The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-01-21
WHOLE 70. l.225


H. thrn' the power OF amendment extends
to the abolition of slavery. and that !, does
Is too clear to admit of suspicion Of !.
doubt, with what prorr ty can ANY slave
holder ask for compensation? They entered
the Union with full knowledge OF the cx-
iStcncc of that power. and 'cY held their
slaves atterward subject to the ri: 1t Of the
people of the United States IN accordance
with the forms prescribed to prohibit hun,n
bondage. How then can tie Shareholders
complain of Injustice if the people shall
choose to exercise their notorious privilege
Of atnefdmcnt2 Bat the case is Infinitely
worse whan we advert t. TIE mauy efforts at
Cancellation made in the brgi,.ing Ct the
rebellion. and find that before the iusulencc
of the slave power had eliminated in actual
war the Congress proposed, b. the necessary
majority, an amendment to the legislatures
of the States, whereby the people wcrc to
be deprived of all power of mi ,iicrcncc with
slavery in the States by amendment Of the
Constitution of the United States. and that
tins proposition, which, if accepted. would
have been perpetual guarantee. was acom
fnliy rejected. Nothing would saDistythc prop
agandistS ofslavery but war, terrible war. And
now, after the nation has been compc!cd in
defense of its life to cxpond It's treasure lv
thousands of millions, and sacrifice hun.
drcds of its best and bravcst on Utmost every
hilltop, and IN almost every valley Of IT,.
South. who is so craven as to Spcah OF COM
pcnsation for slaves when their cinaucina.
ton was made necessary by The rebellion Of
their masters?
| have heard it said of tho rebels. woo
them with gifts. Pay them for their losses"
Is 1t meant that we shall load OR alrca..,y
heavily burdened constituents with one more
subsidy that defeated traitors mny not suffer
In orf l,.,,,, q,
that we shall charm them back to loyalty by
paying them the money Of a rrorfc whom
in striving to rum they have ruined them
selves? would rather say it'll Euc Henry
Of Bolingbroke,
shall our cofH.rs then
Be cmptird, to r"d"on tIuo" hu:lc?
Sstll we buy treason? and ind M WITH iJcr
When they have lost and forfeited tr. i.l,..iy,,s!
No, ON the barren montai,r let thrrn >rryr;
For shall never hold that man ny lrirnd,
Whose tongue Shalt ask mo for one penny cost
70 ransom home rovoed."
Davis and his crew.
Who is so weak as to believe that the rob
els can be appca?ca by concessions to sla.
very, or that the war can be ended otherwise
than by, destroying their military power p
Lave they ever given us reason 10 entertain
any such expectations? Their PRECEDENT,
their congress. the chiefs of their armies. ali
of their officials. high and low, who have
spoken upon the subject, have always insist
ed that they will tolerate but one plan Of adj.
iustmcnt, namely, that which provides for
separation and disunion. Where is the evil
dencc that the rebels will stop the WIT and
return to the onion if we viii not DESTROY
slavery? challenge its production. it
nowhere exists. The issue is sharply defined
between the rebellion and the United States.
On the one side is dsnuion for the sake Of
slavery: on the other is freedom for the
sake Of The Union. In the beginning Of the
war the rebels. to Justify their resort to
compelled her to adopt the sentiment that
the Union could not conjinnc with the States
part slave and part free. They construed
the words literally, and then. hy their own
voluntary acts, verified the prophecy as they
interpreted it. They have dnu.oaStra,cd
that the conflicting systems of free and slave
labor cannot be reconcilcd under a rcpubli.
can form Of government, but rather that
they will develop into political antiquities.
which will ultimately, like smoldcrirg, but
inextinguishable fires, burst into the full
blaze Of civil war.
Others may doubt and fear, La believe
that slavery is doomed. In my Judgment,
if the people of the southern coEteGcrary.
so called. were made independent tomorrow
they could not preserve their iavolite inst.
tuition. If this Congress were to promise 10
protect it for them. could that promise be
redeemed? Coald you ever again rnfnrcs %
fugitive slave law? No human rowc? can
again so far sthc the voice Of nature as to
hush into submission the damu"c;ationa or
slavery, which rise like exhibitions from al,
parts of the land Civilization everywhere
speaks for liberty. Russia. Ly her ornnd
act of Characterization, has bnuisLci scrlIo,,
from Europe England. France, Denmark
Sweden. Holland and PORTUGAL, have iii
crossed the ocean to lbcratc the Lorlmnn,
Less than seven millions slaves remain With.
in the bounds of Christcndom md for
four millions of these we Stand r.s3orsihlc
in the sight of God and man. KNOWING all
this. the enlightened. determined. and ire
prcssible sentiment of the nation cries alcud
AWAY with slavery, away with :I,ynr,. -
So long ns we hesitate and DELAY his ,~oot
work we can have no peace. Whether ,r
would or not. VIC must estoLljsb Jrecdoo, ;r
we would erfermiuate treusop, Eyants hnrn
left us no choice. The neonla have lnorr,d
their duty, and have Instructed ne acanrd.
inglv. Let MS do our mart. and. rs thcir
heralds. proclaim universal freedom. HAY.
ing thus declared a policy. plain, hut inner.
ishablc. our armies while winnino - olor;ons
and enduring neace. will secure Inv tfn samo
browning victories tle Observation-Disclosures nr
the bnman race and en- h,igbtnn tLo r,,ur,,
with BLESSINGS for tho ornroSsnd arJ o,,in,'o
of all the earth. that postcr,, ama,nd 81
the moenitnde of their acb:nvame,Ss vii
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