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C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Eighth: the war of the Rebellion. (search)
of Rebellion, I would confiscate that which was used to oppose my arms, and take all that property which constituted the wealth of that State, and furnished the means by which the war is prosecuted, besides being the cause of the war. And if, in so doing, it should be objected that human beings were brought to the free enjoyment of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, such objections might not require much consideration. Xii. But Mr. Cameron thought differently; and on the 8th of August, in orders to Gen. Butler, he said:—It is the desire of the President that all existing rights, in all the States, be fully respected and maintained. Nor will you, except in cases where the public good may seem to require it, prevent the voluntary return of any fugitive, to the service from which he may have escaped. The General remarked after reading this despatch, This is too ridiculous to be laughed at. To sweep away the last doubt on the subject, a week later, Mr. Smith, Secreta
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Xii. (search)
Xii. But Mr. Cameron thought differently; and on the 8th of August, in orders to Gen. Butler, he said:—It is the desire of the President that all existing rights, in all the States, be fully respected and maintained. Nor will you, except in cases where the public good may seem to require it, prevent the voluntary return of any fugitive, to the service from which he may have escaped. The General remarked after reading this despatch, This is too ridiculous to be laughed at. To sweep away the last doubt on the subject, a week later, Mr. Smith, Secretary of the Interior, at a dinner in Providence, R. I., said: The minds of the people of the South have been deceived by the artful representations of Democrats, who have assured them that the people of the North were determined to bring the power of this government to bear upon them for the purpose of crushing out this institution of Slavery; but the government of the United States has no more right to interfere with the institu