L COLUMBIA 4fi DEMOCRAT, '
AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER.
I.ISVI L. TATE, Editor.
TO HOLD AND TlllM TtlB TOIIOII OP TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'Kll THE DAIIKBXKD EAHTII."
TEKiUSi S2,G0 PVAt ANNUAL
VOL. 16 NO, 52.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENNM, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 18(53.
VOLUME 26
nni.iT mniii niM-inrn a-h
"J lIJL ill Dill 1I'JlUUl 1111 1
I'BBLISlIED EVEUY SATUHDAY, BY
LEVI L. TA.TE,
IH BtOOMSBUHO, COLUMBIA COUNTY, TA.
OFFTois
fs III Brie flufrfiiiy, opjiiMlie Ike V.tehtitgt, til itii
tf tin CMurt Menu. "Ihmocratit cad yarUri."
TERMS OF SUIUCllIPTtON.
91 V) In advance, fur one copy, fur li mnntlu.
I 75 In advance, fur one ropy, ono year.
1 RH If lint paid within the lint three niontlu.
2 !. Ifnntpalil within llie first nil iituullm.
5 5il If nut paid within the year.
P7" So i'llnrtlptinn taken for Iom than nil months,
Ilia no papal discontinued until till arrcarazet shall have
een p.iiil.
Aiivi'Uukxi'nti liu-ried riiinplruniiynt nnedolhr
IHiro.nf 10 iln's each, for tin- threetllrst liist-rtliiii .
n I iiyentv.flvi! its, p-r inrs, for every uln.-iiueut
( n-i-rtiim, until ordered ill- nnti.iuml.
J.rn Woiik, of everv descriptic, r.satly anil chear'y
M.cutoJ at t'li -h met milieu
Oh hop, Pj.it.ry.
lr ua Jiut Ik fore tin' last tierce ih.irge,
Wli. n two mldii rs drew their rem,
Foiu parting word mi l n toil' li of hands I
They might never meet aei'i
l' hail blue eyes and ilinm-rlii? curls
N'liiitjen but a month ii(!o-
1) mil nil III thhl, rnl mi hit ilieek i
lie Was inily ii buy, ynil know.
Tli 1 utli.'r was dark, ami t rn, ami proml ;
If tii faith in the world n;ia dint,
He mil) trn-t I thj inure in thi.se
li i Hi re .ill the nnrlJ to him.
Tli -y Inil rl Men together In ninny u r.ilj,
They li ii 1 iinirtheil forjiiHiiiy mile,
An.l ev..r till imw they had nu t the f.ic
W ith ii cil.ii ami hopeful smile,
Hot now a ) looked in i iii'li inlur'a eyes
With .in uwl'.n ghastly gloom,
An i the l.ill .l.ii k mail was 1 lie iirst to sponk :
"Charlie, my hiurhas come,
We shall ri.le ton'. th. r up the hill,
A. Kl Jim will rije h.nk .'iloiie;
I'ci.im: a little trnuhie to take
Tor i.ie uh'ii 1 am 'iine.
"Voi will I'm I a f.ire upon m Lreal
I rli.itl M':u- it i. to t.'ie lii;llt -
l nil eoll ijlili! ee. nlltl e.uilliy c.lrlli,
A. ill .i sinil' like nroinj lil.t.
1 ike m.iriuic hf hi n her love to me :
It gl.i Meiie-I a timeU hfi
Ann ilmie 1 cureil lor Hie lro'n nf f.ite.
Whi'ii kIiu piomiseil to ho luy wife,
Writet .her. t'h.ir i '. when ! am cone,
rfnil h'ntl h.tt U th : l.nr, loiiij Ijcu.'
Till h "r t.-inlvrly lioiv I ilieil,
AnJ nli. ire i- my rri-ti iia-pluci".
"Tell her my -n il u ill iv nt f.r hsu,
111 th h MiliT l:inl Ii t ive-ll
T;i" eaitli ami li;u n, mitithlie coiuci i
I I v. ill not loiii. I ween."
T. .ir- flililiiieil th" Mno eirs of thehoj
III w lee ;m Ioh vsilli pain ;
''! n il1 il.i n'ir lo tilina', coniraje mine,
Jf I riile li.ii'K a-am,
1 Hut if you lonie li.n k. and 1 am rieail,
o i in, ist ilo us uiui li lor in :
My ninth r at Iniue ui.i hear the news
t)h, u rite lt Ii. r teiiilcrly,
Doe nfii r ancitln r llici-e i-he loveil
rlu Ii is li irieil, hiiili.in-1 anil sou ;
1 was tlielart. Wu nniyiM iiitr; ikllcJ,
Hhe ki tsed loeaiitl sent ine 11:1,
"tfli h is pr.i)cil at li line, like a ivaltiiijt sain,
Willi ,ti.r foil I fii'e w hit i iMih woe :
Illi r heart nil he broken ult,.n aiu -one :
,1 snail i-ee l''r soo.i, I knnu."
JJiiltii'ii th oplrr eanie to ( harse
I'or an instant h.in.l tmiih 'il li.inil,
.Uye uiisncreit i ye ; th n on tli. j rosh.'J,
Thai brave, ilevotcil baiitl.
Ktraislit they went tonaril tim crest of the hill,
An.l llie i li 'Is with nil,, I .mil shell
.Tinned rifts nfili-.it li tliroii-li tin ir toiling ranks.
Anil jeereil llieuiat they full.
"J Itey tiirne 1 with a horrible ilyini; yell
I'roin the h 'iht tluy ronlil not g.iin.
-Ami tli ' few whnin death and doom lud spared
Went slonly hack ni;.iiii
.Hut anions tlie ile.nl nliom they left lishlnd
W.is the hoy n ith lii- cnrU'i hair.
