The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-12
WHOLE NO. lis.


despotism in the darkest days of Roman
off tyranny ever so bound its own hands
and placed it beyond its own power to
do mercy and work righteousness in the
future as Mr.. Adams proposed to bind
the hands of the United States and de-
prlve our own government tor all time of
the power to emancipate single slave,
SO long as one slave state should object''
Nothing could be more unfair.than this
attack, for the simple reason that nearly
every Republican member OF Congress
voted for the very measures which Mr..
Adams is row denounced so bitterly for
introducing. The amendment to the
duced by Mr.. Adams, but was part of the
report OF that committee OF thirty >three;
and Mr.. Adams dissented from it and
made seperate report in which he said:
'The general conclusion to which the
subscriber has arrived from close OBJ
servation ofthe actions of the committee
is this. That no form OF adjustment will
be satisfactory to the recusant states a
| recognition OF this obligation to extend
and protect slavery. On this condition
and this alone will they consent to with
draw their opposition to the recognition
OF the constitutional election Of the
Chief Magistrate. Viewing the matter
in this light, it seems unadvisable to at
tempt to proceed step farther in the
way OF offering unacceptable proposi>
tons. lie can merer give his consent to
the terms demanded.
Hence he feels it his duty now to dissent
from the actions Of majority Of has col
leagues in introducing any measures
whatever tor the consideration of the
House."
The second proposition submitted by
the committee embraced the constitu-
tional amendment referred to by Mr..
Blaine, to wit:
cart. MI. No amendment to this con-
stituiion having tor its object any inter-
ference, within the states, with the rela-
tons between their citizens and those de-
scriped in Sec. Art. OF the constitution
as '.:,ll other persons" shall originate
with any state that does not recognize
that relation within its own limits, or
shall be valid without the consent of ev-
cry one OF the states composing the
Union" See McPhcrson's Political HIS
tory of tie Rebellion p. 50.
Before the vote was taken Mr.. COrwin
submitted Il substitute as follows:
cart. XII. No amendment shall be
made to the constitution which will au-
thorize or give to Congress the power to
abolish or interfere, within any state, with
! the domestici Institutions thereof, includ-
ing that of persons held to service or
labor by the laws of said state"
This was worse than the first PROPOSE
ton; because under that slavery might
have been terminated by unanimous con-
sent Of all the states, under the latter it
could not be abolished at all.
Aud yet this proposition, tor which says
Mr. Blaine, '.there is no parallel in his
tory; than which no ukase of Russian
despotism in the darkest days OF Roman
off tyranny ever So bound its hands, RE-
cEIvED THE ASSENT OF OUR OWN SENA-
TOR WILLIAM WINDOW, then member
ofthe House. And that great leader OF
the Republican party, Schuyler Colfax
voted for it. SO also did Henry Winter
. Davis, Dawes, of Mass. Grants sex-Sec.
retary OF the Interior, Columbus Delano.
Morrill, of Vermont, T.. Joy Morris OF
Penn, and host OF others including
Mr.. Adams. The amendment was adopt.
ed in that Republican House by vote OF
1873 yeas to 65 nays, and in the Repub.
ican Senate by vote Of q yeas to l.
nays.
! In the light of to-day it was shameful
1 surrender Of race to eternal slavery.
) viewed in the light Of 1861 it was Inc
) effort Of Congress to avoid the terrible
struggle OF the on coming war, whose
| end no man could furesee
We are no friend Of Mr. Window. but
we should be sorry to use such facts as
i these as an argument against him. as
!, Blaine has done with Mr.. Adams. We
i might 60 farther and show that Mr.. Win :
I dom voted in 1861 for law under which !
/. negro might be arrested anywhere in the
: United States as q fugitive slave, and il
I he claimed that he was or had always
0 been free man, he could have neither
9 the benefit Of a trial by jury or the wri1
! Of hnbe1s corpus, he must be taken to The
slave state from which it was claimed
he had escaped to be tried there. This
deliberately handed over every man in
!, the north, who had drop Of negro blood
d 10 his veins, to the mercy ofAany south
,f erner who chose to claim him rs his es'
e capped slave. and left his identity and his
J. liberty to be settled in community
IS where the oath Of negro would not be
Ie heard as against white man.
e This was horrible and hidcous act
II ten times worse than the one Blaine de
Il nounces. and while Charles Frnnci.
! Adams refused to vote for 1t, Window
: Burlingame, Colfax, Conkling. Corwin
i Covode, and host Of other leading Re
. publicans voted for il and it passed yeas
= % nays So. These old records tell ter
o rible story.
I, Nothing but the breaking out Of ths
= war prevented these Republican lead
10 err from getting down on their bellies
. and crawling sfill further in tho mud be-
e fore the south. And now they IRE pa
triDz, and friends Of the black man mi
Chax1ee Rnneis Adams il traiisF An
III yillias. Shnme q such dsnlazo.uegv.