Year: 1863

Ois, who urged his Democratic brethren
to enlist quickly and go into the war, be-
cause if the war continued there would
be few slaves left. He thought if the
war were vigorously prosecuted, and soon
terminated, few old stumps of negroes
might be left in the country. IL is very
remarkable that men who hurrah for the
Union should stand by the wayside and
attempt to prejudice our people against


the decided views of the Administration,
who. by the exercise of the power, seek
to destroy the very element of the
strength of those who desire to rend
the Union asunder-I mean slavery i


Napoleon and the Generals of past
years surveyed the whole strength of the
enemy not merely the number of men
in arms, their heavy artillery, their caval-
nv force. the bravery Of the troops, and
the skill of their commanders, but the
numbers and resources at home to re- in
force and sustain the army in the field /;
and they struck the enemy heavily where
they could most effectually cripple him.
This is the policy of the President, clear
ly and forcibly stated. He has announc-
ed his paramount object to be to save the
Union, and not to interfere with slavery.
If he could save the Union without in
terfering with slavery, he has avowed his
willingness to do so but if there were
no other means to accomplish that essen
tial object than by the destruction of
slavery let it be so; let slavery be de-
stroyed. 1t is the will of the people that
the Union shall be saved, and the exeeu-
tive authority must resort to the requisite
means. Call it what you may, apply any
appellation your fancy may suggest-be
it invasion, conquest, subjugatiOn, abo-
litionism-if no other resource be left to
preserve the life of the nation, the rebel
lion must be crushed with fire and sword,
by the faggot, and death and destruction.
LETTERS OF NARoUE. ..!..F
Mr.. President. in connection with this
subject permit me to call the attention
OF the Senate to matter in which somo
interest was manifested daring the last
session of Congress, and certainly events
that have occurred since that time
should induce the Senate to turn their
attention TO it | allude to the granting
of letters of marque and reprisal. hope
that during the time | shall remain in
the Senate, shall have an opportunity
to give vote in favor of measure of
that character. | took occasion in the
month July last, when a proposition of
that nature was pending, to give my
views to the Senate upon the subject.
The Senator here gave some account of
the action of the British Parliament in
issuing commissions" to private ships
against American priVateers in III, adj
ding.


''Sir, regard this Congress as derelict
in duty every hour that it abstains from
giving to men who are loyal to this Gov
ernment the power to take property up
on the sea, upon the lakes, upon the riy-
ers, that belong to the rebel government,
wherever they find it, and appropriate it,
if you please, to their own use. for in
that way you cripple the strength of the
rebellion - a-sfl


on TUE NECESSITY oP a DEFINED POSITION,


Wisdom and earnestness in council and
promptness in execution are demanded.
Unanimity and vigor in the executive
departments, and -feld operations that
will strike terror to the rebel hosts, the
people expect this, or they expect a.
change of tho men TO whom their power
is eonfded. Weakness and vacillation
endanger our best interests indulgence
to traitors is cruelty to the loyal The
people have expressed to see Il sublime.
heroism that mocks at fear, and not an
inert prolongation of hostilities that
mocks their hopes. ..-el ..es .r.


Inefficiency in administration
will present the Executive, therefore.
without excuse, for he has the choice of
his eounselors, and should not tolerate
imbecility or discordant elements in his
cabinet and the people have the right to
know what counsel they give. Without
defined principle and concentrated action,
the Administration must be yacillating or
Ineffective; and in crisis so fearful, our
country and our fresides in peril, the
large, throbbing heart Of the nation de-
pressed with dark forebodings. beats with
anguish, and the earnest prayer ascends
for executive enlightenment, for the in
fusion of an indomitahle will, an iron
nerved energy, and united counsels based
on determined policy. Without poll
cy, our high hopes will be blighted, and
hence we relterate our cry for policy
Oh, for policy! @ l.--t al


CORRUPTION AYp PEePL4TIIeE


One Of the many questions in the West,
and perhaps one of the leading ones,
which was made to operate on our cleo
tions, was the ten thousand stories
maguifed, bad as they are, of the pecula-
ton and thieving going on under the
Administration. Well, sir, war brings
with it, among other evils, always this.


The Senator gave a number of instan--
ces, showing the immense corruption and
pecplation in foreign countries in times
Of war He added in regard to this coun-
try. ,,s..,


One fact, however, must be observed,
that all this corruption Is not accomplish
ed by one party. In my experience as a
public man for thirty years, have found
that in such times as this, when peeuia-
ton goes on it generally goes on by pairs.
As the beasts went into Noah's ark, our
plunderers go in two and tEo-1a Hemo-
crat and Republican. .. '........


These heartless villains are carrying
on their schemes of public plumber even
now while the nation IS making every sac
rifce and struggling for its existence; eyT
en- amid the groans of the dying on hun
dred battle-felds, and while the widows
wall is going up over all the land. No
wonder the honest patriots of the coun-
try have grown sick at heart while hrood-
ing over this great evil. A righteous
storm of Indignation is brewing, and can
not be long delayed. The people demand
that we at once wage a war of extermipa-
ton upon these vampire miscreapts, and
sweep them from the country, and from
the face of the earth, to receive the doom
of devils damned. ......r,.,.-,. I.


may say further on this point, that l
have every evidence that the President
and his Cabinet are doing everything they
can to detect and punish frauds; but gen
tlemen will see, when they look over the
history Of other eopntries, how utterly
impossible it is to reach all the cases OF
sRindling which occur. We may legis-
late here, we may provide law after law,
but, in spite of all we can do, ipproPer
influences will be brought to bear to Oh
tain contracts, and improper men will OBJ
tain them, and the government will be
defrauded; and the party ogt Gf power
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