.Ah.l Ihe stem dark mini nho marched by his side.
I. ay dead b'sjje him th.-rc.
There is no one to write to the lilnc-eycil jlrl
The words Hut h T lovi r said ;
A ml the toother u ho waiu fur her boy at li Jinv
Will b it hviir that he is dead,
And never can know the Ki t fond tlioult
That ou2hl to mi fir n her pain,
t'ntil rhe crosses llm Uiver of Death,
And stand b lit side a.a I n ,
h. C M.
5S li Hi fii U fifi
01'
llou. Chilton A. AYhite,
OF OHIO,
On the enlistment of Ntgro Saltier t ; de
livered in lite lfowa oj Jlejircseutattvts,
J'ebruurj '-i, leOU,
The House having uutler consideration
the bill to raise additional soldiers for the
service of the Goverunieut
Mr WII1TH, of Ohio, said :
Mr. Si'E.wiuii : I propose to occupy but
a briel spaee of time iu the discussion of
the qucsti'iu before tho IIouso. This, in
my opiuiou, is one of the most important
measured of legislation that has been pre
touted here during the past two years,
eventful us thoy have been iti tho history
of the country and iu tho aunals of the
world. This is the climax of a grand
folumie of measures inaugurated for tho
jiurpo-e of subverting the supreinaoy of
the white vaco iu eleven Status of this1
Union, nud making the colored tho domi
nant race iu those States, I propose
biietly to enter into uti Investigation oftho
tl i fl o i u tit link iu this grand and gilded
rhuin which tho ltcnuldiciiu ii.uty has
been forgm.' for the l.il two years lor the
consilium t o i of l!iu u' jet t.
J lie lir-t niea ure wis au act J'as'erl n
!j,ho.o,,,of .A."'"' o?r.iion 0(
I engross, lortoitiui; by legislative enact
niont and by oporalioti of law, without thu
intcrvcn'ion of jutHciil so itiTiru, tliu slave
proporty cmployc.I in tho military or nu
val sorvicu of tho coiifiuluiMto States.
That was tlit; first b ow that wan s rm-k
agaian Uia OiiHtitutiou, anil in the con
suinniation of thin gran.l soIumiio which
this party hnvc ouveil out fur thum o'voh,
that act proviil.nl tint o.ily such fl.wm
wcro to bu frcotl as wtnt med in connec
tion with insurrection iry purposes; but
tho next step in this pr ig.'auiino was thu
passage of an act to in tko an adilttio til
article of war, by which tliu Army of thu
United Stales was convurt"d into a i;roat
sieve through which this class of popula
tion was to he sifted, find as they pass
through this refining proc ss, thry bccotiiu
free.
The next slap taken Vas the p i?sao of
erty, estates, chattlen, .fck.s, money, and
effects, of eve-y person en.rvred luthero
bsllion. not only in the military and tn-
val service, but of every civil officer of
the seceded States, whether national.
a coniiscano.i out by wlnc'i all tho prop-
Statc. or inunicipiil, is abso'ulely forfeited'
and that, too, iu violation of every known '
and recognized prineiple of law. Tims. I
by thcso three acts, all th" property and
cueci', luoiuuing slaves, ol all
poisons,
used in
any manner in
onnceiion with
the rebellion, and nf ...II n,,.,. .1
Lilt
in, or giving aid and .Wort to it? and
the property, effects, and Java of all ei- ,
vil officers, whether naiion.l, S'.at.-, or
niuiiiuipal, is confiscated, ami all
that escape through the lines of our Army
are made free. This disposes of too
property and estates, and frees tho -laves
of a leas' one half of the propoity and
slave own -rs iu the seeded Sutcs.
Thus, s r, by the sweeping naet.uonts
of Ibis Congress th.' entire es'ates of hun
dreds of thousand-, of persons are swept
aw ty withou: day in eo irt ; without the
finding of a jury an 1 the judgment of a
eourt ilt.'rt'on; without any retard for any
of tho-e -rent insiniin-'nts of licht tvhmli
are but die rc-ult of the ex ierien -o an 1
"allien d wis lorn of aires, and o-r.mnj I tn-
gtther by tin; founders of our Govern
ment, and firm'y imphnted iu the Uon-ti-
tution nt the United States as a ncrnciu I
covenant b twecn the G jvi run'ieiit and the
htates. and all t!io penp'e thereof, a'ld to
tho oli.-erv itic of which we are bound by
no le-i.s obligation ihan our oaths. Vet.
sir. the c; vil nffieer who h is no connoi'tion
with the r :h lliou, the j'l.le who sit-, up u
the bench anl adminiitors justice and preserve.-,
th.- public peace of tho com uniiity
iu which h- lives, although he may hive
boPii eleeUd lon before t'lo eo uuieu 'e-
(' .1.: ... i ..it- i - . ..
inuiuui mis reuL-nio t, out r. e r'l I z I u " Uie
exiitonee nt a fnatn G jveriiment am
the oxHtoue of a slate of f-.ets over wii c!i
he can hive u ) control, boeau-.e he mU
there and a I ninisters it-tioi n-or.lii"
to the loetl laws and r gulatio.is dial
exist in the community in which he livo-,
he is to be deprived loo of all his prop
erty Tne nnu who even h jd a mu i
cipal offie ; in a town or ei'y, mid dischar
ge.-, the lunetions commuted to his e.i.-a
looking alter Me interests of the org mizoil
scciets iu whi.-h he lives, is, in coiis
qu n e of hi . e niuec ion with sueh an of
liee, to have hi property tak -n from ti
Th next stop in thu gr.iu 1 schei.es.
