Year: 1862

" on the war m such way as 10 put down the rebellion in the speedie.t manner. Pa had no doubt that the government wilt gracefully yield to the popular sentiment. He repeated we have no right in time of peace to interfere with slavery in the States. When that resolution was passed, for which he voted, all the States were loyal and had not broken out in rebellion.

 Mr. Richardson-Had not the Star of the West been fired into? Voices on the republican sido-" No, "no.")

 Mir. Lovejoy (resuming) asked Mir, Wickliffe whether he preferred the psrpet uation of slavery rather than the union.

 Mr. Wiekliffe replied that he was for preserving the union under the constitution. regarding its obligations imposed on every citizen. state and section. He was not for violating the constitution when it was not essential to the safety of the union. He would preserve the institution of slavery under the constitution by the principle de- clared by the House, and voted for by Mir. Lovejoy and other representatives, and also declared in the inaugural address of the President and in the latter two messages. If these principles are carried out he had no fears for the union and the institution of slavery.

 Mir. Lovejoy asked if the ship must be saved by the throwing overheard of a for- ton of the crew, which would the gentle man prefer.

 Mr. Wicklife responded-"I would prefer throwing the aboli tionists over board"

 Mr Loyojoy said that was tantamount to saying the gentleman preferred the union going overheard rather than slavery. As for himself, he was for preserving tho union and the constitution with the great object for which they were established- namely, with freedom, He demanded, in the name of God and justice, that slavery shall not stand in the way of our success and triunph In illustration of his remarks, he caused to be read the seventh chapter of the book of Joshua, showing that the ab- sence of prosperity and success was owing to what was designated the aseursed thing.

 Mr. Mallory, (Union) of Kentucky, un- derstood MT. Loyejoy 10 say, 50 heavily is slavery weighing upon our army as to render 1t impossible to achieve victories until slavery is removed Gut sf ths way

 He had supposed that, if slavery was curse the responsibility of tho rebellion rests on the South, and that the face of the Almighty would be turned against the South if the theory of the gentleman was correct. Presuming he knew ths feeling of Kentucky, if we considered slevery stand- ing in the way of the constitution, we would not hesitate to wipe out slavery Applause. But we cannot regard slavery as incompatible with the liberty establish ed by our forefathers. We want to ple- serve the union, with all the rights to all sections conferred by the constitution He asked whether the gentleman would destroy the constitution te get rid of slavery.

 Sir. Loveioy replied that he would not. He only declared that slavery must be de- stroyed rather than the constitution and union.

 Mr Dunn (Rep) of Indiana, as Mr. Lovejoy had quoted Joshua, referred the gentleman to the parable of the wheat and tareS. The Saviour did not recommend the tares to be drawn out by. the roots with the wheat, but to wait patiently to the last day. The gentleman from Illinois propos- ] ed radical measures, instead of waiting for time to remedy the evil. He would de- stroy the wheat and tares at the same timc in his mad efforts to carry out his schemes. let the gentleman conceal his purpose as ha may. If it had been proclaimed at the commencement of this war that the object was to overthrow slavery, instead of having six hundred thousand men there would be only small band of John Browns at the heels of the gentleman. He thanked God 1 that the gentleman was not now likely to be member of the cabinet.

 Mr. Lovejoy-That's not certain.- | Laughter.

 Mr. Dunn (resuming) said he believed that by the war slavery had received it's death blow He hoped this was so. Mir. Loveioy did not deny that he want sd to see slavery crushed aud ground 10 po,oaer, but his argument was that slavery should not stand in the way of success to our army and the preservation of the con- stitution and. union. He was not, as charged in favor of any such schemes. He never voted for any of them. He would tell the gentleman that these six hundred 1 thousand soldiers would not fight the battle of slavery;

 MT. Dunn-I did not say so.

 Mir. Lovejoy-I suppose the gentleman meant that, conceal 1t as he will. Laugh ter.

 Mir. Stephens, (Rep.) of Pennsylvania. said if they were to believe in the horrible doctrine of Mr Crttenden it was nothing less than this, viz That the House dare not enquire into the manner in which the war is conducted an1 whether there are very many traitors or not. Had 1t come to this, that the House is a mere register of executive edicts and is only to vote men and money? He protested against such doctrine, it having no foundation in the constitution. It appears that the border State. would rather see the constitution and union perish than to see slavery perish. We had just given 20, 900 linen to Kentucky to support slavery. Should the alternative be as to the destruction of the union or slavery?

 Mr Dunn said he did not exalt slavery above the constitution He said he would make no sacrifice of the constitution to pre- serve slavery He regarded the preserva- ton of the union and the perpetuation of cur present form of government as of far more importance to him in his day, and those who are to come after him, than the