The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1865-06-10

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rebel slavery the rights OF beiligerency or
the ocean, and then proceeded to open bel
ports, to surrender her workshops and Il
let loose merchant ships ir aid Of thit
lwickedness; forgetting all the relations O
alliance and amity with the United States
forgetting all the logic Of English history
forgetting all distinctions OF right snc
wrong-and forgetting also that new
power founded on slavery was mora
nothing to do. To appreciate the early
character Of this concession, we must ap
preciate clearly the whole vast unprece'
ldented crime Of tho Tebellioa, taking il
complexion from slavery. Undoubtedly
it was criminal to assail the unity of this
Republic, and thus destroy its peace and
impair its example in the world: but the
- . corner stone, and with no other de-
clared object Of seperate existence, was
moro than criminal, or rather 1t way Y
crime of that unfold, unspcakable guilt,
which NO language can depict and which
no Judgment can be too swim 20 condemn.
The associates in this terrible aposiasy
might rebuke each other in the works Of
an old dramatist:
Thou must do, then,
What no malevolent star viii dare 70 lOox on,
II II 80 wicked! for which men will curse thee
For being the instrument, and the hlest angels
o.:se ne e my ned ,e1 being the ansno
In which The meme5E % e a. 81 good actions aaa
Or. n We b remembered. IL shR0 be
10 fright posterity by an example
That 6aveoutgone all precedents OF villains
That were before us.
To recognize such power; to enter into
semi with it; to invest 1t with
rights; to open ports 70 il: to surrender
workshops 70 II; TO build ships for it; all
a. Af Il
plain complicitv with the original guilt,
and must be judged ~ we judge any other
completely with slavery.
England led in the concession Of bellig-
erent rights to rebel slavery. No event o1
tho war las been comparable to this con.
cession in encouragement to this trans
| cendent crime or In prejudice to the United
States. 1t was out OF English ports and
English workshops that rebel slavery drew
its supplies. Il was in English shipyards
that tho cruisers Of rebel slavery were
built and equipped. It was England that
gave to rebel slavery belligerent power on
the ocean. The early legend was verified
in our day. King Arthur was without .
sword, when suddenly one appeared thrust
out from lake. "Lo!" said Merlin, the
enchanter, ..yonder is sword, il belong
thou mayest take il; but If she will not, i:
will not be in thy power 10 take it, Aud
the Lady Of the Lake yielded the sword, SO
says the legend-even as England has
since yielded the sword to rebel slavery
The President saw the PLANES: conse-
quence OF this concession, and especially
that II was first step toward the acknow-
ledgment Of rebel slavery as an indepen-
dent power. Clearly, if it were proper for
. foreign power to acknowledge belliger-
ency, it might, at later stage, be proper
to Acknowledge independence; and any
objection vital to independence would; If
applicable, be equally vital to belligerency.
Solemn resolutions by Congress on this
subject were communicated to foreign
powers; but the unanswerabis argument
against any possible recognition OF new
the President, In . paper which now hold
in my hand, and which has never before
seen the light. It il = copy Of a resolution
drawn by himself, which he gave to me, in
his own autograph, for transmission to
one of our valued friends abroad, as an ex-
preston Of his opinion on the great ques-
ton involved, and guide to public duty.
Il is IN these words:
nations have tolerated slavery, recextly,
for the first [timel In the world an attempt
has been made 70 construct pew nation
upon the basis Of, and with the primary
and fundamental object to maintain, en-
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