
Eyery dollar cxpcndcd. cyery eufferinc en-.
dured, eycry tl1op Of blood spilled. eyery
Epnnd and erery death. on every battlc-f -fleld
and in every hospital. Is tue price We nav fol
the existence und tolcration of AmeTIcan
Elnrery.
It'll to-day rebel and d t1aitor: Let III
declare 1t an out1aW under our Constitution
and laws.
There has never been day since our exist
ence rs nation when slavery was loyal to
the Constitution and the Union. Now an
open enemy, striking Mt the heart of the Re-
public, It has always been plotting, ,stealthy,
secret traitor, undermining the Constitu'
tion, and snpping the foundations Of our lib
critics.
Mr.. Arnold rehearscd the indictments
against: slaycry, in which be declared that nj
history tcaches TINT Ignorance. vice, manner
lem md boThaT,s1n arc The natural resn1ts a,
the degredation Of labor.
SLAVERY BECAME MASTER or orR GOVERN.
| aEsT.
Slavery bay;nr+ in an unfortunate moment
been to1erated f,y The trainers Of onr Consti.
fnfions under lie 1n{staken belief Tint II
would be but temporary evil, soon aspireii
Havino ;ntrenched itsef in fhe very citadel
n rnlfticaI bower. conscious Of its inherent
wcaEness. Il demandcd additional territory
for ito eT3ans,nn. f;rst I.nnfsiana. then Fjof.
Ma, M Il then Texas. These territories, yast
enough for an empire, having been secured,
slavery then demanded the repeal Of the Mis-:
EoTth M Well AS aonth ard Nest. j