and which i tho proper coinu'iitnat'on of
them all, is tho procl tin it ou of th 1 Pros
lidcnt oftho Unitod States, issut on tin
!22d of Sep oilier, lrG!, follow d bytha'
i.-sued Jan. 1, 180.1, by which he dee'ar s
'tlie s'aves of the loyal as well as the tlis
I loyal pcop'e to be free, ami by which ho
pledges the .trong arm oftho mi'itat-y au
1 tliority of the United Stat -s for the main
I toinance of that freedom,
Piodamatious, sir, that do not bee line
I the Chief Magistrate of a great liepulilic ;
j proelania ions that are bolit itig only a
I dictator, that could not have be;n !ssuod
uutil alter the Pro idctit h 1 1 put his foot
upin the Constitution and a erown upon
l his head ; not the erjwu of a monarch,
but the crowu of au absolute unqua ilied
'dictator; a nreclam ition whose whnlo
spirit and loiter are in flagrant vio'ation
ot the Constitution and of every p incipli
of law kuowu and roco"iiiz,-d amouo uini
in the worst ages of the world.
This, then, disposes of the whole sla
very question so fur as tli eleven seceded
States are concerned. The slave prop
erty of those St ites by these lugMawvo
enactments, and by these decrees, procla
mations, and bulls of your President is
absolutely disposed of by them. All
slaves are freo and the military power of
the Government is pledged to maiutaiu
their freedom.
i Hut what further do wo find ? AU this
1 is not enough. Slavery o ust bet drstr.iyed
I everywhere, as was enunciated by some
' gcutlemeu upon the other side of ihs
"ou." 1 lu!P nm" 1,0 uo. '.potion ot (
Im .it 1 1 1 1 ma until niffl-lf Ill.ltt in tins nititnlnn
ii. i. . . . i. . . .
l here must be no
IIU4IIHMVIM vtiit.il mmj IHHII III tills Vi'UNU Jf
becomes a freeman, Such are the dcl.tr-
ations coining from the other tide of the
IIouso. The border states aro to be in
vaded by this uneotistitutiotr.il policy.
Tho proposition is scut iu hero by the
President of tlie United Strles, cut and
dried, and we commanded, I suppose, by
the commander iu Chief of the Army and
Navy of thu United States to pass this
resolution without th e crossing of a '
or tho dotting of au "i" to pledge the
faith of tho Government that tiny
will purohaso the slaves iu every State
tlmt will consent to sell them. Anil not
ohly that ; but a bill is pa-sed hero fur
(ho abolition of slaveory in tho District of
otumbia, disposing of property without
th owner' consent, simply by tlia op-r
atioii of K'gislattvo uuactiuent, wliliuut,
the intmcutiou or aoDtauoa of any judi. W'ogation aat U wu inlvrluru"
eial tribunal. And for tho purposo of )!" 's "l,lru- H;i-trup: there wi-ro
purchasiug those slaves at a time when .tliriata thrown out by tut-n upon tliu ttmi.
.ho public uxigcuuies are great, and the ' 0 T""1 cal,v.",MS woro, epaak
burdens upon the people a?e so enormous, , !!' " t', " "Jvoe-Ud by the gen
31,1100,000, man bo drawn from tho pock-1 tlu,Tn. ,ro1!' U1'10' , 'lol10,,l' 1 ',,Uilt
ets of tho people oftho country to pay for 1 T lllat tll0' .wou'!1 "Ual)lc ,lll,u l,olls, llt
those Javes thus uneon.Milutionalb Wros- I , VMV I'0","5 1IU0, Dolilu'il- but
ted from their masters, and paid'for b' ' advised thuir lnut.tls to come pro
an tiiu.niwriiiitin,,.,! oinl i...:.,.i .. ' P'Tetl. armed mid ready, to do ao. ihal
se.ss.neut upou tho people of tho United
C'.-... i
States,
I protest hnre, and I will piotost every
whore, that tho Congress of the Unit tl
States have no power to asess the pi-ople
or to tax thorn to raiio revenue for the
puiehaso of the negrncs aurwli -re, either
for the purpose of setting them In-e or tor
thn purpose of setting them to p ant tJov
errnnoui farms to bo worued by Govern
ment uverseora and nursed by Govern
ment doctors and matrons.' 1 oroto-t
1 i'S1"';"1"' P'or of this Ujng.oss to do
' J ho power of tax ttiou is a united
1 '". lh,i U Jvejn,"t. .v,' only
tax f01, "!u p,lrP 'f0,'" c" ryi" o-11 express
I f"',,,lts 01 P0WL'r llull'gat-'d under .be Uo .-
,tlU,Uol.,'!ln:1 'w" allow h ni-'c
".'l,?' "aP lcat,on r,''" '""P8 f?ra,lts
" l,e,.'lM' P"wor, then, to tax Oliic
Ohio
or any ind'vidu-il iu it for tho purpose of
slaves iu the Di-triet of ( oliimbia, or iu
the State of Kentucky, or Misouri, or
. . , ... ' ' ...
I'laryianu, Delaware or irgima
Can
-V0U Si,,L'0 1,10 H),wer ' Is il the
Pwor that grand reservoir in wnieh a 1
l"" nmjuitics are gathered, the
vi... lui-tii.-.. i iii in .1II11.-U ii iu im Mvai
I nvod up not only tho .'ulntanee of the
peopk, lut the very body and sojI of their
liberties.
