Year: 1862




and the generous manner in which the admins
tration at Washington yielded to demand
founded upon the requirements of international
law, however repuguant it might be to the
wounded feeling of the nation. The effect is to
bind the British government. by its own record,
to the strictest neutrality.


SECRETARY STANTON UPON SLAVERY AND THE
WAR.-The Tribune published on Wednesday
the following extract, representing it as taken
from speech made by Secretary Stanton at a
recent private Cabinet meeting. 1t purports to
be the opinion Of the Secretary of War upon
the relations between slavery and rebellion -:


First and foremost believe slavery be tho casus
considerations hold to be the duty OF the true com
mander In chicfas the surgeon disrogards secondary
symptoms. and probes the wound I would treat this
beli as the constitution allows US TO treat it, Not
breadth from the grand old safeguard would
stop. Under the constitution bcievc slavery to bo q
purely ioca, institution Louisiana and Texas a slave
IS an by statute and Is annexed TO the realty
hop poles in the law Of New York. In Aabama
and Mississippi tho slavc is chatte In the Hrst named
he by deed Of national act and registration


in the other, by simple receipt or delivery. Thus
among slave States there uniform sysom respecting
tho slave property To the Northern States the slave
person in his ballot relation Congressional quota and
constituency and also app eatce TO labor TO be do
ivered demand. The slave escaping from Mary


land Pennsylvania is not to be delivered up, cared
about thought about until he is demanded. Liberty
is the law Of nature Every is presumed FIRE, in
choice and not 10 be trammelcd by apprenticeship
until the contrary made clearly appear One may
be Now York diecharged for instancean unpa


doned convict He emigraes soathward he obtains pro-
pery according TO local law slave The slave escapes
toNew York unpardoned-masteT enters the
tribunal there his demand. Quoth the escaped APP
prentice, producing the record Of the conviction Mr.
Claimant. you have no standing IN court. Your civil
rights suspended in this state until you are pardonod
You not pardoned; therefore will not answer aye
no TO your claim until you are legitimatey court and
recognized by the judges" take it that plea would
| avail And if the crier wanted to employ person to
sweep the courtroom tho next moment he could employ
that defendant TO do IT, There s not man in the rebel
States whom publicly know Of who has standing
under the constitution regarding this slavery question.
| by his own argument he lives in foreign country by
our argument he is not rcctus in curia Were an
invading general and ed horses would DOGGY them
from the robcs with hay and stable entcements. II l
wanted trench dggers camp scuons or artllersts or
pilots, oarsmen guides and, being that general,
service Time enough to talk about the rights Of some
possess tho negroes by better claim OF title 10
hand and stipulation Of allegiance n the other demands
legal possession go believe that the acknowledged
fact the necessary fact, that wherever army ad-
vances emancipation practically ensues will carry more
terror 10 the savsownsr any other warike incident
But would have them understand that this result is not
our design, but q necessity OF their rebellion.


The Tribune states that it copies this extract
from a monthly periodical called the CONT
mental, to which poor Greeley is regular and
prominent contributor. Now the question is
how did Greeley procure this report Of secret
! Cabinet meeting for his magazine and his
TriJunes Was there Tribune reporter
present to take down the remarks ol
| Mr.. Secretary Stanton, or was Watts, the
gardener, listening at the keyhole and com
mitting all the speeches and remarks to memo
ry. as he did the Presidents Message! The
House of Representatives ought to appoint a
committee to inquire into this matter forthwith
or the present kitchen committee should take
| it in hand. We expect, if Mr.. Stanton's senti.
mens are misrepresented in this extract, that
he will Immediately issue a bulletin or gene
raj order informing the public of the fact.
Practical DEVELOPMENTS OF UNION FEELING
IN THE SourH-THE CONNECTION OF THE MEMPHIS
AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD BEoKEy.--We have
received intelligence, which we publish in