Year: 1862

ton says has ths President shall take that the laws
shall be faithfully execute" " and creates him the time
the Roman ssnass whose dctsses exercised ali proper
power necessary for the public safety, whether the
means inscribed their tables not This power
Of course ought TO be limited and ought 10 exist only
until Congress could be convened This power would
willingly confer rather than the nation should perish
Rather than the nation dshonorsd BY compsemiss,
concession or submssien-rashsr than the nation
dshonored or SEQ one star strken from i0 banner,
would confer that power now Oh for six months resur-
this crisis, would abolish slavery, as the tower
and support Of this insurrecton. He would
h w6:a march so q. S Of
dom not TO pick cotton and open ports for trade but
10 put weapons into every freed mans hands He would
three months, with hundred thousand soldiers he
would put down the rebellion. The necessity Of die
taorhp evident to snatch the nation from the Jaws of
death May this necessity never again arise for Is as
fearful 90 the nsurrecon Of JEFF Davis and Beauregard
Tho one greatest for good the other for mischief The
power or emancipation, even the constitution were
silent on this power and became necessary for the
it, Il might be asked why liberats the slaves Of all in
stead Of connng to those Of rebels onyf There would
be great difficulty nexecutng such alaw Perjury fraud
and alsehood would screen half the guilty Our object
should be- not only to end this terrible war; but TO pre-
vent its recurrence Slavery is tho Of It. Hatch
up compromise now, and leave this germ of evil be-
Even you freed threefourhs of the slaves you would
have expended countless treasures and untold lives in





not recognizing the right Of man to hold another
property would treat loyal Shareholders fairly by
pedging the faith of the nation for their compensation
The war s costing at the rate Of five hundred mil


lions year. Deduct the price of the slaves In the bor
der States from one years expense of the war,
and 1t would show a balance in favor of eman-
cipation Of four hundred and forty millions. Manu-
NIT the slaves. and the would end in six
months Leave them to the rebels. and doubt if six
years will end it, Six years, with slavery and debt
Of two bions All nations have used emancipation as
legitimate means Of warfare. Hannibal liberated tho
slaves of Rome, and used them against their masters
When Virginia rebelled against England Lord Dunmore
belonging rebel masters who should join the troops
Yorktown. Many hundreds Joined him, and fought
bravely Manumission would bo mercful, while at the
same time admit it to be the most terrible weapon in
our armory Is that argument against its use9 In
struments Of war not selected account Of their
harmessness. You chose the best and
deadest arms but you object to emancipaton because
iberates the slaves of traitors Tender hearted Chris
tians merciful statesmen benevolent philanthropsts
Let the people know that this government fighting,
not only TO enforce sacred compact but to carry out to
final perfection the principles Of the Declaration Of nde
pendence Let the sword 60 forth in hand and the
book OF freedom in the other and the army will soon
sweep despom and rebellion from every corner of this
continent. Thus would benign Providence bring in
cacuabe good out Of this mighty evil. What
opportunity s presented to this republic to vim
dicats her consistency and become immortal
The occasion s forced upon u.s. and tho invitation pre-
sented TO strike the chains from four millions Of human
beings and create them men, to extnguish slavery
this whole continent, wipe out the most hateful and in
fernal blot that dSgraced the escucheonSof
and to write page the history OF the world whose
brightness shall eclipse all the records Of heroes and
sages. This is the work before


ment, which adopted that nothing in the bill shall
be construed as in manner imparng the compensa
ton Of any Ocer Of the abolishing any
existing Office. He mentioned the fact that the Joint
Commission reducing the CIVIL military and naval
penses had reported three several bills with this object.


The Committee rose and the House adjourned.