And tins sir, is not all. Wu have
up
on our tables bills providing for tliu
pur
chase of the slaves iu tlv; Stales of Misuoti
ri, We t Virginia, Maryland and Dc a
ware. W'h -re is th ! money toeomo from
I protest here that the Suteof Ohio will
not pay it. I hey will repud.ato tin
bonds an 1 refuse to pay them. The gov
ofiint nt of that Stnt- will soon pass iutn
the find s of those wlri will protect the
rights of its ci.i.ons and defeud its sover
ei-.'ittj and honor. You cannot eollce
th s tax. U is uuc iii-t'itdtio ial and tin
authorized. I he nion'o are willius to na
.".0 ni. !iri ul,It,er J lo ll . '
moral obligation to pay, but when vou im
poe biirdjns upon them beyond that, tlic
ou.'htanl they will refu-e them; for fl'
they do pay dies : b in Is, il wi.l b.;, iu my
opinion, a mire voluntary a-s miption o i
tlnir pirt. .At i time li e this, when lb.
burdens of the Government are o great a
to crush the industry of the country to the
very earth, when we are taxed to the cr
last oxtrc uitv upon every arlic'o of con-
j sumpti n and upon every article of pro-
uuu.iuii.u is .in .in uuiuns ivruu to impose
tiieic uddi.ion.il burdens upon the people.
Vou havo no power in tho .'(institution,
either txprejs or d.'legiled, or arising by
neeot-Jary imp'ieati.in. to authorize sueh a
taxation It is a flagrant, wicked, wanton
usi l !-s usjrpation of power.
This, Mr, is a Government of limited
powrs. ro cannot do things hjro ac
cording to our discretion ; and uuless you
can lind the power soniO.vhere writen down
iu ttie ijonstituiion lirst to purchase these I
slaves, then to issue bonds in payment of
-. . - . I
tliein ii'iu to assess atix upon the people i
to pay uioso oouus, you nave no power io
do what you pio to do, and if you
caniioi. derive the power from the Consti
tution, voir enactments arc not on'y
voidablu, but th"y are absolutely null and
vjid. Such is the determination of all
our courts, an I tho officer who attempts
to execute such a law by distraint and sale
of property would bo held liable as a trc-s-pisser.
1 warn gentlemen that not oiih'
individuals will sit in iudzeiiiPiit unm thuse
1 IW-, but sovoreiun Slates wid do so, and
take noon themselves anv nenalties whicli
a mistake iu judg m-iit may inc.ir.
Dut it said that these slaves aro not. to
' bo pureliasad without the con cut of the.
State?. Whit kind of consent is iff A
couse it which a fro Mirin gives when ho
goes voluntar ly und tinobitriioted to avert
that franchiso which belongs to fro imon
in a free Govorr incut ? Is th;.t the kind of
c .nscut that is to bo giveu ? No, sir: it is
that kind of oonsent that is lb iced fiom
him, as iu the Slates of Delaware and
Missouri in tho recent elections, and as
will bo the caao in Kentucky and Mary-
land when they come to elect their Leois-
ilatures. The b'iyoiiot will be tho iiistru-
i mentality by wlueh thoir concut will bo
obtained, as was the case in tho State of
Missouri to an extent that rendered the
electiou ill that Statu nothing more or less
than a sounding farce, and which ought
t bo held, iu I vorily believe, to be abso
lutely void and null. So it was iu the
State of D.d twaro. In order to obttiti
the eoneut of that little State, M. lit try
corporals aud sergeants and lieuteu lilts
ad c uil) vit ,s of armul,
. ' . .
to tho nuuiuur ot throe thousand, wore interfering wiin tho people iu tho pcac '
seiH to protect the purity of thu h-il ot- ablo and lawful cx re-isu ol t lit ir nlceiivo
box at every voting place within the eoun- j franchise It is morn pi-ibabln that ho
ties of Kent nud Sussev: exotpt two, and was imposed upon and dco-ivod by de
nt some of the polls in New eistio county, ' signing politicians, who, in their z ml
in that gailuut littlo Statu. This, sir, is and prompted by their di site for a ro-ult
the way that that consent is to be obtain
cd. It is to bo obtained by military dom
ination and by military force
air. FISHER. Tho Rontlcinan has
, made some ullmston, if 1 understand him
correctly, in regird to the introduction
j of soldiers by the I'Viloral Government at
tho recent election. Now, sir, I hap
pen to bo there, and know something about
i it. 1 Uonoiinco any nller-ilinn that llie
right of suffrage of any men iu that State
has been interfered with, so far a I havo
lcirued.
' ,-V 33 , orli lll"ru was fc'1',1 '"":'
, tlilD 1 Not luiv Irnnnu ivnnlil w I .i-.-i n r I , I ml
tiun that any troops would he brought into
Hie otalu, lit: it that was known, tliu
loyal men, knowi ,i t lit-i r rights n ml
tie-
tutuiiiied to mainciiii tlu'in, unp'ored
tin
n i ... ,i.
teetiou at ttie voting ii aees. l licre w i
not a tingle mail, mi lar as 1 cm lo.mi,
Who wai prevented I'riui votitiif at that
i
electiou
AI.. VUrrt'Pf.' r o
r,,, . . , .i' , , .
1 onl V i uotetl t u lauju ij:j n iho t!uvei -
v A i ii ii- i
nor ot Do awate. II' couin .lined in hit
reecint message tint -oldiers of the United
uuiu.a v.iivui liiuuiii were -re io-ieu ii a
, .. , . 1 . r
mo-t every votnii? pi ine, in th enmities I
I have nauu'd, in that State. 1 bilieve him,
sir; be-ides, I have lieu nfonned by huii
or.ible and r liable gentlemen fiom that
State that in my of its eiti. -us w 're deter
retl frmn voti.lg at th i o notion, in oo:i-e
quenco of these troops b- tug thurst into
th'it State; tint dismay a. id alarm spread
throughout its borders, esp-cia iy anion?;
the Democratic pco.o. who had sulf re 1
so many wrongs and in iignitit-s at 'he
h inds of this Adini .iu'r.iti.iu U.ion tho
iiitiodue ion of so larste a military force,
ju-t on the eve of a general eieeli Hi, wheth
er their apprehcus on-, w -re well faun I d
or not, many of them preferred to -aeiifire
th" right t - vste thai to incur the haz
ards which the exor -is of tint rijlit mi'hi
iiiipo-e. I hero ou'tl have ben no uee--sity
for thn introdueii ni of United Stales
forces to pro4crvo ord t and prit'-et the
purity of clecti-ins whero parlies are so
equa ly divided as they are in th 't Stile ;
but, Mr Speaker, I will let the G ivoruo.
of the State of Delaw re au-.wer the gen
tleman. I read fro-u hi in -sjigi :
'I also refer to the unlaw u! a id u'iii.-o
eedentcd interference, cmi die pint of the
tr.'iinral Government, wi'h our peace'iil
and law. lliidiii'.' eitiz 'lis, in the njii-'iu
tional and rightful ex ovi- of their clo"t
ivo franchise, by the intr ulitefiun itoo the
State of a largo iiiiiii'ii-r of United Staler
t'-oops, on th i day imnnli.tti-ly tree 'dinii
tint day oftho late gen r il ee'-ti in an uin
ting, as no ir ly is can be a-c rt lin 'd, to
nbo it three thousiind. ot i-iinv of aitil
ery. infantry, an I evalnry, nei-mip inie.l
byMajir General W'-h 1 of t iu h'nited
States Army, and by hioi dsitri uted and
staiioned on die day ot tho election at a:l
tho polls in Kent and Sin-ex e u H'e-. ex.
eepi two, and at some of ihcpol's iu' N' -w-eastlo
eo mty, under th 1 eo nmand and
control of provost mulish Is, who, it is
said, were appointed I'or that pnrpos for
eich and every hun l e.i. au office
entirely unkn iwn to the ('on-titution and
liw of the land. All ol lb so persons
ola'inins to be provost marsli lis. and as
such havinir command and control of th
United Sides forces, were violent po!itieal !
paatisms, and some of tln ui, at 1-ast men I
. , ... . .1.1!. . I
0' " v('7 low orncr, wiiuoui rc-pciauiiiiy i
o; character, and utterly unfi', iu cv. ry I
re"pnoi, w nave control oi any puitinn ui i
the Unit -tl bsafs lorcea tor any purp nte
wha'cvor, and more ospooially at sueii a
time and on such an oeea-io'i.
"To -ay tliat those t.-oops were sent to
lopp tho peace and pr 'serve "rd -r is n
iiiflicient ju-tifi ittiini o,' ex-' ise for their
introduction i i our luid-t, f.ir th -y h id u i
r'ghi to be bore for ueh i ourpi.-c. Tin
laws of the Stat-' of Del iw r - hnve ever
proved ampH "suffiei nt lor die priisimu-
tion of the p 'ac and th.
i'-o-ooiio i o! ou
-in. i in l ie exer
citizens against mi- n-'.rn
else of tluir . o ivc fr.ndiise; an 1 ih' n
were no rea-ons io ap 'lidnm 1 nnj bieae'i
of the peace of disturbances of any suit at
tho lat-eleo ion more than miht Have
been cnteitaiiied at any preuous o.ies,
nor could any such a; pr-h-n-i us o; fe trs
have cxi-ted in the minds of any iut-di
gent person. The citizens of Delaware
aro a peaceful, ordor'y, and law aldling
people and tho laws of the t itu aro quite
suffieieudy stiingent for ml tho purp isos
of t'neir protection, not only from a-suits
and other breaches of the peace, but for
ample p oteo.iou iu the ex Mciso and lull
enjoyment of th dr cl 'Otivu iranuhise. It
was not, theref.iru, only au infriugem 'nt
upon the rights of our citizens to thrust in
their midst, on the day of the e edon and
at the polls, a portion of the United States
Army, but it was a liudnr up'oi di-i
character of the St to and ouu ebi.t-us to
say that any i ecessity existed for their in
troduet'on amo.ig us
' It is hardly to be supno ed that tho
Secretary of War intended that those
troops should be nsde as thoy w"ro, or
that ho sent ib"m hero for the purpose of
ot the uhction lavoriolo to their intrests,
made to him r"pr sentutions which had uo
foundation in truth. '
When tho Governor of Delaware ptuKs
the"0 fact, in a publio iiicsago to the
Logislat iro of his Stite, sir, I believe him.
This is thu way that the consent nf
those States is to he obtained, not by tho
freo and voluntary suffrages of the people,
but it is to bo obtai led lis it can b- ob
tained, neaoe ablv if vou can, foiolldr If
youmust, It is a part und panel ol this
grand iclierue, this comumniatiou which
tlite guutleuieii mi tlevoutly wialictl lor,
tliul the eoiiMiit of ih'J-u States thall bo
.(bttiueil. The t oiisciit of tho Stato of
'Missouri, through its present I.egisl.tturo,
. eh ctetl by nu'.ins of fraud and Inren, is
j already obtained, imd we have a bill upon
our t.tblc for the piiruluue of her sl.ivcs.
i This tlipoes of thu whole question of
! slavery iu the doii-m coding Staiea I have
iowu you how it ii diporetl of iu the!
r-cuuditiir Slates, 'i he whole thing is con- I
suuiiniitud on paper This grand delictual
of nbulition, which has been the god of the'
political idoliitary of those inch for anuni i
b.-r of years, is to be ccii-uitiinalnd iu ihi.s
1 1 tll not ppi'iiU ol the tlrelarations
o III
ol nun. Ill ihiul.tv ami L'eneriition word
h ivo become the means ol eniieealing rather
than cxprcMiinir iduux. 1 speak of the
nob. mn nets and oi.ai'tmerits ot men, given
under the solemn sanction of their oaths
i to -upport the CJoiitiution and theitob i'',t.
1 ,. ,, . .... i , r
i Hons to t ie r ce n-titut ills 1 speak of
.. . - ... .i 1
mi-, mi, ii iiuiiititin morn iiutetiy, iiioru
uniuiiakably to the ends and object.--
.. t . .i ,i i . .i r ,
"hieh gentloiiii n have in view than do he
i ,i .., ... , . . . t. i
tk durations they nitty umke here or else
where. I draw my conclusion:, from llicne
ai'tSjund my c mo iision s, thai. these gentle
men are engaged iu Using thj mil! ary
authority ol the Governinout for the nboli
li hi of slavery in eer,y Slate of the Union
Sir, the great question with them is not
h iw ih s Coiiatitu'ion can bo maiutaiiied
au I die Union rol. ire 1, b it how can av
ery be nbolished , and to aceuiiipli-ih this
pUiio-e lo tueiii the Constitution i.s no h
ing, the Union is midiing; before the
gr at utid oi'cip ivu i nir noee-i-ity of abol
isiiing slavery ever-, iliing must bo subor-iliii.it-
d ,
Mr. HAlilUSUN. My colleigue
remarked diat Oh.o won't! repudia e a
eei tai.i tax to whielt he alluded. I wi-h
to inquire whether he desires to bo under
stood as s.tviiij tnat tiie IomiI uicii oi' the
Stale ot Oh. it will rcpudiuic any t ix winch
Congress may do. ide ueecssa.y, ni,d v 1 ich
the judicial t.'.uuals ot the eou-itry ina.
aJjudge to bo author. ed by the Con-tilu-liuu
Mr. WiliTK. of Ohio We ill abide
ny tho law ; and it is hcouu-o t lis lax is
illegal and un tiuhoi ize l that 1 believe the
pe.iplo of Oiit.i wi.l reluo to pay it I h,
Co i-ti utioii with tiiiib'yal iiu.ii of Ohio
is die high' st. law. mill our enactineiit.
lier iu couliiul with i li.it 'on -litution, and
wli eh are no. aiilh'iri.od by it, are nut
liw; they aie t-it illy and ub-olute y liu'l
.in 1 v. n l, of no ilfc-, and binding upon
iiuboily. The G ivci'iiiueiit oi the Un ui!
Slates has n mine fight to take money
out of my p-Tk-'i io puiciiit-e uearoe.s wi.li
t.iaii a huhwiy lo'uber would have to do
die -a no tin. i'. Tin: po.ver of taxation
under ilia C ni-tr.ull.iii is a limited power;
it is li iiod to din p upoir of exJculing 'h.
powers deleg Hod to ihe (Joveriiiueiit by
tne Cmisi tu ion. au 1 wi.hi.i this luniiatiou
the p nver is tiiiliiiiitod , but without it the
Covorlidiont h is no po.vor at all, ami all
itsa-t; are tisuipttioiis and its lorce.i
ex lotins piratical.
(Jhlo - -n)i Hon of ibis tax for the pur
o'l i.-o of tliu slaves iu the Si ite- of Misso in
j),i.VWlll.) ;l tlu D.iict of Co umbia,
... i ;ov,1.,,u,llt ,.,,. r-am ,iL,r i1UiU.
' - -- - I l .
M j j, aij )ut 1,U million livu bundled
tno.ijand doliar.s. She may pay it ami
ln.,y Uut
Our ruvoHitiouarv hi-tor
,' upon
a very
this
iu-
, siilii ct of t ixation toaeh-s us
structiv
lesson ; e would do well lo h.ed
it
15 it the gentleman t-ilk- about loyal ueii
o! Oaio. IliHouwo.tlto ayabotittli.it.
I know iu this I tud but one test of loyalty,
and ih tl tot i' iIjvo'ioii lo the Cou-litu-tion
and lor the .w. If a man observes
his ooiii-titutioiiul ooli.'iti'iij and dis
o.iares his du.los aeeord ug to law, he is
to a i luteins and purposes a loyal in.-ili,
and that mm who disregards Ins eon ii
tuimal oliiig ui ui, whether Pre-ideiitl
hii.o jUi. or J. U'oisoii Divis, wheih -r in'
t iu ojut -derate eotigie.-s or iu the Confess ,
oftho United .'ilit'Ji, is lo all intents ui.il '
n ili-hivnl neill. T mum till llllii
i , t i I
I'll!
mice to ' l . Lincoln, L owe no a ie;i.ii ce i
1 1 his Cabinet ministers. Thank God, I ,
owe no allogiauci io any man upon earth.
1 am tlie cpial and peer ot every man in 1
legal oouiloinpl.tii'ili. My allegiance i.s to
tie low and dm ( 'oii-titiuion to whiuii 1
have pledged my fui'h and p'nou my con-;
sent I cannot consent that one jot or
lifle of that f.iith shall lull to thu ground
unobserved by me. Thi- is thu sentiment
n the loyal people of Ohio, and of a
iu joiity o! the p op'.e of thai Statu.
i ii ul ocetiii ii to submit a few n marks
the i th r da ou an amendment which 1
ass-1 ted a i n f.ict th it the revoueo. of the
Govi rn uuiit wcro used for the purpose of
bU poitiiig fugitives and nu-iwiy ueg oes,
The geutleuiau from No.v York Mr Oi.i.vJ
took oe -a-i-in to deny the truthluliie s of
tii..t assor ion. Ilo characterized t as
uuqu ililiedly untrue. 1 innko that issue
upon him, uud I call upon him to submit
the quo-nou between Us lo die ilctoriniilil
t.ou of a eo'iiiniitee of this House, I
make the issue witii h'.m, fair and sqiare,
opon and direct, lie says that th report
oftho diffon nt ollieials oftho Oovernment
will show the fact as he claims. It is thu
fiist time that I havo ever heard thai Ihe
o Mifes-ioii nl a pirlucis crim'm.s by him
felt iu his own favor was to be received
a coiifli.su o i vidence of his i:iiiooenon.
It is of the io officials I have to compluin,
thai tu-'V illegally and u icoustilutionully
expended the money ol the Govern iiicU
for the purp iso ot feeding aud painpuriug
a larno nuuibor of contrabands which urn
hov rni'i aUMut the n incipal cities uud
cainps in the vicinity of ihe lino of opor
ations of tho Armv.
To day, sir, we have made au appropria
tion of $.)0,000 lor medicines uud medi
cal attendance lor this class of people for
thu ensuing year. This, however, is, if 1
am not mistaken, tho lirst appropriation
made by law for die support ottli'.se peo
ple. Tlwy have herelolore been main
tained without appropriation. It was
claimed by tho gentlemen from New York
and others that they were not a charge
upou the Government; that they paid lor
their support by their labor. Why then is
this appiopriatiou of 50,000 made ; and
let me ask, if it cost the Government that
sum for medicines and medical attendance,
what will be the cost of the construction
of barracks, the furnishing of clothing and
substance for them 'f Why, sir, these peo
pie are even buiied by Govoi'tinieut under
lakers.
Mr. OLIN rose
Mr. UlliTE, of Ohio, No, sir, 1 do
not yield to tho geutleuiau. Courtesy is
a i exchangeable cummodity, and I owe
the geutleuiau none.
lie characterized my remarks the other
day ua -Ins and fu-tiun,' and used other
language not propper to be used here uu
less some provocation is offeied. I have
i.eeu a quiet observer ol tho prnceo 'iugs
of the 'lou-e fur nearly two years, and 1
have seen no man on the Hoor who has I
.i-p'ayol more 'Muss and lustiau" than the '
uei. tit man Irom New York. L havo seen I
linn day alter day and hour alter hour !
' w.'ltzing up and dowu tho aisles, upon
almost every measure presented to the
llou:o for its consideration, 1 take to my
sell none ol that lecture which ho the,
other tiny assumed to the IIouso in refer-!
cnee to the proprieties of legislation uud
egislaiui-s ; when he said a great many ,
geuilcm.'ii bore were wout to oeotipy the
time and i.t.eutiou oftho House in order
t) get thorn-elves into the Globe 1 have
no aiubitii n ol that kind, aud the remark
does not npply to me, because 1 believe j
this is the st.eond time I have claimed the
.itU-nlioii oi ibis House since I have been
t member of it, now nearly two years.
I seek no per.souul controvcisy with ,
any in in, but 1 trust iu God 1 shall never'
brink from onu when it is thrust upon
ne. I am the representative of a proud
and intelligent constituency, aud their
pride at d sense of Lwiiur shall never be .
insulted in my perioti while I have the
lio tor of a position upon the floor of this
llnuse And even if the contest shall bu
not one of words only, but, iu the polite
and ciussie language ol the geutleuiau from
Pennsylvania, Mr. Sr evens it should
io one of piichlorks, 1 trust 1 shall not,
as the geuilcmuu is said to have djuc
upon one occasion, shrink from it by mak
ing my t x i out of a back window I
Jiat to return to iny subject. This is
all a digression, and the reporters miy,
iftbev please, put it in brackets. We
liav-o this whole programme now laid
down lo us upon paper, and the great
question is how it is to be consummated,
i'tiere are now about a million white men
in the laud and naval service, and you
now propose to arm and equip au indefi
nite number oi negroes, uud these are tne
means by which you propose to cousu
mate your grand scheme of abolition
through' ut the United States'. This bill
proposed, tis it was originally presented,
lo arm o.io hundred aud titty regiments
ol negroes.
Now it has been inodiCcd so as to make
the nu. iiber unlimited, and the only limi
tation as to the class of persons who aro
to bo enlisted is confined to persons of
Airman decent : they m iy bo cither free or
slave, and en listed uicithet free or slave loyal
or disloyal Mates, or they may be the slaves
ol loyal ur disloyal masters, and upon en
tering the service they aro to become free,
The bill as amended is more odious than
it wes uli- u it was lir.-t pros n toil, because
die number was then limited to one hun
dred uud lit'ty reg.iuents, while now it is
unli.u.totl as to nu nber,:ind slaves as well
us true men may bo eu is. oil, Such is the
interpretation winch every geutleuiau ou
the other side nf the House, who has
hinil.-i.il iifinn tile Mi! lee.t bus not iiiinn it.
-r rt - k -r-
1'his bid, as now presented, proposes to
eiothe the Presideut ol the United States
with power lo arm nil tho negioes iu the I
United States, free and slave, and sctthciii
upou the population of the seceded States I
The la is providing for thu enlistment of
white men iiiuil the number, and the pe
nod of enlistment to three years ; whtlo
the number of ucgrois to bo enlisted i.s uu
1 1 in Uu 1 , and their term of enlistment is for
live ycuia. Thu term of enlistment of ouu ,
ha 1 nl die Army will be out iu ono year, '
uud the other half iu a Utile over two years. ,
Giiitieuieu ou thu oilier side admit that ,
rciuitiugis at uu cud, nud that a draft
is impossible ; that the people would uot
submit to it. And I believe that sueh is
thn i.ict ; under the present policy of tho
Adiuiuistra ion, reciuitiiig, whether by
driifi ur voluuteur enlistment, is atsiu cud.
What is the msult, sir, iu a little more;
thau two yeti'-s, if these facts bo true ? You
will have uolhiug but your ucro regi
ments iu the field ; and if nothing ilso
would produce this result, tho passage of
this this hi1 1 will.
N w, sir 1 havo some figures opon this
subject. What will bo the cffict of ibis
nieiisuios if consummated 1 There aro in
the seceded States Q -1 17,'JVH) white popu
laiion, and 55,08 black popu'ation ;
limbing un excess of ouly 1,7-2 007 of
white papulation over tho black. The
wli te population bus been alre'udy decin.o
Mod to a great extent by the most dcsHiotivo
w ir whitdi lias ever been waged in the
nnu. ds of the world,
'J he total number of oolorcd population
in tLc Uuitcd S atcsis -1,4-11,70 uegroos,
and set ihein upon the five million whito
poople of the seceded States. This it
converting a war for the maintenance of
the Constitution uud the restoration of tho
Uuiou into a servile war.
And when you have armed these four
and a half million men, and tent themdowa
to wage a war of extermination by the
black uptu the white racu of those Sla cs,
backed by the powers and authority oftho
Goyornmeut, what do you piopoaetodo
with them alter they have obtained tho
victory ? because you do certainly expect
to obtain a victory, and to subjugate thu
white race of those States. This ii tliu
programme : the white nun oftho eleven
States are to bo subjugated, disarmed, aud
made slaves; and the negroes, aruie-d vv th
buyonet and swoid, ure to become their
masters, sustuimd and paid aud led and
supported by thu patronugo t.nd power of
the General Government Is this th
consummation which you desiio to uttainf
Why, sir, iu the six States of Alabama,
I'londu, Georgia, Loubiuuna, Mississippi,
mid South Cuolitia, there are 2,108,080
white popula imi and ii.loO.yai black
population ; show tig uu rxctss of only 42,
45'J whites over blacks ; and the war has
destroyed that iliH'rn.ni.,. r...,. i.
moil Ul tliu
wltilcs already. o diat he two races in
these States aie now about equeal iu num
bers. Do you propo-o to establish tho
riegio as tho dominant race in those
State.-, I Do you propose to chain the bold
and ireo spuit 01 the Anglo Saxon and
makes the negro his ina-ter f Do you pro
pose lo arouse all the bruml and anitiiril
passions of this rude and uncultivated race
and .-et them upon the white race lor its
ultimate extineiion ' Do vou mean to in
spire him with the dream" of liberty, and
with the vain hope that he is to become
the lord of the soil, and iiss.-rt his domin.
lou over the fair fields of this beautiful and
higly favored region of our country I Sir,
When the missions of a r.-im- lit i. il.;..
oueelairly arou-ed, they vvih broosuo
control, yield to no discipline, but over
leaping every barrier aud disregarding
every restraint, the war wilt bo converted
into an indiscriminate slaughter, involving
decrepit old age, defenseless women, and
llllioui'iit children in nnp ciiinmi ma-sunro
lire and fagot will consume their dwelling)
Ihcir towus and cities, and noihing but oiu
blackened, charred aud desolate waste of
ruin will remain in this fair portion of our
common country.
Is that the cud you desire ? If it is,
God and man would rise up in revolt
aguim-tit. After the black men have
lought your battles for you; after their
have subjugated and annihilated the white
race, aud plant d themselves upou bis
estates, are they to succeed to his right ;
aro tluy to be represented upon this floor 7
Hut the white race occupying those States
vast as they are iu extent, and suscepti ilo
as they are of m lita-y defense, cannot be
subjugatod. Fivu millions ot our race and
siucic of people, upou their own soil, fight
ing for their bonus, their wives, and their
children, never have been uud never can
bo conquered or subjugated. The freo
spirit oi the Anglo Saxon will meet every
opposiug clonic .t which can be brought
ag liusl them, as tho firm and solid rouk
wou d meet and dash back tho waves of
the ocean lashed against it by the storms
of heaven.
Is this, I ask, tho programuio which
you have laid down 1 When these colored
soldiers have fought your battles for you,
when they have wou victories, what aro
you going to do with them I If they are
tit to be the associates of your soldiers upon
die stricken field of battle ; if their blood
is to be mingled what that of our own
soldiers in the boutls of one comuiou uuiou
upon tho ba'tlu fieds oftho country, shed
iu devotion to a common cause, iu God's
name, when ihey send up their represen
tatives here, will you deny them a seat up
on this floor ? There is no half way ground
in this matter. The question is ono of
political and stcial equality with the ucro
everywhere. If you make him the lustru.
ment by which your battles ure fought dio
means by which victories are won, you
must treat him as a victor i entitled to bo
treattd, with all deec t and becoming re
spect, Tho geutleuiau from New Yoik Mr.
SedgewiekJ was right when ho said that
arms once put iuto the bauds ot the uo
groes against their masters, hacked and
supported by the F.deral Government.,
they ue-ver cau be undo a subjected iaco
again.
lint I have no idea that thu scheme will
ever bo consummated. It will cud, as I
verily believe, in a war between the white
and thu black races, and ultimately termi
nate in the exter-nintitiou oftho black race
from the land. That will bo Ihe end of
the whole thing. The arming of the negro
is his absolute and total destruction. I
am therefore opposed to it becauso I think
it is opposed to tho who'o scope of the
theory upon which our Government was
established, and upon which it can alone
be maintained, This is a Government of
while men, made by white men for white
men to bo administered, protected, defen.
ded, and maintained by white men; and
no other kiud of Government will lover
be satisfied with, and tho people of this
country will bo satisfied with nothing else
1 am therr-foro opposed lo all the o
schemes, und have cotisistoutly from the
bceiunimr vo'ed ruminsi tli,.m l.
oiu-o I believjd that they were opposid
io two very uie oi ine nautili. Wuoli lusbeon.
sain uero oi uie nto ot tlto nation. Sir,
th nation h s but ono life. It was oroatod
by the Consti ution. The Union is tu
i ff priug of the OoustUutioa, auvi overtf
1